The Burn: Long Island

Music is meant to move people. Worship is meant to move God. When worship is used to move the
people or to facilitate preaching, or ministry time, or hyping the audience, or any other reason other
than for God, it digresses back down to just being music again.
LEONARD JONES

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives
its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit
in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being
rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and
long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that
you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to
him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:14-21

The Burn: Long Island is part of the larger identity and mission of IHOP-LI.

It is our intentional gathering as One Body to fast our time and engage in a feast of
affection as we focus our hearts fully on the Lord and declare His Merciful Justice and
Beauty to Him and over Long Island/NYC. It is also our discipline of returning our focus
to Jesus as our first love; realigning our hearts to the first commandment (really, the first
pleasure).

We are purposefully submitting the agendas of intercession for humanity (that can
sometimes become our focal point) to the primary agenda, which is extolling the
Excellencies of Christ Jesus.

We bring the gifts of our heart and our creativity to Romance the King and attest to our
love for Him and each other. It is ALWAYS the 4th Friday of the month. We begin at 10
a.m. and end whenever but never before 10 p.m.

On a secondary level, it is meant to create a place of refreshing where the entire Body of
Christ, with all of its beautiful diversity of expressions, can come together to minister to
the Lord with one heart; where worshipers, artists, intercessors, and minstrels can
minister to the Lord with confidence in the love of God and as the priesthood of all
believers.

It is minimally formatted to create breathing room for us to grow in sensitivity to the

movements of God’s heart, love on Him and prefer one another. It is a place of rest.

Together we establish a place and space where God can be glorified in the city and that a
community of hungry lovers of God can build their lives around His Presence.
Elements of a Burn:
“For the natural things speak of the invisible. Look around and see.
Who could deny the wonder of His love.” from “God is So Good” by Kevin Prosch

Fuel + Heat + Oxygen = Fire

1. Fuel, heat and oxygen are essential for combustion (burning)
2. Fuel must be ignited before it will burn
3. Without a reaction, fire will not burn materials such as wood, cloth and paper
4. Chain reactions are crucial to fires
5. If the reaction is interrupted, the fire will be altered or extinguished.
6. Burning will continue until:
a. The fuel is cooled below ignition temperature
b. The fuel is removed or completely burned
c. The oxygen is removed or lowered

Recently, I had a dream where the Lord was asking me to re-evaluate the Burn and even
shut it down if need be because it was not progressing as a collective endeavor. The Burn
is designed to take the flame of our personal worship and collectively compound it’s
strength by each successive “set” until it is an inferno of love, life and Presence. As we
see above, “Chain reactions are crucial to fires”. The natural aspects of sparking and
sustaining a fire are instructive in this arena if we view it as an analogy for the more
spiritual expression of “The Burn”. It is clearly due time that I clarify and communicate
the elements of a “Burn” of worship here in the House of Prayer so that we reach the true
depths of what we are in fact invited to experience together.

The order of the elements matter: Fuel + Heat + Oxygen = FIRE

Hearts set upon the Lord +Lovesick Worship + Prayer = a Burn of Fascination

In order to understand The Burn: Long Island, you must view it within the context of
IHOP-LI: The Ark House of Prayer

The Furnace: IHOP-LI: The Ark House of Prayer

IHOP-LI is set upon becoming a Furnace of 24-7 Worship-filled Prayer. Its primary
identity is found in the cyclical “Watch of Intercession” interspersed with the meditations
of “Worship with the Word”, “Devotional Worship Sets” and “Prophetic Worship”. Each
of these sets are distinct and in our context two (“Apostolic Intercession” and “Worship
with the Word”) employ the “Harp and Bowl” model designed by IHOP-KC as it’s main
structure. (Prophetic Worship here at IHOP-LI has more latitude and may move in and
out of Harp & Bowl. Devotional Worship focuses upon creating an atmosphere
conducive to personal meditation upon the Lord while soaking in His Presence.)
24 Hour Harp & Bowl Worship Model
The basic 24 hour harp and bowl worship model uses four different prayer formats:

Intercessory Prayer:
Intercession is intimacy, partnership and agreement with God. Intercessory prayer is
an exchange of romance where God speaks to us and it moves our hearts. When we
speak back to God, His heart is moved. God desires to establish or deepen this
romantic relationship with us. He desires intimacy with us. The power to engage in
night and day prayer is found in having a heart that enjoys God. Encountering God’s
beauty and desire for us is where we most enjoy our primary reward, which is God
Himself.
Prophetic Worship:
Prophetic worship is designed to facilitate united group participation in worship so
that we might receive the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Our goal is to reach the highest
experience of corporate worship, including ministry times for healing and
deliverance.
Worship with the Word:
Worship with the Word involves agreeing with God's heart as we sing biblical truths
of who God is and what He promises to do. This helps us to gain deeper revelation,
knowledge and understanding about a specific Biblical passage or theme of Scripture.
The worship team focuses on one specific passage or theme by singing through key
verses from that passage or about that theme. This causes the Word to come alive to
us.
Devotional Worship Prayer:
Devotional worship provides an anointed atmosphere for meditation on scripture and
for lingering in the presence of God. During this format, the worship songs and music
style are devotional in focus so that we may
“sit at the feet of Jesus” as Mary of Bethany did.

Taken from the Wikipedia article Harp & Bowl licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and the
Prayer Room Resource Manual at IHOP-KC Mission Base www.IHOP.org

Although these four set types are not yet part of our daily and weekly expression, they are
the structural building blocks of a 24-7-365 Mission Base that we embrace.

The Fuel: Hearts set upon the Lord

IHOP-LI takes the first commandment that Jesus articulated quite seriously and we view
it as given in order of priority.

Mark 12: 28-33“What commandment is the foremost of all?” Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O
ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND
WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’ “The second is this, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” The scribe said to Him, “Right,
Teacher; You have truly stated that HE IS ONE, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE BESIDES HIM; AND
TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING AND WITH
ALL THE STRENGTH, AND TO LOVE ONE’S NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF, is much more than all burnt
offerings and sacrifices.”

“Love the Lord, Your God, with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength” is the first
order of our affections. “Love your neighbor as yourself” emerges from the first.

The Heat: Raw, Emotional Transparency in Worship

When worship is focused succinctly upon the Lord; the Holy Spirit witnesses to our
spirit, enlarges our hearts and serendipitously, it edifies our own hearts and endears those
we are in relationship with. When Jesus is lifted up, He will draw all men to Himself
(John 12:33 - see John 3:14)

The Lord is not interested in pretty or pithy songs that we are trying to present to each
other in the name of worship. He is interested in hearts set upon meeting with Him in
genuine love and affection; as weak and immature as it may be. He’s after honest,
transparent vulnerability. He’s after love.

The artist in us is naturally bent toward being known. It is a legitimate, God given drive.
It is in God’s own heart -The Great Artist - to be known and appreciated intimately and
deeply. We need to be known in the same way. There is nothing wrong with that. The
stumbling block for us is the shift in order. God first, man second. When we look toward
each other to validate our gifts rather than draw our worth from the affections of God, we
twist our affections away from the source, the Creator Who gave us the gift, toward the
created. It is the subtle, painful shift toward idolatry. Similarly, when worship is focused
upon the community as its primary audience it shifts the general atmosphere away from
the Kingdom of Heaven toward performance, introspection and evaluation. In essence,
we draw men’s thoughts toward our musical ability, our talents, our collective
weaknesses and the kingdoms of this earth.

Focusing upon loving God through our worship is a joyful discipline of becoming what
we behold; filling our eyes with light and in it being transformed by the renewing of our
minds. He is always our first priority though, and the “heat” for the fire. The Lord is
worthy.

Oxygen: The Beauty of God inspires Deep, Breathing, Prayer

In the rhythms of communication with the Lord we find that within the context of
worship there is a bold and brilliant companion … Prayer. Prayer is an intimate, living,
breathing interaction with the Lord that begins with our affections for God; listening for
His words and heart thoughts. It is not primarily about speaking. It’s primarily about
listening to Him and agreeing – with HIM.

Prayer follows a similar path to worship. When we focus on our own thoughts and desires
first, we try and move God to bless our efforts and fulfill our needs. When we focus on
Him first, our prayers shift and we align our hearts and desires with His thoughts and will
until we are in agreement with Him and can declare His heart to the earth in creative
witness. In prayer we find a means to express our love for Him and our faith IN Him. It is
a launching pad for honor, obedience and trust.

We begin by meditating upon HIM (Matthew 6:5-13) and the things that He says are
important to Him. We align our hearts to His desire and wisdom. As we come into
agreement with Him in thought and deed, the Kingdom of Heaven increases here on
earth. Jesus is exalted as King; the enemies of God and mankind become “His footstool”
(Psalm 110:1). As the revelation of Jesus’ matchless worth is released, it leads to
salvation for many.

Just like many other natural expressions, this heart aligned interaction with The Spirit of
the Lord in worship and prayer manifests itself by transforming others and us. The cycle
looks like this:

Love Revelation Worship Prayer Love Revelation Worship Prayer Lov

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This is the prescribed, directional flow of His Spirit and it leads to answered prayer.

“If you abide in Me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you.” John
15:7

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing
in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we
would be holy and blameless before Him In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus
Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which
He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1: 3-6

We are to abide in Him in love and He abides in us. He is the Vine. That makes Him the
source. We are the branches. That makes us dependent upon relationship with Him – not
the other way around. Thankfully, Father will resist us when necessary in order to help us
connect rightly. He is the brilliant Vinedresser. However, when aligned rightly prayer is
charged with power like lightning hurled to the earth from Heaven. (See Revelation 8:5)
The serendipitous result is a region soaked in Heavenly activity, a community charged by
love and a “bride” emboldened by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

A Burn of Fascination:

Gazing at/Marveling at/ Ministering to and Knowing Jesus intimately is our priority for
the Burn. The Burn is a vertically oriented, progressively deepening, broad spectrum,
community offering of Worship with Prayer in the Air. . . .

“A progression and a procession into the deepest chambers of the King – the place
where intimacy is cultivated and released. . . . We progress from striving and playing
our instrument to the instrument that is being played.” That is when our heart beats in
sync with the heart of the Father. ”” Sean Feucht
Guidelines for the Burn: Holy Spirit Sensitive

The Burn environment should be conducive to a spontaneous and prophetic flow of

vertically directed worship, interspersed with prayer. It is space created for the psalmist
in us to cultivate our love for the Lord and passionately offer our hearts and lives as an
offering to God; free from man's agendas. “No agenda, just Grace.” It is a pregnant
atmosphere for the spontaneity of new songs to the Lord to be birthed and released.

Where the “Watch of Intercession” has a nuclear family/team approach and each prayer
watch has a familiar company/team that works together, our "Burns" are purposefully less
structured. They are a celebration of the extended family where the streams and the teams
of God’s family on Long Island can come together to feast upon the Lord’s beauty.

At all times throughout the day, all in attendance are invited to join with others as an
artist, writer, musician, dancer, singer, etc. A preferential humility is required by all in
order to make this work.

Leaders of worship are a valued role and the leaders will be clearly identified ahead of
time in order to foster the greatest sense of confidence and boldness for the entire room.
However, the leadership should remain fluid and yield to the Holy Spirit’s lead. The shift
in roles should be led by the clearly communicated acknowledgement, honor and
recognition of the worship leadership or the Burn leader. We encourage all to guard their
hearts with preferential humility and honor so we collectively give no room for an
offense. Should the roles shift, it should be by the unction of Holy Spirit and not usurped
or surrendered because of strong personalities. We are young at this, clearly still maturing
and slowly learning about this exchanging/interaction of leadership during set watches –
especially the communal 8:00 p.m. “watch”. As it matures though, it will be brilliantly
pleasing to God and the entire community. The Spirit of the Lord is more than willing to
help us engage in humility, corporate freedom and joy.

To summarize, here are some key values for The Burn:

The Burn is a “tent of Meeting” with God… Exodus 33:9 "When Moses entered the tent, the pillar
of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tent, and the Lord would talk with Moses."

The Burn is a platform for God! While artistically friendly, it is never a platform for self-
indulgent performance.

The Burn is designed to facilitate worship that ministers to God. It is not a time to focus
upon entertaining, appealing for participation or even cheerleading involvement in
worship, or to showcase a personal ministry. God is the focus; not man.

The Burn is meant to be a prophetic, freely “burning/flowing” expression of adoration

through the artistic bent of the people engaged in the fast. However, it is not a praise or
worship “concert” – as beautiful as those expressions actually are.
The Burn is our safety net as a community so we don’t switch the order of
commandments and make the second commandment (“Love your neighbor as yourself)
first on the list. It is one way that we intentionally set ourselves to cultivate the “oil of
intimacy”.

The Burn is community oriented. This means that other musicians and artists are freely
encouraged to join in with their instrument of worship. However, the leadership is not to
be usurped and there are no sound checks as well as minimal to no breaks in the worship
to accommodate worshipers entering in.

Important tidbits…
• All are invited to participate as a part of the corporate worship team. However, if
you are not part of the team that is signed up for that slot and are not here at the
time of transition, please do not plug in unless the worship leader instructs you to
do so.
• You may plug into your own private amp but please turn the volume to a
minimum setting so you can hear it but it doesn’t compete with the mix already
set.
• If you are insecure or unsure of your ability to play/sing in step with the larger
group – PLEASE do not refrain from jumping in with your instrument! If you
need to, stay acoustic and unplugged for the time being. Unplugged is still
plugged in to the room and into Heaven. Choosing to participate unplugged will
actually help you grow in confidence and you will be more inclined to jump in
with boldness in the future. There is no room for professionalism in this context
so please don’t let fear of what others think deter you. God wants to hear the song
of your heart and so do we!!
• Worship leaders… please provide music sheets with chords for all in attendance
to jump in with. We have a copy machine in the back to help you out.
• After a focused, musical/prayerful introduction into the set, please consider the
preferential wisdom of using known or at least “taught” songs to officially begin,
transition prayer directions and close your set. Doing so will help others who are
less exposed to corporate, free flowing worship to engage with you in ministering
to the Lord with confidence. Additionally, it will assist the entering/leaving
worship leader to transition while keeping the room focused. The room will
actually follow you into spontaneity and creative meditations upon the Lord
quicker and with more enthusiasm with just that little bit of structure than if you
do a whole 2hr. set of spontaneous choruses.
• However, less focus on the quantity of covered songs, by mixing in the open
space of chord progressions, will create more room for spontaneous choruses and
over all creativity. It will naturally move the room to focus upon the movements
of the Holy Spirit better than you may think so don’t shy away from exploring
and bringing fresh creativity to the encounter.
• To assist all of us, please think about a few chord progressions ahead of time that
are conducive to prophetic ministry from the musicians and singers.
Communicate them clearly to the room as you enter in to them.
 • If you, as a leader or singer, hear a chorus that will focus the room on the Lord,
repeat it long enough for all to catch on.
• Plan your arrival time to leave the room you need for copies, tuning and set
up/break down.
• If you are setting up foot pedals, etc. do all you can prior to putting it into the
“worshiping field”. Transition one instrument at time.
• Musicians!!! Less is more!! The voice of your instrument should assist the
worship and add prophetic color to the session - not overpower the music.
• Drummers… light sticks or brushes please – we have no cage.
• Singers, if you are working through a prophetic song, back away from the
microphone a bit until you are ready to let loose and then please catch the eye of
the leaders so you can proceed with boldness.
• Praying peeps… we are drawing attention to the Lord and preferring one another,
so please refrain from yelling into the microphone, preaching, teaching or
informing the room with a lot of preliminary detail. God knows the details and the
prayers should focus the room on God. When there is a lot of speaking, it shifts
the attention of the room onto the circumstance and even promotes discussion.
• Discussion is fine, but please take it outside or at least out of the worship area and
keep it to a whisper so the room is not distracted.
• Prayers should be scripture based and edifying to the Body of Christ.
• The entire community is free to pray for others. However, the Burn or Worship
Leader of the set will orchestrate corporate ministry. If you get an inkling from
the Holy Spirit that He is wanting to minister to the larger community, run it by
the Burn leader so we can agree with you and facilitate the ministry. There may
be some bits of information that they have that will serve the room so please don’t
by-pass them.
• Prophetic ministry should be focused upon calling out truth and beauty. It should
not be corrective in this context. Leave that to the Holy Spirit and those who are
in a trusted relationship with the brother or sister you are ministering to.
• Dancers…. DANCE!!!! But please be cognizant of those around you so no one is
distracted and then you or they stumble and get hurt. It’s not a big space.
• Artists and writers, we want to see and hear from you. Feel free to present your
offerings of creativity as if it was a prophetic song. So, when you are ready, catch
the eye of the worship leader and as they nod to you, take 15-30 seconds to
present your work to the Lord and then if you would like, you can lean it in a
visually accessible spot. The work is yours so please don’t feel like you have to
leave it. You may take it home and do with it as you please.

Finally, the Burn is a fueling station for intercession, as the vertical worship unlocks our
true identity as sons and daughters and releases revelation of the depths of God’s heart
for true justice. Use this time to really meditate upon and connect with the Beauty of the
Lord. Be loved and refreshed!!! 1 Corinthians 2: 10-13 “ For to us God revealed them through the
Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of
a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the
Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we
may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human
wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.”

We invite you to come as a team or an individual to take a slot of one-two hours and lead
worship to the Lord until we build a crescendo of love. Every tribe is invited to add their
distinctive. Be prepared to engage with/ jump in with other worshipers/musicians as one
voice and one heart is formed to bless the Beloved. Bring your creative gifts of art, dance
and really every expression to present as an offering to the Lord. He is entirely worthy!!!

Excerpts from “What is a Burn” ~from the Burn 24-7 website

“Vision: We are a global community and tribe on a journey pursuing His presence and
His face. We are burning and believing for our families, communities, cities and nations
to be reformed and transformed by His lasting and sustaining glory in our midst.

Mission Statement: The mission of BURN 24-7 is to plant a sustainable furnace of 24-7-
365 worship, prayer and explosive supernatural outreach; releasing a sound of indigenous
creative vertical worship in every community, people group, city and nation in the world.

Burns typically last between 24 and 100 hours with the goal of becoming 24-7-365.
These times are divided into 2-hour shifts, which are filled by teams from the body of
Christ in the region. These teams range from one person leading worship and prayer from
a guitar, keyboard or other lead instrument, to full bands accompanied by prayer leaders.
Artists and dancers join many sessions as well.

There is a set focus, but there is not a set format. While well-known songs are sung, the
creative, Presence-charged atmosphere in Burn gatherings creates space for the new Song
of the Lord to flow out, and prophetic intercession to come forth. … Many Worship and
Prayer Leaders have never experienced leading in a gathering where there have already
been many hours of momentum and breakthrough. In the Burn they experience
dimensions in God they have never known in the context of a 30-minute worship service
or an hour-long prayer meeting.

It is a consecrated place to minister to God first and go vertical in our worship and prayer
in the spirit of the Davidic Tabernacle (Amos 9 and Acts 15) and not be consumed with
horizontally connecting with the audience.

Burns are accompanied with an extraordinary freedom in the Spirit, yet there is a divine
order to it all. Some lay on the floor, lost in God’s Presence, while others dance/create.
As the Father’s heart is revealed, waves of deep intercession for the region and the
nations (may) wash through the room, as well as waves of deep rest and joy. One person
might experience all of these in one two-hour shift. In short, there is a lot of variety and
diversity of expression in the Burn. To sign up to lead a two-hour shift… send an email to
the director.”

http://burn24-7.com/about/what-is-the-burn/