New songs from Paul Anleitner’s debut album “Emmanuel-God With Us” up on myspace and on paulanleitner.com

We’ve added another night of prayer, worship, and intercession here in the Twin Cities. We are now gathering every Wednesday from 7-9pm and every Saturday from 7:30pm -12am at North Heights Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN.
Also on Wednesdays before we start worship and intercession, there will be teaching on the “Beauty Realm” or the throne-room of God as described in Revelation 4 from 6pm-7pm.
We will attempt to get a better picture of the eternal dwelling place of God from studying the written Word together, and then encounter this Holy God through prayer and worship.All are welcome!
Paul Anleitner
www.paulanleitner.com 

We’re calling all the Saints in Minneapolis and St. Paul to gather together in Midway/St. Paul Saints Stadium this Saturday, May 17th at 7pm for worship and prayer.  Thousands from all over the Twin Cities will be unified in repentance, worship and intercession.Paul Anleitner from Burn 24-7 will be leading worship for the second of two sets.Come and Join us!  

so its 2:30 am, and i should be fast asleep…but I’m all Feucht-style fired up!! so pass this a long to every body on the email list. why?Because the Holy Spirit broke through in POWER tonight at our city-wide, united prayer effort between Burn Twin Cities, Twin Cities House of Prayer and Minnesota House of Prayer. For the last couple months we have been gathering every Saturday night from 7:30-Midnight (or later) at the same strategic location that the Lord has opened up for us. Every week we have truly burrowed ourselves deeper and deeper into the heart of God and the great mysteries of His love for us, but this week He broke through with SIGNS AND WONDERS…..and most importantly SALVATIONS!!! So this guys comes in tonight who I’ve never seen before, and as I’m leading worship I’m looking back at the corner of the room and watching as this guy is just balling his eyes out before the Lord, and with the eyes of my Spirit I can see something all over Him. So I’m wondering, “Lord, what kind of work are you doing with him?” So towards the end of our set we hit this crazy pocket of “Jesus joy” and we had like 60 or 70 people running round the room dancing and singing like children, then miraculous stuff starts happening and people start getting physically healed of stuff like broken limbs and blood disorders (to name a couple! i’ll give you more details as they come in)! In the midst of this I’m still seeing this guy in the back get rocked in the spirit, I mean the annointing was jumping off him like bolts of lightning. I see him come up and talk to one the guys on the leadership team and ask he could share a miracle that just happened to him. So while balling his eyes out he comes up on stage and shares in broken English how he recently moved here from Africa (called a house of prayer for all nations, right?) and had no idea why he came to the meeting tonight and had no clue what it was about. In fact, HE WASN’T EVEN SAVED (when he walked in…), but he cried out weeping, “I MET JESUS TONIGHT! I MET JESUS TONIGHT!” and then crumbles face toward the floor prophesying and testifying.Nobody prayed with him or led him down “Romans Road”, God just met him right where he was standing! This guy get saved, set free, filled with the Holy Spirit and literally no one can take the credit for any of it except for Jesus. Afterwards, the man found himself surrounded by the loving embrace of several of the young men present who felt led to stand with him during the most important moment of his life. It was absolutely beautiful…it was like the true potential of the Church in action!  paul anleitner

That is what my dear friend MaryLynn Christopher said last night as we ended our 4th “Prayer Furnace” gathering. MaryLynn has been the head of Twin Cities House of Prayer for the last 8 years now, and has been diligently carrying the vision of 24-7 worship and prayer. Several months ago a few of us involved with the some of  many 24-7 houses of prayer  in the Twin Cities got together and felt like the Lord was telling us to “unite the clans” (stealing a line from Braveheart!!) So together, we set out to embark on a new journey together.  The strategy for this season was consistency and intensity.Every Saturday night from 7:30pm ’til Midnight (or later as was the case last night!) we would gather at the same location (which so happens to be a Lutheran church that has been a significant hub for revival movements in the last decade!) and contend for a Great Awakening in the Twin Cities. Well, we’ve been going strong for a month now and I can honestly say along with MaryLynn that I have never been a part of anything like this in my life! Every week we’ve had 50-100 intercessors crying out for repentance, intimacy, and revival. The songs of Lord have come gushing out of the worship leaders and musicians like a geyser. Every age group, young and old,  has been crying out to the Lord, weaping, dancing, and singing with all their might. It is such an incredible sight to see people in their 70’s, 50’s, 30’s, and 20’s weeping before the Lord at midnight!One of the most amazing things about our gatherings so far is that 75 % of the people in the room are people that I, nor any of the other leaders, have met before! We have no idea where these people are coming from or how they found out!   If you live in the Twin Cities area, please come and join us every Saturday night from 7:30-Midnight (come and go as you need) at North Heights Lutheran Church in Roseville, Minnesota. Like King David, we are trying to build a place for the Spirit of God to rest…. and He has definitely rested among us in our times together. 

Every Saturday night from 7:30-12am Burn Twin Cities is  uniting together with Twin Cities House of Prayer, Minnesota House of Prayer, and many other ministries from across the state at North Heights Lutheran Church in Roseville, Minnesota as we cry out out for a wave of revival, intimacy, and justice to wash over the Twin Cities.

We’ve been going strong for a month now with this concentrated effort, and the momentum that we are gaining in the Spirit is unlike anything I’ve ever been a part of!

Please come out and be a part of the Prayer Furnace every Saturday night from 7:30pm-12am @ North Heights Lutheran Church in Roseville, Minnesota.

(2701 Rice St., Roseville, MN 55113)

Being a history teacher, I’ve found myself recently studying the great worship and prayer movements of the past. One of the greats that has stood out to me has been that of the Moravians led by Count Zizendorf in the 1700’s. This “Burn Germany” was lead by a 27 year old radical named Nicholas Zizendorf who’s passionate zeal for Christ helped spark a continual night and day worship and prayer movement that lasted for 100 years!!
I’ve pasted an article at the bottom that talks about this great movement of the Spirit. I strongly encourage you to take the time to read it and pay special attention to several of these components mentioned within.
1. Unity
This movement sparked unprecedented denominational unity amongst the Lutherans, Baptists, Reformed, and the Moravians in Germany. This isn’t just a thing for us pentecostals and charismatics….its for the body of Christ!
2. Small numbers
Originally it was 24 men and 24 women who decided to commit themselves to taking prayer “shifts”. It was these few that sparked something that forever changed human history!
3. The next generation was involved!
Young children were moved by the power of the Spirit to this lifestyle of prayer. The sincerity of the young ones stirred the hearts of the entire community!
4. Missions
Through the prayer furnace in Hernhut, God inspired one of the greatest missions movements in history. In fact, one of the main reasons for the Moravians settling here in the United States in the 18th century was to set up a missions outreach in Georgia to the Native Americans.
5. The Foundations of the Great Awakening
As you will read, these Moravians had a profound influence on John and Charles Wesley who were largely responsible for sparking the Great Awakening in Britain and the U.S. Many historians agree that the Great Awakening led colonists to begin challenging tyranny and injustice, and this paved the way for the American Revolution!
6. Fruit Change
Good trees have good fruit, bad trees have bad fruit.The Moravians were a people that were beginning to be recognized by their “unusual” fruits.  As you will read, Wesley even notes how their fruits set them apart from other missionaries he was traveling with!
7. Setting musical trends
Now this one might just be cool to me…but the Moravians became known for their music! Moravians saw no distinction between “sacred” and “secular”. They composed incredible instrumentals and hymns alike. In fact, music scholar Gilbert Chase once said this about the Moravians:

“Artistically, none of the religious minorities that settled in America approached the musical achievement of the Unitas Fratrem, more commonly known as the Moravian Church” (http://www.carolinamusicways.com/history_1753.html)

Here’s a fraction of the article that I’m pasting from a website (http://www.openheaven.com/library/history/zinzendorf.htm)

Please take a minute to read it!! I believe we are on the verge of something even greater than this!
Lets keep burning together!

Paul Anleitner
Director- Burn Twin Cities

“A covenant and a 100 Year Prayer meeting!

At Herrnhut, Zinzendorf visited all the adult members of the deeply divided community. He drew up a covenant calling upon them ‘to seek out and emphasize the points in which they agreed’ rather than stressing their differences.

On 12 May 1727 they all signed an agreement to dedicate their lives, as he dedicated his, to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Moravian revival of 1727 was thus preceded and then sustained by extraordinary praying. A spirit of grace, unity and supplications grew among them. On 16 July the Count poured out his soul in a prayer accompanied with a flood of tears. This prayer produced an extraordinary effect. The whole community began praying as never before. On 22 July many of the community covenanted together on their own accord to meet often to pour out their hearts in prayer and hymns.

On 5 August the Count spent the whole night in prayer with about twelve or fourteen others following a large meeting for prayer at midnight where great emotion prevailed. On Sunday, 10 August, Pastor Rothe, while leading the service at Herrnhut, was overwhelmed by the power of the Lord about noon. He sank down into the dust before God. So did the whole congregation. They continued till midnight in prayer and singing, weeping and praying.

On Wednesday, 13 August 1727, the Holy Spirit was poured out on them all. Their prayers were answered in ways far beyond anyone’s expectations. Many of them decided to set aside certain times for continued earnest prayer. On 26 August, twenty four men and twenty four women covenanted together to continue praying in intervals of one hour each, day and night, each hour allocated by lots to different people. On 27 August, this new regulation began. Others joined the intercessors and the number involved increased to seventy seven. They all carefully observed the hour which had been appointed for them. The intercessors had a weekly meeting where prayer needs were given to them.

The children, also touched powerfully by God, began a similar plan among themselves. Those who heard their infant supplications were deeply moved. The children’s prayers and supplications had a powerful effect on the whole community.

That astonishing prayer meeting beginning in 1727 went on for one hundred years. It was unique. Known as the Hourly Intercession, it involved relays of men and women in prayer without ceasing made to God. That prayer also led to action, especially evangelism. More than one hundred missionaries left that village community in the next twenty five years, all constantly supported in prayer.

The Spirit’s witness

One result of their baptism in the Holy Spirit was a joyful assurance of their pardon and salvation. This made a strong impact on people in many countries, including the Wesleys.

John and Charles Wesley

In 1736 John and Charles Wesley sailed to America as Anglican missionaries. A company of Moravian immigrants were also on the vessel. During a terrible storm they all faced the danger of shipwreck. John Wesley wrote in his journal: At seven I went to the Germans. I had long before observed the great seriousness of their behaviour. Of their humility they had given a continual proof by performing those servile offices for the other passengers which none of the English would undertake; for which they desired and would receive no pay, saying, ‘It was good for their proud hearts,’ and ‘their loving Saviour had done more for them.’ And every day had given them occasion of showing a meekness, which no injury could move. If they were pushed, struck or thrown down, they rose again and went away; but no complaint was found in their mouth. Here was now an opportunity of trying whether they were delivered from the spirit of fear, as well as from that of pride, anger and revenge. In the midst of the Psalm wherewith their service began, the sea broke over, split the mainsail in pieces, covered the ship and poured in between the decks, as if the great deep had already swallowed us up .A terrible screaming began among the English. The Germans calmly sung on. I asked one of them afterwards: ‘Were you not afraid?’ He answered, ‘I thank God, no.’ I asked: ‘But were not your women and children afraid?’ He replied mildly: ‘No, our women and children are not afraid to die’.”