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4/11/07

24/7 Week of Unbroken Prayer at Garnett: We were amazed!

This week Garnett kept 24-hour vigil in response to Jesus question to his disciples, Can t you keep watch with me for one hour? (Matthew 26:40).
Today at noon concludes our 24/7 week of unbroken prayer. More than 100 participated and prayed at all hours, filling 168 prayer times through the week. What did this do for the kingdom? The answer is that we discovered prayer is not as much getting our will done in heaven as it is asking for God s will to be done on earth.

We were praying in the spirit of the Lord s Prayer: asking forgiveness of our sins as we forgive others; dozens of cards were taped to the wall with prayers of all kinds, a student prayer mural hung on the wall. A boy s memorial to his two brothers hung on the wall and we shed tears as we prayed for Tyler and boys like him worldwide who need love and hope.

And we kept the candle burning! We were all stretched in prayer some praying for an hour for the first time in our lives. We listened for God and felt him move in us through the power of the Spirit who promises in Philippians 4:6, The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

We learned how to move beyond please God requests to petitions for God to make justice and love on earth as it is in heaven, to transform us and this city and this world. We moved further into silence and waited and watched, and in the words of Dale Brown, it was more than prayer requests . . . we were spending time with God.

Today, we pass the candle on to Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church.

Arnetta Pollard came to pray with her three children who were "drawing their prayers" with crayons. As I walked by the room where Arnetta was praying, I heard her lifting up her church aloud to God. I shed tears listening to Arnetta praying, and I know many of you cried out to God in tears of anguish, with Jesus, over the world. And with Jesus we continue to beg God to bring peace on the earth. One person expressed what so many others of us
feel: 24/7 Prayer may be the best thing Garnett has ever participated in .
. . this changed my life.

No missionary movement, nothing great, no revival, nothing bigger than the people praying has ever begun without a movement of prayer. May God continue to teach us to pray and may He raise us up with Christ.

Greg Taylor
Garnett Church of Christ
gtaylor@garnettchurch.org

1/30/07

Cedar Ridge Prayer Week

The week of January 21-28 CRCC committed to pray 24-7. Prayers to our Lord Jesus Christ have been going up and His voice coming down all week. Prayer stations located in the prayer room were designed to help in focusing our attention on needs throughout the Church and the community. Outside the prayer room was our Prayer Wall, where over 200 prayer cards are posted.
People are writing notes and checking off that prayers are going up.

The coolest thing about the week was that I had placed a prayer card in the basket concerning the salvation of my son. I came back with a group of students to pray the following night and noticed that someone had written on the card at 4 a.m. I went out into the lobby to see who was here at 4:00a.m.
and it was a friend of mine who at 4:00 a.m. was praying for my son. I started to cry! God was listening to the voice of someone other than myself who has been praying for years for my son. I was overwhelmed with emotion.
God is Great!

Another area of our Prayer Vigil was a youth room. A small room with a bulletin board with highlighters and a black light. Youth from the Church have been writing scriptures, drawing pictures, encouraging one another and lifting up the Church and community for God.

If your Church is not a part of the 24-7 Prayer Vigil..I encourage you to be a part. Our Church is planning on praying again later this year. It will change how you view communication with our Risen Savior..He is waiting to talk to you and listen to you...Get on Board!!!

1/4/07

A Prayer Room

In this still quiet room, You have found me With words and emotions written on the walls A place where prayers gently echo awaiting An answer for the many beckon calls

I marvel at Your loving mercies
And Your capacity to consider the great and small No wonder the angels sing to You and glory One day praises to You will be sung by all

So where ever the prayer watch fire is lit And each soul passes through the prayer room in awe They will forever be connected to You by Your love No matter how broken, hurting or flawed

1/1/07

Journal Entry:

When I walked into the room, I instantly felt your presence, It was as if you were waiting here for my special time with just me and you. And you were here waiting for me. I can only cry. I've been so broken! So burdened by the pain of rejection and adultery. I want it to all go away.

And when I got here with you it did! It all went away. There's nothing I want more than to be loved by you, filled with your presence and joy. Let it rain Holy Spirit! I pray this time of prayer invites you to come into this city and people would come to the River of God, carrying their heavy loads of sin, guilt, shame and pain. Bring revival here in Tulsa. I'm ready if you are...

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