Gary, Marcus, and I made it to the International House of Prayer (IHOP) at 4:30 in the morning after driving through the thickest fog I've ever seen. We walked into the building and were greeted by a ministry that believes its mission to be a house of prayer 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. And we were soon welcomed into the house of our dear friend Chelsea "Cheese" Davidson.
After spending a day with some infamous people in these circles like Mando, Rich, Ian, and rainbow, we awoke the next morning to the beginning of the One Thing conference.
To put it short the word I would use to describe the conference was intense.
But rather than focusing on the over-use of the words prophecy, generation, and intercession the attempt was made to uplift was was good in the conference rather than where it seemed to fall short.
Although it is hard to be a part of a part of the body that seems never to take time to let G-d speak through silence and stillness, you could tell that G-d was stirring in people's hearts. Never before had I been around so many "radicals" that had such a conservative theology, but the prayer of St. Francis reminds me to seek to understand rather than to be understood.
If I am having a hard time with letting G-d speak to me through this, what changes do I need to make so that I make room to listen to G-d.
The funny thing was that the most calm and relaxing place to be at times was the Twelve tribes bus outside the conference that waited patiently to convert people to their beliefs of "unity" rather than the "house of prayer."
As of now we know we will head to Nashville, TN in the next day or so and despite the hardships found here enough love was found that we dare not shake the dust off of our feet in this place.
more to come soon. perhaps from marcus!
