7 Thunders Newsletter
December, 2006

It's been a year already!

Today, Dec 15th, is the year anniversary of a when a team of around 50 people moved from Kansas City, MO to Fort Mill, SC to birth the Zadok House of Prayer. A lot of transition and changes have happened since then. It’s amazing what the Lord has done here in a year. The Lord has been good to ZHOP and the staff of ZHOP. We have so many testimonies of financial provision and testimonies of the Lord encountering hearts. He is good and His mercy endures.

ZHOP is getting closer and closer each day to moving into our new building. Please be praying that process to get the permit for the building would go quickly.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Remember the greatest gift, Jesus, who gave His life for us. Thank you for all of your prayers and support this past year.

Update from Kirk Bennett the director of ZHOP and 7thunders

Merry Christmas from the Bennett Family!

Kirk and Dee, Katie, Abby, Isaac and Morgan

Bullets for the Bennetts: October 2005-December 2006

Isaac and Morgan marry

Kirk and Dee visit Fort Mill and decide to move

Sell house in 10 days move in 45 days from Kansas City to Fort Mill SC Dec 15th 2006

50 People join us and we birth ZHOP

Begin Day and Night Prayer Jan 2nd 06 and maintain prayer watches around the clock for 1 year

Start 5 internships from ZHOP in 2006

Buy 2 vehicles

All Bennetts pray hours daily in the prayer room

Moved twice - town home Dec 15 then larger home on Sept 19th

Plant a community of 70 people and 15 + new homes in one neighborhood

Perform 5 weddings with 5 babies with 5 more weddings and 5 more babies on the way.

Begin ZHOP Encountering God Service every Wed Sat night

Begin ZSOP Priesthood class every Friday night

Move ZHOP 3 times – More on the way?

Conduct 5 Saturday seminars on prophetic, harp and bowl, and funding prayer

Travel with team one a month to 15 cities + including longer trips to New Zealand and Germany

Isaac and Morgan are pregnant, baby due in May 07

Create 5-10 new teaching series

Katie completes Thin Red Line CD, leads worship 3-4 times a week

Abby leads two worship sets a week writes 10 new songs

Dee starting Song of Solomon course on Jan 7th

On December 7th the second group of Zadok Interns graduated. These interns overcame a lot of obstacles during their internship and a lot of changes. Six of the seven interns are planning on returning and being on staff with ZHOP. Here are testimonies from 2 of the interns:

“ZHOP changed my life, plain and simple. But then again its hard to sit anywhere for 6 hours at a time and it not be life changing. I came to ZHOP expecting only to meet God in a way I hadn't ever before, instead I was pulled into a world of love, passion, and mystery that I HAD to know more about. God was waiting to capture my heart all these years and I had no idea. Its truly an amazing feeling to know and feel you're loved by the King of Kings.”-Maggie Witt(Virgina)

“The past internship was amazing. It has definitely changed my life. It placed a passion and love in my heart for Jesus Christ. It also put urgency in me to wake up my generation and have them start praying for a culture of life in this nation.”-Ben Hailstone(Maryland)

The next terms of the Zadok Internship and Awakened Internship will start in January. Check the website for more info. www.zhop.org/internships.html

We believe that meditation is key for understanding and going deeper in the word. What we do is we have one verse that we will meditate on for about 3-4 weeks at a time. We have meetings each week to share what we have received from the Lord. Right now we are meditating on Hebrews Chapter 11

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible"

Here is some insight from one of our staff members Zion:

“I've just been thinking about those two words, ‘by faith’ and the best place to see this walked out is to read about the lives of my forefathers. The question that has been stirring in my heart is: Do I believe as they believed? Do I really believe the Word of God, that it is more than stories to be read but it is the lives of people who took hold of God, they saw He who is invisible and lived extraordinary lives. They saw past the issues of this world, their natural circumstances and pursued the eternal, taking hold of the promises from a far off. They were far off yet they pursued with intentional lives. What did they perceive? It has been stirring within me the wanting to believe as they believe and therefore live lives that the world was not worthy of.””

On October 18th-25th, a team from 7 Thunders ministered at the Heartland House of Prayer in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Here is a report from Jenn Seifert, one of the team members who went on the trip:

“The Council Bluffs, IA trip was a time of encouraging the body of Christ through prophecy and through teaching. One of my favorite times during the trip was sitting down and talking to the leadership of that House of Prayer. We as a team answered a wide variety of questions about everything from finances to how to effectively lead an intercession prayer set. Really it was good just getting to know them and their hearts for night and day prayer. Also, the team also spent one full day at the conference giving personal prophecy to over 250 people! It was amazing afterwards to hear people share with me what God had shown them through their time of personal prophecy and to rejoice with them in it.”

On Nov 10-12 a team from 7thunders ministered at the Atlanta House of Prayer in Atlanta, Georgia. Here is a report from one of the team members Isaac Bennett:

“We joined with Bound4Life Atlanta in their siege of the ‘SurgiCenter.’ This abortion clinic is located a short distance from Georgia Tech. It’s there for the convenience of killing college women’s babies. Nine out ten of the girls that came out of the clinic were African American. Our team felt that it’s the assault on the African American prophetic voice, the same assault that came against them in the bondage of slavery and racism. We did a Bound 4 Life Atlanta seminar on Saturday and their team really got messed up about the LIFE message that Kirk carries. We did a prayer rumble on Saturday night and cried out for the city that God would break in and abortion would be ended.”

Upcoming Trips:

• January 6-7 – Greensboro, North Carolina
• January 26-28- Atlanta, Georgia(leadership conference)

PRIESTHOOD CLASS

When: Friday nights at 9pm
Where: ZHOP
What: Every Friday night for the next year, Kirk will be teaching on the priesthood, covering topics like Melchizedek and Zadok. Katie Bennett and her team lead worship starting at 7pm and the class starts at 9, lasting for about and hour. If you want more understanding on the priesthood of the believer this class is a great place to start.

Contact: info@zhop.org

THE AWAKENED INTERNSHIP

Who: Those ages 18-25
When: January 12th-June 10th (date subject to change)
Where: Located right on the ZHOP Base.
What: The Awakened Internship is a call to young adults to set themselves before the Lord at night (10pm-6am) for 3-6 months. Our heart is to awaken a day and night priesthood culture of life that burns with intimacy and that is equipped with the urgency of the times.

Contact: theawakenedinternship@zhop.org

ZADOK INTERNSHIP

Who: Those ages 18-25.
When: January 12th - June 10th (dates subject to change)
Where: Located right on the ZHOP Base.
What: For ages 18-25. The Zadok Internship is a charge to young adults who will voluntarily set themselves before the Lord to encounter Him and minister to Him unto establishing a day and night priesthood culture of life that is gripped with urgency for the hour we live in.

Contact: zadokinternship@zhop.org

Zadok Exchange Training School(ZETS)

Who: Married Couples (accepting 1-4 couples at this time)
When: January-April 2007
Where: Located on the ZHOP base.
What: The Zadok Exchange Training School is an intensive for those who desire to reproduce the ZHOP values unto establishing a day and night priesthood culture of life that is gripped with urgency for the hour we live in. ZETS students will be mentored by the director of ZHOP along with daily classes and prayer room hours.

Contact:info@zhop.org

EZ37-ZHOP ENTRY PROGRAM

Who: Those 25 and older (including married couples)
When: January-April 2007
Where: Located on the ZHOP base.
What: The EZ37 track will be a 'night school' which will include a regular weekly class as well as participation in the prayer room and attending the Wednesday and Saturday 'Encountering God Services' at ZHOP. We are intent upon releasing those who the Lord is calling to minister to Him, to delight in Him and delight in His word! EZ37 is a reference to Ezekiel chapter 37, the prophesying to the bones to become a great army by the Spirit of the Lord

Contact:gregburnett@zhop.org

• The 7 Thunders staff _ Luke Ahrenholtz, Katie Bennett, Andy and Bek Hickman, Rebekah Myers, Jonathan and Heidi Mills, Isaac and Morgan Bennett and the Zadok House of Prayer team. That the Spirit of grace and supplication would continue in them to pray and prophesy; especially as they are setting themselves in Fort Mill, SC.
• Kirk - Pray that he has understanding and revelation on leadership and fathering the next generation
• Dee - for increased revelation as she leads the young ones.
• Isaac and Morgan - that God gives them grace and strength each day as they lead the 6pm-Midnight shift.
• Katie - for grace and strength to lead, as she is one of the main worship leaders at ZHOP.
• Abby - Increased joy and zeal for God as she moves to a new environment. Something of real power is continuing to happen with our children, and we’re asking for the Spirit to guard and disciple them in it.
• The I.H.O.P.s - There are houses of prayer springing up all over the world. We have had the extreme privilege to be friends with an amazing number of them. Pray for ways to keep those friendships available and strategic.
• The Night watch - for strength to keep pressing in. The night watch is key to a House of Prayer. We believe that the night belongs to the Lord and we are going to take it back.
• Jonathan and Sara LePage- ZHOP missionaries to Israel
• The Bennett’s - Pray for the health and well being of our family
• Pray the 22 word Prayer 7 times daily - Jesus, I plead your blood over my sins and the sins of my nation, God end abortion and send revival to America!
• Trips - guidance and direction concerning this year.

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This newsletter is written and sent by Andy Hailstone.

You can e-mail Andy at andyhailstone@zhop.org