Imagine the variety of experiences that may be available to you over the course of roughly 67 hours, in an environment of 650 women representing 40+ states and (I think) 4 countries. A superabundance of experiences can spring forth out of such fertile ground. This was the ground I walked on at the She Speaks Conference last weekend.
Take note – especially any writers, speakers, and/or women’s ministry leaders out there – as I continue to express the richness of this experience. It was a wealth weightier than normal networking and padded the scale more on the side of encouragement than of competition.
One of my notable experiences was my time in the She Speaks Conference Prayer Room. The Prayer Room was a place of calm in the midst of the clamor, set aside for a purpose I believe is pretty self-explanatory (given the name). It was a serene place of comfortable seating, dim lighting, soothing instrumental worship music, and oh yeah, lots of tissue boxes. After all this was a women’s event. 🙂
There were no “hours of operation” for the prayer room, at least none that I was ever aware of. If the conference was in session, the prayer room was open. Women would drop in between or even during sessions, whenever they felt the need to steal away for a sweet hour (or maybe just a few minutes) of prayer.
The most unique aspects of the prayer room, aside from the atmosphere, were the names of God on display on tables at the back of the room. Get this! Prior to the conference the Proverbs 31 Ministries team took the time to pair the name of each one of the 650 attendees to one of 19 names of God. A sampling of the names of God included names like: El – meaning: The Strong One, Jehovah Nissi – meaning: The Lord is My Banner, Immanuel – meaning: God with us, and El Shaddai – meaning: the all sufficient one; the God of the mountains; God almighty
The team prayed over all 650 women in the days leading up to the conference. Now is that a beautiful thing or what?! Indeed it is.
Join me tomorrow as I share more of my experience in the prayer room and the funny now (yet not so funny then) story of how and where I found my name.
In the meantime, is there a request you’d like me to take into my personal prayer room for you? I’d be delighted to call on the One who is the strong One, who is our banner, who is the all sufficient One – God almighty – on your behalf. Feel free to leave your prayer requests in the comments, and I’ll see you back here tomorrow.
Completely ME,
The prayer room was the most incredible part of the conference for me. I had read that from past attendees, but, to be honest, I wasn’t really expecting to have the same experience. I was SO wrong! The moment I walked in, the presence of God overwhelmed every worry, stress, and doubt I felt before. I treasure the precious moments I spent there!
I agree with you Brittany. The prayer room welcomed each visitor, offering a place of peace and solace to each one of us. It excited me that there was such a place of quiet mere steps away from all the activity. God provides us with peach that way, right in the middle of any and everything we experience in our lives.
How wonderful! Please remember my mom in your prayers! I’ll give you details later! Thanks!
I’m on it, Jackie! I will definitely lift your mother in prayer.