Holy Spirit's up to something!

for the past 3 days, there's been an increased presence and manifestation of the Spirit at IHOP. Holy Spirit outbreaks started happening early in the week over the Forerunner School of Ministry students, but it broke out big this past wednesday night and they canceled FSM class to allow Him to move. the leadership here recognizes God is doing something and so the past 2 nights there have been meetings from 6pm to midnight of about 2,000 people (no parking or seats anywhere) where people have been getting physically and emotionally healed and delivered. God is emphasizing the Father's heart - healing wounds and restoring people's identities as sons of God - and also the spirit of self-hatred. many have been delivered and many physically healed. the meetings are being held in the FSM building, which seats more than the prayer room. But even in the the prayer room His presence has been thicker, more tangible. yesterday i walked in and there were people everywhere laying hands on one another, shouting, crying, shaking. today, during the 8am set, the team was singing a song whose chorus is "All glory, dominion, forever and ever," a song where the focus is on the throne room and the holiness of God. His presence came strong, it was like He was taking us up. we started to pray for healing at the end. then at the noon set, the team was singing about the birth of Christ out of Luke 1, where the angel speaks to Mary and says that she has found favor with God and will birth the Son and name Him Jesus. the music was very joyful and upbeat, there was a violinist playing so it sounded like Fiddler on the Roof. they sang a chorus, "rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, His Kingdom will have no end" and the room went nuts. everyone was dancing, clapping, it was so fun and very different from the normal prayer room atmosphere or intensity and sobriety. i love the different ways God shows up and moves upon His people - in weeping, repentance, holiness, laughter, joy, dancing. it's all Him and it's all beautiful!

IHOP will be streaming the 6pm (CST) meeting for free until Sunday night. from there, the leadership will discuss what to do and how to best steward what God is doing. who knows, this could go on for a while. if you wanna get it on it, here's the link

http://IHOP.org/watch