What is the International House of Prayer?

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There's a place in Kansas City called IHOP. No not the International House of Pancakes, though KC surely has one of those.

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Rather it is the International House of Prayer, started by Mike Bickle September 19th of 99. And since that day they have hosted non -stop prayer and intercession 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Now that sounds great. Non -stop prayer. Who wouldn't want that? But we should also ask what kind of prayer?

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IHOP has encouraged praying the scriptures, which is a great way to pray, but not the way IHOP does it.

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One of their methods involves reading a Bible story, then closing your eyes and imagining yourself as that character, experiencing the story with all five senses, playing it out in your mind.

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Again, this is what IHOP is calling prayer. Another method involves using a Bible verse to tap into the spiritual realm, then meditating to find the

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Holy Spirit. You will then be brought to a place where you can ask God to show you visions and prophecies.

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None of this is prayer. In fact, it goes back to a 2nd century false teaching called Montanism. Montanus, along with two women disciples,

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Priscia and Maximilla, claimed the Holy Spirit revealed things to them that superseded even the apostles.

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They made false claims about the end times, which Bickle has also done, as he said the church brings about the

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Great Tribulation through prayer, just as Moses brought plagues upon Egypt through a staff. The Bible warns against listening to those who go on and detail about visions puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind instead of having the mind of Christ.