7 Thunders Newsletter
September, 2006

While July was a very busy month for ZHOP, the pace slowed down a lot in August as many families and individuals went on vacation and took time away to visit their families. This didn’t stop prayer in the prayer room though! In August we started prayer room “shifts”. There are four different shifts at ZHOP, 6am-Noon, Noon-6pm, 6pm-Midnight, and Midnight-6am. Shifts help make sure the prayer room is staffed at all times with a team of staff members praying and playing sets. Shifts have worked out very well since they started and ZHOP is growing! We now have intercession meetings four times a day, at 10 and 4 am or pm everyday. Each prayer meeting has a specific focus and a full worship team to help facilitate corporate intercession.

On August 30th the first term of “The Awakened” night watch internship ended. Term II of the internship starts on September 8th, 3 of the June Term I interns have decided to stay and continue on in Term II. The September Term I internship also starts on September 8th with 3 interns that have decided to dedicate their nights to the Lord and pray from Midnight-6am. For more information the “The Awakened Internship”, see the events section below.

On July 28th the second day time internship called the Zadok Internship started. There are 8 interns who have committed themselves to live a lifestyle of prayer and fasting. Here is an update from Adam McArthur one of the directors of the internship:

"The second Zadok Internship is currently underway. It started on July 28th and will end in the beginning of December. The Lord has brought 8 interns from all over the country to stand before Him during these 5 months. We have a group of young people who are hungry for the face of God and are thirsty for His word! God is jealous for young people who will stand and minister to His heart, and when they do, when they consecrate a season of their life to seek Him, as His word says, He meets them (James 4:8). There is a transformation that takes place when you set yourself to encounter the living God, and this is what we are seeing right now. We are excited, as they go deeper in meditation, times of intercession and gazing at the brilliance of His glory, to see how God shows up. Please pray for a lifestyle of encounter for these 8 young people."

We believe that meditation is key for understanding and going deeper in the word. What we do is we have one verse that we will meditate on for about 3-4 weeks at a time. We have meetings each week to share what we have received from the Lord. Right now we are meditating on Daniel 2:20-21:

"...Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
For wisdom and might are His.
And He changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise
And knowledge to those who have understanding."

Here is some insight from one of our team members Andy Hailstone:

Blessed be the name of God forever! His name will be forever blessed and praised. Right now we might not understand what the Lord is doing in our lives, why He is doing something or why He is bringing change, but in eternity we will stand before His throne and bless His name forever. He is all wise, His leadership is perfect and all His ways are righteous. He knows what He is doing no matter how confusing and hard it may seem to us.

August 30-September 5th, a team from 7 Thunders went Salem, Oregon to minister at the Salem House of Prayer with Gary and Marie Wiens(Burning Heart Ministries) and Eddie Boasso(IHOP-KC). Here is a report from Ben Greutman, one of the team members who went on the trip:

The Whole Conference was energizing and full of the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. Though I was ministering in worship, prayer, and prophecy and pouring out to the people of Salem, I felt such a filling of Holy Spirit during the weekend. There was a clear vein of focus expressed throughout all the teachings from Kirk, Gary & Marie and Eddie. Kirk spent much time on the necessity of the priesthood and the pursuit of righteousness, and Gary & Marie touched on the same focus through the day to day practice of the Beatitudes. Eddie, along the same lines, talked about the need for the ministry to the Lord to go up Night and Day throughout the earth and showed a practical way to walk that out through Harp and Bowl Worship and Intercession. Bekah Myers taught on meditation of Scripture and the need in this day to go deep in the Word and use the Word to get the Heart of the Lord.

The unity of message among all the speakers and worship, led by Jacob Ferrell - Director of ZHOP Nightwatch and the Awakened Internship, was unmistakably the sovereign plan of God and a prophetic declaration to the SHOP and the Northwest United States. To validate the essential nature of this message, Holy Spirit broke in on the Friday night with healing Power! We saw people get healed of diseases and infirmities right before our eyes! But there was a man there named Brock who came in, in a wheelchair and left that night in a wheelchair. This must provoke us to get a deeper Revelation that Christ lives in us, and that is our hope of glory (Col. 1). The Blind will see, the deaf will hear, and the lame will walk. And they do, but there is a lack of such widespread power in the Western Church that we must contend for in communion, intercession, and actually living lives of righteousness as described in walking out the beatitudes. (Jacob and Lacy Ferrell are the directors of the nightwatch)

Upcoming Trips:

• September 26- October 6 –Karlsruhe, Germany
• October 20-24 – Fort Wayne, IN/Elkhart, IN
• November 3-4 – Council Bluffs, IA

PRIESTHOOD CLASS

When: Friday nights at 9pm
Where: ZHOP
What: Every Friday night for the next year, Kirk will be teaching on the priesthood, covering topics like Melchizedek and Zadok. Katie Bennett and her team lead worship starting at 7pm and the class starts at 9, lasting for about and hour. If you want more understanding on the priesthood of the believer this class is a great place to start.

Contact: info@zhop.org

THE AWAKENED INTERNSHIP

Who: Those ages 18-25
When: 2007 Term I starting in January 12th (date subject to change)
Where: Located right on the ZHOP Base.
What: The Awakened Internship is a call to young adults to set themselves before the Lord at night (10pm-6am) for 3-6 months. Our heart is to awaken a day and night priesthood culture of life that burns with intimacy and that is equipped with the urgency of the times.

Contact: theawakenedinternship@zhop.org

ZADOK INTERNSHIP

Who: Those ages 18-25.
When: January 6th - June 10th (dates subject to change)
Where: Located right on the ZHOP Base.
What: For ages 18-25. The Zadok Internship is a charge to young adults who will voluntarily set themselves before the Lord to encounter Him and minister to Him unto establishing a day and night priesthood culture of life that is gripped with urgency for the hour we live in.

Contact: zadokinternship@zhop.org

• The 7 Thunders staff _ Luke Ahrenholtz, Katie Bennett, Andy and Bek Hickman, Rebekah Myers, Jonathan and Heidi Mills, Isaac and Morgan Bennett and the Zadok House of Prayer team. That the Spirit of grace and supplication would continue in them to pray and prophesy; especially as they are setting themselves in Fort Mill, SC.
• Kirk - Pray that he has understanding and revelation on leadership and fathering the next generation
• Dee - for increased revelation as she leads the young ones.
• Isaac and Morgan - that God gives them grace and strength each day as they lead the 6pm-12pm shift.
• Katie - for grace and strength to lead, as she is one of the main worship leaders at ZHOP.
• Abby - Increased joy and zeal for God as she moves to a new environment. Something of real power is continuing to happen with our children, and we’re asking for the Spirit to guard and disciple them in it.
• The I.H.O.P.s - There are houses of prayer springing up all over the world. We have had the extreme privilege to be friends with an amazing number of them. Pray for ways to keep those friendships available and strategic.
• The Night watch - for strength to keep pressing in. The night watch is key to a House of Prayer. We believe that the night belongs to the Lord and we are going to take it back. The main leaders of the night watch are Jake and Lacy Ferrell.
• The Bennett’s - Pray for the health and well being of our family
• The Bound4life (www.bound4life.com) team in South Dakota. Continue praying for the ending of abortion.
• Pray the 22 word Prayer 7 times daily - Jesus, I plead your blood over my sins and the sins of my nation, God end abortion and send revival to America!
• Trips - guidance and direction concerning this year.

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This newsletter is written and sent by Andy Hailstone.

You can e-mail Andy at andyhailstone@zhop.org