Saturday Night Prayer

For the past 4 weeks we have been gathering on Saturday evening to pray for our Sunday meetings. We have been making the following declarations each week.

Eight Declarations for Heartland Christian Center and Bashkesia e Ungjillit
(By Guest Speaker Pastor Jim Hilbrant, October 28, 2007)

God is saying:

1. This is the house of the Lord’s favor.
2. This is the house of My mercy.
3. This is the house of healing and deliverance.
4. This is the house of preparation and equipping.
5. This is the house of sending forth.
6. This is the house of the Father’s heart.
7. This is the house of My Presence.
8. This is the house of the Father’s Love.

We said Saturday night from 5:00pm - 6:00pm is not for personal ministry, but to pray for the services on Sunday, for our church and all the churches preaching the Gospel in Gjakova and Kosova.

“N” and his wife “R” came tonight. “R” has been visiting a few weeks now, and “N” would arrive after service for the past 2 weeks. “N” has been diagnosed with serious depression, after being separated from his children by divorce, and is on heavy medication. Well, imagine my surprise when I saw him sitting in the back while we prayed and worshiped. We had just finished the song, “Everything” by Hillsong, when he disappeared (not like transported but as in he had left the building). His wife stayed and we finished up our time with that song again. “R” and the others there loved it. We personally felt a new level of breakthrough in the area of freedom of expression in worship. In the past we have experienced much mocking and intimidation. Afterward, “R” was telling Kathi how nervous her husband had become and his head was hurting bad so he had left. Just then he showed up at the door. His wife was nervous that he would not take well to receiving prayer. I asked if we could pray for his headache and he said yes. I felt we needed to come against this depression and mind binding spirit and as we did a boldness rose up and I asked him if he wanted to be free, he said yes. I asked him if he had received Jesus as Lord of his life and he said no. I asked him if he wanted to and he said yes. I asked him if he believed Jesus could and would set him free, he said yes. The translator and I led him through a prayer of repentance and commanded the spirit of infirmity to leave. His countenance was completely different and he could hardly stand when we finished praying. I gave him a bible, read and underlined the verse 2 Timothy 1:7 about a sound mind and he was smiling. This was a first. Because of his medication there was little or no emotion evident in him. We believe he was delivered and set free and is sure of his salvation now. “R”, who accepted and confessed Jesus as her Savior also, will be in one of Kathi's pre-encounter groups and I’ll be taking “N” through one also.

Praise God! We had prayed this evening for God to interrupt our plans, so He did and a husband and wife got saved at the prayer meeting. God's so funny!

Blessings,
Al and Kathi