Hephzibah House Prayer Ministry
PRAYER takes priority over all other ministries at Hephzibah House.
Hephzibah House began with prayer. It has been sustained with prayer. It has been made fruitful with prayer. Hephzibah House regards prayer as the most valuable work in its activities. Prayer should have the dominate place in this ministry. There must always be planned prayer gatherings, teaching and training in the subject of prayer, and the availability to pray with all who have needs. Our staff has been chosen with the realization that they have a responsibility to pray. Because we are also an international organization, our prayer commitment has an international scope.
In NYC, there is a wonderful
organization in ministry:
CONCERTS OF PRAYER
The purpose
of this organization is to increase the prayer activity in and
for this great and needy city.
Concerts of Prayer works with and through pastors,
churches, and other organizations to accomplish this.
Being a
part of it, I learned that pastors involved in this are
encouraged to gather with other pastors and pray on a regular
basis. The groups
doing this praying are called: KINGDOM
CLUSTERS
I asked approval to use this
wonderful, descriptive phrase to describe what I am hoping you
will feel that God wants you to do:
gather neighbors, friends, apartment dwellings, churches,
at work, groups of
all kinds...(large or small)
meeting in your homes, or anywhere JUST TO PRAY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THIS, WOULD YOU PHONE
ME SO ALL OF US DOING THIS MAY BE CONNECTED & UNIFIED,
JUST TO PRAY.
Lois Ewald, 212-7876150
Monthly Prayer Gathering
The second Sunday afternoon of each month from 2:00pm-4:00pm
We pray specifically for churches, Christian organizations, and other ministries in New York City. At the close of each gathering, we allow time to pray for personal requests. These prayer gatherings are open to everyone and no registration is required.
In 2007, Lois Ewald from Hephzibah House established a Worldwide Womens Prayer Web for women who desire to pray about world issues and leaders.
Please visit the website for more information: www.womensprayerweb.com or call: Lois Ewald at Hephzibah House: 212-787-6150Prayer Outreach
In the summer of 2005, the Hephzibah Board approved the distribution of the video, “THE ROLE OF PRAYER IN SPIRITUAL AWAKENING” (Dr. J. Edwin Orr) to all church pastors in New York City. During that summer, over 1,000 copies of the video were mailed to pastors in New York City. Since the initial mailing, a few hundred more videos have been given to pastors and spiritual leaders who visited Hephzibah House.
Hephzibah House will provide pastors and mission leaders a packet that includes the video, "The Role of Prayer in Spiritual Awakening" along with a DVD entitled “Children In Prayer".
To request these materials. phone 212-787-6150 or email: hhouse@email.com ('prayer video & dvd' in subject line)
Would you pray with Hephzibah House for all those who receive these powerful tools, and ask God to increase the desire to pray?
Children in Prayer
"Then said He unto the disciples, “It is
impossible but that offenses will come: but woe unto him through
whom they come! It were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea,
than that he should offend one of these little ones.”
Luke 17:1-2
"All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and
great shall be the peace of your children” Is. 54:13
"You have established a stronghold from the mouths of
children…to silence the enemy and the avenger." Ps. 8:2
Many of us pray for children and with children. However, we place our hope for children in the prayers of adults. We think that children are too young for real prayer and that they are too young to have a significant prayer life. There is a movement taking place in our world, an awesome movement of prayer by children. Children of all ages are praying. Some of the very young ones are crying out to God, as their Father. Some of these children are fatherless and draw near to Him as their Father. Some find their hope and security in the Father because they are bearing the burdens of their families. Children are becoming major prayer intercessors.
Since 2009, Hephzibah House has been actively involved with children’s workers, parents, and intercessors to make it known that God is building a children’s prayer force throughout the world. Several hundred copies of the DVD "Children in Prayer" and other materials have been placed in the hands of children's leaders in New York City.
If you work with children as a Sunday school teacher, a worker in Child Evangelism, children’s Christian clubs, or if you have a heart for children, please consider joining us in teaching children to pray. We have a small committee working in the NYC area to develop Praying Children in the United States.
Other Prayer Opportunities in NYC
Staff from Hephzibah House
are involved with Concerts of Prayer, Greater New
York.
This organization seeks to motivate and build prayer
movements in churches and organizations.
For more information about
NY City
Intercessors plea
ADVANCE PLANNING
It is our intention each
month to add articles to build and nurture the spiritual
development and life.
We hope you will look forward to reading these.
In January, 2013, we pointed out to you that peace and
hope are ours to experience as God’s children, following
Jesus Christ in obedience and love.
In this current month,
we are adding three
separate teaching
items having to do with our prayer lives, since there can be no
spiritual development without a prayer life.
May God plant these deeply in all our hearts.