prayer – 5 November 2023

Posted by occwebsite
02nd Nov 2023
Sunday night | 5 November 2023 | 6:30-7:30pm If my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. 2 Chronicles 7:14 The Message What an awesome promise… but you know what… this promise from God was not and never has been

why pray

Posted by occwebsite
01st Apr 2023
Sunday night - 2 April -  6:30-7:30pm @ OCC Join us as we pray. We are in spiritual warfare, and in a war, if a soldier or officer disobeys an order from a superior, that person will be punished. We need to take prayer for workers seriously. Why? Because we have “marching orders” from our supreme commander. The prayer step is critical because prayer is one of the most powerful

Prayer Survey

Posted by occwebsite
15th Feb 2023
Here is a short survey to help us get a pulse on where OCC is on availability and interest in praying together. Prayer survey: click on the link

praying for schools

Posted by occwebsite
18th Aug 2022
As we come to the end of the summer... sorry... we want to pray for everyone involved in our schools You can use this as a guide to praying Better yet... go to one or a few or all the school sites and pray on-site before school starts in September Let us know in the comments which school site you prayed for... we have only listed the ones in Orillia,

Prayer Walking

Posted by occwebsite
24th Jun 2022
We want to pray-walk through downtown Orillia on Sunday night (26 June) Here is an overview with some guidelines and some verses to pray A Prayer Walking Guide

praying

Posted by occwebsite
05th Apr 2022
Every great move of God in the Bible and in history begins with Extraordinary Prayer and Fasting. From the other side of eternity we will find that the most influential people were not, perhaps, Presidents or Prime Ministers, but the people who walked with God through passionate prayer. When the early church faced opposition or struggle, they first turned to prayer. “When they had prayed, the place where they were

fasting & praying for Ukraine

Posted by occwebsite
02nd Mar 2022
Today is March 2. In many traditions, it is Ash Wednesday. On this first day of lent Christians all around the world will say, “Repent, and believe in the Gospel”, or “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This is a sober reminder of how precious life is, but also how precarious living is for so many persons, and for our planet. It is a reminder

Prayer of Henri Nouwen

Posted by occwebsite
31st Aug 2021
Here is a prayer of Henri Nouwen, to reflect on, to meditate on, to pray, and make it your own this week. See some reflection questions at the bottom of this post.   Listen, O Lord, to my prayers. Listen to my desire to be with you, to dwell in your house, and to let my whole being be filled with your presence. But none of this is possible without

Prayer Earth and Heaven

Posted by occwebsite
24th Aug 2021
Here is a prayer from The Valley of Vision, to reflect on, to meditate on, to pray, and make it your own this week. See some reflection questions at the bottom of this post. O LORD, I live here as a fish in a vessel of water, only enough to keep me alive, but in heaven I shall swim in the ocean. Here I have a little air in me

Prayer O My Saviour

Posted by occwebsite
17th Aug 2021
Here is a prayer from The Valley of Vision, to reflect on, to meditate on, to pray, and make it your own this week. See some reflection questions at the bottom of this post. O MY SAVIOUR, Help me. I am so slow to learn, so prone to forget, so weak to climb; I am in the foothills when I should be on the heights; I am pained by my