June 6, 2023 – Prayer Focus
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – The 24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call
“A CALL TO THE WALL…ONE NATION UNDER GOD”
1-712-770-4340 Code: 543555 # (Ongoing call…24 hours a day!)
We begin our hour by praising and giving thanks to God!
“He who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it,
and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”
James 1:25
We sing: Find us Faithful
We’re pilgrims on the journey of the narrow road, and those who’ve gone before us line the way.
Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary,
their lives a stirring testament to God’s sustaining grace.
O may all who come behind us find us faithful, may the fire of our devotion light their way.
May the footprints that we leave, lead them to believe, and the lives we live inspire them to obey.
O may all who come behind us find us faithful.
Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run the race not only for the prize,
but as those who’ve gone before us. let us leave to those behind us,
the heritage of faithfulness passed on through Godly lives.
O may all who come behind us find us faithful, may the fire of our devotion light their way.
May the footprints that we leave, lead them to believe, and the lives we live inspire them to obey.
O may all who come behind us find us faithful.
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The key assignment for the 24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call is to intercede hourly
for the safety and security of our duly elected President, Donald John Trump,
and to pray for that which pertains to our nation!
We pray for his protection, for our First Lady, Melania, and their marriage
and for all the members of their family. We cover them all with the Blood of Jesus.
Pray.
For the restoration of Donald Trump to his rightful office.
In every situation and decision, let our President be led by the Holy Spirit,
so that he learns the truth and acts accordingly, for the good of the nation.
Pray.
For David Clements, as he undertakes the assignment to connect with President Trump,
to see the declaration of a National Day of Repentance in which all Americans can take part!
Pray.
For protection, provision, and peace
for all working to expose the fraud and corruption of our elections!
As the SAVE AMERICA movement gains momentum, let those leaders that God anoints and appoints
take their places in the governments of each state and in our nation’s Capitol!
Pray.
For us to receive and put on the full armor of God as we begin this hour,
that we might be protected as we stand in the gap and pray for our nation!
Pray.
Strategic Focus for Tuesday
WELCOME THE KING OF GLORY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
THE BATTLE TO SAVE AMERICA! – Part 378
The Returning of President Trump to the White House! – Part 268
“So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.”
James 2:12
As we prepare for our upcoming assignments on the East Coast of the United States, this portion of our history will add much to our awareness of the contributions our First Nations Peoples made to the founding of this nation! When the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in 1787 to debate what form of government the United States should have, there were no contemporary democracies in Europe from which they could draw inspiration. The most democratic forms of government that any of the convention members had personally encountered were those of Native American nations. Of particular interest was the Iroquois Confederacy, which historians have argued wielded a significant influence on the U.S. Constitution. Pray.
What evidence exists that the delegates studied Native governments? Descriptions of them appear in the three-volume handbook John Adams wrote for the convention surveying different types of governments and ideas about government. It included European philosophers like John Locke and Montesquieu, whom US history textbooks have long identified as constitutional influences; but it also included the Iroquois Confederacy and other Indigenous governments, which many of the delegates knew through personal experience. “You had the Cherokee chiefs having dinner with [Thomas] Jefferson’s father in Williamsburg, and then in the northern area, of course, you had this Philadelphia interaction with the Delaware and the Iroquois,” says Kirke Kickingbird, a lawyer, member of the Kiowa Tribe and coauthor with Lynn Kickingbird of Indians and the United States Constitution: A Forgotten Legacy. Pray.
Iroquois League: The Ancient and Powerful Union of Six Nations.
Since the US had trade and diplomatic relationships with Native governments, Kickingbird says, thinking the constitutional framers weren’t familiar with them is like saying, “Gosh, I didn’t know the Germans and the French knew each other.” There were both similarities and differences between the Iroquois Confederacy and the US Constitution. The Iroquois Confederacy was in no way an exact model for the US Constitution. However, it provided something that Locke and Montesquieu couldn’t: a real-life example of some of the political concepts the framers were interested in adopting in the U.S. Pray.
The Iroquois Confederacy dates back several centuries, to when the Great Peacemaker founded it by uniting five nations: the Mohawks, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, the Oneida and the Seneca. In around 1722, the Tuscarora nation joined the Iroquois, also known as the Haudenosaunee. Together, these six nations formed a multi-state government while maintaining their own individual governance. This stacked-government model influenced Constitutional framers’ thinking, says Donald A. Grinde, Jr., a professor of transnational studies at the University of Buffalo, member of the Yamasee nation and co-author with Bruce E. Johansen of Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy. The constitutional framers “cite the Iroquois and other Native governments as examples of [federalism],” he says. “Marriage and divorce is taken care of right in the village; it’s not a thing that the national government or the chiefs have to do with. Each tribe might have its own issues, but the Iroquois Confederacy is about…unification through mutual defense and it conducts foreign affairs.” Pray.
The chiefs of the six nations were hereditary rulers, something the framers wanted to avoid, given their grievances with Britain’s King George III. Still, the framers “did seek to borrow aspects of Iroquois government that enabled them to assert the people’s sovereignty over vast geographic expanses since they found no governments in Europe with these characteristics,” Grinde and Johansen write in Exemplar of Liberty. Pray.
The fact that many of the framers looked to Native governments for inspiration didn’t stop them from viewing Native people as inferior. This disconnect is evident in a 1751 letter from Benjamin Franklin describing the need for the 13 colonies to form a “voluntary Union” similar to that of the Iroquois Confederacy: “It would be a very strange Thing, if six Nations of ignorant Savages should be capable of forming a Scheme for such an Union, and be able to execute it in such a Manner, as that it has subsisted Ages, and appears indissoluble; and yet that a like Union should be impracticable for ten or a Dozen English Colonies, to whom it is more necessary, and must be more advantageous; and who cannot be supposed to want an equal Understanding of their Interests.” Pray.
The United States’ bias and violence against Native Americans may have helped obscure the framers’ interest in their governments. However, public awareness of this connection increased around the 1987 bicentennial marking the 200th anniversary of the Constitution. “Oren Lyons, who was a Faithkeeper for the Iroquois Confederacy, went to the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs and broached this subject,” Grinde says. “And then I went down to Washington and testified before the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.” This motivated the committee’s chair, Daniel Inoue of Hawaii, to help Congress pass a 1988 resolution formally acknowledging the influence of the Iroquois Confederacy on the US Constitution. In addition to this recognition, the resolution reaffirmed “the continuing government-to-government relationship between Indian tribes and the United States established in the Constitution”—an acknowledgement of the legitimacy and sovereignty of Native nations and their governments. Pray.
In 1987, on the 200th anniversary of the USConstitution, The New York Times published an article titled “Iroquois Constitution: A Forerunner to Colonists’ Democratic Principles,” which begs to be revisited at a time that feels like the lowest point of our nation’s democratic leadership. The article discusses how the Iroquois Confederacy influenced the framers of the US Constitution. Pray.
The Iroquois Confederacy today comprises six unified Iroquois nations (also known as the Haudenosaunee, or People of the Long House). The confederacy, governed by a constitution called the Great Law of Peace, was founded in 1142 and may be the longest-standing democracy on earth.
Ben Franklin repeatedly drew on the wisdom and democratic principles of the Iroquois Confederacy and its constitution as he struggled to unite the 13 sparring colonies. For both the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania in 1744 and the Albany Congress in 1754, he invited representatives of the Iroquois Nations to help promote three core concepts of their constitution—peace, equity, and justice—as foundational precepts for unifying the colonies. He published quotes from the Onondaga leader Canassatego to explain how uniting the colonies in the way the “indissolvable” confederacy had would build strength against outside nations. As Winnebago scholar Terri Hansen wrote about the 1744 proceedings, Franklin used Canassatego’s metaphor “that many arrows bound together cannot be broken as easily as one,” which became the inspiration for the bundle of 13 arrows held by an eagle in the Great Seal of the United States. Pray.
While this influence is rarely acknowledged, in 1988, one year after the US. Constitution’s bicentennial, the US Senate passed a resolution recognizing that our republic “was influenced by the Iroquois Confederacy” and that “many of the democratic principles were incorporated into the constitution itself.” Indeed, today, some of the constitutional articles most relevant to our current domestic affairs come from the confederacy, such as:
- consciously separating responsibilities in government to ensure a balance of power;
- not allowing people to hold two offices across branches to avoid overpowering any particular individual;
- and ensuring a process for removing leaders from power for crimes and misdemeanors (i.e., impeachment).
These core principles undergird a system for protecting the very heart of democracy—a government structured “for the people and by the people.” Given what many believe are intensifying threats to our democratic ideals by the current administration, renewing our commitment to these concepts alone would make our nation feel so much safer and healthier. Pray.
We pray:
- That as we learn about the First Nations peoples who lived here, we will appreciate their influence and impact on our Founders and our Founding documents! Pray.
- That there would be a “new honoring” between the First Nations and those who immigrated here resulting in all living together in peace and harmony! Pray.
- That the people of our nation will stand alongside President Trump, and remain engaged in this BATTLE TO SAVE AMERICA until VICTORY is won! Pray.
- That the members of Congress will fully investigate and try the “usurper” Biden, along with Obama, Clinton, Comey and all the corrupt individuals concerned, convicting them of treason and restoring righteousness and justice for all!! Pray.
- Protect and strengthen our 24/7 family and bring in new intercessors who are called to this assignment with us, to pray for our President and our beloved nation! Prepare us for our NEXT STEPS in this Battle to Save America! Pray.
(Resources: history.com / The Hub)
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Listen to the song ahead of time, then either sing or pray it!
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HINENI, ADONAI! HERE I AM, LORD!
ENGAGING IN A WARFARE OF LOVE! THE BATTLE OF THE BRIDE!
KADIMA! ONWARD…FORWARD!
“LAYNA!” LIGHT AND TRUTH!
BE STRONG…COURAGEOUS…BRAVE!
UNASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST!
GOD’S CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE!
MARANATHA! COME, LORD JESUS!
BE READY! REVIVAL IS COMING!
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
ONE NEW MAN!
VICTORY!
STANDING IN THE GAP!
REVIVAL – from Heart to heart!
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