Session 1: The Early Days, Cairo and the 1983 Solemn Assembly

I.

WHY SHARE OUR PROPHETIC HISTORY

A.

Scripture exhorts us to remember what God said and did in the past and to teach it to our

children. Remembering what God did in our midst helps us to obey and set our hope in Him.

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I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 which...our fathers told

us...4 telling to the generation to come...His wonderful works. 5 He established a testimony

in Jacob...He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; 6 that the generation to come...may declare them to their children, 7 that they mayset their

hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments. (Ps. 78:2-7)

B.

Some of God’s ways are given to us as parables that unfold in a way that enables us, as the years go by, to see more and more significance in what He did in the past. Jesus spoke many things in parables to make truth more clear to those who were humble and hungry for more and to make truth more obscure for those who were proud and spiritually self-satisfied (Mt. 13:3, 13-17).

He spoke many things to them in parables...13 I speak to them in parables, because seeing

they do not see, and hearing they do not hear,nor do they understand

. (Mt. 13:3, 13)

C.

Personal prophecy is given to strengthen our resolve to obey God, to be faithful in prayer and to help us keep focused on the specific ministry assignment that God gives us. Prophecy is not a guarantee, but an invitation from God to participate with Him in prayer, faith, and obedience18 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare

... (1 Tim. 1:18)

D.

The Father has a vast and glorious storyline for the whole Body of Christ in this generation. He has a specific assignment for each ministry. We all have a small yet significant part to play in His plans. God wants His people to honor and love the whole Church. There is a part of my inheritance in God that I can only receive as I receive from others in the larger Body of Christ. I have been deeply helped through the years by what God has done through other ministries.

E.

The Holy Spirit is orchestrating one great move of God in this generation. It is compromised of many smaller ministry movements that each have a specific ministry assignment. In other

words, the end-time prayer movement is made up of many smaller prayer movements. IHOP–KC is one small movement in the midst of the global end-time move of God.

F.

IHOP–KC’s “prophetic history” represents a very small part of God’s story in this generation. In telling this prophetic history, our prayer is that the IHOP–KC community be strengthened in our resolve to obey our specific ministry assignment. We also share this story, hoping that part of our story will encourage others to believe God for His fullness in their ministry assignment. As each ministry does their small part, others see the big picture of God’s puzzle a little more clearly.

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