Prayer has been a big part of my life since becoming a Christian in 1996. My transformation did not come through an altar call or an outreach, but a personal one-on-one encounter with the Lord in my living room one day. It was quite simple really, the realization that I was not running my life very well and decided to give the Lord a chance to see if He could do better. In that simple prayer, came the surrender of my will to His and the rest is history.
In 2006 I had 1 child yet to give his heart to Yahweh and came across an article in “Pray” magazine on the Worldwide Mom’s Day of Prayer. After approaching my then pastor, we hosted our first one January 17, 2007. Here I was, surrounded by 40 or more moms, a company of support unlike I had ever known. From the beginning, I always had a heart for others to learn and grow in the area of prayer as I was doing and to “spread outward” bringing in women from every church in the region. Yet churches do as churches do, all inclusive, and do not cross self-established denominational boundaries into Kingdom building and instead, settle for church building.
That desire has never left me as I have continued my own growth track in prayer. I chose to cross boundaries every single day and connect with others unlike me, even more so in this last year. Covid-19, the closing of many churches along with the political and racial unrest in America has caused many of us to find connections through social media which is how The Prayer Room was established. Though I did not build this website, it is the display of my very heart; to continue to grow and bring others with me as I do as well as to grow with them. This season has presented itself with an e-course called “Liar” in which I unlearned some unhealthy ways of “warfare” and learned the most valuable tool…being seated IN Christ! Also, it has opened me up to cross racial boundaries and discover the incredible value in other cultures and ethnic groups. If we do that, we will find a richness not only in our own prayer life, but the abundance of God’s character uniquely displayed in those radically different from us. Through the platform of social media, I found Civil Righteousness which is a world-wide ministry to restore the justice and righteousness of God on the earth greatly in part to oneness and unity in prayer.
Today, I am beginning to see the desires Yahweh placed in my heart all those years ago in planning that first WMDOP gathering to bring people together across denominational, racial, and generational lines in the area of prayer. In a recent prayer gathering hosted by another church, the Lord challenged me “Do you want to develop a prayer ministry or a prayer movement”? So, movement it is; beginning in my own area of influence crossing every boundary, every border, chipping away at every wall man has established to separate and divide us to build for Him His house of prayer for all nations!!!! #MyGodisYahweh