Sep 17, 2022 – Prayer Focus

Saturday, September 17, 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! 

“For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, 

for whatever reason we may call upon Him?”

Deuteronomy 4:7 

We sing: America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee)

My country! ‘Tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims’ pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.

My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love;

I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; my heart with rapture thrills, like that above.

Our father’s God to Thee, Author of liberty, to Thee we sing;

Long may our land be bright, with freedom’s holy light; protect us by Thy might, great God, our King.

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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 the 2020 election!

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. 

Strategic Focus for Saturday 

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 131

The Returning of President Trump to the White House! – Part 15

“And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments, 

as are in all this law which I set before you this day?”

Deuteronomy 4:8

Today, September 17, 2022, is Constitution Day, on which we commemorate the formation and signing of the God-inspired U.S. Constitution, signed by 39 patriot delegates to the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787, when they met for the last time, to place their signatures on the document they had so meticulously created. Constitution Day also recognizes all those who were born in the United States, along with those who. by virtue of naturalization, have chosen to become US citizens. Today, as we learn about our US Constitution, let us consider discussing it with our children, grandchildren, friends, and neighbors…sharing the wealth of our US heritage with them, and remembering the high price that was paid by our Forefathers for our freedom! Pray. 

The US Constitution is a remarkable document. While the rest of the countries in the world average a new constitution every 17 years, here in America, we’ve had the same Constitution for over two centuries. What do we know about those who put together this document? Modern historians have revised, rewritten, and even deleted entire chapters of American history…so what are we missing? Today, we will glean from some of their lives and pray for this nation they…and we…so dearly love! Pray.

59 delegates attended the start of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, on May 25, 1787. Chosen by their state legislatures, they had received instructions from Congress to revise the failing Articles of Confederation under which our Union had been operating! After a summer of debating and drafting, the Framers arrived at the final text for a new framework of government, which 39 of them signed on September 17, 1787… reaching their goal: a Constitution for “We the People ” whose Preamble reads:

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, 

insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, 

and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, 

do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Pray. 

On this anniversary of the Constitution, we see a governing document that assured, as John Adams told us, that this was going to be a government of laws, not of men! We were to have “fixed laws” that would apply to everyone, written down so everyone would know what they were, in order to enforce their provisions. 

In previous generations, we emphasized knowing the Constitution. 

• In the 1940s, there was something called Citizenship Day, a celebration of the Constitution. Then, Americans knew their Constitution, and immigrants who came here to live had to study and learn it, in order to become citizens. 
• In 1952, under President Harry Truman, it was expanded to make it Constitution and Citizenship Day and emphasized the Constitution and the citizenship that goes with it.
• In 2004, Senator Robert Byrd out of West Virginia sponsored a provision that said if you’re a school that gets federal funds, then on September 17th, you’re going to have a special program on the Constitution to make sure every student knows it. That is what led to what we now know as Constitution Day! Pray.

Even though it became law in 2004, not many Americans today know much about the US Constitution. There are five freedoms protected in the First Amendment: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and freedom of petition, but only one in 1,000 people even know what’s there. Consider the three branches of government. 62% of Americans cannot even name the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial branches, covered in the first three Articles of our Constitution. (Article 1 is about the Legislative, Article 2 is about the Executive, and Article 3 is about the Judiciary.) That’s most of the Constitution right there and yet most Americans cannot name them! Even more sadly, 48% of elected officials cannot name them. If you don’t know what’s in the Constitution, how can you know what your rights and responsibilities are? Today, as we look back at a few of the men who gave us the Constitution, may we be grateful to learn more about the meaning of this document. Pray.

Of the 39 men who signed the Constitution, we may know of 2 or 3, but we generally don’t know about those like Gunning Bedford, Jr, a strong Founding Father who helped make us the nation that we are today. He was a signer of the Constitution from Delaware. Born in 1747, he studied law at Princeton University, where a fellow graduate was James Madison. Both were taught by the Reverend Dr. John Witherspoon, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. During the American Revolution, Bedford served as an aide to General George Washington. He was later elected the first Attorney General of Delaware, then served in the state assembly and was a delegate to the Continental Congress. There, he saw firsthand the difficulties with the national government under the Articles of Confederation and began to work to move toward a new government. 

In 1787, as a delegate at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, he was a consistent, faithful attendee, and signer of the Constitution! It took effect in 1789, and Washington appointed Bedford the first Federal Judge over Delaware, a position he held for the rest of his life. In his later years, he was very involved in the Delaware Abolition Society; he was also very outspoken about his faith. When Washington died in 1799, in the oration given commemorating his Commander-in-Chief, Bedford called him “the Father of his country” and concluded by saying: “Now to the Triune God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, be ascribed all honor and Dominion for evermore. Amen.” Sadly, we rarely hear about him today. Pray

Benjamin Franklin signed both the Declaration and the Constitution, one of very few who did both! When we separated from Great Britain in 1776, Franklin was a leader in Pennsylvania. During the Revolution, he was a printer and he became close friends with George Whitfield, the famous evangelist from the first Great Awakening. Franklin printed a lot of Woodfield’s sermons, and while printing, he read a lot of them, and then decided to build an addition on his house to give Whitfield a place to live and stay. Whitfield was a major influence in Franklin’s life, who early on had lived a fairly secular life (perhaps like an early Donald Trump of his era) but after George Whitfield came on the scene, there was a decided change in Franklin’s life. When things were falling apart at the Constitutional Convention, fraught with frustration and so many problems, Franklin was the one who suggested that they pray and ask God for help. In fact, the longest speech he ever gave there challenged the other delegates to pray and ask God for help, saying that without God’s help, we were not going to succeed. Although Franklin’s name is recognizable, people generally don’t know that even though he was the least religious Founding Father, he still believed we needed God to be a part of what we did in the nation or we wouldn’t be successful! Pray

John Dickinson was also a signer of the US Constitution and a huge factor in the American Founding. Born in 1732, he was a Founding Father from Delaware. Home educated, he then went to England to study law. Within 5 years, he became such an exceptional attorney that he was arguing cases at the Colonial Supreme Court. Three years later, when tensions between America and Great Britain exploded over the “Stamp Act,” he took the side of the colonists and began writing pieces in favor of the colonists against the British, explaining the problems we were having and why this conflict was going on. He was called the “Penman of the American Revolution.” If there was something that needed to be said, he wrote it down. Congress said “this is what we want to say” and then he was the one who wrote the official letters/petitions to the king. He and Ben Franklin were often on opposite sides of issues. They both loved America, but Dickinson was much more cautious and reserved than Franklin, who was bold and much more decisive. While Dickinson wanted to try to reconcile and conciliate, Franklin wanted to separate and be independent. In 1776, at the time of the writing of the Declaration of Independence, Dickerson was a delegate who did not vote for independence. He thought it was premature, that we needed more time, and of course, Ben Franklin voted for the Declaration. Dickinson wasn’t afraid though, because right after the Declaration was approved, he went out, picked up a gun and took on the British! Of all those who approved the Declaration, only two picked up their guns and went after the British. Thomas McKee from Delaware…and John Dickinson…both strong Patriots! Dickinson went into the army as a private and quickly was made a general! When the American Revolution was over, he served in the Continental Congress, where he, too, saw the problems with the Articles of Confederation. Knowing we needed something better, he became part of the movement toward adopting a formal Constitution, which began with the Annapolis Convention of 1786, the same year that Dickinson freed all his slaves! Pray

In 1787, as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, he was an active participant who spoke 50 times throughout the process. When the Constitution was finally written, approved, and sent to the States to be ratified, the “Penman” came forth again, writing pieces explaining why we needed this Constitution, and why it needed to be ratified, which it eventually was, in 1791. He had an amazing life of service. After serving in the Continental Army as a soldier from both Delaware and Pennsylvania, he was elected to the state legislatures from both states, then to the Continental Congress from both. He was Governor of Delaware and of Pennsylvania, and there’s no other who’s been governor of two separate states like that. Both states loved him…and he faithfully served both! Dickinson was a strong man of faith and as Governor of Pennsylvania, he wrote a proclamation saying that we need to observe the Sabbath and called the people to observe it. His evident faith leaves no question that John Dickinson was a very significant Founding Father, one who played a huge role in making us the nation that we are today, with the freedoms and liberties we celebrate on this Constitution Day. Pray

We pray:

• That we would learn and share the history of our Founders, our Framers, and all those who have lived and died for this nation and inspired pride in our people! Pray 
• For our current patriotic President, Donald Trump: guard, guide and govern his every word and action. Protect him from all enemies, without and within…especially those who advise him! Pray. 
• For all who are “standing in the gap” with our President, engaging in this BATTLE TO SAVE AMERICA, and rejecting the usurper and those pulling his strings in this faux administration. Pray.
• For our elected officials to rise up and fight to rectify the fraud that took place in the 2020 election! 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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