Sequel

Okay, that vision of Pete Grieg’s (see yesterday’s post) is a bit over the top. But I love it. I also appreciate the more down-to-earth thoughts he wrote a couple of years later in a book about that vision:

“The Vision”

“It was about 3:15am, and I’d taken a middle-of-the-night slot in the Chichester prayer room where we’d been praying now without a break for several weeks. I wandered around the room, reading what was on the walls, trying to pray. I think Moby was on the stereo as I sipped a Red Bull energy drink [...]

“I Bind Unto Myself This Day”

I admit to being attracted to Celtic music. I especially appreciate Celtic prayers, like this one:
I bind unto myself this day
the strong name of the Trinity.

Just 45 Days

I feel so proud of you: you are really taking this up, this call to come continuously into God’s presence for 45 days. Only one shift during today and tomorrow remains to be filled. While it may seem strange to put it this way, I especially feel proud of your humility.

At Once

“At once they left their nets and followed him” (Mark 1:18).
On Sunday I asked if 7 of the men of our congregation would offer to “sleep for Jesus” in our church building during the 24/45 prayer event, each man taking one night a week for the 6 1/2 weeks. Since Sunday, 10 of you have [...]

Fully Alive

Rob tells me that yesterday, the first day it was possible to sign up for the 24/45 prayer event, 172 hours of the 45 days got covered. That’s a little over a week of the 6 1/2 weeks. That’s awesome. Several men also told me they were willing to cover the night sleeping shifts, possibly enough to cover [...]

Why 45 Days

Why 45 days of 24/7? An easy and obvious answer is that Lent is 45 days. Actually, Lent technically lasts 40 days, without the 5 Sundays before Palm Sunday. (Sundays are considered mini-resurrection days, since Jesus rose on the first day of the week.) While the number 40 has several significant associations in the Bible, the most [...]

Are We Ready for This?

Okay, here’s the deal. It’s over, but it’s not. When the members of the 24/7 prayer planning team came together on Sunday, most of us had a strong sense that the 24/7 prayer week needed to end when the week was over, and that we were to take the tent down IMMEDIATELY. The Israelites of old [...]

What’s Next?

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with [...]

A Dare

“Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it” (I Corinthians 9:24).
I’m sorry to say this, but I plan on beating every one of you. This year I’m not going to be satisfied just qualifying, or [...]