Kitty O'Shea's Prayer Group - March 13th

Seven regulars met today with a visitor from New Jersey, Dianne, who had been praying for a long time for the Boston area—that ancient wells would be unblocked—and had been drawn to visit the group.

We heard an update from Bob of the visit to Gulfport to deliver and install houses which had been built by churches on the South Shore. Bob reported that much of the devastation following Katrina remained evident there, but that good had come out of the destruction: for one thing, racial barriers between different faith communities there had been broken down; and many people had been humbled to see evidence of the power of generosity of spirit, especially of those who had lost much.

In our prayers, we were thankful for the various current happenings in the area, such as the JHOP 40 days of 24/7 prayer and the forthcoming prayer rally in Franklin Field on Palm Sunday; and we held them up to God. We welcomed the evidence of growing unity in the church around all these events. We were reminded that, important as crowds and events may be, God’s heart is for the individual. And so we prayed for a number of individuals—seekers who had attended Alpha at Kitty’s, family members, friends and work colleagues—that God might reveal himself to them. We also prayed for ministries in the workplace downtown—that God would bless and guide those seeking to minister in this area.

We remembered especially two members of the group who were not present.

-David P.