Virtual Prayer Room – Universal Connectivity
We all need prayerful support. I am greatly encouraged when I hear someone say to me, “I’m praying for you.” I also cannot imagine going through life without my prayerful conversations with the Lord each day.
Prayer “connects” me with Jesus; breathing life into my soul. It helps me face each day with hope and expectation. I’ve experienced the “wonder working power” of prayer in my life, firsthand. I’ve also witnessed its results in transforming people, places, and things.
When people pray, things happen!
I am greatly excited that our research and development team has figured out a cost-effective way to “connect” thousands (perhaps millions) of intercessors on the internet, both on a local and global scale. We’re building a Virtual Prayer Room where people and prayer unite together inside an “online gated community" - a safe place for members; an inviting atmosphere for visitors.
Quentin Schultze is a communications professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has authored many books on the subject of good communications, especially the internet.
In an article (http://www.youthspecialties.com/articles/topics/culture/internet.php?) published on the Youth Specialties website, Schultze is asked, “What will be the most significant Internet development as they concern the Christian community?” He says, “Christian women have formed strong online prayer groups and chat areas that serve their own gender interest.”
It makes sense. People engage in conversational prayer over the phone. Why not use the internet for an online prayer group? It’s fast, convenient, and economical. We can engage with others in prayer from the privacy of our home…at work, school, or anywhere in the world.
Small groups of intercessors can privately gather together for prayer, or they can open the door to public ministry. Local churches can have their own “virtual prayer room” where people gather, chat, and pray. Out in the community, a closely-connected group of intercessors from different churches could have one too.
Unique prayer environments could be created for personal prayer or group intercession. Groups could be linked together for “concerts of prayer” and strategic intercession. This can happen in a local community, city-wide movement, or global outreach.
In our Virtual Prayer Room intercessors can talk and unite in prayer. They can accept prayer requests and minister to people’s needs, day or night. Testimonies of answered prayers can be posted; giving people hope. People can return to the prayer room…time and time again.
Think about the possibilities: real people…real time…real prayer, 24/7 – 365. People and prayer – united together; anytime, anywhere…all over the planet.
“The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective (James 5:16, NIV).”
