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removed our television, bought a screen divider to put in a corner with huge pillows, and placed a corkboard on the wall behind the divider for scripture and any prayer requests. This is also where I pin up every area in my life that I pray over. We also have set up a corner of the room as a library with Bibles and Christian books. We have an area with Bibles to hand out, prayer cards, and GLOW tracts as you enter from the front door. One side of the room has a sitting area along with an affirmation board with scripture for myself, family, friends and anyone else that enters. God also impressed on my heart to get a large glass vase with a label that says Answered Prayers. Every time God answers a prayer, we write on a small piece of paper and put it in the vase. It didn’t take very long for God to show me why he wanted my prayer room to be the first sight as you enter into my house. It became very clear a few days after the room was complete. My mom, who raised me to be Atheist, came by my house for a surprise visit. She sat in my prayer room and asked, ‘What kind of room is this?’ I told her it was my prayer room. A few weeks later, my mom was telling family and friends about our beautiful prayer room were I pray and do Bible studies. She has also asked me questions about our church and has moved closer to my children’s school so that she could attend the kids’ events. My seven adult children that left the church soon started to ask me to pray for them. I started to receive phone calls, texts and even surprise visits. Family and friends came to ask for prayer, and to study my affirmation board filled with scripture and inspiration. Praise God! He has a plan and we need to listen. Christine Martinez and her husband Alfred are memebrs of the Oakdale Seventh-day Adventist church. She is a parent prayer partner at Central Valley Christian Academy where Elijah and Leilany, the youngest of her nine children, attend school.
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