What a blatant prayer shift that was yesterday at the House of Prayer in Munich!
New prayer shift for art in the Munich House of Prayer
We have had new prayer shifts since the beginning of September. So we pray jeden Donnerstag für Kunst, Künstler und Medien. Wir sind ein sehr kleines Team. So gestalten wir die Abende zusammen. Die erste Stunde zum Thema „Identität“ ab 19:00 und ab 20:00 dann das Thema „Art„. Ich fühle mich sehr geehrt, dass „mein“ Thema in die Gebetsschichten aufgenommen wurde, habe aber doch großen Respekt davor, ob wir das mit so einem kleinem Team jede Woche stemmen können.
What a great evening yesterday was. The prayers on the subject of identity fitted in very well with those for artists.
The hook for the intercessory part
Als Aufhänger für den Fürbitteteil habe ich mein Bild „Die Geburt eines tanzenden Sterns aus Geborgenheit“ genommen. Es entstand während eines Schreibseminars, indem es darum ging, wie wir Schriftsteller (Künstler) im Reich Gottes sein können.
In der Welt gibt es den Gedanken, dass man nur kreativ sein kann, wenn noch Schmerz in einem ist. Ausgedrückt durch den Satz von Friedrich Nietzsche aus „Also sprach Zarathrustra“:
„There still has to be some chaos in order to give birth to a dancing star.„
As a result, many artists take drugs, are addicted to alcohol, depressed and suicidal. As a result, many have died of an overdose and committed suicide. What would have happened if they had been cured, experienced security, what great art could we still have from them now?
As Christians, we also know pain and have experienced disappointment. We do not hide this, but we have a place for healing and comfort and, above all, a perspective of hope.
That's why I painted the picture: The birth of a dancing star out of security!
What happened during the hour?
Wir hatten an diesem Abend zum ersten Mal einige Besucher dabei. Da wir keinen Livelobpreis in dieser Stunde hatten, habe ich einige Songs ausgesucht. Unter anderem war da „Garden“ von Misty Edwards dabei. Als ich das Bild vorstellte, um das es gehen sollte, stieß eine Besucherin einen Jubelschrei aus…
In the intercessory part, we prayed for healing from brokenness, pain, depression, where we as Christian artists are not excluded: “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Is 61:1)
As we prayed I felt God's heart break for the artists, He knows the brokenness that many artists feel. The presence of God was so strong and intense in this prayer time that I was moved to tears.
In the next part, we prayed for security with the Father, to arrive in the garden (we had sung the song beforehand). Jesus wants to give us security in the garden, but we also have to come to him for it:
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11, 28
We had such an intense time of prayer that I left out my last point of intercession. With the last song, I challenged us to express the content of the song in a prophetic action.
In dem Lied „Love on Fire“ kommt ein Part vor, in dem es heißt:
I put off all my heaviness and
I put on this garment of praise
You turned my mourning into dancing
And You turned my night into day
Ich lege alle Schwere ab und
Ziehe das Lobpreisgewand an
Du hast meine Trauer in Tanzen umgewandelt
Und Du hast meine Nacht in Tag verwandelt
So I invited us to celebrate what Jesus has already done with us or to express in an action what he would still do for us: Shaking off the heaviness, symbolically putting on the garment of praise and dancing because Jesus turns mourning into dancing. It was a powerful time, as some of us really got into it when we played the song.
The evening ended with a spontaneous praise session...
Cordial invitation to the Munich House of Prayer
What a powerful evening! If you are an artist in the Munich area or simply a prayer warrior or intercessor, I cordially invite you to drop by the Munich House of Prayer! Of course, I would be especially pleased if you would support us in this hour for art.
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