Posted by boilerroom in Praying for..., What we're thinking about...
I sat in Guildford a week & a half ago & I prayed for the people of Burma after the cyclone. We prayed that foreign aid would be allowed into the disaster areas. I honestly didn’t expect for much to happen (at least not straight away); I had the mentality of “the situation is so big, how on earth are my prayers going to make any form of difference – especially because this is a 2 second prayer!”
I was quite blown away when the next day Mick showed me the headline on the Sydney Morning Herald website; “Burma – foreign aid finally allowed in”.
I had the same mentality when I was at Boiler Room prayer the other morning. We were thinking about the things that break out heart, or stir up a sense of injustice in us. We were talking about the gap between the CEO’s of companies & its workers; and the ridiculous amounts of money that they get paid even when they do a bad job. Like when a big company goes bust, it’s the poor that get hit the hardest when CEO’s still get a fat, juicy retirement fund…
So we started to pray, not eloquently or brilliantly, but we prayed all the same. We prayed for the victims of the China earthquake & how the press have been overlooking the stories of the victims (not only in China, but in Burma too), and politicising desperate situations. We also prayed that journalists would start writing about the people that have been affected in the tragedies.
Again, the next day the headline for the SMH website was the story of a little girl orphaned by the earthquake. I then received an e-mail from James that said: ‘Since we prayed yesterday there has been lots of attention in the press of the victims of Burma and China; and also did you notice today the British Airways announced profits, and have split some of them between the staff and the CEO has refused to take his bonus! Crazy!!!!!’
I don’t know why these prayers seemed to be getting answered straight away, but I figure if you ask God to move in situations that break His heart then He will. God says that he’s looking for someone to stand in the gap, so why can’t it be us?
God calls us to pray, simple as that.
Lauren x
“For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20
Posted by jamesbutler in Praying for....
Tags: egham, noise, prayer, prayer meetings
We are coordinating prayer for the noise. It’s an amazing opportunity to serve our community.
Below are prayer points and the meeting currently praying for the noise. Please try to make it to at least one to pray.
Prayer points:
- Praise God for the opportunity to serve him and others is a very practical way
- That God’s will would be done and that he would be preparing the way for the young people.
- Pray that God would provide the projects and the people to do them
- Pray for team leaders, that there are enough and that they lead the groups well
- THe people we are serving that this would be a blessing and that God would working in their hearts.
- That it would make an impact – living life our loud
- For long term relationships to be built
- For Safety for all those involved
- For a means to easily and safely (and cheaply) remove all the waste
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Who
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Where
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Date
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Time
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Prayer Walk
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Outside St Judes Englefield Green
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Tuesday 13th May
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12 midday
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Bishops Gate Evangelical Church
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Kings Lane
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Thursday 15th May
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7.30-9.30pm
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Hythe Community Church
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The Hythe Centre
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Sunday 18th May
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12.30pm
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The Journey
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The Methodist Church Englefield Green
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Sunday 18th May
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2pm
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The Boiler Room Meal
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4 Runnymede Court
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Monday 19th May
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7pm (for food- let us know) 8pm to pray
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Prayer Walk
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Outside St Judes Englefield Green
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Tuesday 20th May
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12 midday
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Hythefields Gospel Church
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Gospel Hall, Egham Hythe
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Wednesday 21st May
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7pm
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Boiler Room
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4 Runnymede Court
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Thursday 22nd May
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8am
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Wendover Rd Methodist Church
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Egham Hythe
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Friday 23rd May
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9.30-10.15am
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*More to follow but I thought I would get these ones published now.
Posted by jamesbutler in Praying for..., What we're up to.....
Firstly to remind you all that the prayer week got underway on Sunday Night. Already quite a few people have come through and each day it molds and changes as people add their prayers. Do drop in and visit before 6pm Friday.
Secondly I wanted to say about Burma, or Myanmar as it should be known. After the protests were quashed (not squashed as I heard on ITV) there are fears about the governments response. Will it close itself off from the world? will it respond to what the world is telling it? How will this affect the people of Myanmar? There are also fears for the people who were arrested during the protests. Many were swept up and arrested who weren’t even part of it, most of the monks haven’t been seen since, there are no numbers of people in jails or details of the conditions they are being held in. Please pray. A good source of information is the tearfund website and particularly in this case this article about Myanmar.
