i tooooo! have felt like a heavenly loafer in the prayer room. perhaps it's a tonic for the a personality type that resides in vancouver and particularly our parts of it.
yeah, the happiness God experiences, the satisfaction. rest. yep. i'm all for it. in it.
miss you all sooooo much. love

i just wanted to mention that i feel so at rest in there, too. i was going to write about it before, but didn't have a lot of time. when i read these posts though, i wanted to share that i've felt rest rest rest. and peace.

peace and rest. i felt those two things overwhelmingly when i was in there.

also, two verses came to mind when i was laying there, listening for God...

one of the phrases that was in my mind was "in repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength". i just now looked up the reference, and it's from isaiah 30:15. i should read more of it... but that one part was stuck in my head. the next time i was in the prayer room i just started out by confessing and repenting of things that came to mind. i rarely do that [i confess!]

and also, matthew 11:28-30:
"come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and i will give you rest. take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. for my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
that one i've had come to mind again and again in the past few months.

i can't wait to be in there again... peace... rest...

i most definately agree with all of these comments. i'm seeing a pattern here. haha! love it. It really is God bringing us back to his heart and saying rest. Like andy said, i haven't felt like a warrior in that room. God just keeps calling me to rest and simply be with him and have us bask in each others' prescence. love it. it's kinda nice not having to worry about what to say what to do, but to just be.
it's truly a special special time God has for us. what gets me is how happy God is to spend that time with us-he is overjoyed. makes me feel loved.

I too feel this way, Its nice to know others are too. This just confirms it for me. I wasn't worried about it, i just thought it was different. Ive been three times now, and each time i've come after work (for those of you who don't know, i work in preschool, and it takes me a while after to calm down and be "normal" again...) The whole way from work to the prayer room im "high on work" and buzzing around. As soon as i walk into the room there's a calm. A peace that just wraps around me and i hear "Im so glad you're here. Ive been waiting for you. Come, Rest, be still" Its so so nice. I wish i could do it everyday!

Be still my friends. Just be in his company during your hour of prayer. Its such a sweet thing, being cozy with Jesus. I love it. He does too.

My experience has been much the same.

I had the sense coming into this 40 days that God was really wanting to use our prayers to turn the spiritual soil in our city. You know, break-up the hard ground to make way for further break through in our neighborhoods and friendships (heaven knows this can only be his work!) But you know, as I've come to each of my hours I've felt remarkably "un-warrior" like. I don't know that I've even asked God for one thing. Frankly. I've just sat and rested. Some of the time I've read scripture but most of the time I've just been there... and I've had the quite assurance that he's been there with me. I haven't really heard anything, I haven't strained to hear anything, I've just sat and loved him.

It's been really sweet. Really easy. No pressure. Just kinda like hanging with one of those friends that has become so close that it is no longer awkward when no one says anything. You know those friends?

Reflecting on this I've thought to myself, "Maybe this is how God intended this "breaking-up" season to begin. First I rest with him, get re-oriented, then a couple weeks in... 'bam'... I really start interceding and praying for this city. Busting down strongholds and the rest."

But as I've typed this little note another thought has come my way - what if the "soil-turning" is happening as I rest? What if my peace with Jesus and gazing on him is actually the way the strongholds are brought low. I think it's up to my "ferverent" prayers... but God says, "I already know whats on your heart. It's on mine too. Just come and sit with me."

I guess God only knows. In the mean time I'm just happy to meet with him. I'm so glad the 40 days are underway. Trust you are as well.

If some reason you are afraid of entering in, apprehensive about not hearing his voice or not knowing how to pray, or being dissapointed.... don't sweat it. Just slide into it. Put yourself down for an hour. Nothing great needs to happen. Just sit with him. Read a story or two about him. Put on a worship song and hum along. I think the Father is wooing us all again.

"Come... eat with me."