Where did the idea to construct the “prayer room” to resemble the Tabernacle of David come from?
It was prophesied many years before the International House of Prayer started that the Lord would raise up a worldwide youth movement of prophetic singers and musicians that would release power evangelism and be used to mobilize worldwide prayer. It was prophesied that this would be in the spirit of the Tabernacle of David and would operate in the prophetic and intercession. I don’t think anyone knew what that meant all of those years ago, but when the time came to start IHOP we were trying to find the way to sustain enjoyable prayer 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That is not an easy thing to sustain! We looked at the way worship is done in heaven from Rev. 4, where there is intercession and worship combined, and we looked at what David did and saw a similar pattern, so we figured this must be the key. It turns out to be true. Intercession and worship combined have sustained enjoyable prayer, and the fire on the altar has not gone out for nine years! The music has literally never s
