Twelve Thousand And Rising
We
did not sleep well that night. The home in the Irish countryside was
warm, the bed was comfortable but the least sound made our eyes open as
if on springs. Our host had just recounted his days in the armed IRA
struggle in open hostility with the British. "How long does it take for
the gospel to change a man," we Brits asked ourselves in the silence of
the night. The day had at dawn as we headed for the Irish Sea ferries
driving a borrowed red Ford Transit van into which someone had
shoe-horned a V6 engine which was fine for speed but not for traffic
because this home-made conversion required a three foot long gear lever
and very long arms. The IRA man had already taken us to a Full Gospel
Businessman's meeting to hear the personal preacher to Pope John Paul
II, a Father Raniero Cantalamessa,
who to our very great surprise spoke boldly about Jesus and was more
pentecostal than the Pentecostals. Next day we went on our way to Cork
City to collect a very young John O'Donovan who was leaving behind the
idols of the faith he was born into, to join our church over the water
in Nottingham. This we did, spending our final night in a Mrs.
McCarthy's Guest House, forever remembered for the green moss that
lined the bath. Talking to John this week, in a very unassuming way he
just mentioned that since that journey in 1979 he thinks that he has
spent more than 12,000 hours in prayer. Knowing John as we do, this is
not silent, contemplative prayer but serious spoken intercession
through many a long night, so releasing revelation and a multitude
of answers from God.This
week we have a gift for you. John has very graciously given us his
study notes on prayer and five audio recordings of the man himself
teaching on prayer.
Click here for the Notes on The School of Prayer.
Click here for audio mp3: Planning a Time of Prayer
Click here for audio mp3: Prayer in Scripture
Click here for audio mp3: Prayer with Fasting
Click here for audio mp3: Prayers of the Bible
Click here for audio mp3: The Power of Prayer
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