Play Interrupts Prayer

Funny how all the time since getting involved with the Old Woking team - since April - it's not rained once on a Tuesday evening, so we've never had a 'rain interrupts play' situation. But ready to greet us this evening when we met for prayer at New Life Church there were four young people waiting for us, anxious for our attention, wanting to chat, play and drink hot chocolate.

So prayer didn't get started for a while, instead we played a couple of ball-games with them in the large room upstairs. But we were torn because of our commitment to pray this evening, between playing and praying; so we explained what we wanted to do and suggested that they might go home. However, they didn't want to go, so instead they agreed to come and and listen to our prayer. I told them a story, read a bit from the Bible, then Phil, Helen and Nancy prayed for them. Afterwards they went home.

There was a feeling that this was one of those appointments that might well turn out to be quite a defining experience in the formation of Outside Light? These kids were a little giggly, but bearing in mind three didn't know us and we didn't know them, praying and reading from the Bible could have been quite a risky thing to do - they could have been totally disrespectful, which might have left us wondering what else we might have done with them and whether we had done the right thing. Instead they seemed quite touched by the story and prayers and they left in a calmer mood than when they arrived. All very interesting.

Is it possible, maybe, that praying and worship will become a regular and organised part of Outside Light? It's something to pray for.

Much love and thanks for your prayers. We know you're supporting us in that way and really grateful for that.

John