of the spirit of prayer. In fact, all over the world the Spirit of God is awakening people to pray. God is stretching out his hands both to those who are not seeking him, and to Christians who are not in touch with him. The kindness and mercy of God is that, despite our turning away from him, he pours out his Spirit again and again throughout the world. By this I mean that he mercifully visits us with the Spirit of Jesus, as at the day of Pentecost. Many people get caught up in these visitations,