Angela's IHOPU Awakening experience

Over the last couple months, I have only been able to attend a handful of the IHOPU Awakening meetings, but each time I have been able to go, the Lord has significantly encountered me, and I have felt more and more awakened to His love and heart for me. He has been freeing me from so many unnecessary burdens and expectations that I had been feeling as a first-time mom.

I had been struggling with exhaustion from Noah’s newborn feeding schedule, guilt in my heart for not always wanting to and loneliness after our families went back to California and Thai returned to work. But in January, the Lord began to pull on those parts of my heart.

One evening at the Awakening, a friend began to pray for a new understanding of God’s love for me, as my Father — a loving caring Daddy. This touched me deeply and left me in tears as the Lord was taking away the loneliness and overwhelming sense that I was on my own.

Another night during worship, I sensed the Lord invite me to the area in front of the stage where people were receiving prayer. Distracted by Noah, I missed what the prayer focus was and felt unsure about going forward. But the Lord prompted my heart again, and I finally handed Noah to Thai and went forward to get prayer. Kneeling down, I began confessing my great need for Him to empower me to be the wife and mom He designed me to be. I asked Him for fresh joy and grace to empower me as I prayed Nehemiah 8:10, that His joy would be my strength, and Psalm 51:12, that He would restore the joy of His salvation in my heart.

At that moment, the prayer leader walked back on stage announcing, “Moms! All of the moms here come forward. Gather around these moms and pray for them.” I laughed to myself. Different people began to come around me and pray for renewed joy to be my strength and grace to cover my soul. This so touched me, as I knew the Holy Spirit was leading them to pray for what I had been asking of Him. After more time of prayer and tears of joy, I finally spoke, “Lord, thank you. I am so glad that you see me. You actually see me.”

-angela-

Collegiate Day of Prayer – Feb 25th, 2010

Our nation is increasingly in a crisis of faith. We desperately need an infusion of God’s transforming Spirit. You and I can do something about it.

College campuses are historically places where God has awakened our nation and revived the church to His purposes. “More potently than by any other means, change the university and you change the world,” said Harvard Professor and UN Ambassador Charles Malik. If we win the spiritual battles on all fronts across our nation but neglect our college campuses all our progress will be undone in a generation.

Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few.” The problem is with the number of workers rather than the non-believing population. At the same time the war for the hearts and minds of college students has never been stronger. More and more colleges are sending out workers who destroy God’s kingdom rather than building it. Students across our nation need a cross-generational prayer movement to shift this tide.

In short, they need you.

For almost 100 years our nation has reserved a special day each year to pray for colleges. God faithfully answered those prayers and America witnessed an era of ongoing revivals and awakenings.

Let's believe God together for another great awakening in this generation. There has never been a greater need than right now. Nearly 100 years later, it's time to break the silence!

Would you join with thousands of others to relaunch the Collegiate Day of Prayer in this century? Would you commit to praying individually or gathering a group to pray on the Collegiate Day of Prayer on February 25th? The future of our country and millions of souls depends on winning the spiritual fight for our colleges.

Please do the following two simple things:

1. Go to http://www.collegiatedayofprayer.org to get more information, see who else is praying, and let us know you are praying. Making our prayers visible by joining together will encourage everyone and multiply the number of people praying for students.
2. Forward this email to others, post it on Facebook, your blog, or elsewhere.

-thai-

Stepping into a Fall of Newness

How was your summer? Amazingly, it’s coming to a rapid close!

As summer passes, Thai’s responsibilities ramp up here. In July, he was asked to become the Director of Relations for the OneThing Regional Conferences. With a team of 6 joining him to mobilize young adults, churches and college ministries, he has been travelling almost weekly to spread the word about OneThing Conferences coming this fall to Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Raleigh/Durham, NC. If you are in these areas, we would love for you to join us—the conferences are free, bringing in stirring speakers and worship leaders from the Int’l House of Prayer.

While Thai has been on the road, I’ve continued to focus on the Luke18 Project and preparing for Motherhood. After our Summer Leadership Program, I personally learned two things. I need to lean more on my team of Luke18 coaches and staff (mainly God’s provision) to lead the students the Holy Spirit has drawn to the Luke18 Project. And also that I needed to pull back from full-time ministry to let myself fully engage in preparing for our coming son, Noah.

Since July, my leadership within Luke18, and schedule in the prayer room, has been shifted to part-time. Just recently I visited the University of Kansas, as they met for the first time this semester and felt like I was coming home. I love being on campus with these students. I also can’t wait to meet little Noah! And am grateful for the time I have to rest, pray, prepare our home and my heart for his arrival in late October. I am blessed to continue balancing both for the next month.

As we finish up our second summer here at the Int’l House of Prayer, it reminds me that we’ve been here a year now--WOW--and so much has changed in our hearts, in our ministry roles, and our own personal family life. But one thing has remained the same, God’s heart towards us. Thankfully our opportunity to meet with Him, serve Him and be ministered to by Him in the prayer room has been a consistent part of our lives. This has been huge as we continue to minister and grow as a family.

Know that we are praying for each of you, our family, our friends, our partners. As we shift into a new Fall season, we are praying that it is a season of unity and grace over your family and amidst all you may have ahead.

Saints Rumbling in Prayer for California

There is something beautiful about saints gathered to pray. Saints humble and at peace, ready to intercede because they know they will be heard.

Tonight there is an army of saints in the prayer room, as every Wednesday night we focus on praying for California. Many are young here but eager to race forth with the promises and truth of God’s word written to be current day prayers we beckon again and again before the Lord with Hope, Faith and Love.

California, you are not alone. Christians in California, you are not lost in the blur of your State’s wickedness. But indeed He sees you; He loves you, so much that He would gather hundreds of faceless young and old saints to stand on your behalf.

They’re praying for rain. They’re praying for glory to fall. They’re praying for salvation to sweep through the streets just as refreshing waves hit your shores all day long. Things are shifting, things are breaking, things are happening in the Spirit in California. Our prayers are with your own.

California—God sees you, loves you and is calling you forth to be a glorious Golden State of His Righteousness.

16,000 young adults, 20 guests, 2 conferences, 1 house for Christmas!

What a holiday it's been!

It was our first Christmas as a married couple – and we had family, old friends & some very new friends fly in from across the country to spend the holiday with us (and of course attend the onething08 young adult conference :). I think we had nearly 20 people (including parents & in-laws) packed into our new, not-so-large, 3-bedroom home for 2 weeks! It was the beginning of the Lam-ily Bed & Breakfast! But we were SO grateful for the opportunity to be a blessing with our new house that the Lord has so miraculously provided for us!

Most of our guests were student leaders on their college campus who had planned to come out to attend the onething08 conference as well as our Luke18 Leadership Summit. The onething08 conference had over 16,000 young adults from across the globe in attendance being challenged by the messages of intimacy with Jesus, the lifestyle of prayer & fasting, and the message of the forerunner – and people left stirred and provoked to go deeper in the Word and to grow in the knowledge of God. And about 500 key leaders of prayer furnaces on their college campuses and of their cities stayed for our Luke18 Leadership Summit – it was a powerful time of exhortation, encouragement, and equipping by Lou Engle, Bob Sorge, Mike Bickle and others for leaders who are laboring to pioneer a context of sustained prayer in their region. People left with awakened zeal, a new burden, and renewed vision to see a "house of prayer for all nations" (Isaiah 56:7) that would contend in prayer "day and night for God's speedy justice" (Luke 18:1,7-8) on their college campuses and in their cities. It was so powerful!

And so it was — our first Christmas married, breaking in our new house, hosting a myriad of family & friends, serving a conference & coordinating a summit, and remembering our beloved King Jesus who gave His life to give us life. Thank You.

-thai-

16,000 young adults in ardent worship & prayer...

Mike Bickle & Lou Engle leading onething08

encountering Jesus...

A generation of young people going hard after God.

Thanksgiving Thanks! (A bit belated!)

November was quite a big month for us Lams... :o)

It all began with an incredible trip to San Diego, California. It was so surreal to be back in our homeland. A little south of our hometowns in the San Francisco Bay, but California nevertheless! About 33,000 gathered for the Call San Diego, to pray for the State, coming elections, and prop 8.

Every time I took a break from my meeting with students and parents at the Luke18 Project booth, my heart was gripped by the beauty of God’s presence in the stadium as people prayed. Even now, reflecting on it a month later, I am still touched to tears by the memory of it. I am so glad God invites us to pray and participate in the expression of His love and longing for a people, especially California.

After coming home, resting and acclimating to the prayer room from the trip, so much of Kansas City just felt right. My heart knew this was the place we are supposed to be as intercessory missionaries giving our days and nights to prayer and serving Luke18 Campus Prayer Movement. It was fitting that everything came together, quickly for the purchasing of our first home!


Excited and full of gratefulness, we moved into our new house over Thanksgiving week! WOW! The house is about 7 minutes from IHOP and about 5 minutes from our old apartment—which made the move gracefully smooth!

By Wednesday night of Thanksgiving week, we already had guests over for Thanksgiving dinner! It was a joyful night, with so much diversity! We had southern pecan pie, a lemon-lime turkey, Amish style cranberry sauce, the best green bean casserole I’ve ever tasted, and Thai’s infamous yams. It was awesome—hectic with so many cooks in a new kitchen—but so much fun.

Another eventful day in November came on the 22nd--my 30th birthday! Thai orchestrated a day full of adventure, from Cheetah sightings at the Kansas City Zoo, to athletic challenges like ice skating. He coordinated (quite skillfully) a surprise dinner, and then a surprise after party! It was a really wonderful day!

As November was a month of events and activity, our hearts were so grateful for all that God has done in the past year. So many of you, our readers, intercessors & supporters, make it possible for us to labor as intercessory missionaries helping to lead the Luke18 Project at the International House of Prayer. We are so grateful for you, and each of you are truly a gift of God to us as you partner with us in our ministry and our prayers are with you!

We pray your Thanksgiving was one of deep joy and gratitude, and hope for new blessings and revelations of Christ as we draw near to Christmas!

-angela-

"A Great and Terrible Day..."

I may not have been the only one overwhelmed by emotion as the Tuesday polls announced our new President Elect to be Barack Obama — what a shocking and stunning moment.

That day, I maneuvered as much of my schedule to be in the prayer room for every time of intercession for the elections. And I wasn't alone: the 800-capacity room was utterly full the entire day. During our prayer meeting before the polls closed, no seat was empty, no mouth was closed, no heart was lingering... we were all fully engaged like a desperate company waging supernatural war for life and righteousness as we prayed for leaders and legislation that stood for the protection of the unborn and for the preservation of marriage being between one man and one woman.

Exhausted and worn, we trickled home continuing to pray as we waited to see the results. And as the electoral count surfaced and the picture became clear, who was elected was not who we'd hoped for...

The morning after the elections, as we all returned to the prayer room, Mike Bickle & Allen Hood, leaders at the International House of Prayer, commentated on what a "great and terrible day" it was for America — as America momentously elected the first African-American to the highest office of our nation (who not too long ago segregated "black" & "white") but at the same time overwhelmingly voting for "change" further away from the protection of the unborn and marriage.

We want to invite you to take 20 minutes to listen to a clip of this exhortation... we were both stirred to pray and intercede for our new President Elect, the young people of America, and for our nation as we are in the midst of moral decay. May we not be bystanders paralyzed by apathy and preoccupation...

Jesus, would You fill Barrack Obama with the knowledge of Your will in all spiritual wisdom & understanding and that he might walk in a manner worthy of You, pleasing You in every respects. (Colossians 1:9-10)