This is the sister from Adana Turkey from one of the 24x7 stories

24x7 Prayer

what is 24x7 Prayer! it is something that God has been doing for a long time among his people-something he seems to be renewing today all around the world. Where believers are gathering in specific places to wait upon the Lord. Where people take turns praying in a specific location/room--God begins meeting with his people constantly. What begins to happen is that God in a unique way begins to lead and speak to that community about the things of His heart. In Cyprus we experienced this first hand!

"I have posted watchmen on your walls, O jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. you who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth"--Isaiah 62:6-7

Here are two short stories that give a little sample of how God blessed our prayer around the clock in N. Cyprus. Besides the inner work that he did as each of us met with him during our hour watch

A brother from Turkey was praying up near the front of Sunny beach during his one hour slot late in the evening. A young man who lived and worked on the property approached him. He asked him what he was doing—when this brother told them that he was praying, the young man said that they had heard that our group was praying around the clock—He was astonished to hear that we have all come all this way just to pray for his people. From that time on for the next two hours this brother from Turkey got a chance to share the message of God’s love and forgiveness. That is not the end of the story. The next day as he was sharing this story with all of us, three other people from three different groups said that they too had a chance to talk to either this same young man or a member of his family.



This last week we had a team of 6 Turks from Istanbul join us; though they were only here for one week we feel they assimilated into the system quite well. They immediately signed up for the 24-7 prayer time just like everyone else. The team leader, a sister from Turkey, was praying at 11pm on the grounds of our facility. While she was praying a 16 year old Turkish Cypriot boy that our family knows well from last year, came up to her and asked what she was doing. She told him that she was praying for the Turkish people of N. Cyprus. He was so shocked by this that he began to ask many questions. She shared with this young man and he told her that he understood what she was saying and that he wanted to invite Jesus into his life. So, she and the young man prayed right then. The amazing thing was that she had been praying earlier that day that God would bring people into her path that God was drawing to Himself.