And you don't get a machine. You get a live voice that will talk to you and pray with you. It's wonderful to know someone cares. Halfway up the 150-foot tower in a carpeted prayer room, people kneel, sit, stand or lie prostrate on the floor as they engage in constant prayer. Frantic mothers and fathers call asking for prayers for missing children.
Families seek prayers for loved ones who are sick or have been in accidents.
Still others ask divine assistance in finding lost pets or passing final exams. Every request matters. He said that 66,000 prayer requests have come in since the prayer tower began two years ago. There are a lot of hurting people out there, and this is the way we try to help. More than 300 volunteers work in two-hour shifts to staff the tower, which started under the leadership of Nichols and Calvary Cathedral evangelist Dale Gentry, who has helped several hundred churches begin early morning prayer programs.