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July 3, 2008 - The Throne of Grace & 31 Days of Praying in the Harvest!

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed…they are new every morning…Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace…” Lam.3:22-23; Heb.4:16

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson, 33 years old when he was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. Born in Virginia on April 13, 1743.

“The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreeably to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.” President George Washington

“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” “…liberty…to worship Almighty God,” held as a banner for the peoples of the United States of America to rally under, considered our “certain unalienable Rights,” by two of our nation’s framer’s. Let us be reminded of these things on this Friday, July 4, 2008 and lift our voices in thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God. Let their be a resounding chorus of praise and worship to Him who by His own precious, holy blood purchased our eternal liberty!

Early morning, noontime or evening, pray and praise the Lord! Spend some time praying for our troops who are on foreign soil. Pray for their protection, salvation, health and well-being and safe return to their families. Pray for the family members left behind. Pray for President George Bush and his family; pray for a fresh wind to blow upon him, and for him to finish strong and able to complete the assignment the Lord has given to him. Pray for Vice President Dick Cheney, President Bush’s Cabinet and Administration, the members of the U.S. Congress and Supreme Court.

Pray for Governor Mitch Daniels, Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, State Attorney General Steve Carter, and other state and local officials. Pray for men and women in positions of influence and leadership in the church, families, education in our state and nation, the military, medicine, science, business, media and entertainment.

Pray for children and young people to be kept from the evil one, protected from predators, drug dealers, sex peddlers; and instead given fun, wholesome activities to participate in. Pray for protection from accidents, and faulty fireworks particularly this week-end.

Pray for Godly mentors for the young people, facilities where they can spend time. Make the children and young people one of your most fervent prayers! They’re worth it!

“Offer thanksgiving that, in Christ, we know the fullness of God’s compassion, mercy, grace, and liberty. Cry out for mercy upon our land, all in authority, the lives of the lost and suffering around us, and our lives and families. Pray that relatives, loved ones, church members, work associates, neighbors, friends, adversaries and enemies will know redemption, freedom, and the sufficiency of God’s grace.”

Declare we are a blessed people, blessed to be a blessing. Ask the Lord to show you those who need a smile, a prayer, to be encouraged or need prayer, and follow His lead in what you do!

“Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest” John 4:35 “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the

Laborers are few. Therefore, PRAY the Lord of the harvest that he would send out laborers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:37,38

Ed Smelser, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem Chaplain recently wrote on the subject, PRAYING IN THE HARVEST! He grew up on his father’s farm in Wyoming. Later, after moving to Oregon, he says he “marveled at the bounty of the wide variety of the fruit harvest.” He writes, “The biggest discovery that I have made is that HARVEST IS NEVER A COINCIDENCE. HARVEST INVOLVES A CHAIN OF MIRACLES EACH IN SPECIFIC ORDER AND PERFECTLY TIMED.” Now that is quite a revelation!

Just before Jesus ascended into heaven, He emphasized prayer as preparation for harvest. “You shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses. Acts 1:8 When the day of Pentecost had come, His disciples were ready BECAUSE THEY HAD WAITED IN UNITED PRAYER! The result was a GREAT HARVEST of souls because people had prayed. Three thousand was the reaping of the first day!

Chaplain Smelser’s earliest memories were vivid about the HARVEST PRAYER MEETINGS! He says these “all night gatherings began in the early spring after the moisture of the winter snows was gone, because if there was going to be a harvest there had to be rain to make the crops grow.” “My parents prayed through the challenge of seeing the harvest completed from the planting stage to the final threshing. Of course, they worked hard, but they also ‘prayed much! THE ONLY COURSE OF ACTION THAT MY PARENTS AND OTHER CHURCH MEMBERS KNEW WOULD GUARANTEE THE HARVEST TO BE PLENTEOUS WAS TO PRAY IN THE HARVEST!”

God has shaken us, sent the winds, rains, lightnings and the floods! He is calling us to WAKE UP and PRAY, to “Fan the flame of the gift of God within us….” October, 2007, the Lord sent His word through Chuck Pierce saying, “Watch where the heavens open and floods (physical) reach the earth, and document those places! Those are places targeted for a Holy Spirit invasion. Rising flood waters will cause you to move to higher ground.”

31 Days of PRAYING IN THE HARVEST!

Beginning this Friday, July 4th, we are asking that you target the five week days to pray the Noon Hour! Stop at noon for 1 Hour …. In offices, your home, wherever you might be! See if you can gather others to take 10-15 minutes each. Praying for 15 minutes would take 4 or 8 (to have two people praying together); praying for 10 minutes would take 6 or 12 people. On Friday evenings, pray sometime during the evening watch (6-9 pm). On the biblical calendar, this begins the Sabbath; not only do Jewish people pray, but also Muslims pray at this time as well. Both use this particular prayer time to set the course for the next week. If we want God’s course set in place for the following week, we must pray! The Friday evenings involved would be: Friday, July 4; Friday, July 11; Friday, July 18; Friday, July 25 and Friday, August 1. This makes 5 Fridays, the number of GRACE and the number of the five-fold ministry gifts.

Saturdays and Sundays, choose your own times of prayer; it can be included in your times of prayer in church! I believe the Lord is calling His FIRST STRIKE STATE to PRAY IN THE HARVEST!

“Pray ye therefore the Lord of the Harvest, to thrust out laborers into the harvest!”

This word is from Mary Glazier, Native American Alaskan Prayer Leader and founder of Windwalkers. “There is a new anointing for victory that is falling on the body of Christ. I am hearing reports of increased healings, signs and wonders, answered prayer and strengthened leaders. This is not the hour to rest on our laurels, but to press ahead into worship, praise and victory. God is on the throne and He is moving powerfully in the midst of His church. Be encouraged. God sent me a word last Sunday for the church. “Look up. REINFORCEMENTS ARE COMING! REINFORCEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY! BE STRONG. KEEP YOUR EYES FOCUSED ON JESUS, THE ONE WHO CREATED ANGELS, RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND DELIVERED US TOTAQLLY FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS. DO NOT FEAR WHAT THE WORLD FEARS. GOD IS WITH US.”

God is calling us to pray in the new beginning of the moves of His glory!. Lord, rearrange Your people so they have authority in the land in which you have placed them, so the glory within them can come forward. Chuck Pierce

In the mid 90’s, the Lord said to me, “I want to come into Indiana as the KING OF GLORY!” Pray Psalms 24 and welcome the King of Glory! “Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, He is the King of Glory!” “Open up ye gates, open up ye everlasting doors, that the King of Glory may come in!” And we say YES, come King of Glory! Just think if all over the First Strike State, every day for 31 days, God’s children invited Him to come in as the King of Glory! I think He just might come, don’t you?

Blessings of overflowing joy, Sallye Burton, Apostolic Coordinator

This week-end is a First Fruits time, we will go from the month of Sivan on the Biblical calendar to the month of Tammuz! We are moving into some critical days for both the United States of America and Israel, more good reason to pray these next 31 days.

If you would like to send a First Fruits offering to bless the ministry and cause the Prayer Network to “be fruitful, multiply and abound,” please make your checks to IN SPN and send to PO Box 302, Ellettsville, IN 47429. We are grateful to those who have been faithful and we release multiplied blessings upon your baskets and storehouses and all you set your hands to do. We have been able to help build and furnish two orphanages in Romania and to feed, clothe and house widows and orphans in New York City and Israel; your gifts are multiplying and releasing a harvest of righteousness. Your rewards are great! Thank you, keep it up and we will also!

June 11, 2008 What is God saying to Indiana!

THE GOD WHO THUNDERS! El Hir’im “He made the earth by his power, established the world by his wisdom spread out the sky by his understanding.

When He thunders, the waters in heaven roar, he raises clouds from the ends of the earth, he makes the lightning flash

In the rain and brings the wind out from his storehouses.” Jeremiah 51:15-16 CJB

“The voice of Adonai is over the waters; the GOD OF GLORY THUNDERS….” Psalm 29:3 CJB

Last year, Chuck Pierce said to watch where there was flooding, where they was flooding, there would be revival. On Saturday, May 17, 2008, Apostle Trevor Newport released Ezekiel 47:1-7 to our state and said he saw a river from the throne of God flowing into the state of Indiana. On Saturday, June 7, Chuck Pierce said to Indiana and Illinois that God is stirring the mud in your states. On Sunday, June 8, he spoke to the states of IN/IL/OH and MI and said “The mud will get so thick in your state because I am reforming miracles in your ground, which is mine!” June 1, 2007, Chuck Pierce prophesied over IN as being the “circumference point of the revival of the nation!” According to II Chronicles 20:20 to “believe in the Lord your God, so shall you be established; believe in his prophets, so will you succeed.”

Indiana, ARISE! Revival is here! The river has been released from the Throne Room of God and is flowing through your land! “Fan the flame of the gift of God which is In you,” II Timothy 1:6 NIV

PRAY for houses of God to be ready, prepared to receive the “fish” swept in by the floods, as one family reported, their field was full of fish – BIG FISH! Pray for people in high places to be swept in and “caught” in the net of salvation! FLOODS release the fish!

CRY OUT TO GOD! Show us, Lord what to do! Reveal to us what we need to do to be ready! Let it be an Acts 4: 30-33 happening! Cry out for Him to open up wells of revival. Ask the Holy Spirit to breathe on the TORCH of Indiana, the breath of heaven to stir the passion for the Lord and His Kingdom within us and ignite revival fires throughout Indiana. Don’t wait until you see it, speak it by faith. “Abraham believed God…” and “called those things which be not as though they were.”

BE A HERALD OF FAITH, BE A HERALD OF REVIVAL – IT IS HERE!

Last June, Chuck Pierce prophesied that by November of this year, you would see “fires around the borders of this state.” First Strike State, don’t miss your VISITATION!

PRAY “Open up your gates, open up you everlasting doors, that the King of Glory may come in! Who is this King of Glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Open up you gates, open up you everlasting doors, that the King of Glory may come in! Who is this King of Glory? Adonai Tzva’ot – Lord of hosts – he is The King of glory.” Psalms 24: 7-10

CRY OUT for Godly Leaders to rise up and be at the forefront! Pray for those with humble hearts and clean hands to ARISE! Cry out for the Lord to build His Church! DECLARE the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!

Chuck Mervin, The Cause USA wrote in a recent letter “God Almighty is contending for the heart of this nation, “For from the heart flows all of the issues of life.” “In a recent meeting with our young intercessors at The Cause missions equipping base in Fort Mill, SC, the question was asked: “How do we best shift America back to God?” “The Lord came forth with a clear and strong word saying, “What I am going to do is transform the heart of this nation.”

IN/IL, you are the heart of this nation! Perhaps that is what all the earthquakes, storms, tornadoes and flooding is about; God’s transforming/reforming Hand; the hand of the POTTER reforming the clay so it is better fit for the task at hand in this season!

PRAY for those whose lives, homes and businesses have been destroyed or flooded! Pray and do whatever the Lord might show you to do! PRAY for the workers who have been working day and night to rescue people and help to clean up the damage. PRAY for safety for those working on or near power lines. Pray for strength and wisdom for all who are diligently working to bring the help and resolution to the many problems caused by the storms and floods.

We praise God for the four apostles He sent to us in May, and for all the wisdom, knowledge and understanding they released! Wisdom and knowledge were released to transform religion into relationship, to release the Church of the Lord from poverty to prosperity, and to release the anointing for revival that signs, wonders and miracles show forth. One capital city pastor is seeing the results at a senior citizens living center where he teaches a bible study! Instead of doing bible study one night, he prayed for everyone who had an “ache or a pain, or needed healing.” When he returned the following week, he learned of a number of miracles that had happened as a result. Watch for more to come! Fan the flame of revival and watch for God to come! Praise God for BREAKTHROUGH AND SHIFT! “The Lord has broken through…like a river breaking through its banks. This is why he called the place ‘Lord of the breakthrough!’” II Samuel 5:20 Wherever there is flooding, call upon “the Lord of the breakthrough!”

Clearly, God is speaking to us; may we have “ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches!”

Arise, Cry Out and Shift! First Fruits Prayer Gathering, Saturday, April 5, 2008

A shift is NOW taking place; God determines both the times and the seasons, and we have the choice whether or not we shift when He shifts! ARISE is a word of command to do something when a shift is about to occur! Examples in the Word of God are found throughout scripture. Some examples are:

These are all commands to ARISE prior to a SHIFT, which many times, were also warnings prior to judgment or enemies attacks on the people of God! They were sent to deliver and prior to a SHIFT!

SHIFT – to divide, arrange; to exchange for or replace by another; CHANGE – to change the place, change place or position, or direction; to assume responsibility; to go through a change; to change clothes. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, G & C Merriam Co.; Copyright 1974

We are in a shift, a time to change, receiving new mantles for this new season! It is a time to be alert and watchful! PRAY to be alert and attentive to the VOICE of GOD, to His signs! DECLARE Matthew 13:11 & 16 over yourself, your family and your pastors and leaders! Read Matthew 13:1-52. The sanctified life is a life of divine exchange and of transformation and of perpetual motion! Joyfully declare Isaiah 61:10 over yourself, “I am joyful in Adonai! My soul rejoices in my God, for he has clothed me in salvation, DRESSED ME WITH A ROBE OF TRIUMPH…”

God’s peoples’ CRIES often brought a response from God that created a DIVINE SHIFT! In Exodus 3:7-10, God tells Moses that He has heard the cries (moans) of His people! Psalms 107:20, at the sound of His people’s cries, God sends His Word, heals and delivers His people from death! God speaks of Abel’s blood crying out from the ground for divine retribution. Genesis 18:20 is an outcry against the wickedness in Sodom & Gomorrah. This brought DELIVERANCE to a CITY & a REGION!

II Samuel 22:7, David cries out to God; it brings him deliverance from Saul and his enemies. Proverbs 21:13 refers to the cry of the poor, and Isaiah 12:6 is a command to us to “CRY OUT & SHOUT…” the shout of VICTORY! Lamentations 2:19, God tells us to “CRY OUT for our children…” LUKE 18:7 alerts us to the benefit of DAY & NIGHT CRYING OUT for help, for deliverance, for divine intervention. He heard, answered and NOW won’t God grant JUSTICE to His chosen people who cry out to Him DAY & NIGHT; “I tell you that He will judge in their favor, and QUICKLY!”

In June of 2000, the FUTURE WAR OF THE CHURCH conference was held in Indianapolis, IN launching us into the beginning of a major shift in Christendom! In May, 2000, I was called by Global Harvest Ministries to alert me to the fact they only had 300 registrants for this conference and asked if I felt we should press forward with it or cancel. I felt strongly we were to press forward, but sought the Lord. On or about May 14, the Lord gave me a statewide strategy, calling it “Breaking open the gates, preparing the way of the Lord!” I was to have 14 teams at strategic locations on the borders of the state; 7 teams, one team at each of the 7 counties surrounding Marion County and 5 teams at major gateways in our capitol city. The Lord gave favor and pastors, worshippers and intercessors were mobilized for each of the 26 teams. We were to meet at our location at 11:00 AM on Saturday, May 27, 2000; less than one month before the conference. With the weatherman showing the entire state of Indiana RED, and the weatherman’s warning of statewide tornadoes, I made the declaration NOT IN MY STATE! There were no tornadoes and very little rain! We obeyed the command to ARISE & GO, and the Lord gave the victory! In less than 3 weeks, the numbers accelerated from 300 to 1500.

It was at this conference that Apostle John Eckhardt released the command to the nation to SHIFT to activate the fullness and cooperation of the 5-fold ministry gifts (Ephesians 4:11). In response to this, an angel of the Lord was seen in a fiery blue glow all across the platform of the church. Was this a strange phenomena or a visitation from Heaven’s realm calling His people to attention and to SHIFT!

The greatest shift ever to happen on earth was the time of Christ Jesus, the Messiah’s birth! There were many appearances of angels surrounding that time; the angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary, the mother of Jesus; to Joseph to assure him this was of God; to Zechariah in the Most Holy Place to announce the birth of his son, John; to the shepherds on the hillside. It was accompanied by the murder of all boys in Bethlehem two years and under. Herod sensed the SHIFT and feared losing his “exalted” position. He eventually did through an unusual and awful death, so it brought judgment on a wicked ruler.

The shift can be missed; it can be resisted and it can bring the realm of the dark prince to move against it violently. But remember, Jesus said, “I will build my Church, AND THE GATES OF HELL shall not prevail against it!” The world is sensing the change and searching for a place of stability. God has been speaking of shaking saying that everything that can be shaken, will be shaken. BUT we know there is a SECURE PLACE, A PLACE OF REFUGE, and we know where it is! IT’S in a PERSON, our ROCK, OUR REFUGE, OUR FORTRESS, OUR HIGHTOWER! Expect HIS GLORY to be seen upon you and to have favor, not so we can get what we want, BUT so we can get what HE WANTS……SOULS, FAMILIES, CITIES, TERRITORIES, TRANSFERENCE OF WEALTH “that He might establish His covenant with us and grant us the means by which we are able to COVER THE EARTH with HIS GLORY!

January 21-28, 2008 Starting the Year Off RIght with Prayer & Fasting for Indiana

This is the Hebraic Year 5768 and encompasses the Year 2008 on the Gregorian Calendar!  It is the Year of 8's which means “New Beginnings.”  It is also The Year of the Full Circle of Life.”  This week is a time to focus our attention on LIFE!  “Therefore choose life, so that you and your offspring will live.”  Deuteronomy 30:19

Today was SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE SUNDAY!  Many endured the extreme cold to join with others who in celebrating the intrinsic value of all human life and pregnancy centers shared regarding the work and the victories they are experiencing.  Young children along with their parents carried signs proclaiming their support of saving the most innocent and helpless of human life, the pre-born child.  This Tuesday, January 22, 2008 will be the 35 th anniversary of the Roe V. Wade ruling which has brought the “American Abortion Holocaust.” 

The following are Prayer Requests from Intercessors For America:

Tomorrow  we commemorate the life of a great man, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who is credited with the saving of the lives of his people from a life of oppression and poverty.  On April 4, 1968, his life was taken at the young age of 39.  Many cities throughout our nation will honor Dr. King's life through acts of service and compassion.

The life of another young black man, Samuel Morris, born in Liberia and through the divine intervention of Almighty God ended up at Taylor University where his life became the catalyst for loving and godly diversity, unity and evangelism.  Samuel Morris was only 21 when he died from the complications of pneumonia, but his life would forever affect northwestern Indiana and the university!  Will Ford, III, a favorite of Indiana will be the keynote speaker at Taylor University tomorrow as they honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

CELEBRATE LIFE!  Pray John 10:10 “The thief cometh not but to kill, steal and destroy, BUT I AM COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE AND THAT MORE ABUNDANTLY!”  Declare that every death structure that has existed in your generational line, your family, your city, state and our nation is pulled down, destroyed and made null and void by the BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST!   Let the words of your mouth release LIFE!  “In the power of the tongue is life or death.”  Declare your tongue powerfully releases LIFE! 

The scripture for tomorrow, released in the email to launch this time of prayer and fasting is Isaiah 58:1, 6-12.  Begin with verse 1, “SHOUT out loud!  Don't hold back!  Raise your voice like a shofar! …….”  Then pray verse 6, which is very appropriate considering the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Samuel Morris.  Pray verse 6 also on Tuesday and decree verses 7-12 throughout this week.

This is a year to “be filled with a New Zeal for the Lord. The Hebrew word eight, Chet, is linked with life.”  (Dr. Chuck Pierce )  In demonstrating “new zeal,” one will often SHOUT!  This is the year to “Shout, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.” Isaiah 12:6  Declare the SHOUT of the King is in you and release it this year!  “The Lord his God is with him.  And the SHOUT of a KING is among them.”  Numbers 23:21c  Yes, even the Lord shouts!  “God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.”

Psalms 47:5.  The Hebrew word for shout in Numbers 23 is Teruah which means to clamour, acclamation of joy or a BATTLE-CRY, especially clangor of trumpets as an alarm; shout, shouting, alarm, sound, blowing, joy, jubilee, loud noise/ rejoicing.

The Hebrew word for shout in Psalms 47:5 is ruwa, which means to mar, especially by breaking, to split the ears with sound, shout for alarm or joy, noise, cry, triumph, destroy.  In Jeremiah 31:7, the Hebrew word for shout is tsahal and means to gleam, shine, shout, lift up, be cheerful, cry aloud!  Release the shout of our King and delare His victory in your life, family, church, city, our state, region and nation; also in Jerusalem and all of Israel .  The sounds we release with our mouths this year will secure many victories!  So, SHOUT now!

This is also the Year of the Lion!  One of the names of our Lord is Lion of Judah!  The lion is considered to be the “king of the jungle!”

Our Lord is KING of kings and LORD of lords!  When the male lion roars, he is establishing his rulership and declaring all others have to go!  Three great features of the lion are his majesty, strength and is indicative of royalty; also his courage (Proverbs 28:1) and his cruelty (Psalms 22:13)  In II Samuel 17:10, the Hebrew word for lion is aryeh and refers to violence.  The word represents a full grown lion with the characteristics of strength & power, of plundering and being heroic.  Scriptures to read and declare are:  Hosea 11:10; Rev. 5:5; Rev. 10:3; Is.42:13; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2.

Let the roar of the Lion of Judah precede from your mouth; receive new strength, boldness, courage and power from the Lord!  He “always causes us to triumph in Christ Jesus!”    As you pray, shout, roar and release His sounds, stand and watch your enemies flee!

This is also a Year of Momentum – this was the word the Lord gave me in mid-September as I was seeking Him for this new season.  He said, “Don't stop the momentum,” indicating to me that we have been moving victoriously, intentionally and diligently, and He is “a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him!”  Continue to seek Him, every morning “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, all the other things WILL be ADDED unto you.!”

SHOUT His Victory!  As Joshua told the Children of Israel, “SHOUT, for God has given you the city!”  Let the SHOUT of the King be released at the gates of your city, at the gate of government, the gate of the courts, the educational gates, the medical gates, the gate of your church, the gate of your business or place of employment!  Gates in Hebrew also refers to portals, a doorway, an opening, an entrance way.  Declare the enemies are stopped at the gates and MAY NOT ENTER!  Pray for God's angelic host to protect the gates!

SHOUT, and watch new territories open up!  Ask the Lord to open your eyes to see more clearly the gates He has given you, seek His protection from presumption!  Ask Him to grant you the “wisdom that is from above,” discernment, courage and boldness, “the righteous are as bold as a lion.”  Proverbs 28:1.

Send your testimonies of victory, any prayer requests, let us know what is happening.  Twenty-one days of corporate prayer and fasting will open doors, stop the plans of the enemy and secure victories.

Don't forget this week to pray for our governor and legislators.  This Friday, SJR7, the Marriage Protection Amendment will be heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee at 8:45 AM  However State Representative Scott Pelath has released a statement that he will NOT be hearing the marriage amendment.  Speaker Patrick Bauer has refused to give SJR7 a full floor vote as he promised during his campaign.  YOUR VOICE DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE, call Speaker Patrick Bauer and him to fulfill his campaign promise.  Also call State Representative Scott Pelath and ask Him to give SJR7 a committee hearing.  Let them know that marriage between one man and one woman is important to you and to the health and prosperity of our families and state. 

317-232-9600 or 800-382-9642

Together, we will make a difference!

 

January 1, 2008 Starting the Year Off Right with Prayer & Fasting for Indiana

In just an hour or so, the Year 2008 begins. There are many encouraging words being released to us through various Church leaders! Many trusted and proven ones are saying this is the year of new beginnings, a new season and the Year to be at the gates. This is also our presidential election year and there is much turmoil surrounding this! But we, who know Christ also know the One who is our Rock! What comfort to know that He is steadfast, trustworthy, strong, faithful and true!

“”I will love you, Oh Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God is my rock in whom I will trust; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.” Psalms 18:1-3

He is our “strength and our song, and He has become our salvation. Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” Isaiah 12:2 & 3

I believe that Isaiah 9:6 & 7 are key verses for us this year. God’s Word is true and as Isaiah stated, “His Word will not become void, but will accomplish that to which He sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 He also “watches over His Word to perform it.” Jeremiah 1:12 Jesus, our Messiah, is the living Word of God who came in the flesh. John 1:1, 2 & 14, and “…the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 Powerful and He is our God, our Savior, our Redeemer, our Healer, our Deliverer, our Peace, our Provider, our Righteousness, the One who sanctifies us. What a God, none like unto Him, none besides Him, may we worship Him with great rejoicing!

In the year 2000, in June of that year, in Indianapolis, the Future War of the Church was launched! It was at that time that Apostle John Eckhardt decreed the shift into the government of God. This is the 7th year of the 7 year war as decreed by Dr. Chuck Pierce. This began at Rosh HaShannah in September. INDIANA has a key part to play in the government of God! In June of 2007, Chuck Pierce prophesied that by November of 2008, the borders of IN would be ablaze with fire. He also said to “align our hearts with” God!

Beginning Monday, January 7th, we are calling a 21 day time of prayer and fasting for the state of IN. This will end on January 28th. Those 21 days are very important for our state.

Pray that God will give His Church ears to “hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches!” Ask Him to send His Holy Spirit to everyone of His Churches in our state and nation.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and pray especially for President Bush’s trip to Israel on January 9.

Pray the Lord’s Prayer and may your year be started off right and you be aligned and “strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.”

“The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you and give you His peace.”

 

Nov. 6, 2007 Indiana Building the Altar of Worship to Release the Voice of Righteousness

This photo is the altar that my team and I built at Eagles Pointe as a memorial to a day when the people of God were joined through corporate praise and worship all across this state. I called for the fire of God to come down, and He heard and answered that cry! It is His will for there to be “fire on the altar.” Leviticus 6:12 This picture was taken between 7 and 7:30 pm. The altar was built in a wooded area. To God be the glory!

“Therefore, since we have received an unshakeable Kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may offer service that will please God, with reverence and fear. For indeed, ‘Our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29

Our God is the God of Elijah; He is the God who answers by fire. “Then, you, call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Adonai; and the God who answers with fire, let him be God.” I Kings 18 24 He is “....the God who does wonders…” Psalms 77:14

Indiana is the only state with a Torch in the center of its flag. It seems that the Lord God is serious about our state being one with a fiery passion for Him and His Kingdom.

Come, Lord Jesus, come! Rule and reign in Indiana as the King of Glory, Adonai Tzva’ot (the Lord of hosts). Psalms 24

Indiana is moving forward, breaking through; but we need to remain diligent, alert and to persevere, not back down, pursue and take back what the devil has stolen from us! “Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord.” We can and we will “through Christ who strengthens us.” He ALWAYS causes us “to triumph in Christ Jesus.” It’s a new day, new beginnings, a new season; a time to throw off the old that would entangle us and hold us back. May you be refreshed in His love, strengthened by His grace and given great wisdom in this hour. I pray He sends His angelic host to watch over and protect you, minister to and for you and do battle on your behalf.

Through the venue of sports, the 2007 Super Bowl, Indiana regained her Voice. This came through none other than Colt’s Coach Tony Dungy. The day following the Super Bowl win, I sent an email to the state declaring “Indiana has her voice back and it is the Voice of Righteousness. Coach Dungy continued to release this throughout the state and nation all this year, including at the White House and in President George W. Bush’s presence. In June 2007, Dr. Chuck Pierce, without knowing I had done this, came into agreement with this declaration by saying “Indiana, you have your voice back.” Dr. Pierce also said it came as a result of the Colt’s Super Bowl win!

In August, I met with my state apostolic team and we agreed that Indiana has her own unique sound and that it should be released at the same time all over the state. I had planned for us to build altars of worship throughout the state and so we chose this time for the release. On Saturday, October 27th, between 5 P.M. and 7 P.M. from north to south, from east to west, God’s people gathered at strategic locations to “Build An Altar of Worship and Release IN’s unique sound, the Voice of Righteousness. There was a corporate anointing to release this; this pushes back the veil of darkness covering our state and releases a canopy of worship and prayer. This produces the atmosphere for people to make godly decisions, and that is exactly what happened the following Tuesday. Many pastors gathered their whole church to do this. One pastor reported a major breakthrough the Sunday following. I led a team of 14 to Eagles’ Point, a lookout point overlooking the Monroe Reservoir. This is also the site where 25 bald eagles have returned to build their nests. My team watched as the clouds parted making an open heaven over the city of Bloomington. The entire week, our skies had been darkened and cloud covered while the Dalai Lama was there. He had concluded all his talks just a few hours prior to this time. Our team gathered after repentance, fresh consecration of ourselves and our county to build our altar. We made declarations of faith over our state and region. I asked the Lord to send His fire, and He did as you can see in the picture above.

Quoting Chuck Pierce, “when we worship, we build a canopy of worship over our territory!” “Worship is the most powerful force in the universe.” ‘“Force’ means the power to produce effects. Thus, worship has the most powerful capacity to produce effects in the universe – and God has honored US to be allowed to take part in this marvelous creative transaction.” Author, and Owner & Director of Restored to Glory Dance Ministries Ann Stevenson “Prophetic Worship is the most powerful force in the Universe!” “The worship of God in the earth has morphed into a wonderfully creative, dynamic, free expression of all kinds of gifts, movement, color, sound, light, art, culture, language and glory!” Keith Luker, Founder of FreeWind, and Prophetic WorshipRadio.NET as seen on the ElijahLIst Publications www.elijahlist.com

The following Tuesday, October 30, 2007, a battle which began two years ago was won! “Today the 7th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned Judge David Hamilton’s decision banning prayer in the name of Jesus from the Indiana House of Representatives. The Court did not even need to take up the heart of the matter (whether or not voluntary prayer in the name of Jesus is an establishment of religion) as they concluded that the plaintiffs (backed by the ACLU) did not have standing to bring suit.” “The decision was split, 2-1 with Judge Ripple and Kanne in the majority and Judge Wood dissenting. The majority even ruled that the Speaker could recover his costs from the ACLU! THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR THE FREEDOMS OF SPEECH AND RELIGION IN THIS COUNTRY.” Indiana Family Institute, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 e-Family Update ifi@hoosierfamily.org “The District Court ruling was a landmark decision marking the first time a federal court had attempted to dictate the specific content of prayer in a state or federal legislative body. Representative Jackie Walorski said, “This is a great day of victory in the State of Indiana and for the United States as well, that the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of uncensored prayers at the Indiana Statehouse. I am thankful to the thousands of people in our State that have fervently prayed for this ruling to be overturned and today, we are thankful that we can again openly pray in Jesus’ name in our State. In our culture today, it is critical to protect individual freedom and freedom of expression, and this is a major victory!” Monica Boyer, Indiana Voice for the Family

Two years ago, following the ruling, Representative Jackie Walorski and Speaker of the House, Brian Bosma requested that I lead a two hour prayer session in the Statehouse Rotunda on the first day of the 2006 Opening Session. This took place as the legislators were meeting in Caucus on the Third Floor. I began the prayer time quoting Philippians 2:9-11, “Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” I asked those gathered there, “and what is His name?” And they shouted “Jesus.” I asked again, and again, they shouted “Jesus.” I asked again, and then we all began to shout in one accord, “JESUS, JESUS, JESUS!” When the legislators came out of their caucus, both Rep. Walorski and House Speaker, Brian Bosma, asked to speak to the crowd. They reported, “We could hear you all the way up on the third floor, and it greatly encouraged us.” House Speaker graciously thanked everyone for coming and praying and almost breaking down, asked us to continue to pray for them and for him particularly. We prayed for him right then. Within a few months, he filed an appeals to the decision and that was what was won on Tuesday, October 30th.

We have heard rumors that the ACLU is planning to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court. It had also been reported by several other states that should the ruling be upheld, they were poised to put similar rulings in place immediately. Come on, FIRST STRIKE STATE, keep gathering, keep praying and keep worshipping. They wanted to make Indiana an example by getting this ruling in place. It is of national importance for that not to happen! Will you join us in worship and prayer to see this thoroughly and completely defeated? Remember when the Israelites went into the Promised Land, the Lord told them to completely drive out their enemies or they would become “briers and thorns” in their side. Israel is living proof that this is so. In 2002, Chuck Pierce spoke over Indiana and said we were the catheter to open the veins and arteries of the heart of the nation. Both he and Jim Chosa called us arrows for this same purpose. In March, 2003, we did an initiative meeting in our capitol city for two hours of worshipi and prayer. I had 12 apostles and pastors who prayed over and anointed each of the teams at the gates of Indianapolis. The teams then drove the main arteries and veins of the state. We are again praying the highways, preparing them for the harvest, removing the stones (those things that would hinder or block the harvest).

We invite you to join us in worship and prayer to see this ruling permanently stopped.

Lord, we ask that you grant us great wisdom and discernment, knowledge and understanding. We ask for the Issachar anointing and sensitivity to Your Spirit. Bless our leaders with godly wisdom and counsel; grant continued favor with the courts and give us the strength to persevere, not back down and to stand firm for Your Name’s sake, in Jesus’ name, amen!

As you travel this week, continue to release the sounds of heaven through worship and prayer. Pray: “Thy kingdom come (Your righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, Come! Your power, authority and dominion and might COME!) Thy will be done (Your plans, purposes and will be accomplished, done and established) on earth as it is in heaven.” Your acts of kindness, your love come! Ask the Father what is on His heart for your road and your region! Don’t let resentment, grumbling, complaining, doubt or unbelief enter in thinking, “we did this before, why do we have to do it again?” I ask you, how long, do our roads stay in perfect condition after they have been resurfaced and repaired? The daily wear and tear on them causes the to wear down and holes, cracks, bumps to appear! Why did the I-35 bridge in MN collapse? It was in sad disrepair; it hadn’t been repaired and maintained. THE RESULT WAS LOSS OF LIFE, PEOPLE CRITICALLY INJURED, FORCING PEOPLE TO TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES TO WORK, SCHOOL, ETC. The end result of not doing it is far worse than if they had been properly repaired and maintained!

May the Lord encamp His holy angels around you and your family, delivering you from every evil work, and keep you by the power of His name.

Building an Altar of Worship on Saturday, October 27th, between 5 - 6 pm, then October 28 - December 1 a 35 Day Prayer Initiative, Light the Highway.

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“Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.” Matthew 6:10

A 35 Day Prayer Initiative will begin on Sunday, October 28 through December 1st, 2007. The Light the Highway prayer initiative is to release His light, His truth, His righteousness, His justice, His kingdom across our highways, preparing the way of the Lord!

In preparation for the prayer initiative Saturday, October 27th between 5 & 6 pm on we will be building altars of worship to the Lord, releasing Indiana’s own unique sound, the Voice of Righteousness. As we come before Him with thanksgiving and repentance, and worship Him, we will take stones of remembrance and build an altar. The place is the place of your choice, and as we worship as His covenant children, we will believe that He will grant us an open heaven and send His ministering angels (Hebrews 1:14) where we are! See Genesis 28:16-19; Bethel means House of God. We are seeking Him that we might prepare a place (a state, a region) for the Lord’s indwelling Presence.

It is most important that we have an attitude of humility and the reverential, worshipful “fear of the Lord.”

Therefore, On Saturday October 27, between the hours of 5-6pm, we will join brothers and sisters across Indiana in a time of repentance, reconciliation, and worship.

The Focus: This will be for the purpose of releasing Indiana’s own unique sound, the Voice of Righteousness, a Kingdom of God sound declaring “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” It is an invitation for the Lord of Heaven to come and have His will accomplished in our lives and families, town and county, and our state and nation.

The Method: We come before Him with thanksgiving and repentance, and worship Him; we will take stones of remembrance and build an altar.
Some will be using an actual altar as a remembrance of this consecration time. If you do this consider using three stones used foundationally, in a triangle, for an altar, then a fourth to crown the three.
1. A stone of Repentance,
2. A stone of Reconciliation,
3. A stone of Righteousness,
4. A final 'crown' of Praise and Worship.
The ancient altars of scripture all faced East. Try to make yours do this as well.
To move into worship use Scriptures such as Psalm 149, and songs such as ”Holy, Holy, Holy", or songs that can be reminiscent of the songs of Revelation.

The Desire: He calls the place “Bethel,” House of God and says this is none other than the gate of heaven. (Gen 28:17-20) We will be seeking Him that we might prepare a place (a state, {IN, Marshall County} a region) for the Lord’s indwelling Presence. Pray for the Lord to send His holy angels who gather where God’s covenant people worship.

There is a crisis mounting up in our land. We must cry out to the Lord, we have failed in our stewardship, in our ambassadorship, in our executorship. When there is no remedy, He is our remedy. (Ps.29:1)

This will then, release His righteous rule in our state and into the nation!

A proclamation of repentance this is the attitude the Lord is looking for in His people.

A Proclamation Written by the church leaders Of Las Vegas, Nevada

Let it be known, on October 20, 2007, the people of Las Vegas believed God and declared a fast even from the greatest to the least.

Let it be published throughout the land that every person humble themselves, calling urgently upon God. Let them give up their evil ways, their violence and thefts. We have invited the world to commit adultery, while we promised our silence. We have replaced conviction with compromise; comfort and convenience in place of the counsel of God.

So this day we turn our hearts back to God. We choose blessings instead of curses, so our children may live and love the Lord. We shall listen to His voice, hold fast to Him and keep His commands in the Book of the Law.

Hear from Heaven and forgive our sins. Have mercy and compassion upon our city. Lift up the needy, wounded and homeless. Deliver those bound with addiction and set free the captives of prostitution. Answer us, O God. Shake the very ground beneath us for You are sovereign. Let every being revere the Lord Almighty.

We are making a binding agreement in writing, signed by our leaders, pastors, priests, parents and youth.

35 Days of Prayer, October 28 - December 1, 2007 a segment of ‘Light the Highway’ a worldwide movement to bring reformation to cities, regions and entire nations as thousands of believers commit themselves to personal and corporate holiness along their “highway”.

Scriptures to declare over our roads and highways are: Isaiah 35:8-10, Isaiah 62:10 and Isaiah 57:14 – “Keep building! Keep building! Clear the way! Remove everything blocking my people’s path!” “As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:‘A voice of one calling in the desert, PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR HIM. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. AND ALL MANKIND WILL SEE GOD’S SALVATION.” Luke 3:4-6 NIV

This prayer initiative is done together with the prayer and organizational efforts of the Indiana Apostolic Prayer Network under the auspices of Apostle Sallye Burton together with the Indiana Apostolic Prayer Network local representatives. From Sallye Burton of the IN Apostolic Prayer Network:

1. Repent for sins committed, and of highways being ways to transport sin and promote filth and all uncleanness. Ask the Lord to cleanse the highways.

2. Declare our highways "Highways of Holiness" declaring Isaiah 35 and especially vss. 8-10....

Isaiah 35:8-10 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up on it, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

3. Declare they are highways of life, living water, of purity, joy, righteousness and peace, of safety – breaking all curses off them and declaring no accidents, no death, hell or destruction.

4. Declare our highways a way for prodigals to return home; cry out for the next generation and declare NO MORE ABORTIONS, NO MORE CHILDREN KILLED BY ABUSE OR ABANDONMENT; NO MORE DEATH TO DESTINY. Cry out for God to raise up Godly houses of refuge for children.

5. Declare our highways ROADS OF REVIVAL, roads for the River of God to flow upon.

6. Proclaim that we release a CANOPY OF PRAYER over the entire state. ..Houses of 24/7 Prayer placed strategically over the State of Indiana.

7. Declare the raising up of the Tabernacle of David and Prayer Watches throughout the state.

8. Pray for and proclaim for our state and nation to align with God and His purposes for Israel.

9. Welcome the Holy Spirit in.

IN State Prayer Focus, October 17, 2007

This is a call to watch for 10 Days beginning October 18-28. You may choose the morning (9 am), noon or evening (6 pm) watch, or you may choose to do one of three night watches, 9 pm, Midnight or 3 am. This is for the purpose of:

1. Guarding and establishing the gates of our cities against the enemy’s encroachment (to trespass gradually), and to specifically cover the time of the Dalai Lamas planned visit to Purdue University, October 23rd, and Bloomington & Indiana University, October 24-27. TAKE NOTE: Wednesday, October 17th, 1:00 p.m. – The Congressional Gold Medal will be presented to the Dalai Lama in the Rotunda Of the U.S. Capitol building. This is to be followed by a public address on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol by the Dalai Lama.
a. “Declare the blood of Jesus Christ cover the gold medal of honor. Ask God to send His holy fire into the medal to burn all who would dare to exalt themselves as god. Declare that the mocking of God’s holiness will not stand. Declare that the medal will actually be a medal of dishonor.”
b. Ask the Lord to send an angel to cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the Dalai Lama and that he will return shamefaced to his own Land. Declare that as he goes into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring will carry out God’s judgment against him. (II Chron. 32:21) Prayers from Ivan & Linda Doxtator, First Nations Counseling Ministries

2. Establish the Lord’s righteous rule. Declare the gates of the city and region are open only to the King of Glory, to His holy angels, and to the prayers of the saints. Pray that every illegitimate and false government will bow its knee to the government and kingdom power of Jesus Christ.

3. To launch a 33 Day cleansing and watching over our highways to prepare the way of the Lord. We will be joining other states and nations through Cindy Jacob’s call to Light our Highways! This begins October 28 and ends December 1. Please note that the last five days will focus primarily on establishing 24/7 Houses of Prayer, Prayer Watches and Healing Rooms.

On Saturday, October 27 between 5 & 6:00 p.m. we will build altars of worship to the Lord. I am asking each county to choose a site for building their altar of worship. This will be for the purpose of releasing Indiana’s own unique sound, the Voice of Righteousness, a Kingdom of God sound declaring “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” “But about the Son, he says, ‘Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL BE THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness, therefore God, your God has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.” His righteous scepter then releases deliverance and healing, but also releases judgment and justice! This will release His righteous rule in our state and into the nation! Pray and declare Psalms 149:6-9. “There’s breakthrough in the sound, there’s healing in the sound, there’s deliverance in the sound. At the sound of the righteous, our God is lifted up.” Rob Stearns at Opening night of the Feast of Tabernacles at Ein Gedi. “Don’t just blow the shofar, become the shofar.” Rob Stearns pointed out that the shofar is empty except for the breath that blows through it. Ask Holy Spirit to come and breathe the breath of God through you. LET US COLLECTIVELY BECOME HIS SHOFAR!

SHOUT the shout of Praise! SHOUT the shout of declaration! SHOUT the shout of victory! Release the shout of victory that causes walls to fall! Let’s become those who will change the

Atmosphere with the SOUND of the SHOUT OF VICTORY and the WEAPONS OF HIGH PRAISE! “Let God arise and His enemies be scattered!” God is waiting for a people who will cry out with a sound – A BREAKER SOUND!

As we come before Him with thanksgiving and repentance, and worship Him, we will take stones of remembrance and build an altar. The site is the place of your choice, and as we worship as His covenant children, we will believe that He will grant us an open heaven and send His ministering angels (Hebrews 1:14) where we are! In Genesis 28:16-19, we find Jacob laying his head on a stone and dreaming of a ladder with angels ascending and descending from heaven.

He calls the place “Bethel,” House of God and says this is none other than the gate of heaven. We will be seeking Him that we might prepare a place (a state, a region) for the Lord’s indwelling Presence. Pray for the Lord to send His holy angels who gather where God’s covenant people worship. “Bless Adonai, you angels of his, you mighty warriors who obey his word, who carry out his orders! Bless Adonai, all his troops; who serve him and do what he wants! Bless Adonai, all his works in every place where he rules! Bless Adonai, my soul!” Psalms 103: 20-22 CJB One pastor has planned 24 hours of worship from 6 pm Friday to 6 pm, Saturday.

He is inviting other churches to bring their worship teams to do a segment of the 24 hours of worship!

Stones, stakes, oil, banners, tambourines, whatever you feel are the proper instruments (besides our members being presented as “instruments or weapons of righteousness.” It is most important that we have an attitude of humility and the reverential, worshipful “fear of the Lord.”

From this place, we will begin the Light the Highway initiative on Sunday, October 28th to release His light, His truth, His righteousness, His justice, His kingdom on our highways, preparing the way of the Lord! Scriptures to declare over our roads and highways are: Isaiah 35:8-10, Isaiah 62:10 and Isaiah 57:14 – “Keep building! Keep building! Clear the way! Remove everything blocking my people’s path!”

“As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: ‘A voice of one calling in the desert, PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS FOR HIM. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. AND ALL MANKIND WILL SEE GOD’S SALVATION.” Luke 3:4-6 NIV

Blessings upon each one of you; may His Shekinah shine upon you and you be transformed even as by the Spirit of the Lord. “And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” II Cor. 3:1

Building a Hedge of Protection for the NEXT GENERATION August 24, 2007

We have just seven days to complete our assignment to pray for the Next Generation! Let's determine in our hearts to FINISH STRONG! Children are "a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward......like arrows in the hand of a warrior." Psalms 127:3-4 They are a joy and of great value. If there were wild animals or predators lurking around your home, would you nonchalantly send your child out to play, or would you build a fence around your yard to protect your children? And yet there are predators out in the world. One of the best ways to build a hedge of protection around them is through prayer, leading them to Christ and nurturing them in the ways of the Lord. Under girding them with TRUTH and the WORD OF GOD is wisdom!

What kept Moses, Samuel, David, Joseph, Daniel, and Esther? Each of them was taken into some form of captivity, even Samuel who lived in the Temple. But his mentor was not a committed, God-fearing, faithful and obedient servant of the Lord. BUT GOD kept each one! From Moses' birth, God chose him for a special task---to lead His people out of Egypt and to the land God had promised them. Moses' mother "saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months." Samuel's mother said to Eli, the priest when she took her son to live in the temple, "I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted the request I asked of him. Therefore, I too have loaned him to the Lord---as long as he lives, he is on loan to the Lord." David, the youngest of Jesse's sons, tended his father's flocks out on the hillsides of Bethlehem where he worshipped the Lord, composed many songs (psalms) to the Lord and learned the ways of a warrior through fighting off the wild beasts. Joseph was his father's favorite, told his two dreams to his brothers and it landed him first in a pit, then in a prison before placing him in the palace. Esther was orphaned at a young age and left in the care of an older cousin, Mordecai who raised her in godly ways. She listened and obeyed his godly counsel which placed her in the palace as the Queen of a foreign country. From that place of royal privilege, she was positioned to be Israel's deliverer from the plots of the enemy.

Daniel and his three friends were "from the royal family and the nobility----young men without physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace." They were choice captives because of their physical appearance (without physical defect, handsome), showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand and qualified to serve...." In modern day terms, they were prize catches. The king's chief officer was to" teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians." And they were assigned a daily portion of his own food and the wine he drank. In other words, they were to be immersed into the Babylonian culture. Almost sounds like today. The children and young people who show aptitude for learning and great capabilities are chosen for ACADEMICALLY TALENTED CLASSES or PROGRESSIVE CLASSES, all of which is good as long as these young people are strongly founded in the Word and the ways of the Lord!

At The Call-Nashville, Lou Engle gave an alarming report, some of which I already knew. He said 75% of Christian youth are lost to the Church in the first year of college!

Let's pray for our young people and build a hedge of protection around them!

• PRAY: they be like Daniel, who "resolved" not to defile himself with the king's food! Pray against things that tempt them "try" the things of the world. Ask the Lord to provide for an accountability structure to be set about them, that is not harshly restrictive, but rather protects, gives them freedom to make choices, but along with that provides the tools, the help that will guard them spirit, soul and body.
• PRAY: that as parents, teachers, pastors, friends and other family members we are "alert and watchful, for our adversary, the devil roams about seeking whom he may devour." I Peter 5:8 Notice in Daniel 1:6, the chief officer was used to try to immerse them into another identity than their God-given one. Pray against foolishness, apathy, complacency.
• PRAY and build into them their worth in Christ! Pray and guard against rejection and abandonment spirits that would leave a gap in their souls. Audibly tell them their worth, speak or pray the Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26 over them) on a regular basis. Speak affirmation to them!
• PRAY for yourself and other adults and those in authority against causing them to look to any of you for APPROVAL. God is the only One whose approval we need, but they need our affirmation on a regular basis!
• Affirm their talents, their gifts, praise them, encourage them; let them hear your AFFIRMATION of them! Guard against every making them feel they can never BE GOOD ENOUGH, OR DO ENOUGH to please you!
• PRAY that God will help you and those in positions to lead and influence the young people to call forth those whom God has given knowledge and skill in every aspect of learning and wisdom. Pray they be prepared to serve in the "king's service," in the political or judicial realm. Pray for those who are capable and have the aptitude to be great doctors and lawyers, or who have great aptitude in the marketplace realm. Pray for open doors of opportunities so they can be trained and mentored. Pray for the Moses's to train and mentor the Joshuas.
• PRAY for the prophets; pray for the Elijahs who will mentor the Elishas. Pray for the double portion to be upon them!
• Pray for anointed psalmists, worshippers, the artists; pray for creativity to increase in them; for them to be given witty inventions, ideas for businesses.
• Pray for the evangelists; pray for the Gifts of the Spirit to function freely and powerfully through them.
• PRAY for parents, teachers, pastors and others who will influence them to prepare them to STAND in the midst of great trials, not to faint; "FAITH COMETH BY HEARING AND HEARING BY THE WORD OF GOD!" Consider playing scripture tapes while they sleep. Read the Word out loud to them and encourage them to do the same.
• PRAY our children and youth, this NEXT GENERATION OF BELIEVERS be found "TEN TIMES BETTER" than all those in their realm.

Bless the children and pray for God to descend on three generations at one time!

I am receiving reports of the Lord moving on the children in our state. In a Plymouth, IN church, "Heartland," a visiting apostle called the children to come up front, he gathered them together closely and prayed over them, blessing them. The report I heard stated, within a short time, the children all began weeping and then turned an ministered to one another. It was stated that this went on for 45 minutes.

PRAY for God to pour His Holy Spirit out on every school in our state and our nation! BELIEVE AND DECREE that REVIVAL IS HERE!

First Fruits Prayer Gathering, Ten Watch and Israel Trip August 16, 2007

Today has been the first day of the Hebrew month Elul. It is also the first day of the 30 days prior to Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets which comes on the first day of the seventh month and introduces the Feast of Tabernacles by the blowing of trumpets. This is a festival of the sounding of the trumpets throughout the land, and calls the nation to prepare for the coming Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), the day of national cleansing. The first biblical record we see giving scriptural evidence of the blowing of the Shofar is in the book of Exodus 19: 13, 16 and 19; this was the descending of the Lord upon Mount Sinai. In scripture, the trumpet symbolizes the prophetic voice, the spoken Word of the Lord coming to His people through the ministry. Ezekiel, the prophet was told to be a Watchman to Israel; to blow the trumpet voice to warn the people and call them to the Lord (Ezekiel 22:1-7). The Lord Jesus' voice was symbolized by the sound of the trumpet in Revelations 1:10. The Feast of Trumpets is considered to be Israel's New Year or "Head of the Year!" Some Hebrew scholars believe this to also be the time of the creation of the world.

Truly, we are in a strategic time in our world and the main focus is on Israel and the City of Jerusalem! This is a time of crossing over into a new season and important to understand God's times and seasons. He is setting His Church into a cadence of marching to the beat of heaven's sounds to be released on earth. It is the cadence of three generations marching to the same beat and a cadence of VICTORY!

FIRST FRUITS PRAYER GATHERING

New Wineskin Ministries, Inc.
4501 W. 38th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Noon to 3 PM

Worship led by Pastor Anthony Tanjoco, with flutist and drummer, Brian Dessauer

The focus for this prayer gathering is calling for God to descend on three generations at the same time, and to prepare the way for the NEXT GENERATION! Shofars, tambourines, flags and banners are welcome!
Bring the children and youth! They will be leading us in much of the praying!

TEN DAY WATCH
August 11 - August 20, Midnight to 6 a.m.

We are continuing our Ten Day Watch to Prepare the Way for the Next Generation! This is a time to be "alert and watchful," for our adversary, the devil, roams about seeking whom he may devour." I Peter 5:8 In one week's time, six teenagers lost their lives in automobile accidents. In one of them, there were 4 Christian young people driving to one of their meetings, veered left of the center of the road and hit a semi. Pray against spirits of "death, hell and destruction," and abortion of destinies. As the writer of Lamentations says in chapter 2:19, "Arise and cry out at the beginning of the night watches for your children...." May we be diligent and intentional in our prayers for this Next Generation!

Following Rosh Hashanah are the Ten Days of Awe leading up to the Day of Atonement, considered to be the most important and serious day on the Hebrew calendar. If God's people "humble" themselves and pray, turning from their wicked ways, God promises to" hear from heaven and heal their land." Once this is done, there is great rejoicing during the Feast of Tabernacles at the expectation of good, of a great harvest and a year of blessing to follow! September 22 is the Day of Atonement this year and the Feast of Tabernacles begins on the eve of September 26. For the 12th year, I will be going with a team of 29 to Israel to minister and pray. We leave on Monday, September 24th to fly to Zurich, Switzerland and then on to Israel to spend the next 12 days ministering in the land. We will minister to both believers and non-believers, lifting their weary arms and leaving financial blessings to bless and encourage them. Many of the believers and ministries in the land have been pouring themselves out during the last few years as Jews from other nations make Aliyah to the Israel.

Last year we ministered in Haifa on Mt. Carmel to Sudanese refugees, mostly women with children or pregnant who had walked many hot, dusty miles looking for help. Carmel Assembly sent workers to the northern border to pick them up and bring them to their facility. These workers have been stretched almost beyond endurance as they have faithfully cared for and fed the refugees. The gospel was given to them and training to help them learn to survive in a new land. We also have ministered to Arab believers and two Druze families, one of which has received Christ, but needing disciplining. There are many needs and many opportunities to meet and minister to. We will also go to Jerusalem for the Feast celebrations and minister in the city! One of the joys is marching in the Jerusalem March through the city, giving national flags and candy to the children. Great joy is released on that day as many Jews line the streets in keeping with the celebration! We have ministered on the promenade overlooking Jerusalem, at the Wailing Wall and in the Old City. You can't help but be touched by witnessing the grief and sorrow at the Wall as the Jewish people clutch their prayer books and cry out to God! The Wall is packed with the Jewish people at this time of year! It is an honor to press in with them in prayer and to feel their pain! Beginning August 14, Tom & Kate Hess, the Jerusalem House of Prayer have called a 40 day fast to call forth the Joshua Generation and release it from Jerusalem. One of the ministries in Israel also sent out a call to pray for the youth as too many are committing suicide. The report said, "they feel hopeless and helpless." The age range for this was 15 to 24 years of age. Pray for the youth of Israel also.

Ten Days Watch & First Fruits Prayer Gathering Preparing the Way for the Next Generation August 10, 2007

Many have been crying out for divine alignment, for godly order. On June 1st, Dr. Chuck Pierce released the word from Isaiah 59:21, "And as for me,' says the Lord, 'this is my covenant with them: my Spirit, who rests on you, and my words which I put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouth of your children, or from the mouth of your children's children, now or ever,' says the Lord." Your "descendants and your descendants' descendants."

Chuck said, "When God descends on all 3 generations at once, He is ALIGNING the right order, restoring His order." He went on to say "The next generation is already waiting on you. I am raising up an army who is ready to advance. I am putting a mantle of favor on them so they will break through EVERY TIME." "Be ready to follow them, for THEY WILL LEAD US into the HARVEST."

A specific word to Indiana on June 1 was "INDIANA will become THE POINT OF THE HARVEST circumference of the REVIVAL of the NATION."

I see three prayer points in the above. First, we must cry out for God's tri-generational covenant; for three generations to be speaking the same thing at the same time. Ask the Lord to descend on all three generations at once, and cry out for
divine alignment and godly order!

The second point is protection over the army He is raising up and ask Him to prepare them to advance. Declare the Lord will place a mantle of favor on them, along with the breaker and finishing anointings.

Declare to the next generation: We will follow you as you lead us into the HARVEST! Cry out for the HARVEST! Declare the "day of salvation" is here for thousands upon thousands and call them in! It's time!

TEN DAYS WATCH - August 11-August 20, 2007

Beginning MIDNIGHT, this Friday night, August 11 through 6:00 a.m., Monday, August 20, we will be keeping WATCH for 10 days during the 3rd (midnight to 3 a.m.) and the fourth (3-6:00 a.m.) watches. August 15th is in the middle of this watch, and is the first day of the month of Elul and is the beginning of the High Holy Days of the Fall Feasts. It is also 30 days prior to Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets. Rosh Hashanah is a day of the Blowing of the Shofars to trumpet the Call to Awaken, O sleeper, arise from the dead! Find your place on the wall for this watch; choose your time. If you cannot do a full watch, ask others to join with you and fill in the times so there are no gaps. You might consider asking some youth to join with you in this. Pray the Lord descend on three generations at this time! Ask the Lord to give you the grace, the strength and the anointing to KEEP THE WATCH!

FIRST FRUITS PRAYER GATHERING - Saturday, August 18 - noon to 3 p.m.

On Saturday, August 18th from Noon to 3:00 p.m., there will be a First Fruits Prayer Gathering at New Wineskin Ministries, 4501 W. 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN. We will be focusing on the Youth and I have asked several youth to come and lead some of the prayers! Sow a First Fruits gift at this season preparing the way for increase and a bountiful harvest! Your gifts are precious seed sown and receive the watering of our prayers along with yours. Send your checks to IN SPN, PO Box 302, Ellettsville, IN 47429.

This is a time to cry out to the Lord to visit the youth, and "set the captives free!"

Key scriptures are: I Samuel 30: 3,4,6,18 & 19 "So when David and his men arrived at the city, there it was, burned down, with their wives, SONS & DAUGHTERS TAKEN CAPTIVE. Then David and the people with him cried aloud until they had no more power to cry.....David was in serious trouble: the people were talking about stoning him to death, because all the people were in such deep grief; each man over HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS. But David strengthened himself in the Adonai his God." "David RECOVERED ALL that the Amaleki had taken; he also rescued his two wives. They found nothing missing, big or little----NOT SONS, AND DAUGHTERS, not plundered goods or anything else they had taken--DAVID BROUGHT IT ALL BACK."

Isaiah 49: 17 & 25, " Your CHILDREN come quickly, your destroyers and plunderers are leaving and going." "Here is Adonai's answer, 'Even a warrior's CAPTIVES will be snatched away, and the booty of the fearful will be FREED. I will fight those who fight you, and I will SAVE YOUR CHILDREN."

Lamentations 2:19, "Get up! Cry out in the night, at the beginning of EVERY WATCH! Pour your heart out like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him FOR THE LIVES OF YOUR BABIES, who are fainting away from hunger at every street corner."

Declare over yourself: "The Spirit of Adonai Elohim is upon me, because Adonai has anointed me to announce good news to the poor. He has sent me to HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, TO PROCLAIM FREEDOM TO THE CAPTIVES, TO LET OUT INTO LIGHT THOSE BOUND IN THE DARK; to proclaim the year of the favor of Adonai and day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all who mourn, yes, provide for those in Zion who mourn,
giving them garlands instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a cloak of praise instead of a heavy spirit, so that THEY will be called OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS PLANTED by the Lord, in which he takes pride. THEY will REBUILD the ANCIENT RUINS, RESTORE SITES LONG DESTROYED; THEY WILL RENEW THE RUINED CITIES, DESTROYED MANY GENERATIONS AGO." Isaiah 61:1-4

DECLARE: No more ABORTION of this next generation or their destinies;
No more destruction of the seed of the righteous;
Call for the RETURN OF THE PRODIGALS;
No more SUICIDES, DRUG OVERDOSES, ACCIDENTS.
No more sorceries, witchcraft or addictions;
No more entrapments by unclean or seducing spirits;
No more infirmities or unbelief;
No more tormenting fears;
No more idolatry or worship of false gods!

SHOUT FREEDOM, LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES!

PRAY Psalms 91 and bind spirits of death, hell and destruction. Declare "He sends His
word and heals them and delivers them from their destructions." Ps. 107:20

PRAY for Angelic help - Hebrews 1:14 and Song of Solomon 3: 7 & 8

Pray the Lord's anointing for you to pray "effectual, white hot and fervent" prayers!

Making It Through the Eye of the Needle and Into Your New Field of Increase: A 21 Day Prayer Focus August 2, 2007

We are entering into a season of Harvest praying! We are approaching the Hebraic Year 5768, the "Year of the New Beginning and Renewal of Life Force!" This is the time that we are to be watching NEW DOORS FORM. To "form" means to develop or mold the shape or outline of something, or to give meaning, character or nature to something. Another way of thinking about a season of formation is to see something (including the conditioning of our mind and body in regard to their mental performance) as it will be in days ahead. A forming season includes conceiving, training, and disciplining. This phase denotes the arrangement of the part of a thing that gives its distinctive appearance. In 1 Corinthians 16:8, Paul purposed to stay at Ephesus because an effectual door was opened to him for his ministry. Many enemies are behind your door that is forming, but the Lord says: "Do not focus on your enemies during this season, but watch the door form and be ready to enter into this new opportunity. I will give you grace over your enemies." Ephesians 6:12 reminds us, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."

Jesus said, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matt 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25) The "Needle's Eye" was purported to be a particularly narrow gate adjacent to one of the main gates of Jerusalem. A camel could pass through this gate, but only with great difficulty. First it had to be stripped of the goods it carried and then it had to bow to its knees to get through the gate. The image of a camel trying to climb through the eye of a needle is a very amusing vision. However, sometimes it is amazing when we try and get through a narrow place. Hard sayings and hard times are also equated to a narrow place like the eye of needle.

The following prayer focus has SEVEN purposes. First, may you understand covenant in a way you have never understood before. Second, may your faith be built and connected to your past experiences but also propel you into the future. Third, may your prayer life become more consistent. Fourth, may you press through in that hard, narrow place or situation that seems overwhelming. Fifth, may you break through for revelation in the future. Sixth, may you gain peace in the midst of the "lions" that are roaring around you. Seventh, may our Lord reveal to you that open door for your future!

Day 1: Read Luke 18, Matthew 19, I John 1 and 2. See Your Eye of the Needle! Look at every narrow place in your life and decree that you will be anointed to squeeze through into your new enlarged place.

Day 2: Read Numbers 13, 14, 16, 17 &20. Do not allow unbelief and fear to prevail in your vision. Ask the Lord to allow you to see in a new way. Do not allow jealousy, rebellion, and accusation to blind you so that you become like the camp at Korah. The earth opened and swallowed the people. God sent a plague. Ask the Lord to remove these deadly spirits from the Body of Christ. We must always be careful in our attitude and actions toward leadership. We may disagree with leadership, but should do so in an appropriate way. Break all cycles relating to past broken relationships with leadership. There was much complaining against leadership within the camp. Moses got angry and struck the rock. This was the only instance after leaving Sinai where God did not judge the people for their complaining. Instead, He judged Moses so that he could not enter the Land. Ask the Lord to break old cycles of anger that have held you captive and kept you from crossing over into the fullness of God's plan. Moses' spirit became vexed, keeping him from revealing God's pattern from heaven. Ask the Lord to stop you from reacting wrongly. Do not allow the following question to be yours: "Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?" This slandered their future! Declare that you will have a "different" spirit like Joshua and Caleb.

Day 3: Read Numbers 22-25, & 31. Watch for curses from outside the camp: Balak hires Baalam to curse Israel, but is unsuccessful. Instead Baalam blesses Israel and curses Balak. Idolatry and immorality occur from within the camp: Beware of seducing spirits. When Balak was not successful in placing a curse against Israel, he tempted them with idolatry and immorality. The older generation had not struggled with these issues after the golden calf. This was a new test for this generation and they failed. God sent a plague. Ask the Lord to deliver you from seducing spirits. Partial victory is not enough this season. God ordered Israel to wipe out those who had seduced them and caused them to agree with idolatry and immorality. Israel fought and won, but did not execute the full vengeance God had commanded. They took for themselves spoil and plunder which God had commanded to be destroyed. Moses made them execute the full vengeance of God. This is a time to understand the phrase "utterly destroy." There are certain things that the Lord is refusing to allow to go into our next phase. Choose to let go of all that the Lord is requiring you to leave behind.

Day 4: Read Jeremiah 25, 29; Haggai 1&2. Define types of captivity that seem to burden you (individuals, ministries, cites, and nations). Praise God for His plan for the future. Let HOPE spring forth. Thank Him that He has an expected end. Clap your hands and shout that your latter will be greater than your former. Thank Him for shaking your latter loose. Ask the Lord for a special gift to release your latter.

Day 5: Read John 2, Matthew 9 and 14. Let the Lord change your water into new wine. He used the pots of religious ritualism and filled them with new wine. Ask the Lord to remove the spirit of religion from you. Let His Glory begin to shine. Be willing to let go of any old method that is operating in your life, business, church, etc. Notice the teaching after the wineskin. The lady who had an issue of blood for 12 years pressed through and touched Jesus. Jesus was on His way to awaken the 12 year old daughter of Jairus. Declare that now is the time to press through into the new even in your weakness. Declare that what needs to wake up will wake up now. There is a time when the old season ends. When John the Baptist was beheaded, the old season ended. Allow the old to end and the new to begin. If you are in the winepress, it's important to allow the stomping to have its full effect. If we resist stomping, the new wine cannot flow. If we refuse to die to our own desires and ambitions, what comes out is not the New Wine, but the old whine! We see our hopes and ambitions frustrated, and we start to murmur and complain, "I don't see why this is happening! God, this isn't what you promised!" Old whine is full of frustration, bitterness and anger! It will never bring the results God wants. If God has you in the winepress, He is looking for a shift! He wants you to shift!

Day 6: Read Jeremiah 31-33. Memorize and meditate on any three verses from Romans 8. He has many blessings for us in the new covenant. Notice that Jeremiah had to buy a field as an act of faith. Ask the Lord to reveal any act of faith that He would have you do at this time in your life. Answer the question in your life: "Is there anything too hard for God?" Know that God has a plan to surprise you. Call unto Him and watch Him do things you would not expect. Know that His covenant will stand. He can pray through you when you do not know what to pray. Ask God to define your next intercession.

Day 7: Read Hebrews 4 and 12. Don't live in the past. This leads only to regret and bitterness. If you have repented, God's grace will cover past sins and failings. Allow your past to be pruned away; instead of being a bitter drink offering, you will become a sweet drink offering to the Lord. Meditate on Hosea 2:14-23. Unlock your door of hope. Know that there is hope in your valley of Achor. Ask God for that new door of hope to open up. Ask the Lord for mercy. Renew your covenant with God. Feel heaven and earth coming into agreement and new wine and oil flowing over you. Go to Matthew 16: 13-16. Answer the question, "Who do you say that I AM?" Then read Matthew 16:21-28 and ask the Lord is there anything in you that could be identified and referred to as "Satan".

Day 8: Read Song of Solomon 2-4. Meditate on Matthew 23:24. Ask the Lord to reveal to you the little foxes that are trying to crush the vine that will bring forth the new wine. Get a vision of your future identity. Ask the Lord to send a new wind and blow upon your garden. Look at the gnats that are hindering you and blow them away by the Spirit. Ask the Lord to show you the difference between a gnat and the little fox, who can crush the vine and the beginning of the grapes that are forming. Stone walls and/or hedges were usually built around the vineyard to protect the grapes from thirsty animals and from thieves (Song of Sol. 2:15; Jer. 49:9). Watchtowers were also built to provide further protection. The hewing out of a winepress or vat completed the vineyard installation (Isa. 5:2). During the harvesting season, the owner of the vineyard might live in a booth to stay close to his valuable crop (Isa. 1:8). The harvest of the grapes took place in August or September.

Day 9: Read Luke 14 & 17; Hebrews 8. Memorize Luke 17:6. Let Him define your priestly service for the future. Ask Him to increase your faith. Let Him define your duty for the days ahead. Are you plowing or serving?

Day 10: Read Genesis 12, 14, 15; Romans 9, 11. Understand the power of covenant. As born again Believers, we are grafted into the covenant that God made with Abraham. The war in the earth realm is over God's covenant blessings. Covenant involves promise, commitment, faithfulness and loyalty, even unto death. God is a covenant keeping God. He will war through His people to maintain His covenant in the earth. The blood of Jesus says to the enemy, "Hands off! This is not your territory!" Declare the same. Let faith arise and feel God's agreement over your life. Understand how you are grafted into God's covenant purposes. See how the Lord can surprise you even when you think things seem dead. Also, know that covenant connects you to the blessings of the generations.

Day 11: Read Matthew 13, Micah 4, Isaiah 56. Declare that you find your place in the House of Prayer. Declare that in the days ahead you will understand mysteries and parables. Declare that all the power of His covenant blessings will manifest in your life. Ask the Lord to give you joy in His House of Prayer.

Day 12: Read Psalm 4, Psalm 16, and Psalm 110. Allow the Lord to set you apart for the future. Let new joy and gladness arise. Declare you will sleep in peace and you will feel safe in the presence of God. Ask Him to secure your night and break open your morning with fresh insight.

Day 13: Read and Meditate on Daniel 1, 2,& 4 in one of the morning watches. Read Daniel 5&6 in the evening watch. Read Psalm 31 out loud before you go to bed. Daniel obeyed God and separated himself. Ask the Lord how to separate yourself from anything that is making you common in the world. Let the Holy Spirit train you to assist in revealing supernatural wisdom to others. Ask the Lord about compromise in your life. Ask for help to stand firm. Let the Lord remind you of the power of dreams; may He activate the gift of interpretation in you. Do not fret over evil doers around you. God has a plan. Ask the Lord to reveal any plot of evil devised against you. Be at peace with your lions.

Day 14: Read Daniel 7. Bless the Ancient of Days. In Daniel 7, we also find revelation of the Ancient of Days. I believe this is very important and necessary revelation for us to be victorious in prayer in days ahead. In Daniel 7:9-14, we find that Daniel had a revelation of God's everlasting reigning power. This name of God, "Ancient of Days," is a phrase that describes the Everlasting God, One advanced in days or knowledge, the Father of Years, and One who forwards time, or rules over it. The name implies dignity, endurance, judgment, and wisdom. "His number of years is undiscoverable" (Job 36:26). Daniel's vision is recorded in 7:21-22. The Ancient of Days is going to favor us (the saints) in days ahead and the time will come for the saints to possess the Kingdom. That means we will take dominion, govern, prevail, and dominate the world powers around us. Verses 24 & 25 reveals that the enemy will attempt to change both times and law. He will attempt to redefine law to oppress and pull us out of God's timing. We must understand timing and God's spiritual boundaries that He has given us through law. If not, deception will easily enter into our lives.

Day 15: Fast One DAY! Read Ezra 8, Nehemiah 1 and Acts 23. Those about to return with Ezra from the Captivity fasted at the river of Ahava in the face of the dangers faced on the journey. Ask the Lord to lead you in a new way and to break every robbing spirit that is ahead on your path. Declare your children (physical or spiritual) will be protected. Fast if the Spirit of God requests this of you. Fasting was often done by individuals in times of distress. David fasted after hearing that Saul and Jonathan were dead. Nehemiah fasted and prayed upon learning that Jerusalem had remained in ruins since its destruction. Darius, the king of Persia, fasted all night after placing Daniel in the lions' den. Ask the Lord to remove old cycles of grief. Ask Him to show you situations that are in decay (individuals, cites, families, nations, churches, etc.). Receive supernatural wisdom from the Lord. Ask Him to send angels in your captivity. Fast this day if you feel led. Notice the patterns of fasting in Luke 2, Mark 2, Matt. 4, Luke 4, and Acts 13. Anna at the Temple "served God with fastings and prayers night and day." John the Baptist led his disciples to fast. Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights before His temptation. Give thanks for the spiritual discipline of fasting, and for Jesus' faithfulness to complete His fast.

Day 16: Read 1 Cor. 15, Hebrews 2, 2 Tim. 1, and Is. 25. The apostle Paul speaks of death as an enemy: "The last enemy that will be destroyed is death." In His resurrection, Jesus conquered death - physical, spiritual, and eternal. Through fear of death, men are subject to bondage. "Our Savior Jesus Christ...has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel". Demand that the shadow of death over you, your family, city, state, and nation be broken. Declare a death shroud to lift.

Day 17: Read the Faith Chapter - Hebrews 11. "Through faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them." Participate in communion. You may want to get with a group to do this. Read Numbers 21. Declare a new well to spring forth. Break any strategy of impatience. Declare a new level of faith. See how the Lord supplies water in a new way. The leaders assemble and begin to sing, calling the water to spring up from the earth as they dug with their staffs. The new song was breaking an old cycle of complaining about lack of water. Listen to or sing a new song.

Day 18: Memorize and meditate on Luke 9:62, and 1 Corinthians 9:10. Ask God to speak to you and give you revelation.

Day 19: Fast One More Day! Read Isaiah 58. Going without food or water was not automatically effective in accomplishing the desires of those who fasted. In the prophet Isaiah's time, people complained that they had fasted and that God had not responded favorably. The prophet declared that the external show was futile. The fast that the Lord requires is to loose the bonds of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, feed the hungry, shelter the poor, and clothe the naked. Ask the Lord to break old cycles related to religious spirits. Ask Him what your fast is to be from.

Day 20: Read Daniel 8. Meditate on and sing Psalm 34. Let angelic forces aid you in bringing Divine understanding into your situations. Praise Lord Sabaoth!

Day 21: Read 2 Corinthians 10. Rejoice and anoint yourself for your day of redemption is now at hand. Read Ruth 3 and declare your new day has come. Declare you have entered your new field and established your new authority. Shout the text of Isaiah 10:26 and 27. You are anointed with the same anointing that overthrew the Midianites in Joshua's days. This anointing will break a 7-year cycle of robbing! Clap your hands and decree that you have made it through your narrow place.

Prepare the Way for the Next Generation, August 2, 2007

"Children too are a gift from Adonai; the fruit of the womb is a reward.The children born when one is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior." Psalms 127: 3 & 4

This month is being dedicated to praying for, reaching out to, supporting, loving, blessing, strengthening the children and youth! In the book of Daniel we see 4 young men, who were "without physical defect, handsome in appearance, versed in all kinds of wisdom, quick to learn, discerning and having the capacity to serve in the king's palace" taken into captivity. Obviously, some of Israel's finest young men. Immediately their names were changed and they were to be taught the language and literature of the Chaldeans; in other words to immerse them in the foreign culture and ways. The devil's tactics through worldly ways to mold and make them, and redefine their identity and destiny. Their names were changed, but their godly character was not! They were young men who were "strong in the Lord and in the power of His might," able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

In Daniel 4:8 reads, "...however, Daniel (renamed Belt'shatzar, after the name of my god), in whom is the spirit of the holy gods,..." The world tried to change Daniel, even renaming him, but he maintained his Godly character and true identity."

• Pray the children and youth not be captivated by the world's enticements, and those who have been to be delivered from captivity. Pray Isaiah 49: 24 & 25 - declare that God "contends with those who contend with you and with this Next Generation, fights against those who fight against us, and SAVE THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH!
• Declare the robbery of our young people through drugs, alcohol, gambling and sex be stopped and unable to "steal, kill or destroy." Declare the release of abundant life to them so strongly that they will choose life.
• Bind and break the power and e