24-7 Prayer and The Global Gathering

Yes! We're getting together again!

"Last year we gathered to Feast; this year we're inviting you HOME...

If you’ve ever prayed in a 24-7 Prayer Room, visited a Boiler Room or 24-7 Community, read Red Moon Rising or simply wondered what this insane prayer experiment is all about, then this gathering is for you.

‘Home’ Southampton, England
Friday 12th – Sunday 14th September 2008
www.24-7prayer.com

Each year the international 24-7 Prayer community gathers to hear from God, pray and celebrate all He’s done. This year we have more than ever to be thankful for with over 5000 prayer rooms spread over every continent but Antarctica, contributing to a wave of prayer that is breaking out into fresh expressions of mission, mercy and transformation.

Nine years after our accidental beginnings, people are traveling from across Europe, Africa and the Americas to meet together again and consider what the words of Isaiah the prophet mean for us today:

“My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations”
Isaiah 57:6

Home is where our Father is…

Home is where we belong…

Home is where the lost are found…"

For everything you need to know to register etc go to 24-7prayer

PS Byron and I will be leading some of the seminars at this gathering. Hoping to see you there!

Blog Gagging

Some times I scroll through blogs and links and related articles and sometimes the writing can go hyper and then the whole thing starts to give me hyper tension. Good grief. The blogsphere is just crawling with Christians acting creepy toward each other as they slate their foes (other Christians) with their clever arguments. It’s as if there are armies of Christians out there who believe that their job is to take apart and “expose” every person that they don’t see eye to eye with. The term "heretic" has come to mean, “One who does not think like I do.”

What’s the point? I have to wonder…

What if people cared that much about guarding their own hearts and growth in their own spirits? What if they cared that much about the poor, the oppressed, the abused, the lost?

Jesus didn’t seem to spend much time preaching against wrong theology or doctrine. He did speak out against things from time to time. But honestly, most of his time was spent teaching in his gentle and patient way. The balance of his time was spent in relationship with friends, new and old, usually around food and drink.

Gentleness and patience. Food and drink. Now there’s a couple of concepts for us.