{"id":3957,"date":"2020-01-01T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T18:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2020-01-01T13:15:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T18:15:46","slug":"the-house-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/01\/the-house-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"The House of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\" Artist: Meg Cheug<\/h6>\n
\nPassing by a tiny house, evening-stars came out to shine, my heart was touched by what I heard as I listened to these compelling words\u2026
\nSuch conviction hit my soul
\nThey were calm and reassuring, yet courageous and bold
\nI stopped and I listened to this heart whose words were powerful and carefree\u2026
\nIf I didn\u2019t know better, I\u2019d say she was praying for me\u2026<\/h6>\n
\u201cHoly God and Holy Ghost show me Jesus, in him there is no fear<\/em>
\nHe lives and moves and intercedes and wipes away all tears\u2026<\/em>
\nLet me live in such a way that others want to know<\/em>
\nWho and why I love and preach and where I need to go,<\/em>
\nTo hear about the one who came, lived and died and rose; the one I\u2019ve come to realize O how he loves me so\u2026<\/em>
\nMake me a house of prayer, Lord, let your presence dwell in me<\/em>
\nTo seek you with all my heart, so that you will always be\u2026<\/em>
\nAll I ever want and all I\u2019ll ever need\u2026<\/em>
\nTeach me to love as you love, to be gracious and kind, open my understanding, open my heart and mind<\/em>
\nTo see and live in such a way that will draw others to the divine\u2026<\/em>
\nMay my motivation be, to see others come to thee\u2026to let go of all the thrills and frills this ole world tries to fill yet leaves us, lost and empty\u2026<\/em>
\nI pray for guidance and peace, for all humanity\u2026that only comes from knowing you, Lord Jesus, I pray for all to be set free\u2026<\/em>
\nDraw, by your Holy Spirit, each person you\u2019ve designed, to come into your kingdom, open the eyes that are blind\u2026<\/em>
\nOpen the deaf ears, so they can hear, your Spirit compelling them to come,<\/em>
\nAnd drink of the living waters, Holy Father don\u2019t let them succumb<\/em>
\nTo the enemy of their souls\u2026burn up all the dross, with your Holy Ghost and fire\u2026this is my prayer O God give us a supernatural desire\u2026<\/em>
\nA house of prayer I want to be, Lord here my cry and answer me\u2026<\/em>
\nGive them a heart of flesh, take the stone and roll it away\u2026<\/em>
\nBy your holy power, open their hearts today<\/em>
\nSend your light and flood their tomb<\/em>
\nSo that darkness cannot stay\u2026<\/em>
\nMake me a house of prayer, O God\u2026where your presence securely dwells<\/em>
\nWhere goodness and mercy and love and grace spring up from your living well\u2026<\/em>
\nTo taste and see that you are good in this house of prayer we\u2019ll be fed\u2026<\/em>
\nFrom your heavenly table, Lord, give us our daily bread\u2026<\/em>
\nCome, all ye who labor and are heavy burdened and I will give you rest\u2026leave all your burdens at the door come now and be blessed\u2026 come to this house of prayer I implore you, knock upon the door, for the one who lives within this house, is waiting patiently for you there.<\/em>
\nLord, make this house, a house of prayer!”<\/em><\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill January 1, 2020<\/h6>\n
Isaiah 56:7 New American Standard Bible (NASB)<\/em><\/strong>
\nEven those I will bring to My holy mountain<\/em>
\nAnd make them joyful in My house of prayer.<\/em>
\nTheir burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;<\/em>
\nFor My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
\nMatthew 21:13 New International Version (NIV) <\/em><\/strong>\u201cIt is written,\u201d he said to them, \u201c\u2018My house will be called a house of prayer,\u2019 but you are making it \u2018a den of robbers.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artist: Meg Cheug Passing by a tiny house, evening-stars came out to shine, my heart was touched by what I heard as I listened to these compelling words\u2026 Such conviction hit my soul They were calm and reassuring, yet courageous and bold I stopped and I listened to this heart whose words were powerful and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-11P","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}