What is intercessory worship

The House of Prayer is a biblical model of the church's priestly role in ministry to Him as reflected by the primary activity, which is taking place in Heaven (Heb. 8:5 "They'serve at a'sanctuary that is a copy and'shadow of what is in heaven.") A key verse describing what is happening these days is found in Amos 9:11:

"In that day I will restore David's fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore it's ruins, and build it as it used to be..."

David's tabernacle (or dwelling place) can be'studied in detail in the book of I Chronicles. His desire was for the presence of God. He built a special tent to house the Ark of the Covenant and he placed'singers and musicians before the ark to minister to God.

Worship in the heart of the Tabernacle of David can best be described in three ways. First, it is 24-7 or 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (Lev. 6:13 "The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out."). Second it is "harp and bowl" ministry (Rev. 5:8 "Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."). The harp in this verse refers to God's songs and God's music in the heavenly court and the bowl refers to God's prayers. Third, it is a model of worship in spirit and in truth (John 4:23, 24 "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father'seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."). Overall, this ministry requires that believers have the priestly identity of Levites, ministers to the Living God.

The church is receiving a revelation of the scripture in Isaiah 56:5-8: "... for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." In the past churches have become houses of good preaching, or of singing or other necessary things, but very little prayer is taking place today. God has always desired that there be unified houses of prayer!

We believe there will be Houses of Prayer springing up in every major city in the world. It is already happening. These are places where the fire of worship and intercession never go out and where churches from all over the city or region come together to worship God together. It is a place where battles are won in the spirit, affecting whole societies for God's glory. We will begin to realize that our sunday morning services are missionary-services, places where true worshipers reach out to those the Lord brings them. But times of sustained "breakthrough" will come in the House of Prayer, as prophetic prayers and songs cause a change in the atmosphere over a city.

We believe there are many in this generation who were born to be this kind of minister. Maybe this describes the desire in you. Maybe you've felt deep in your spirit an unsettling question coming to the surface, repeatedly asking, "Why was I born?" The ministry God has for us so exceeds our qualifications that all we can do is throw up our hands, ask for grace and receive it through worship.