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February 2020
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The Wall will be built in a highly visible location at Coleshill Manor, Birmingham,
next to the M6/M42 motorway junction, the planned route of the HS2 high speed
rail line, and below the flight path serving Birmingham Airport. In excess of 300,000
people will see it each day, a modern response to the Christian heritage of this
country.
The one million bricks will represent one million prayers, each brick will tell a
unique story of how Jesus has intervened in someone’s life and answered their
prayer. Visitors will be able to read the prayer stories via their smart phones while
walking round the sculpture. There will also be historical answered prayers that
preserve the nation’s rich Christian heritage, recording answers uncovered by
historians from 600AD to 1950.
Richard Gamble says he hopes the structure will inspire the nation to pray. “The
idea is that people when they come here, will be able to type their circumstance
or situation and find a story that is similar to what they are going through. They will
be able to read how another Christian has coped with that situation, how they
prayed, and how God answered. We want to preserve the stories of answered
prayer not only in this generation but through the whole history of this country.”
This answered prayer on the Wall, no.12566, is a typical example of the prayer
stories. “One day I was asked to go to Hull Royal Hospital to pray with someone I
didn’t know. I was told he was seriously ill, in intensive care, and medically there
was little hope. I found the man in a private room, with tubes, wires and monitors
indicating the seriousness of his condition. I asked a couple of questions, and not
wanting to weaken him with conversation, I laid my hand on him and prayed. I
felt no special sense of God’s presence, as is sometimes the case when praying
for the sick. I just laid my hand on him and prayed briefly, asking Jesus for his
recovery. I later heard that by the very next day the man had quickly rallied and
recovered. When he was examined by the doctor, he had been found well
enough to be discharged to go home.”
The people at the Chapel could add many similar stories concerning answered
prayer. It is indeed true that Jesus is alive, and still hearing and answering us when
we pray. You too can pray to Him. Just talk to Him as if you are talking to a
friend. Or you can start with the Lord’s Prayer if you know it.
Just a Smile
A Christian, taking his grandson to church for the first time was surprised when the
collection plate came round to hear him whisper: “You don’t have to pay for me,
granddad, I’m not five yet.”
Valentine Story! Two little teardrops were floating down the river of life. One said
to the other, “Who are you?” The other said, “I am the teardrop from a girl who
loved a man and lost him. Who are you?” “Well, I am the teardrop from the girl
that got him!”
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