Was invited by a friend to attend this special service. Lead by the leader…read moreJennifer LE Claire. The building was packed with people. I felt a bit uncomfortable because there was no social distance and therefore I kept my mask . There are people still getting covid such as my coworker last week.
They were doing alter calls to get rid of demons and what ever was stoping one from getting closer to Knowing God. Most of the people were dropping to the floor from having the spirit fill them. I was not one of those on the floor knocked out. However I had been to another church where this did happen to me once. These people were speaking in tongues and I guess this is a church that does this.
Some history on the church and Pastor
Awakening House of Prayer is a revival hub with many expressions, including Awakening Church, Healing Rooms, Prayer Room, Prophecy Rooms and Deliverance Rooms. A prophetic community led by Charisma senior editor and best-selling author Jennifer LeClaire, we are committed to the Word, intercession, praise and worship, fasting, evangelism, spiritual warfare, healing, deliverance and pursuing spiritual gifts. The prayer room is at the center of everything we do. Our heart is to equip a generation of believers to fulfill their destiny in Christ.
Our History
You can read my personal testimony on my website or watch my appearance on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural for an illustrated version, but I'll start this prophetic history at the moment the Lord called me into ministry.
In 2002, He illuminated this verse to me in three different gospels:
"Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You. The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight'" (see Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:3; John 1:23).
In 2003, He spoke to my heart about Ezekiel 3 and Ezekiel 33 while I was on the mission field in Nicaragua:
"Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: When I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul" (Ez. 3:16-19).
I started operating in prophetic ministry, largely with warnings I didn't like delivering--but these warnings spurred strong prayer and intercession among the people. I was obedient to share what I heard and saw and started writing prophetic columns and eventually books.
In 2007, the Holy Spirit woke me up in the middle of the night to share a prophetic word about a Great Awakening. You can click here to read this powerful call to prayer of which I would not fully grasp the depths until seven years later.
In 2010, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to the prayer and worship movement at a new level through the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. I received a strong revelation of the power of the harp and bowl model to engage the hearts of a generation in anointed, enjoyable prayer.
In 2012, I worked with a small team to launch a church plant in South Florida--but something wasn't right. I knew God had called us to start a work but it was burdensome and the commandments of the Lord are not burdensome (see 1 John 5:3). I was sure we missed it but did not know how, so I stopped everything to seek the Lord. It was during that time that I landed at IHOP-Miami and sat in the prayer room for hours. My spirit was leaping for joy. After some time, the Holy Spirit told me, among other things, to "Make prayer your life's work." Unwilling to move prematurely, I prayed over this for another 30 days.
On May 27, 2012, a group of five of us launched IHOP-Fort Lauderdale in Hollywood, FL. It was both Pentecost Sunday and the Global Day of Prayer. This small but powerful team started day and night prayer five days a week.
In July 2012, we established a Bound4Life ministry in Broward County. Bound4LIFE is a grassroots prayer mobilization movement focused on the ending of abortion, the increase of adoptions and the reformation of government and society through spiritual awakening.
In November 2013, Rodney Thompson and his family moved down to Fort Lauderdale from IHOPKC and helped us build a stronger infrastructure for prayer and evangelism--and establish what was prophesied as a "pipeline from Kansas City to Fort Lauderdale and back."
In February 2013, we established a Luke 18 Project on the campus of Florida Atlantic University. The Luke18 Project is a campus prayer movement that exists to establish a culture of prayer and worship on every college campus in America.
You can read more on the church site.
