The Heart of Prayer House

Lifepoint Church along with other churches in our community i.e. Luke 10:27 are coming together to establish prayer houses. What is a prayer house? it is a church that opens up its sanctuary during the week for people to pray. The Prayer House is not limited to a denomination or people of a particular doctrinal or theological belief. However we do have some guidelines we like to go by to help us in our times of prayer.

These are some thoughts about our intentions for prayer @ The Prayer House.

We believe prayer is to be:
A. Scripture lead ( The prayers that are prayed in the New Testament by our Lord and the Apostle set a pattern for strategic praying and its our heart that we take our lead from, not to the exclusion of other prayers

B. Worship centered ( We believe that prayer that comes out of a heart of worship tends to be more God centered Jesus prayed "thy kingdom come thy will be done" )

C. Presence driven ( We believe that when we pray we are coming into the very throne room of God, and that we need to pray with that awareness Acts.13:2 "they were ministering to the Lord" It is our desire that @The Prayer House those who pray see themselves as ministers before the Lord )

Our expectations @ The Prayer House are

A. To see God (Paul prays that the church at Ephesus would receive a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him)

B. To experience Life change ( you can't meet with Jesus and stay the same)

C. To be World impacting (when I change, the atmosphere around me changes, and the world begins to change, one person at a time

What do we hope to accomplish @ The Prayer House?

1st It is to help bring realignment to the church regarding prayer, Jesus quoted Isaiah 56:7 when he said "My house will be called a house of prayer for all the people"

2nd To see the power of God displayed through the gifting of his people in a greater measure than we have known, in order that we might carry out the advancement of his Kingdom in the fashion that is prescribed in scripture.

3rd Give a place for the weary, wounded, and broken hearted, to be able to come in and find rest for there weary souls and healing for there broken bodies.