“The Power of Your Presence”

09.10.08 l Sydney, Australia

My time in Borneo, Indonesia was incredibly fruitful, powerful and life impacting. It was a joy and honor to spend time contending for the soul of the largest Muslim nation in the world with our first long term team (Burn Team Asia) and a few other radicals that jumped over for a month from the States to pour gas on the fire. The ministry was pretty nonstop most days, but it’s definitely the place where you want to be poured out “like a drink offering” on a nation that is home to 23 unreached people groups representing millions upon millions who have still never heard the name of Jesus.

I was looking forward to coming back to Sydney for an extended weekend with hot showers, beautiful mixture of old and new friends, and tons of hungry hearts. I arrived back into the city this morning (on another red eye flight) and after I took a quick nap, ventured out to get some fresh air. I had no clue that God was going to bomb me with one of the most amazing encounters of my life.

This afternoon I hiked around the glorious trail from Bronte Bay to Bondi Beach to get out in the beauty of this land and adjust to another time zone. Something about God’s creation revitalizes and refreshes me. The weather here is breezy cool and dry as they are coming out of winter to welcome the springs warmth. It was an incredibly magnificent journey with stunning views from the seaside cliffs all along the south coast of Sydney.  As I continued walking, my fascination with the ocean grew incredibly strong. I was mesmerized and drawn to it. The Lord began to speak so clearly to me. He said, “Look at the ocean.” As I was looking out, I was overwhelmed with the raw powerful energy of the ocean as the waves pounded against the rock cliffs jutting out into the sea. The wind raging, the current swirling and the waves mounting up created this psychotic pulsating rhythm of its own that was uncontrollable and untamable. It was an absolutely staggering moment. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen the ocean act like it was today – with all the whitewash it was even hard to see the turquoise blue color underneath. Even at Australia’s premier surfing hot spots, no one dared to get out in this swell! People all over were gawking in amazement with frightened looks.

The Lord spoke again: “This is a picture of what the great end time move of my Presence will look like.”

I was baffled as I realized this was the answer to my question I had asked the day before on top of the Menara Tower overlooking the vast Asian metropolis of Kuala Lumpur. As I viewed mosques littering the city as far as the eye could see, I was overcome with a longing more than ever to see the King return in all of His majesty to the billions of souls in the surrounding 10/40 window nations. In that moment my soul was filled with a passion I did not even know existed and I shouted out “When is this next move of your Spirit going to come and what will it look like?” I heard no response except a few strange looks from those Asians looking out around me. The lack of answers didn’t really bother me that much because it is one of those questions you just don’t think you will hear back on anytime soon. My weak faith told me it was just another thing I would “figure out” or it would unfold before me as I lived life.

That all changed today.

As I took in the panoramic of this raging ocean, the Spirit was downloading to me the revelation of what was being spoken. I began to understand this would be a fierce, violent, and offensive move and not really at all what I expected. He spoke again “It’s a move of the overwhelming POWER of my Presence.” I began to watch the raw surging power of the ocean grip my heart and I felt the glory of God come over me. I started to weep right there on the cliffs watching this all unfold. He continued: “It’s a move that will stun and shock humanity as I pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Nothing will stop the deep waters of my Presence as they wash over the nations.”

I then began to shake as images from the last week with the faces of those villagers living in the deep jungles of Borneo flashed before my eyes. I understood that this next move is something beyond what we could imagine…above styles, hype, and even anointings,…It is His Presence taking over complete control.

As my gaze was fixated on the swirling sea, something about it beckoned me to jump in and get pounded by the waves. I said, “But God I want to be apart of that move! This is what I’m living for! I’ve given all to it!”

The Spirit spoke to me saying, “You must first lose everything - your titles, rights, accomplishments, reputations, safety, security, religion, and anything else that could get in the way. They will not help you in these waters – they are too deep and too dangerous. I am in control and the glory is in the power of my presence.”

WOW.

After a long pause, I just whispered out “I’ve given up a lot Lord and I’ll give up more.”

Then I heard, “You are still too safe, Sean. You are too safe. You are too safe. You are too safe. My church is too safe. She must risk it all. She must risk it all and come into the treacherous waters of my Presence. She must lose herself in my waves as I usher her into something greater.”

The Spirit then began to reveal to me the safety of my own heart and everything I’m still clinging too for security in my life. As a prerequisite for this coming move, God will only allow a nameless and faceless people who will risk their entire lives, family, finances, reputations, and fame to jump in the deep ocean waters of His Presence and be carried on the wave of His Spirit that will wash over every nation, tribe, and tongue in the world in the coming days! This is a people that understand in doing so…they could lose their lives…but it’s a risk they are all willing to take. These are not ankle-deep wading waters, but ferocious waters to swim in that “cannot be crossed” by our own abilities and performance (Ezekial 47:5).

Then came the sound, the sound, the sound of the waters roaring began to move me.

The ocean was raging so loud that it made it hard to think at times. I remembered a book I once read on sound waves and frequencies. The ocean noise and waterfalls are some of the only “sounds” on the earth fulfilling the entire sound spectrum. The sound frequencies that are audible to the human ear are between 20 and 20,000 hertz. Those sounds below 20 hertz are felt more than they are heard while those above 20,000 could cause major hearing damage with prolonged exposure. The noise of this ferocious riptide was covering the entire grid of sound. It is like that sound from Heaven mentioned in Revelation 14:2:

“And I heard a sound from Heaven like he roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder.”

The Spirit spoke to me again, “The nations will know my Presence is coming at the Sound that comes forth from the waters.”

I was standing in shock as the ear-splitting ocean noise grew louder and louder in my head.

With all this madness that was happening around me and the deep emotion being released from the inner core of my being, I opened up my Bible to see if I could possibly find anything to bring confirmation to all this. As thumbed open the page, this was the very first line I read:

“You have overwhelmed me with all your waves.” – Psalm 88:7

There is a generation and people that God is looking to overwhelm with His great end-time move. It will come and come swiftly. Those wanting to be in middle of this move must jump in the treacherous deep ocean waters. They must RISK RISK RISK all safety and security.

It’s the move of the Power of His Presence.  A move where His glory would be known throughout the entire world and all fame, accolades, and attention would be on HIM!!

We’ve waiting our whole life for this Lord! Creation has groaned for this. We jump in with all we are, We jump into your mighty surging waves and breakers! We risk EVERYTHING knowing one second in the middle of this move of the Power of your Presence is worth it all!!

stay in the heat…

_sean

DEFIANCE RAGES IN THE RING OF FIRE
Tonight, the incense of beautiful and fragrant midnight worship is rising from this blazing furnace on the west coast of the island of Borneo in the largest Muslim nation in the world. The sounds coming forth are pounding truth and hope into the dark core of Indonesia while unveiling the staggering lamp of His Presence that shames all other fake lights.
This week has been an incredible journey into the heart of the largest island in Indonesia. We’ve burned and released praise on the highest mountain places in the land and visited the villages hidden deep in the jungle (I mean deep!!) to stir up fresh hunger for His Presence. On just my fourth time visiting this gorgeous string of more than 10,000 islands littered over the South Pacific “Ring of Fire,” I feel I’ve fallen in love with this nation of destiny all over again. On the heels of The Call gathering two weeks ago, in which over 1 million youth gathered in 5 stadiums around the nation, there is electricity in the air that I have not felt in prior visits.
Today we held a lunch to meet and share our hearts with the top 50 apostolic leaders and pastors from all over the region. The current surge of true unity and humility among the leaders in this nation has never been stronger. They are giving up trying to build their church and God is beginning to build his church centered around His Presence across the nation. We had the most amazing time together as the long-term BURN ASIA team, short-term Indonesia team, and I imparted and released this Davidic mandate with these beautiful warriors of God. They were blown away by our sacrifice, passion, and dedication for God’s Presence to invade their nation, asked us many questions, pledged their wholehearted support, and we ate some good fried chicken and rice together (they love the stuff!). It was a time I’ll never forget.
Yesterday the Lord put me in a hilarious situation and bombed me with a heavy revelation while I was speaking to a few hundred youth at a local church in town. They came streaming in from many churches all over the city wanting to hear the white man speak and hear what this BURN stuff was all about. I prepared some typical missions encouragement teaching for the night but scrapped it at the last minute because I thought it was too common, easy, and lame (I often do that). So I just started going off about the Davidic anointing on this generation and how God is on the search for those hearts. I said that He wasn’t interested in “good youth church kids” but the wild worshipping, crazy, feisty crew that would fight for His Presence at all costs.
The revelation came when I realized how DEFIANT David was against the systems, cultures, and enemies of God in his day. In 1 Samuel 17, He came out against his brother’s wishes to see what this talk of Goliath was all about. He fought just to get to the fight – imagine that! When he finally arrived, this little ruddy and handsome boy asked this question revealing his contempt: “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that He should defy the armies of the living God?” (Verse 26). Little David’s heart was bigger than any soldier in Saul’s army and was overcome with holy anger towards this enemy blaspheming His one true God. He did not resort to fear and toleration (like many teachings in our day). He did not bow out due to “respect” or “courtesy.”  He loved God way too much to do something foolish like that. He blatantly and ferociously attacked this principality that stood in between his nation of destiny and God’s perfect plan of freedom. I began to compare this simple Bible story to the current crisis in Indonesia. There is a massive Goliath in the land wreaking havoc all over this nation of destiny. So where are the David’s willing to stand up and slay the giant of Islam? Who will stare it in the face and beg the question “who is this uncircumcised Philistine that He should defy the armies of the living God?” I realized that I was practically yelling at this point in my delivery and the youth were totally stunned and stirred…but mostly stunned. I shared that God is raising up warriors with the sound of raw Davidic worship louder than the ugly chant of the many mosque’s flooding the atmosphere over the island with darkness and fear. Again, they were stunned. This didn’t stop me and I kept it rolling. I then invited those longing to be filled with a fiery jealousy to come forth and receive. They came running down and we began to lay on hands and pray for them. The Holy Spirit blasted through the room like something mighty fierce. Demons manifested and were cast out of those shaking on the floor, youth everywhere were weeping and falling out under the power, and encouragement, faith, and true defiance was released on a David generation. It was one wild night!
I didn’t find out until after the service was over that the church was strategically surrounded by three of the largest mosques in town. The pastor said they could most definitely hear what going on from the church (they turn their speakers up so insanely loud in these nations and we had a translator!) and that is why everyone was stunned I would say such things. He thought it was kind of funny and agreed the Church needs to rise up with the power and presence of the Lord that defies the lies and bondage of Islam holding the promises of God for the people at bay.
The Lord spoke clearly to us last year as we were praying about where to launch our first furnace in the nations (outside of the USA). We were in a season of intercession for the wall of Islam to fall over every nation and the billions of souls around the world its hideous grip are strangling out. The Holy Spirit spoke to me in a dream that if Islam is to crumble across the world…Indonesia would have to come down first. We sent our first BURN 24-7 short term team of 24 last year as a result and followed that up with a long term BURN ASIA team committed to one year of planting sustainable and enjoyable furnaces of night and day worship and prayer in the largest Muslim nation of the world. They have been doing an incredibly amazing job and are my new heroes in life.
So here we stand. Together with Indonesians from all over the Island at nearly 1am on Friday night, we are raising our voices in DEFIANCE at the Giants in the land and lifting a shout of Praise to the ONE TRUE BEAUTIFUL POWERFUL MAJESTIC INCREDIBLE GORGEOUS PERFECT HOLY WORTHY AND ONLY GOD OF INDONESIA!!
Sydney, Australia is next on the hit list…stay tuned!!

Keep blazing..
sean

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08.06.08 l Somewhere on Hainan Island, China

From a Bar to Beijing 
The supernatural ways of God have infected every day of our journey thus far. Divine encounters, powerful salvations, incredible healings, and the manifest Presence of God have marked us. We are out in the village on this beautiful mountainous island standing in the South China Sea off mainland China. There’s definitely a different feel out here from our first Burn launch in the fastest growing city in the nation (Shenzhen) and even from our second in the capital city of this province (Haikou). We are in a place where time somewhat stands still. Deemed the “Hawaii” of China, the island of Hainan is a popular vacation spot for the growing population of Chinese who can afford to travel. But the village we are in now is off the beaten path of vacationers.

Although you would think the government is somewhat relaxed and laid back in a place like this…think again. Please remember this is still China and NOT Hawaii. The week before we were coming out here…the host pastor of the first ever Burn in this region was arrested and brought in by the police on charges of suspicion. The government is anxious, worried, and fearful as the Olympics kick-off this friday and cracking down on anything they see as out of the norm. I guess a room crammed full of boisterous Chinese going for 24 hours of nation-shaking heart-pounding worship would raise a bit of an alarm!! Nevertheless…we could not deny the hunger of the people and so we moved locations to a place less common for a gathering like this - a sweet bar/nightclub. PERFECT!!!

Fire ripped through the place as the concept of vertical and Davidic worship was “caught” during the first set. We experienced something that has never happened during 24 hours of burning before - A WEDDING!! That’s right!! A couple that was denied a wedding by their family because of their love for Jesus desired be unified in the BURNING presence of God with all their radical worshipping friends!!! How amazing and prophetic is that?! This is definitely a prophetic picture of what God is doing in the nation today. He is longing for the true marriage of the lamb to take place across CHINA!! It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen happen in a BURN before and we were so honored to be apart of this event with the couple and their loving community.

There is much more to write but time is short and wifi is scarce. Tonight we depart for the final leg of our journey. We know God always saves the best wine for last and so we are expecting something to happen beyond our wildest dreams during our final Burn launch in Beijing. The entire world is gathering in that city this week…and God will ALWAYS get the glory when the attention of the world is at stake. We are contending for a mighty wave of God’s Presence to pour out of this burning furnace and wash over every tribe and tongue gathered there. We know God will manifest this through healings, salvations, miracles, and we’re elated at how this might all unfold.

Please pray for safety as we pass through the rigorous security process on our way into the city late tonight…we want to protect the precious lives of those leaders and pastors we’ll spent the last week with. They are forever in our hearts and they are BURNING like never before!

We’re gonna finish this off strong…but we covet, value and MUST have your prayers in this crucial hour!! We are confident in the truth of John 1:5 as we wrap up this assignment:

The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out! (MSG)

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stay in the heat…
sean and the burn china team

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Beloved Burn Crew…

Writing you from an undisclosed location in China and can’t be too specific with info because of the massive scrutiny right now over all our emails and communication. Trust me…they are reading this :  ). We just launched our second BURN furnace in the midst of the intensity in the atmosphere leading up to the Olympics next week. It was an absolutely gorgeous time as we taught for 2 hours leading up to it on vertical worship, the tabernacle of David, and this global movement of worship raging across the world. THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD THIS STUFF BEFORE!!! They are eating up every word and soaking in the revelation that these BURNS can change the atmosphere over their cities and nations. They are a people so sensitive to God’s Presence…they crumble when He enters the room and just began to weep, cry, dance, laugh, and worship with passion and devotion. During the past few BURN launches I’ve become completely overwhelmed by this movement God is releasing all over the world and not only that we get to be apart but are RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!!!

THE FIRE IS RAGING IN CHINA AND THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH IS GRABBING HOLD OF IT!!! The places we are burning are tucked away and hidden in back alleys and behind curtains over doors. The pastors keep saying that this will revolutionize the entire nation and many have plans to travel and bring this to every province of the nation!! They some of the boldest people I’ve ever met.

PLEASE KEEP PRAYING!!! PRAY PRAY PRAY!!! WE NEED INTERCESSORS TO RISE UP!! PLEASE MEET IN YOUR CITIES, CHURCHES, AND FURNACES AND CONTEND FOR OUR TEAM AND FOR THE NATION OF CHINA!!  The town we are traveling to tomorrow has faced some fierce persecution leading up the our BURN there in a few days. A few pastors have been thrown into prison and taken from their families. The apostolic leaders in China say this is worst and most intense persecution they have faced since the 1970’s!!! The government is laying down the hammer leading up to the Olympics in Beijing next week when they will open their borders to the world.

I cant wait to show you all the videos, footage, and pictures I am capturing…its like out of a movie or something…absolutely unreal stuff!! Every time I try to post something little on youtube the government pulls it down…so I’m gonna stop trying!! Just know that things are blazing!! I just talked with our BURN INDO team and realized we BURNED together in conjunction with them in Borneo last night and we are both ending today!! We didnt even plan that!! God is igniting all of Asia with this stuff!!!

WE ARE LIVING IN THE MOST AMAZING HOUR IN HISTORY!!! RISE UP AND PRAY AND USHER IN GODS GLORY WITH US OVER THE EARTH!!

much love, grace, and fire on you from the Far East!!

sean and the china crew

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san francisco, ca l 07.27.08

all eyes on china

1.4 billion souls and over 20% of the total world population is at stake.

Its been one wild insane beautiful week leading up to our BURN CHINA team departure today from SFO. My week actually started out in the Bay Area pouring into the move stirring in hungry hearts off Market Street in downtown San Francisco. What is so great about this season we are living in marked by favor and unusual “nearness” to the Presence of God is that He is no respecter of persons, cities, or nations!! God doesn’t love China more than He loves America or Lakeland more than San Francisco!!!! Isn’t that beautiful! His ways are not our ways nor His thoughts our thoughts (Is. 55:8)! God is simply showing up wherever people are getting on their face, getting over themselves, and realizing life is worthless and the world is hopeless without a real demonstration of His power and Kingdom manifested on earth. So last Sunday night we went for it and God showed up like He’s been doing every night for well over a month with this tribe of passionate pursuers in Northern CA! We felt the wave of the Lord come with true repentance, authentic joy, and divine healings!

His power became stronger and stronger as the days of the week moved forward. We journeyed to Tyler on Wednesday for a night of consecration and worship with tons of ravenous youth kids contending for fire to be released all over East Texas.  It was by far the most passionate crew I’ve ever been with out there…an army is coming forth that will break off religion in that region! We followed this up the next night with powerful Burn Preview meeting in DFW and an open air tent “revival style” gathering in the Texas countryside the night after that!   I’m beginning to witness people flocking to any place where they feel God might show up…they are coming out of the woodwork…and He is meeting us!

In preparation for China…I’ve been watching some footage from the underground church and its completely wrecking me forever!  Witnessing hundreds of Chinese believers packed together in an underground cave for their daily routine prayer meeting at 430am and they are weeping, laying prostrate, groaning and crying out in sincere devotion and desperation will mess you up! And this is NORMAL for them!!  The passion far eclipses anything I’ve ever experienced before…it moves me to tears and leaves me aching for more.  Not that anything could prepare me for what we are about to encounter…but I have new levels of desire stirring my heart for His Kingdom to be revealed to mankind. I know its all been building for what we are about to be apart of.

Let me quickly clarify a few things. We are NOT going to China as pompous and arrogant westerners feeling they “need” anything we have to give. We are broken and spilled out vessels going to serve, learn, grow, worship, and pray. We all realize we just need MORE of Gods Presence poured out on the nation and that is what binds us together.  Some of the most incredible doors imaginable have flung wide open for us on this trip! I cant go into too much detail, but we’ll be working solely with the thriving underground church as we journey from Hong Kong to Beijing and everywhere in between teaching, releasing, imparting, and burning night and day with the most passionate lovers on the planet. I’m personally praying to receive the mighty and real impartation of HUNGER on levels I know not of. I’m sooo ready for it and I know I need it more now than ever before!!

The eyes of the world are on China in this hour as they host the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and welcome the nations of the world within the communist borders. China is taking center stage and demanding the attention of the world. We believe with the underground church that “her light has come!” (Is. 60:1) God has positioned this whole deal from the beginning of the foundations of the earth and has set it all up. HE OWNS THE STAGE OF HISTORY IN THIS HOUR AND NO ONE (government, leader, principality) WILL TAKE IT FROM HIM! To the outside world, China is marked by a booming economy and quickly emerging as the new world super power crushing anyone that stands in her way. To the Chinese believers, the nation is corrupt, godless, plagued by famine, tribal wars, earthquakes, drought, and in desperate need of another sovereign move of God.

So here we are again…at a true moment of desperation on behalf of a nation in crisis. If He doesnt show up, reveal himself, and pour out His presence - the Nation and its 1.4 billion souls have no hope. The show is set and the OVER 20% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION LIVING IN HER BORDERS IS WHAT IS AT STAKE!! Pray for us as we journey on the next two weeks following the voice of the Spirit and planting sustainable furnaces of vertical worship and prayer among the largest nation in the world. WE NEED YOU TO RISE UP AND ENGAGE HEAVEN WITH US!!

Please pray our team verse with us:

” I will go before you and level the mountains, I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures [souls] of darkness [communist China], riches [souls] stored in secret places [underground church], so that you may know that I am the Lord..”

Isaiah 45:1-3

….stay in the heat

sean

www.theburn247.com

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 06.20.08 l 2.38am l Mount Carmel, Israel

We’ve come to the mountain of the Lord!

Its the original place of burning and fire. Its a place of devotion, zeal, faith and victory. In a time of corruption, wickedness, and godlessness during the rule of Ahab and Jezebel thousands of years ago, Elijah summoned the 450 prophets of Baal to a contest of fire as the entire nation of Israel looked on. Elijah’s deep devotion to the Father led Him to the revelation that God is not in the slightest bit scared by the spirit of Jezebel (even though Elijah he was!). His zeal rose up to contend and prove that God ALONE is faithful to His people and will not be put to shame. His faith led him to stand alone and against the powers of his day to call down the fire of God to consume the sacrifice on the altar. His victory released him to destroy the prophets of Baal while the nation saw “the God who answers by fire” (1 Kings 18:24) reveal Himself to an entire generation.

We are once again in time of absolute corruption and wickedness with a spirit of Jezebel reigning in our midst. Not only is Israel in shambles with wickedness, corruption, and unrighteousness supreme in the land…but the entire planet is in crisis! Nations are raging and the earth is groaning through floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, fires and storms (watch the news!). We and we have come to the mountain for an entire generation to once again witness that HE alone is Faithful as the God who answers by Fire! First that the scales would fall off the eyes of the Jews in the land and the nations of the world would follow suit (Rom 1:16).

So it makes sense that we would culminate our two week journey of rending the Heaven’s over the nation of Israel with 40 intense hours of BURNING on this sacred place. Everything has been lined up in preparation on the trip for this very moment. We are suspending in time and literally “caught up” with Him. Night and day merge together and we are overwhelmed and saturated in His goodness, joy, hope, zeal, and  salvation. We have taken in so much over the last few weeks that it would take hours to explain and expound on all the prophecies, dreams, visions, impressions, and unctions from the Sprit. Its been one wild flow led entirely by the Spirit from start to finish! We’ve spent time burning in worship and prayer for Jerusalem’s sake and restoration of the Jews…we’ve ventured into the some of the darkest places on earth (the palestinian refugee camps ) where terrorists are created and asked God to ignite a blaze among the Arabs that cannot be quenched…we’ve grabbed the mantles of Abraham, Joshua, Elijah, John the Baptist, and many others…and we’ve walked, talked, dreamed, and spent our most time with Yeshua.

While taking all that in is incredibly overwhelming for this crew (they are all completely wrecked, smashed and broken for life..Never to be the same again!!)…we are using those images, prayers, tears, and groanings as fuel for the fire this weekend!! Together with Jews, Arabs, Russians, Americans, Africans, and many other tribes…a sweet smelling incense is rising from this mountain. Songs, prophecies, declarations, and prayers are being released all tongues…its beautiful!! Its the kingdom and the nations!! The prophecy is now being fulfilled that God would draw the nations back to Israel (Ez 36:24) and here we are!! We are in a defining moment in history where this thing is playing out before our very eyes!!

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! WAKE UP NATIONS!! WAKE UP ISRAEL!!! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!  THE HOUR IS HERE….THE KINGDOM IS AT HAND…FRESH FIRE IS RAINING DOWN FROM HEAVEN!!! DONT MISS YOUR APPOINTED HOUR!

Onwards we shall BURN!! We still have more than 20 hours left and things are just picking up!! Last night we physically saw a cloud the size of a mans hand rise from the sea (1 Kings 18:44)!! It grew larger and and larger and covered the entire top of the mountain….YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!!

RAIN IT DOWN OH LORD!!!

fire on you..

sean

Mt. Zion, Jerusalem, Israel    l    2:17am    l    06.13.08

And here we are again..burning and gazing on Mount Zion. There is nothing like it in the entire world. Its the spiritual and governmental headquarters of humanity. Its the very place where “He dwells” according to hundreds of scriptures throughout the Word. And like we laughed about yesterday…He’s not having an identity crisis because theres a little golden mosque on it either! My soul is riveted to core once again and I cannot possibly sleep. The well of emotion, excitement, anticipation, and awe is deep and true inside my heart. I’m dazed right now while typing this because the heavenly sounds are rolling off this the lips and fingers of this young girl from East Texas who is being consumed with a new facet of God’s face. You can only see this side of Him by coming and experiencing this in His land of Israel. Its not anywhere close to hype or manipulation…its an overwhelming rush of His Presence that has been in this place all day and night as we’ve come to consecrate ourselves through fasting, blazing, and gazing. I’ve said it so many times before…Jerusalem has the most intense atmosphere out of any nation in the world…but God is SO NEAR!! The very moment you give him a mere crack of space with worship….He takes full advantage and invades so fast it takes your breath away.

Our team is a literal fulfillment of the many prophecy’s that God drawing the nations back to this place to worship.  We come with 17 worshipping and weeping warriors from four nations around the world. Tonight as I sang out Isaiah 62:6…this word was confirmed over us.

“I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of all the earth”

That sums this whole deal up. We came not for a “holy land tour” or fun summer mission trip to entertain Americans (We have enough of those don’t we?). We came to take our post as watchmen. We came to weep and repent for a broken and disillusioned people. We came to pray and worship until the hard heart of every Jew and Arab is softened to Yeshua. We came to contend for the fulfillment of everything promised over this city and nation.

We came for Zion’s sake.

“For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.”

Isaiah 62: 1

Please continue to pray for us as we head into 10 days of full on ministry, burning, and contending from one end of the nation to the other. We need supernatural strength and energy to fulfill what we are here for.

more to come!

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sean

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06.01.08 l  Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel

LET THE INCENSE RISE

It feels completely surreal. I have pinched myself many times in the past three days. We are here on THE Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. I say THE Mount of Olives because its THE MOUNT where very feet of Jesus will touch when He returns again to the earth. Its VERY FIRST place where His glory will be seen by every nation, tribe, and tongue. The mount will split in two and He will enter through the Eastern Gate of the holy city (Zech 14:4) We are on this mountain and we can see the eastern gate as we worship. This is without a doubt the most contended for piece of land in the entire earth. Every power and principality of darkness knows their end is coming when the feet of the ONE touch down. Every angel in Heaven eagerly awaits this moment where the Son is revealed to the nations and justice and righteousness prevail. The earth itself groans and cries out for this. We all long for it in the deepest part of our being. It all starts with the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Its the beginning of the end.

We can feel the weight of this as we enter into His Presence. Mere words cannot reveal the heaviness in the air. You would not even believe the struggle its been and the pain endured to see this ten days of worship during Pentecost happen on this spot (fulfillmentfestival.com). Satan himself knows that God is glorified through the worship of God’s people and his grip has been firm to keep that far from this place UNTIL that day. City and government officials, the local police, security guards, the arab neighbors and many more people have worked hard to not let this sound be released from this place. Men have gone back on their word, corruption has been all too common, and local arabs even tried to burn down this massive tent we are worshipping in on the first night!! Every single simple thing has been a ton of work to say the least! (most people in Jerusalem say this is common).  But yet..in the midst of all the warfare, confusion, strife, and drama…GOD IS ACCESSIBLE. He is near!!! I don’t know any other way to say this…HE IS LONGING TO BE REVEALED in this place! The moment we play a chord and cry out to Him with passion and purity….HE COMES!!

Tonight it was over the top! We got into a few grooves where I could almost see his cloud moving through the tent.   The worship went deep and pure. I love how you cannot bring any “starter” songs or poppy churchy stuff here. That doesn’t work…you gotta go for the juggler!!! You start out at 110% and don’t let up until the end..its my kind of style! People said tonight that they could literally smell Gods presence with us. Several said it smelled like roses and hyssop mixed together when we sang out “Let is rise…let the incense rise.” As the sun set down over Mount Zion (The temple mount) during the first part of my set…I began to sing the verse from Psalm and Malachi “from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets you will be praised through all the earth.” It suddenly came full circle in my mind that this place I was singing this from is where the sun is going to RISE FOR ETERNITY!! Something has shifted again in my heart from our times of worship together on the mount. We have joined with a multitude of people from all over the globe coming to see a place where He can dwell established on this ground. I’m not even sure what has shifted in me…but I feel it in the deepest part of my soul. Every time I come here…I get messed up and this time is by far the worst!

Tomorrow I leave but the worship does not. Please keep this crew in your prayers as bands from all over the world are coming in to release their sounds of love and worship to the Father through June 10th!! I believe its just going to get thicker and thicker as the nights move on. Who knows…maybe it will usher in move of His Spirit back to this city. The only thing that can change the hard hearts of this land is His Presence released through true worship. What we have been doing is the answer. Its only answer and the hope for the nation.

I’m heading to Santa Cruz, CA for a few days of BURNING with some good friends, then to the East Coast for my sisters wedding, and back again to this glorious land with the BURN ISRAEL team!!!

POUR IT OUT LORD!!!

sean

Bangkok, Thailand  l  05.29.08

A WHIRLWIND OF FAITH

The past two weeks have been an absolute whirlwind. I am suddenly beginning to feel the effects of it now as I’m sitting in the Bangkok Airport drinking coffee and trying hard to stay awake. I leave in a few hours on a direct flight back to Israel. It seems like just yesterday I was there with Kate for The Call on the global day of prayer. Since that moment, I’ve visited four distinct countries spanning across Asia which tell four remarkable stories of how God is moving all over the world. I feel like out of everyone out there in humanity, I have no reason to possess any lack of faith in my life. God has graciously given me a view  into His moves across the world that people seldom get to see…especially with the little time I’ve been alive. I am just a kid still…and I have to pinch myself sometimes when I doubt Him for simple things. I just don’t have an excuse now nor will I for the rest of my life after the adventure I’ve been on with God for the last two years.

After the incredible BURN launch in Nepal last week…we spent some very brief time New Delhi, India with some of the most humble people I have ever met. A group of 15 pastors traveled overnight on a 14 hour train ride (you dont wanna know what these trains are like) from the Punjab region of India (near Pakistani border) to be trained up and released in planting “presence based” churches and houses of prayers among the unreached parts of NW India. It was one of the most humbling experiences of my life to say the least. I am no where near qualified to teach these guys on anything…their dedication, work ethic, and passion far exceeds mine in every facet. Just being in the room with them and watching them pray and worship was so inspiring to me. Nevertheless…I poured out all that I had within me in the 5 sessions we had together before I had to fly out to Indonesia that night. Gods presence fell as I started to teach on it and that made much easier as we just fell into it together. There were some massive and deep workings imparted to these Indian firebrands that I can’t even imagine…i just felt a release of GOD on them. It was very powerful to witness and an honor to be apart of. As I flew out to Bali…I just thanked God that He showed up so their time and energy wasn’t wasted. It could have easily been a different story if God wasn’t there. India is ready for a massive inferno…and I believe their passion and fervor God is stirring up will astound the world.

I’m not gonna lie…my time in Bali, Indonesia was a very intense experience. Although it was my third time on what has been dubbed “the island of the gods”…the Spiritual atmosphere has never been more active and alive. As I visited our first long term BURN team, we all believe and feel there is a transition taking place in their mission. God has brought them through some intense “schooling” the past three months, but they have never been more unified with one heart and one vision for their purpose in the largest muslim nation in the world. We experienced some incredible healing and restoration of the Holy Spirit and I believe they are ready to fly higher and farther than ever before. From the moment my feet hit the ground to the moment we drove to the airport…God granted open doors with the top apostolic leaders of the entire nation. I have been calling out to them for wisdom, guidance, discernment and support. I HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY AT WHAT GOD HAS DONE. He has flung the doors wide open for the BURN 24-7 to be in relationship with great heros of the faith - men and women who have risked it all for Gods Presence and His glory in that nation and are thriving in His favor and revival in this hour!! There is no explanation for that kind of favor for people who do not deserve it other than this simple truth: God wants his name glorified and lifted high in Indonesia. The team will be an integral part of The Call launching on August 18th in Jakarta that will be the largest gathering of youth in the nations history!! That is only the beginning of what is ahead for that team!! I am so proud of them and believe they will truly be apart of seeing that nation set on fire for the glory of God!

In Nepal He’s pouring out His glory…In India He’s pouring out His glory….In Turkey He’s pouring out His glory…In Indonesia He’s pouring out His glory…and all roads lead back to Jerusalem - where He will continue to pour out His glory until His gorgeous feet touch down on the Mount of Olives and He walks through the eastern gate revealing His glory to all of humanity!!

Thats where I’m headed!! Pray for us as we launch PUBLIC worship and prayer on the Mount of Olives May 20-June 10!! This has never been done in this manner before…especially with the governments approval!! I’ll be leading worship on May 31st and June 1st….please and pray and contend for a release of a fresh wave over the Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem!!

More to come…

_sean