IHOP – Immersed (a short review)
February 1, 2008
I’ve known about IHOP (International House of Prayer, KC) since they were about a year old. I discovered them around the same time that God so kindly reminded me that He was NOT a duality, but a Trinity (Hello Holy Spirit!), thanks, in part, to my friend Don Williams‘ book The Person & Work of the Holy Spirit. In fact, one of my ‘living heros’, Sam Storms, is connected to their ministry in many ways since the beginning. I didn’t listen to any IHOP music until Misty Edwards debut, Eternity, was released in ’03. Since then a number of my friends have gone to IHOP for various periods of time, I’ve explored a lot of their music, alleviated a few of my more serious doctrinal concerns (which, I found also were quite justified in their early days), and found that Mike Bickle’s view of the end-times is quite interesting and attractive, even to a ‘partial-preterist‘-leaning fellow like myself.
Well, though IHOP related artists have released some very powerful c.d.s in the past few years (see the fore-mentioned Misty Edwards, Jason Upton, or Isa Couvertier), much of which I LOVE for times of personal worship, most IHOP material is simply not practical for even the most adventurous contemporary congregation. That being said, I think IHOP may be moving in the right direction with their newest release, IMMERSED.
Heather, our Youth Vocal Coordinator, who – I believe – I may have introduced to Misty Edwards’ music myself a number of years back, has done a great job at keeping me up-to-date on all-things IHOP. This week to dropped into my hands a few samples from IMMERSED and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing – it was CLEARLY IHOP, yet with corporate worship potential! My absolute favorite was “Stir up the Flame”, but another stand-out was “Shine on Us”. The songs are singable, melodic, & Scripture-based, and the music is captivating. Thank you Heather – now I need to buy the whole disc!
Be encouraged to follow the above links to explore this new release, which should also be available on iTunes soon. I think it’ll be worth it if you do.
I just got misty edwards new CD and it is awesome…dude go to my site and tell me what sovereign grace CD’s to buy
Hey! So glad you like the cd… oh, and the new misty edwards is really really good too.. I just downloaded it last week. Can’t wait to start singing some of it at youth!
Looks excellent. I’ll have to check it out. I’ve been a fan of IHOP’s stuff for a while, though you’re right — it’s hard to use congregationally. I’d love it if they would start to move in that direction.
Thanks for the heads up!
PS – I just discovered your blog through Fred McKinnon and am enjoying it. Good stuff! Feel free to stop by Thoughts of a Worshiper over at stephenbarry.blogspot.com!
i love misty edwards’ songs, too. they lead you straight to the throneroom and into the arms of Jesus.;-) i love reading the stuff at the ihop website, too.
I love this CD. I’d scoured the internet looking for chord sheets for “I will return” and “pledge” but to no avail. Does anyone know where I can find them? Thanks.
Hi, this is Naii from Taipei, Taiwan.
We just had a Onething concert 1o days ago.
I turely love the song “Pledge” by Misty Edwards, but I can’t get the album “Immersed” here.
Can anyone share with me the lyric of “Pledge”?
Or email me to: naii_huang@hotmail.com
Thank you! God in you.