God's Love For A Man on the Floor

Me and fellow student Lee Brannan spotted an unconscious man lying on the floor looking almost motionless. We were really concerned and felt we should see if he was ok and whether we could help. He wasn't responding much but when we talked to him he tried to move. Lee and I continued to talk to him for a bit as he was beginning to wake up. Lee went to get the man some water whilst I asked him how he got here. After sharing a bit of his story (he has a broken family and doesn't have great communication with his son) He started to repeat the words "I feel bad". As well as his depression, he was also in pain. So when Lee got back we decided to pray for him that he sees God, knows that he is forgiven by God, for the pain to go away and for his family situation. 

Trust and Hope

Over the last few months there has been a lot of doing, family and work wise presenting much challenge  but I hope opportunity for God's word, purpose in action. Not unusual for any Christian you may be  rightly thinking, I know, but it's been intense. 

Baptism and the tangent that I went off on

Hi all,

Ah it is so lovely to have another sheet of Breathe readings to go through... last week I didn't know what to do with myself!

Has anyone else had this thing where they read the bible and then one little thing about the passage strikes them and then they go off on a tangent and forget the rest of the bible passage?

The Supernatural at Church

It was encouraging to hear a dynamic testimony to the power of God from a client on the healing prayer line last Sunday.

Westminster Abbey prayer

On what is a precious day off work this week I went to London to see my daughter. I went first to Westminster Abbey, having felt a strong desire to pray and read the bible there. I did this, with a focus on journeying and blessing on all our family in the widest sense, including the church family, this being a persistent prayer.  As I finished a young woman Curate got up and spoke the prayer below. It felt very connected and encouraging to what I had prayed about silently and I asked her for a copy. We got talking, prayed together and the lady (called Marja) sent this onto me.

James 1:2-8

This morning at prayer we looked at James 1:2-8 and we had excellent teaching from Kimil. It's lovely to join with the International Church to Worship and Pray together.

Feel the fear and do it anyway, just like Joshua (or perhaps a little bit like Joshua)

Hello,

At risk of over blogging I thought I would share some more thoughts. We are now on the battle of Jericho. Now I know Joshua is heralded as a model leader in Christian circles, but in all honesty, he is a bit too "yeah, let's go and kill loads of people" for my liking....  but once again I decided to crop, cut and paste the grizzly bits onto my mental clip-board for further study at some point, and focus on the spiritual parallels which is what we are doing living in the tension between the "now" and the "not yet".  

Be healed

Tuesday 18th September 6.30am prayer meeting
We prayed for John McGinley. James 5 v14-15.
Please do likewise all you who read this. "And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well".

Tim M.

Be still

Thanks Hils for your latest comments on Exodus.

I haven't looked at the Breathe blog for several weeks but felt prompted to do so on Monday morning. The reading from Exodus 14:13-14 has been very much on my heart this week too....and, unknown to Hils, I went for a prayer ministry appointment later that day.

The day God invited my dad to accept His gift of eternal life

31st August 2012

God has shown his faithfulness in answer to my prayer and fasting today. My dad has been listening to me speaking God's word to him every week since I was saved, he used to comment about every road leading to God with me, all my conversations lead upwards! I used to wonder why I always spoke with such conviction and now I realise it was the Holy Spirit working through me to prepare my dad's heart for the invitation.

Photo for 24-7 Prayer

Leicester Prison is just 135 paces from Holy Trinity Church. On the photo you can see the church spire above the wall to the left of the picture.

Pray for Greenbelt

About forty of us from Holy Trinity will be at Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham this weekend. It’s inspiring, wild at heart and easy to catch the spiritual wind there: please pray for fresh inspiration for us all and some ways to share it back home afterwards. 

Lat

Keeping praying for others

My wife Sarah and I are praying for our wider family to come to faith, particularly mine as there are very few Christians in my immediate family. Recently, a female cousin who is getting married soon, called me to say she’d be in Leicester and wanted to see us. During the conversation, I mentioned that I’d come to faith in the last few years and told her my story. She was very interested but we left it there and prayed. We then went to see my sister for a birthday party and the same cousin was there. I spoke with her sister and her mum telling them my story but did not say a great deal more to her as we left it until she came up. 

God at work in the everyday

Continuing on from the theme of testimonies from the previous Sunday, I shared at last Thursday’s lunchtime prayer time, thankfulness to God in honouring my prayers, that had started at the beginning of the week, regarding two work ‘issues’ (the kind of workaday problems we all face). What I didn’t know at the time, was that I was to be faced by an even larger ‘issue’ on Friday – the sort that seems to come from nowhere!

Fulfilment of a promise made to God

Today is a fulfilment of a promise I made to God 21 years ago. Before Libby was born we had a miscarriage and I had a difficult pregnancy. I told God that to the best of my ability I would do everything I could to bring her up to love him. Today is very special. Libby is go to be Baptised this evening. My prayer is that she and all those being Baptised this evening will bring many to know and love the Lord as they enjoy their walk with God.

Mandy

The cross-generational effect of prayer

Inspiring messages on Sunday from Dave Warren and James Gandon encouraging us to pray continually (without ceasing). Being Father’s Day I ‘phoned my dad in Norwich who is 91 next week and known the Lord for the last 46 years.

Prayer and incense

During the time of prayer this morning, I had a strong "smell" of incense and then had a picture of smoke rising from the congregation as if from an incense stick. Against the smoke, colours seemed to change until there appeared a background of purple which I believe represented heaven touching earth. Purple is often depicted as a royal colour but it is also a mix of blue (the heavens) and red (the earth).

Everyday armour

Thanks for Elaine's helpful reminder, teaching and correction from Sunday's sermon.

Thanks today for being able to be in London for Jubilee concert. For going to St Margaret's right by Westminster to the chapel of Christ the Intercessor, a historic, beautiful and spiritual place to pray for this day, for whatever the Lord is doing and blessings for all God's family.

Surrounded by all this unity, sights and sounds, all amazing.
Ann

Clothed for battle

In the first days of holiday, if feeling battle weary, it is wonderful to have both the luxury and neccesity of being able to sit quiet for much longer in waiting spirit prayer, then stepping outside and running with it. It never dissapoints and I am so thankful for it.

Treasures in Heaven

Richard and I have enjoyed a wonderful week in Spain, but in the early hours on Saturday morning we had a phone call from Libby to say that our house has been burgled and trashed, Richard and I prayed that Vicky and the dog would be ok, and the following bible passage came to mind from Matthew 6:19-21 :