When will the prayer room start back up on Saturday nights? I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been asked that question in the last two weeks or so.  The answer: we’re not sure, and we’re not going to “do it in our own strength”.  Yes, there are times when “the violent must take it by force”, and then there’s times when you have to just “be a son”, and know that our Abba, Daddy God likes to give good gifts to those who just wait on Him and trust Him as Daddy.

We believe it is in the heart of God to establish a facility for night and day prayer in our region, and we know what our “next step” is in this progression that culminates NOT in the establishment of a facility, but WITH the Great Harvest, the Great & Terrible Day of the Lord, and when every eye will see Jesus return “in the same manner” as the disciples saw Him ascend into the clouds - as a resurrected man in a glorified human body.

Our Part. The next step for the Jacksons is into your living room. We want to bring a team of about 6-10 love-struck worshippers, fiery intercessors, and spiritually-gifted teachers to your home (or other relationally conducive environment) and have an evening of Family Worship & Prayer.  Instead of investing our current resources into a building and asking people to come to us, we want to fund & release intercessory missionaries to go into homes, businesses, and venues across the region to ignite the revelations that will answer the Lord’s charge, “my house WILL be called a house of prayer.” WE are the house whose builder and maker is God - constructed of living stones - and just as He named people and geographies in the Bible with a prophetic description of their calling and purpose, He has branded us with His desire for us: “to be a people of gathered prayer.”

Your Part. Well, there’s your living room, but we don’t want there to end up being 6-12 of us (counting our 6-10). You invite your friends, family, church family, and as many broken, hurting people needing a real encounter with a jealous, love-sick jewish man named Jesus who wants nothing more than for us to “love Him as His Father loved Him (John 17:26/Mark 12:29-33) - and TOGETHER we will all worship, pray, express, teach, talk, listen, share and love.

Aaron, are you getting off track - we liked the idea of “a house of prayer” being a central building somewhere? Again, we believe that will come - maybe in 2010 - maybe somewhere else - maybe by someone else - and maybe two or ten of them. HE will build it. Has the vision changed? Not at all.  Here’s some blog posts from August/September of 2007:

http://www.likedaviddid.com/our-purpose/from-house-to-house/
http://www.likedaviddid.com/our-purpose/houses-of-prayer/

The Lord gave us this phrase as a guide in 2007: “More than a ‘prayer community’, I want a ‘community that prays.’”  Let the rally begin.

There’s another excited, paradigm-shifting facet that the Lord has called us to in 2010 that I will write an article about soon: “Living Locally Like Foreign Missionaries”.

We look forward to praying and worshipping alongside you very soon.

The Jacksons

Aaron, Robin, Israel, Gideon, Kalek

p.s. So, you want details like “How big does the room need to be?” “What will we do with the kids?” “Do we need to have food?” “Will you come to our church building?” “Will we take an offering?” “Do you have to know the hosts really well?” — Just ask!