March 2, 2011
A first at House of Prayer Experience: a wedding!
Actually, a renewal of marriage vows.
Vincent and Pat Cole came along with their adult children for a blessing on their union. The couple had not celebrated their wedding inside a church twenty years ago, and since they attribute their renewed love for each other to the prayers of the People of HoPE, they came on Wednesday night to do this! Dr. Derek Morris who's visiting from DC said the prayers of blessing and invited other couples to join hands as did the Cole's. Dr. Morris also said prayers for those who's spouse had passed away and for single people who are currently praying for a husband or wife.
The experience was an opportunity to give hope to those praying for their marriages. It was also an occasion to celebrate the power of God to transform people's hearts.
Speaking of hearts, Ruthie Jacobsen spoke to ours by sharing a story on God's power to engineer times and places to answer our deepest and most urgent prayers. She reminded us that "God is big enough to rule the universe and small enough to reign in our hearts".*
* You may listen to a powerful sermon Ruthie participated in one weekend at the Forest Lake Church by clicking HERE!
- Welcome to H.o.P.E !
- God’s dream is that His House would be a ‘House of Prayer for all People’ ! The Forest Lake Church hosts House of Prayer Experience (H.o.P.E) every Wednesday at 7PM. From the time we have begun meeting in a small classroom to its current space since 2007, we have seen God calling His people to prayer. Every Wednesday, H.o.P.E becomes a place for a God encounter for many. We pray that many more House of Prayer Experiences will begin to rise up all over the US and the rest of the world. Here are weekly stories of H.o.P.E that remind us that God is at work in our lives and everywhere!