Gorgeous video captures heart of prayer roomCarla Harding - 13 Jun 2011

Is it possible to capture the impact of the presence of God in a place?  In 24-7 Prayer Rooms in nations all over the world many try.  As people meet with God, learn to talk and make time to listen, ordinary places are transformed into sacred spaces.  Responses are captured in books, photos are taken of the prayers that fill the walls and video cameras try to capture something of the longing and desires poured out night and day. Often it's difficult to distill, challenging to encapsulate the atmosphere.  Yesterday on twitter I found one guy who may just have managed it...

"It's not easy to convey the magic of 24-7 Prayer," tweeted one of 24-7's founder's Pete Greig.  "This video from Bill Cahusac at Holy Trinity Brompton is moving & beautiful"

Last week, Alpha leaders from dozens of nations across the five major continents gathered at in London Holy Trinity Brompton for Alpha's International Week.  As they worshipped, and shared what God is doing they also made space and sacrificed sleep to join together and pray 24-7.  In many languages and from many different streams of the Body of Christ they prayed...

"I don’t understand all the words that were written on the walls." Writes Bill on his Blog, "But I know that God was in that place and he does. There was a moment when I closed my eyes that the sense of his presence was so thick that I wondered if I opened my eyes whether I would see Jesus "

24-7 Prayer Room @ AIW 2011 fd from Bill Cahusac on Vimeo.

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