Dec 23, 2022 – Prayer Focus
Friday, December 23, 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!
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.”
Psalm 51:1
We sing: Lord, have mercy on us!
Lord, have mercy on us. Come and heal our land.
Cleanse with Your Fire, heal with Your Touch.
Humbly we bow and call upon You now.
Oh, Lord, have mercy on us. Oh, Lord, have mercy on us.
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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 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 Friday
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 229
The Returning of President Trump to the White House! – Part 111
“Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body,
but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.”
1 Corinthians 6:18
We are in Chapter 17 of Jonathan Cahn’s THE RETURN OF THE GODS, in which we will learn how a seducing spirit can captivate and control those who foolishly entertain it! Lord, deliver us from evil! Pray.
PART V: THE ENCHANTRESS Chapter 17 The Enchantress
The second god of the dark trinity was a she. She was among the most potent of gods and among the oldest, having first appeared in ancient Sumer.
The Goddess She was so important among the gods of the ancient Middle East that she was given the title Queen of Heaven. She was joined to the celestial lights, to the moon, which some of her mythologies name as her father, and to the sun, which was often named as her brother. But it was another celestial light with which she was most associated, Venus. She was the goddess of sexuality. It was because of that connection that the planet Venus is associated with love. She was also the goddess of war and destruction. She was fiery, impetuous, impulsive, greedy, emotional, demanding, stormy, fierce, carnal, given to rage, romantic, vindictive, full of unbridled passion, insatiable sexual desire, and boundless pride. If denied the object of her desires or if offended, she would become vengeful and violent and could wreak havoc and destruction. Pray.
The Transgressor She was the breaker of rules, the trespasser of boundaries, and the transgressor of standards and conventions. She would demand that which belonged to others.
- In one myth, when the gods were unaware, she stole their sacred possessions.
- In another, she demanded entrance into the land of the dead, the underworld, and pounded on its gates, threatening to break them down if her will was refused.
- In another, she demanded that the gods give to her the Bull of Heaven to bring revenge on her enemies and threatened that if her demand was denied, she would release the dead into the world of the living.
She was the goddess of prostitution. The prostitutes of ancient Mesopotamia looked to her as their patron and protector. And it was not beyond the goddess to take on the appearance, nature, and function of the prostitute herself. Pray.
Seductress She was a seducer, a temptress, the goddess who captivated, allured, and snatched away. As the patron goddess of the tavern, or alehouse, she was associated with the partaking of alcohol, particularly of beer. She dwelled in the taverns and there mixed sexuality with intoxication.
- In Sumerian mythology, her foremost lover was named Dumuzi.
- In Assyria and Babylon, he was known as Tammuz. It was her anger toward him that brought about his death. She then wept inconsolably over her loss. But she was never a faithful wife or lover. Tammuz was one of many.
In the famous Mesopotamian poem The Epic of Gilgamesh, the goddess even sought to seduce the story’s hero, who responded by spurning her advances. She was the goddess of sexual promiscuity. Pray.
Enchantress Her images were everywhere in clay idols and stone reliefs. She often appeared as naked or as a woman revealing herself. She often appeared next to her symbols, the moon or crescent, the sun, and her star, which was associated with the planet Venus. And she was often depicted in her function as goddess of war, brandishing weapons and entering into combat. It was undoubtedly because of this role that she was associated with the lion. It would often appear in her depictions as symbols of her ferocity and power. She was also an enchantress, a sorceress, a goddess of magic and spells. She specialized in love magic, the enchantment that conjured desire or that altered one’s affections and behavior. She seized and possessed her worshippers. She moved and spoke through her priestesses, who served as her vessels. Pray.
Priests and Prostitutes Her cult reflected her nature. Her worship was saturated with carnality, sensuality, and open sexuality. Ancient writings speak of her temples as akin to houses of prostitution. It is believed that every year on the tenth day of the Mesopotamian New Year’s festival of Akitu, the Babylonian kings would perform ritual sex acts in her temple. Whether these acts involved the consummation of sexual union or rather a symbolic form of union is still debated. This would take place through the goddess’s high priestess, who would act as her surrogate. Pray.
Her ritualized “temple sex” was not confined to kings and high priestesses. According to the writings of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, the women of Babylonia were compelled by religious custom to sit in the temples of the goddess and perform the function of prostitutes, having relations with a stranger in exchange for money. According to Herodotus, “Every woman of the land” was compelled to perform the act at least once in her life.” From such practices come the concepts of “sacred sex,” “temple prostitution,” “cult prostitution,” and the “sacred prostitute.” All these were especially connected to Ishtar. Such things might be expected of a deity who was so linked to prostitutes or a prostitute herself. And yet it went still further. Even writers of ancient times, those familiar with the practices of her cult, described them as disgraceful and infamous. Her proclivity to flout conventions and break rules would make her the goddess of those on the fringes of society. Pray.
Ishtar She was among the most ubiquitous and protean of deities. She was able to modify her appearance or trappings to adapt to new peoples, cultures, and lands. In the Bible she is called “Ashtoreth.” She is also spoken of in the plural form of her name, “Ashtaroth.” As with Baal, she was everywhere. She manifested in differing forms in different cities, regions, and lands, and her idols could be found throughout the Middle Eastern world. In Canaanite mythology she was connected to Baal and appears often as his wife or consort. Her influence was so great and so pervasive that one can see facets of her nature, her roles, her functions and attributes in a myriad of goddesses from the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and beyond.
- In the Canaanite and West Semitic world she was called Astarte.
- The Sumerians called her Inanna.
- In Assyria, Babylon, and much of the Mesopotamian world, she was known as Ishtar.
- To the Greeks she became Aphrodite. (At the same time, her young lover Dumuzi, or Tammuz, became the god Adonis.)
- To the Romans, she became the goddess Venus. The planet behind the Star of Ishtar would be named after the goddess’s Roman name.
Pray.
Ishtar in Exile We will refer to her as a single goddess and spirit. Though her other names will, at times, appear in this book, the goddess will most often be called by the most famous of her Mesopotamian names: Ishtar. When the Christian faith entered the Roman and Middle Eastern world, the goddess, along with the other deities and spirits, was cast out. In an age that saw the covenant of marriage as sacred and sexuality as a gift exclusively given and belonging to that covenant, a principality and cult devoted to carnal desire and unbridled sexuality could not be maintained. The goddess went into exile. Pray.
But what if she was to come back? What if Ishtar was to return to the modern world—and specifically to America? What would happen? Could she set in motion a transformation just as massive and critical as that set in motion by Baal—or even more so?
We pray:
- Let us resolve to uphold the marriage covenant and commit to sexual purity, keeping the marriage bed undefiled! Pray.
- As we prepare our hearts to welcome the birth of our Savior, we thank God for the true model of motherhood seen in Mary, the mother of Jesus! Pray.
- For President Trump: Guard, guide and govern his every word and action; protect him from all enemies, without and within; help him discern rightly about counsel given by those who advise him. Pray.
- In thanksgiving for all the conservative candidates who will “stand in the gap” with us and our President, engaging in this BATTLE TO SAVE AMERICA, and rejecting the “usurper” and those pulling his strings in this faux administration, removing them from office! 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! Pray.
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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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