by Jason Hershey | Oct 25, 2014 | DT-blog
Hi Everyone!
Praise God! There are so many testimonies of the Lord’s goodness from this past week! The tent is cruising along wonderfully. People are being radically encountered by the love of Jesus and I am just so blessed that I get to be a part of this historic event.
A few nights ago, myself and three friends, who are here staffing the tent for the first time, felt led by the Holy Spirit to go and pray for people in the Emergency Room at one of the hospitals here in town. So, after the corporate set that night at the tent, we all jumped in a taxi and headed to the hospital not knowing what God had in store. To start off the divine encounters that night, our taxi driver was a believer who had escaped from Afghanistan. As he drove, we were able to bless him and pray that God would bring peace to his country.
It was pouring down rain, as we pulled up to the ER entrance. The four of us huddled under the entrance unsure of what to do next, so we asked the Lord for guidance, that His will would be done that night. As we said “Amen”, immediately we found an elderly woman leaning against the stair rail, clutching her heart and gasping for breath. Her face was contorted and as we rushed to help she gasped that she was “having a stroke”. Laying hands on her, we all started to pray. Claiming healing in Jesus name, immediately her symptoms disappeared and her face returned to normal. As we continued to pray in tongues, she began to praise and bless the Lord, and we all thanked Him for His goodness. It seemed the Lord had one divine encounter after another planned for us that night.
It was so incredible the amount of favor we were shown by the security officers, doctors, and nurses. Coming in the door we told the security officer at the front desk that we were Christians who had come to pray for whoever wanted to receive prayer. We were then greeted by the nurse in charge and she told us to actually go right ahead back into the rooms where patients were staying. As security unlocked the door for us, we headed past several rooms to the nurses station. One of them greeted us and as we explained what we were doing there, we asked if there was a specific patient we should start with. He said “Yes absolutely, you should head to room number 7 first.” We walked around the corner and drew back the curtain. There was an elderly woman laying in the bed looking like she was in a lot of pain. We introduced ourselves and she looked back at us curiously. “Are you born again?” she asked. We laughed and said yes. She smiled and then introduced herself to us. She said her name was Evelyn and she was not only a fellow believer, but a traveling evangelist and minister of the gospel. She was having heart trouble and tremendous pain and cramping in her legs so she couldn’t walk. As we prayed, her pain immediately left and her body relaxed. We talked with Evelyn for a long time; she told us testimonies of how she had seen God move over the years, healing many and raising people from the dead as she ministered in South Africa.
It was like this for every person we prayed for that night. One after the other, headaches leaving, spotty and blurred vision clearing, chest pain disappearing, swollen legs recovering. But it wasn’t just the healing that amazed me that night. Even more than that, it just felt so good to bless people. I found so much joy loving on complete strangers. This..this felt so right. Presenting Jesus in such-a-tangible-way. And we weren’t afraid! We were so calm and filled with boldness and fresh faith to see God move in each and every situation. He is always with us as we step out in faith.
As I was praying more about what happened that night, the Lord continued to speak to me. He brought me back to John chapter 14 (one of my favorite passages in the bible), where Jesus is addressing His disciples before He’s arrested. He makes them a promise- John 14:12-14 “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” That’s a promise directly from Jesus to us. We need only have the faith to stand on his unfailing word, and he will prove himself true. Every time.
Blessings,
Bailey
by Jason Hershey | Oct 10, 2014 | DT-blog
Hi Everyone!
We are officially half-way through David’s Tent! God, in His abundant goodness, has been so faithful during this time. I have seen Holy Spirit move in power on the hearts of people here day after day and the testimonies are amazing. To date, I believe we’ve had nine salvations, at least a dozen people have been healed, and we have handed out dozens of bibles while presenting the gospel! God is surely alive and His Spirit is moving on the earth! On top of all the testimonies from individuals, we have been so blessed with the wonderful worship teams the Lord has sent to join us here! Over the course of the tent, we have had different worship leaders gather teams from all over their states and then “adopt a day” for their state. All day today, through the night, and into the morning tomorrow is “Delaware Day”. A local friend of ours who is from Delaware, organized and called together a handful of worship teams from all over the state of Delaware to cover 24hrs of worship here and lift up the name of Jesus on behalf of their state! There is such blessing when the body of Christ comes together to worship Him in unity.
This next week is going to be so exciting as this Sunday night, Oct. 12th we are having our annual Hymnsing, and then on Tuesday the 14th we are blessed to welcome Jon Thurlow from the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, followed by Sean Feucht from Burn 24/7 International on Thursday Oct. 16th. I can’t wait to see what the Lord is going to do this next week and during the rest of the tent!
Over the last several days, I feel like I’ve been reminded more and more of the worthiness of Jesus. Sitting here on the south side of the White House, I’ve been thinking about all the causes that have been championed from this place, about how many people have declared what they believed in hopes of having their voices heard…and then in contrast, how much more worthy is the cause of worship to the Son of Man? How much more worthy is He to be praised with my everything for all of my days. I am convinced, and I know without a shadow of a doubt, that Jesus is worthy of our most extravagant, “alabaster jar”, lay-it-ALL-down, acts of worship. And for him to receive anything less is the highest injustice. So here we are, for as long as He keeps us here, loving Him with all that we’ve got. This is it. And He’s worth it.
Blessings,
Bailey
by Jason Hershey | Sep 22, 2014 | DT-blog
Hello Everyone! Ryan Montgomery Here!
Less than a week ago we kicked off David’s Tent DC, and already the presence of God is moving on the White House Ellipse! With David’s Tent in such a prominent location dozens of passersby from around the world stop in curiosity, drawn by the music and the joy of the crowd worshipping. They often ask ask questions and our staff then have the opportunity to share the good news of the gospel and pray with them. Just this week I’ve personally gotten to share with people from Korea, France, Saudi Arabia, and many other places. They come here to see America’s capital city, but they leave with the seed of the gospel in their hearts. The testimony of Jesus is going forth in DC and touching the ends of the earth! We’ve already seen at least one salvation at David’s Tent just in these few days, and are believing for many more!
As I write this, I’m about to head out to the Ellipse to join our staff and believers from all over America for our nightly 7-9pm “corporate” set. Since David’s Tent runs 24 hours a day, people come and go all the time and it can be easy to feel a little scattered. So, every evening we all gather in unity and worship together for our final amplified set of the day, 7-9pm. We warmly invite you to come join us nightly for these evenings of unified praise!
Here’s the schedule for the next week of corporate sets:
Sunday 9/21: Newsong Church – (Virginia)
Monday 9/22: Ben Doggett & Alysha Tagert – (DC)
Tuesday 9/23: Collins O’Dwyer – (DC)
Wednesday 9/24: Awaken Wells – (Maryland)
Thursday 9/25: Aaron Zepeda – (DC)
Friday 9/26: Ryan & Rebecca Montgomery – (DC)
Saturday 9/27: Jason Hershey – (DC)
Sunday 9/28: Gregg Barnes & Burn 24/7 Austin – (Texas)
Monday 9/29: Brandon Polk – (DC)
Hope to see you there! I can’t wait to worship alongside you, just as we will for all eternity, gazing on the face of our beautiful Savior.
Simply because he’s worthy,
Ryan Montgomery
P.S.
We still do have worship slots available! To sign up, simply email worship@davidstentdc.org. Thank you!
by Jason Hershey | Sep 18, 2014 | DT-blog
Hello everyone! My name is Bailey and i’m on staff here at David’s Tent DC along with Becca. As the tent has continued to grow every year, our responsibilities as staff have grown as well. So this year Becca has handed off her blog to me! She is very, very busy overseeing much of the tent, and she and her husband Ryan are also expecting their first baby this November! I am so excited to pick up where she left off and share with you all what the Lord is doing out here!
Our first week is well under way and everything is in full swing! The first two days of set-up were very challenging due to unforeseen evacuations off the Ellipse, but everything has finally come together. Last night, the Fredericksburg Prayer Furnace kicked us off for the third year in a row! They truly usher in the presence of God every time they lead worship and we are so blessed to have them as friends. Tonight, Awaken Wells, a local worship team from Virginia, led our corporate set. We were evacuated well into the evening and so we all worshiped from the sidewalk! It was an amazing time of encounter. We were able to pray and share the love of Jesus with many of the people walking by.
As this is my third year staffing David’s Tent, the familiarity that it brings makes it easy to forget the significance of what’s going on out here. But when I take a step back and get some perspective, I remember. I remember that this is not just a good idea that some guy had, this is a dream straight from the heart of God. He has called us, He has sustained us, and He will continue to reveal himself to us because that is His heart’s desire! His utmost goal is that we would know Him more!
My heart is truly expectant that during these 50 days we will see His glory in greater measure than ever before!
Blessings, Bailey
by Rebecca Montgomery | Jul 21, 2014 | DT-blog
Psalms 16:8 “I have set the Lord continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.”
Some of our staff worshipping Jesus!
In this world there are so many things that we can put our focus and attention on–our daily needs, our goals, our families and even our ministries. So many things are battling for our attention and affection on a moment-by-moment basis. It’s so easy to get swept up in the details or administration of life and forget to simply gaze on the One that should be the focus of our entire lives. Jesus.
When we make Jesus the focus of our lives everything else falls into place. This doesn’t mean that we aren’t diligent to do the things he’s called us to or to steward every part of our lives. But I’ve found that as we worship Jesus and make hosting the presence of God our priority, every other aspect of administration becomes more effective. I know that when it comes to David’s Tent our fundraising, mobilization and worship booking always go so much better when we’re keeping our focus on Jesus and not on what we can do in our own strength. He is the miracle worker, not us! Despite our small staff and seemingly insufficient resources he continues to do miracle after miracle! As we focus on the Lord in prayer and worship he is so faithful to breathe on all of our efforts to administrate, gather and fundraise. Praise God!
Psalm 16:8 has been an incredibly significant verse to our community in the past couple of weeks. We’re setting the Lord before us always, keeping prayer and worship going around the clock 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. We wish that we could go continuously without taking a couple days off each week but due to our small number of staff we aren’t able to at this time. We’re praying and dreaming about the day when we will be able to see worship rising to Jesus 24/7/365 right here in the nation’s capital!
Of course, we will be going 24/7 this fall for 50 days on the White House Ellipse! Please continue to keep us in prayer and join us in just a couple months for David’s Tent DC 2014!
Becca Montgomery
by Rebecca Montgomery | Nov 3, 2013 | DT-blog
We have less than 48 hours of David’s Tent DC 2013 left. It’s hard to believe it’s almost over! Every single second of it has been incredible! Even as it’s ending, I can tell you that I’m already looking to next year’s David’s Tent with anticipation in my heart. It’s with great joy that I share with you that we already have a permit for next fall! We’ll be back on the White House Ellipse worshipping Jesus from September 15th – November 4th of 2014. We decided to add a week on to our 40(ish) day event and do 50 days of continuous worship. A day for every state! Praise God!
We believe that David’s Tent is meant to be a national event and to be a place for the states to gather from all across America to lift up the name of Jesus. Last year teams from all 50 states came to lead worship at David’s Tent and this year we’re on track to see that happen too! Each year throughout David’s Tent we have thousands of people join us to worship Jesus on the Ellipse and even more do so on our livestream. Next year we would love to be able to livestream the entire event so that people from all across the nation can join us in our love song to Jesus no matter where they’re at! Stay tuned for more updates about next year from our founder Jason Hershey!
This year we still have 2 days left so please join us online at: http://new.livestream.com/DerekPackard/DavidsTentDC! If you miss the live broadcast (5-9 pm EST), don’t worry! They’ll be archived online and you can check it out! Last night we livestreamed from 5-9 pm and over 1,200 people joined us online! Wow! We want to invite you to turn on the livestream in your home and join us from wherever you’re at! We don’t have to wait til next year, let’s join in this song as a nation and lift up the name of Jesus!
See you there,
Rebecca Montgomery
