The ministry that we are working with this month is called Burn 24-7. I have enjoyed this ministry more than any other on the race. The “Burn Room”, where all of the worship and intercession takes place, is on the first floor of this old hotel called Lindenhof. This building is now the home to our contacts, and where we have been staying since July 3rd.
Our first Burn session, 24 straight hours of worship and intercession, began on July 9th at 9pm. I got a word from the Lord that night that said to allow the Spirit to move freely, let Him get as crazy as He wants to, it’s going to get wild. So I had very high expectations! Every two hours a new artist plays a set of worship, and I wanted to stay up and hear every single one of them. They all had such a different sound, but they all were amazing at ushering in the Spirit. I only lasted until 3:30 am, and then I had to go to sleep.
Our jam session was from 9am-11am, and all of us were anxious and super excited. We could feel something brewing for a while….but what was it….what was going to take place? We gathered together, all 12 of us, in the secluded prayer room in the basement. We talked about what we were feeling, laid down anything that needed to be released, and prayed for unity. We all felt like we needed to stand up there together, whether we were part of the worship team or not.
Finally it was our turn, and we started out the session with a prayer that God had given me for the city of Berlin. Already I could feel the Spirit surging through my body. After the first 2 songs…I couldn’t feel Him anymore…bummer : ( It seemed like there was an all out war going on in the spirit. We wanted to worship God with all that we had, but the man-pleasing spirits, the spirit of performance, and the fear of man kept trying to grab a hold of us. I kept praying and praying, and so were some of the others who weren’t singing or playing instruments at that time. All of a sudden….I saw an actual shift take place in the room. 30 minutes passed and still there was no difference in the way we were worshipping…it felt like the intensity we normally worshipped with was missing. Then……EXPLOSION!!!!! Something broke, and our worship got crazy. Jordan stopped playing guitar and got on the congos. Thilo, this amazing anointed German guy, got on the drum we brought from Africa, we were all dancing and shouting for joy….it was on fire! The best worship session I have ever been a part of.
We thought it lasted like 5 minutes, but our contacts had videotaped it, and it went on for a while. Afterwards, Justine and Rebekah got completely hit with the Spirit and laughed their heads off. It was so funny…I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, I was so swept up with emotion.
