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onething Orlando, FL, January 13-15, 2011
Hello from the onething team,
We know you wouldn’t want to miss it, so we are writing to let you know that onething is coming to your city soon!
The conference is coming up January 13–15, at Church in the Son, Orlando.
Visit IHOP.org/onethingregionals to register online and to find hotel information, promotional materials, and more. Registering today will grant you quicker access to the event, where seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is also available at the door.
We know that another historic great awakening is soon to sweep across our nation, and we are looking with confidence to God’s promise to continue to pour out His Spirit on all flesh, empowering His people to bring the gospel to all nations (Mt. 24:14; Acts 2:17–21). We are praying for a great move of the Holy Spirit in your region.
Have you ever wanted to help onething make connections in your region? Is your young adult group wondering how to get more information? If so, please make a quick visit to the onething website and request a promo pack. We can help equip you with the materials you need to spread the word about onething Orlando and fuel the prayer movement in your city.
We are so excited that onething is coming to your region, and we can’t wait to see you there!
In His affections,
The onething team
onething Durham, NC November 19-20
Corey Russell, Jaye Thomas, and the onething regionals team will be in Durham, North Carolina, the weekend of November 19–20 to preach the Word, worship Jesus, and contend in prayer for revival in the Southeast. We will join with many congregations and student ministries from the Raleigh/Durham area at The Worship Center in Durham to lift up a unified voice in praise to the Father as we believe for a breakthrough of His power in our lives.
We are looking to the Lord for transformation, healing, and restoration of hearts, as we join together to exalt Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords. Please be praying with us for this onething conference even now, and come with the expectation that the Spirit of God will move in power in our midst.
Wes Martin and Corey Russell will speak on themes such as intimacy with God, the forerunner calling, and night-and-day prayer. Jaye Thomas, our worship leader for this weekend, is a North Carolina native and is excited to see what God will do there. On Saturday afternoon, Jaye will also teach a breakout session for musicians and singers.
Come and join us if you live in the area. Bring a friend, and stand with us in prayer for the Word of the Lord to go forth in power and for Jesus to be glorified at onething Raleigh/Durham.
Wes Martin and the onething regionals team
onething West Haven, CT Oct 22-23
This weekend, Lou Engle and the onething regionals team will be at Gateway Christian Fellowship in West Haven, Connecticut, calling young adults to wholeheartedly abandon their lives to Jesus. With Yale University in the neighboring town of New Haven, our hearts are stirred to ask God to bring revival to Yale University, and to the many congregations in the West Haven and New Haven areas.
Lou recently completed a tour of college campuses in California, meeting with over 4,000 college students to call them to lifestyles of prayer and fasting. He exhorted them to come together for regular prayer meetings for revival on their respective campuses. This tour gave rise to TheStudentCall and the Student Revival Movement, a student-initiated movement of prayer and fasting for revival on college campuses.
I believe that this weekend in West Haven will be powerful in learning what is on the Lord’s heart for Connecticut specifically, and for the entire Northeast region of our nation.
Come and join us. Pray for us this weekend, for the Word of the Lord to go forth in power, and for Jesus to be glorified.
Sincerely,
Wes Martin and the onething regionals team
Highlights from onething Houston
Over 1,000 hungry believers gathered for onething Houston at the University of Houston during the first weekend of October. Jesus healed, delivered, and strengthened many who attended. The conference was held in a central location on the university campus, in an auditorium just above the university food court. Thousands of students were made aware of the extravagant worship and bold proclamation of Jesus by the sounds emanating from the auditorium.
The campus church, Mission24, along with several houses of prayer in the Houston area, such as the University of Houston Campus House of Prayer, provided the onething team and all who attended the conference with a wonderful experience.
Cory Asbury and team led worship, and Jaye Thomas, a worship leader at IHOP–KC and part of the onething regionals worship team, led a breakout session for musicians, singers, and worship leaders.
Wes Martin and Corey Russell preached timely messages to call forth forerunner messengers like John the Baptist, Daniel, and Isaiah. Saturday, October 2, the conference attendees were presented with the Sacred Charge, a call to seven lifestyle commitments that will prepare a generation for the things of God (You can learn more about this in 7 Commitments of a Forerunner, a book by Mike Bickle.)
Houston’s Youth With A Mission (YWAM) team joined us for the event, and led an evangelistic outreach with Mission24 immediately following the conference.
Let’s ask God to continue doing a great work in Houston. There is hunger and a spirit of prayer in the church of Houston, and many stand in allegiance to Jesus.
Wes Martin and the onething team
onething Cranford, New Jersey
Nearly 2,000 people attended the onething Cranford conference in New Jersey, July 23–24. The Lord met us with His presence, and the conference was a great success. Thank you to those of you who prayed for us.
During the opening session, Benji Nolot, the director of Exodus Cry and a leader at IHOP–KC, preached from Psalm 27:4 to call us to intimacy with God in the midst of the ongoing assault from Satan and the growing culture of lust. People streamed to the altar after this message with repentance and weeping to receive prayer and deliverance. Lives were changed by the love of God and the Holy Spirit, and many were empowered to commit to righteousness and happy holiness.
The July 24 evening session began with a full sanctuary as we entered into prayer for revival on high school and college campuses. Faith and hope were stirred in our hearts, and we cried out for God to encounter those in the education systems of New Jersey. There was a great response to the call to start prayer furnaces on high school and college campuses for the upcoming school year, and hundreds of students committed to the Sacred Charge.
During the conference, we also had the opportunity to encourage a newly-launched house of prayer called Eastern Gate House of Prayer (www.ihopeg.org). They believe that God will raise up night-and-day prayer in New Jersey. If you live in the Cranford area and are interested in night-and-day prayer as an intercessor, musician, or singer, we encourage you to check them out.
Pray for the body of Christ in New Jersey, that God will raise them up with power and might, and that Jesus would be glorified.
Be blessed,
onething regional team
onething Cranford, New Jersey July 23-24
A onething regionals conference will be held to minister the Word and to contend in prayer for the Lord to send revival to the Northeast from July 23–24 in Cranford, New Jersey, at Calvary Tabernacle. The International House of Prayer Eastern Gate, which is serving the Body of Christ throughout the Metro New York and New Jersey area, will be hosting the conference. Their ministry is committed to calling forth, training, and empowering worshiping intercessors to operate in the forerunner spirit as end-time messengers of Jesus’ return.
We are praying for the transformation of lives, the healing of bodies, the restoration of hearts, and the exaltation of Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords during this conference. Please stand with us in prayer for the onething weekend, and come expecting the Holy Spirit to move in power.
Wes Martin and Brian Kim will speak, and Matt Gilman and Justin Rizzo will lead worship. We will report on each of the services and provide behind-the-scenes news through Twitter and Facebook.
Pray with us for the Word of God to go forth in power in New Jersey!
onething Dallas/Fort Worth June 4-5
The IHOP–KC onething regionals team is hosting onething Dallas/Fort Worth this weekend, June 4–5. We’re praying for the Spirit of God to continue to do what we’ve witnessed Him do at other regionals this year, as He releases His power in healing, joy, deliverance, and salvation as we worship and exalt Jesus. We’re also very excited to work with and encourage those who are involved in the fire of perpetual prayer and worship that God has ignited in the city area. There is currently a network of over twenty-five houses of prayer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area contending for a mighty breaking in of the presence of God. Don’t miss this weekend!
For more information, visit IHOP.org/onething
A Look at Justin Rizzo’s Worship Team
The International House of Prayer has many wonderful worship teams who serve faithfully and joyfully in the prayer room, year in and year out, with diligence and a prophetic spirit. At this morning’s 6:00am prayer meeting, Justin Rizzo’s worship team led us in intercession for revival on college campuses and for the salvation of souls in the young adult generation of America. It was a powerful set. I enjoy every one of Justin’s sets. They are provoking, enjoyable, and draw me into the presence of God.
Justin’s team has several unique qualities, one being their distinct, powerful sound. Justin has been one of our primary worship leaders for over five years, leading for twelve hours per week in the Global Prayer Room and at our student awakening services. Our worship leaders are one of the great strengths of IHOP–KC, leading with excellence and passion for Jesus, and Justin is no exception.
Justin’s team is currently made up of six singers and up to seventeen musicians. The various instruments include a hammered dulcimer, a violin, a cello, a flute, a penny whistle, a low whistle, a saxophone, a trumpet, drums, a bass, two acoustic guitars, a keyboard, an electric guitar, and percussion and orchestral bells. Many of their sets sound like a symphony! This beautiful, prophetic music ushers the congregation into worship and prayer before the throne of God in heaven, where worship, music, and singing continue night and day.
This is one of the secrets of our worship leaders here at IHOP–KC: they carry the revelation that God surrounds Himself with music, worship, singing, and the full, manifest presence of the Holy Spirit, the very beauty of God (Rev. 4–5). Our worship leaders are committed to diligent study of this reality, just like King David in Psalm 27:4 “One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple.”
I encourage you to join us as we set our hearts to worship God and sing about His beauty. You can join us free through our live webstream at IHOP.org.
onething Queens, New York – Recap
Many different ethnic groups and congregations gathered with anticipation to encounter the Holy Spirit and cry out for revival at onething NYC. During the very first session, the Holy Spirit met us with His tangible presence and with grace to enter into prayer and worship. We spent most of the first night in intercession for college campuses, for high schools, and for various leaders within the city.
We held the conference at Promise Ministries, a Korean church in Queens. They hold daily prayer meetings at 5:00am, which prepared the way for us to enter into prayer. A foundation for corporate prayer has been established in this congregation, and we sensed that the Lord was calling the Church of New York City to pray and fast.
We witnessed the ministry of the Holy Spirit in physical healings, first-time salvations, and on Saturday night the Holy Spirit imparted zeal for the sacred charge commitment. A young lady suffering from spiritual oppression was delivered and filled with holy joy as the Lord’s presence rested on her. As they committed to the sacred charge, about eight people fell to the ground under the power of the Spirit, shaking and crying. They later testified that they experienced the fire of God.
The onething team from the International House of Prayer preached about intimacy with God, the end-time worship movement, and the forerunner calling. The worship team held a time of Q&A for several hundred worship leaders, musicians, and singers. The Lord stirred many anew to the place of prayer and to deeper allegiance to Jesus. May God receive the reward of His suffering in New York City!
Begin to pray for our next regional conference— onething Dallas, June 4–5.
onething Tacoma Recap
1,500 gathered for the onething young adult conference in Tacoma, Washington, just outside Seattle. The Lord moved mightily as we witnessed hundreds experiencing the power of the Holy Spirit. Many were filled with joy, laughter, fire, and zeal to see the name of Jesus exalted in the Northwest. This weekend was particularly marked with unity in prayer, healing, and deliverance.
One of the purposes of the onething conferences is to ignite prayer and fasting in the region where the event is held. In this hour of human history, the Lord is raising up a prayer and worship movement in the Church all across the earth.
In Tacoma, we witnessed many congregations and denominations joining together in worship and intercession for revival in Tacoma and the surrounding area. God met us, and I believe many were stirred to continue to pray and cry out as they meet in the place of corporate prayer. The Luke18 Project was there as well, doing follow-up ministry to spark and fuel prayer furnaces in the area. God, build Your house of prayer in the Northwest!
This morning, I read roughly fifty testimonies that we were able to record from the events of the weekend. One man, who had been in pain for over twenty years from a motorcycle accident, was instantly healed on Saturday night. He had pain in his left leg that extended from his ankle to his hip. He said that he could feel the fire of the Spirit on his leg so strongly that his leg was hot, almost too hot. Then suddenly, all pain in his leg and ankle was gone!
Many were delivered from sexual addictions, a spirit of religion, self-hatred, and the performance mentality of trying to earn the love of God. People were touched by the palpable presence of God, and some were filled with the joy of God.
On Sunday morning, I met a woman who was excited about her impending visit to the doctor to confirm the healing her damaged kidneys and liver. She had been in pain and was taking a great deal of medication. The Lord touched her body on the first night of the conference with His powerful healing presence. Two days later, she was still pain-free and convinced that the Lord had healed her body. She was filled with joy and testified that the night after the Lord touched her, she woke up laughing and joyful, still feeling the presence of God.
Pray for the churches in the Tacoma/Seattle area to be strengthened, and for the house of prayer to touch the Body of Christ.
Check out IHOP–NW at internationalhouseofprayernorthwest.org
