The Impact of Prayer

Praying Boy We say it all the time: we can’t do what we do without God. The scope of the work is too broad. Too multi-faceted. Too complex. Jesus looked at these situations and said, “With man, this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” It is through prayer that we acknowledge His supremacy and authority to receive our praises and cries for help. And because He is good and faithful, the impact of our prayers exceeds anything we could have imagined. These stories are for you—to give you a glimpse of how God responds to the prayers of His people. Prepare to be blessed.

BRACELETS, BOOKMARKS, and PRAYERS:

God used bracelets and bookmarks to link kids together in a powerful prayer team for the Chami [chah-MEE] people of Colombia, South America. It all started when around 30 individual students put on colorful, hand-beaded bracelets and stuck the little bookmarks in their Bibles. The bookmarks listed facts like these: approximately 20,000 Chami people live on mountain slopes in Colombia, they have lots of sickness and little medical care, they need to know Jesus as Savior and Lord, very few Chami can read and they don’t have the Bible in their language.

This 30-kid team began to pray. When they opened their Bibles, they saw the bookmarks and prayed. When they noticed their bracelets, day or night, they shot up quick prayers again. Within a month, they heard back that God had answered in a powerful way. One young Chami man who read newly translated Bible verses accepted Jesus as his Savior! Thirty kids made an impact on one man’s life a whole continent away. Just thirty kids linked together with bracelets, bookmarks and the power of God flowing through them! What will God do next for the Chami?