Final Day

We finished of our Conference Prayer Room experience with another full day...12 hours of uninterrupted worship and prayer before the Lord. And again, you could really feel the presence of the Spirit resting in the room.

I am so proud of our community. They really rose to the challenge and gave to God first, even before giving to those in the conference who we were praying for. One of the leaders from the conference came to me at the end of the day and said "thanks for praying...you really carried us all weekend". Although I do agree with him to some degree, I responded with what was on my heart in the moment: "it was our pleasure to do it...besides, it was really good down there!!".

There is nothing like enjoyable prayer. We look forward to many more hours of it in the months and years ahead.

Blessings,

Brian Creary
Ministry Director

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Friday was Amazing!

We had a great day yesterday. We were able to go for 13 hours of uninterrupted worship and prayer, to minister to the heart of God in a crowded prayer room AND in an empty prayer room. My favourite part had to be entering into the room to feel the presence of God already present there. The accumulated benefit of hour after hour before the Lord is truly noticeable.

We had many great moments, most of which were experienced by only a handful of people (and God Himself). One moment that really struck me happened at the very end of the day. During our final hour the speaker at the conference upstairs was just beginning. I ran upstairs to hear him tell the crowd "I have no objective tonight other that to encounter the presence and glory of God and to help you to do the same". This was exactly what I wanted to hear. I ran back down, encouraged those in the prayer room with how it was unfolding upstairs and called all of us to both pray for and press into the same thing. God, come and encounter us...all of us!

As the set went on, we hit some great moments. The worship leader sang this chorus to the Lord over and over again:

"The beauty of your holiness,
The holiness of your beauty"

It was a powerful time of focusing on ministering to God! And every hour of the day had moments just like this.

Another full day to come...

Blessings,

Brian Creary
Ministry Director


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First Day update

We began our prayer room last night with a two-hour intercession set. Our purpose in all this was twofold: to intercede for the activities in the conference on the floor just above us (we are in the basement) and to minister to the heart of the Lord as an audience of One. So, we pressed forward with extended worship, vertical in nature, and let the intercession come from that posture.

In the second set from 8-9pm, we were led in devotional worship by two of our ladies. It was wonderful. This format is not new for us; this is one of the ways in which we create a place for His presence to go deep in our hearts. It is a perfect compliment to a set of agressive intercession. You just want to fall back into rest in the presence of the one you love.

The night ended with a 9-10pm set focused on the passage from Psalm 27:4 ("one thing I ask...that I may gaze upon the beauty of the Lord...to seek Him in his temple"). As the singers went through the passage and sang nuances of truth that the Spirit was highlighting to them, I found myself pacing the floor and praying. I could feel the truth of the passage and the heart of the "Beautiful One" for his bride. So, I began to take each line that was sung, each truth expressed to God about how he feels for us and turned it into intercession for those in the conference upstairs. "God, reveal yourself in new ways to them...let their hearts burn to be in your presence...reveal the Beautiful God to them...capture their hearts with love".

It was a good night to be in the prayer room.

More to come...

Brian Creary
Ministry Director


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Praying at the Conference

Beginning tonight at 6pm, we are going to be running a prayer room for the "Kingdom Come" conference at Calvary Temple. This is a yearly event organized by our good friend Trevor Meier and the folks at "beyond". This year they have Jason Upton leading worship and Ryan Wyatt speaking and praying for people. You may remember him from the outpouring in Lakeland, Florida this past summer. He was speaking and ministering frequently and saw MANY healings take place during his prayer times. It should be a powerful weekend.

For our part, however, we felt that we wanted to offer support to this event in the area that we do best. So we will be running a prayer room each night from 6-10pm as the meetings are happening upstairs. They will be pressing in for healing in one meeting and we will be calling for the power of God to break in on their behalf at the same time. How awesome is that?!?

I am off to get things set up right now. I'll post some pictures later when I get time.

May God do something incredible in Winnipeg through the events of this weekend.

Blessings!

Brian Creary
Ministry Director


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