Students and 20s Update
04 Feb 2010
At our last 'love:worship' (the first of the new term) Chris spoke on the significance and importance of 'loving our campuses like never before'; with our heads, knees, feet, mouths and hearts:
It may sound a bit strange but I promise you there was method behind the madness and it made out for a really challenging and thought provoking evening. Getting our heads around the simple reality that God wants to break out into our campuses much more than we want him to is both amazingly exciting and reassuring. It felt great for the group to all be back together again. Over the Christmas period I had really missed this and it was amazing just how much God blessed us with his presence that night. And although Chris’s talk reminded us a little of the song “head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes” it was rather insightful: knowing that we have a God who loves to reveal himself and has already planned to use us to reveal himself definitely left us stirred to reach out to those close to us on our campuses and in our workplaces.
Our monthly '144 Prayer Night' is always a very different experience but no less compelling. We spent time praying into a number of different areas we are involved in as a student and 20s group, including what is now our current alpha course. This kicked off last Tuesday in a curry house on Sidcup High Street, which subsequently was packed with tables full of students and 20s: a direct and amazing answer to prayer!We also spent time praying for the people of Haiti. It was poignant to pray for a country that has been so devastated and yet still have so much hope and faith; it is truly humbling. The energy of these evenings is always so potent and they just seem to be getting better and better as the year goes on! In the last session I was literally floored by His astounding presence, and was once again assured of a truly breathtaking love I do not deserve but have been given nevertheless. These prayer nights are becoming one of the highlights of all that we are doing, and as we continually call out to God to work in our situations he is faithful with his answers and meets with us powerfully, continually bestowing us with his presence. We have been blessed recently with so many answers to prayer. We are trying to compile a list of areas in which we have seen real breakthrough, from a number of healings we have seen to our uni mates coming along and getting stuck into church life.
Quick reminder: Saturday 13th February is an evening we have set apart to finally go 'treasure hunting' in the surrounding areas and on our local university campuses. I think it’s time we took what we are starting to see when we meet together to the marketplace!
Percy (Students and 20s Team)
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