Intimacy with Jesus is our ultimate mandate and reward.
24/7
Worship and Prayer
With an unending chorus of worship and ceaseless prayer, we desire to
minister to the Lord day and night and to cry out for “speedy
justice”
(Luke 18) from one geographical location. In essence, our desire is to
move beyond normal prayer meetings to inspire and nurture a culture of
prayer (Isaiah 56:7).
The
Scriptures: the Word of God
The Bible
is the eternal (Matthew 24:35), infallible (Psalm 12:6), unhindered (2
Timothy 2:9), and inspired (2 Timothy 3:16) Word of God and as such, we
desire to search out the Scriptures to better understand them and apply
them to our lives.
Governmental
Intercession
Interceding
“for kings and all those in authority” (1 Timothy
2:1-3) is a priority.
We desire to see the transformation of our governments to reflect the
Kingdom of God that is built on righteousness and justice.
Like John the Baptist, we desire to live a fasted lifestyle because of our devotion to the Bridgegroom, Jesus. Thus, we voluntarily refuse the legitimate pleasures of this world (Number 6) for the extreme pleasure of knowing God (Psalm 16). This passion for Jesus is born not of legalism, but out of love.
Community
Living
To us, community living
is not an option. We intentionally live in community because we desire
to be one in heart and mind (Acts 4:32) in our pursuit of God.
Covenant
Relationships
The notion of
covenant and covenant relationships is a profound Scriptural value that
we desire to walk out within the community. Our relationships, then,
are not merely humanistic friendships, but God-centered and
God-ordained.
Prophetic
Ministry/Dreams
We desire to
be a “company of prophets” who seek to be friends
that the Lord can
share his secret counsel with (Amos 3:7, Genesis 18:17, Joel 2:28). We
value the prophetic because it enhances our relationship with the Lord
and because it is a helpful and useful guide.
Spiritual
Influence through
Aggressive Prayer and Fasting
The
Scriptures make it clear that “…the kingdom of
Heaven suffers violence
and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12). To that
end, we
engage in aggressive prayer and intercession to gain “air
supremacy”
(Daniel 10) for the in-break of the Holy Spirit and societal
reformation.
Generational
Transfer
In the last days,
the Lord promised to send the Spirit of Elijah who would
“turn the
hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to
the fathers” (Malachi 4:5-6). Thus, we are committed to the
principle
of generational transfer through fathering and discipleship.
Holy
Activism
Because of the urgency of
the hour, we believe that the House of Prayer needs to be a hotbed of
holy activism by “putting feet” to our prayers.
