Well, just to start with, I was watching Rick speak from a few days ago about MorningStar 2.0 and also gather the first of some information I wanted to share here. I was getting excited about what I wanted to share and decided to stop the video and to return to it later, as I hope to do. I stopped the video and looked at the time on the timer on the video so I could return to that time, and it was something like 27:47. So, this is not going to be about signs and times :) Last night I woke up, well, also early this morning and decided to drink some cold coffee with whey as I often do and then go back to bed and see if I could get back to sleep before caffeine interferred. As I lay in bed, I decided to pray, and part of my prayer was for a few people, including myself, for healing. As I prayed for a friend, I wondered, should I "cry" to the Lord? I don't mean cry like crying for sorrow or personal emotion, and it reminded me of Psalm 28 where, I think, it says, I cried to the Lord. That kind of cry had been made more vivid to me the times I've heard or read the IHOPKC prophetic history. Today I looked up the prophetic history transcript and the first one I found was at https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://ihopnetwork.com/ihop-kc-prophetic-history-1988-version/ (I liked the 2002 version of the prophetic history, and I do believe it is available; I just found the 1988 version first today.) And on p. 66, I think, Mike shares how Bob Jones said the Lord had showed him that Psalm 28 was a Psalm for their ministry. (I say "their" not knowing how to refer to it; I could say "his" or IHOP's; not specifically saying Bob and Mike's ministry.) Then Mike didn't read it until almost 3 days later, as I remember. It says in the transcript. Bob asked a few times, did you read it yet, and Mike would say, wow, I somehow forgot. When Mike did read it, it affected him apparently beyond "rational intake". I'm trying to refer to the sense of "yes, that is a wonderful prophecy; I agree, and I like it; and the Psalm makes sense to me". It was more immediate like seeing a sign for Schenectady and going into travail. I think Mike said electricity was moving up and down his body and he was shaking; he would read a phase and react that way; get quiet again and read the next phrase and it would have that same kind of effect. I think I've heard him say that it hurt. It wasn't like "time for a cool change". (This was during the 21 day fast that he was moved to call across Kansas City when he first returned there as a young man to start a new ministry.) Bob Jones had confirmations for the fast (give the young man Daniel 9 and he will understand) and also for Mike's experience reading Psalm 28 (the Lord put a banner saying Jehovah Rapha on you). Jehovah Rapha means, I am the Lord that healeth thee. There were more than two pages in the transcript about Psalm 28. Back to my consideration, should I cry to the Lord. I thought this morning while considering that. I'm trying to sleep. I don't want to ask "let me cry unto you for my friend's healing". I didn't *want* to do it. I wasn't , "no way"; I was just considering that I didn't want to ask for that end of my sleep at that time, but it was the end of my sleep at that time, as far as I am aware. And then the thought came to mind of the "story about a judge who didn't fear God or care about people." I found that from a google search looking for the passage; It's in Luke 18 though the words I'm quoting are from a paraphrase. I had been thinking in the past day or so, do I love people? Do I really care about them? I don't mean like at my best or most tender moments; I mean typically, as I go about the day? And I wasn't seeing it. I'm not sure that I am the unjust judge, that that is the meaning of that scripture. But I can imagine saying to Jesus, wow, you're the one who answers prayer and that portrayal is hmm. I can imagine him looking at me as he did to the disciple who said "I don't know him" and knowing that whether the passage is giving a glimpse of interacting with the eternal one or not, it doesn't have "no meaning" for me as I am. That could have probably been said much better. The Lord loves you.

Posted by John Fullerton at 2025-06-13 14:10:12 UTC