Sep 9, 2017 – Prayer Focus
24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call – Saturday, September 9, 2017
“A CALL TO THE WALL…ONE NATION UNDER GOD!”
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Praise Report
There is strength in unity…Praise God!… and we are unified in praying that Hurricane Irma will take a hard right turn back into the Atlantic Ocean and break apart. Ephesians 3:20 says, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” OUR GOD IS ABLE! – Daniel Bernard, Somebody Cares Tampa Bay
Praying For Our President and his team
The President and the First Lady made two trips to Texas to visit with people affected by Hurricane Harvey, met with displaced families in shelters and served lunch to them. They traveled to a distribution center to thank volunteers and pass out supplies to those on the long road to restoring their homes, then traveled to Louisiana to meet with local officials, the National Guard, and the Cajun Navy and receive a briefing on that state’s relief efforts. Let us pray for this President with a heart that truly cares!
Strategic Focus for Saturday
TURN, TURN, TURN! – Part 3 – Turning to the Presence of God in the Storm
When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away,
but the Godly have a lasting foundation.
Proverbs 10:25
What will it take for the Body of Christ to turn to the Presence of God, so that, from that Place of Total Security, we can joyfully rise up in authoritative intercession, with one united voice, in the midst of “stormy” hours…to deal with forces of the earth, wind and fire that beset us and wreak havoc across our nation?
A series of disasters that have hit us have left us reeling under the loss of life and property and have put a tremendous burden on the economy. Fires are burning out of control in California, Oregon, Washington and Montana, Hurricane Harvey hit Corpus Christi, Texas with deadly force and record-breaking rainfall, causing massive flooding and destruction, and now, the Southeastern United States is looking at yet another disaster…Hurricane Irma!
$50 billion in real estate was lost in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, which so impacted our gas refining capacities that gas prices immediately rose 50 cents / gallon. The total financial loss is estimated to reach over $108 billion. Our government is big, but who could stand a series of financial losses of that size and weight?
Is anyone else feeling that “Enough is enough”? Do we have the ability to spiritually intervene and STOP these storms? YES! Let’s see what Jesus has to say about this…
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also;
and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” John 14:12
This ability to do the works He did is conditional; it is based on the premise that we believe in and are connected to our Loving Savior, Who allows His Power to flow through us, to accomplish His Will in the earth!
God has promised us that we will abide in safe dwelling places. But in order to do so, we need to first abide in Him. If we don’t abide in Him and His WORD, then our security will be compromised.
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit;
for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5
As those who belong to Him, do we take the authority that He has given us seriously? Have we even understood the protocols of the Kingdom that allow us to move in strategic intercession to subdue darkness?
This is our mandate…to go into the world…cast out demons…preach the gospel…heal the sick…and know that He will be with us to confirm His Word with signs and wonders!!! And He’ll do it in the midst of a storm!
“And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons;
they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly,
it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.’
After the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
And they went out and preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs.”
Mark 16:17-20
The Body of Christ has been issued a WAKE UP CALL! It’s “A CALL TO THE WALL”…a call to awaken, arise and take our places as watchmen and forerunners of the transformation that is coming to America! We are being called to “Come up higher!” so we might learn how to move by The Spirit, speaking with His authority and dealing with whatever forces dare to come against the security of our nation. All this is possible…when we are turned toward Him, purpose to stand, and having done all else…stand in His Presence in the midst of a storm!
“What is man that You are mindful of him…You have put all things in subjection under his feet.”
Hebrews 2:6
This is a time to search our hearts and see what we are really made of. Do we know, understand and accept our KINGDOM RESPONSIBILITY? If so, it is time to exercise the authority we have been given over our areas of jurisdiction, including the elements and atmosphere. Otherwise, the storms, flooding, fires, earthquakes, and the rumors of war won’t stop. It is time to turn things around!
While we have been praying that this storm might turn, there is another turning that is being sought…it is us, turning to the Presence of God in the storm. He has told us that:
“When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land,
or send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name
will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.
For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever;
and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.”
II Chronicles 7:14-16
The key here is “turning”…turning our hearts, our lives, our entire beings back to HIM…and having the confidence to stand in the face of whatever comes our way, knowing He is with us.
SONG: God of the Mountain – by Lynda Randle
Life is easy, when you’re up on the mountain And you’ve got peace of mind, like you’ve never known
But things change, when you’re down in the valley Don’t lose faith, for your never alone
For the God on the mountain, is still God in the valley When things go wrong, he’ll make them right
And the God of the good times, is still God in the bad times The God of the day, is still God in the night
We talk of faith way up on the mountain But talk comes easy, when life’s at its best
Now it’s down in the valleys, trials and temptations That’s where your faith is really put to the test
For the God on the mountain, is still God in the valley, When things go wrong, he’ll make them right
And the God of the good times, is still God in the bad times The God of the day, is still God in the night
The God of the day, is still God in the night.
With that knowledge, we will always be “battle ready” and able to answer the call when it comes!
“…if the trumpet (shofar) does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?” I Corinthians 14:8
As we turn toward God’s Presence in the midst of our “storms”, we lift our voices in prayer:
- Lord, Your Word says that if we sound the trumpet, that You will deliver us from our enemies. We have a specific enemy we need deliverance from…Irma. We come into agreement with Your will for our land and its atmosphere as we pray according to II Chronicles 7:14-16. We stand in the gap for our people and nation and plead the Blood of Jesus over ourselves, our families, friends, neighbors, our property and communities. Standing in Your Presence, with Your authority, we command Irma to stop in her tracks, go back out to sea and dissolve.
- Lord, thank You for teaching us Your ways. We have repented for our sins, individual and corporate, and ask that Your angels usher Irma out to sea, where she will dissipate. We seal our prayer in Jesus’ Name. Amen! Amen!
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Hineni, Adonai! Here I am, Lord!
Engaging in a Warfare of Love!
The Battle of the Bride!
KADIMA! Onward…forward!
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