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It is a challenge to explain something so unique as a 24/7 prayer room. Before I visited the prayer room at IHOP-KC, I had a lot of questions about what it would be like. Is it like a church worship service? Is it like a really long prayer meeting? Is it like a conference? Is it like the prayer room I used to go to at college? Well, hopefully this post will answer some of the questions that you have.
Can anybody go to the prayer room? There is always a lot going on at the IHOP–KC Missions Base, and central to everything is our 24/7 prayer room which is open to the public around the clock—day and night. The prayer room has been designed to reflect the tabernacle of David (1 Chr. 22–24), where we never cease worshiping the Lord and interceding for our world. There are twelve worship sets a day which transition every two hours, and each is guided by one of two prayer formats: intercession, and worship with the Word.
What should I be doing in the prayer room? We want you to feel comfortable, whether as a participant or an anonymous visitor. You are welcome to stay in the prayer room as long as you like. While in the prayer room, feel free to sing along with the worship teams, read your Bible, study a favorite commentary, write in your journal or just pray. You may sit, stand or even pace up and down the aisles. Whatever you do, we ask that you do it in a manner that honors and serves the other people in the room.
Wow, it seems so organized! How do the people on stage know what to do and when? There are two basic worship and prayer formats that break up the twenty-four hour day: six two-hour intercession sets and six two-hour worship with the Word sets which are more devotional.
Intercession sets are usually energetic as the room is invited to engage in corporate prayer. These two-hour sets generally have a specific prayer focus, and individuals in the room are welcome to pray on the microphone for a corporate burden which may involve the Kansas City region or believers worldwide. There are also cycles of “rapid fire prayer” when, one by one, intercessors pray a succession of 15-second prayers on a specific theme. There are also times of small group prayer for those who wish to participate.
Intercession sets are daily at midnight, 4AM, 6AM, 10AM, 4PM, and 8PM.
Worship with the Word is a prayer format in which we agree with God’s heart as we sing the biblical truths of who God is and what His promises are. Since these sets are more devotional in nature, the volume is brought down to make a more conducive environment for reading the Bible and entering into contemplative or devotional prayer.
Worship with the Word sets are daily at 2AM, 8AM, noon, 2PM, 6PM and 10PM.
