This fall The Way School of Ministry will be taking place during the teaching time at EGS (which is moving to Thursdays!).  All are welcome to EGS (no you don’t have to “register” to come to EGS)!  Registration is for those who would like to take the full course, which outside of the teaching time at EGS, includes required reading and access to more resources online.  If you register for the course, you will get a book and an email notification with your own user-name and password to login to WSM online.  During the week there will be video updates posted from David Gordon as well as articles, handouts, and of course, the notes and audio from EGS sessions.  You will also be able to connect with others taking the course in this online community as well as post insights or questions in an online forum/ discussion board.

For those who cannot make it to our EGS service, this provides a way to get equipping wherever you are!  Sign up for the WSM online version and you will have access to all the same things mentioned above.  Follow along with us at IHOP-AC by listening to the audio and reading the notes from each service and interact with everyone else taking the class.  We will even mail you the book!

David Gordon will be teaching “The Burning Ones.” This course will seek to look at the ways we can cultivate hearts that are in love and burning for Jesus.  The logo of IHOP-AC is a burning heart.  This idea is taken from Luke 24:13-32 with the disciples on the road to Emmaus.  The risen Lord is walking with these two men, and begins to explain to them things concerning Himself in all the scriptures.  After the encounter and the realization of who He was, in Luke 24:32, they speak about their hearts burning within them while He was speaking to them and explaining the Scriptures.  This is what we are after in this course; we invite and encourage you to cultivate burning hearts with us.  Encountering God…burning hearts.

More about The Burning Ones

The definition of a covenant is the following. “…the strongest most solemn agreement that can be made between two parties. It cannot be changed by time, space, government, circumstances, or men. It is unbreakable, and enduring to following generations.”

In the west, we don’t hear the word “covenant” at all. We are familiar with agreements, testaments, legal documents or certificates but never a covenant. We are used to “changing our minds”, “waiting till we’ve fulfilled the requirements” or “seeing if it will work out”. It seems too pre-historic or binding to use a covenant and we have totally lost the meaning. A covenant originated with God when He made the very first covenant with Noah after the flood. No one had ever made a covenant before.  Gen. 9:13 “I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between be and the earth.”  After that first covenant, a knowledge of covenant then spread to all the generations following.

It is interesting to note that God does not take a covenant lightly. When someone makes a covenant, He sees it as real. In Joshua chapter nine, we see Joshua had fought against Jericho and Ai and had crushed them. The Gibeonites heard it and decided to deceive the men of Israel and dress up as foreign envoys to pursuade them to make a peace covenant. So Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant to let them live.  Three days later, Joshua found out that he had been tricked.

Nevertheless, Joshua and the men of Israel had sworn to them and made peace so they did not kill even one of them.  Now, a King named Adoni-zedek found out that Israel had made a peace covenant with Gibeon and that Gibeon was a “great city” and “all its men were mighty”. He got afraid, so he called four other kings to go up and attack Gibeon.  So they did, and the Gibeonites called Israel for help. (One of the characteristics of a covenant is “my enemies are your enemies and your enemies are mine”.) Israel came and fought against this enemy. The Lord told them that He had given the enemies over to Israel and not one of them would live. Israel had a great victory, and it says that the Lord helped them by throwing “large hailstones from heaven on them….and they died”. Wow, if God stands with someone who made a covenant out of deceit, He must really, really see a covenant as very important!

God wants us to see how serious he is when He says things. He doesn’t have to make a covenant because His very word should be enough for us. However, God wants us to be sure, for we are doubtful most of the time. He gave us many examples of what a covenant is and how He backs them up. He wants us to know Him as a “covenant God”. He is not a far away, apathetic, unfeeling God. He is real, intense, and full of passion and emotion.

Gracey Guetterman

Immersed Consecration is a season where young adults give their lives wholly to the Lord. Finally, putting aside the busyness of life, and sitting at the Lord’s feet.

The internship consists of prayer room time, teaching, areas of serving and community time. Most of the intern’s time is spent in the prayer room in worship, intercession and bible study.

During the intern’s time at Immersed they are getting rooted in love for Jesus. Sitting at His feet, reading His word, worshiping Him and listening to His voice, all to cultivate love in their hearts toward Him.

If a young adult wants their life changed, then this is definitely the internship to be in. Giving yourself in consecration, without distractions to the Lord is an amazing place to be. It will root and ground the intern for the rest of their lives!

This internship can also be an on ramp for coming on full-time/part-time staff at IHOP-AC as well.

So if you know of any young adults looking to give a season of their life to the Lord, let them know about Immersed Consecration! You can find out more at our website: www.ihop-ac.org.