24-7 REWIND "Life in the Movement" for Saturday, 26 April 2014

24-7 REWIND "Life in the Movement" for Saturday, 26 April 2014

7 Ways Your Smart Phone Can Help You Pray 

Constantly attached to your smart phone? Find it hard to make time for prayer - or to focus when you do? Well here are seven top tips for making your smart phone your friend. Try these holy habits to connect with Jesus and find new ways to talk…
1.Take five to be inspired by 24-7 Daily
Only got a few minutes? Download this app for daily bible verses, quotes and prayers. Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you, open the app and see how today’s bite-size bits of inspiration relate to your life. Make the prayer your own and share your own thoughts with God after reading.  Get the app for iPhone or Android.
2.Capture God moments with your camera
God is on the move and speaking in so many ways we may not expect. Set yourself the challenge to be on the look out for things, sounds, places and people that help you think about or talk to God today. Take a photo or video and keep a digital journal of what God is saying and how you’re connecting.
3.Don’t go it alone - Snapchat your prayer requests 
Got something you really need God to help with? Why not get your friends to pray with you. Find two people to whom you can send and receive private messages. When a need arises send a photo/text of what you need prayer for instantly through an app like Snapchat. Make sure you pray for God’s help as you press send and add your amen to their requests in return. (Don’t have Snapchat? There are other means of sending private messages too – you could DM on Twitter, message on Facebook or just text)  
4.Playlists that plug you in
Got a regular walk or commute? Create a playlist to plug you in to God.  Download the worship tunes that stir you and add songs that weren’t written with God in mind but always connect you to Jesus and what he cares about.  You could even create different playlists for chilled, meditative moods and wake-me-up now worship journeys.
5.Use social media to help you pray for others
Fancy shaking up whom you pray for? Why not open up a social media app or site and pray for the first person in your home feed. Ask Jesus to give you an encouraging comment to leave them after you’ve prayed.
6.Use news on the move to pray for the world
Ever find praying for the world daunting? Download a news app and choose one news story with your first tea/coffee/smoothie of the day. If you find it hard to start praying imagine what the best possible outcome of the situation could be and ask Jesus to make it happen. Keep it simple, specific and pray, “your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
7.Take the plunge – turn off your phone!

Silence can be scary but there’s nothing like silence and space to help you relax, clear your mind and connect with God. If you find it hard try finding a quiet place and turning off your phone as a sign that your switching off from the world and switching on to God for just two minutes a day. As those two minutes get easier (and start to feel quicker!) try increasing the amount of time you give your attention to God.
Carla Harding champions prayer in the International 24-7 movement.  Hailing from Chichester, England her life was hijacked by God in 1999 during a two hour stint in the first ever 24-7 Prayer Room.   Carla is very happily married to Stephen and loves worshipping, blogging, films, books, friends, food, live music and international adventures.

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Would you give to help others encounter Jesus?

Carla Harding 

One encounter with Jesus can change your life.
We want to give as many people as possible that chance.
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We are helping thousands of people to find out who God is, and why their life matters, by talking to him.  What happens next is unknowable, but we’ve seen new communities planted, the poor and vulnerable loved, and pioneer mission ignited.
You can help us fuel these Jesus encounters.
Would you consider giving £/€/$10 (or whatever you can afford)?  
You can give once, or monthly right here.
We’ll keep sharing and resourcing creative ways to try praying like:
•Podcasts
•24-7 Prayer Rooms
•Prayer Spaces in Schools
•Books and teaching
•Phone apps and much more
If you have any ideas for how we could help people (particularly teenagers and twenty-somethings) to pray we would love to hear them.  Say hi in the comments below or email us.
Carla Harding champions prayer in the International 24-7 movement.  Hailing from Chichester, England her life was hijacked by God in 1999 during a two hour stint in the first ever 24-7 Prayer Room.   Carla is very happily married to Stephen and loves worshipping, blogging, films, books, friends, food, live music and international adventures. 

The Anagnorisis Series: Easter Weekend

Pete Greig 

In case you missed them - here are Pete Greig's podcasts from the Easter Weekend; 
ANAGNORISIS - "the moment at which a character makes a critical discovery regarding their identity and true nature."
The Thief on the Cross: The Moment of Salvation // The Back Wall
Luke 23: 42
Pete Greig begins the journey of the Easter weekend, exploring the encounter between Jesus and the thief on the cross
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Doubting Thomas: Endorsed Questions // Living in Saturday
John 20: 24
Pete takes a look at the story of Doubting Thomas - and how his encounters with Christ and the questions that he struggled with shaped his faith and ministry
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Mary Magdalene: Speaking Names // A New Eden
John 20: 11-18
Pete takes us through our final podcast of the series. It's Easter Day, the most important day in history, and Pete's looking at what Jesus' resurrection means for Mary Magdalene and what it means for us
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You can access the Podcast via iTunes subscription and YouTube. We will also be posting them via our Twitter and Facebook. Alternatively you can watch them directly on the Podcast page of this site. 
Pete Greig is a founding champion of the 24-7 movement. He leads Emmaus Rd church in Guildford, England and serves as Director of Prayer for Alpha International . Pete's books include 'Red Moon Rising' and 'God on Mute'. He tweets regularly @petegreig

Going deeper 

The Prayer Course

Six videos to fuel discussion and deepen the prayer life of your church
24-7 Prayer and Alpha have teamed up to produce The Prayer Course - six 10 minute videos, hosted by Pete Greig, to help you explore different themes of prayer found in the bible: adoration, petition, intercession, unanswered prayer, listening to God and spiritual warfare. Available for free download at www.prayercourse.org
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