(Features) Life Stories

Shining Bright in the Balkans by Scot Bower

19th June, 2009

24-7 activists just convened in the ancient Bible-land of Macedonia where East meets West, Europe becomes Asia, and Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims nervously jostle for power. Scott Bowers, who sold everything and moved to the capital Skopje with his wife and young children, describes the wonderful ways in which the Lord renewed and deepened important relationships.

South Africa to Mexico: Vaya con Dios

18th May, 2009

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.

'Why Are We Here?': A 24-7 Community Conversation

2nd April, 2009

David opened his book and read the following; “If Christians are going to nurture common life among members of intentional community, they must become self-aware enough to know who they are, what they are about, and why they are about it.” This short quote, and the questions it posed (who are we? what are we about? why are we about it?), probably shaped our conversations in The Liberty Bell last Monday evening.

Prayer Stops Carnival Violence in Brazil

16th March, 2009

“We really enjoyed praying!” Writes Trina from Brazil.  “Our church is tiny so it was pretty incredible that we managed to fill all 24 hours but people were wonderful.

Non-Stop Prayer in Philippines: Changing Lives, Planting Churches

12th March, 2009

God is doing amazing things in an island province of the Philippines! A recent email from Arthur Peter, a missionary from the Netherlands, told of the call to prayer God is stirring in the heart of his community. He shared about the recent shift in focus for the approximately 20 home groups that comprise their church network called Touching The Nations:      "[We are] a newly started mission organization whose heart is to see churches and people pray.

Convicts Catch Vision to Pray

11th March, 2009

Each week 24-7 receives encouraging emails from around the world from people learning to pray by praying.  This week the below email jumped out at us and we just had to share it.

5 Weeks, 5 States and 13 Campuses Later!

5th March, 2009

There is something about sharing the gospel with others on a consistent basis that is waking me up!  After five weeks in five states spreading the 24-7 Campus America vision on 13 university campuses across the USA, I am convinced that we were born to bear the message of God’s reconciliation.  “In Christ, God is reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sin against them, and entrusting to us the ministry of reconciliation.

People Saved & Healed in Albania

21st February, 2009

“We've had an amazing week encountering God.” Writes Arnida Bodinaku from Tirana, Albania.

USA: Welcome to the Whisper Room

14th January, 2009

It read more like a text message than a prayer, but Derrick’s sincerity spoke for itself when he scrawled out a plea to the God of the Universe in a Virginia prayer room journal. “Yo wut it do God? I was shown Romans 11 and began to read about the grafting and pruning of branches.

A Million Minor Miracles by Pete Greig

13th January, 2009

A meditation on faith, written in a 24-7 Prayer Room in Guildford, England by Pete Greig, which explores many of our core values and the life-affirming theology at the heart of 24-7 prayer..

Muslim Healed in Jesus' Name

12th January, 2009

At the 24-7 International Gathering last year we spent a few minutes praying for our Muslim friends as we were coming into the closing of Ramadan. I specifically mentioned asking that Jesus would show up in dreams and visions to those who were seeking God during that time.

Six Saved & Healings Reported after 18 Months of Prayer

7th January, 2009

Best. Job.

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