It did not have to be like this. Those who taught the crowds- these leader's-they spoke of the necessity of falling on the rock lest the rock fall on you. After years and decades of those teaching on serving, humility and falling on the rock; They didn't do what they preached. Instead they spread rumors about the innocent, 'She's a gossip. She is bitter'. They hid their secrets within the walls of the prayer room. They paid off some of those departing with giant checks. Was it hush money? Instead of hearing of the Works of God coming out of the Ihop-KC prayer room-the whispers coming my direction were of brothels, adultery, grooming, hidden funds, predators on our young students, blackmail It didn't have to be this way- The very thing we showed up day after day after day, to give our lives to. We were all living on credit cards, there was little or no stipend, yet there was the call to stand, serve, minister and Burn. For this is the beauty of wasting our life on Jesus. It doesn't make sense to the world but we are pouring our life out like Mary of Bethany poured out her costly oil. Well- Some of us did that. Some of us really showed up day in and day out- even if we were terrible at fasting. We still showed up day after day, saying one yes after another. And there stands a rock- that giant bolder beckoning every heart, 'Just fall on the rock'. Just bow lower. Just put on humility. Just be honest and repent- It didn't have to be this way- and maybe the heavens are now shouting, 'rebranding will not salvage those who choose to stand and defend themselves when the rest choose to bow crying for Mercy.' Maybe we are in a Psalm 2 Moment. We certainly were taught on Psalm 2 enough. Never did I expect some of the ones who were doing most of the teaching to be living in verse 2 and 3. Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up and the 'rulers' band together against the Lord and against His anointed. They say, Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles'. It didn't have to be like this.
It did not have to be like this. Those who taught the crowds- these leader's-they spoke of the necessity of falling on the rock lest the rock fall on you. After years and decades of those teaching on serving, humility and falling on the rock; They didn't do what they preached. Instead they spread rumors about the innocent, 'She's a gossip. She is bitter'. They hid their secrets within the walls of the prayer room. They paid off some of those departing with giant checks. Was it hush money? Instead of hearing of the Works of God coming out of the Ihop-KC prayer room-the whispers coming my direction were of brothels, adultery, grooming, hidden funds, predators on our young students, blackmail It didn't have to be this way- The very thing we showed up day after day after day, to give our lives to. We were all living on credit cards, there was little or no stipend, yet there was the call to stand, serve, minister and Burn. For this is the beauty of wasting our life on Jesus. It doesn't make sense to the world but we are pouring our life out like Mary of Bethany poured out her costly oil. Well- Some of us did that. Some of us really showed up day in and day out- even if we were terrible at fasting. We still showed up day after day, saying one yes after another. And there stands a rock- that giant bolder beckoning every heart, 'Just fall on the rock'. Just bow lower. Just put on humility. Just be honest and repent- It didn't have to be this way- and maybe the heavens are now shouting, 'rebranding will not salvage those who choose to stand and defend themselves when the rest choose to bow crying for Mercy.' Maybe we are in a Psalm 2 Moment. We certainly were taught on Psalm 2 enough. Never did I expect some of the ones who were doing most of the teaching to be living in verse 2 and 3. Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up and the 'rulers' band together against the Lord and against His anointed. They say, Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles'. It didn't have to be like this.
@JulieAMeyer Why did the Holy Spirit show up so strongly whenever I was there amongst all this carnage you wrote about?
@JulieAMeyer I am glad whenever wolves are exposed. Praise the Lord it finally did happen. God will not be mocked. IHOP had poor theology, practices, leadership, and accountability. A modern Laodicean church who thought they were rich when they were poor, which God has spit out.
@JulieAMeyer The two things are not mutually exclusive. The world is fallen. Putting 4 walls and a roof doesn’t change that. We have the Holy Spirit in us, so we will encounter Him everywhere
@JulieAMeyer I did that 😭 When I was in IHOPU with Issac, we did that. When you were leading worship and my parents were friends with Jim and Elizabeth Maher, we all did that. I’ve not even allowed myself to feel how deeply tragic this all is, until they finally repent just as they preached.
@JulieAMeyer No one said it was like this. I didn't know. 3 students at IHOPU & later on staff I knew, didn't know. I bought book u wrote years ago. You shared of being taken out of leading worship & sitting in the back. I was mad. You were accepting it in the book. I thought it was wrong.