Foundational Verses & Quotes for JHOP Boston
Foundational verses:
"...these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." - Isaiah 56:7
"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a 'den of robbers.' " - Matthew 21:13 - Mark 11:17 - Luke 19:46
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. - 1 Timothy 2
Before the pouring out of the Spirit passage in Joel, there is a preceding repentance - "Return to the Lord":
JOEL 2
Rend Your Heart
12 "Even now," declares the LORD,"return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning."
13 Rend your heart
and not
your garments.
Return to
the LORD your God,
for he is
gracious and compassionate,
slow to
anger and abounding in love,
and he
relents from sending calamity.
14 Who knows? He may turn
and have pity
and leave
behind a blessing—
grain
offerings and drink offerings
for the
LORD your God.
15 Blow the trumpet in
Zion,
declare a
holy fast,
call a
sacred assembly.
16 Gather the people,
consecrate
the assembly;
bring
together the elders,
gather the
children,
those
nursing at the breast.
Let the
bridegroom leave his room
and the
bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests, who
minister before the LORD,
weep
between the temple porch and the altar.
Let them
say, "Spare your people, O LORD.
Do not
make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword
among the nations.
Why should
they say among the peoples,
'Where is
their God?' "
The LORD's Answer
18 Then the LORD will be jealous for his landand take pity on his people.
19 The LORD will reply [a] to them:
"I am
sending you grain, new wine and oil,
enough to
satisfy you fully;
never
again will I make you
an object
of scorn to the nations.
20 "I will drive the
northern army far from you,
pushing it
into a parched and barren land,
with its
front columns going into the eastern sea [b]
and those
in the rear into the western sea. [c]
And its
stench will go up;
its smell
will rise."
Surely he
has done great things. [d]
21 Be not afraid, O land;
be glad
and rejoice.
Surely the
LORD has done great things.
22 Be not afraid, O wild
animals,
for the
open pastures are becoming green.
The trees
are bearing their fruit;
the fig
tree and the vine yield their riches.
23 Be glad, O people of
Zion,
rejoice in
the LORD your God,
for he has
given you
the autumn
rains in righteousness. [e]
He sends
you abundant showers,
both
autumn and spring rains, as before.
24 The threshing floors
will be filled with grain;
the vats
will overflow with new wine and oil.
25 "I will repay you for
the years the locusts have eaten—
the great
locust and the young locust,
the other
locusts and the locust swarm [f]—
my great
army that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to
eat, until you are full,
and you
will praise the name of the LORD your God,
who has
worked wonders for you;
never
again will my people be shamed.
27 Then you will know that
I am in Israel,
that I am
the LORD your God,
and that
there is no other;
never
again will my people be shamed.
The Day of the LORD
28 "And afterward,I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants,
both men and women,
I will
pour out my Spirit in those days.
Jeremiah 33 - Promise of Restoration
3 'Call to me and I will answer you
and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'
6 " 'Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. 7 I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity [b] and will rebuild them as they were before. 8 I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me. 9 Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.'
Foundational quotes:
We are: "A house of prayer that contends with every other house that challenges the lordship and supremacy of Christ over all affairs."
Prayer targets: Harvard, the gates of government, the homosexual agenda, abortion
Why Boston?
I believe that now is Boston's time to raise up a house of prayer to contend for her destiny of another Great Awakening and to close the door to humanism and false ideologies that have come through Harvard and the universities of New England. Harvard is the flashpoint to take our stand for every campus across America. Let's dig the wells of revival in Boston.
Lou Engle
I believe that now is Boston's time to raise up a house of prayer to contend for her destiny of another Great Awakening and to close the door to humanism and false ideologies that have come through Harvard and the universities of New England. Harvard is the flashpoint to take our stand for every campus across America. Let's dig the wells of revival in Boston and close the door to false ideologies that have come through Harvard. We have taught our students to feast and play. Now let's teach them to fast and pray.
- Lou Engle
We are commanded to remember the works of God of the past, even as we seek for a move of God beyond anything that has happened before. God does not forget his covenants with us, even if we do. For this reason, we ask God to restore the Christian heritage of Boston, Harvard and New England.