IHOP-KC live on TV across the earth 24/7…

the IHOP prayer room is now being broadcast in 214 nations across the earth LIVE (24hrs a day-7 days) a week via GodTV (DirecTV dish network and www.theprayerroom.god.tv). Amanda and I are now literally leading millions in prayer 5-6 days a week! more to come on this soon!!!!

but for now check it out NOW for a 3 day free online trial via the webstream!!!
VIEW THE WEBSTREAM HERE @ theprayerroom.god.tv

you can watch IHOP-KC prayer room two ways
{1} watch anytime of the day at http://theprayerroom.god.tv
{2} watch during 12midnight-6AM in your timezone via Ch365 on DirecTV Network

back in KC…

welcome home!
well, i don’t quite feel back in KC but Im definitley back. after 12 days of traveling, 6 flights, countless rides to airports and houses, and a little sleep deprivation…Im a little worn out! I don’t feel like I’ve quite gotten back into the groove yet.

whats up next?
catching up with Amanda!
back to the prayer room (yay!!!)
back to IHOP staff responsibilities (another yay!!!)
needing to edit photos for two weddings
setting up more photo shoots for families in KC
catching up with the prayer room team
getting ready to go to Maryland for 11 days in June
planning the trip to The Call on July 7th in Nashville
trying to keep up with the blog for your enjoyment!
starting to exercise again (running and soccer)
working on the car (A/C)
catching up on my house chores!
cuddling with Denali (our cat!)
sell some stuff that I don’t need (craigs list!)

…who knows whatelse!!!

onething Tallahassee day 2 recap…

{pic of steve playing with Tim Cone}

was woken up by Shawn Blanc 10 mins before I got picked up!
arrived at the church tired but excited!
sound checked at 8ish
first session at 9am…Time Cone led worship w/ us playing
broke for lunch
second session at 2pm…also with Tim Cone leading worship
headed over to the local prayer room set up at the church
sound checked for evening session at 5ish
break for dinner
evening main session at 7pm, Wes Martin spoke on Matt 5-7 sermon on the Mount.
excellent ministry time followed
met a girl that was connected with The Harbour Church in Ft Lauderdale
11pm began tearing down the stage set up and packing up gear
left church around 12 midnight…

{pic of the venue, Shawn setting up sound}

onething Tallahassee day 1 recap…

day 1 began at about 9am with a shower and breakfast
get picked up around 10ish
Phil, Shawn, and I headed to the venue and grabbed coffee on the way
we arrive and begin setting up our sound system and stage set-up
get tangled up in a plethra of cords as if it were spiderman’s web
got untangled from the cords
break for lunch around 1pm
finish setting up the sound and stage
started sound check at 3ish
finish checking around 430ish
Cassie arrives in from KC and we do final checks with her on bass guitar
break for dinner (thanks to the Tallahassee team who cooked!)
pray with the team after dinner and discuss the service
main session begins at 7pm with about an hour of worship
excellent crowd turnout and evidence of hungry hearts all around!
Dwayne preaches on the ministry of intercession and prayer movement
I get excited like a little kid!
ministry time rounded out the end of the session
head back home…get ready to get up and do it again at 7am!

The Call 07.07.07 – nashville, TN…

Amanda and I are probably going…click on the graphic and check out their new promo video!

back to Florida…

headed out tomorrow morning for onething Tallahassee! here I come Evan!

home sweet home…

the wedding went well. the fellowship with the Harbour Church community was excellent. South American cuisine was croosh! but now we’re back in KC!

well, Steve is only back for about 36 hours! and then headed to Tallahassee, FL for the onething conference!

3 years and counting (pt 1)…

May 22nd 2004 was a day of marriage between Steven and Amanda! that makes about 8.5 years together! what an amazing relationship and friendship the Lord has blessed us with!

the story of our proposal will be unveiled in the next day or two…

travel, travel, and more travel…

yes ruth, it has been like a week w/o an update! sorry about that!

so we’ve been in South Florida the past 4 days catching up with some friends and doing some wedding photogrpahy! we’ll be back in KC on tuesday afternoon and then Steve will be headed back to FL (Tallahassee to be exact) for the onething regional conference.

pray for us…travelling is fun but can sometimes be physically, emotionally, and spirutually draining!

stay tuned!

Happy Mother’s Day…

…to all the moms!

bless you all!

Mike Eller & weddings…

Mike Eller is in town and we’re shooting a wedding Saturday at Powell Gardens out on Rt 50 in Missouri!  Good times!

$3 BBQ is BACK

WHAT IS IT?
The $3 BBQ is us making it easy for you to have good times! just
bring yourself (and a friend if you want too), a healthy appetite, and
$3. We do the rest!

WHEN IS IT?
Thursday, May 10th, 4 PM !!! (that’s this thursday!)

WHERE IS IT?
Steve & Amanda Offutt’s house

RSVP TO IT!!!!
please RSVP to let us know how much food to purchase and prepare!

GOOD TIMES!
the weather is supposed to be good and we have a huge backyard…so
bring your baseball gloves, frisbees, soccer balls, footballs,
whatever you like!

it finally stopped raining!

it’s tornado season…

Kansas City is right on the east side of “Tornado Alley” and they’re coming close!
good thing we have warning sirens ever couple miles or so…

…btw – Amanda and I live right at the first “a” in “Kansas City” on the map.

watch your mouth young lady!

A guest post from Steve’s wife, Amanda!

Recently I have been convicted of how I use my mouth. We live in a society where quick witted banter and sacasm reign. If you can sell your personality and leave people wanting more then you’ve won. It’s an unfortunate state of affairs. Unfortunately, I have found myself in this camp time and time again. Often times I find myself speaking just to fill the air of uncomfortable silence or joking around using a wealh of sarcasm just so that people will find me enjoyable to be around. What’s funny is that even writing this post I am fighting to say my heart and not just throw around clever words that would make you think I was billiant. Oh….conviction…how sweet it is!

ISSUE: What I am really struck with is the power of our words and our tongue. In James 3:6 is says,”the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and it is set on fire by Hell.” Also it is stated in verse 9, “with it (our tongue) we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude.” That’s intense, but how many times do we say something because “it was just the flow of conversation” or we were “just kidding.” It is this casual use in which we use our mouth that can often have subltle and sometimes hurtful reprecussions. Most often we are not trying to hurt people or shift the spritual atmostphere, but the reality is that we have been given authority to speak blessing or curses, positivity or negativity, love or hate.

SOLUTION: What if we would just allow for the silence until we were lead to say something? What if we filtered our thoughts so that what we said was only for the edicfication of one another? What if we cultivated a life of prayer and dependace on the Lord so that what we spoke was the heart of God and not our flesh?

I think what it really comes down to is Matt 12:34 “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
QUESTION: What are we investing into our hearts?

More revelation to come…stay tuned!