September 2004

Rachel Myers

Intercessory Missionary

7 Thunders Staff

IHOP-KC

 

Montana Trip

7 Thunders just got back on Monday night from a ministry trip to Whitefish, MT where we ministered at a church located in the valley between the rocky mountain range. The team was Kirk Bennett , Jordan Johnson , Courtney Arrington , Rebekah Myers, and I. This valley was about 70 miles on every side from the nearest mountain though we could see mountains on every side of us. On one of our long breaks on Sunday the team took a trip up some of the mountains in Glacier Park and, well, I don’t really have words to describe it. It was a phenomenal sight to which I am still in awe of. The height that we were at, the view, the things I have never seen before, everything was awesome and truly showed me a glimpse of the beauty of the One who created it all. After we got to the “top” we went from a hike to one of the glacier waterfalls where the water was clear and we could see to the bottom. It was so beautiful and I would’ve never expected it to be so relaxing to hear the water fall upon the rocks and sit there with the cool breeze.

Our team had the opportunity to teach some of the members of the church, made up of 1/3 young people and the 2/3 older, how to move in prophecy in order to minister to around 50 people. Many people were blown away with confirmation, the heart of God shown through the people, and the encouragement found in the ministry. We always teach people who are desiring to move in prophecy that 1) prophecy isn’t about prophecy because it is about Jesus. If the people walk away wanting to worship Him and loving Him more, we have done our job. 2) Anyone who has the Holy Spirit living inside of them can prophesy. It is not a gift reserved only for an elect group of people but it is a gift for all. (1 Cor. 14:1)

The fun and new part of this trip was the releasing of our vein of passion that our team has been working on individually. If was fun and encouraging hearing each of our team shares what they had burning on their hearts. This isn’t totally new because we have done it before but it’s new in the fact that it was planned. The last night of the conference, Sunday night, Bekah and I released our vein together in a tag team way. Where one of us would preach then the other picked it up and we went back and forth this way for about an hour. We preached on the need to hunger and thirst after God, to become abandoned to the way of the world and the love of other things besides Him, and realize our depravity apart from Him filling us up with Him presence. That the desire and thirsting after God that He desires to found in us is what allows us to receive more of Him. If we can live without it, we will and He will let us. This same desire He longs to be in us is the same thing the Son does for us, He thirsts and desires for us to be with Him where He is. (John 17:24) Many people were encouraged to know that their hunger and longing for God was not in vain and that it was a fragrance before God.

“As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.”

Ps. 42:1-2

Furnace Prayer Team

The furnace prayer team after 18 weeks of meditating on Psalm 24 has now come to a close. As a group we are now moving onto Daniel 7. It is so interesting how a chapter or a verse can become a part of who you are.

Our meditation group would agree that this chapter has become alive in us and is something living inside us. The Bible says that the Word is alive and active and since we have been in this for so long we can testify to the truth of it. We have also found the truth of the Word is deeper than it is wide and it Jesus was truly the Word made flesh. He is to be encountered and found abiding in us as we search the scriptures. As we take time to study and meditate it will be like life to us and filling the deep void within us that was made for God alone It’s funny because now that we are heading into Daniel 7 we are seeing it through the lens of Ps. 24. Everything is like, well Daniel must have had clean hands and a pure heart and he was preparing a way for the King of Glory to come (as seen in Ps. 24).

Upcoming Trips

Captown , South Africa- In May this will be a significant prayer journey for 7 Thunders and others from IHOP who are going.

La Paz , Bolivia- This summer a 7 Thunders team is going to minister and teach orphanes to pray and minister to God, as well as releasing them to be lovers of Jesus, and to move in the gift of prophecy which is the testimony of Jesus.

Prayer Requests

• Spirit of grace and supplication on my life.
• Guidance for this coming months and year.
• Upcoming Trips- for salvation to come forth along with deliverance unto the worship of Christ.
• My family Wes, Cindy, and Rebekah- for their hearts to be flowing with rivers of living water and to know the love of Christ which surpasses understanding.