prayer requests....in the streets

So while we were in Ibiza Spain this summer (shout out to them-check out their blog http://24-7ibiza.blogspot.com/) we got to spend time with some great people who have a heart for the drunk, drugged, dirty, and deceived who seek fulfillment in fleeting pleasure. Ibiza is a city much like Athens, but worse. There, one of the ways they go about sharing the message of salvation is by going out on the street at night when everyone is out and mostly drunk and high, and take prayer requests- the idea is to bless, not sell Christianity. Their experiences with this, and even our own while we were there, is that people will talk to you about God or Jesus if they see that your heart is to bless them, not to sell something to them. Sometimes people laugh or say something shallow. Often times, they open up and are honest, quite desperate in their own lives for God to heal a grandmother or parent or something real. Once they saw God heal a guy’s knee, and He ended up in the prayer room that night. The team takes the prayer request cards and posts them up on the walls of the prayer room-so the names of the hundreds of people they have talked to are prayed over, and in mercy, God may reveal Himself to these people. God is using this way of doing things in Ibiza-we saw it ourselves.

So how does this apply to us? And is doing that watering down the gospel or the reality that these people need an encounter with Truth? I’ve wondered this for months since we returned from Europe, and finally have gotten some clarity on it now. Someone here had a dream concerning downtown and the prayer room and stuff that included pieces of paper with “prayer request” written on the top. Then a few weeks later, Mike had so much favor with people during the Toppers Siege when he just asked if he could p ray for people. It is an immediate way to people’s needs and hearts- and also an opportunity for God to show His power over all things- His ability to answer our requests. So I believe God confirmed this is something for here

So I’ve been praying about this and every time just thought I shouldn’t plan it, but that it would be a grassroots thing, much like the Toppers thing started… AND THAT’S JUST WHAT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT!! My roommate felt this on her heart, and so did some other people- to just go out there and see what happens!! So I am hoping that they blog their experiences, because they were far more interesting than my own.

So we may just do it again this Friday night, start around midnight, and pray up and go out…get over our fear of man, and be on the streets with people, and GO WITH EXPECTATION. And think about it, right now the city is being soaked in prayer-its gotta be God to do something like this! Join us, if you’d like, feel free to email if you want to come.

JESUS, come change this city, come soften the hearts of people, to see your undying love and full salvation….We invite you and long for you to do this!!

Eager for a move of His Spirit in Athens,
Dana