Sunday, May 01, 2011

#1 Restore our Heritage... of Persevering Prayer



Of the seven 'ancient wells' of Cambridge that we are praying God would unblock, the first is prayer.

Charles Simeon was a student at Cambridge and then the vicar of Holy Trinity Church for half a century. He represents very clearly the heritage of prayer that we pray God would restore to our city in these days.

Every morning he would rise at 4am, so that he could spend the first four hours of his day in prayer and the Word, undistracted by the busyness of the day. The story goes that when he failed to get up on time, he would give half a crown to his bedder -- until he found himself rationalising that it was okay not to get up to pray because that meant money would be given to charity. After this he resolved to throw the coin into the river!

Pray with us for that heritage of faithful prayer to be restored in Cambridge:

Father God,
Thank-you for the privilege of prayer. Thank-you for the example of Charles Simeon. Would you restore that heritage of committed prayer to Cambridge today. Would you raise up students in this city who would make it their first priority to spend time with Jesus. Do it again! Revive your works in these days, we pray.
In Jesus' Name,
AMEN.


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To hear more about Charles Simeon and his faithfulness in prayer, as well as other significant people of prayer in Cambridge's Heritage, please join us this afternoon at 2pm for the first of this week's 'Restore our Heritage' Guided Walks.

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