Praise

IHOP
stands for the International House of Prayer.

they're such a powerful part of the church down in Kansas City Missouri.

24 hour prayer worship and fasting....
That's all I've heard about them...and that seems to be all they're about...

I've looked into them quite a bit. They have multiple worship bands that switch in and out in shifts of 2 hours...
they have a university training people in worship and so many other things that advance the kingdom

Many of you have probably heard of Misty Edwards. In case you haven't: she's the lead worship leader down there. She writes Amazing worship songs. They are Simply, wonderful. They definitely have the anointing of the Lord on them.

The coolest part of this is that in the university they have a song composition and songwriting major. You can go to Ihop.org look around at all the amazing artists that have come through. They're all anointed, legit. and sincere in all their songs. There are so many of them...

and it's not just there. I mentioned Catherine Mullins before. completely different place in the country

I feel like the spirit is moving through worship so strongly right now, as if it were a rallying cry. That God is getting pumped up as it were. He's assembling his church to praise him and Love him so they can Love the world.

When people talk about revival they always talk about amazing moves of God and power and miracles and being spirit led.

however...

they tend to forget the Love.

They don't always neglect Love. Sometimes I hear about amazing moves of Love from people to people, but I generally don't hear that as the main focus of their conversation.

it's God

Love God with all your heart.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Not as you Love God.

I believe truly that God is starting to get people to know What Love is.
It's a mystery isn't it?
We have no Idea :)

we have good imaginations though :)

it's an outpouring. That's what Love is.

Jesus said apart from me you can do nothing.

I don't think he's in the habit of Lying.

Love is such an unattainable thing for us. It must be poured out on us.
so this 24 hour prayer, fasting and worship is asking for it.

It's asking for God's Love to fill us.

that's why it will start with worship. Worship is the Front-line
Chains will be broken.
Idols cast down.

but not because of any song.

but because he can't help but respond to our cry. (It hooks in with my last blog.)

when his Love fills it takes over. If you've ever met someone crazy enough to pray for you without ever seeing you before, it's that kind of power. it's something that says perhaps I don't know what is going on, but that doesn't matter, because i know what my Lord would have me do.

then do it.

it's a confidence

Isaiah 32:17

"And the work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever."


Isaiah 42:10-13

"Sing to the Lord a new song, sing His praise from the end of the earth!
You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it.
You islands, and those who dwell on them.
Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,
The settlements where Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,
Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.
Let them give glory to the Lord
And declare His praise in the coastlands.
the Lord will go forth like a warrior,
he will arouse His zeal like a man of war.
He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail against His enemies."

it's pretty clear as to what happens when we praise him...that's where we are. We sing to him and He arouses in us Zeal and defeats his enemies.

it gets better though...(that's where most people stop)

Isaiah 42:14-25

"I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
NOW like a woman labor I will grown,
I will both gasp and pant.
I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will make the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
I will lead the blind by a way they do not know,
In paths they do not know I will guide them
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These are the things I will do,
and I will not leave them undone.
They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,
Who trust in idols,
Who say to molten images,
'You are our gods.'

Hear, you deaf!
And look, you blind, that you may see.
Who is blind buy My servant,
Or so deaf as My Messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is at with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?
You have seen many things, but you do not observe them;
Your ears are open, but none hears
The Lord was pleased fro His righteousness' sake
To make the law great and glorious.
But this is a people plundered and despoiled;
All of them are trapped in caves,
Or are hidden away in prisons;
They have become a prey with none to deliver them,
And a spoil, with none to say, 'Give them back!'

Who among you will give ear to this?
Who will give heed and listen hereafter?
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers?
Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned,
And in whose ways they were not willing to walk,
And whose law they did not obey?
So he poured out on him the heat of His anger
And the fierceness of battle;
And it set him aflame all around,
Yet he did not recognize it;
And it burned him, but he paid not attention. "

hang in there it gets better

Isaiah 43:1-13

"But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel,
'Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
When you pass through waters I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
when you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.
For I am the Lord your God,
The holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I have given Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and Seba in your place.
Since you are precious in My sight,
Since you are honored and I love you,
I will give other in your place and other people in exchange for you life.
Do not fear, for I am with you;
I will bring your offspring from the east,
And gather you from the west.
I will say to the north, 'Give them up!'
And to the south, 'Do not hold them back.'
Bring My sons from afar
And My daughters from the ends of the earth,
Everyone who is called by My name,
And whom I have created for My glory,
Whom I have formed, even whom I have made.

Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,
and the deaf, even though they have ears.
All the nations have gathered together so that the people may be assembled. Who among them can declare this and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified,
Or let them hear and say, ' It is true.'
'You are My witnesses,' declares the Lord,
And My servant whom i have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me. I even I, am the Lord,
And there is no savior besides Me. It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,
And there was no strange god among you;
So you are My witnesses,' declares the Lord,
'And I am God.
Even from eternity I am He,
And there is none who can deliver out of My hand;
I act and who can reverse it?'"



what catches my eye the most is 42:14
God will gasp and pant like a woman in labor

and this is all still because our worship...it's a seem-less transition there.

verse 14 in my American standard Bible has a heading right before it...but the headings weren't part of the original Bible.

it's redemption
that's what it is.

he told them to break forth with new song,
because he was gonna' redeem them.

that we might be witnesses to God.
There's much more in there....but in a nut shell.

sing break forth with song and God will stir up new zeal enough to give redemption, because he Loves you

go back and read the beginning of Isaiah 42... up to verse 10...

they're instructions...what is true then is true for us today...

While Jesus has already been born, died and raised...
he is not known to the islands.

something is known as an island when it is isolated or having little or no direct communication with others.

in this sense it is an isolation from God starting in verse 10

it starts to make more sense.

there are islands all around us.

http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Kedar.html (read about what Kedar means his origins)

http://www.grandview.com.jo/biblical_petra.html (read about Sela/Petra and what it means...)

He's Kedar is of the seed of Ishmael

and Sela is the place Esau and many other people who did not have God on their side.

He's saying he's pulling them towards Him. And how? with Song :)

it's a foreshadowing of Jesus coming to for both Jews and Gentiles.
It's saying He's gonna' fix this broken family that has been split.

He's gonna' heal them with new songs that they sing to him

and we need to sing to him with all we are so that they know the words. so they know who it is.

don't take my word for it. pray about it. fast about it. find out.

on another note.
IHop has a free CD available for download...and it's got a little bit from each artist...and plus they have monthly free songs you can download...

they're at forerunner.com...check it out...it may be easier to find them through Ihop.org though.

I would Love to hear any questions or comments on here or facebook :)

May the Lord be welcomed into your hearts :)