“Look at Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem in a secure abode; a tent that will not be removed, whose pegs will never be pulled out and whose guy ropes will not be cut.”  Isaiah 33:20

“Break out into joy!  Sing together, you ruins of Yerushalayim!  For Adonai has comforted his people, he has redeemed Yerushalayim!  For Adonai has comforted his people, he has redeemed Yerushalayim!”  Isaiah 52:9

The time of the Fall Feasts is moving closer as Jewish people are spending time each day doing teshuva (repentance) prior to the Feast of Trumpets/Rosh HaShanah which begins on the evening of September 18, followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement.  Four days after that, the Feast of Tabernacles begins which is also known as the Feast of Ingathering and considered to be the time of the last great harvest.  In Israel and most likely all over the world, Jewish people are looking for their Messiah to come.

The theme of the Feast of Tabernacles this year is “The Tabernacle of David!”  The dates are October 1-12 including flying time.  This is the 12^th trip for our team and I have been all 12 years, beginning in 1997.  It’s about government, God’s government – Isaiah 9:6&7, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder and His name shall be called Pele Yoates (Wonder of a Counselor), El Gibbor (Mighty God), Avi Ad (Father of Eternity) and Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace).  Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end to order it and establish upon the throne of David and over his kingdom with judgement and justice from this time forth and even forevermore.  The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish it.”  Powerful word, His will and He will bring it to pass.

Please pray for the peace of Jerusalem; and also pray for the governments of both Israel and the United States according to I Timothy 2:1-4.  Read and pray Judges 5:2.

We will participate in the Day to Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem on Sunday, October 4^th.  If you or your church has not signed up to pray on that day, go to www.daytopray.com!  Many churches will incorporate this in their Sunday morning service that day.  We’ll join our prayers across the ocean!

We will also pray above the city of Jerusalem where the Jerusalem Prayer Tower hovers over the center of the city.  We’ll pray on Mt. Carmel where Jewish, Arab, Russian, Japanese and Sudanese worship together under one roof.  We’ll agree with God’s victory through Elijah over the prophets of Baal.  Read I Kings 18:21 & 36-39 and declare:  “The Lord, He is God; The Lord, He is God.”  Here, we will minister to Sudanese Refugees and their children, also former prostitutes and drug addicts.

We’ll pray and minister to people on the streets and to Israeli & Arab believers; in house churches, Messianic Congregations, and pray each morning and each evening at the Jerusalem Convention Center where the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem will host the Feast of Tabernacles for 8 nights.

I invite you to go with us through your prayers and donations.  As I did last year and all prior years, I will be taking an offering to the Messianic Congregations, to aid the poor and wounded, and Holocaust survivors!

To donate to this trip, send your checks made to IN SPN and write “Israel” in the memo line; send to PO Box 302, Ellettsville, IN 47429.  You may also donate by using your charge card by calling 1-812-876-6505.  You may send any names on a small memo sheet that I can carry to the land of Israel to receive the prayers of many people.  Your prayers are also greatly appreciated for myself and the team.  As before, if you would like for me to carry your financial blessing to Israel to bless God and His people, please make sure that you send it by September 21^st.  The cost of this trip including international flights, domestic flights, ground transportation, room and 2 meals per day, plus Feast registration and taxes is $4500.00 and needs to be in within  2 weeks.

I release this promise of God over you as you give, “I will bless those who bless you,……”  Genesis 12:3a

Blessings of renewed strength and joy, Sallye Burton, Apostolic Coordinator

“When the righteous see God in action, they’ll laugh, they’ll sing, they’’ll laugh and sing for joy.  Sing hymns to God; all heaven, sing out; clear the way for the coming of Cloud-Rider.  Enjoy God, cheer when you see Him!”  Psalms 68:3&4

Our God is an awesome God who truly reigns from heaven above!  The earth is His and the fullness of it; the silver and gold are his.  Our Father is calling to His children in this hour to ARISE & SHINE!  He is “a shield around about us, He is our glory and the lifter up of our heads.” Psalms 3:3

So much in our world has seemingly shifted, and not all pleasant nor desirable. And yet, God is calling to His children to ARISE & SHINE!  He’s given us His Word, His Spirit, His anointing, the gifts of the Father, the gifts of the Son and the gifts of the Spirit; as the Apostle Peter said, “All things that pertain to life and godliness.”  But the happenings around us have the tendency to stun or try to paralyze us, to render us harmless and ineffective.  Saints, call out to one another, encourage one another daily.  God is still the God who answers by fire, who rescues His from the fiery furnace, from the mouth of the lion, who has promised to “never leave us nor forsake us.” He’s not a man that He should lie, neither is He the son of man that He should repent.  He has spoken and HE WILL MAKE IT GOOD!  Numbers 23:19

He has given us precious promises and Jesus said, “The words that I speak, they are spirit and they are life.”  KJV  “The Spirit can make life.  Sheer muscle and willpower don’t make anything happen.  Every word I’ve spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is life-making.”  John 6:63  The Message

Remember David when he and his men returned to Ziglag after Achish and the Philistines turned him away.  They found the city burned to the ground and their wives and children taken captive.  At first, David and his men wept until they could weep no more, but the people turned on him and were threatening to kill him.  “But David encouraged himself in the Lord.”  I Samuel 30:6

THIS WEEK -  SHAKE OFF discouragement, depression, despair and fear, and TAKE COURAGE!    This is a NOW word to His children!  Listen to God’s Word to you, “BE STRONG, BE BOLD; for you will cause this people to inherit the land I swore to their fathers I would give them.”  PRAY this over yourself and two other people.  DECLARE that you will cause those people whom the Lord has given into your care, be it family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, bus driver to inherit their God-ordained portion/inheritance.

“ONLY BE STRONG AND VERY BOLD, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you.  Turn not to the right or to the left, THAT you may PROSPER wherever you go.”  “Then your undertakings will PROSPER, and you will succeed.”  CJB & NKJV  REPENT for believing the lies of the enemy that he whispers in your ear, and turn to God.  RENOUNCE fear,

Discouragement, despair and hopelessness.  Tell the Lord that you WILL BE STRONG AND VERY BOLD.  ENCOURAGE yourself; tell the Lord that you TAKE COURAGE!  Then pray this over 3 or 4 other people!  Be a Barnabas, an encourager for the next 7 days!  Watch people’s countenance change as you encourage them, some may want you to pray for them.  Pray in faith believing God to answer their prayers!

I was encouraged with the testimony my hair designer gave me today!  I’ve watched she and her husband grow in their faith for several years, but recently they have taken a giant step.  It started with a daughter-in-law losing her $30.00 an hour job after they had built a home and bought a van and a car.  My hair designer and her husband decided to turn off the TV completely for now and pray and read God’s Word together.  They prayed for two days without seeing a change, but after 4 days, their son was offered a new job with a tremendous pay raise.  The next thing that happened was a nephew fell from 8’ high from a crane; normally just below would have been another machine that would have sliced him in two had it been there.  Somehow, it had gotten moved.  They took him to the hospital and released him.

Now they have decided to make a prayer list for them to pray every day together and after each prayer is answered, to praise the Lord and write PRAYER ANSWERED!

God has spoken change!  He desires the changes that are in alignment with His Kingdom and He’s looking “for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap…on behalf of the land, that (HE) should not destroy it…Ez.22:30

He has invited us in to the Throne Room, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”  Hebrews 4:16  Kenneth Copeland tells of a time when he was in prayer, begging and pleading, bombarding the gates of heaven for revival.  He writes, “After I’d been at it a little while, the Lord spoke to me.  “What are you doing?”  He said.  “I’m bombarding the gates of heaven with prayer for revival,” I answered.  He says the Lord asks him, “How big is My city?” and Kenneth answers, “As far as I can tell from what the Bible says, it’s about 1200 cubits or somewhere around 1500 miles square and 1500 miles high.”  God’s answer to him was this, “Then why are you bombarding the gates?  Assuming that My throne is in the middle of the city, THAT LEAVES YOU ABOUT 750 MILES SHORT!  And, by the way,” He added, “those gates aren’t locked.  Why don’t you quit bombarding them and just come in.”  From Faith to Faith, A Daily Guide to Victory!, by Kenneth & Gloria Copeland

We are praying for the Seven Mountains or 7 mountains of societal influence!

For the Government Mountain, pray Ezekiel 22:30 and be willing to stand in the gap!  “God is looking for and legally needing at least one leader/official at every level and in every layer of government and influence to stand before Him on behalf of the land-----so that He can work to undo corruption and preserve our nation.”  “Let us cry out for more righteous individuals and courageous moral voices in every sphere of rulership and influence.’  Intercessors for America newsletter, March 2009, Gary Bergel

Let us petition the Lord for at least ONE individual in every level and every layer of government and influence to stand before Him on behalf of the land

As we fast and pray these three days, pray Isaiah 58:6-12.  This has been a hard year on the homeless and on ministries, churches and agencies that offer meals, a warm bed and sometimes clothing as well  According to the IFA newsletter, “A new Wilson Research Strategies survey commissioned by Dunham + Company finds that U.S. Christians don’t plan to cut their giving to faith-based groups, despite the sluggish economy.  While 58 percent said they are cutting back on entertainment and short-term savings, only 43 percent said they had reduced or stopped giving to charity.  Of those who attend religious services more than once a week, 60 percent said they intended to continue to give the same in 2009, 21 percent said they intended to give more. WOW, give a SHOUT TO THE LORD. Pray for your church, ministry, business, other churches, ministries and businesses.  PRAY for the faithful ones to flourish, prosper, be “exceedingly, abundantly blessed” so that the world will take notice.

Let us not forget Malachi 3:9-12 declaring that neither you nor your nation will be cursed because of God-robbing!  Pray for all members of the Body of Christ to be faithful in tithing, giving of offerings and first fruits’ offeringsl

There are some big needs out there to be answered and we serve a BIG GOD with whom “nothing is too hard, nor impossible!”

For Thursday, February 26 and Friday, February 27, Pray for WISDOM, Proverbs says it is the principal thing!  Pray that your soul prospers, III John 2, “Beloved, I wish above all things that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.”

Pray from Acts 3 & 4.  Pray for unusual healings such as the lame man at the Gate Beautiful!  Pray for boldness to speak the Word of God, for healings, signs and wonders, powerful prayer gatherings with Holy Spirit empowering and infilling.  Pray for great power and great grace for God’s apostles to give witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, and there be none lacking.  Acts 3:1-8, Acts 4:29-35

Pray for all who have recently lost their jobs for their needs to be provided, to find God’s better plan for their lives and for jobs to open up.  If the jobs aren’t there, that God will create the jobs for them.  Pray that among the believing community, there be none lacking. Ask the Lord to use this time to draw the unsaved to Himself and petition Him as to what your part might be.

Don’t forget FIRST FRUITS’ GATHERING AT HEARTLAND MINISTRIES, SHARPSVILLE, IN,  Saturday, February 28 from 10-12:00 noon.

Bring used or new clothing and non-perishable items!

“By you Israel will bless, saying, ‘May God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh!”  May God make you forget the pain of your past, and cause you to be fruitful and prosperous in your future.”  See Genesis 40:51&52, Genesis 48:20

Declare this over yourself and your family, “My Strength, I will watch for you, for God is my fortress.  But as for me, I will sing of your strength; in the morning I will sing aloud of your grace.  For you are my fortress, a refuge when I am in trouble.  My Strength, I will sing praises to you, for God is my fortress, God, who gives me grace.”  Psalms 59:10, 17-18 CJB

Blessings,

Tomorrow, President Barack Obama is scheduled to be in Elkhart tomorrow, Monday, February 9 to “sell his economic stimulus plan, the White House announced on Friday.  Why Elkhart?  This is our state’s sixth largest county and Obama carried  44% of the vote in ElkhartCounty.  According to IndyStar.com, “The Elkhart-Goshen Region’s unemployment rate hit 15.3 percent in December, up from 4.7 percent the year before.  This was the nation’s biggest annual increase for a metropolitan area, according to the Labor Department.”  INDYSTAR.COM, February 6, 2009

Again His Word tells us, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and all who live in it.”  Psalms 24:1  Paul also speaks this in I Corinthians 10:26.

Pray for God’s divine overshadowing over Elkhart and surrounding region tomorrow; pray God’s will be accomplished and done, nothing more, nothing less than the will of God!  Pray the wisdom of God overcome the “foolishness of man.” 

PRAY “the hidden things be revealed and the secret things come to the light.”

Pray for an angelic host to be released to bind up all demonic activity.  Pray for God’s holy security force to be dispatched to ElkhartCounty.

Pray for grace and favor for God’s men and women!  Pray they be strategically positioned!

Pray for President Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle and their two daughters.  Pray the fullness of the will of God for their lives!

Let Your kingdom come to ElkhartCounty and region on Monday, February 9^th and forever.  Be accomplished and done, plans, purposes and will of God on earth as it is in heaven, in Jesus’ Name, Amen!

Amazing how many references there are in God’s Word about mountains, and of course, the greatest and most important is Mount Zion, the City of the Great King.  It is called His “holy mountain” in the Word of God!  We are presently watching over and praying for the Economy/Business Mountain; there is much activity going on at the top of this mountain, therefore, it is a key time to be praying over it.  As one President/CEO of a major company said at the beginning of the year, “the breakdown happened at the top level due to the greed and corruption of many top leaders.”  He went on to say that the people who really make things happen, the workers, the middle income people, are still working hard and continuing to create, birth new ideas and believe for them to manifest bringing about new growth and change necessary for growth and prosperity.  THERE IS HOPE! Another leader said this, “the money didn’t go away or get lost,”  it’s still out there waiting for someone with courage and wisdom to lay hold of it and steward it wisely.

PRAY to be a wise steward of your resources, time and finances!  Pray for those in key positions to make wise decisions that will benefit many, not just one person!

PRAY for your workplace or business!  Pray that it be a place where God’s Presence is welcome and needs are met as the workers are free to pray, share the Gospel and lay hands on the sick. 

PRAY for signs, wonders and miracles to take place in your workplace or business, that many will be awakened and turn to the Lord!

PRAY that integrity and honesty, as well as godliness guide the decisions, motives and actions of business leaders.  Pray against all compromise and for all in your business or workplace to live their lives at work and outside the workplace in ways that honor and glorify God, especially in the area of finances.

PRAY that all business that promote promiscuity would be clearly seen for what they are, would be closed down and their owners, managers, workers receive Christ as their Savior.  This has been a major concern in the past few years, especially those that are in close proximity to schools or places where youth and children frequent!

Offer your praises to God for the people who have so diligently pursued city and county officials to force the closure of these businesses!  Bless the city and county officials who have willingly and readily cooperated in seeing this happen!

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2000 – RIGHT TO LIFE GATHERINGS AT COURTHOUSES ACROSS AMERICA AND IN WASHINGTON, D.C.    

Tomorrow at 2:00 PM, many will gather at their CountyCourthouses to pray and take a stand against the abominable practice of ABORTION!  In our nation’s capitol, they are expecting the largest gathering to protest ABORTION that ever has been!  PRAY THAT THOUSANDS, EVEN MILLIONS FILL THE STREETS OF WASHINGTON, D.C. to clearly show our next president Barack Obama that abortion is not acceptable to the majority of the U.S. of America’s citizens!  Pray for President-elect Barack Obama to have revelation of the truth of this practice and CHOOSE LIFE for millions of unborn babies!  Pray that everyone of these gatherings be marked by God’s tangible presence and pray that multitudes of lives be changed by a supernatural encounter with God.  Pray that God’s Spirit be manifested during these gatherings.

TOMORROW, let Deuteronomy 30:19 be our cry, “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live…” NKJV

Also pray and cry out to the Lord, “Turn the hearts of the FATHERS to the CHILDREN, and the hearts of the CHILDREN to their FATHERS…”  Malachi 4:6 NKJV.

MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009 IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY!  Pray for all who have laid down their lives that others might be free including our soldiers on foreign fields and those who have returned from the battle fields.  Pray for healing of body, soul and spirit for those who are still living.  Pray for their families who have suffered along with them to be blessed and receive the “peace that passes all understanding.

Pray for all the gatherings where Martin Luther King, Jr. will be honored that the godly spirit that drove him will come to many in this hour and the truth of his sacrifices be known and honored!

DECLARE “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.”  Blessed is the BUSINESS whose God is the Lord; Blessed is the family whose God is the Lord.  Declare we choose LIFE & BLESSING and we choose the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!  Scripture reference is Ps. 33:12 NKJV

Blessings of great grace, great strength, great wisdom, and new vision as you watch!

Blessings,
Sallye Burton, Apostolic Coordinator

Tomorrow at midnight, we will complete the three days praying for the RELIGION Mountain!  Let’s finish strong, lifting up the Lord’s church!  Two scriptures stand out to me which express the Lord’s will for His church!  In Matthew 16:18, Jesus speaks of building His Church and states that “the gates of hell will not prevail against it.”

PRAY for submitted hearts to the Lord, allowing Him to build His church, and pray that, we, His people have “willing and obedient” hearts, minds and lives.  PRAY that we stand together united so the gates of hell cannot prevail against the Lord’s church.

In Hebrews 12:1 & 2, the writer exhorts us to “lay aside the sin that so easily besets us.”  In the Complete Jewish Bible, it reads, “put aside every impediment---that is the sin which easily hampers our forward movement---and keep running with endurance in the contest set before us, looking away to the Initiator and Completer of that trusting, Yeshua….”

PRAY that each member of the Body of Christ has the finisher’s anointing.  Also, pray I Thessalonians 5:23 for ourselves and each member of Christ’s Body!

PRAY for the mindset of triumph and that of an overcomer!  Ask Holy Spirit to help you see yourself as an overcomer!

As we pray for the Lord’s Church, pray for the many who are held captive in false religions and false doctrines.  PRAY blinders be removed from their minds; pray they have a dream, vision or revelation of who Jesus Christ, the Son of God is.  PRAY they be overwhelmed by the LOVE OF GOD, and pray that it also comes through us!

PRAY for God’s chosen, appointed and anointed leaders in the Body of Christ; PRAY Ephesians 4:11-16 and Isaiah 9:6&7.

BEGINNING at Midnight Thursday, January 15, the next three days, our PRAYER TARGET is the ECONOMIC or BUSINESS Mountain!

PRAY for the incoming administrations in our NATION & in our state!  PRAY for the wisdom from above to be given to them in all matters of decision!

PRAY each person be surrounded by Godly counselors AND that they will listen carefully and heed Godly advice!

PRAY for those at the top of this mountain, for their salvation!

ASK Holy Spirit for wisdom with your own personal, business and/or ministry finances!  Ask the Lord to help you to be a good steward of all that He has entrusted to you!

Claim II Corinthians 10:3-6, pulling down the strongholds of poverty, debt, lack and want and CLAIM III John 2, Psalms 1:1-3, Isaiah 48:17 and Deuteronomy 8:18.

PRAY blessings on your church, business & employer; CLAIM Ephesians 3:20 and II Corinithians:8-11.

MONDAY, January 19 begins our three days to pray for the GOVERNMENT Mountain!  This is also MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY!  TUESDAY, January 20 is

INAUGURATION DAY!  These are important days to be praying for our nation!

Don’t forget:    FIRST FRUITS GATHERING, January 31, 10-12:00 noon at New Wineskin Ministries, 4501 W. 38^th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46254

            Now is the time to connect, align, be strengthened and ADVANCE!

God bless you with grace, renewed strength, great wisdom, fresh hope and abundant joy!

Blessings,
Sallye Burton, Apostolic Coordinator