Today I went to a prayer gathering from 8 am until noon of a bunch of pastors and people from churches from Albany, Lebanon, Corvallis, Jefferson, and the surrounding area. We worshiped together, prayed together, prayed for each other and just hung out as good friends. My hearing is so poor that I missed a bunch that was said and prayed, but I didn’t miss the very strong sense of unity and oneness that was part of the atmosphere. It was very real and strong and I left with a strong feeling of joy having been part of it. I think what I was actually doing was entering into the joy that the Lord felt as a result of our gathering. There is so much discord and fighting in our culture today, and today being Election Day is sort of the epitome of that culture. It is a super refreshing experience to spend half a day in the “oneness” that happened today.
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Dee,
We are smack dab in the middle of our Season of Prayer here at Laurelwood. I affirm what you are saying about the atmosphere that comes from praying together in unity and oneness. We have a guest visiting us and he came home after a day of training. He was exhausted and it showed. He asked me what I did that day and I said, “prayed with our folks for about 8 hours” and I feel great! Prayer is hard work (doubly hard when you are fasting) but one of the blessings of corporate prayer is that sense of God’s joy… Thanks, Dee, for encouraging me to pray and for our church to become a house of prayer.
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You are welcome😄
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