"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Our prayers are seldom more focused... more urgent... more intense than when we have used everything at our disposal to fix things and still can't fix them. But does prayer really fix things that are broken? The answer is No! Prayer can't fix what is broken, but God can. Our God is the master mechanic behind all of life's fixes, the great physician behind every healing. The power of prayer is not in the words we pray or in the way we pray them. Prayer is the pathway that leads us into the presence of God.
In 1999 a group of young people from Chichester, England were driven to their knees by the overwhelming conviction that there was nowhere else to go. Their friends needed help; friends who struggled with substance abuse, eating disorders, self-harm, pregnancy... the whole spectrum of twenty first century afflictions and complications. They knew they couldn't fix their friends, but they knew the one who could.
So they decided to come together to pray, non-stop, for a month. What happened was... amazing. They didn't stop after one month, they continued to pray for four months. Their prayer experiment touched their lives and the lives of their friends, and it turned into an international prayer movement called 24-7 Prayer.
Peter Greig, one of the founders of 24-7 Prayer writes, "From a single, unsuspecting prayer meeting in Chichester, England, we’ve grown to touch half the nations on earth. More than two million people – mostly young people – have now heard this simple call to prayer, and along the way an expanding network of new ministries and missional communities has been born."
I have helped to organize 24-7 Prayer events and have personally witnessed what can happen when people come together to pray. Prayer seldom offers a quick fix when things are broken, but when we come together to lay our heartfelt prayers at the feet of Jesus, we are always touched and somehow changed.
The leadership team at 24-7 Prayer has a great website with all sorts of resources. You can access their website HERE. Check out this video, it's one of many great videos you can view at the 24-7 site.
By the way, if you have viewed the video, you need to know that an eruption of mafia violence has recently forced the 24-7 team to evacuate their purpose-built rehabilitation center in Boy's Town. Please pray that God will reopen the door to that work.
So they decided to come together to pray, non-stop, for a month. What happened was... amazing. They didn't stop after one month, they continued to pray for four months. Their prayer experiment touched their lives and the lives of their friends, and it turned into an international prayer movement called 24-7 Prayer.
Peter Greig, one of the founders of 24-7 Prayer writes, "From a single, unsuspecting prayer meeting in Chichester, England, we’ve grown to touch half the nations on earth. More than two million people – mostly young people – have now heard this simple call to prayer, and along the way an expanding network of new ministries and missional communities has been born."
I have helped to organize 24-7 Prayer events and have personally witnessed what can happen when people come together to pray. Prayer seldom offers a quick fix when things are broken, but when we come together to lay our heartfelt prayers at the feet of Jesus, we are always touched and somehow changed.
The leadership team at 24-7 Prayer has a great website with all sorts of resources. You can access their website HERE. Check out this video, it's one of many great videos you can view at the 24-7 site.
By the way, if you have viewed the video, you need to know that an eruption of mafia violence has recently forced the 24-7 team to evacuate their purpose-built rehabilitation center in Boy's Town. Please pray that God will reopen the door to that work.
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