Prayer Room Beginnings

Hello :) My name is Brian. Many of you reading this have
probably never met me. I am 20 years old and I am from Gaylord MI, the small
town that the Rapha Boys believe to be famous. :P

God spoke to me in early 2010 about going to Kenya. After
much prayer and a little emailing, I found myself on plane headed for Mombasa
(Nov 28th). I didn’t know a whole lot more than that I was supposed to lead
worship at a house of prayer, and that I would be living with a bunch of
people. It sounded like a perfect adventure!

THE HOUSE OF PRAYER

One of the first steps for starting the HOP was to buy some
music equipment. So we did! Then we had to find a place (land/building) to
house it. We wound using a room, about 25‘X25’, located in the Star of David
Christian School. This was the same room that our church had been meeting in on
Sundays.

The month of April had just started and I had already met a
few guys at the school who loved playing guitar and leading worship songs.
Carly and Whitney had been coaching a girls volleyball team at this small
school so everyone there knew us. We really wanted the Youth to be apart of the
HOP so we called a meeting for all who were interested.

Someone recently shared this quote with me.. “You can tell
how popular a Church is by how many people come on Sunday morning. You can tell
how popular a Pastor is by how many people come on Sunday night. But, You can
tell how popular Jesus is by how many people come to the Prayer meeting.”

I was in the Rapha House for 4 months before we started the
HOP in a public way. During this time, I learned about many things, but the
biggest and most important one was Prayer. Nothing real will happen without it,
no matter how awesome we are or how gifted we are at ministry. God already
knows our needs.. but He wants constant connection with us. After all, this is
all about Him. :)

Jesus Prayed the words “let Your Will be done, on Earth as
it is in Heaven.” Sadly, God’s perfect Will is Not being done in the majority
of the World around us. Sin is rampant and most People, who were made by God
with Love, are living their lives ignorant to the truth that Jesus Christ is
the Way, the Truth, and the Life. So, they are on their way to eternal
destruction. There is a constant spiritual battle being fought for the souls of
men and women. It is War. Our physical efforts can do nothing to free a city
from its invisible chains that hold it in bondage.

We fight on our knees.

“If 2 or more of you agree down here on Earth concerning
anything you ask, my Father in Heaven will do it for You.” Matt18:19

“If you Believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in
Prayer.” Matt 21:22

In Mombasa and across the world, the main focus of our
prayers is that the Church would be Real and Alive in Christ and that the Lost
would be Saved. This may seem simple, but it is Everything! We are the Body of
Christ. If over half of the Body is asleep, it will not be nearly as effective
as it should be, and if the Church is not reflecting Christ as it should, what
light are the Lost supposed to follow?

So for 1 month, we prayed and worshiped daily with about
12-25 teens, watching them grow in their understanding and love for God and His
word. It is so awesome to have been apart of something that is going to
continue on and happen in a much larger way.

There is hope for the city of Mombasa, and it is only in
Jesus Christ. God is faithful to His Word, so when He said that He’ll do
whatever we agree on and Ask for, He’ll do it! :)

Also, let’s recognize the need for a change in our own
cities and church bodies, no matter where we live. Don’t dwindle, don’t sleep,
don’t be lukewarm.. Jesus is coming!

Amen :)

Brian Alexander