The beauty of simplicity

We have begun "harp and bowl" style prayer meetings at Hope City. And it is beautiful!

Yesterday, it went something like this:

On the piano was a girl who has never led worship from the piano
The Chorus leader had never led choruses
The singers were a formily homeless man, a pastor, and another man who none of which had sung prophetically.
The prayer leader was a man who, you guessed it, has never led a prayer meeting

And everyone else was sitting in a circle with a scripture ready to read and pray.

Potentially: chaotic and disasterous
Reality: Simple and beautiful.

The prayer time was amazing as person after person prayed their heart, and we sang "Bring restoration". It's hard to explain and share the relevance and importance of this prayer meeting. The people in the room ranged from homeless kids who are sleeping under stairs, to those of us who have been at IHOP for years, but there was no difference, as one of the homeless kids (late teens- early twenties) stood, prayed and literally preached, another received prayer and told us later he had never been prayed for before, while yet another received prayer and felt God's love. We all felt the presence of the Lord in the room.

I don't know exactly where the Lord is taking us, but the simplicity and the beauty are astounding!