intro to harp and bowl training may 2013

IHOP-LI: The Ark House of PrayerIntro to the Harp and Bowl Model

I. WHAT IS INTERCESSION

“The Beauty of God inspires deep, breathing prayer.” – a dream. Prayer is an exchange of romance. We set our hearts and thoughts upon God’s. He speaks to us and it moves our hearts. When we speak back to God in agreement with Him, trust is fortified and His heart is moved by our voluntary response of love.

God desires to establish and then deepen relationship with us. He desires intimacy with us. He wants us to know the values of His heart and more so, to feel the very emotions of His heart. From that revelation, He wants to hear us cry out for the longings of His heart to come to pass. His longings become our longings. It’s partnership at the most intimate level possible. We begin to feel and do what God feels and does all for His Glory. Intercession is forged in intimacy

Psalm 25:14 The secret (intimacy) of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant.

A. Traditionally understood, intercessory prayer it is a request to God on behalf of another. There are at least two forms of this intercession. One seeks God’s hand to assist humanity. The other seeks God’s hand to engage in what will accomplish His will. The most mature approach in either form of intercession ultimately seek God’s glory.

1. Daniel’s intercession in Daniel 9 is an example of the first

I, Daniel… gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer (tephillah) and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes… and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances….O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain…. listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary . O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

2. Jesus’ intercession in John 17 exemplifies the latter

“…lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life…. I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before

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the world was. “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world;… I ask on their behalf… for they are Yours…and I have been glorified in them…. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are…Sanctify them in the truth…I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one…I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” John 17:1-24

B. Intercession is Governmental partnership. It is the means by which God’s will is incorporated into the oversight of the earth. God restrains Himself in order to invite human beings to live out of partnership with His heart.

Psalm 115:15-17 (NIV) May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to man. It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to silence;

C. Intercession is Familial partnership. As Sons/children relating to Father, we partner in Christ with Jesus’ mission and as we mature, we do only what we see our Father doing.

John 5:19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 "For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.. …30 "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me

John 15:4-8 Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.

D. Intercession is Bridal Partnership. There is nothing more powerful that can fuel God’s heart to move upon the earth than the cry of His bride, whose desires reflect His own.

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Song of Solomon 4: 9 You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace

Isaiah 62:5 As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.

John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

E. Intercession is agreement with God. When we ask God to do what He desires to do, we are declaring that we agree that His desires are good, and that His desires have become our desires.

John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you

Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.

F. Intercession engages with God’s commitment to Israel and the “gentiles/nations” grafted in to her as the corporate ekklesia

Isaiah 62:1 “For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest…”

Isaiah 56:7“…My house shall be called a HOUSE OF PRAYER for all nations.”

Psalm 72:15 “…Prayer will also be made for Him (JESUS) continually and daily. He shall be praised.”

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Pray without ceasing…”

II. WHAT IS HARP AND BOWL?

Harp and Bowl is the name of the prayer model that the International House of Prayer in Kansas City developed to serve their teams in sustaining night and day worship and intercession.

A. It is a model inspired by the 24-7 worship-filled prayer that sustained the Davidic Tabernacle and named for the fusion of worship and intercession described in Revelation 5:7-10

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“He came and took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. And when He had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp (representing worship) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain, and with Your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom of priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”

1. In Rev. 5:8 the prayers of the saints are pictured as incense burning in golden bowls before the throne of God. A duty of the Levitical priests under the Old Covenant was to burn incense, day and night, on a special golden altar in the Holy Place (I Chron. 23:13, Ex. 30:1-10). This burning incense is a picture of prayer, which is pleasing to God, like the smell of incense.

2. Rev. 8:3-5 shows what happens to "incense prayers" in heaven. They are emptied onto a golden altar. An angel fills a censor with this burning incense and throws some of it onto the earth, releasing judgment--judgment that comes as a result of the prayers of the saints! . . . (See Acts 16:25 – Paul and Silas praying and singing hymns).

B. Using music, the spoken word and other forms of art, the Harp and Bowl model helps engage the entire room in meeting with God over the issues of His heart and ours.

1. In this model, trained teams of musicians and singers begin each set with worship, eventually moving toward spontaneous songs and singing/praying the scriptures of focus for the session.

2. Interspersed are spoken prayers launched from scripture and accompanied by a musical response of agreement. Within these movements, a variety of opportunities for the entire room to engage are presented. This structure cycles throughout a two-hour block; carrying intercession with remarkable ease.

C. We believe there is wisdom to employing the model. Remarkably, although it is quite structured, it provides a great deal of freedom for artistic and prophetic expression while remaining grounded in scripture.

1. It serves as "a singing seminary" because it is actually the Word of God (Scripture) that is being prayed and sung. Prayer is sung or spoken along with music. The single focus is not the singers or the musicians, or the room filled with interceding saints but the One being worshiped in such a setting.

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2. It serves corporate prayer and makes for an accessible, powerful, engaging encounter with God.

3. It’s an easily reproducible model that:

a. Easily sustains night and day prayer,

b. Engages all ages and all backgrounds, and

4. It fortifies endurance in order to develop a 24/7 environment.

We employ it because we believe it will help us establish a kingdom culture that will out last us - until the Lord’s return.

D. The gifts of this model include:

1. The ease that each musical culture and generation find in incorporating its structure while remaining true to the worshipful expressions they most deeply relate to God

2. Immersion in the scriptures as the primary language of worship and prayer. Harp and Bowl was designed to be a fusion of worship and prayer employing and submitting to the scripture of the Old and New Testament as the foundation for both. In other words, it is music and lyrics extolling the glory and beauty of the Lord, integrated into prayer that is pulled directly from, inspired by and in context from Scripture.

3. Teams are emboldened by both its rhythms and clear roles to further cultivate their own relationship with God.

4. There is actually more room for focused intercession and increased opportunities for the entire room to participate in a various expressions of prayer.

5. Finally, it provides a discipline that helps us choose to honor and prefer one another...which pleases Abba immensely.

E. Common features of the Harp and Bowl model are:

1. A worship leader

2. Optionally a team of musicians

3. A prayer leader

4. Antiphonal singers w/a chorus leader

5. The corporate prayer team, which consists of the entire room

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III. WHY USE THE HARP AND BOWL MODEL?

It sustains Night and Day intercession through enjoyable prayer. The Lord is creative and He invites us to joyfully engage in agreement over His creation. Harp and Bowl supports the fusion of creativity, joy and agreement.

Additionally, and quite practically, Harp and Bowl provides both a roadmap and the rules of the road so people understand where they are going within the context of a communal concert of prayer, how they are getting there and who has the right of way when roles intersect.

Rather than stifle the process, this enables participants to participate with more boldness. Picture a 4-way stop. If each driver knows who has the right of way they can confidently proceed through the intersection without fear and everyone can drive through as their turn comes. There is both safety and flexibility within the structure. It promotes continuity while embracing spontaneity.

Here are additional reasons

A. It equips the heart to be empowered with confidence that overcomes fear

B. It enhances flow of the community in cooperation with the Holy Spirit

C. It creates the possibility of a symphony of worship & prayer-we go farther as a symphony

D. It provides organization/form – there is safety in structure

E. It is conducive to more corporate engagement in prayer

F. It provides context for complex, multifaceted, diverse yet harmonious expressions

G. It facilitates creative expressions

H. It provides for a fullness only found w/in context of unified prayer

1. Together with all the saints Eph 3:18-19

2. Commanded blessing of unity Ps 133:1-3

3. Prayer in one accord Acts 1:14, Acts 2:1-3, Acts 4:31-35, Acts 5:12

4. With the Holy Spirit, unity breaks the ceiling 2Cor 1:11

I. Supports three values of the House

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1. Value 1: Mature Team/Corporate Ministry

2. Value 2: Inclusiveness

3. Value 3: Centrality of the Word – Focus on God and His Words and not platform

J. It has additional benefits for the community

1. Mature and immature can labor side by side and learn from each other

2. Gifted and growing both have a place to express their gifts corporately

3. Older and younger generations have a place of meeting

4. The scriptures become part of the prayer language of the individual and corporate heart

5. Safety in structure

6. Releases boldness

7. Reproducible

8. Fits all musical and cultural genres

IV. EXPRESSIONS OF HARP & BOWL

A. Apostolic Intercession: employs the transcribed prayers of the New Testament prayed by Paul, Peter, John to intercede on behalf of the saints. They are prayers “for” the Lord’s purposes and intentions for Israel and the Church. “For” means that they are not, primarily, statements “against” something or someone but rather are seminal, vision-casting prayers to see Christ formed in believers and to assist the missionaries in communicating the Gospel of the King and His Kingdom. The apostolic prayers help Harp and Bowl teams develop language that facilitates agreement in prayer with the whole room. Agreement is a fundamental element of effective prayer.

B. Worship With the Word: facilitates scriptural immersion in the larger concepts of God’s story. There are repetitive ideas in scripture that are progressively revealed and emerge as motifs that form our theology. These include: the Marriage Motif/ Bridal Paradigm and the House of God/Prayer motif. “Worship with the word” requires Harp and Bowl teams to read, outline and meditate these motifs while developing language and lyrics that solidify relation in the inner man.

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C. Devotional/Contemplative Worship: is a discipline of gazing. It is an intentional, corporate posture of seeking the ‘Knowledge of God in the Face of Christ” (2 Cor. 4) by meditating upon the Beauty, Majesty and Splendor of the Lord as revealed in scripture. This expression of Harp and Bowl is less a mode of intercession and more a mode of adoration.

D. Prophetic Intercession: incorporates the three previously mentioned expressions in order to communicate the testimony of Jesus and His present leadership to the church. The direction and emphasis is given to the development of prophetic oracles for the benefit of encouraging, exhorting and edifying the corporate gathering.

V. MECHANICS OF HARP & BOWL: A CYCLICAL PATTERN

A. Corporate Worship

B. Spontaneous Singing: Devotional, Scriptural, in the Spirit

C. Development of a Biblical passage through prayer and antiphonal singing

D. Spontaneous Choruses & Name of the Lord closes it

VI. ROLES OUTLINED:

A. The Worship Leader’s role is to minister to the Lord and engage all of the participants in the room in worshiping Him. The worship leader leads the room in the Beauty Realm of God, extolling His great worth with songs/lyrics that are theologically sound and focused upon Him. The Worship Leader:

1. Chooses the “Beauty Realm” - worship songs and chord progressions to work with.

a. Choose songs that are familiar and easily incorporates room

b. Songs are focused upon ministering to the Lord and inviting the room to focus their attention upon Him alone

c. Introduce new songs gradually

d. Provide chords & lyrics so all may enter in

e. Worship leader may use/re-cycle worship song/choruses through a # of cycles

2. Provides a canvas for the team/room to paint upon

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3. Works with the Prayer Leader and musical team to identify prayer focus and biblical passages to be developed

4. Co-develops non-verbal signals with the musical team and is lead communicator

5. May establish choruses at any time

6. Sets tone for intercessory shift, chord progression and embraces “groove” with the team in order to carry the spoken and sung intercession

7. May direct a “Selah” – no vocals – just instruments

8. Indicates an instrument if prophetic unction is on it – others pull back and support

9. Indicates if a singer has a prophetic unction

10. Indicates move into prayer time through spontaneous singing/ singing in the spirit, etc.

11. Supports, trains and encourages new worship leaders, provides opportunity for them to lead and prepares them to lead the team as well as a team of their own

B. Musicians minister in a supportive role to the worship leader’s focus and as prophetic instrumentalists who assist the larger room in carrying the prayers upon the sounds they form and sustaining prayer through the rhythms and melodies discovered and established.

1. Support the worship leader, the room and the singers

2. Provide musical intonations and rhythms that support the flow of intercession

3. Enjoy creativity that prefers each other – antiphonal playing

4. Minister to the Lord on their instrument

5. Bring new music/worship to the team

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C. Antiphonal Singers use the Bible as a songbook, singing and declaring the Word of God along with instruments that accompany the singers. Antiphonal singing is basically a call and response musically. Antiphonal singers pick up the isolated phrase identified by the prayer leader and ruminate/expand upon it until the room is in agreement. In the Harp and Bowl model, their role is to serve the larger priority of incorporating the entire room as part of the prayer team.

1. Echo isolated phrase

2. Paraphrase isolated phrase

3. Develop theme of isolated phrase

4. Guidelines

a. Short songs 3-5 seconds – stay on SAME theme – not multiple themes – You want to unfold the meaning of the passage

b. Sing loudly or not at all – soft singing is confusing to the other singers as to whether it is developing the passage. If you are trying to develop what you want to sing and are unsure, back away from the microphone to sing it quietly and then re-approach the microphone with boldness once you have the phrase.

c. Signal one another by lifting a finger with hand on microphone or hum to signify you have the next song

d. If you would like to help establish a chorus, repeat the phrase once. If the Worship Leader or Chorus Leader doesn’t pick it up – let it go (and do not be offended – they may have missed it or may be moving somewhere else)

D. Chorus Leader …Within the team of antiphonal singers there is a “chorus leader”, a singer who works with the worship leader by listening to the antiphonal responses and looking for a phrase/melody that can be sung as a “chorus” by the larger team/room. They will pick up the phrase by singing it repeatedly until the entire team can join in agreement with the sung prayer/phrase. (The minimum repetition is 8x so the entire room has time to focus their hearts and voices upon the phrase.) The Chorus Leader:

1. Listens for, identifies and establishes a chorus that will engage the room

2. Only Chorus Leader & Worship Leader establish choruses (by singing them 8 –10x)

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a. Occasional double choruses between WL & CL ok

b. Using a chorus again at a later time is ok

3. Develops or chooses choruses w/easy melodies and w/out forcing too many words

a. Corporate prayer choruses help room intercede with one voice “Send Your Spirit Lord”

b. All singers must help by singing together boldly to lead room & keep melody line

4. End by singing the Name of God

E. Prayer Leader serves as a bridge between focused worship and focused prayer by identifying/declaring the object or intention of the prayer cycle, the passage of scripture being prayed, narrowing the biblical passage/prayer to an isolated phrase that can be meditated upon by the antiphonal singers and the larger community. They also serve as a coordinator for the room so prayer can either be engaged in as a whole, in small groups, individually, in ministry to one another or in leading a “rapid fire succession” as 15-30 second prayers that are targeted and released specifically upon the identified focus. The Prayer Leader(s):

1. Establish prayer focuses verbally with team before session begins

2. Communicates prayer target (direction):

a. Clearly states the target of prayer and the scripture being prayed

E.g. “The Prayer Target is The Church of Long Island”

“The Scripture is Ephesians 1:17ff”

3. Reads the Scripture being prayed

4. Prasy the idea of the scripture applied to the topic (main burden) (1-2 min.)

5. Isolates a phrase from the scripture being prayed (to 3-5 words)

a. Choose phrases that are easy to express our heart responses to God. E.g. “Father, Give us a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the Knowledge of You. In the Name of Jesus, give us a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation”

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6. Keeps the phrase before the team and the people

E.g. “Give us wisdom, Lord”

“Increase our understanding of Your heart and thoughts”

7. May continue to contribute 5 –10 sec. prayers within flow of HS

8. Keeps each developed theme to 1-2 minutes only unless there is unction on it Usually use one Stanza and 1-3 isolated phrases within the stanza per cycle - 5 Min of antiphonal tops

9. Keeps and eye on the room and look for ways to bring the room into corporate prayer

E.g. Rapid Fire, Small groups, etc.

F. The Room is an integral part of the corporate intercessory team. They contribute to the depth and power of worship, provide the color and detail of the prayers being prayed/sung and increase the intensity of the agreement with the Lord for greater impact and effectiveness in reaching the targets of the prayers. The room:

1. Engages in God’s Beauty

2. Ministers to the Lord in song, dance, other arts

3. Adds agreement to the prayer focus

4. Leads small group prayer & ministry to individuals

5. Becomes the battering ram of prayer in the rapid fire sequences

VII. RIGHT OF WAY/SEQUENCE OF SINGING

A. Worship Leader

B. Associate Worship Leader

C. Chorus leader/Singer #1 (Nearest to the Prayer Leader)

D. Singer# 2, etc. down the line

E. Singers on Instruments

F. Prayer Leader

G. The Worship Leader engaging in prayer

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VIII. ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR “THE TEAM” (FROM THE KC PRAYER MANUAL)

The power to engage in night and day prayer is found in having a heart that enjoys God. Encountering God’s beauty and desire for us is where we most enjoy our primary reward, which is God Himself. Our primary reward is not the breakthrough of revival. Revival is fantastic, but it is our secondary reward. Jesus Himself is our primary reward. We carry this reward inside our hearts. In other words, we live with a fascinated heart as we drink deeply of God’s beauty and desire for us. That is our joy. Here are some tips to engage:

A. Ask God to reveal His beauty to you

B. Read the Word, turning it into dialogue with God.

1. When we dialogue with God about His Word, we invite Him to tell us about who He is and we open our hearts to the very nature and therefore, beauty of God.

C. Pray in the Spirit and sing spontaneously

“I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.”(1 Cor. 14:14-15)

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord”(Col. 3:16)

“Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.”(Eph. 5:19)

D. Our personal prayer language edifies us by renewing our inner man, or, charging our “spiritual battery.” It tenderizes our spirit with the knowledge of God.

E. Praying in the Spirit makes us sensitive to small fragments of divine information. The Lord imparts divine information about whom He is and how to pray.

F. Singing spontaneously releases both the faith and intensity to encounter the manifest presence of God. This opens the human spirit to the Holy Spirit in an enhanced way.

G. The Benefits of Praying and Singing in Tongues:

1. It is a universal benefit. It is not just reserved for those with a special calling.

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2. It is easy to operate in tongues. It does not require special training.

3. It is a free gift to all without the need to earn anything. Therefore, there is no pride of attainment.

4. It unifies intercessors instead of isolating them in individual prayer.

5. It inspires our spirit rather than leaving us with spiritual dullness before God.

6. It focuses our spirit on God rather than requiring the need for constant creative language.

7. It has a deep impact reaching the inner man and not just our intellect.

8. It expands our capacity in the Lord. In other words, when our spirit is engaged, our mind can still receive from God and others.

9. It gives us the ability to continue long hours in prayer without being limited by our human language and affection.

10. It is a springboard into other spiritual gifts.

H. Experience God’s desire

1. This means to understand and sense, or feel, what God wants do in us, in others and in the events of human history on the earth and into eternity. When the Holy Spirit reveals this information to us, we can actually feel the emotions of God’s heart inside of us. It is an exhilarating sensation that energizes and frees us from wrong mindsets.

I. How do we experience God’s desire?

1. Pray the prayers of Scripture. Praying the prayers that come from God’s heart enhances the enjoyment of our intimacy with Jesus. Apostolic prayers are prayers that the apostles prayed. The chief apostle is Jesus, and the twelve apostles have prayers recorded in the New Testament. These apostolic prayers are God’s very prayers, or desires.

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2. Practice Praying Positive Prayers. When we pray positive prayers, we enter into the delight of asking for the things that bring pleasure to God. This is a gateway into feeling His desire in our inner man. New Testament Biblical prayers focus on releasing God’s grace instead of hindering or removing negative realities like sin or demons. There is a positive focus on the impartation of good instead of a negative focus on removing the realities of sin. The New Testament focus usually flows along themes of joy, thankfulness and victory.

* We do incorporate the negative dimensions of prayer that target confessing, repenting, etc. However, we recognize that they are not the major focus of the New Testament model of praying.

J. Tips to Support Positive Prayer

1. Pray to God instead of talking to people when you pray corporately. Focus on “asking” instead of “explaining.”

2. Speak directly to God – be more conscious that He is watching and listening than that others are watching and listening. This will prompt you to direct your heart toward Him in love and partnership.

3. Lift specific promises of Scripture up to God and ask for their fulfillment in our present day context.

4. Ask for the in-breaking of positive things rather than the removal of negative things.

Example:

Negative Prayer: “Father, I ask that You would remove darkness and deception from the church on Long Island!”

Positive Prayer: “Father, I ask that Your light and truth would break in upon the church on Long Island!”

*Note: God hears, cares about and discerns all prayer, whether positive or negative. Because of our natural human tendency to become weary and discouraged, praying positive prayer enables us to maintain prayer day by day; helping us engage in joyful supplication rather than trying to bear the emotional weight of negative realities expressed through negative prayer. This is especially relevant in a 24-7 prayer ministry such as IHOP. It is because of both the Biblical model and human dynamics that we encourage positive prayer.

5. Pray on the microphone

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Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to pray on the microphone. Praying on the microphone is in no way mandated, but encouraged as a way to engage your heart in intercession and to help lead the prayer meeting. Anyone can do this, no matter what his or her personality, style, or disposition. When you pray on the microphone, you are helping to lead a prayer meeting. The goal is to serve the room. The following are IHOP values that are important to remember when praying on the microphone:

a. Team ministry – we go farther together

b. Inclusiveness – everyone can participate

c. The centrality of the scripture – God’s language unifies our heart with His and others.

*If you wish to pray on the microphone, make your way toward the prayer leader. Be prepared to wait for your turn since the prayer meeting is intermingled with worship and other prayer focuses.

6. Select a New Testament prayer or Old Testament psalm/prophetic decree to pray out of. The “key apostolic prayers” list is a great place to start.

7. Please hold the microphone VERY close to your mouth (to prevent sound feedback in the room).

8. Please do not shout on the microphone, rather speak at a moderate volume level.

9. You have the option to pray with the singers or not. If you pause, the singers on the platform will begin singing spontaneous prayers. Within every 2-3 short songs, you may interject more short prayerful phrases. In this way, we are going back and forth in team ministry in intercession.

10. When you are finished, feel free to simply set the microphone down and walk away.

K. Dynamics on the Microphone

1. Volume Though it is necessary to hold the microphone very close to your mouth and to speak clearly, there is no need to shout on the microphone. A moderate volume level is encouraged. The room is not engaged by continual shouting, but rather by dramatic contrasts. Authority is not manifested by volume, but by Divine activity.

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2. Clarity This means that it is clear to the room what your prayer focus is. Your main points are clearly defined and prayed through and they follow each other in a logical way. Repeating key phrases and using concise statements creates clarity.

3. Topic Is your prayer focus one that the majority will be eager excited to partner with you on? Praying for the Church on Long Island/NYC, or the government of our nation, etc., are examples of focal points that the majority can join with you in.

Note: Praying for a friend or relative, especially those not known to the corporate meeting, may cause disengagement of others However, that does not imply that there is no opportunity to pray for them on the microphone. They are certainly important!!! There are designated times as well as Spirit led times where the Prayer Leader will turn our attention toward that as a community and then we will do that corporately in small groups or in a “rapid fire” context. Please feel free to quietly pray individually or with a friend somewhere more private in the room at any time. Again, we pray on the microphone to lead and serve the room in intercession. Praying on the microphone does not make our prayer any more important to God; rather, it is a tool that helps us join together in prayer.

4. Enthusiasm This does not mean shouting or exaggerating your emotions. This means being aware that others are hearing you and your role is to bring them along with you in intercession.

5. Length of Prayer 2-3 minutes is a pretty good length; 5-7 when you engage the singers and musicians. Any longer, often the room will lose interest and disengage. Also, there are usually others waiting to pray after you.

6. Timing You may want to add little 2-3 second phrases in between the singers’ singing – not during their singing – to reiterate your point to the room. Please do not shout over the choruses. Also, it is helpful to read the room in terms of when to begin warring in the spirit.

L. Engage in any form of artistic worship you would like, but please do not do so in the front/center of the room so the community stays focused upon the Lord rather than the activities around them.

IX. RAPID FIRE PRAYERRapid Fire Prayer is a series of short prayers, prayed on the microphone one after the other, interspersed by choruses from the prophetic singers. Rapid Fire Prayer provides an opportunity for more people to pray on the microphone per intercession set and it also can bring energy to a prayer meeting because of the energizing dynamic of the short “bursts of prayer” from several different voices.

A. How does a Rapid Fire Prayer cycle work?

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1. The prayer leader will announce a rapid-fire cycle

2. He or she will announce what the prayer focus is and will invite 10 – 15 people (anyone who wants to) to come up and pray a ten to fifteen second prayer on the microphone.

3. The Rapid Fire cycle leader will start by praying a one or two minute prayer.

4. After that prayer, the singers will sing a chorus.

5. Then one by one, those in line will pray a ten to fifteen second prayer.

6. In between every few intercessors’ prayers, the singers will sing a chorus.

7. Then, the next person will pray and so on until everyone in line has prayed.

X. SMALL GROUP PRAYER What is small group prayer? Small group prayer is the gathering together of a small number of people to pray for a particular people group, nation, event, etc. It is an opportunity to connect our heart with others as we agree together in prayer. This connectivity strengthens us in community and love for one another and also gives us energy in continuing in prayer.

A. How does small group prayer work?

1. The prayer leader will announce a small group prayer time

2. He or she will invite anyone so desiring to gather into small groups of 4-5, all over the room, to engage in prayer over any burden the group would like to intercede for together.

3. Do not wait to be invited into a group; simply approach and join a group.

XI. MINISTRY TIME A format similar to the small group prayer but the room will be engaged in prayers for individuals; usually with the focus of healing. See appendix for additional instructions….

XII. DEVELOPING A BIBLICAL PASSAGE

A. Decide what or who the target of your prayer is.

Examples: The church on Long Island, the church in any city or nation, the government of a country, the lost of any city or nation, etc.

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B. Using the “Key Apostolic Prayers” pick the prayer or decree that best expresses what you want to pray for.

Example #1: If you want to pray that the church in Long Island would grow in the knowledge of Jesus, you might pick Apostolic Prayer #1:

“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.” (Ephesians 1:17-19)

Example #2: If you want to pray that the church on Long Island would experience revival, you might pick the Prophetic Promise found in Isaiah 35:1-2:

“The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing…”(Isaiah 35:1-2)

C. No matter what you want to pray for, you should be able to find an Apostolic Prayer or a Prophetic promise to match the cry of your heart – they cover pretty much everything. Feel free to ask the associate prayer leader to help you find an Apostolic Prayer or Prophetic promise that matches the burden of your heart.

D. It’s okay if you don’t feel anything “burning” in your heart. If you don’t feel something specific that you want to pray for, just pick any prayer or promise – all of these prayers and promises are on God’s heart all of the time, so it’s impossible to pray the wrong prayer!

E. You can choose to pray through just a phrase or a section of the Apostolic Prayer or Prophetic promise.

Note: You don’t have to pray through the whole prayer/promise.

F. If helpful, create an outline of the prayer. This may help you to organize your thoughts and therefore present a clear train of thought for others to follow as you lead the room in intercession.

G. Pick 2-3 points (actual phrases from the Apostolic Prayer or Prophetic promise) to pray through.

H. Your prayer will be more focused if you concentrate on a few points of the prayer, rather than trying to pray through all of the points and themes of the prayer.

Example: Ephesians 1:17-19:

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Point #1: “That the Father of Glory may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him”Point #2: “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened”Point #3: “That you may know what is the hope of His calling” Example: Isaiah 35:1-2:Point #1: “The desert shall rejoice”Point #2: “the desert shall blossom abundantly”Point #3: “Even with joy and singing”

I. Make notes under each of your main points as you prepare to pray.

J. Include cross-references and your own expression of the Biblical prayer or promise.

K. Pray through each of your points, one at a time, either pausing to let the singers sing or not.

L. Practice articulating your heart. Why is it important to articulate our hearts?

1. It is exhilarating to develop language to express the truth that God deposits in our hearts through His Word.

2. We feel the sensation of pleasure in our heart when we express God’s truth through our own understanding and with our own vocabulary.

3. Human Beings are the only creatures on earth who are given the gift of language. It is an awesome and fascinating privilege to be able to communicate the depths of our heart to each other and to God.

4. By developing an ability to put the ideas and feelings that are in our hearts into words, we do a couple of things:

a. We explore the emotions of God’s heart more deeply

b. We inspire others to identify stirrings in their hearts

c. We expand our own understanding of the Word of God

M. Practice putting passages of Scripture into your own words.

1. Example:

a. “That the eyes of my/our understanding would be enlightened”

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b. “That the innermost part of my/our spirit would be illuminated”

c. “That my/our innermost man would be awakened by the light of God”

d. “That the eyes of my/our heart would fully comprehend”

N. Cross-referencing is another wonderful tool

1. Finding other Bible verses that explain or expound upon your point to articulate yourself. How good it is to use the Bible to expound on the Bible!

2. It may be helpful to use a thesaurus to expand your vocabulary when meditating on the apostolic prayers.

XIII. THE LORD’S PRAYER – THE QUINTESSNTIAL PRAYER

‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’

XIV. EPHESIANS 1:17-19 OUTLINEDThat the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power . . .

A. That the Father of Glory may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him

1. That God would reveal Himself to us (i.e. His thoughts, emotions, desires, etc.)

a. John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent

b. Colossians 1:9 For This reason . . . we have not ceased to pray for you to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding

B. That the eyes of your understanding would be enlightened

C. That you may know what is the hope of His calling

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1. That we would understand the enormity of His calling/mission/intent

a. Hebrews 6:19-20 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

b. 1John 3:2 Dear Friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

c. 2 Timothy 1:9 …Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

D. That you may know the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints

1. That we would understand the fullness of the Lord’s portion in saving and sanctifying us and that our prayers would add to His inheritance men and women from “every tribe, tongue and nation”

a. Psalm 48: 9-14 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments. Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, consider well her ramparts, view her citadels that you may tell of them to the next generation. For this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.

b. Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

E. That you may know the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe

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1. That we would understand His sustaining power – the power behind the power and His burning heart toward those who believe in Him

a. Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these {stars,} The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of {His} power, Not one {of them} is missing.

b. 1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor {come} from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.

F. Developing Ephesians 1:17-19

“The focus of prayer is the Church of Long Island and NYC. We’re praying through Ephesians 1:17-19

…That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power . . .

“Father of Glory, we pray that You would give to us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You in Christ Jesus, the eyes of our understanding being enlightened; that we may know what is the hope of His calling…. what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power . . .

Father of Glory, draw us closer. Ignite desire in our hearts. Awaken Love. Give the Church on Long Island and NYC the spirit of wisdom and revelation that she would know You in Christ Jesus more fully and more intimately. We want to know You. Would You help us enter into the fullness of what it means to know You. Would You grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You- that the eyes of our understanding would be enlightened. We want a greater revelation of You Father, of You Jesus, of You Holy Spirit. We want to know you intimately; to grow in our understanding of Your heart; to set our hearts on what moves You; to care about what delights You. We want to know You.

What does it mean that You are the Father of Glory? What does it mean that You are the Bridegroom-Redeemer; the Righteous Judge? What does it mean that You are our Comforter? What do Your names mean, Lord? What do they reveal about You; about

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Your emotions and Your character? We want the truth about who you are in our inner most being. It’s in knowing You that we find our greatest pleasure. It’s in knowing You that we have eternal life. You love to reveal Your heart to us. You said if we searched for You with all of our hearts, we would find You. Help us search for you with all of our hearts Lord. We want to delight in You. We want to know You more. “

1. Antiphonal prayer cycle 1

(Isolating phrase) Lord, would You grant us wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You. In Jesus’ name we pray: release the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You


Lord, transform the eyes of our understanding. In Jesus’ name we pray that the eyes of our understanding would be enlightened

a. "How blessed are those who are pure in heart, for it is they who will see God! Matthew 5:8

b. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden parts You teach me wisdom. Psalm 51:6

c. And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent John 17:3

d. For This reason . . . we have not ceased to pray for you to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding Colossians 1:9

e. That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; Ephesians 3:16


Reveal Yourself to us, Lord (i.e. Your thoughts, emotions, desires, etc.). Reveal what delights Your heart; what brings You pleasure. Reveal Your love of Justice and Mercy. Reveal the Glory of Your Beautiful Son; the powerful tenderness of Your Holy Spirit; the marvelous wonders of your Fatherhood. We love You Lord. Release the spirit of wisdom and revelation. Enlighten our understanding. In Jesus’ name, reveal Yourself to us today.

a. O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8

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b. For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:16-17

c. . . . But I will look toward this one, to the afflicted, and to the contrite of spirit, even trembling at My Word. Isaiah 66:2

d. Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a true Israelite, in whom there is no falsehood!" Nathaniel said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathaniel replied to him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than that." Then he said to him, "Truly, truly I tell all of you, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man." John 1:47-51

e. "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and most important commandment. The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments." Matthew22:36-40

f. I am giving you a new commandment to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. John13:34

g. He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is that one who loves Me; and the one that loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and will reveal Myself to him. Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word, and My Father shall love him. And We will come to him and will make a dwelling place with him. John 14:21 & 23

4. New Worship cycle, New Prayer Focus, Continued passage

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XV. OUTLINE FOR WORSHIP WITH THE WORD PRAYER FORMAT…

A. We have five purposes for this prayer format:

1. To immerse teams in the “Word” by systematically singing through large portions of scripture

2. To develop scriptural language and confidence in prophetic singing (teams will discover new passages to use in other formats)

3. To provide a context for worship teams to enjoy flowing together in prayer

4. To provide an anointed atmosphere that others in the room may be blessed as they study

5. To engage in spiritual warfare (this happens whenever we are in agreement with God’s heart).

Usually, we will sing systematically through large portions of Scripture. As a rule, we will sing through a worship outline that will cover an entire chapter in the Scripture. (Occasionally, we will develop worship outlines along themes.)

In this, we function as a “singing seminary” or as “singing theologians” as we sing a chapter from the Psalms, Song of Solomon, or Revelation (Rev. 1:4-5, 7, 14, 15, 19, 21-22) or other chapters easily “sing able”. Most often, we will choose a Psalm. Psalmody is the practice of arranging the psalms for singing in worship.

B. Worship Cycle – 3 Parts

(WL= Worship Leader, PL= Prayer Leader)

1. Worship Cycle # 1: 30-40 minutes

a. Worship songs: for 20 minutes to give the team and the room time to focus on the Lord

b. Spontaneous singing: for 5 minutes (feel free to go longer if there is life on it)

c. Develop a Biblical passage (antiphonal singing): 10-15 minutes (longer or shorter)

2. Worship Cycle # 2: 20-30 minutes each (feel free to go longer if there is life on it)

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a. Worship songs: for 20 minutes to give the team and the room time to focus on the Lord

b. Spontaneous singing: for 5 minutes (feel free to go longer if there is life on it)

c. Develop a Biblical passage (antiphonal singing): 10-15 minutes (longer or shorter)

3. We aim for 4-6 worship cycles (you may do more or less). As a rule, we finish a worship cycle by:

a. Developing a passage with antiphonal singing and then we begin another worship cycle by singing a worship song.

(However, if the antiphonal singing is flowing in a strong theme and you think you will lose momentum by changing the music to sing a new worship song, then (occasionally) you may choose to start the new worship cycle with a spontaneous chorus instead of a regular worship song and then you can move into spontaneous singing from there.)

4. The WL has the primary responsibility to lead this set and to choose the chapter and make worship outlines. The WL may delegate this to another as the WL invites partnership from any on the team. The WL will print the verses on the outline so that all have the same translation and so they can edit out phrases that are too hard to sing. (Aim at fitting it on one page.)

5. On the outline, break the chapter down into 5-7 cycles. You may not use them all, but have them ready.

6. Give each cycle a title. The WL determines the order in which the verses are sung when making the outline; going through the chapter in any order. (For example, in Psalm 24 you may start with v.8 “Who is this King of glory?” and then go to v. 1-3 in one of the following cycles.)

7. The team may use the same outline for several weeks (or as long as you want) and will also study that chapter together. Note: the PL should announce the Psalm so that the room can follow.

C. Developing a Passage – 4 Parts

1. “Sing through a biblical sentence”: that is established from 1-3 verses of Scripture. When singing through the biblical sentence, we will primarily use the wording of the text.

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2. Feel free to add an additional sentence using your own language to flow better with the text. (For example, when singing Rev. 4:8, “Holy, Holy, Holy . . .” we may add, “You alone are the Holy God, who we adore.”}

3. Select biblical sentences with phrases that are easy to express heart responses to God. Omit phrases that are difficult to sing.

4. End the biblical sentence with a name of God (ex. “Oh God” or “Lord God Almighty”, etc.)

5. The WL sings through the first biblical sentence, followed by singer #1, then singer #2, etc. unless otherwise assigned by the WL.

a. The PL does not introduce a passage

b. The singer lifts their bible during spontaneous singing to indicate they are ready.

c. We can learn to sing oracles by singing the biblical sentence with a “declarative style.”

D. “Isolating a phrase”

1. The PL clearly designates (echoes) one key phrase from the biblical sentence that the prophetic singers may develop by singing “around it.”

2. The PL’s goal is to make one phrase obvious to the prophetic singers as the phrase from which to develop a theme.

3. The PL isolates only 3-7 words from the biblical sentence. This makes an easy target for the singers so that we reach a “swell” or “crescendo” in singing the Word.

E. “Developing themes through antiphonal singing”: (10-15 minutes unless there is life on it.)

1. The PL is to speak only short phrases (3-7 words), not sentences and paragraphs.

2. The PL may isolate phrases that cause us to “branch out” into other themes within the cycle.

a. They may emphasize this by exactly repeating a phrase that a singer just sang, or by repeating their own phrase twice or by saying “In the name of Jesus” before a phrase.

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b. Often there will be more energy in the worship cycle if we would not linger to long in developing a passage.

F. “Spontaneous Choruses”: the Chorus Leader/ WL establish “spontaneous choruses” for all to sing (8-10 times so the room catches onto the chorus) at anytime.

1. Choruses are the most effective way to engage a room in any prayer format.

2. Sing one of God’s names to signal the last time a chorus is to be sung.

Additional Personal Notes:

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I. What is Intercession.....................................................................................................1A. Traditionally understood, intercessory prayer it is a request to God on behalf of another. There are at least two forms of this intercession. One seeks God’s hand to assist humanity. The other seeks God’s hand to engage in what will accomplish His will. The most mature approach in either form of intercession ultimately seek God’s glory.................................................................................................................................1

1. Daniel’s intercession in Daniel 9 is an example of the first................................12. Jesus’ intercession in John 17 exemplifies the latter...........................................1

B. Intercession is Governmental partnership. It is the means by which God’s will is incorporated into the oversight of the earth. God restrains Himself in order to invite human beings to live out of partnership with His heart...................................................2C. Intercession is Familial partnership. As Sons/children relating to Father, we partner in Christ with Jesus’ mission and as we mature, we do only what we see our Father doing.....................................................................................................................2D. Intercession is Bridal Partnership. There is nothing more powerful that can fuel God’s heart to move upon the earth than the cry of His bride, whose desires reflect His own.2E. Intercession is agreement with God. When we ask God to do what He desires to do, we are declaring that we agree that His desires are good, and that His desires have become our desires..........................................................................................................3F. Intercession engages with God’s commitment to Israel and the “gentiles/nations” grafted in to her as the corporate ekklesia.......................................................................3

II. What is Harp and Bowl?..............................................................................................3A. It is a model inspired by the 24-7 worship-filled prayer that sustained the Davidic Tabernacle and named for the fusion of worship and intercession described in Revelation 5:7-10.............................................................................................................3“He came and took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. And when He had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp (representing worship) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain, and with Your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom of priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”.........................................................4

1. In Rev. 5:8 the prayers of the saints are pictured as incense burning in golden bowls before the throne of God. A duty of the Levitical priests under the Old Covenant was to burn incense, day and night, on a special golden altar in the Holy Place (I Chron. 23:13, Ex. 30:1-10). This burning incense is a picture of prayer, which is pleasing to God, like the smell of incense.....................................................42. Rev. 8:3-5 shows what happens to "incense prayers" in heaven. They are emptied onto a golden altar. An angel fills a censor with this burning incense and throws some of it onto the earth, releasing judgment--judgment that comes as a result of the prayers of the saints! . . . (See Acts 16:25 – Paul and Silas praying and singing hymns).............................................................................................................4

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B. Using music, the spoken word and other forms of art, the Harp and Bowl model helps engage the entire room in meeting with God over the issues of His heart and ours.4

1. In this model, trained teams of musicians and singers begin each set with worship, eventually moving toward spontaneous songs and singing/praying the scriptures of focus for the session................................................................................42. Interspersed are spoken prayers launched from scripture and accompanied by a musical response of agreement. Within these movements, a variety of opportunities for the entire room to engage are presented. This structure cycles throughout a two-hour block; carrying intercession with remarkable ease..............................................4

C. We believe there is wisdom to employing the model. Remarkably, although it is quite structured, it provides a great deal of freedom for artistic and prophetic expression while remaining grounded in scripture..........................................................4

1. It serves as "a singing seminary" because it is actually the Word of God (Scripture) that is being prayed and sung. Prayer is sung or spoken along with music. The single focus is not the singers or the musicians, or the room filled with interceding saints but the One being worshiped in such a setting...............................42. It serves corporate prayer and makes for an accessible, powerful, engaging encounter with God......................................................................................................53. It’s an easily reproducible model that:.................................................................5

a. Easily sustains night and day prayer,...............................................................5b. Engages all ages and all backgrounds, and......................................................5

4. It fortifies endurance in order to develop a 24/7 environment............................5D. The gifts of this model include:...............................................................................5

1. The ease that each musical culture and generation find in incorporating its structure while remaining true to the worshipful expressions they most deeply relate to God..........................................................................................................................52. Immersion in the scriptures as the primary language of worship and prayer. Harp and Bowl was designed to be a fusion of worship and prayer employing and submitting to the scripture of the Old and New Testament as the foundation for both. In other words, it is music and lyrics extolling the glory and beauty of the Lord, integrated into prayer that is pulled directly from, inspired by and in context from Scripture.......................................................................................................................53. Teams are emboldened by both its rhythms and clear roles to further cultivate their own relationship with God..................................................................................54. There is actually more room for focused intercession and increased opportunities for the entire room to participate in a various expressions of prayer.. . .55. Finally, it provides a discipline that helps us choose to honor and prefer one another...which pleases Abba immensely....................................................................5

E. Common features of the Harp and Bowl model are:...............................................51. A worship leader..................................................................................................52. Optionally a team of musicians...........................................................................53. A prayer leader....................................................................................................54. Antiphonal singers w/a chorus leader..................................................................55. The corporate prayer team, which consists of the entire room............................5

III. Why Use the Harp and Bowl Model?......................................................................6

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A. It equips the heart to be empowered with confidence that overcomes fear.............6B. It enhances flow of the community in cooperation with the Holy Spirit.................6C. It creates the possibility of a symphony of worship & prayer-we go farther as a symphony.........................................................................................................................6D. It provides organization/form – there is safety in structure.....................................6E. It is conducive to more corporate engagement in prayer.........................................6F. It provides context for complex, multifaceted, diverse yet harmonious expressions

6G. It facilitates creative expressions.............................................................................6H. It provides for a fullness only found w/in context of unified prayer.......................6

1. Together with all the saints Eph 3:18-19.............................................................62. Commanded blessing of unity Ps 133:1-3...........................................................63. Prayer in one accord Acts 1:14, Acts 2:1-3, Acts 4:31-35, Acts 5:12.................64. With the Holy Spirit, unity breaks the ceiling 2Cor 1:11....................................6

I. Supports three values of the House.........................................................................61. Value 1: Mature Team/Corporate Ministry.........................................................72. Value 2: Inclusiveness.........................................................................................73. Value 3: Centrality of the Word – Focus on God and His Words and not platform........................................................................................................................7

J. It has additional benefits for the community...........................................................71. Mature and immature can labor side by side and learn from each other.............72. Gifted and growing both have a place to express their gifts corporately............73. Older and younger generations have a place of meeting.....................................74. The scriptures become part of the prayer language of the individual and corporate heart.............................................................................................................75. Safety in structure................................................................................................76. Releases boldness................................................................................................77. Reproducible........................................................................................................78. Fits all musical and cultural genres.....................................................................7

IV. Expressions of Harp & Bowl...................................................................................7A. Apostolic Intercession: employs the transcribed prayers of the New Testament prayed by Paul, Peter, John to intercede on behalf of the saints. They are prayers “for” the Lord’s purposes and intentions for Israel and the Church. “For” means that they are not, primarily, statements “against” something or someone but rather are seminal, vision-casting prayers to see Christ formed in believers and to assist the missionaries in communicating the Gospel of the King and His Kingdom. The apostolic prayers help Harp and Bowl teams develop language that facilitates agreement in prayer with the whole room. Agreement is a fundamental element of effective prayer...........................7B. Worship With the Word: facilitates scriptural immersion in the larger concepts of God’s story. There are repetitive ideas in scripture that are progressively revealed and emerge as motifs that form our theology. These include: the Marriage Motif/ Bridal Paradigm and the House of God/Prayer motif. “Worship with the word” requires Harp and Bowl teams to read, outline and meditate these motifs while developing language and lyrics that solidify relation in the inner man.............................................................7C. Devotional/Contemplative Worship: is a discipline of gazing. It is an intentional, corporate posture of seeking the ‘Knowledge of God in the Face of Christ” (2 Cor. 4)

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by meditating upon the Beauty, Majesty and Splendor of the Lord as revealed in scripture. This expression of Harp and Bowl is less a mode of intercession and more a mode of adoration............................................................................................................8D. Prophetic Intercession: incorporates the three previously mentioned expressions in order to communicate the testimony of Jesus and His present leadership to the church. The direction and emphasis is given to the development of prophetic oracles for the benefit of encouraging, exhorting and edifying the corporate gathering.........................8

V. Mechanics of Harp & Bowl: a cyclical pattern...........................................................8A. Corporate Worship...................................................................................................8B. Spontaneous Singing: Devotional, Scriptural, in the Spirit.....................................8C. Development of a Biblical passage through prayer and antiphonal singing...........8D. Spontaneous Choruses & Name of the Lord closes it.............................................8

VI. Roles Outlined:........................................................................................................8A. The Worship Leader’s role is to minister to the Lord and engage all of the participants in the room in worshiping Him. The worship leader leads the room in the Beauty Realm of God, extolling His great worth with songs/lyrics that are theologically sound and focused upon Him. The Worship Leader:................................8

1. Chooses the “Beauty Realm” - worship songs and chord progressions to work with..............................................................................................................................8

a. Choose songs that are familiar and easily incorporates room.........................8b. Songs are focused upon ministering to the Lord and inviting the room to focus their attention upon Him alone.......................................................................8c. Introduce new songs gradually........................................................................8d. Provide chords & lyrics so all may enter in.....................................................8e. Worship leader may use/re-cycle worship song/choruses through a # of cycles.......................................................................................................................8

2. Provides a canvas for the team/room to paint upon.............................................83. Works with the Prayer Leader and musical team to identify prayer focus and biblical passages to be developed................................................................................94. Co-develops non-verbal signals with the musical team and is lead communicator..............................................................................................................95. May establish choruses at any time.....................................................................96. Sets tone for intercessory shift, chord progression and embraces “groove” with the team in order to carry the spoken and sung intercession.......................................97. May direct a “Selah” – no vocals – just instruments...........................................98. Indicates an instrument if prophetic unction is on it – others pull back and support.........................................................................................................................99. Indicates if a singer has a prophetic unction........................................................910. Indicates move into prayer time through spontaneous singing/ singing in the spirit, etc......................................................................................................................911. Supports, trains and encourages new worship leaders, provides opportunity for them to lead and prepares them to lead the team as well as a team of their own...9

B. Musicians minister in a supportive role to the worship leader’s focus and as prophetic instrumentalists who assist the larger room in carrying the prayers upon the sounds they form and sustaining prayer through the rhythms and melodies discovered and established.................................................................................................................9

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1. Support the worship leader, the room and the singers.........................................92. Provide musical intonations and rhythms that support the flow of intercession. 93. Enjoy creativity that prefers each other – antiphonal playing.............................94. Minister to the Lord on their instrument..............................................................95. Bring new music/worship to the team.................................................................9

C. Antiphonal Singers use the Bible as a songbook, singing and declaring the Word of God along with instruments that accompany the singers. Antiphonal singing is basically a call and response musically. Antiphonal singers pick up the isolated phrase identified by the prayer leader and ruminate/expand upon it until the room is in agreement. In the Harp and Bowl model, their role is to serve the larger priority of incorporating the entire room as part of the prayer team...............................................10

1. Echo isolated phrase..........................................................................................102. Paraphrase isolated phrase.................................................................................103. Develop theme of isolated phrase......................................................................104. Guidelines..........................................................................................................10

a. Short songs 3-5 seconds – stay on SAME theme – not multiple themes – You want to unfold the meaning of the passage............................................................10b. Sing loudly or not at all – soft singing is confusing to the other singers as to whether it is developing the passage. If you are trying to develop what you want to sing and are unsure, back away from the microphone to sing it quietly and then re-approach the microphone with boldness once you have the phrase..................10c. Signal one another by lifting a finger with hand on microphone or hum to signify you have the next song..............................................................................10d. If you would like to help establish a chorus, repeat the phrase once. If the Worship Leader or Chorus Leader doesn’t pick it up – let it go (and do not be offended – they may have missed it or may be moving somewhere else)............10

D. Chorus Leader…Within the team of antiphonal singers there is a “chorus leader”, a singer who works with the worship leader by listening to the antiphonal responses and looking for a phrase/melody that can be sung as a “chorus” by the larger team/room. They will pick up the phrase by singing it repeatedly until the entire team can join in agreement with the sung prayer/phrase. (The minimum repetition is 8x so the entire room has time to focus their hearts and voices upon the phrase.) The Chorus Leader:...........................................................................................................................10

1. Listens for, identifies and establishes a chorus that will engage the room........102. Only Chorus Leader & Worship Leader establish choruses (by singing them 8 –10x) 10

a. Occasional double choruses between WL & CL ok......................................11b. Using a chorus again at a later time is ok......................................................11

3. Develops or chooses choruses w/easy melodies and w/out forcing too many words..........................................................................................................................11

a. Corporate prayer choruses help room intercede with one voice “Send Your Spirit Lord”............................................................................................................11b. All singers must help by singing together boldly to lead room & keep melody line............................................................................................................11

4. End by singing the Name of God......................................................................11

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E. Prayer Leader serves as a bridge between focused worship and focused prayer by identifying/declaring the object or intention of the prayer cycle, the passage of scripture being prayed, narrowing the biblical passage/prayer to an isolated phrase that can be meditated upon by the antiphonal singers and the larger community. They also serve as a coordinator for the room so prayer can either be engaged in as a whole, in small groups, individually, in ministry to one another or in leading a “rapid fire succession” as 15-30 second prayers that are targeted and released specifically upon the identified focus. The Prayer Leader(s):...................................................................11

1. Establish prayer focuses verbally with team before session begins..................112. Communicates prayer target (direction):...........................................................11

a. Clearly states the target of prayer and the scripture being prayed.............11E.g. “The Prayer Target is The Church of Long Island”.......................................11“The Scripture is Ephesians 1:17ff”......................................................................11

3. Reads the Scripture being prayed.....................................................................114. Prasy the idea of the scripture applied to the topic (main burden) (1-2 min.). 115. Isolates a phrase from the scripture being prayed (to 3-5 words)...................11

a. Choose phrases that are easy to express our heart responses to God. E.g. “Father, Give us a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the Knowledge of You. In the Name of Jesus, give us a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation”........................11

6. Keeps the phrase before the team and the people............................................12E.g. “Give us wisdom, Lord”................................................................................12“Increase our understanding of Your heart and thoughts”........................................127. May continue to contribute 5 –10 sec. prayers within flow of HS....................128. Keeps each developed theme to 1-2 minutes only unless there is unction on it Usually use one Stanza and 1-3 isolated phrases within the stanza per cycle - 5 Min of antiphonal tops......................................................................................................129. Keeps and eye on the room and look for ways to bring the room into corporate prayer.........................................................................................................................12E.g. Rapid Fire, Small groups, etc.............................................................................12

F. The Room is an integral part of the corporate intercessory team. They contribute to the depth and power of worship, provide the color and detail of the prayers being prayed/sung and increase the intensity of the agreement with the Lord for greater impact and effectiveness in reaching the targets of the prayers. The room:..................12

1. Engages in God’s Beauty...................................................................................122. Ministers to the Lord in song, dance, other arts................................................123. Adds agreement to the prayer focus..................................................................124. Leads small group prayer & ministry to individuals.........................................125. Becomes the battering ram of prayer in the rapid fire sequences......................12

VII. Right of Way/Sequence of singing........................................................................12A. Worship Leader.....................................................................................................12B. Associate Worship Leader.....................................................................................12C. Chorus leader/Singer #1 (Nearest to the Prayer Leader)......................................12D. Singer# 2, etc. down the line.................................................................................12E. Singers on Instruments..........................................................................................12F. Prayer Leader.........................................................................................................12G. The Worship Leader engaging in prayer...............................................................12

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VIII. Additional notes for “the team” (from the KC prayer manual).............................13A. Ask God to reveal His beauty to you.....................................................................13B. Read the Word, turning it into dialogue with God................................................13

1. When we dialogue with God about His Word, we invite Him to tell us about who He is and we open our hearts to the very nature and therefore, beauty of God.13

C. Pray in the Spirit and sing spontaneously..............................................................13D. Our personal prayer language edifies us by renewing our inner man, or, charging our “spiritual battery.” It tenderizes our spirit with the knowledge of God..................13E. Praying in the Spirit makes us sensitive to small fragments of divine information. The Lord imparts divine information about whom He is and how to pray...................13F. Singing spontaneously releases both the faith and intensity to encounter the manifest presence of God. This opens the human spirit to the Holy Spirit in an enhanced way.................................................................................................................13G. The Benefits of Praying and Singing in Tongues:.................................................13

1. It is a universal benefit. It is not just reserved for those with a special calling. 132. It is easy to operate in tongues. It does not require special training..................143. It is a free gift to all without the need to earn anything. Therefore, there is no pride of attainment.....................................................................................................144. It unifies intercessors instead of isolating them in individual prayer................145. It inspires our spirit rather than leaving us with spiritual dullness before God. 146. It focuses our spirit on God rather than requiring the need for constant creative language.....................................................................................................................147. It has a deep impact reaching the inner man and not just our intellect..............148. It expands our capacity in the Lord. In other words, when our spirit is engaged, our mind can still receive from God and others........................................................149. It gives us the ability to continue long hours in prayer without being limited by our human language and affection.............................................................................1410. It is a springboard into other spiritual gifts....................................................14

H. Experience God’s desire........................................................................................141. This means to understand and sense, or feel, what God wants do in us, in others and in the events of human history on the earth and into eternity. When the Holy Spirit reveals this information to us, we can actually feel the emotions of God’s heart inside of us. It is an exhilarating sensation that energizes and frees us from wrong mindsets..........................................................................................................14

I. How do we experience God’s desire?...................................................................141. Pray the prayers of Scripture. Praying the prayers that come from God’s heart enhances the enjoyment of our intimacy with Jesus. Apostolic prayers are prayers that the apostles prayed. The chief apostle is Jesus, and the twelve apostles have prayers recorded in the New Testament. These apostolic prayers are God’s very prayers, or desires......................................................................................................142. Practice Praying Positive Prayers. When we pray positive prayers, we enter into the delight of asking for the things that bring pleasure to God. This is a gateway into feeling His desire in our inner man. New Testament Biblical prayers focus on releasing God’s grace instead of hindering or removing negative realities like sin or demons. There is a positive focus on the impartation of good instead of a negative

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focus on removing the realities of sin. The New Testament focus usually flows along themes of joy, thankfulness and victory....................................................................15

J. Tips to Support Positive Prayer.............................................................................151. Pray to God instead of talking to people when you pray corporately. Focus on “asking” instead of “explaining.”..............................................................................152. Speak directly to God – be more conscious that He is watching and listening than that others are watching and listening. This will prompt you to direct your heart toward Him in love and partnership..........................................................................153. Lift specific promises of Scripture up to God and ask for their fulfillment in our present day context....................................................................................................154. Ask for the in-breaking of positive things rather than the removal of negative things..........................................................................................................................155. Pray on the microphone.....................................................................................15

a. Team ministry – we go farther together........................................................16b. Inclusiveness – everyone can participate.......................................................16c. The centrality of the scripture – God’s language unifies our heart with His and others...............................................................................................................16

6. Select a New Testament prayer or Old Testament psalm/prophetic decree to pray out of. The “key apostolic prayers” list is a great place to start........................167. Please hold the microphone VERY close to your mouth (to prevent sound feedback in the room)................................................................................................168. Please do not shout on the microphone, rather speak at a moderate volume level............................................................................................................................169. You have the option to pray with the singers or not. If you pause, the singers on the platform will begin singing spontaneous prayers. Within every 2-3 short songs, you may interject more short prayerful phrases. In this way, we are going back and forth in team ministry in intercession........................................................................1610. When you are finished, feel free to simply set the microphone down and walk away..................................................................................................................16

K. Dynamics on the Microphone................................................................................161. Volume Though it is necessary to hold the microphone very close to your mouth and to speak clearly, there is no need to shout on the microphone. A moderate volume level is encouraged. The room is not engaged by continual shouting, but rather by dramatic contrasts. Authority is not manifested by volume, but by Divine activity.......................................................................................................................162. Clarity This means that it is clear to the room what your prayer focus is. Your main points are clearly defined and prayed through and they follow each other in a logical way. Repeating key phrases and using concise statements creates clarity.. . .173. Topic Is your prayer focus one that the majority will be eager excited to partner with you on? Praying for the Church on Long Island/NYC, or the government of our nation, etc., are examples of focal points that the majority can join with you in......174. Enthusiasm This does not mean shouting or exaggerating your emotions. This means being aware that others are hearing you and your role is to bring them along with you in intercession.............................................................................................17

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5. Length of Prayer 2-3 minutes is a pretty good length; 5-7 when you engage the singers and musicians. Any longer, often the room will lose interest and disengage. Also, there are usually others waiting to pray after you..........................176. Timing You may want to add little 2-3 second phrases in between the singers’ singing – not during their singing – to reiterate your point to the room. Please do not shout over the choruses. Also, it is helpful to read the room in terms of when to begin warring in the spirit..........................................................................................17

L. Engage in any form of artistic worship you would like, but please do not do so in the front/center of the room so the community stays focused upon the Lord rather than the activities around them..............................................................................................17

IX. Rapid Fire Prayer...................................................................................................17A. How does a Rapid Fire Prayer cycle work?...........................................................17

1. The prayer leader will announce a rapid-fire cycle...........................................182. He or she will announce what the prayer focus is and will invite 10 – 15 people (anyone who wants to) to come up and pray a ten to fifteen second prayer on the microphone................................................................................................................183. The Rapid Fire cycle leader will start by praying a one or two minute prayer. 184. After that prayer, the singers will sing a chorus................................................185. Then one by one, those in line will pray a ten to fifteen second prayer............186. In between every few intercessors’ prayers, the singers will sing a chorus......187. Then, the next person will pray and so on until everyone in line has prayed....18

X. Small Group Prayer...................................................................................................18A. How does small group prayer work?.....................................................................18

1. The prayer leader will announce a small group prayer time.............................182. He or she will invite anyone so desiring to gather into small groups of 4-5, all over the room, to engage in prayer over any burden the group would like to intercede for together.................................................................................................183. Do not wait to be invited into a group; simply approach and join a group.......18

XI. Ministry Time........................................................................................................18XII. Developing a Biblical Passage...............................................................................18

A. Decide what or who the target of your prayer is...................................................18B. Using the “Key Apostolic Prayers” pick the prayer or decree that best expresses what you want to pray for..............................................................................................19C. No matter what you want to pray for, you should be able to find an Apostolic Prayer or a Prophetic promise to match the cry of your heart – they cover pretty much everything. Feel free to ask the associate prayer leader to help you find an Apostolic Prayer or Prophetic promise that matches the burden of your heart..............................19D. It’s okay if you don’t feel anything “burning” in your heart. If you don’t feel something specific that you want to pray for, just pick any prayer or promise – all of these prayers and promises are on God’s heart all of the time, so it’s impossible to pray the wrong prayer!...........................................................................................................19E. You can choose to pray through just a phrase or a section of the Apostolic Prayer or Prophetic promise......................................................................................................19F. If helpful, create an outline of the prayer. This may help you to organize your thoughts and therefore present a clear train of thought for others to follow as you lead the room in intercession.................................................................................................19

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G. Pick 2-3 points (actual phrases from the Apostolic Prayer or Prophetic promise) to pray through...................................................................................................................19H. Your prayer will be more focused if you concentrate on a few points of the prayer, rather than trying to pray through all of the points and themes of the prayer...............19I. Make notes under each of your main points as you prepare to pray.....................20J. Include cross-references and your own expression of the Biblical prayer or promise..........................................................................................................................20K. Pray through each of your points, one at a time, either pausing to let the singers sing or not......................................................................................................................20L. Practice articulating your heart. Why is it important to articulate our hearts?......20

1. It is exhilarating to develop language to express the truth that God deposits in our hearts through His Word.....................................................................................202. We feel the sensation of pleasure in our heart when we express God’s truth through our own understanding and with our own vocabulary.................................203. Human Beings are the only creatures on earth who are given the gift of language. It is an awesome and fascinating privilege to be able to communicate the depths of our heart to each other and to God.............................................................204. By developing an ability to put the ideas and feelings that are in our hearts into words, we do a couple of things:...............................................................................20

a. We explore the emotions of God’s heart more deeply..................................20b. We inspire others to identify stirrings in their hearts....................................20c. We expand our own understanding of the Word of God...............................20

M. Practice putting passages of Scripture into your own words.............................201. Example:............................................................................................................20

a. “That the eyes of my/our understanding would be enlightened”..................20b. “That the innermost part of my/our spirit would be illuminated”.................21c. “That my/our innermost man would be awakened by the light of God”.......21d. “That the eyes of my/our heart would fully comprehend”............................21

N. Cross-referencing is another wonderful tool.........................................................211. Finding other Bible verses that explain or expound upon your point to articulate yourself. How good it is to use the Bible to expound on the Bible!..........................212. It may be helpful to use a thesaurus to expand your vocabulary when meditating on the apostolic prayers...........................................................................21

XIII. The Lord’s Prayer – The quintessntial prayer.......................................................21XIV. Ephesians 1:17-19 Outlined...............................................................................21

A. That the Father of Glory may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him..................................................................................................21

1. That God would reveal Himself to us (i.e. His thoughts, emotions, desires, etc.)21

a. John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent.........................................................21b. Colossians 1:9 For This reason . . . we have not ceased to pray for you to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.........................................................................................................21

B. That the eyes of your understanding would be enlightened..............................21C. That you may know what is the hope of His calling...........................................21

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1. That we would understand the enormity of His calling/mission/intent.............22a. Hebrews 6:19-20 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek...........................................................................................................22b. 1John 3:2 Dear Friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is................................................................22c. 2 Timothy 1:9 …Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began....................................................22

D. That you may know the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints....221. That we would understand the fullness of the Lord’s portion in saving and sanctifying us and that our prayers would add to His inheritance men and women from “every tribe, tongue and nation”.......................................................................22

a. Psalm 48: 9-14 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments. Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, consider well her ramparts, view her citadels that you may tell of them to the next generation. For this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.............................................................................................22b. Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.......................................................................22

E. That you may know the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe............................................................................................................................22

1. That we would understand His sustaining power – the power behind the power and His burning heart toward those who believe in Him..........................................23

a. Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these {stars,} The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of {His} power, Not one {of them} is missing..............................................................................................23b. 1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honor {come} from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone...........................................................................23

F. Developing Ephesians 1:17-19..............................................................................231. Antiphonal prayer cycle 1..................................................................................242. Antiphonal prayer cycle 2..................................................................................24

a. "How blessed are those who are pure in heart, for it is they who will see God! Matthew 5:8.................................................................................................24b. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden parts You teach me wisdom. Psalm 51:6...............................................................................24c. And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent John 17:3.....................................................24

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d. For This reason . . . we have not ceased to pray for you to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding Colossians 1:9..............................................................................24e. That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; Ephesians 3:16 24

3. Antiphonal prayer cycle 3..................................................................................24a. O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8............................................................................................24b. For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:16-17..............................25c. . . . But I will look toward this one, to the afflicted, and to the contrite of spirit, even trembling at My Word. Isaiah 66:2...................................................25d. Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a true Israelite, in whom there is no falsehood!" Nathaniel said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathaniel replied to him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than that." Then he said to him, "Truly, truly I tell all of you, you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God going up and coming down to the Son of Man." John 1:47-51.................................................................................25e. "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and most important commandment. The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commandments." Matthew22:36-40.....25f. I am giving you a new commandment to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. John13:34....................................25g. He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is that one who loves Me; and the one that loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and will reveal Myself to him. Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word, and My Father shall love him. And We will come to him and will make a dwelling place with him. John 14:21 & 23........................25

4. New Worship cycle, New Prayer Focus, Continued passage............................25XV. Outline for Worship with the Word Prayer Format…...........................................26

A. We have five purposes for this prayer format:......................................................261. To immerse teams in the “Word” by systematically singing through large portions of scripture...................................................................................................262. To develop scriptural language and confidence in prophetic singing (teams will discover new passages to use in other formats).........................................................263. To provide a context for worship teams to enjoy flowing together in prayer. . .264. To provide an anointed atmosphere that others in the room may be blessed as they study...................................................................................................................26

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5. To engage in spiritual warfare (this happens whenever we are in agreement with God’s heart).......................................................................................................26

B. Worship Cycle – 3 Parts........................................................................................261. Worship Cycle # 1: 30-40 minutes....................................................................26

a. Worship songs: for 20 minutes to give the team and the room time to focus on the Lord.............................................................................................................26b. Spontaneous singing: for 5 minutes (feel free to go longer if there is life on it) 26c. Develop a Biblical passage (antiphonal singing): 10-15 minutes (longer or shorter)...................................................................................................................26

2. Worship Cycle # 2: 20-30 minutes each (feel free to go longer if there is life on it) 26

a. Worship songs: for 20 minutes to give the team and the room time to focus on the Lord.............................................................................................................27b. Spontaneous singing: for 5 minutes (feel free to go longer if there is life on it) 27c. Develop a Biblical passage (antiphonal singing): 10-15 minutes (longer or shorter)...................................................................................................................27

3. We aim for 4-6 worship cycles (you may do more or less). As a rule, we finish a worship cycle by:....................................................................................................27

a. Developing a passage with antiphonal singing and then we begin another worship cycle by singing a worship song..............................................................27

4. The WL has the primary responsibility to lead this set and to choose the chapter and make worship outlines. The WL may delegate this to another as the WL invites partnership from any on the team. The WL will print the verses on the outline so that all have the same translation and so they can edit out phrases that are too hard to sing. (Aim at fitting it on one page.)..........................................................................275. On the outline, break the chapter down into 5-7 cycles. You may not use them all, but have them ready.............................................................................................276. Give each cycle a title. The WL determines the order in which the verses are sung when making the outline; going through the chapter in any order. (For example, in Psalm 24 you may start with v.8 “Who is this King of glory?” and then go to v. 1-3 in one of the following cycles.)..............................................................277. The team may use the same outline for several weeks (or as long as you want) and will also study that chapter together. Note: the PL should announce the Psalm so that the room can follow.......................................................................................27

C. Developing a Passage – 4 Parts.............................................................................271. “Sing through a biblical sentence”: that is established from 1-3 verses of Scripture. When singing through the biblical sentence, we will primarily use the wording of the text.....................................................................................................272. Feel free to add an additional sentence using your own language to flow better with the text. (For example, when singing Rev. 4:8, “Holy, Holy, Holy . . .” we may add, “You alone are the Holy God, who we adore.”}...............................................283. Select biblical sentences with phrases that are easy to express heart responses to God. Omit phrases that are difficult to sing...............................................................28

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4. End the biblical sentence with a name of God (ex. “Oh God” or “Lord God Almighty”, etc.).........................................................................................................285. The WL sings through the first biblical sentence, followed by singer #1, then singer #2, etc. unless otherwise assigned by the WL................................................28

a. The PL does not introduce a passage.............................................................28b. The singer lifts their bible during spontaneous singing to indicate they are ready......................................................................................................................28c. We can learn to sing oracles by singing the biblical sentence with a “declarative style.”.................................................................................................28

D. “Isolating a phrase”................................................................................................281. The PL clearly designates (echoes) one key phrase from the biblical sentence that the prophetic singers may develop by singing “around it.”................................282. The PL’s goal is to make one phrase obvious to the prophetic singers as the phrase from which to develop a theme......................................................................283. The PL isolates only 3-7 words from the biblical sentence. This makes an easy target for the singers so that we reach a “swell” or “crescendo” in singing the Word.

28E. “Developing themes through antiphonal singing”: (10-15 minutes unless there is life on it.).......................................................................................................................28

1. The PL is to speak only short phrases (3-7 words), not sentences and paragraphs..................................................................................................................282. The PL may isolate phrases that cause us to “branch out” into other themes within the cycle..........................................................................................................28

a. They may emphasize this by exactly repeating a phrase that a singer just sang, or by repeating their own phrase twice or by saying “In the name of Jesus” before a phrase.......................................................................................................28b. Often there will be more energy in the worship cycle if we would not linger to long in developing a passage.............................................................................29

F. “Spontaneous Choruses”: the Chorus Leader/ WL establish “spontaneous choruses” for all to sing (8-10 times so the room catches onto the chorus) at anytime.29

1. Choruses are the most effective way to engage a room in any prayer format.. .292. Sing one of God’s names to signal the last time a chorus is to be sung............29

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