by Linda Maynard | Dec 15, 2012 | Our News
“The son of a Connecticut kindergarten teacher stormed her Newtown school this morning, sources said, shooting and killing 20 children and six adults in the worst elementary school shooting in American history. Adam Lanza, 20, opened fire first at the Sandy Hook Elementary School’s office, then in his mother’s kindergarten class, authorities told NBC News. The Associated Press has identified Adam’s mother as Nancy Lanza. The shooter himself died as well, and one of his family members was found dead in a Newtown home. State police have not confirmed the name during any news conference held on Friday. They said they will, but it is not appropriate to do so yet.
“Evil visited this community today,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said during a news conference at 6 p.m.”
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/State-Police-Responding-to-Shooting-at-School-Police–183498401.html#ixzz2F4h1VGxK
My heart is so grieved at the tragedy one of our Connecticut schools has suffered! I keep wondering what kind of lunacy would possess someone to do something as horrendously terrible as killing a classroom of innocent children and their teacher? I also know that something like this can lead people, even Christians into a place of helpless bitterness. “Where was God at a time like this?” We will never know why, but this is a time for us to not question but to pray.
Tomorrow morning our Christmas worship celebration has been scheduled, but plans have been changed. We will not be celebrating, instead we will be praying. We will spend the morning interceding for our children, especially for those who had lost their children through tragedy such as this.
You are encouraged to join us in prayer and intercession. We are meeting from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at House of Good Hope, 320 Brown Street, Hartford.
by Audrey Church | Dec 1, 2012 | Our News
We’re adding more prayer sets!
More intercessors are now joining us since our October conference. Some are asking to take a prayer set viagra pharmacie suisse. Starting December 1, we will be meeting from 9 am to 12 pm every Saturday morning. Our Thursday evening worship and prayer will now be weekly instead of twice a month. Also, another noon time weekday prayer set will be added sometime in January.
The House of Good Hope will be open more often as prayer leaders and intercessors join us in leading prayer.
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CHRISTMAS WORSHIP & CELEBRATION
Saturday, December 15
9 am – 12 pm
HOUSE OF GOOD HOPE –
320 Brown Street, Hartford CT
We will hold a time of worship, meditation and prayer at our December GOD CHASERS to commemorate this holy season. All are welcome to join us!
Bring an appetizer and a small gift to exchange.
Be blessed as we celebrate the birth of our Savior, King Jesus!
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FAST FORWARD
January 2-23, 2013
Starting Wednesday, January 2 through Wednesday, January 23, 2013 we at the House of Good Hope are joining with Hartford area churches in a 21-day fast for our state capital. Daily prayer points will be emailed, and wrist bands provided to all those who have covenanted to participate in this fast and prayer.
Starting with a New Year’s Eve night watch (9pm-9am), the House of Good Hope will be open for prayer every day during these 21 days:
Sundays: 5-8pm
Mondays: 7-9:30pm
Tuesdays: 7-9:30pm (teleconference prayer call)
Wednesdays: 6-7am
Thursdays: 7-9:30pm
Fridays: 6-7am
Saturdays: 9am-12pm
On Friday, January 18, there will be a large citywide worship gathering to be held at House of Restoration Church, 1665 Main Street, Hartford CT. Churches from all over Hartford will join us as we worship and intercede for our state capital.
Contact us at hartfordprayer@gmail.com or call 860-904-7358 if you would like to join us in this fast.
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by Audrey Church | Nov 11, 2012 | Our News
The meetings have been so incredibly sweet at the house of prayer! Last Monday we started learning about the heart of the intercessor, beginning with motivation: why DO we pray? What motivates us to pour out our lives in intercession? Those who were here stated they never heard teaching like this and they wanted more viagra meilleur. We are continuing on. Following is the schedule for the upcoming week:
Monday 7-:30 pm
School of Prayer HEART OF THE INTERCESSOR: 7 Longings of a Human Heart
Thursday 7:30 pm
Worship and Intercession
Saturday 9am – 12pm
GOD CHASERS – Teaching on the Bibilical Use of Anointing Oil
Come and join us.
by Audrey Church | Nov 4, 2012 | Our News
Hi!
We just finished holding our first prayer conference (“Igniting Fires”) All I can say, it was amazing! There was miracle after miracle surrounding this conference! Because we are such a new ministry – less than a year old – this was a huge step of faith to hold a conference like this with very little financial support. It was an even larger step of faith because we wanted this to be available to everyone no matter the cost, so we charged absolutely no registration fee. We believed God to take care of the finances and He did…….magnificently!
Brandon Hammonds and Justin Rizzo from the International House of Prayer, Kansas City (www.ihopkc.org) taught us on houses of prayer, how we ALL are called to be “houses of prayer”. They cast the vision for establishing increased hunger for more of His Presence, how to host His Presence. We ended with a powerful time of intercession for our children. A young mother spoke of her passion for the youth of Hartford as well as her own children. The room electrified as Justin sang back her prayers, igniting all of us to passionately cry out for the next generation. Awesome!
Check out our website: www.hartfordprayer.com to see pictures of our conference.
At the House of Good Hope, starting tomorrow night (November 5) we will explore the intercessory ministry; why the call to increased worship & prayer, the motivation of prayer, etc.
The teachings for the next 4 weeks will be as follows:
November 5 – The Heart of the Intercessor
November 12 – Living the Blessed Life
November 19 – Revelation of Intercession
November 26 – Our Authority in Prayer
Plan to join us? You will be greatly encouraged!
We meet:
Monday nights7-9:30pm – School of Prayer
2nd & 4th Thursday nights 7-9:30pm – worship, prayer & intercession
3rd Saturdays 9am-12pm God Chasers
4th Sundays 6-9pm – OverFlow
In HIM we live and move and have our being……
Audrey
by Audrey Church | Oct 20, 2012 | Our News
IGNITING FIRES IN NEW ENGLAND
We at House of Good Hope are very excited about hosting our first conference! Brandon Hammonds and Justin Rizzo from the International House of Prayer (IHOP-kc) are coming to cast the vision for raising up houses of prayer and 24/7 prayer rooms in New England churches acheter viagra l. We believe that now is the time to increase our prayer and intercession in New England, something is about to happen.
Over the years of my walking with the Lord, I had come to the realization that nothing, absolutely nothing happens in the Lord unless His people come together to call it in through sacrificial worship, prayer and intercession. I’ve not heard of any revival that had “started on its own”. Great revivals started because there were groups of people crying out for more of His Presence. John Wesley, who was one of the key leaders in the First Great Awakening said it well when he said: “Nothing happens except that which is in answer to believing prayer”. I quote that often! Also, I heard one great preacher once state that history is in the hands of the intercessor. As I’ve walked this path of prayer & intercession, I’m realizing more and more how true that is! All the Lord is looking for is a “few good men” AND women to pray in His purposes for New England.
Several years the Lord gave me this Scripture to identify the call He has placed on me:
“Now gather yourself into troops, oh daughter of troops……” Micah 5:1
We are holding this conference not just to build up House of Good Hope, our own local house of prayer. That is only one of our goals. The main goal is to raise up and encourage more houses of prayer and 24/7 prayer rooms!
Plan to come if you are called to be a History Maker!
by Audrey Church | Sep 17, 2012 | Our News
I so love living in this house! My family think I have a “strange” lifestyle by my living in Hartford, of all places. And my turning this house into a house of prayer! Why do I invite all these “strangers” to come in and pray at all hours of the day & night? Even when I’m not home! One day, it was election day, my daughter spent the night with me. I had left for work and she wanted to leave. But there were voices downstairs; a prayer meeting was going on! My daughter couldn’t leave the house without a lot of hugs and prayers from all these “strangers”. One time we went out to dinner and when we came back to the house, there were 5-6 youth on the floor in intense travail!
Last night I held a nightwatch, didn’t get to bed until 5:00 am. I woke up at 10:30 am this morning to the sweetest sound on earth! In fact I felt like I was in heaven! About 20 people were in the house, all worshipping at the the top of their lungs. My dear friends, Patricia & Gregorio Videlia were invited to speak at the church that meets in my house of prayer. Patricia kept crying out “RIVER OF GOD!! RIVER OF GOD!!” in her wonderful Argentenian accent. The Lord had sent her & Gregorio as missionaries here to Connecticut about 10 years ago from the fires of the Argentina revival. I introduced the Videlias to the pastors of the church that meets here in the house of prayer, and they invited them to preach today.
As I was waking up, the Presence of God enveloped me. I laid in bed for a few minutes and worshipped God with them. Finally I knew I had to get up and join them. After I had eaten breakfast, dressed and came downstairs, they were singing the last song. At first I was disappointed. But the sweet Presence of God was still there! Gregorio preached a powerful word that morning about going after the Presence of God, how that is TRUE revival. Everyone was in tears, even then interpreter! Everyone in the church were all are so hungry for more of the Presence of God! But we get caught up in our own “agendas” that we don’t take the time to wait to listen for God’s voice. We need to wait on the Lord, seek after HIS Presence and do HIS will. After the sermon, they both prayed for all of us, and soon everyone was praying for each other. We shared a meal together, all loved on each other, and the last person left at 5:00 pm. I went back upstairs and took a 3 hour nap.
What way to live! After my experiencing all of this, I don’t want to live any other way. What better way to live than in a house of prayer?
