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Knowing the Heart of God
Billy Humphrey
Billy Humphrey (c. 1970 – N/A) was an American preacher and ministry leader whose work has centered on fostering revival and night-and-day prayer through his leadership of GateCity Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Born around 1970, likely in the Southeastern United States, he grew up with a strong Christian influence that shaped his passion for spiritual awakening. After serving as youth pastor at Victory Church in Norcross, Georgia, for 13 years, he founded the International House of Prayer Atlanta (IHOP Atlanta) in 2004 with a small team, launching a worship-led prayer meeting in February 2006 that went 24/7 within two years. His early ministry focused on preparing a generation for Christ’s return, rooted in the spirit of the Tabernacle of David. Humphrey’s preaching career evolved as IHOP Atlanta merged with NewBridge Church in 2018, forming a new congregation that became GateCity Church in 2021, where he serves as director. His sermons, featured on billyhumphrey.com and GateCity’s platforms, emphasize intercession, end-times theology, and global missions, often delivered with an authoritative yet heartfelt style. An intercessor and author of books like The Coming Revival, he has led GateCity to establish prayer and mission bases in seven nations. Married to Maribeth since the early 1990s, with four children—Evan, Siah, Coby, and Riah—he balances family life with a ministry that continues to prioritize 24/7 worship and the pursuit of historic revival.
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This sermon emphasizes the importance of speaking words that are infused with life and a prophetic edge, which can only come from intimacy with God. It contrasts empty Christian rhetoric with impactful, life-giving words that reflect a deep connection with the heart of Jesus. The speaker encourages the audience to seek a revelation of Jesus' heart, opinions, thoughts, emotions, and feelings, moving beyond surface-level knowledge to a profound relationship with Him.
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But I'm quite tired of hearing rhetoric and biblical language and Christian talk that's just so unparenting scriptures without there being an actuality of prophetic edge upon those words. And that prophetic edge, it comes from the place of intimacy with the heart of God. One can speak words that have no life upon them. They can be Christian words, they can be scriptural, biblical words that have no life upon them because the messenger has no life in God. And another can speak the very same words. And those words will come across with a razor sharp edge and a fiery impact. And the only difference is that that messenger has found himself in rhythm with the heart of the man Christ Jesus, the one who's burning in blazing love for the human race. And I pray tonight that we would be a group that would come into revelation of what's burning upon the heart of Jesus Christ. I want to know his opinions and I want to know his thoughts. I want to know his emotions and I want to know what he feels. It's not enough to sing a song about him. I want to know him.
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Billy Humphrey (c. 1970 – N/A) was an American preacher and ministry leader whose work has centered on fostering revival and night-and-day prayer through his leadership of GateCity Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Born around 1970, likely in the Southeastern United States, he grew up with a strong Christian influence that shaped his passion for spiritual awakening. After serving as youth pastor at Victory Church in Norcross, Georgia, for 13 years, he founded the International House of Prayer Atlanta (IHOP Atlanta) in 2004 with a small team, launching a worship-led prayer meeting in February 2006 that went 24/7 within two years. His early ministry focused on preparing a generation for Christ’s return, rooted in the spirit of the Tabernacle of David. Humphrey’s preaching career evolved as IHOP Atlanta merged with NewBridge Church in 2018, forming a new congregation that became GateCity Church in 2021, where he serves as director. His sermons, featured on billyhumphrey.com and GateCity’s platforms, emphasize intercession, end-times theology, and global missions, often delivered with an authoritative yet heartfelt style. An intercessor and author of books like The Coming Revival, he has led GateCity to establish prayer and mission bases in seven nations. Married to Maribeth since the early 1990s, with four children—Evan, Siah, Coby, and Riah—he balances family life with a ministry that continues to prioritize 24/7 worship and the pursuit of historic revival.