BUILDING A THRONE IN THE UK

BUILDING A THRONE IN THE UK

Bradford, England l 05.20.09

These are my favorite sets of the burn. It is now 2:22 in the afternoon (Isaiah 22:22 – key of David!) as the wild mayhem of the late night sets has dissipated and the crowds have diminished. Most people are busy at work or carrying on with life’s daily demands in the British society.

But the sound has not stopped.

The flame of adoration, devotion, intercession and worship is burning brighter than ever and we’re not even halfway through our 50 hours! The incense of pure love is being released upon the city right now as a zealous psalmist bears his heart and pours it all out before the Lord.  The pleasure of God is here and I don’t want to leave. The atmosphere of Heaven has flooded this place and is awakening the deeper places.

We kicked this madness off last night as an unprecedented thing took place in this city. When I say that – I mean just that!! It has never happened before! Over 300 believers from across 20 different churches and denominations gathered on a TUESDAY night to release a sound of awakening and life over their city. As we gathered together in the spirit of unity, we simply began to sing out “Holy Spirit Come.” We repeated this chant for at least an hour and waited as the Presence of God came to rest in the room.  We even had the hungry burners drive down from Durham, Newcastle and North Wales to help us christen St. Johns Bowling Church for 50 hours of inferno blaze glory!! Our Burn Turkey leaders also flew in to pour their fuel on the fire and believe with us for breakthrough in the ground here.

We have been through some wild days of preparation that have brought us to this long awaited blowout in Bradford. Just five days ago we were gathered in small town in the Southwest part of the nation called Barnstaple. This town is known for being the oldest burrow in England. In the last few years, God has summoned people from the nations to gather in this historic and strategic town to build a resting place for His presence and release a fragrance of night and day worship across the nation. After our beautiful time stoking the flames already burning there and following a meal of the best fish and chips we’ve ever had (YAHH!!), we journeyed back into Wales for a weekend of fire on the top floor of a local pub with a radical community in Bridgend.

Throughout our travels across the UK – from Newcastle to Cardiff to London and back again – we’ve heard the infamous news about this town in Wales. Whenever anyone has looked at our insane itinerary of 21 days straight of pursuing the Presence, this is a place that sticks out in their mind. Bridgend is known for being the “suicide capital” of the UK and really all of Europe. The spirit of death has wreaked havoc on this city for the past 18 months and has resulted in 26 lives lost and virtually all of them being young twentysomethings. The wild part is that the weekend was actually supposed to be in a nearby city but ended up being hosted by the hungry crew in Bridgend. So they rented out the large top floor of a local pub and rugby club in town and we opened up the windows, cranked up our amps and released a sound of resurrection and life to break the spirit of death. We demanded and declared that the town was a “suicide free zone” and called forth the destinies of the prodical sons and daughters bound in depression, fear and brokenness.  It was a WILD WILD joyful, fun, powerful and brilliant time together that lasted way into the night!! On Saturday afternoon, we decided it was time to take the sound to the streets. We brought all our drums, guitars and gear out into the rainy and damp weather and a crowd gathered with bewildered and curious looks on their faces to hear more. The crowd actually stayed around for awhile as we carried on releasing stuff into the spirit realm over the city and ended up having some powerful times of prayer with these onlookers!

After our incredible time in Bridgend, we took on double duty on Sunday with a service in Chester in the morning and in Colwyn Bay (North Wales) at night. Both of the meetings blew up again and God showed up with all His faithfulness, glory and goodness!! People were dancing wildly, falling in love with their Creator all over again and we even had a few people give their lives to Jesus or recommit themselves! We all laid down ourselves as living sacrifices and pressed in for revival and awakening across the UK and Europe! God is moving in both cities so powerfully and they is a deep deep hunger for MORE MORE MORE of GOD!! I believe it’s the hunger that is moving the heart of God to action!!

Two nights ago, we stopped for a night in Leicester, England to hang out with a community who recently lost their church building from a fire that took everything up in flames. The pastor had heard that the BURN EURO tour was rolling through the UK and thought their recent trails qualified them to be apart!! HAHA!!! They are the real BURN crew over here and they’ve been refined through the fire!! This is another beautiful story of redemption as God has restored to them a building and equipment that is far greater than what they had lost!! Isn’t that just like how GOD works? We soon found out that the city of Leicester is home to the rising British Islamic Parliament and is their main stronghold in the nation. This city is one of the most highly concentrated Muslim cities in all of Europe and the laws are moving to institute sheria law in parts of the city. With this knowledge in our minds and with all the radical intercessors that showed up that night, we entered into a serious time of government intercession over this stronghold believing for kingdom breakthrough and a loosing of the revelation of Jesus Christ across the city! I seriously felt that a shift took place and the prayers took flight swiftly across the nation to bring about change and transformation. The community in Leicester was so moved by the BURN to take place in Bradford the next night that they eagerly want to begin burning regularly with the surrounding churches, musicians and intercessors.

I believe the massive journey above has helped prepare us for all God is releasing now in this very moment in Bradford. Our hearts are gripped with urgency for this nation in this hour. Bradford is also a massive Islamic stronghold as thousands upon thousands of Pakistanis have moved to the city and integrated into society. These people are RIPE RIPE for the gospel and I believe are on a search for the authentic Presence of God. Before we can win the battle on the ground, we must win it in the heavenlies and build a throne through day and night worship and prayer for Jesus to sit upon.

I was so moved during the first set last night as the atmosphere was electric and this verse was emblazoned on my heart.

“In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it – one from the house of David. One who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of Righteousness”
Isaiah 16:5

For some reason, I still encounter BELIEVERS who have issues with night and day raw and wild worship and prayer. They think it is too extreme and not useful for true lasting transformation. This verse explains it all and validates the very reason we do what we do with BURN 24-7. We are building a throne for the man Jesus to sit upon in this city. As He is “enthroned” on the praises of His people – sitting higher than any muslim mosque – He releases justice, righteousness, salvation and favor on the city! We sent out some evangelists today on the streets from the place of this throne and resting place and have already heard incredible testimonies of healings that have come forth. There will be more of these to come in the following updates!

Today we continue the Burning through the night and are also planning to visit the gravesite of a GIANT hero of the faith.  The revivalist Smith Wigglesworth based his home and apostolic ministry out of this region and his bones now rest in this ground. We want to grab the mantle of FAITH AND MIRACLES on behalf of an entire generation to see revivalist unleashed again across Europe!!

Stay tuned!! We have one more night of burning in Bradford and then onto London and Guildford for our last blowout night with the 24-7 Prayer crew before we leave for Germany!
Thanks for all your prayers and support!! We love you all!!

Sean and the Burn Euro Team

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