Over the last decade the International House of Prayer,
or IHOP as it's usually called, has become a destination where
worshippers lift non-stop praise and prayer up to God 24-hours a day.
Now, there's a new level of worship taking place at the ministry.
A series of miracle-filled meetings has been going on at the IHOP almost nightly since early November. As CBN News arrived to check out this move of the Holy Spirit, two young men were testifying about healings they had just experienced.
Jay Fridenmaker plays bass guitar in one of IHOP's worship teams. He was so nearsighted that from the stage where he plays and these meetings take place, he'd never been able to see the big green digital clock on the other side of the auditorium.
"I've been asking the Lord for the last few days to heal my eyes," Jay said. "A couple of people came over and prayed for me and my eyes...and now I can read things that are far away." And he said the clock is now crystal clear.
Steve Moduno works with one of the other worship teams. Suffering with asthma since he was born, Steve has never been able to take deep breaths.
But he'd just been prayed for when CBN News showed up.
"Immediately I could breathe deeply." We asked him to take a deep breath. He sucked in huge gulps of air. We said, "You were never able to do that before?" "No," he replied, with a big, happy grin.
The 'I Got Healed' Gal
Rachel Beauchamp's knee was so torn up she couldn't run or dance for seven years. The Kansas City, Mo. resident confessed, "I've probably got prayed for - my knee - literally I'd say 900 times."
At a recent renewal meeting, she wasn't even praying for healing when it suddenly came for her damaged knee. She ran up on the stage, charging back and forth yelling, "I got healed! I got healed!" It was such a joyous, memorable moment, it earned Rachel a new title among people at IHOP: the 'I got healed' gal.
This move of the Lord in Kansas City began November 11 when Wes Hall's 9 a.m. class at IHOP's Bible school began to fill with a palpable presence of the Spirit.
15-Hour Holy Ghost Encounter
All other classes quickly moved in with Hall's. Hundreds of Christians from across Kansas City - alerted by e-mails, texts and cell calls - started showing up for a Holy Ghost encounter that lasted 15 hours.
IHOP immediately began nightly six-hour renewal meetings and was soon sending it all out on a free, live webcast reaching 180 nations. Allen Hood, president of IHOP-University, described what God's doing to His people in these meetings: "We're getting healed. We're experiencing His joy. We're finding out He not only loves us, He likes us. He wants to use us. He wants to partner with us."
For every physical healing, there appear to be dozens of spiritual ones - often leading to a total renewal of the recipient's faith. It's especially happening among the young people. "This generation is so broken," said Hall, not just an IHOP-U instructor, but provost as well. "And the Lord is setting this young adult generation free of all kinds of brokenness and shame and addiction."
Source: Paul Strand, CBN News
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