Our Great Hope!

With so many people talking bad about this great city which Jesus loves, its easy to lose hope and start to doubt the promises we know God has made about this city and the people in it! However, I have just experienced something that has stirred me to new levels of faith and excitement concerning God's purposes for Reading!

Several months ago, God gave us (the Reading House Of Prayer) a heart to set aside a week for nonstop, night and day prayer. The scripture that accompanied this was the famous 2 Chronicles 7:14, "If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and heal their land."

I love this scripture, because God sounds so sure of Himself...If my people do this...then I will do this!

Sunday August 17th, 7PM we launched a prayer meeting that did not end until Sunday, August 24th at 9PM. This was an incredible time in our prayer room! Every hour someone new would knock on the door and take the "torch" of prayer!

There was such a sense of community and common purpose among the people of the 12 churches who sowed into these prayer times!

This is amazing, that people from many denominations and groups would come together without recognition from humans, and stand in the night for our city!

I have new faith that the saints in Reading are answering the conditions of 2 Chronicles 7:14! I have a deep conviction from scripture, and church history that if we as a city become a people of corporate worship and prayer, then God will "show up" and bring transformation!

If you were a part of this week of prayer, please post a testimony of what God did or said while you were in the prayer room, or of answered prayer!

If you would like more information on the ministry of the Reading House Of Prayer, visit us at www.rhop.net

Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus!