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| Our new house on Massachusetts Ave. (aka Embassy Row) |
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| Brandon & Kari playing chess |
I am also so delighted to announce that
ever since about 7:00 pm Wednesday, July 3rd, we have committed to establish a
specific prayer room that is filled with some sort of prayer 24/7, day and
night, night and day, without ceasing. It has been so much fun as we constantly
seek to fill the time, and keep that reach in our hearts, that above all else
we just want to know God as He can be known and love him as he can be loved.
Many of the students have been stepping out and singing on the mic, and many
new songs have been written on the spot as we simply lift up a love song to our
beautiful God. We believe that it is pleasing to God, and that He will bring
about a great awakening in America because of the prayers of His people.
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| Jason Hershey casting vision for 24/7 prayer on July 3rd |
There are many reasons to keep 24/7 prayer
going, but two reasons have been at the forefront of my mind. One is that Jesus
is simply worthy night and day of worship and praise. In Revelation 4-5 we see
this constant reality in heaven. They just can't stop worshiping God in Heaven,
so why not establish heavenly worship on Earth? God is simply worthy of
unending praise!
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| Our glorious prayer room! |
The other reason is that we are constantly
in need in prayer. Without God's intervention, every human is on a path towards
hell. We need God to intervene! All of the greatest awakenings in history have
been birthed in prayer!! Read on for a short summary of the 100 year, 24/7
prayer watch that went on in Herrnhut, Germany and ended up impacting the world. This is an excerpt from http://www.ihopkc.org/prayerroom/history/:
"August of 1727 is seen as the Moravian Pentecost. Zinzendorf said August 13 was “a day of the outpourings of the Holy Spirit upon the congregation; it was its Pentecost.” Within two weeks of the outpouring, twenty-four men and twenty-four women covenanted to pray “hourly intercessions,” thus praying every hour around the clock. They were committed to see that, “The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out” (Lev. 6:13). The numbers committed to this endeavor soon increased to around seventy from the community. This prayer meeting would go non-stop for more than one hundred years and is seen by many as the spiritual power behind the impact the Moravians had on the world.
From the prayer room at Herrnhut came a missionary zeal which has hardly been surpassed in church history. The spark initially came from Zinzendorf’s encounter in Denmark with Eskimos who had been converted by Lutherans. The count returned to Herrnhut and conveyed his passion to see the gospel go to the nations. As a result, many of the community went out into the world to preach the gospel, some even selling themselves into slavery in order to fulfill the great commission. This commitment is shown by a simple statistic. Typically, when it comes to world missions, the Protestant laity to missionary ratio has been 5000:1. The Moravians, however, saw a much increased ratio of 60:1. By 1776, some 226 missionaries had been sent out from the community at Herrnhut. It is clear through the teaching of the so-called father of modern missions, William Carey, that the Moravians had a profound impact on him in regard to their zeal for missionary activity. It is also through the missions-minded Moravians that John Wesley came to faith. The impact of this little community in Saxony, which committed to seek the face of the Lord day and night, has truly been immeasurable.”
God is truly raising up a movement of night and day prayer all across the Earth. Please pray for us that the fire on the altar here would never go out, and may God bless you with a greater expression of prayer in your area as well. Thank you!
"August of 1727 is seen as the Moravian Pentecost. Zinzendorf said August 13 was “a day of the outpourings of the Holy Spirit upon the congregation; it was its Pentecost.” Within two weeks of the outpouring, twenty-four men and twenty-four women covenanted to pray “hourly intercessions,” thus praying every hour around the clock. They were committed to see that, “The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out” (Lev. 6:13). The numbers committed to this endeavor soon increased to around seventy from the community. This prayer meeting would go non-stop for more than one hundred years and is seen by many as the spiritual power behind the impact the Moravians had on the world.
From the prayer room at Herrnhut came a missionary zeal which has hardly been surpassed in church history. The spark initially came from Zinzendorf’s encounter in Denmark with Eskimos who had been converted by Lutherans. The count returned to Herrnhut and conveyed his passion to see the gospel go to the nations. As a result, many of the community went out into the world to preach the gospel, some even selling themselves into slavery in order to fulfill the great commission. This commitment is shown by a simple statistic. Typically, when it comes to world missions, the Protestant laity to missionary ratio has been 5000:1. The Moravians, however, saw a much increased ratio of 60:1. By 1776, some 226 missionaries had been sent out from the community at Herrnhut. It is clear through the teaching of the so-called father of modern missions, William Carey, that the Moravians had a profound impact on him in regard to their zeal for missionary activity. It is also through the missions-minded Moravians that John Wesley came to faith. The impact of this little community in Saxony, which committed to seek the face of the Lord day and night, has truly been immeasurable.”
God is truly raising up a movement of night and day prayer all across the Earth. Please pray for us that the fire on the altar here would never go out, and may God bless you with a greater expression of prayer in your area as well. Thank you!
