Went prayerwalking last night with a dozen or so people from the Middleport house church meeting. Four or five groups of 2, some of 3, took different parts of the neighborhood and just started walking while praying for whomever, or whatever they approached. When we went past houses where people we knew lived, we prayed God's blessing over them. If we knew they weren't saved, we asked God to plant seeds of His Spirit in their home. When we walked past church buildings we prayed for the congregations who meet in them, asking God's unifying blessing to fall on all Christians of Middleport, and everywhere each one of us live or work. When we walked by businesses we prayed that God would have mercy on Meigs County and bless the merchants with an abundance of business. We asked God to transform the culture in southeast Ohio for His glory. That it would soon come to pass that a once poverty-stricken part of the state of Ohio would flourish and people would ask "Why?".... and the only answer would be "It has to be the grace of a loving, compassionate, and generous God!"
For many of us, the Holy Spirit directed conversation toward the subject of youth. We saw many young people as we walked. We prayed for them, for their salvation... and God led us to discussion about how we can be instrumental in reaching out to youth. The Lord is putting passion, ideas, and vision in the hearts of a number of people, particularly in the area of youth.. and ministry to young people.
It was a good house church experience. What a wonderful feeling... to know that nearly the entire town was covered in prayer last night for approximately an hour... and we all got some good physical exercize. A holistic house church meeting!
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