What If

Our video this week explores “What if?”. What if, cities, towns, and neighbourhoods across Canada had churches committed to praying and interceding for our nation, our leaders, and the issues that unite and divide us? What if, we were able to do this 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. Do you think we would...

Transcript

hi everybody it's Chris byri the director of the national House of Prayer coming to you today from Ottawa so the question today is what if you know about a year ago I had a conversation with somebody and they they were asking me Chris so when is en hop going to be purchasing another building so that we can do 24/7 prayer and worship here in Ottawa and I just love that I've been carrying that idea for 1997 that's one of the main reasons why we came here you know 24/7 prayer and uh yeah and I so I thought about that I thought yeah that's a great that's a noble idea I do think it's the heart of God and so she asked so when when are you going to get a building you know while I was speaking

to this woman I felt the Holy Spirit say to me um well you know Chris they're already about 3 or 400 500 of those buildings already in in in Ottawa local churches designated for worship for houses then I heard something really interesting from the Lord and I heard him say what if what if you got 30 churches in Ottawa that would take on take 30 churches each taking one day a month well I say 31 churches 31 churches each taking one day a month to worship to pray to inter seed for Ottawa for Canada for the local church for for just to be those people of prayer you know um my house will be a house of prayer for all nations and I thought yeah what if what if we do that what if that's that's

attainable so I started to speak to to a bunch of um uh city leaders you know I start to talk to CH pastors about this I spoke with oneway Ministry which is a Ministry we really love here in Ottawa spoke to uh meeting point in Ministry led by Isaac and Diana gima uh which are focused on prayer and so we thought what if what if we do this so I started to share this I was at a meeting in November with a with uh about I guess was 50 or 60 uh pastors and uh um there's this monthly prayer meeting in in Ottawa about with about 60 50 60 sometimes 70 pastors meet monthly for prayer together building relationships it's awesome needs to happen everywhere so anyway I shared

this Vision with them and I said don't even tell me tell me let's go go seek the Lord is is if this is for us in Ottawa and you know um I said I said to pastors don't even come out and you know what I even had I think about six pastors that day that actually said to me you know Chris work and well my church will take a day so I want to say this to you what about your C what about where you live what about your region what if what if your city would get together and you got 30 pastors or 31 pastors or or 15 pastors what if you took a day your congregations your houses of prayer your Ministries took a day and dedicated it once a month for prayer what if what if

I'm Chris bck the director of the national House of Prayer and we will see you next time bye for [Music] [Music] now