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.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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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