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Inspiring Creativity from Guildford Boiler Room  Carla Harding  19th Mar

The 24-7 Guildford Boiler Room prayed together for 24 hours at the heart of their town recently.  I was really impressed by the creativity and passion they poured into their Prayer Room.  Ella Auren, who is also a part of 24-7 in Finland, sent me some beautiful photos cataloguing their prayer space and I wanted to share a selection with you. I hope they inspire you to try new ways of inspiring conversation with our Father…

 

 

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A Call to 24-7 Prayer for Europe  Lyndall Bywater  17th Mar

"Dry bones hear the word of the Lord…I will put my Spirit in you and you will live and I will settle you in your land." (Ezekiel 37)

Twenty years ago, Pete Greig stood on Cape St Vincent praying towards Europe, envisioning ‘a faceless army of young people in every nation awaiting orders’

Ten years ago a continuous prayer movement exploded among young people, and spread like ‘wildfire’ across Europe through years of prayer, mission teams to dark places, and Boiler Rooms of intense prayer and mission.

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Happy St Patricks Day  Scot Bower  17th Mar

Whether or not you choose to celebrate one of history's greatest saints with a pint of the black stuff tonight, why not pray through Patricks 'Breastplate Prayer' as you start your day. There are many versions of the prayer as a quick Google search will demonstrate. Personally I love this Canticle from the Northumbria Community inspired by the prayer.

Christ, as a light
illumine and guide me.
Christ, as a shield
overshadow me.
Christ under me;
Christ over me;
Christ beside me
on my left and my right.
This day be within and without me,
lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.
Be in the heart of each to whom I speak;
in the mouth of each who speaks unto me.
This day be within and without me,
lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.
Christ as a light;
Christ as a shield;
Christ beside me
on my left and my right.

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Need Prayer? Tweet a 24-7 Prayer Room  Carla Harding  15th Mar

Influential London Church, Holy Trinity Brompton, have opened up their lent 24-7 Prayer Room to stretch beyond the walls of their congregation.  The Church known worldwide for founding Alpha, a course exploring the Christian faith, have been praying 24-7 since the 7th of March and between now and this Friday 19th they are offering to pray for you.

Their Prayer Room features a Live Twitter feed and people are invited to send prayer requests directly into the room, which will be displayed on a screen and covered in prayer.

To send your prayer requests simply:

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The Choices We Make  Scot Bower  10th Mar

There's always a choice. Every hour of every day we have choices to make: What to do, what to say, to act or to choose to refrain from acting.

The call of Jesus is to prefer the 'other' to choose to put his or her needs above our own. Perhaps that's the hardest challenge of all, to constantly put others before ourselves?

This 4 minute video from the good people at worthers.com demonstrates that 'Jesus Choice'

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Pray for BoysTown Team As Violence Rises in Reynosa  Adri Roos  8th Mar

We are a small community of 5 people who live in Reynosa, Mexico. Reynosa is situated right on the border of Texas. We are here to love God, love one another and love our neighbours. Our neighbours happen to be people who live and work in BoysTown, a mafia-run, walled red-light district, where drugs and prostitution is legal. We are here to share our hope and our lives.  

Over the last few months a lot has changed in Reynosa, violence is increasing because of an ongoing drug war.

This increase in violence is due to rivals between different groups of mafia. It's a typical power struggle, with these groups trying to gain territory and power in Reynosa. There's been several incidents over the past few months where these groups have been shooting at one another. As the mafia controls a lot in Mexico, everything from government to media, most of these incidents have not been reported in the news. Most of what we know is from friends who work within the government, people who've witnessed some of the incidents, and what we hear and see.

Reynosa used to be one of the few border cities that didn't experience such a degree of violence, but it seems like things are definitely picking up. We are realising that more than ever we are called to be prayerful as we live our lives in this city. And for that reason I am also sharing this news with you all, so that you can pray with us.

We get together as a team every morning to pray. This has probably been one of my favourite things to do here. We realise that we're not called to live in fear, but that we need to be wise and careful as we go around the city. A shooting can really happen anywhere and at any time.

I am feeling very peaceful about the situation. The violence here is mostly targeted at specific people (those involved in the mafia-circles), so we are never the target of this violence. We just need to live with higher levels of awareness to avoid being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

We would like for you to pray with us:

  1. For God's peace to reign in this city. We know that Jesus is seated above all powers and principalities in Reynosa (Ephesians 1:20), and we pray that this will be made known through the body of believers, the church. (Ephesians 3:10).
  2. Pray for us as a team, for protection and wisdom as we make decisions on how to live our lives here in the city. A lot of people here live with fear. We don't want to live out of fear, but out of love. But neither do we want to make poor decisions. We rely on God's guidance through the Holy Spirit, and His wisdom that comes from above (James 3:17).

Please comment below if you have any questions about this, or if you have any words of encouragement. We would love to hear from you.  

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