Written by Sarah Kyle<\/p>\n
After a tremendous response during the 24\/7 Prayer Week, Harding officials have agreed to permanently convert Shores Chapel into a student prayer room. <\/p>\n
Junior Jane Messina, who had an active role in initiating and planning 24\/7 Prayer Week, said the event itself was divinely inspired.<\/p>\n
“It’s a lot of prayers that people have been praying for years and years,” Messina said. “It’s a vision for the campus that God had but \u2026 my role in it was waiting for him to say \u2018go.'”<\/p>\n
Messina said the event was geared to make prayer an approachable task for students who struggle to connect.<\/p>\n
“For a lot of students, 30 minutes of prayer is daunting,” Messina said. “We wanted to involve the student body, involve the local churches.”<\/p>\n
Messina said she and the committee for 24\/7 Prayer strove to create a safe atmosphere for students to give their hearts to God in prayer, and received overwhelming support from students that participated.<\/p>\n
“We got over 1500 student testimonies, and they were all really deep and legitimate,” Messina said. “They come in there, and they say \u2018Why can’t we have this forever?'”<\/p>\n
It was then, Messina said, that she felt the call to make a prayer room available to students at all times.<\/p>\n
“Within three or four days, it was clear that everyone’s vision for it is to have it as something permanent,” Messina said.<\/p>\n
While the chapel would not be available the entire day, Messina said Shores Chapel will be a safe place for students to pray and be prayed for\u2014 an answer to the spiritual needs on campus.<\/p>\n
“It’s just perfect timing, it’s God’s perfect timing for this to start,” Messina said. “It really is an answered prayer for lots of people.”<\/p>\n
For more information, contact Jane Messina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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