Why 40 Days of Prayer?

In 2004 NHC did a 40 day focus together called "40 Days of Purpose". It was one of those defining times for us as a church as we pulled closer together and grew in so many ways.

Those 40 Days so greatly impacted us that we soon decided, "We need to do this again in the future." So we will - this fall - in October and November. And we're really excited, especially since our church has grown so much since 2004.

I got to thinking, what if we spent the previous 40 days praying together in preparation for what we hope to see God do among us in the fall? I mean, a church focused on prayer can only be a good thing, right? So thus was birthed "40 Days of Prayer". From September 1 through October 10 we're going to immerse ourselves as a church in prayer.

This blog is one of the ways we'll unite together for prayer. You'll have the opportunity to post prayers, prayer requests, questions about prayer and answers to specific prayers right here. We'll also post articles from writers both outside our congregation and within about prayer to encourage you.

In future posts I'll share some of the creative ways we'll accomplish these 40 Days. There will be something for everyone, both in personal prayer times and in prayer times with others. We're even hosting a regional prayer conference at NHC with internationally reknown speakers coming to teach and challenge us.

God's Word says, "The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results." (James 5:16b NLT) That's exciting! Even more so when you take a congregation of "righteous" Christ-followers and compound the prayers.

NHC, let's get ready for God to show us His might and power.