Mallory
Sophomore from Cincinnati, OH
In the spring of ‘09, I was operating in my “calling” on a small level by discipling children at an after-school center in the inner city of Cincinnati. I was in love with Jesus, involved in ministry, and living in a community of believers who loved Him, yet I was about to discover how much more God had for me.
In the fall of ’09, when the IHOPU Student Awakening began, I tuned in from home and the Lord began to work on my heart. He revealed to me that my way of thinking, toward myself and God, was way off, and that I actually hated myself and hated the way God had made me.
That winter I ventured to Kansas City for IHOP–KC’s onething Conference, full of expectancy for complete deliverance. Each night I received prayer about my self-hatred, and finally, on the last night, the mercy, power, and fierce love of God broke in. I was not only set free from hating myself but I felt like I actually now believed in the love of my Father!
After this breakthrough, I discovered I could understand the Word better and experienced a change in the way I ministered to the kids I worked with. I was no longer ministering to these emotionally—and sometimes literally—orphaned kids with my own heart broken, because now I truly knew and believed that I had been given a spirit of adoption in Christ. Because the Lord was healing me, I could begin to effectively minister His healing to others.
I decided to get as much of God as I could and wanted to be in a community like IHOPU where I knew people would fight for my freedom and contend for me to walk in the fullness of the calling of God on my life.
I am now going into my second year at IHOPU. I am truly so excited and thankful. I have experienced so much more breakthrough over this past year. Classes like Song of Solomon and The Eternal Glory of an Intercessor catapulted me into discovering of my true identity in Christ and into the place of prayer, where my understanding of my identity solidified. I experience an ever-increasing amount of faith that my prayers really are before my Papa and that He really does love to answer them. I am receiving tools for kingdom ministry and training in how to use them effectively for years to come. The Lord is so kind and His leadership over us is really perfect.
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