Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Thoughts from Aly- Onething

“One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temle.”
Psalm 27:4

24 hour prayer and worship before the Throne of the Lord. Intercession for the nations and this generation. Waiting to hear the Lord speak. Immediate obedience and a heart completely alive to His Spirit. This is the vision of the Onething conference hosted by the International House of Prayer in Kansas City.

I attended for the first time this December and it was life changing! Over the four day conference God started a fire in my heart to start 24 hr prayer and worship across the nation. On the last day, we participated in The Call. The Call is a 12 hr period of fasting and praying for the nation. It was the best way to welcome in a new year I have ever experienced. We prayed for the issues of abortion and pornography keeping this nation in bondage. We prayed for our president and for the future president. My favorite part was when we prayed for healing for people in the room who were sick or injured. The group I was with experienced a miracles in our midst.

The man we prayed for had been suffering from back pain and a 70% curvature of his spine for years due to football injuries. While we were praying for him, we didn’t know what we were praying for only that we were praying for healing. As we were playing he felt fiery heat travel up his spine. His back started popping and the pain left. When we were finished praying he was standing up straight and had full range of motion.

It was amazing to see God work miracles that day. The Bible came alive to us. It was the most intense experience of my life. It was incredible to be in the room with 20,000 young people for 12 hrs seeking the face of God and interceding for the nation before the feet of Jesus!

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