The House is The People

As we have been emphasising about God directing us [ FCC ] to be a House of Prayer and Healing,I asked my fellow workers to respond to the word " House". These are some the responses.
1. My home is my palace - spoken in Bahasa " Rumah ku Istana ku"
2. I want not just a house but a home.
3. Sense of belonging.
4. More than shelter, but a place to be cared and loved.
5. A Sanctuary.

There are many Houses of Prayer being extablished all over the world in recent years. The emphasis to place Word-centred prayer or communion with God as our foundation and chief resource of our spiritual life and activities is of paramount importance.

Today I pointed out that the House of Prayer is more than just a place/building for the encounter of God and man, but it is a "people" that God is buidling. When we say that God is establishing a House of Prayer and Healing at FCC, I am convinced that God is establishing a People of Prayer and Healing. A People who carries the communion/the presence/the love of God wherever they are, not just when they are in the physical place of prayer. Therefore we are the House of Prayer and Healing, a people who are not only in touch and in love with God but in touch with one another in God's love.

Christians in House of Prayer can be so busy talking to God that they have no time to be "like" God. It make sense that being like God is the fruit of talking with God. Can we be so busy loving the bridegroom but have no time at all for His Bride? When we have gazed at the beauty of His Son, can we then be like the Son.Can we look at the "house" and see if there are feet that need washing?

A House is also a family, our descendent or our legacy we leave behind. What would FCC second generation of Christians be? Would they be a People in love with God and one another, a People of Prayer and Healing, a People who knows God and love mankind?

LET US ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BUILD US INTO HIS HOUSE OF PRAYER AND HEALING UNDERGIRDED BY HIS COMPASSIONATE LOVE.