
I’ve enjoyed the teachings of Allen Hood since the early 2000’s, when GodTV was brought to the US and I was introduced for the first time to IHOP Kansas City. When he teaches the Word of God, I leave not only with a deeper understanding, but most importantly a greater yearning to deeply know Jesus for myself. The one thing I’d like to share about the impact Known By God had on me is the way God used Allen’s story of his response to his son’s first fast. I had a similar story, but with very different results. I was about 14 or 15 years old, just having been filled with the Spirit at 15. When I heard that our church was doing a corporate fast, I was so excited that I ran to the front and signed right up after church; I committed to a whole week. I remember the associate pastor saying, are you sure, seven days? He saw my age and had known me for years. I got home and was so excited that I was going to fast and pray for seven days. My spiritual dad was an evangelist and I heard all his stories of glorious encounters with God when he fasted; I just wanted to have the same encounter with God. I told my (natural) father and he was very vocal about his not being convinced I would be able to do it. My dad was not saved and we did not have a peaceful home. That Sunday afternoon, I stayed in my room to read my Bible and pray and commune with God all that afternoon. Then I smelled dinner. Then the dinner was ready and I did not know how to handle the smell of my mom’s cooking on a Sunday evening and resist it. (LOL) I left my room, broke my fast, and when I sat down at the table to eat, my dad humiliated me for not having done even one day. That was such a painful experience and yet I didn’t know how much it affected me until I heard Allen tell his son’s story and how he responded to his son, telling him how God felt about his brief time of giving up food to be with God. I cried my eyes out as he shared this, even though that was 30 years ago. I didn’t know all this time that God valued my small sacrifice and my going away with him for those few short hours. It counted, even though it was nowhere near what I had committed to. Since then, I’ve completed many times of consecration and done extended fasts beyond the 7 days. I have no question in my mind that I will feel much different on the inside from now on, having been given a clear picture of what God sees in our small but sincere movements toward His heart. Thank you, Allen, for giving your son that example of God in His fatherly nature and allowing his very unique story to heal many, many hearts, mine included.
Hello, my name is Ana and I am from Argentina. This course has been a direct response from my Heavenly Father to questions and prayer requests. I felt extremely comfortable and respected in the way the course was carried and God spoke to me and took a lot of the burden off of how He sees me. I knew that God knew me in all aspects, but I was more inspired by fear than joy, because I felt that I was never going to be enough. But knowing that God loves me at every stage of my life and even loves me without being formed changed my perspective one hundred percent and even changed the way I live my days knowing that He is always with me and that I will always to be with him. Thank you to everyone that make this course possible. Blessings! (Sorry If something is bad written I speak in Spanish, that's why ☺️).
I’ve enjoyed the teachings of Allen Hood since the early 2000’s, when GodTV was brought to the US and I was introduced for the first time to IHOP Kansas City. When he teaches the Word of God, I leave not only with a deeper understanding, but most importantly a greater yearning to deeply know Jesus for myself. The one thing I’d like to share about the impact Known By God had on me is the way God used Allen’s story of his response to his son’s first fast. I had a similar story, but with very different results. I was about 14 or 15 years old, just having been filled with the Spirit at 15. When I heard that our church was doing a corporate fast, I was so excited that I ran to the front and signed right up after church; I committed to a whole week. I remember the associate pastor saying, are you sure, seven days? He saw my age and had known me for years. I got home and was so excited that I was going to fast and pray for seven days. My spiritual dad was an evangelist and I heard all his stories of glorious encounters with God when he fasted; I just wanted to have the same encounter with God. I told my (natural) father and he was very vocal about his not being convinced I would be able to do it. My dad was not saved and we did not have a peaceful home. That Sunday afternoon, I stayed in my room to read my Bible and pray and commune with God all that afternoon. Then I smelled dinner. Then the dinner was ready and I did not know how to handle the smell of my mom’s cooking on a Sunday evening and resist it. (LOL) I left my room, broke my fast, and when I sat down at the table to eat, my dad humiliated me for not having done even one day. That was such a painful experience and yet I didn’t know how much it affected me until I heard Allen tell his son’s story and how he responded to his son, telling him how God felt about his brief time of giving up food to be with God. I cried my eyes out as he shared this, even though that was 30 years ago. I didn’t know all this time that God valued my small sacrifice and my going away with him for those few short hours. It counted, even though it was nowhere near what I had committed to. Since then, I’ve completed many times of consecration and done extended fasts beyond the 7 days. I have no question in my mind that I will feel much different on the inside from now on, having been given a clear picture of what God sees in our small but sincere movements toward His heart. Thank you, Allen, for giving your son that example of God in His fatherly nature and allowing his very unique story to heal many, many hearts, mine included.
Hello, my name is Ana and I am from Argentina. This course has been a direct response from my Heavenly Father to questions and prayer requests. I felt extremely comfortable and respected in the way the course was carried and God spoke to me and took a lot of the burden off of how He sees me. I knew that God knew me in all aspects, but I was more inspired by fear than joy, because I felt that I was never going to be enough. But knowing that God loves me at every stage of my life and even loves me without being formed changed my perspective one hundred percent and even changed the way I live my days knowing that He is always with me and that I will always to be with him. Thank you to everyone that make this course possible. Blessings! (Sorry If something is bad written I speak in Spanish, that's why ☺️).