Sometimes if you have trouble remembering the great things that have happened to you, the best thing to do is evaluate the change in your life and work backwards. I can tell you that something shifted in my life in a powerful way. I've been greatly impacted by their lifestyle of prayer and fasting, their unrelenting drive to contend for the Kingdom to invade, their passionate "lover and a fighter" bride and forerunner relationship to God, their depth upon depth of prophetic ministry both in music and in preaching. Some might ask why God chose to move at IHOP...I would ask why wouldn't He? They have prayed 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year for 10 years straight, and a move of God broke out. They eat, sleep, and breath prayer in cries for the last great global revival that will usher in the second coming of Christ. Of course, they haven't seen all that they have prayed for in the beginning stages of this awakening, but certainly this could be the beginning.
I went to the prayer room and was simply blown away. There were rooms for deliverance, prophetic, healing, Israel, travail, and more. Someone or band continuously playing live music, declaring the Word of God and interceding through instruments and singing. I have no doubt that from that room major disasters have been cancelled, 5-fold ministers have been called, lives have been saved, nations have been re-directed. How do I know this? John Wesley once said "God does nothing apart from the prayers of His people." God has chosen for us to partner with Him, and contending in prayer releases the finished work that He so desires to release. He just simply won't do it without us releasing His power through prayer. This is so much deeper than I can elaborate right now, so I apoloize for stopping here -- but I won't leave you hanging. Read Dutch Sheet's "Intercessory Prayer" and you'll never look at intercession the same again.
I left IHOP with two major takeaways, everything that I just said as one of them. I am not suddenly an IHOP maniac that is going to say they are the only ones who have it going on and I want to get out there. There are so many great movements across this country, such as what is going on at Bethel in Redding and the RAMP in Hamilton -- and of course, my church Victory Christian Center! My heart burns for this region, for VCC. There have been words spoken over this church of a great move of God coming to us. I just have finally gained the revelation via my trip to IHOP that God's promises are unlocked by intercessory prayer. Sounds silly that I didn't realize this before, but prayer is everything.
I'm becoming more and more consumed with the passion to pray and fast, to contend for the awakening to come in this region, for revival to break out at Victory that will completely be authenticated by the precious presence of the Holy Spirit showing up in full demonstration of Salvation -- deliverance, healing, and redemption.
So there you have just some of what God did. I know I didn't go into details of actual events, such as Misty Edwards in the prayer room singing about the redemption of a harlot. If you want to know more, just ask! Thank you for praying for me while I was there -- it was a trip I'll never forget!
With admiration,
Chris
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