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:: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 ::

Rock'n'roll prayers
I'm listening to Bruce Springsteen's The Rising right now, for the first time in months, and all because of a blogpost about prayer. (Thanks to Charlie Wear for the find.)

Bobbymac writes beautifully about how The Boss leads 20,000 in prayer during a concert in Barcelona captured on DVD.

During the song "My City Of Ruins" (which is an awesome song of intercession), as Bruce sang the lines:

"With these hands, I pray for Your strength, Lord
With these hands, I pray for Your love, Lord
With these hands, I pray for the faith, Lord
C'mon rise up! Rise up!"

...over 20,000 people raised their hands to the sky and sang these words at the top of their lungs. Imagine: Bruce Springsteen led literally thousands of people in prayer during this tour! Church cynics would disparage this with comments like "yes, but who were they praying to?" To me, this kind of comment represents the height (or depth) of evangelical arrogance. The same God who was so quick to respond to Cornelius' prayer in Acts 10 is the same God who heard the prayers in Barcelona, and the other 82 cities that "The Rising" tour came in contact with.

Think of it: thousands upon thousands of people, all over the world, calling out to God in prayer. I wonder how God will answer? I wonder how many of us Christians will get out from behind the safety of the four walls of the church, and actually witness how God is already moving among the nations?

You should read the entire post. While I sing another prayer along with Bruce:

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

:: Andrew 08:58 + ::
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