From Addiction to Awakening: Prodigal Son Returns to Start 24/7 Prayer Room Near Sin City

Right here, right now, his goal is to be an incubator of true community and kingdom lifestyle. But the man he has become is a far cry from where Daniel Fred was at the turn of the century.  

Fred is the co-founder of Nevada’s 24/7 House of Prayer, as well as the project coordinator for Nevada’s Recovery and Prevention Community, or NRAP. 

“At NRAP, we prophesy life,” Fred tells PE News. “With every student we have, we have seen those dry bones come to life. To see people connect with God for the first time, and sometimes reconnect with God, it’s that life that begins to happen, and it manifests in different ways, but it is powerful to see.” 

The son of an Assemblies of God missionary, Fred is the living embodiment of the parable of the prodigal son. He tells PE News his life changed in 2002 after he woke up in a jail cell after a cycle of addiction that led to a car wreck.  

Fred’s addiction went from recreational use to hard-core addiction when his roommate committed suicide.  

“The way I learned how to cope with it was with alcohol, which led into drugs. I didn’t realize what God could do, and all the sudden I had this solution that worked for me and alleviated the pain,” Fred says.  

But God intervened through Fred’s father, Terry Fred. Three years later, Fred graduated with a degree specializing in substance abuse and has used his testimony to fuel Holy Fire through NVHOP, based in Reno, Nevada.  

“Inner healing is paramount in the healthy Christian life,” reads the NVHOP website. “Through sound teaching, training and trust in the Holy Spirit we will walk out our faith with fear and trembling believing that sanctification is a process. This helps create healthy, reproducing leaders who will become influential in their homes and communities.” 

And Fred, once lost in a world where he ignored God, is now one of the tantamount leaders of awakening mere miles away from Sin City.