Prayer is the Christian’s call, but life is so busy. In our ever-changing world where distractions arise and schedules shift it can be hard to keep a consistent prayer life. The good news is you’re not the only one facing this challenge! Long before Mike Bickle started the International House of Prayer of Kansas City, he was a young man struggling to pray. He actually didn’t like prayer! But one of his leaders suggested two things that have helped transform his prayer life: scheduling prayer times and making a prayer list. Let’s look at some tips that can help almost anyone grow in prayer, bec ..read more

When we pray, we frequently form expectations about how our prayers will be answered. We pray with specific outcomes in mind, assuming the Lord agrees with our outcomes. Our expectations are not always wrong, but God often hears our prayers and then answers them in shocking and unexpected ways. The encounter between God and Habakkuk shows the dignity of prayer. Habakkuk challenged God with a bold complaint, and God gave a shocking response. God took Habakkuk’s prayers seriously and responded to them, even though Habakkuk did not understand God’s ways and was actually in opposition to what God ..read more

From his family hiding Jews during the Holocaust to a 40-year prophecy being fulfilled in our day, Chris Tofilon’s new song “100 Million Strong” beats with God’s heart to raise up intercessors for Israel. Chris, who has been leading worship at the International House of Prayer of Kansas City (IHOPKC) for 14 years, developed the song through countless hours of singing and praying over Israel in the Global Prayer Room (GPR). Its release came just in time for the Isaiah 62 21-day fast which culminated on May 28—a global day of prayer for the Jewish people that included more than 100 million inter ..read more

The book of Psalms is a gold mine. It’s a book of prophecy, a book of songs, and a book of prayer. It is raw and emotional. It contains the deepest expressions of pain, hopelessness, and despair and the highest expressions of praise. No matter where a psalm begins, the Psalter ends with a profound sense of hope and confidence in God’s faithfulness. Because of their depth, how we read psalms is important. The more carefully we read them, the more we can glean from them. To fully appreciate the psalms, we should read them according to four perspectives. Not every psalm contains all four of these ..read more

Night-and-day prayer is a divine initiative born in God’s holy heart. The Holy Spirit is raising up a global prayer movement to prepare the earth for His return. The increase of night-and-day prayer in the Church across the nations is a prophetic indicator of what lies ahead in redemptive history: the unique end-time activity of God in the nations (Isaiah 42:10–13; Revelation 5:8, 8:3–5). This is happening within the Church as she enters more fully into her identity as a house of prayer (Isaiah 56:7). 24/7 prayer is not just about keeping a schedule. Rather, I believe it is a response to ..read more

Excerpt adapted from Mercy Before Judgment. The end of the age is the great climax of history, and the Bible gives us a tremendous amount of information about it. By some counts, there are over 150 chapters in the Bible which primarily describe the events of the end of the age. To put that number in perspective, there are 89 chapters in the Gospels.  The end of the age is many things. It is the day of God’s vengeance. It is the day of His wrath. It is the day of His deliverance, specifically of Israel and of His people. We have to fully grasp everything the Bible says about the end o ..read more

Excerpt adapted from Mercy Before Judgment. Satan fears the Church taking her place of intercession, because intercession is a governmental place and has disastrous implications for him and his future. The judgment of Satan’s kingdom is connected to the intercession of the Church. Therefore, he will do everything he can to prevent the Church from entering into her intercessory calling. We assume the Church’s weakness in intercession is basically the result of human dullness and compromise, but there is far more at work than what the human eye can observe. Satan’s war on the Church goes fa ..read more

Adapted from the book Deep Unto Deep by Dana Candler “Sing O barren, you who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord. (Isaiah 54:1)  We have been invited to know and to experience the depths of joyful communion with Jesus in prayer and to discover the beauty of Jesus and the deep things of God by His Spirit (Jn. 14:23, 17:26; 1 Cor. 2:10). As we position ourselves to know this fellowship with God, seeking Him in devoti ..read more

After Jesus spoke to the disciples on the road of Emmaus, they described their encounter with Him saying, “Did not our heart burn within us?” (Luke 24:32). It takes God to love God. God the Father desires to impart His own love into the heart of His redeemed. This was the climatic cry of Jesus in the high priestly prayer in John 17. I [Jesus] have declared to them Your name . . . that the love with which You loved Me may be in them. (John 17:26) Jesus cried out, “Father, put in them the love wherein You love Me!” Jesus knew the power of the fiery love in the Father. God is a consuming fire o ..read more

Adapted from chapter 1 of Harp & Bowl Handbook, by Mike Bickle The Holy Spirit is orchestrating a global prayer and worship movement in these days. It will far surpass any other prayer movement in church history. The Holy Spirit is equipping the Church to partner with Jesus’ intercessory prayer ministry at the right hand of the Father. The end result is the great harvest of new believers being added to the kingdom of God. The number of people coming to Jesus at the present hour across the nations is unprecedented in history.  A New Name  “‘My house shall be called a house of ..read more