Mar 13, 2022 – Prayer Focus
Sunday, March 13, 2022 – The 24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call
“A CALL TO THE WALL…ONE NATION UNDER GOD”
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We begin our hour by praising and giving thanks to God!
“All this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear.
For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
1 Samuel 17:47
We sing: THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD
In heavenly armor we’ll enter the land, the battle belongs to the Lord!
No weapon that’s fashioned against us shall stand, the battle belongs to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
When the power of darkness comes in like a flood, the battle belongs to the Lord!
He’s raised up a standard, the power of His blood, the battle belongs to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
When your enemy presses in hard, do not fear, the battle belongs to the Lord!
Take courage my friend, your redemption is near, the battle belongs to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
In heavenly armor we’ll enter the land, the battle belongs to the Lord!
No weapon that’s fashioned against us shall stand, the battle belongs to the Lord!
The battle belongs to the Lord! The battle belongs to the Lord!
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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.
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.
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 a miraculous conclusion to the investigations into the 2020 elections,
and proof of fraud and collusion to remove Joe Biden (and company) and restore President Trump
to his rightful office so that he can lead this nation once again and work to restore the global balance!
Pray.
That Russian aggression in Ukraine will cease and war there will be ended.
Pray.
Strategic Focus for Sunday
WELCOME THE KING OF GLORY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
THE REDEMPTION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC – Part 72
WAR in HEAVEN – Part 2
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”
Psalm 91:1-2
CHAPTER 2 – LIFE IS A BATTLE!
One thing that becomes glaringly apparent early on for most of us is that life is full of conflict, struggle and war. Many of us simply accept this as fact…without raising any questions. Some years ago, however, I began to meditate on this and I asked myself,
- What is the reason for all the conflict in our world?
- Have we accepted as normal something that is abnormal?
- Why are there wars?
- Why are there struggles, strife and disputes?
- Does Scripture give us any clear explanation of a real cause for all this conflict?
- Did it have a beginning and will it always be so?
Pray.
When we look at the New Testament, we find that conflict, war and embracing the attitude of a “spiritual soldier” are all accepted as a normal part of Christian living. This conflict is not something exceptional that a few Christians may encounter. The Bible teaches that all Christians must be prepared to encounter conflict and warfare in the spiritual realm. Pray.
First, we will look at several Scriptures that depict conflict and warfare as a normal part of Christian living. Then we will search the Scriptures to see how it all began.
The Christian Soldier
Our first reference is 2 Corinthians 10:3–5:
“For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.
On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,
and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
Paul is speaking here of all Christians. He says we wage war—not in the fleshly realm but in the spiritual realm. We have weapons for our warfare, and we are attacking and demolishing strongholds. Thus, Paul uses four military expressions in these three verses: war, weapons, demolishing strongholds, taking captives. These are an essential and inevitable part of the Christian life. Pray.
Notice, from the start, that the New Testament does not place Christians on the defensive but on the offensive. This is one of the biggest mistakes of contemporary Christendom: We view ourselves as being on the defensive. Take, for instance, the well-known book by Jesse Penn-Lewis entitled War on the Saints. The very title assumes that the initiative is taken by our enemy. This is an error. It is we Christians who should be making war on our enemy. We should not be waiting to see what the enemy will do to us. Pray.
In Matthew 16:18, Jesus makes a promise concerning His Church: “On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” In the warfare of those days, the “gate” of a city was the place of weakness on which an invading army would focus its main attacks. Jesus is therefore promising us that we (the Church) will be taking the offensive against satanic strongholds and penetrating their gates and that they will not be able to keep us out. It is we who should be keeping the enemy in an attitude of suspense: “What are these Christians going to do to me next!” Pray.
Part of the ultimate purpose of this book is to restore the initiative to God’s people. In 1 Timothy 1:18 we find words spoken by Paul to Timothy as a minister of the Gospel: “This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.”
Timothy was a young man who had been called early in life to the ministry of the Gospel. Prophecies had been given over him outlining the type of ministry to which God was calling him. These warned him of conflict, opposition and even danger. Paul is saying, “I want you to remember these prophecies that you have received, and in the light of them to wage good warfare. You must serve wholeheartedly, with courage and dedication in the spiritual warfare that is a direct result of your commitment to serve Jesus Christ.” Again, we see the word warfare. Pray.
In 2 Timothy 2:3–4 Paul returns to the same theme, applying the word soldier to Timothy to describe his Christian service. “You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.” Paul assumes that Timothy is a soldier, engaged in spiritual warfare, chosen for this warfare by the Lord Jesus Christ. He must, therefore, conduct himself in a way that is appropriate to his position as a soldier. Having served as a soldier five and a half years in the British Army, I know what a soldier’s life is like. It is entirely different from the life of a civilian. A soldier has to recognize the fact that he cannot live like a civilian! Paul is bringing home this lesson to Timothy as a minister of the Gospel: “You cannot live like other people. You have a special calling. You have special responsibilities. You are set apart, just as a soldier is set apart to a special way of life.” Again, notice the assumption that the Christian life involves warfare. Pray.
Turning to Ephesians 6:12, we find another vivid picture of the Christian life: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Paul here illustrates the Christian life by a metaphor from the Olympic Games: the wrestling match. He says that as Christians we are involved in a wrestling match. Wrestling involves the entire person. It is the most total bodily form of conflict in sport. This is the particular type of contest that Paul uses to illustrate the Christian life. Pray.
Allow me to give you a more literal rendering of this verse: “For our wrestling match is not against flesh and blood—we are not wrestling against mere human personalities—but against principalities (or rulerships), against authorities, against the world dominators of this present darkness, against spirits of wickedness in the heavenlies.”
Notice what a remarkable picture confronts us: Christians involved in a wrestling match, not against human persons but against spiritual beings, not limited to the earth but extending also to the heavenlies. Pray.
The Christian life is not just sweetness and harp music; every committed Christian will find warfare to be part of his total experience. Because our government in heaven is at war, we on earth are automatically at war also. Let me illustrate this by an example from personal experience. In 1939, I was a British citizen resident in Britain. On the third of September, the British government officially declared war on Nazi Germany. Because my government had legally declared war, I was automatically involved. I did not have to make an individual personal decision. I was at war with Germany. If I refused to accept that, I would have been delinquent in my obligations as a British citizen. I did not have a choice to make. It had been made for me. I was, however, given the freedom to choose a branch of the forces in which I would serve. I volunteered for noncombatant medical duties. As a result, I spent five and a half years in Britain’s Royal Army Medical Corps. The same principle applies in the spiritual realm. Our heavenly government is at war with the kingdom of Satan. Therefore, we are required to take our places as soldiers in this war. As in my own case, we may be given freedom to choose the field of service, but we cannot opt out of the war. Pray.
This truth about spiritual warfare is enforced by the way the Bible speaks about God Himself as a military commander. This language does not occur just once or twice but is found throughout Scripture. For example, Exodus 15:3 records a song that Moses and the children of Israel sang after passing through the waters of the Red Sea. Seeing God’s judgment in the annihilation of the entire Egyptian army, the Israelites give expression to their gratitude and to their sense of triumph and victory in this song: “The LORD is a man of war; the Lord is His name.” In the original Hebrew, the word Lord, when capitalized, represents the sacred name of four letters rendered “Jehovah” or “Yahweh.” Modern scholars tend to use “Yahweh.” So we might render that verse: “The LORD is a man of war; Yahweh is His name.” The verse that follows reads: “Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.” . Notice that God, as a military commander, has brought total defeat upon the enemies of His people. It is not just a metaphor but actually expresses the results achieved. Pray.
Then in Joshua 5 we see Jericho besieged by the armies of Israel. Joshua is no doubt seeking to plan his strategy to capture this very well-defended and highly fortified ancient city. A man appears to Joshua who is indeed no ordinary man, but rather the “Lord” Himself. This is illustrated in the following three verses: And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our adversaries?” So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?” Then the Commander of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so. Joshua 5:13–15
Here is a divine Person coming to Joshua—with His sword drawn—who reveals His identity: “I am the captain of the army of the LORD.” There is no question in my mind that this is the One who was later manifested in human history as Jesus of Nazareth, the eternal Son of God. This Commander was not the Father but the Son. This is one of many Old Testament Scriptures in which He was manifested to human beings, including Abraham, Jacob, Moses and Joshua. The “LORD” declared Himself to be a military commander and He had a drawn sword in His hand! This is part of the Bible’s total picture of God. A similar presentation of the Lord as a warrior occurs in Psalm 24:8: “Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.” Pray.
Those words are so vivid for me because in World War II I served with the British Eighth Army in the North African desert. Our forces suffered a series of reverses, and, in fact, I took part in the longest retreat recorded in the history of the British Army: about seven hundred miles of continuous retreating! We got to the very gates of Cairo, to a place called El Alamein, and then the British government, under Winston Churchill, appointed a new commander, whose name was Montgomery. We certainly needed a new commander, because the discipline, the morale and the efficiency of the British forces were in a shocking condition. As a new Christian, I had been praying this prayer: “LORD, give us a leader such that it will be for Your glory to give us victory through him!” Then the Battle of El Alamein was fought and won—the first real Allied victory in the war, and a major turning point. Pray.
About two days after the battle, I was in the desert with a small portable radio on the tailgate of my truck. I was listening as the news commentator gave an account of the preparations for the Battle of El Alamein as he had witnessed them at the British headquarters. He described how General Montgomery—then an unknown figure—had called his officers and men together before the battle was joined, and said in public, “Let us ask the Lord, mighty in battle, to give us the victory.” It was as though God spoke to me at that moment and said, That is the answer to your prayer! Montgomery’s words were taken from Psalm 24:8, already quoted: “Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.” Pray.
The Bible emphasizes continually that the Lord is a man of war! In agreement with this, we find more than a hundred passages in Scripture where Yahweh is called the “LORD of hosts” or the “God of hosts.” Remember that the word host is the old English term for “army.” He is the God of armies, the “LORD of armies.”
Isaiah 13:4 uses this word, for instance, in declaring a prophecy of God’s judgment on the city of Babylon. Historically, Babylon was captured by armies and destroyed. Before all this took place, however, Isaiah was granted a vision of God’s judgment on Babylon, and he paints a vivid picture of a great company of nations gathering together against this city. “The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts [tsava] musters the army for battle.” The Hebrew word used here for hosts, tsava, is the modern Hebrew word for the army of Israel. The word has never changed its meaning. God is still the “Lord of armies” today and He can- and does- still muster His forces for battle. Pray.
We pray:
- For President Trump, our Warrior President! Protect and direct him! Pray
- Lord of the Armies, “We, the People” of the United States ask for Your supernatural intervention in removing the electoral votes from Biden and giving them to the rightful President, Donald Trump! Pray.
- That every bit of corruption will be revealed and removed and righteousness reestablished in our nation!! Pray.
- Protect our nation and resolve the conflict in Ukraine, we pray! Pray.
- For the light of Christ to flood the nations, permeating the atmosphere with Your peace. Pray.
- That our homes will 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 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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