Steadfast for our Cities By Jon Petersen
Jon Petersen, 16th April, 2009All across the world the Lord is calling his church back to unity and to prayer. Prayer without unity doesn’t reach heaven; unity without prayer doesn’t change the earth.
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All across the world the Lord is calling his church back to unity and to prayer. Prayer without unity doesn’t reach heaven; unity without prayer doesn’t change the earth.
Peter had been wiped out since this guy Jesus had turned up at his work and told him to quit his job and follow him a couple of years ago. He had seen some amazing things including healings, resurrections and even a new sport called 'water walking' during his time with this man.
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.
“Not all who wander are aimless. Especially not those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition…” (Mona Lisa Smile, Sony Pictures, 2003) I always liked the pancakes and the Easter eggs, but the bit in between was another matter.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
Evan Roberts was a young man who prayed for revival for eleven years before he saw the fulfilment of it in his own church – Moriah Chapel – in 1904. Moriah Chapel was located in Loughor, in Wales.
To my younger self, Lent was an out-dated tradition with no real relevance. Occasional years I’d join in the fun, denying myself something I really liked to eat mainly to see if I had the self-control to complete the course.
I love this big 24-7 Prayer family. I love that I get a note in my inbox in Tanzania from a 19 yr old art student friend in New York city saying, "I want God back in my life but I don't even know how to start that relationship again.
“We've had an amazing week encountering God.” Writes Arnida Bodinaku from Tirana, Albania.
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