Thank God for the Night,
for without it, the Morning's glory isn't put in perspective.
Thank God for the Rain,
only then can you experience the true splendor of the Rainbow.
Thank God for the Cross,
for without it, the resurrection looses it's power.
Thank God for the Battle,
because only then came we taste the sweetness of Victory.
Thank God for the struggle,
because only then can he touch our hip and let us lean upon our beloved.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
11:11//
This blog is just a teaser :) I'll release the fullness of what God is downloading later. But till then, I'll keep the anticipation building.
This morning, I was suddenly awakened out of my sleep. It was a strange(not in a bad way) feeling because I was fully awake in an instant. It wasn't like a gradual wake up call but a sudden, almost violent awakening. I looked at my watch and it was 11:11.
Just to give you guy's some background info, about a month ago the lord started speaking some things over me and highlighting some key scriptures. One of the verses was John 11:11, which says, After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
I believe the lord gave me a prophetic wake up call this morning as a parabolic picture of what's going to happen to this Lazarus generation this upcoming year.
God is releasing the Spirit of Awakening to tear down the strongholds of the Spirit of Death and Lethargy.
This is truly....Zions Horizon//
This morning, I was suddenly awakened out of my sleep. It was a strange(not in a bad way) feeling because I was fully awake in an instant. It wasn't like a gradual wake up call but a sudden, almost violent awakening. I looked at my watch and it was 11:11.
Just to give you guy's some background info, about a month ago the lord started speaking some things over me and highlighting some key scriptures. One of the verses was John 11:11, which says, After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
I believe the lord gave me a prophetic wake up call this morning as a parabolic picture of what's going to happen to this Lazarus generation this upcoming year.
God is releasing the Spirit of Awakening to tear down the strongholds of the Spirit of Death and Lethargy.
This is truly....Zions Horizon//
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
//Divine Wound
Hello Everybody, first I want to apologize for the lack of blog post but it's totally for a legit reason. God has been doing some cool stuff and has opened some huge doors. I just started an internship here at IHOP and we've been in orientation the last couple weeks and things have been crazy.
But I just kind of want to share whats been on my heart the last week or two. One thing that was put in perspective when arriving to IHOP was my level of hunger. I thought I was hungry....pssshhhhh. One thing I've realized it the fact that no one is desperatly hungry because we feed all the other appetites in our lives. My mom always told me not to eat junk food before dinner because I wouldn't be hungry. I'm sick of spiritual junk food. I want the real thing.
I use to wonder what in the world would drive people to sit in a prayer room and pray for 8 hours. Then I encountered the lord deeper and it hit me. For no other reason that the fact that....He's worth it. His greatness is UNSEARCHABLE. It's the beauty of Jesus that drives those angels to worship him non stop. It's the same with us.Why do we offer up prayer and worship 24/7? Because he deserves unceasing adoration.
I use to wonder what in the world would drive people to sit in a prayer room and pray for 8 hours. Then I encountered the lord deeper and it hit me. For no other reason that the fact that....He's worth it. His greatness is UNSEARCHABLE. It's the beauty of Jesus that drives those angels to worship him non stop. It's the same with us.Why do we offer up prayer and worship 24/7? Because he deserves unceasing adoration.
I've just been so tender and sensitive the last couple weeks. My heart is addicted to his presence and the pain of wanting more. I have this dream. That I would be an old man and still be moved by his affections to the point where I just weep in his presence. So I want to share with you the prayer of my heart for the last couple days. It's a prayer to position my heart to burn. A prayer to ignite my heart with the flame of his love...that many water cannot put out. I totally recommend you prayer it too but I have to warn you. It's dangerous. We pray stuff all the time and then opposition comes up in our lives and we don't realize that in the opposition is the key to get that burning heart your asking for.
We want our Goliath moment but complain when lions and bears come in our lives. When it's our lions and bears that produce the boldness to go against our Goliath's.
The lord spoke to me the other day and said, "Son, do you understand the degree of burning that had to be on that mans heart to go to that cross? You have to get a vision to burn...But realize that, that fire will lead you to a cross of your own...."
Here's my prayer:
- Awaken love.
- Would you be the dream of my heart?
- Would you come and be the longing of my soul?
- Would you fascinate my heart till my affections are reserved for one?
- Would you be the joy of my heart,…the prize of my life?
- Write Psalms 27:4 upon my heart.
- God, Give me doves eyes,..un-distracted devotion.
- Baptize me in the gift of hunger.
- O that you would wound my heart with love sickness.
- That I would have a heart aching for the fullness of your presence.
- Let me love you more, this is all that I desire.
- Let me miss you, mourn for you, be jealous for where you are.
- O that my heart would be wholly yours.
- O that my heart would crumble under the weight of your Glory.
- Pierce me with an arrow of your unfailing love.
- Overcome me with your zealous affections.
- Leave me undone at one glance at your face.
- Ravish my heart, & never let me go, I want to be desperate.
- Promise to satisfy me, & leave me unsatisfied.
- Catch the little foxes.
- Remove anything that hinders love. No matter the cost, put me through the fire, test me, try me, refine me in the fire like the Gold.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
//Apostolic Miracle. The IHOP-U Awakening.
Hey Guys, welcome back, I want to discuss the Apostolic Miracle called the IHOP-U Awakening. To give you a little background on when the revival started here at Ihop-kc, I have to go back to November 11, 2009. During a 9 a.m. Wes Hall class in the International House of Prayer University, the spirit moved heavily with healing and deliverance's. In fact it moved so heavily that it turned into a 15 hour meeting where thousands of people heard about it and flocked to the building.
These services are absolutely out of this world! Scores and scores of people get healed, delivered, and renewed every service. Not just a couple of people with colds. I mean cancer dissolving by just being in the meeting. The wine of spirit flows like a rushing riving bringing life to the message. It's not just another good idea. The wine of the holy spirit allows people to feel the love of God in a tangible way. This manifestation of the Holy Spirit brings a supernatural intoxication that often makes one feel "high" and laugh uncontrollably. The word(which is the greatest vehicle for the spirit to travel in) is preached with Apostolic Grace and Power. There are different manifestations of the Holy Spirit. On Pentecost, He came like wind, fire, and wine. The realm and weight of Glory in these meetings are rare in these times. But the movement of this isn't rare. What I mean by that is the fact that revivals start all the time. But they end shortly after. This is why I called it an Apostolic Miracle. Because this one is a lasting one. This one has substance behind it. It's not an empty era of really good revival meetings. Nope. It's so much bigger. Let me explain.
International House of Prayer has been in 24/7 prayer and worship since 1999. They live, breath, eat prayer. If you know anything about the history of revivals, prayer is the main, not the only, catalyst that revivals are birthed in. Prayer isn't just an activity here as I talked about in my last blog. It's a way of life. A culture. A thought process. An attitude of the heart that is grounded in OneThing. The Presence. So it was like all theses years they were not only building up revival "Credit" through prayer, but a culture. So now when revival hits IHOP…They are more than ready for it. They have the perfect ecosystem for revival. It was only a matter of time. I guess I can say "WE" now huh! We have a perfect culture fit for revival that transforms nations. Literally. It's not just a sentence in a vision statement anymore. It's happening.
In the old testament, when there was a fire on the altar, God lit it. But the priest had to keep it burning. This is where most ministries fail at. Epically. I want to teach about 2 things that put the fire out on Revivals. First one is that having a good meeting becomes the focal point instead of the thing that started it, the Presence. Here at Ihop, we have the Awakening services every thur-sat from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight. But when revival broke out, 24/7 prayer never stopped. Usually in ministries where revival breaks out, everything shuts down and those meeting become an attraction. In other words, Revival meetings are the dessert. Don't forget about the meal. Some ministries live off of dessert. Not healthy huh? Nope.
Another hindrance to continual revival is insecure leadership. Wes Hall and Allen Hood are the number three and four behind Mike Bickle(the founder). These two powerful men are the lead ministers of the Awakening services. God birthed it through them, and it's still flowing with them because they took the time in the secret place. In most large ministries that experience an outpouring of this magnitude, the head of Ministry usually takes over and has to be the Face of the revival and put his hands in everything. it takes an humble leader to allow your sons to do what they were created to do and not try to take it over because it's "Your ministry". Just sayin…. Oh and you should definitely tune in! It's live...just click here. They are all archived if you cant join in live :)
Be looking out for my next blog early next week, "Wasted life. Not in Vain". It's really dear to my heart and I was going to put it with this one but it deserves it's own. Peace. Love. & Revival.
These services are absolutely out of this world! Scores and scores of people get healed, delivered, and renewed every service. Not just a couple of people with colds. I mean cancer dissolving by just being in the meeting. The wine of spirit flows like a rushing riving bringing life to the message. It's not just another good idea. The wine of the holy spirit allows people to feel the love of God in a tangible way. This manifestation of the Holy Spirit brings a supernatural intoxication that often makes one feel "high" and laugh uncontrollably. The word(which is the greatest vehicle for the spirit to travel in) is preached with Apostolic Grace and Power. There are different manifestations of the Holy Spirit. On Pentecost, He came like wind, fire, and wine. The realm and weight of Glory in these meetings are rare in these times. But the movement of this isn't rare. What I mean by that is the fact that revivals start all the time. But they end shortly after. This is why I called it an Apostolic Miracle. Because this one is a lasting one. This one has substance behind it. It's not an empty era of really good revival meetings. Nope. It's so much bigger. Let me explain.
International House of Prayer has been in 24/7 prayer and worship since 1999. They live, breath, eat prayer. If you know anything about the history of revivals, prayer is the main, not the only, catalyst that revivals are birthed in. Prayer isn't just an activity here as I talked about in my last blog. It's a way of life. A culture. A thought process. An attitude of the heart that is grounded in OneThing. The Presence. So it was like all theses years they were not only building up revival "Credit" through prayer, but a culture. So now when revival hits IHOP…They are more than ready for it. They have the perfect ecosystem for revival. It was only a matter of time. I guess I can say "WE" now huh! We have a perfect culture fit for revival that transforms nations. Literally. It's not just a sentence in a vision statement anymore. It's happening.
In the old testament, when there was a fire on the altar, God lit it. But the priest had to keep it burning. This is where most ministries fail at. Epically. I want to teach about 2 things that put the fire out on Revivals. First one is that having a good meeting becomes the focal point instead of the thing that started it, the Presence. Here at Ihop, we have the Awakening services every thur-sat from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight. But when revival broke out, 24/7 prayer never stopped. Usually in ministries where revival breaks out, everything shuts down and those meeting become an attraction. In other words, Revival meetings are the dessert. Don't forget about the meal. Some ministries live off of dessert. Not healthy huh? Nope.
Another hindrance to continual revival is insecure leadership. Wes Hall and Allen Hood are the number three and four behind Mike Bickle(the founder). These two powerful men are the lead ministers of the Awakening services. God birthed it through them, and it's still flowing with them because they took the time in the secret place. In most large ministries that experience an outpouring of this magnitude, the head of Ministry usually takes over and has to be the Face of the revival and put his hands in everything. it takes an humble leader to allow your sons to do what they were created to do and not try to take it over because it's "Your ministry". Just sayin…. Oh and you should definitely tune in! It's live...just click here. They are all archived if you cant join in live :)
Be looking out for my next blog early next week, "Wasted life. Not in Vain". It's really dear to my heart and I was going to put it with this one but it deserves it's own. Peace. Love. & Revival.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
"Wild Stories"
Wow. What a crazy week indeed. God is defiantly doing something BIG here in Kansas City. Every minute I'm here, I can feel the grain of my heart being shifted. When I got here, I thought I prayed a lot. Psssshhhh. Sike. I wasn't really aware of the eternal weightiness of a prayer life.
See for those who aren't familiar with Ihop(International House of Prayer), it is the "Mission Base" of all the prayer rooms around the world. Meaning, it's kind of like the head quarters. For ten years they have been offering up night and day Prayer and worship. Literally, They haven't stopped praying for ten years. 24/7. They have enough worship leaders to start 50 churches who play a 2 hour worship set in shifts. Here at Ihop, prayer is a culture, not an event. It's a mindset. An attitude of the heart. When I first got involved with Ihop, like 6 years ago, I thought the idea of 24/7 prayer was kind of religious. I mean what can you pray for, for 24 hours? But it wasn't until I got here into the Global Prayer Room that I realized that the whole thing is based upon….I am my beloveds, and He is mine. It's easy to talk to someone all day when you are absolutely raptured and captivated by the splendor and majesty. For real. Like a lot of people talk about Jesus. These cats know him. For real. I fell in love with the prayer room as soon as I got here. It's like it's a big ear. I know God always hears our prayers but there's a significant acceleration in the spirit in the prayer room. But it doesn't stop there in the prayer room. Once you get in there. That becomes a lifestyle. Your heart becomes prayer. Your transformed by the burden to pray. Thousands from all around the country flock to the Prayer room to experience it.
And as a result of their foundation in prayer that is rooted in extravagant love for Jesus, They are in a full fledge revival. They have "Awakening" services Thur-Sat from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight. These services are absolutely crazyyyy! I'll tell you more about these on my next blog.
But while I've been here, Ihop has been wrecking my life! I've had encounters and visitations, I've prayed for a lot of people who got healed, I've gotten a grip on a real prayer life…..but the biggest thing that happened this week was being able to meet a man named Rick Ripple.
Rick Ripple it the Father of Faith Ripple(Who is an awesome women of God that attends my home church in Houston, Tx). He lives in Missouri and offered to pick me up from the bus station when I got here. As soon as I got in the car and started pulling off, I noticed something different about him. On the way to his house(where I stayed the first four day of my stay here), he started to pour out wisdom from another world. I mean I've heard people say deep things about God but there was substance behind what he was saying. He expounded on the scriptures the whole ride. The best part about it was that he was so animated.lol Was so excited. He was passionate about what he was saying. So full of Joy. It caught me off guard because I just though that he was going to give me a ride and a place to stay for a while. But he gave me so much more. Over these last few days our hearts became knitted together. We enjoyed our time together. He took me under as a spiritual Grandchild. I want to cry just typing this out. I've never met a 67 year old man so animated and joyous about the things about God. He had more energy than me! He loves telling stories. I told him once, "Mr. Rick, I'm gonna pay you back one day". He then replied, "All you have to do is listen to my stories.lol". He must have told me a hundred stories. And I was captivated by every last one. I made him so happy just by listening to his stories. He called them, "Wild Stories". The reason he called them that was because He said Wild Writing is when you just wright and wright spontaneously without editing just yet. Only then can you capture the true essence. So he told "Wild Stories" spontaneously.
We would sit down in a burger joint and he would take simple scriptures and expound on them and they would come alive. I love that man. He's amazing. He didn't even know about Ihop and has a dream to open up his own house of prayer. I'll never forget his "Wild Stories". They changed my life. I will alway remember how he would get absolutely thrilled when someone asked him to do something that most people wouldn't do. He go to fulfill the Gospel…….This is Zion's Horizon
See for those who aren't familiar with Ihop(International House of Prayer), it is the "Mission Base" of all the prayer rooms around the world. Meaning, it's kind of like the head quarters. For ten years they have been offering up night and day Prayer and worship. Literally, They haven't stopped praying for ten years. 24/7. They have enough worship leaders to start 50 churches who play a 2 hour worship set in shifts. Here at Ihop, prayer is a culture, not an event. It's a mindset. An attitude of the heart. When I first got involved with Ihop, like 6 years ago, I thought the idea of 24/7 prayer was kind of religious. I mean what can you pray for, for 24 hours? But it wasn't until I got here into the Global Prayer Room that I realized that the whole thing is based upon….I am my beloveds, and He is mine. It's easy to talk to someone all day when you are absolutely raptured and captivated by the splendor and majesty. For real. Like a lot of people talk about Jesus. These cats know him. For real. I fell in love with the prayer room as soon as I got here. It's like it's a big ear. I know God always hears our prayers but there's a significant acceleration in the spirit in the prayer room. But it doesn't stop there in the prayer room. Once you get in there. That becomes a lifestyle. Your heart becomes prayer. Your transformed by the burden to pray. Thousands from all around the country flock to the Prayer room to experience it.
And as a result of their foundation in prayer that is rooted in extravagant love for Jesus, They are in a full fledge revival. They have "Awakening" services Thur-Sat from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight. These services are absolutely crazyyyy! I'll tell you more about these on my next blog.
But while I've been here, Ihop has been wrecking my life! I've had encounters and visitations, I've prayed for a lot of people who got healed, I've gotten a grip on a real prayer life…..but the biggest thing that happened this week was being able to meet a man named Rick Ripple.
Rick Ripple it the Father of Faith Ripple(Who is an awesome women of God that attends my home church in Houston, Tx). He lives in Missouri and offered to pick me up from the bus station when I got here. As soon as I got in the car and started pulling off, I noticed something different about him. On the way to his house(where I stayed the first four day of my stay here), he started to pour out wisdom from another world. I mean I've heard people say deep things about God but there was substance behind what he was saying. He expounded on the scriptures the whole ride. The best part about it was that he was so animated.lol Was so excited. He was passionate about what he was saying. So full of Joy. It caught me off guard because I just though that he was going to give me a ride and a place to stay for a while. But he gave me so much more. Over these last few days our hearts became knitted together. We enjoyed our time together. He took me under as a spiritual Grandchild. I want to cry just typing this out. I've never met a 67 year old man so animated and joyous about the things about God. He had more energy than me! He loves telling stories. I told him once, "Mr. Rick, I'm gonna pay you back one day". He then replied, "All you have to do is listen to my stories.lol". He must have told me a hundred stories. And I was captivated by every last one. I made him so happy just by listening to his stories. He called them, "Wild Stories". The reason he called them that was because He said Wild Writing is when you just wright and wright spontaneously without editing just yet. Only then can you capture the true essence. So he told "Wild Stories" spontaneously.
We would sit down in a burger joint and he would take simple scriptures and expound on them and they would come alive. I love that man. He's amazing. He didn't even know about Ihop and has a dream to open up his own house of prayer. I'll never forget his "Wild Stories". They changed my life. I will alway remember how he would get absolutely thrilled when someone asked him to do something that most people wouldn't do. He go to fulfill the Gospel…….This is Zion's Horizon
Monday, August 9, 2010
Coming Soon...
Hey Everyone! Thanks for checking out my new blog! I haven't published my first official post but I did post an intro/teaser video. You can expect my first official post this upcoming Saturday! I am very excited to see what God is doing and hope you enjoy the journey. Stay tuned!
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