House of Prayer Updates
From LightTheHighway
This is where we have all the testimonies of what God is doing along the length of I-35 in the Houses of Prayer.
If you have a testimony, please feel free to share it. Simply click on the 'edit' tab at the top and copy the formatting of the other posts.
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11.30.07
The HOP here is saturated with the Glory of God, it is amazingly strong and so much is about to happen.
I know this is a little bit of a long story, but I want to give God glory for all that is happening here. Earlier this year, a young man here in Duluth had a vision to do an outreach called "Faith in Action" and the heart of his vision is to reach the lost on the streets, gather food and clothing for a local shelter operated and supported by several local churches and to bring in Jason Upton for a time of worship and prayer. He contacted Jason Upton's ministry and they said they had been talking about how they had never b een to Duluth, MN - wow! But they didn't have anything open in their schedule. A few weeks later he was contacted by Upton's ministry and told that the dates of Nov 30th and Dec 1st were available! Keep in mind that this young man didn't know about Light the Highway until he came to announce his "Faith in Action" outreach at our church about a month ago, just after the kick-off.
The event is being held in the same "Encounter" building that the kick-off was held in and will be the "Duluth" finale to Light the Highway. This afternoon and tomorrow afternoon teams of evangelists will be going to the streets in Duluth to invite the unsave d to this event, and food and clothing will be collected at the door for admission for those who can bring something. There will be a prayer room for healing, salvation and deliverance at the event and of course God saturated worship and intercession led by Jason Upton.
After watching the last 3 nights of Light the Night, I am completely pumped to see what God is going to do here! We are believing for miracles and the last 3 nights have built up faith in what God is going to do here!
We are continuing in prayer for what is happening there too!
God Bless!
-Duluth, MN
11.25.07
Dear San Antonio:
I know the Lord is pleased with His praying people in this city! The saints of God continued to pray and seek His face during week four of the I-35 Light the Highway prayer. There is a move of God happening in San Antonio and, like all moves of God, it is first happening in the hearts of His people. People have been impacted by the heavy burden of the Lord for holiness in His church as they have literally cried out for a move of His Spirit in the city and the nation. Tears streamed down many faces as their cries were lifted to our holy God. Sins are continually being ‘nailed to the cross’ as renewal takes place in people’s hearts. The people coming are saying such wonderful things; “It’s a privilege for me to be here. I don’t want there to be any gaps in the time of prayer.” “I feel honored to be here serving the Lord in prayer.” “It is so easy to pray here. This place is saturated with the Presence of God.” “I could barely get in the door before I was overcome with a desire to pray.” These and so many more phenomenal statements have been made as people from many churches in the city and even those from out of town as far as NY and Iowa have come to pray. The power of our prayers are not staying here in the San Antonio Apostolic Prayer Center, they are flowing out into our city and nation and God will use them to effectuate His will in these and the days ahead.
Thanksgiving Day was a particular blessing as people gathered giving up a portion of that day as a sacrifice to the Lord. One woman actually walked eleven miles on Thanksgiving Day just to pray at the Prayer Center. Our God sees these committed hearts and I know that these praying saints have made His heart glad.
There has been much testimony over these days of people encountering God in many ways. I know of several who have directly encountered the Holy Spirit in ways they have never before. They have testified of these encounters resulting in the love of God being shed abroad in their hearts by the Spirit. Praise the Lord! These encounters open the door to signs, wonders and miracles. As we pray during this last and final week of this prayer initiative, let’s cry out for the manifestation of signs, wonders and miracles through a holy church that will bring glory and honor to our holy God. Attached is the prayer guide for week five, continue to join us in prayer as we light the highway and turn this nation back to the Lord.
As we worshiped and prayed on Friday night, there was great joy in the Presence of the Father and a wellspring of grace for the church to partake of in its pursuit of holiness before a holy God. Join us on Saturday, December 1st from 6-8 PM for the grand finale of live worship and prayer. We will worship in spirit and in truth and seal all that the Lord has done in, among and through us in these days. All are welcome!!
-San Antonio
11.16.07
Hello San Antonio,
We have completed week three of the Light the Highway 35 days of prayer initiative and it has been phenomenal!
The Presence of the Lord is intensifying and the glory is deepening! Several churches on different sides of the city all reported amazing moves of God on the same Sunday morning since I-35 prayer began. They have said the Presence of the Lord has been so heavy that in some cases, pastors were prevented from preaching! Hallelujah, the people of God are hearing directly from heaven!!
One church which prayed over a 24 hour period on Halloween reported the greatest harvest of souls ever for their Harvest Festival services. The Pastor attributes this great harvest to the I-35 prayer saying that last year, 37 were saved in their festival services but this year there were 101 salvations over the two day services, 48 of which were youth and young people. Some of those saved since this prayer began were among the hardest cases of those who would not be saved in the past. Now, they have come totally broken and repentant to the Lord! Hallelujah!
In the midst of such passionate worship and prayer, the glory of the Lord is intensifying in the San Antonio Apostolic Prayer Center. Pray-ers and intercessors have seen visions of sparks flying out from the place. In fact, the next day, part of a utility pole in the neighboring parking lot exploded and literal sparks were flying. In a different prayer gathering this week, one precious saint of God prophesied, preached and prayed in one steady stream of passionate crying out and declared that a river was flowing from the place. She saw massive flooding going down Fredericksburg Road where the Prayer Center is located. She saw the flooding going into Downtown San Antonio. She saw the atmosphere changing over the entire city. Her prayers, prophesies and declarations were followed by a massive ushering in of the heavy glory of God. No one dared move or say a word in the heavy silence in the place. That heavy presence remained all day and night as others came and went throughout the day praying & worshipping in the Prayer Center. Later that night, while again in worship and prayer led by a different church in the city, one woman present had an encounter with God such that she saw what was like the vision Isaiah saw as recorded in Isaiah 6. But, in her vision, she saw primarily the train of the Lord’s robe. She said it was flowing and filled everything but as she looked closer, she saw that it was liquid fire that was flowing and lighting up everything where it flowed. Prayer continued and erupted into a warfare mode calling forth God’s warriors and the carriers of the flame. Soon there was a crescendo in the Spirit. One intercessor saw fiery lions restless and trying to break out of the gates that held them and then there was an eruption in crying out for the young lions, on fire young people, to be loosed in the city and in the nation!
One person visiting San Antonio from the East Coast joined us for one hour of prayer at the Prayer Center and in the midst of the prayer and worship, she saw a huge reaping angel. She said that he had a sickle in his hand and was raising it as high as possible swinging it back and forth bringing in the harvest. She saw some tares needing to be separated out but the harvest contained mostly wheat!
San Antonio, it is time to release the young lions, the fiery passionate ones who want only to bring glory to the Lord by winning souls and walking in signs, wonders and miracles. It is time for the harvest to be reached in this city and the nation!
San Antonio, we have only just begun. If you have not come and prayed at the Prayer Center, we invite you to come and join or lead a time of prayer.
-San Antonio
11.8.07
As of right now, we have 12 churches committed to pray, as well as the Aglow International Temple chapter, and one very kingdom-minded business.
So far, there have been 78 individuals from these churches who have participated in prayer.
We, certainly, had prayed and hoped for more and are still believing a few more churches will come on board. Whether they do or not we are determined that we'll continue with 24/7 prayer through December 1st.
Those who have been here have said that they have enjoyed the time of worship and prayer. The entire time, we have used CD's as our worship.
Prior to LTH beginning, there were close to 100 churches contacted by letters, phone calls, or personal visits. These were churches of all denominations, but for various reasons most have turned down the offer to participate. Initially, there was some discouragement, but once the prayer began it disappeared.
We believe this 35 days of prayer will make a difference and in some way the entire Body of Christ will be blessed and the Lord will be glorified.
Have a wonderful day!
-Temple, TX
11.6.07
We've assigned a Sergeant of the Guard for every day who fills in a master list for each day. That person also lights a candle and changes the guard each morning at 6 a.m.
We have banners on the walls for praying for each station: city, government, education, etc. Our prayer room holds up to 100 people. We always have incense and music. Also, every Friday there is prophetic worship. People from every denomination including catholics and methodists are coming in to pray. We are even having a number of people sign up on web on the web site.
God is so Good. People from all over the city are coming and participating. I did a radio announcement and the radio stations have been playing it 6 times a day for two weeks.
People are singing up for Two hour shifts 24 hrs a day our prayer room is open. That’s a lot of people coming in for prayer.
I am so excited.
-Austin, TX
The House of Prayer is going extremely well!
We were kind of bummed at first, because we have gotten very little response from churches, and only have a few scheduled throughout the 35 days of prayer. We have reached out to hundreds of churches, but the majority of churches did not respond to calls or emails, and most of the ones that did respond, said that they will be incorporating the 35 Days Prayer focuses into their own congregational prayer meetings, but do not feel they are to take up watches in our HOP.
What might seem like failure to us, however, may very well be a big success to the Lord. I am happy to report that we were able to fill every single watch of week 1 of 24/7 prayer (except class times) with prayer leaders, worship leaders and overseers from the CFNI student body alone! We believe the Lord wanted it this way, to draw students into the place of prayer, and quite possibly, to demonstrate that by the grace of God, this school is capable of running a 24/7 House of Prayer.
-Dallas, TX
11.4.07
I want to thank all of you that have been part of what the Lord has done thus far and I am looking forward to seeing what the Lord in the coming days.
There is a very sweet presence there and many times it has been so precious and awesome to know that the Lord is using us to do something for MN and nationally along I 35. It feels like we are are in an oasis, getting refreshed and refilled, and then going out to do what He is leading us to do for MN and nationally.
I just want to remind everyone that this is, as the Lord told me, a marathon, not a sprint, and that we need many others to helps us all get to the finish line. We need to come into "being" with Him so then we can go and do the "doing."
Please keep this in prayer for everyone involved in this for strength and endurance for the race He has called all of us to.
-Minneapolis, MN
11.3.07
Praise God San Antonio! We have had an amazing first week of prayer at the San Antonio Apostolic Prayer Center.
The focus of week one was Personal Sanctification and Holiness. Tremendously passionate prayers were lifted up to the Father. There were times of great intercession for personal areas where we have sinned against God and prayer for friends and family members. There were cries for reconciliation and restoration, an outpouring of the Holy Spirit and times of great and glorious worship. The prayer Center has been bathed and soaked in prayer - it is so easy to pray and enter into the Presence of God!! San Antonio is truly a city that prays. Praise God for what He is doing in our hearts, in our city and in our nation!
The prayer focus for the second week is Holiness in the Church. There are still times when churches, ministries, groups and individuals can come to lead times of prayer. Tell others so that they can come and join in this which the Lord is doing. Let's continue to worship and cry out to the Father. He has the answer for all of our need.
-San Antonio, TX
10.26.07
Oct. 26, 2007
This morning in prayer I was seeking the Lord for a greater understanding of this I-35 Prayer Initiative. I asked Him if He would give me a tool in my hand so that I could turn around and give a better understanding of what and why we are doing what we are doing.
Immediately He put a key into my hand and I turned and walked toward I-35 and put it into a door to it. As I waited I heard the words "You are pulling down strongholds that are trafficking in the systems of men."
I remembered the scripture in Isaiah 35:8 that says "the unclean shall not pass over it"... Then the Holy Spirit showed me the trafficking of pornography, drugs, children being used for unclean sexual acts against their wills, terrorism, illegal smuggling, transference of the wealth of the wicked, and trade violations.
I then received an analogy of an artery with infected blood flowing throughout the heart and body. The Holy Spirit made me to know that Interstates and Highways are like arteries and veins throughout the nation that carry things on them that affect our heart and health.
We have authority as Ambassadors of Christ to guard the gates of our territory assigned to us. We have authority to pull down strongholds that traffic in and out of our state that pollute our territory and make it unholy.
-Des Moines, IA
