24 Hour Prayer Tent: October 1, 2010

Our tent was on the Glen Terrell Mall and open from midnight to midnight. Over 35 students and staff attended the tent. InterVarsity partnered with campus chapters of International Justice Mission and World Vision ACT:s as well as other campus ministries. Because of this amazing partnership, we had two people pray almost every hour for 24 hours!

Highlights of Comments in Prayer Tent Guest book

• So excited to see God's people present and not afraid to pray. Let's pray big prayers, for God to do big things, with strong belief in their fulfillment.
• God is powerful and good. It is good to be in fellowship with other believers.
• Lord, I pray to heal the sick and the suffering. Make use of your servants to solve the injustices and do your word. You are the Almighty and I cry out to you to end what troubles my heart.
• Thank you for doing this. God knowns the world could always use a little more prayer and divine assistance.
• It is awesome that you guys are raising awareness of these things and that you give people an opportunity to pray on campus for something that is so important.
• Favorite scripture passage, "Jesus wept." We know the problems of injustice firsthand. His compassion and love can guide any movement for justice.
• To really experience life to the fullest we must STOP the thing that are wrong in our lives. Take a good look around, ask God to BREAK our hearts and begin to change the wrongs in the world.
• I feel compelled to follow and be where God wants me to be. Helping those who have experienced so much pain and suffering.
• Prayer tent is the best tent on campus.
• We had a guy come to talk with us. He said he felt lead to come here tonight. It was interested because we had just finished praying that someone would come in. We prayed with him and it was a great interaction.
• We talked to a professor for almost an hour. One of the things we talked about was community and quiet and how technology limits our ability to have both. He was very interesting to talk to-- he said he had come to be at the university because he liked discussion and questioning of the academic world. He said he was disappointed at the lack of discussion here.
• We need to serve God on His terms, not ours. If he tells us to go, we should go. He will always take care of us so we shouldn't be afraid to follow God. And, prayer tents are awesome!