Jun 29, 2022 – Prayer Focus
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 – 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!
“But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
I will praise You forever because You have done it;
And in the presence of Your saints, I will wait on Your name, for it is good.”
Psalm 52:8-9
We sing: Your Presence, Lord
There’s nothing worth more, that will ever come close.
Nothing can compare, You’re our living Hope.
Your Presence, Lord.
I’ve tasted and seen of the sweetest of love,
when my heart becomes free and my shame is undone.
Your Presence, Lord.
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here. Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere.
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for…to be overcome by Your Presence, Lord.
Your Presence, Lord.
Let us become more aware of Your Presence. Let us experience the glory of Your goodness.
Let us become more aware of Your Presence. Let us experience the glory of Your goodness.
Let us become more aware of Your Presence. Let us experience the glory of Your goodness.
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here. Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere.
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for…to be overcome by Your Presence, Lord.
Holy Spirit, You are welcome here. Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere.
Your glory, God, is what our hearts long for…to be overcome by Your Presence, Lord.
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.
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 the removal of Joe Biden and restoration of Donald Trump to his rightful office.
Pray.
That as the REDEMPTION of the AMERICAN REPUBLIC takes place, those leaders that God anoints and appoints will take their places in the governments of each state and in our nation’s Capitol!
Pray.
For protection, provision, and peace
for all working to expose the fraud and corruption of the 2020 election!
Pray.
Strategic Focus for Wednesday
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 50
Standing in the GAP – Part 18
“Here is the patience of the saints;
here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
Revelation 14:12
The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates
A PROPER RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY AND A REPUDIATION OF UNLIMITED OBEDIENCE TO CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
THE ROLE OF THE PEOPLE – CHAPTER 11
Remonstrance is an archaic word rarely used today. But it is exactly what the people are supposed to do in order to fulfill their role in combating tyranny. To remonstrate means to present strong arguments against an act, measure, or any course of proceedings. Webster goes on to say that this can be done in public or private. He says, “When addressed to a public body, a prince or magistrate, it may be accompanied with a petition or supplication for the removal or prevention of some evil.”
Remonstrance by the people played an important role in the story of Petronius and Caligula. When Petronius decided to winter in Ptolemais before marching on Jerusalem the next spring, the Jews seized the opportunity to come and remonstrate before him. Josephus tells us that tens of thousands of Jews – men, women and children – came to Ptolemais to petition Governor Petronius not to erect the statue of Caligula in the Temple. They informed him that they would die first, rather than accommodate themselves to such an egregious violation of God’s law. Pray.
Petronius became angry with the people (as all lesser magistrates tend to do, desiring the absence of conflict) and stated: “If indeed I myself were the emperor and were at liberty to follow my own inclination, and then had designed to act thus, these your words would be justly spoken to me; but now Caesar has sent to me, I am under the necessity of being subservient to his decrees because a disobedience to them will bring inevitable destruction.”
Petronius remained resolute and continued intent on obeying Caligula’s law and order. The Jews petitioned further, however. They ended by stating: “If we should submit to you, we should be greatly reproached for our cowardice, as thereby showing ourselves ready to transgress our law; and we should incur the great anger of God also, Who, even thyself being judge, is superior to Caligula.”
Petronius again rebuffed them, but he was so moved by their pleas and the sight of tens of thousands of Jews remonstrating before him, that he removed himself to the city of Tiberius to further consider what he should do. Petronius hesitated; he did not take action to erect the statue, nor march towards the Temple.
Tens of thousands of Jews then followed Petronius to Tiberius. They again protested the evil of having the statue being placed in their Temple. They informed him that they were in no position to war against Rome, and then powerfully demonstrated the passion of their opposition by lying on the ground, and baring their necks before Petronius, offering for him to kill them there, saying, “We will die before we see our laws transgressed.” Pray.
The Jews remained in Tiberias for forty days remonstrating before Petronius. The Jews also sent a delegation of principal men, including Aristobulus, the brother of King Agrippa, to meet with Petronius privately. They pointed to the resolve of the people and asked Petronius to write to Caligula to rescind his law to install the statue.
Petronius took time to think matters over after the Jews had departed. He later called them back to Tiberias. When they arrived, Petronius had assembled two legions of soldiers – 12,000 men. The soldiers stood on one side, and the Jews lined up opposite of them. The Jews did not know if they would all be killed, as they had bared their necks to the ground during their last visit.
Petronius restated the law issued by Caligula. He went on to inform them that Caligula’s “wrath would, without delay, be executed on such as had the courage to disobey what he had commanded, and that immediately.” Petronius then stepped between the soldiers and the Jews and made his famous speech, wherein he made known his act of interposition on behalf of the Jews as a lesser magistrate. Pray.
He concluded his speech by saying: “…and may God be your assistant, for His authority is beyond all the contrivance and power of men; and may He procure you the preservation of your ancient laws, and may not He be deprived, though without your consent, of His accustomed honors. But if Caligula be irritated, and turn the violence of his rage upon me, I will rather undergo all the danger and affliction that may come either on my body or my soul, than see so many of you perish, while you are acting in so excellent a manner. Therefore, every one of you, go your way about your own occupations, and fall to the cultivation of your ground; I will myself send to Rome, and will not refuse to serve you in all things, both by myself and by my friends.” Pray.
The impact the people had upon Governor Petronius is evident. Notice that tens of thousands remonstrated before him. The people have a duty to protest unjust or immoral laws. The role of the people in applying the lesser magistrate doctrine is to remonstrate before the lesser magistrate and rally behind him when he takes a stand. The lesser magistrates often will not act until the people plead their case, and the magistrates are assured of their support. Pray.
It was the people themselves who interposed on behalf of Pastor Tokes in Romania. After the people took action, many lesser magistrates joined in the revolution, refusing to obey Ceausescu’s orders.
When the people do not understand the importance of their role in seeing the lesser magistrate doctrine exercised, or believe the common song that they are to have unlimited obedience to the civil government, the results are disastrous.
An example of how things turn out badly when the people fail to rally behind the lesser magistrate is seen in what happened to Judge Roy Moore, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. In August of 2001, Judge Moore had a monument of the Ten Commandments placed in the rotunda of the state judicial building. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) immediately decried Judge Moore’s actions by stating, “Our courts should enforce secular law, not God’s law.”
Moore was assailed by the Federal government through their courts. They condemned his actions and ordered the Ten Commandments removed from the building. The people did not rally behind Judge Moore, who was clearly committing an act of interposition as a lesser magistrate. Rather, most of the people, so inculcated with years of statist dogma through the education system and American media, believed the courts have the final say and they had to simply conform and accommodate to whatever the Federal courts dictate. Pray.
They sat by in silence, or actually condemned Judge Moore. Many Christian leaders, steeped in their false teaching that Christians must always obey the government, abandoned Moore or spoke against him. In the end, Chief Justice Moore’s own fellow justices on the Alabama Supreme Court turned against him, as did countless other lesser magistrates. He was ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to atheistic attorneys and was removed from office. The U.S. President at the time, George W. Bush, shamefully honored Moore’s greatest antagonist, Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, with a Federal judgeship. Pray.
Judge Moore was defeated in his effort to point to God’s law as the foundation of law in the State of Alabama (and all of the Western Civilization) because the people failed miserably to rally behind a courageous lesser magistrate. Pray.
It is important to note that the lesser magistrate does not need the majority of the people to support him before he can act. Some of the most important and necessary actions down through history were done without a majority. In fact, human nature is such that the majority usually only have an interest in their own well-being and livelihoods. Pray.
In truth, the lesser magistrate does not need any support from the people in order to act. He can and should act when warranted because he has the right and duty in the sight of God to do so. Nevertheless, the people should (and do) – by their action or inaction – play a role of immense importance when it comes to the effectiveness of the lesser magistrates’ interposition against tyranny. Pray.
We pray:
- Lord, we thank You for those, like Judge Roy Moore of AL, who are courageous and unafraid, and will honor your law above all else! Pray.
- Bless all those who have the courage and strength to “stand in the gap”, as Lesser Magistrates in the Battle to SAVE America! Pray.
- Protect and grant each one of Your people who steps up to this assignment. Give them great favor as they address this matter in their own areas of influence! Pray.
- Let County Commissioners in states across this land see the light of TRUTH and enter into the process of exposing and rectifying fraud in the election process! Pray.
- Guard and protect our 24/7 family with the Blood of Jesus, as we engage with and undergird patriots across this land who will “stand in the gap”, in this BATTLE TO SAVE AMERICA! Pray.
- Bring Donald Trump forth quickly, and guide him in his preparations to return to the White House. Pray.
- Now that Roe is overturned, protect our Supreme Court Justices and their families, and honor them for their stand for LIFE! We speak PEACE to the streets of our nation…foil any plans for backlash! Pray.
- Protect the sovereignty of the United States of America and do not let it be compromised in any way! Remove Biden and all those who have betrayed our Constitution and sold us out! Pray.
- Let our homes get in order so that they might be places for Your HABITATION and sanctuaries for others! Pray.
- That we will joyfully release the LOVE of GOD from our hearts over this, our beloved nation. Pray.
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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!
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