 Well,
it's a funny old life isn't it? The last couple of years
have been like a white-knuckle ride for the bunch of bewildered
delinquents behind 24-7prayer. All we did was a spot of
extreme praying (non-stop for a month in a slightly sweaty
room) and then God got all excited about it and started
spreading the idea around the world.
Apparently we now have Prayer Rooms in 34 countries
- everywhere from Australia to Alaska and the web-site
we knocked up is getting about a million hits a month.
That's either a lot of people or just a few cyber-hermits
with pneumatic mouse action. We just opened our first
monastery (honestly!) and last summer a whole load of
nutters hit Ibiza, St Petersburg and the slums of Delhi
to pray 3D and see what happened next.
And what happened next was: LOTS!
In Ibiza God even sent rain when we prayed for an end
to the island's 3 year drought - and it hasn't rained
there in July for more than 20 years! Radio 1, NME and
various newspapers got all steamed up about the idea
of Christians givin' it beans for Jesus in such a naughty
place and gave us loads of positive press coverage.
Looks like they may even do a documentary called 'Sex,
Drugs and Devotion'. Hmmm.
As I said, it's a funny old, life and not entirely
possible to work out where God is going to take us next.
There have been awesome answers to prayer; most weeks
someone somewhere wanders into a 24-7Prayer Room and
gives their life to Jesus… Which is nice. Big cheeses
like the Archbishop of Canterbury are giving us the
thumbs up (which is better than the alternative if you
think about it). Literally 1000's of students are praying,
and obeying like never before. Lots of campuses are
running 24-7Prayer Rooms as part of their whole mission
thrust.
But amidst all the good stuff, there are also heart-rending
situations where we are still waiting for God to intervene.
One of the most powerful parts of the web-site is the
Wailing Wall where people from all over the world post
their prayer requests. Some times these are just agonising
to read. Whatever else is going on, we are seeking to
'keep it real' coz it's a pretty messed up planet and
Christians aren't immune from all the grief.
Anyway, if you fancy surfing the wave with us by joining
one of our Mission teams next summer or opening a Prayer
Room or checking out www.24-7prayer.com
- we'd love to have you (unless you happen to be Killroy,
Richard Whitely or Geri Halliwell's nutritionist).
Toodlepip!
(Well, we can hardly end an article with the word 'nutritionist'
can we?)
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