Friday Night Lights

Through Chicago Peace Campaign, there is a new movement hitting the street corners of Chicago... Friday Night Lights. I learned about it only a week or so ago, and went to check it out this past friday. Two friends and jumped into the car at 9 pm Friday night, and drove over to the neighborhood next to ours, at the corner of 59th and Normal. Though to most of you this intersection means nothing, to that neighborhood, its the hotspot. Just four Fridays ago, a pastor counted 80 people on the four corners. Drug dealers, prostitutes, gang bangers, and everyone in between were congregated. Yet, just a few weeks later, the scene I experience was of Christ's light shinning brightly. Friday Night Lights is where a group of believers in the community comes together to shine light so darkness has to flee. Candles, huge lights, and gospel music are radiant. As we approached the top of every hour, we joined hands, prayed, took communion, and begged God to bring peace to the streets. I stood at the corner with a 6 year-old on my shoulders who shouted to the passing cars, "MAKE PEACE HAPPEN!" Her little raspy voice rang on the streets, as people honked in approval and the crowd grew. I knew God was working, I could feel him there as the darkness was pushed off the corner and peace of God dwelt there. Our prayer is to be able to replicate this in our neighborhood of Woodlawn. Pray that this summer God would allow that to happen.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Yuy8z6oOA