Chichester, UK: salvation in the 24-7 prayer room - 19 Oct 2005
.jpg) 'made in the image of God' - a table of prayers |
Below is an excerpt from Carla Trundle's blog. Carla was in the 24-7 prayer room last night at her church in Chichester, England when, well...I'll let her tell you.
"I was joining my cell to pray for an hour. Many of us are going through hard times so I knew that encouragement and prayer were needed. As we prayed together, the tears began to flow and the most amazing thing happened...
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"The tears began to flow and the most amazing thing happened"
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First I must back track...
Jim is a guy from our Church who, when searching for a media dissertation topic, proposed the idea to his tutor group to make a film about young people praying 24-7. | |
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They loved the idea; inspired by the notion of active and interesting Christian spirituality, they sent Jim and his partner Tom to film this week's prayer room. Tom is a twenty something student who had just enough Christianity in school to put him off for life;recently Tom's started to ask questions.
Jim, who truly isn't embarrassed about talking about Jesus, has been chatting away and bringing Tom along to Alpha. |
.jpg) art and scripture from the Revs prayer room | |
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Last night as my cell group prayed Tom and Jim were quietly filming. As we got to the end of the group, I looked at my watch wondering how to fill the last half hour when Jim cleared his throat... |
"Sorry to interrupt but Tom wants to become a Christian." | |
"Sorry to interrupt but Tom wants to become a Christian. He wants to know if you would mind praying for him..."
A shocked moment of complete silence followed. And suddenly everyone broke .jpg)
into the most fantastic cheer that prayer room's ever heard!
into the most fantastic cheer that prayer room's ever heard! As we prayed for Tom, people who'd been in tears over their own problems started encouraging him with bible verses, grinning over the new member of our family and then worshiping God with enthusiasm, belting songs at the top of their voices. It was awesome! It was one of those, 'so this is what's great about prayer rooms' moments...
No talk, band, discussion or course can ever beat the presence of God."