Prayer DInner 5/16/19 - Mary House

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Dr. House Brings the House Down at Third Prayer Dinner

Robert Abendroth

Last Tuesday, May 14^th, Las Vegas held another powerful, spirited, Prayer Dinner at IPEC moving towards the June 22^nd Rally. Dr. Mary House, the First Lady of Mountaintop Faith Ministries was the guest speaker. With around 150 participants, there were many new guests present from different churches in the Las Vegas area as well as friends of members.

During the meal, the emcee, First Lady Fay McDonald of The Wealthy Place church, gave an introduction about who Mother Moon is and what she has accomplished in her life. Following her introduction, Dr. Rouse, co-chair of ACLC, gave a few open remarks. He testified to the wisdom of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, including the wisdom he had to marry Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon. Dr. Rouse, then introduced the husband of Dr. House, Bishop Clinton House. Bishop House introduced his wife describing her personality and praising her powerful spirit. Before, her speech, the Mountaintop choir performed two absolutely amazing songs of praise which set the tone for Dr. House’s speech.

As her husband put it, Dr. House is “an all-around dynamic young lady in a small package” and there isn’t a better way to describe her. She began with a beautiful song of hope whose lyrics say “I’ll never forsake you.” She began with thanks for the opportunity to speak at the Prayer Dinner and also thanks to her husband of 39 years for allowing her to do the work that God has called her to do.

The topic of her speech was family values and she testified to the power of the prayers of her mother. He mother prayed for her, her six siblings, and her alcoholic father. She said that to this day, she is living off of the prayers of her mother. She shared how her mother’s commitment and prayers for her father eventually allowed him to be saved. She shared a few bible passages about faith and would follow with her own experiences of faith. She shared how God worked in her and her husband’s ministry. She energetically emphasized that God will do so much more than we imagine when we have faith. In her closing statements she said “when we believe God, no matter what it looks like, He always answers.”

Inspired by her moving testimony, and by the power of prayer and faith, audience members responded with shouts of “amen!” and “hallelujah!”

To conclude the night, there was an auction of beautiful paintings by renowned artist Emmy Lu. He has painted for many well-known people including the Obamas. Three of his paintings were sold that night. All proceeds from the auction were donated for the upcoming June 22^nd Peace Rally.

The evening ended with Rev. Jackson’s deeply powerful prayer for the healing of Las Vegas and America.

To view a video of the prayer dinner, visit the Las Vegas Community’s Facebook page here -->
https://www.facebook.com/456336091852838/videos/335207147138639/