24 2 prayer

A couple of weeks ago we once again created the space and opportunity in our building for 48 hours of continuous prayer. This time we prayed for the local community in particular and the developing work of our church, the  “lengthening” and “strengthening” process that we believe God is putting us through.It was a great time for those who got involved.

 

I was challenged during the weekend when I watched a dvd of the work of 24/7 Ibiza about how much can be achieved by so few when prayer is at the heart of what we do. We have a tendency as evangelicals of being proactive in our mission and work and then reactive in our praying (“bless what we’re doing please Lord” ). My understanding of  Jesus was that he seemed to be firstly proactive in prayer (not my will but yours be done Father), and then reactive in mission ( In response to the Father’s prompting). I tend to think that we get things the wrong way round…

I’m also amazed at the wordiness of my praying, not letting God get a word in edge ways. Maybe we all need to learn to listen to our Father that little bit more and respond to the moving of His Spirit?