{"id":66,"date":"2016-04-08T13:39:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T13:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2018-09-04T17:34:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T16:34:13","slug":"prayer-connects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/prayer-connects\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Connects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The poem in this film just poured out of me one night like a continuous stream of ideas, so I am a little uncertain even about attributing it to myself.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I have been involved in praying for a number of very serious situations, and coming alongside those who are suffering in desperate circumstances. I have been &#8220;lost for words&#8221; in these times. What do you say when a husband and wife both face cancer with two small boys in toe, when a beautiful woman of God is held captive by intense pain or a committed mother of a son with Autism is at the end of her emotional and physical resources? I am shaken and humbled, bewildered and almost scared to speak&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>But each time I have prayed, connected into the eternal, into the love of a heavenly Father, into the promises and vision of God&#8217;s Kingdom, words come. Prayer connects. I have seen it over and over again and I rejoice in having this gem in my life. So please don&#8217;t think of me as eloquent (I&#8217;m not!) but rather see this poem as a gift from above, a heavenly poem, a poem to reveal and carry, a poem to hold, to engage and to transform. God really does speak afresh each day into our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K_xFxNogukc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can read the words to this poem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/FilmPages\/prayer_connects.html\">here <\/a>(and also buy a copy of the film as a download to keep).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poem in this film just poured out of me one night like a continuous stream of ideas, so I am a little uncertain even about attributing it to myself. Recently I have been involved in praying for a number of very serious situations, and coming alongside those who are suffering in desperate circumstances. I <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/prayer-connects\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[11,10,3],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-prayer","tag-film","tag-meditation","tag-prayer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Prayer_Connects_Shuttle_600.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bKxI-14","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":336,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/a-prayer-song-for-pentecost\/","url_meta":{"origin":66,"position":0},"title":"A new film for Pentecost","date":"May 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Come, O Spirit of God, Cause blind eyes to see. 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