Livingonaprayer

LIVING ON A PR YER

W R I T T E N BY

Carla Harding with Pete Greig

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Carla Harding is part of the 24-7 Prayer movement and helps people around the world connect with God in prayer. She lives in Chichester with her husband Steve and their two children.

Pete Greig is the co-founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement and leader of Emmaus Rd Church in Guildford. He is author of Red Moon Rising, God on Mute and creator of the Prayer Course.

Copyright © Carla Harding and Pete Greig, 2016 Published 2016 by CWR, Waverley Abbey House, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8EP, UK. CWR is a Registered Charity – Number 294387 and a Limited Company registered in England – Registration Number 1990308.

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Concept development, editing, design and production by CWR Printed in England by Linney Print ISBN: 978-1-78259-584-7 (individual booklet) 978-1-78259-585-4 (pack of 10) Want to explore this further? This and more can be found at www.24-7prayer.com/prayer Statistic taken from Tearfund ‘Prayer in the UK’ report, 2007 (www.tearfund.org) Taylor Swift, posted on official Instagram page (www.instagram.com) [Accessed May 2016] 4 Statistics taken from a survey conducted for the Church of England in March 2013 (www.churchofengland.org) 5 Statistic taken from Tearfund Monitor, 2007, based on 421 UK adults who pray 6 Sir Winston Churchill quote taken from ‘The ‘miracle’ of Dunkirk’ BBC News, May 2000 (news.bbc.co.uk) [Accessed May 2016] 7 Justin Welby, posted on www.archbishopofcanterbury.org [Accessed May 2016] 8 Wayne Rooney in an interview with The Daily Express in September 2012 (www.express.co.uk) [Accessed May 2016] 9 C.S. Lewis, taken from Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer © copyright CS Lewis Pte Ltd 1964. Used by permission 10 Mark Wahlberg in an interview with Square Mile in June 2015 (www.squaremile.com) [Accessed May 2016] 1

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PE ACE What did we do before we had the smart phone?

It’s so much more than a communication tool.

It’s a navigator, PA, personal shopper and portal to social media. But, sadly, it has one unfortunate flaw … its battery life. All the potential of a smart phone is brought to nothing when that notification flashes up: battery low.

We might often feel a little like a phone. As we keep the many plates of our life spinning (work, family, friends, chores, etc), we may often feel the need to recharge. We may crave the opportunity to disconnect from the often fast-paced world we live in, and plug in to a moment of stillness and prayer, to the God who never runs out of strength, and whose very presence brings peace.

At other times we might feel alone in the world.

Turning to prayer at these times connects us to God, who is always with us.

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esus said, ‘Come to me, J all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.’ (Matthew 11:28)

Prayer can be a place where we calm the head noise, see our world in a new light and find peace in the pause button.

plug in to a moment of stillness Eighty per cent of adults who pray say that it makes them feel better.5 Why not find five minutes of space and solitude to get some peace and quiet with God and to seek new perspective on your priorities today.

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