Power and Prayer

When I think about what Hope City is about, I am constantly reminded that the reality is in waiting for the power in response to the prayer. And lately the power and the prayer go together!

This past week, after a time of strategizing and asking the questions "where have we come from and where are we going?", the power came. One of the women that has been with us for awhile and has been free of drugs for a little while, received prayer that really broke through some of the pain in her life. It was awesome to watch, and be a part of. The Lord met her in a place of great desperation and fear, and replaced it with great love and acceptance!

The following day, in the prayer meeting, she opened the scriptures to Isaiah 35 and began to read. "Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, Be strong, do not fear!" As she read, the reality of the scripture washed over her and it moved her heart. She turned to me at one point and said "I've heard it all my life, but I never UNDERSTOOD it!"

The power that comes when the word comes alive is a wonder to behold!