Four Cities - 2011
This journey was undertaken in May 2011 with Richard and Darlene Tittle and Jim and Taffy Spaloss. The Lord described four cities - San Francisco, Denver, Kansas City, and St Louis - that needed to be cleansed before he could visit them with revival.
The strategy was twofold - 1) Pray geographically around the city, repenting for sin, and 2) Pray at known idolatrous locations - cults and false religions.
Four Cities Map
Our instructions were to pray in San Francisco, Denver, Kansas City, and St Louis. We also visited Fulton Missouri between Kansas City and St Louis.
We prayed primarily in a clockwise direction around San Francisco, beginning near the Bay Briidge: The stops were:
- Rincon Park - Cupid's Span
- The India Basin near Hunter's Point
- Crocker Amazon Park
- Fort Funstone - a well known hang gliding venue on the coast.
- USS San Francisco Memorial Park - overlooking the Golden Gate
- Crissy Field - on the bay
- The San Francisco Vedanta Temple
- Twin Peaks
We also prayed in Berkeley at:
- Berkeley Hall of Science
- Berkeley Vedanta Temple
Cupid's Span - San Francisco Rincon Park
We felt that God was showing that there was an arrow of revival heading east from the west coast. Our first prayer location in San Francisco was the Embarcadero. On approaching it, to our amazement, we saw this huge sculpture of an arrow in the ground. And it's right at the foot of the Bay Bridge, which the way east from the West Coast. We prayed here that God's love would be manifest for San Francisco, and that people would receive it, but also that revival would sweep across the nation.
Berkeley California - Vedanta Society Prayer Garden
We visited the Vedanta Temple in Berkeley that Richard used to attend in his college years. Answering the door was a young swami (teacher) who was caring for the aging leader of this temple who is quite ill. This man allowed us to go into the inner meditation garden, where we had communion. After we looked through the inside of the temple, the swami allowed us to pray for him and prophecy over him
Our final prayer location in San Francisco was at the gate of Chinatown. Gates are strong spiritual places so we prayed at this one that Jesus himself would enter this gate and become the king over Chinatown.
Mike Bickle prayer leading at IHOP-KC
Our first experience at IHOP in Kansas City was a true pleasure. Mike Bickle was prayer leader and Misty Edwards was worship leader. IHOP-KC has been a huge influence on our church and the Shore House of Prayer.
Denver Capitol Building - Statue of Indian and Buffalo
Again, we were celebrating the arrow of revival. However, this statue was honoring the plains Indians relationship with buffalo. This also right across the street from the grand masonic lodge. The spiritual atmosphere in Denver was not good, so we prayed for it to change.
St Louis Hindu Temple
An important part of this journey was to pray at locations devoted to other religions. In each city, we prayed at Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Mormon, Masonic, and cult locations. In every case, we invited the Holy Spirit to come and lead people from darkness to light, from falsehood to truth, from bondage to freedom.