{"id":2640,"date":"2012-07-12T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2015-02-16T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T11:02:41","slug":"hour-of-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/hour-of-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour of Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 12th June more than eighty Christian leaders from throughout the UK gathered alongside Parliamentarians for an hour of listening to God in silence in Parliament. Anglicans, Baptists, Catholics, and Christian leaders from a wide cross-section of ministries were present. Following the time of silence they all had an opportunity to share what they believed they had heard. The following is a short summary of that feedback:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God\u2019s appointed time to judge the nations of the world is very nearly upon us. Our nation, and its church have turned away from God and His standards and we are beginning to see and feel the resulting judgement.<\/li>\n<li>A remnant of Britain&#8217;s covenant past, its Christian heritage and the good fruit of our worldwide missionary zeal remains. We should embrace our spiritual sons and daughters from the nations, who have returned to help us. It is possible that God may yet act out of mercy to avert the very worst of the judgement that we have brought upon ourselves. The Church is called to be the voice of hope and compassion.<\/li>\n<li>The shaking of every part of man\u2019s world-wide economic, social, political and religious systems has begun. It will be a time of great humbling, purification and refining in every aspect of society. Only what is built on the foundations that God requires will be permitted to remain &#8211; righteousness, truth and justice.<\/li>\n<li>When the judgement has run its course, God has promised to restore us. This restoration must follow God\u2019s revealed strategies and guidelines and not be led astray again by man\u2019s initiatives and good ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Because of His great love for this nation and all of its people, God&#8217;s heart is breaking and He longs for us to respond to Him, as individuals, as a church, and as a nation. The time to respond is now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a summary report on an \u2018Hour of Listening\u2019 in Parliament on June 12th 2012 by Dennis Wrigley, Michael Fenton-Jones and Nicholas Szkiler of &#8216;Together for the Nation&#8217; &#8211; a coalition of Christian ministries. Nick Szkiler has been praying with Eddie James for 10 years, and he believes this should be reported and prayed through widely.\u00a0A full transcript of the feedback is available upon request.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/hour-of-listening\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 12th June more than eighty Christian leaders from throughout the UK gathered alongside Parliamentarians for an hour of listening to God in silence in Parliament. Anglicans, Baptists, Catholics, and Christian leaders from a wide cross-section of ministries were present. Following the time of silence they all had an opportunity to share what they believed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":5895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[322,87,325,387,386],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CVM-50plus-blog-640x360.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PoLK-GA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7051,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/a-christian-vision-for-politics\/","url_meta":{"origin":2640,"position":0},"title":"A Christian Vision For Politics","date":"20 June 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The political landscapes of two countries I love greatly are\u00a0currently swaying like a suspension bridge in an earthquake. On my side of The Pond a referendum on membership to the European Union is to be held this coming Thursday. The implications of this vote are potentially huge. Across the Atlantic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Demolition Squad&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/where-there-is-no-vision.jpg?fit=1000%2C668&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6161,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/is-it-true-four-talks-on-god-religion-science-suffering\/","url_meta":{"origin":2640,"position":1},"title":"Is It True? Four Talks on God, Religion, Science, and Suffering","date":"12 June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Kidlington Baptist Church held a\u00a0public lecture series in the Summer of 2015.\u00a0Featuring four leading Christian thinkers, who also happen to each be an Oxford professor, these talks tackle some of the weightiest arguments against belief in God. These talks are all available as a free\u00a0download (below). We've covered some of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Demolition Squad&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Talks on BIG questions of God, religion, science, and suffering.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/is-it-true-kidlington-baptist-church.jpg?fit=846%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5392,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/passionate-or-passive\/","url_meta":{"origin":2640,"position":2},"title":"Passionate or Passive","date":"26 June 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In a materialistic society what interests you most, what and are you passionate about?; Football, food and drink, theatre and music, fishing, gambling, holidays, internet\/computing, Jesus Christ, money finances, etc. Or are you Passive about; Religion, politics, watching TV, motor racing, going to bingo, volunteering, Facebook, Twitter, etc? Whether we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;50 Plus&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2054,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/how-good-are-we-at-listening\/","url_meta":{"origin":2640,"position":3},"title":"How good are we at listening?","date":"5 January 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"How well do we listen to what God is saying to us, through His word, prayer or other people. So let us consider how we approach the Bible. Is it something we do prayerfully? By approaching the Bible prayerfully we are saying to ourselves and God that we are giving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;50 Plus&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CVM-50plus-blog-640x360.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4251,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/useful-apologetics-books\/","url_meta":{"origin":2640,"position":4},"title":"Useful Apologetics Resources: Books","date":"24 May 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In our last blog we wrote about great online web resources for apologetics. This week we're looking at some must-read books. These are all widely available and are listed in no particular order. Do you have a favourite book that we haven't listed? Let us know about it, leave us\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Demolition Squad&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/dem_squad_default_image.png?fit=256%2C256&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5827,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/demolition-squad\/follow-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":2640,"position":5},"title":"Follow Me","date":"23 January 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you ever introduced a friend to a favourite sport of yours? I tried this with my wife (then fianc\u00e9e) during the Six Nations last year. \u201cIt\u2019ll only take one game and she\u2019ll be hooked,\u201d I mused. But which game would I choose? It couldn\u2019t be Scotland v. England (I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Demolition Squad&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Follow Me","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/follow-me.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5641,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/5641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}