A friend of the family stayed over last week and we made a room for him, putting a bed in our small lounge and clearing out the debris of 3 children.

At church we began the year with something similar by making room for God through a week of prayer and fasting. Around the prayer stations, particularly at the one with a free standing 6 foot wooden cross, people cleared out the debris of their hearts; some by writing down their failures, broken promises, bad habits, sins and laying them down at the base.

Other stations allowed us to listen to God, for example by asking "what would God say if He was writing to Hopehall as He did to the churches in Revelation?" But the overwhleming response I received from members was appreciation for making space and opportunity for them to simply meet with God. Continuing this we will be opening the church on Mondays for prayer, and in so doing we will continue to make room for God. As the voice said in the Kevin Costner film Field Of Dreams "if you build it he will come".

If we will empty ourselves and give God time and space, then He will come.

Graham Currie