War Room

Out now

At the beginning of January the film ‘War Room’ became available in the UK.  It has been out in the US for some months and I had heard it was coming - I saw a short trailer on YouTube.

A few days ago I watched the DVD, and I would encourage you to watch it too.  I don’t want to spoil the storyline for you, but . . .

First priority

‘War room’ refers to the prayer room a lady has in her home.  A recurring question in the film is, ‘how do you fight your battles?’  Do we tackle them in prayer?  Or do we try and work them out ourselves somehow?  The film presents the challenge of making prayer the first priority - taking real, everyday situations to God in prayer and seeking His solution to them.  Here’s the website:  http://warroomthemovie.com/

Watch and share

Why not get a copy of the film, watch it yourself, and then think who you could show it to?  It lasts about 2 hours, so could be watched in a mid-week homegroup meeting.

But the main thing is not just watching it, but building the Biblical principles into our lives.

“But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you.”  Matthew 6:6

If you’re like me, you need reminders to keep prayer in the right place, to have times of focussed prayer, as well as allowing prayer to be that constant theme running through life.

Helping us pray

Prayercast

Are you familiar with the Prayercast videos?  If not, check out the website http://prayercast.com/  They have a short prayer video for most countries of the world.  The videos have scenes of the country accompanied by someone praying for the country – often someone from the country itself.  These videos are an excellent tool in helping us pray for our world.

You reign

Under their ‘special videos’ category is an excellent video called, ‘You Reign’.  It’s a look back at what happened in 2015 with the refrain, “You reign, You rule, You are greater than any earthly king . . .  You are higher than any other thing . . .”  The website has this comment:

God reigns and is moving today in every corner of the globe!  Yet the evil in our world and its prominence in news reports can sometimes make us lose sight of this.  When we forget His sovereignty, we can easily slip into despair and hopelessness.  As we look back over 2015 we recognize and rejoice that He reigns “far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title…” and that “all things are under His feet” (Ephesians 1:21,22).

Springboard to prayer

The videos are free to download.  Why not download ‘You Reign’  http://prayercast.com/you-reign.html  and show it to your family, show it at your homegroup, or mid-week prayer meeting, or in a Sunday service?  Then having watched it, spend time praying about situations relevant to you, from that perspective of ‘You reign’.

I’ve shown it a few times and it’s been appreciated.  Have a go . . .