Stories of Prayer@G2 York

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Stories of Prayer : 

Stories of Prayer

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Experience of Prayer.... I pray in the car.. Praying out loud keeps me awake on motorway journeys... I pray on the toilet I pray in coffee shops I pray first thing in the morning I pray when washing up I pray regularly but not for very long

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Experience of Prayer.... I pray about money and God always provides I pray when I’m too busy and stressed and God always calms me down I prayed for my Dad to be healed and he wasn’t , he died. I prayed for my friend to come to know Jesus, and he did

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Experience of Prayer.... I pray that I can love my wife in the best way possible I pray for G2 I pray while on the golf course I pray in the bath Where and how do you pray?

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Answers to Prayer..... Alpha Course A week before the Holy Spirit Session we had no speaker, no venue and no food.... We prayed that God would be in control and that he might speak to people

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Answers to Prayer..... Alpha Course In a few days we had an amazing venue, great teaching and someone unprompted offered to cook. God really moved in people’s lives

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Answers to Prayer..... Alpha Course We prayed guests might come to Alpha.....

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Answers to Prayer..... Alpha Course We saw most of the invited people come and some who weren’t invited! We’ve seen 29 different people at Alpha – Christian and Non-Christian... We couldn’t have done this without prayer

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Answers to Prayer..... Alpha Course We prayed that God would move in people’s lives....... He is doing

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Answers to Prayer..... I spent the first 4 weeks of term struggling to make progress with my research project... I realised I hadn’t actually talked to God about this.... I asked him to provide...

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Answers to Prayer..... The next day I got inspiration for research and within a week had more material than I’d managed to find on my own in a month. God is interested in and cares about our lives.....

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Answers to Prayer..... In 2008 I broke my nose in a sailing accident... The consultant said my nose would have to be broken again in order to re-set it properly....

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Answers to Prayer..... I went to Momentum with the CU. I asked for prayer......nothing happened The next day I asked for prayer again and I was prayed for for 30 minutes Still nothing visible had changed...

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Answers to Prayer..... When I got home my Mum said, “Your nose looks a lot straighter...” She told me how she had also been praying for me....

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Answers to Prayer..... The first thing the consultant said when I saw him was... “Your nose looks a lot straighter!” He asked me what had happened... I said I had been prayed for...

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Answers to Prayer..... After checking my nose he was astounded... He had never seen anything like it before... I would no longer need an operation... Also in the room were 4 medical students and another doctor....

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Answers to Prayer..... They all heard about God’s healing power and reality first hand... My healing miracle was certified by a top consultant!

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Answers to Prayer..... Through prayer God has: Prompted me and given me strength to restore my relationship with my brother Help me stay calm when on the sports pitch! Brought me to G2 right when I was walking away from him.

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Answers to Prayer..... Through prayer God has: Provided the finances, tents, cars, helpers, vans, administration and equipment needed to take over 200 kids to Soul Survivor over the last 4 years..... ...and bring them back without giving even one of them food poisoning!

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Answers to Prayer..... 18 people made a commitment to God on the different trips...

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Answers to Prayer..... Our car needed fixing, It was going to cost £366. We didn’t have the money so we prayed for it...

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Answers to Prayer..... A week later someone gave us £300 With gift aid that was enough to cover the car!

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Prayer.... God is real He wants to speak to us He answers our prayers all the time “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6