So my cell have just finished promoting, building, running and packing down Revelation’s first 24-7 Prayer Room in a year and I guess I have mixed feelings about it…
On one hand there was a real hunger for prayer, the hours filled in no time at all and there was a tangible presence of God in the room. The strongest impressions I had were of the peace and the fear of God. A really strange juxtaposition but it definitely left you in awe.
I was in there at 3am on Monday night Tuesday morning and I was afraid to walk into the room because I knew I was about to spend an hour with the creator of the universe and the reality of that power hit me like a ton of bricks! I had a fantastic time praying with Anthony, Steve and Smiles and all in all you could say it was a success but something in me feels like I missed something.
God was there, he spoke to people, we listened, people took time out of their lives to pray; I know that all of that is amazing but I feel like it lacked an outward focus. I would hate for us to become bored of prayer because we mostly focus on ourselves. I bore me, there’s only so much to talk about.
Maybe I’m alone and my unrest says more about me than the prayer room. I am really self-absorbed (I have my own blog with my own domain name) and I guess I’m bored of myself. I’m disappointed I didn’t spend more time praying for my friends, for the world. I guess this is something better worked out in my daily habits. Hmmm I’ll let you know.
PS – I am excited about reading through the answered prayers book later.