Stand By Night

The Rock of Roseville (the church that has partnered with the House of Prayer here in Roseville) has called a 40 day fast, starting today. To be honest, I’m pretty disappointed with the over-all response to the fast. We had originally planned to keep the prayer room open 24/7 for the duration of the fast, but we didn’t have enough people volunteer to help keep the prayer room open. It’s kind of sad really, we only needed about 3% of the Rock attendees to volunteer for one hour each. God has different plans I guess.

We Nightwatchers changed our hours to cover 9pm to 6am for the fast, and even though we won’t be 24/7, we’re going to keep those hours for the 40 days. I’m quite happy about the change in night hours; 12am to 6am is what I signed up for nine months ago, I only changed my schedule to accommodate the need at the time.

Tonight we had all of the Nightwatch here in the prayer room at the same time. I’m pretty sure that’s the first time that’s happened since we moved into the building we’re in now. It was really cool to be praying together as one group of intercessors. As I write this there are only five of us that are still here, but that’s part of what I love about the night: everyone else is asleep, and I’m praying.

I expect God to change things in the House of Prayer during this fast. I’m eager to see what He has planned, and I completely trust Him. This is going to be a good season, not because it will be comfortable, but because it is ordained by God for my good and I’m going to embrace it.

-J