So I am sitting here in an overcrowded townhouse bedroom. I am upstairs and set up between two other guys on the floor, and two other guys on the other side of the room. The fan is blowing hard, and trying to keep us cool, as the humidity and body heat cause quite a warm environment.

On my left, Andy Bird. He is an amazing firebrand from the main YWAM mission base. He has been there 10 years and is full of zeal for the presence of God an the nations. On my immediate right, Lucas Skrobot, director of the Burn Denver. He is locked and loaded, watch out - fire breather.

Other side of the room - Jim Errod - He gets the bed, as he is the elder of all of us. He is on the senior leadership team for YWAM in Kona, Hawaii. He is an amazing father, as he has labored 35 years launching ministries, and missionaries (all the same as living sacrifices) into the farthest darkest corners of the earth. He is pouring out blessing and approval on the movement that we are so embracing.

Last, but certainly not least, Nathan Fray. He is an individual living in a community house/recording studio/24-7 house of prayer in Knoxville, TN. Amazing testimony about how determined kids can too be a part of what is going on to influence film and music with a $0 budget. Yeah, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

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As I sit here sweating, neck kinked from being in an awkward position between two random guys and trying to be quiet and comfortable, I realize that I have been born for two things. I have been born to worship, and I have been born to birth a wide spread knowledge and understanding of a kingdom principles.

I can’t sit back any longer and say, I know how to network, and I know so and so, and I can get this for you know who. I have to use the tools - people and resource and money - that God has given me to pursue the cause of the greater good - the Glory of God in the earth, which is the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all those that are deemed worthy enough to accept the responsibly of losing our lives, so that we might gain it. (That is every human by the way.)

I am inspired and I feel dwarfed by such accomplished individuals, who have 50+ stamps in their passports, and commissioned thousands of missionaries and have even more testimonies to the things God has done miraculously in the recent past. However, I feel as though all of us have the one thing that matters, and that is why the network is formed, and why things are accelerated, and why prayers are answered - We love Jesus, and we are dedicated to the Kingdom being advanced in our hearts, in our families, and in our local communities. It is just icing on the cake when our visions go international.

I was reminded by one of my best friends the other day, as he mentioned the things he would tell someone if he only had a moment left in his life. He said the following:

1) I would say, “Seek God.”
2) Look for Jesus. He’s the only way.

We are all tied together as the priests, whores, saints, moms, prophetic glory stir swirlers, and fathers, all of which are called into order as the HEIRS OF GOD. We are to pursue the things in our hearts, which God planted in our souls in the realm of free will, well before the foundations of the earth were established, to accomplish with blazing speed and zeal the will of God in the earth - which is to exalt God in our praise, establishing His Kingdom in our hearts so the world might know of our love. There is no higher calling. There is NOTHING ELSE.

So, I could write on and on and on and on about the revelation of the Gospel in my heart right now, and tell you of testimony after testimony of what God has done, is doing, and what He promises to do. I won’t because the answer is simple. He has placed something so big in my heart, that I could only complete it with Him, for Him, and with Him in mind. He is the one I long to please. And yes, I could never really please Him, but I choose to be ignorant enough to know that I can seek after His heart to see His purposes built, established, and accomplished in the earth, just as they are in heaven.

So in that, I pray that Lord, you would train us up to think of the future generations, to think outside of our box, and to think of your will, pre- the through the wringer of our own minds, and allow You to soak us with Your anointing - raw - powerful - purposeful in it’s distribution, that You might pour out your love, and allow our sons and daughters and grandchildren to see Your return because the great commission was accomplished in the earth out of the earnest prayer, intercession, worship, and love and care that You instructed us to operation in and around.

Blessings be to our God, the Lord of hosts, and the lifter of our heads. May You never cease to show us how big You are, how loving You are, and how worthy You are.

Blessed be the name of the Lord, and may fire come in the Spirit of the Holy One of Israel, revealing the only burning man, Jesus Christ our Lord, who is the way the truth and the life - leading us to eternal life of submission and service to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

DON’T MISS!
Here are several events coming up in THIS WEEKEND!

- Pre-Burn Meeting 7pm, August 21st - Believer’s Church

- Burn Preview Night 7pm, August 22nd - Believer’s Church

If there is only one meeting that you can make this weekend, make sure to attend this one. It is going to be a night where we worship and pray together, and express the heart of the Burn, and impart the DNA of the Burn! Don’t miss it! If you already know what the Burn is, make sure to invite your Pastor, Worship leader, church leadership, and friends to hear about what we’re doing!

- 24 Hours of Burn midnight, August 22nd - Believer’s Church

Come and experience the fire, passion, and heart of the Burn 24/7 with Sean Feucht and the Burn Tulsa Team at the Burn Preview. This is not a night to miss!Crying out for His Presence. . . . .
Creating for the Creator. . . . .
Awakening a Generation. . . . .
Transforming a city with non-stop vertical worship and prayer. . . . .

This is our DNA. It is bringing unity. It is creating a platform for him. He is bringing forth a greater revelation of Love in Christ Jesus!

Make sure to bring everyone you know with you on Friday, August 22nd to the BURN PREVIEW.

Everyone needs to know about the Burn, and how it is changing the City of Tulsa. . . . .
One note at a time. . . . .
One phrase at a time. . . . .
One heart at a time. . . . .
REDEEMING THE TIME.

Please forward this on to everyone you know so that we can watch the city BURN!

Please make sure to visit www.burntulsa.com to hear some of the music that has been captured recently. Also, if you are not normally on our email list, and would like to be, please email tulsa@theburn247.com.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact brandons@theburn247.com - especially if you want to get involved in future events in town!

Precious Burnites,
 
I just got home from the Burn Summitt and The Call in Washington DC, and the Lord has lit me up with a renewed vision and fervor to intercede for this land!  I AM REFRESHED AND READY TO TAKE THE LAND AGAIN!  WE ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING THE SWEET FRAGRANCE OF WORSHIP AND ABANDONMENT IN THE RIVER VALLEY TO SEE A TRANSFORMATION OF OUR LAND!
 
 
The Lord spoke to me the morning before The Call and said that I was going to a “governmental summitt”, and that I would be bringing back a strategy for dominion in the River Valley!  I was unsure of what that meant exactly until a group of us went to pray on the steps of the Capitol (where the Senate and House of Representatives resides and all of our national laws are made).  At the base of the Capitol, I was overcome with the spirit of confusion that resided there.  I literally felt like I had stepped onto foreign soil, because of the demonic strongholds that are circling our law-makers.  Our country was based on the sure foundations of righteousness, but that foundation has been given away to the strongholds of tolerance and greed! It is right and good for all men to have equal liberties, but at what cost have we allowed those equal liberties?  We have allowed mothers to kill their unborn children… we have allowed the government to take our civil liberty of prayer out of our schools… HOW LONG WILL WE ALLOW A BABYLONIAN RULE TO RESIDE IN OUR NATION!?!?
 
On the steps of the capitol, as four of us were interceding boisterously in the midst of at least 300 people… I felt a war-cry stirring in my spirit! IT’S TIME TO TAKE OUR LAND BACK FROM THE ENEMY!! IT’S TIME TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF THE LORD IN OUR NATION! IT’S TIME TO FORSAKE FEAR AND RISE UP TO A HOLY MANDATE IN OUR LIVES!
 
Under me… I could feel the ground trembling!! THE EARTH IS READY FOR THE RETURN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE!  The Lord is coming back into the land! He is establishing justice again! Judgement is ringing in the ears of all who hear! I was so struck with the urgency of the hour this week!!
 
RIVER VALLEY!! IT IS TIME TO FALL ON YOUR FACE!! IT IS TIME TO CONTEND FOR THE LAND! NO MORE TIME FOR GAMES! NO MORE TIME FOR OFFENSES! DO NOT LET THE ENEMY WOUND YOU ANY LONGER! LET A WAR-CRY ARISE IN YOUR SPIRITS FOR YOUR FAMILIES… FOR YOUR FRIENDS… FOR THIS CITY… FOR YOUR NATION!! IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE LAND BY FORCE!! WE ARE AT WAR IN OUR NATION, AND IT IS TIME TO RECOGNIZE IT! WE HAVE THE KEYS TO UNLOCKING OUR CITY… THOSE KEYS ARE WORSHIP & INTERCESSION!!!!
 
 
 
So… Please come to the Burn August 30th!! We will be contending for the land with repentance and abandonment!
 
What:  BURN FT. SMITH
When: AUGUST 30TH  12pm-12am (12hrs)
Where:  Crossroads Church  200 Rudy Rd. Alma, AR
Why:  TO SEE THE LORD’S RIGHTEOUS THRONE RISE IN OUR LAND!

8.8.8 l Beijing, China
Burners, Contenders, and Fellow Countrymen..
Here I go…trying to wrap up the last 24 hours isn’t gonna be easy (much less summarizing the entire journey)…forgive me in advance for all the details I’m going to leave out. For the sake of those that get easily overwhelmed with too many words on my blogs (wimps..haha : )…

Here is the MEGA HIGHLIGHTS LIST SUMMARIZED BELOW:

- Burning outside in Tian’anmen Square / Downtown Beijing with thousands of bystander Chinese soaking in the PRESENCE

- Confrontation with staunch Chinese Police in Tian’anmen Square 

- Interview with Al-Jezeera News Agency on God and the Olympics while praying for the Iraqi Reporter

- Igniting the last of 4 consecutive China Burn launches in Beijing during the Olympic opening ceremony with the underground church

- Its 8.8.8 with a load of new beginnings

THE MAKING OF MODERN HISTORY

Right now I’m watching the finale of the Olympic opening ceremony in my hotel room less than 5 miles away from where it is taking place live in Beijing. This is a historic event not only for the Communist China but for the entire history of humanity. The date is 8.8.8. While we are getting some shuteye to catch an early flight out in the morning, the rest of the western world is just waking up.

Thousands of people from 204 nations are gathered together in the stadium eagerly awaiting the lighting of the Olympic torch. They are boisterously cheering and aggressively waving their respective flags as millions of people from around the world look on. It is quite possibly one of the most incredible things I’ve ever witnessed in my life. Presidents, Kings, stars, athletes…they are all there. The city is completely on lock down. And I thought Washington DC was bad! There is no way to explain the presence of police and military on the streets here. We just drove across the six rings of the city and there was not a sidewalk, street, and corner not completely covered with them. There vast power and authority is on display to the world tonight.

All the while something is raging behind a dark alleyway off a dirt road in an undisclosed location in the city that is shaking the earth and releasing a fragrance to heaven.

NEW BEGINNINGS UNVEILED

There is an electricity in the air that is impossible to articulate and its far more than Olympic hype. Something is shifting across the nations of the world TODAY. NOW. HERE. Simply put…as the world gathers here…God will not let ANYONE steal the spotlight. He always gets the last word.

As we gathered with the Beijing army (some even coming from inner Mongolia!!) to release the DNA of the BURN and vertical worship (with 3 cities of prep behind us)…we spilled our guts with all the revelation, teaching, and impartation we could muster on our final day to this hungry underground crew. I have NEVER felt a more urgent call to worship and pray. Pregnant with the most gut wrenching unction I’ve ever felt before…we collapsed on our face during the opening set and proclaimed this prophetic decree of our day:

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.

The people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.”

ISAIAH 43:18-19. 21

That single moment of raw deep groaning together..Chinese and American…spirit to Spirit..was the reason we came. Something was transfered, shifted, and absorbed that I will never forget. An era of new beginnings was ushered on 8.8.8. We were thrown onto the stage of history with the company of the those whom the world isn’t worthy ( Heb. 11:38) and became the watchmen of not only China…but every tribe and tongue on earth.

I just heard the Olympic announcer of this ceremony become a voice of truth to city and nation as he declared this right now:

“Beijing: You are a host to the present [or THE PRESENCE] and a gateway to the future”

TIAN’ANMEN MADNESS GOES DOWN

The night before the BURN was to launch in Beijing…we arrived and had some stupid, crazy idea to go down in the middle of the communist chaos and stir it up even more. Throwing out all conventional wisdom but zeroing in on the voice of the Lord, we entered the square to join over 10,000 mainly chinese olympic-goers. We burned in front of the Mormon Temple open-air-style earlier this year in 5 degree weather (check out the youtube video) and with a healthy Biblical example (Gideon, Jericho, etc).. we put our 1 year multiple entry visas on the line while our underground friends prayed for us.

We blazed on the same stones that witnessed thousands of Chinese students cry for freedom and become brutally murdered for their demand in 1989. We became the voice of true freedom as we opened our guitars and djembes and let the sound rush forth. And they gathered. Hundreds circled around us within 2 minutes of the first chord strummed and that is NO exaggeration. Only God knows how many people were there before the police came through 20 minutes later. ALOT of sound came out in that time though and I doubt that worship has ever been heard there before.

Reporters, newspaper editors, TV anchors, university students..they all happened to be there at that time and HIS PRESENCE took center stage. After the first police car broke right through our holy huddle (not stopping for anyone…sound familiar??)…the people would not leave. They came back and requested more! So we went for round two and the numbers grew. This outraged the police and they brought two bigger vehicles through the second time. After the fourth interruption…we got the hint and ended with ecstatic prophetic declaration and people cheering. WILD!!

My favorite line was the last policeman driving through rolled down his window and said quietly to me (almost under his breath)…“please come back tomorrow.”

This doesn’t even begin to capture all that went down during this episode. Watch the video that will post on our youtube account in a few days.

INTERVIEW WITH AL JAZEERA NEWS

Lucas, Caleb and I ventured in front of the massive Olympic Stadium (nicknamed the “Birds Nest”) to check it out and pray. Lucas was sharing this powerful dream he had on the plane flying to Beijing of the stadium as we were in front of it. In the dream, the powers of darkness were working to strangle out the glory of God and keep it bound over the nation..but the glory and Presence of God grew so strong that it burst forth and  broke every ancient yoke and bondage once keeping it back. As I was capturing this vision (to post it on youtube)..tons of people began to crowd around us. Up to the at point, we had been interviewed several times by China Daily and ESPN about the Olympics and the excitement in the air. None of us expected what was to come.

An Arab reporter named Kareem walks up to me and asks if he can interview me. I asked him what it was for and he responded with “Al Jazeera News.” He had no badges or press pass because he said the committee refused to grant them…but explained how he flew in from Qatar to cover the games. He asked me questions and I began to talk about how I feel God has a bigger plan for Beijing than even the Olympics and He was gathering the nations together for something even greater - A display of His glory!! He was a little baffled…but kept talking. He shared his story about his family back home in Iraq and the hardships they are enduring. We then began to pray for him while his recorder was still on!! I felt the Presence of God in that place and we all just stood there for a minute after the prayer feeling real good. He then invited us to come to Bagdad next summer..total confirmation for BURN BAGDAD 09 baby!!

I mean…what are the chances that God would bring a radical muslim from Al Jazeera news to come FIND US and then open the door for us to pray fire over him!! That is sure new beginnings for me!

A FRESH ERA

China has entered into something fresh and alive. The Tian’anmen Square episode represents an openness to this new sound God is ushering in on a mass level. The ravenous fire of the BURN now blowing wildly depicts the dry kindling [underground church] ready for something all consuming and new. Almost every Chinese pastor, apostolic leader, evangelist and worshipper we talked with across the nation repeated this phrase: CHINA IS READY FOR A NEW THING - WE NEED IT NOW MORE THAN EVER. A revelation coming to me was that persecution doesn’t blot out politics and religion in the underground church [trust me], they are alive and active due to our stinking flesh. But the church is unified in its plea for something fresh. They all want it and will give anything up for it. This desperate hunger to “forsake all” is what makes me weep and join together in their plea.

A fresh era is at hand in China and God is “raining down righteousness” and the “earth is opening wide” to receive it [Isaiah 45:8].

Let every nation, tribe, and tongue join together in this pursuit.

Check back later to see all the videos posted on our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/burn247.

NI HAO from the great land of China!!!

I’m writing this from an undisclosed location in the most populous nation on the planet! The eyes of the world are on this land, boasting over 20% of the world’s total population (1.3 billion) and the fastest growing economy as the 2008 Olympics ignite this Friday and the nations flock to the capital city of Beijing. Our team has been here for the past week planting BURN furnaces among the thriving, hungry, and persecuted underground church. We have been on a wild, glorious, fruitful journey together witnessing this flame of vertical and Davidic worship take root and become indigenous among the Chinese in several provinces. The culmination will take place in Beijing. As the world watches the Olympic torch lit during the opening ceremony, we will be tucked away with the tribe igniting the flame of BURNING worship and prayer on behalf of China and its 1.1 billion lost souls. Please continue to pray and contend for us..We need it now more than ever!!

This newsletter is packed full of incredible updates, testimonies and opportunities from our burning tribe around the globe! We are so excited to announce our first annual GLOBAL BURN SUMMIT taking place in Washington DC on August 14-16th in conjunction with THE CALL! We will welcome Burn directors and leaders from around the globe to pray, strategize, and hang together as one big family together for our first time ever!! Look forward to hearing an amazing report of all God reveals and releases to us during this time.

Stay in the Heat of His Presence!!
Sean Feucht

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BURN INDONESIA - September 1 - September 15
BURN CHINA - July 25 - August 11
BURN TURKEY - September 22 - October 6
BURN UGANDA - November 7-24

Burn China Update:

…we have ignition! The two Burns launched so far have had thick glory, and we have not had a dull moment in between!

Our trip so far has been full of supernatural meetings & Divine appointments. Even now as our team is traveling, a house church pastor with over 70 churches got on our bus. Even though the driver told him it was full, he insisted in getting on. As he walked passed us, he felt incredible peace. When he saw our translator reading her Bible, he came up and said, “I am a brother”. It gets better -  He has been leading worship for 20 years and has a team of musicians that play indigenous Chinese instruments. We could see fire in his eyes as we spoke to him about the Burn, and he got on the phone and beginning making phone calls from the bus to get his team to the 3rd city where we will launch a 24-hour Burn on this trip. We are seeing this kind of thing repeated again and again.

In the midst of launching the burns, a lot of ministry is taking place. We’ve been with brothers and sisters that have suffered imprisonment and severe persecution. We’ve had dinner with homeless men that were brought off the street and to the Lord (they burned with us too!). Healings, Words of knowledge, prophecy – the Lord has used our small team to speak deep, prophetic encouragement to the family here including some influential leaders.

Our trip is halfway done. One of our team members said that there has been more ministry and outpouring in one evening on this trip than an entire week of when they were here last year. The atmosphere is charged, and the time is ripe!

We know that the favor, blessings, and guidance we are receiving so far on this trip is the result of prayer, so thank you for praying! The second half of the trip is the most risky. We’re ending the trip in Beijing, where the 4th furnace will be ignited. “Burn Beijing” – don’t you like the sound of that? New beginnings will ignite in Beijing on 08.08.08!! Please continue to lift us up in prayer – we seriously need you to partner with us and have a stake in this with us. 1.3 billion souls are hungry to know the One Who created them, and the Burn is a part of the strategy God has chosen to reach them.

Burn Wagon Update:

For over a year a group of young radicals have contended for Revival in the night hours of the Burn, releasing a new sound, and prophesying over their city and nation! Out of the flames of these prayer meetings God has wounded these “burning ones” with His heart for America. The dream to take the Burn mobile, to plant furnaces across the nation, and to light fires of revival are now a reality has this team is now well into their first week of Burning in four southern states and soon to ascend up the east coast releasing fire and then joining with thousands of their tribe for the Call D.C. This team is affectionately known as the “Burn Wagon”

Every place that the Burn Wagon has gone God has released a spirit of repentance during the times of worship! We have felt the ache in our Father’s heart over a nation that is destined for the fires of judgment if the church does not rise up!  Night after night the Spirit of grace has urged people to their knees with groaning and weeping! I have never seen such an intensity in the hearts of people…a desperation for God to send His glory and for the church to rise up out of the ashes of religion.

Even in churches that seemingly are on the cutting edge of what God is doing we still have felt the sting of religion, works oriented Christianity, putrid pride, dulled hearts, and apathy that seems to be the veil over our nation! We realize the solution is not to hype these meetings and command people to press in but to simply worship the King and lean in to His presence to open our eyes to see our true condition!  Seeing our true condition has left an ache in our hearts! It hurts to see the reality of who we have become as the church.  However, we must face this reality, let it lead to godly sorrow and then to true repentance!

The hope that we have found are the hundreds of hidden away, hungry tribe of worshipers and intercessors who have been contending for this common purpose—Awakening!
God has a people that have not yielded to the spirit of the age and have sacrificed night after night of prayer to see this hope become a reality!

One of the major lessons God has taught us so far is to let go of our agenda, our strength, our know-how, our talent and to lean in to Him.  Much of these lessons have come through our 1970 Greyhound bus that seems to be falling apart at the seams! Everything from the air-conditioning quitting, to the steering wheeling falling off, to the generator breaking down, and the air-breaks not working right have tested our reliance and trust in Him–and its working! We’ve let go of control and have let God lead us each place that we’ve gone. God gave us grace to lead four people to the Lord on the streets of Shreveport and New Orleans so far!  God has given us the ability to let go of our talent and hype and let him lead in each night of worship!

As a result we are stepping out of our strength and into the supernatural!  This group of young radicals has given me great hope! This is the generation he has chosen to carry this thing through to His return!  They have fire, anointing and persistence that I have never seen before!  Continue to pray for us as we endeavor to be vessels of His heart in each city that we will go to.  Stay tuned for some video blogs and more pictures!

Burn Indonesia Update:

Sitting in our first Burn here in Pontianak, and it feels surreal. We could have never made this happen on our own, God has been opening door after door, and now tonight it is actually happening! Twenty different churches from all over the city are apart of this 24 hours of worship and intercession! The first time in this city anything like this has happened! It has been going on for only 5 hours so far, and already I am exhausted. Indonesians are crazy intense and just keep going! HaHaHa I love it so much.
We need your prayers today….

Pray that God will reveal Himself in new and creative ways.

We are believing for REVIVAL in this land, and bigger than in the 1960’s!

FIRE FIRE FIRE

Greetings!

Here are several events coming up in August!

- Pre-Burn Meeting 7pm, August 21st - Believer’s Church

- Burn Preview Night 7pm, August 22nd - Believer’s Church

- 24 Hours of Burn midnight, August 22nd - Believer’s Church

Be sure to mark your calendars!

Come and experience the fire, passion, and heart of the Burn 24/7 with Sean Feucht and the Burn Tulsa Team at the Burn Preview. This is not a night to miss!

Crying out for His Presence. . . . .
Creating for the Creator. . . . .
Awakening a Generation. . . . .
Transforming a city with non-stop vertical worship and prayer. . . . .

This is our DNA. It is bringing unity. It is creating a platform for him. He is bringing forth a greater revelation of Love in Christ Jesus!

Make sure to bring everyone you know with you on Friday, August 22nd to the BURN PREVIEW.

Everyone needs to know about the Burn, and how it is changing the City of Tulsa. . . . .
One note at a time. . . . .
One phrase at a time. . . . .
One heart at a time. . . . .
REDEEMING THE TIME.

Please forward this on to everyone you know so that we can watch the city BURN!

Please make sure to visit www.burntulsa.com to hear some of the music that has been captured recently. Also, if you are not normally on our email list, and would like to be, please email tulsa@theburn247.com.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact brandons@theburn247.com - especially if you want to get involved in future events in town!

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)

Feel free to pass this on!!

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

08.31.08 l Downtown Shenzhen l Southern China

I am in love with this country - period.

We haven’t even been on the ground in mainland China 48 hours yet…and we have already imparted our heart for BURN 24-7 with the apostolic pastors, worship leaders, and musicians (in a “short” 6 hour service yesterday), hung out and loved on precious children at a local orphanage, and are now 9 hours into our first of four BURN launches across the nation!! We dont play games on these trips people!! Time is short and the kingdom is at hand here!! We launched 24 hours of nonstop, passionate, vertical worship and prayer with the thriving underground church here in a small room tucked away on the 5th floor (grace!!) of a massive business skyscraper in the downtown of the fastest growing city in all of China!! There couldnt be a more strategic city to ignite this blaze in and I’ve never met a people more ready and hungry for it.

Shenzen is the “southern gate” of China and the largest port in the nation (3rd largest in the world!). Anything received and welcomed here quickly spreads throughout the entire country. So shall it be with this fire God is releasing as I’m typing now! The average age of the city population is under 30 years old and they are yearning for truth and life in the midst of the “economic boom” that has radically shifted the lives of evert Chinese citizen. I heard the prophetic declaration spoken from Hanna when we arrived two days ago: “these people are dry kindling…they are so ready for this!” She was so right and that statement has never been more true. I’ve never met people so tender towards the Presence of God. They just melt when He enters the room. They know their Jesus and He is keen to come visit them whenever they ask. They are a weeping, warring, waiting, hungry people and what I’ve learned from them in this short time has already changed my life!

This entire idea of Davidic night and day worship is a brand new concept in this nation. As we shared and taught on this yesterday with pastors and leaders around the city, they ate up every word we spoke and every prayer we prayed. They asked many questions and agreed that God’s Presence is the only hope to reach over 1 billion lost souls across the nation. Three things about what we’ve experienced have blasted me already.

1) As we strategized on how to plan this first of many BURNS…they suggested that we take 3 hour sets each because the typical 2 hours is just too short!! This is the first time in all my travels in planting the BURN furnaces across the world that I’ve ever heard this. We just couldnt deny them…so 3 hours it was!

2) I quickly realized that you don’t “lead” worship with the Chinese…there is no such thing. They blaze with all their heart towards Jesus and you just try to keep up with them!! They could easily do without you..that is a powerful revelation for the nations.

3) The pure simplicity of worship has hit me so hard tonight. I really struggled going into this BURN because they insisted that our team take the first  shifts while hundreds of eager NON-ENGLISH speaking Chinese were ready to worship with us. I tried to explain that it would be hard for them to understand and engage because I dont know any Mandarin or any of their songs. They taught me how to say “Jesus Come” and I knew that Hallelujah was pronounced the same (as in all languages). So that was enough to fill 3 hours of worship. THEY NEVER GOT TIRED OF SAYING THOSE SIMPLE WORDS…AND I REALIZED THAT I NEVER GOT TIRED EITHER!!

Maybe we make things too complicated in the West with our many crafty words. Maybe “Come Jesus” and “Hallelujah” is enough. It sure works over here in the fastest growing church in all of recording history.

Just some thoughts and revelations…We’re all getting blasted over here!! I’ve found myself just laying prostrate asking God for the same passion, zeal and fervor that drives them to weep, wail, groan, dance, and sing at the top of their lungs to their Father!!

Its beautiful, moving, and BURNING hot right now! Thanks for praying!

More to come!! We fly out tomorrow for destination #2…be praying for us as we go!!

stay in the heat….

sean