He Wins!

This past month was our last time to meet in advance of the Presidential elections. I truly expected the evening would be one of serious warfare and declarations of God's Word. Instead, it was an evening of sweet worship and encouragement. But the evening was punctuated with one, bold prophetic utterance which seemed to settle any concerns we may have brought into the evening.

It went something like this: "Do I not hear the cries of My people calling out to Me for a righteous ruler? And you do well to do so, for do I not wish to intervene on your behalf? Have not your prayers and tears been heard in heaven? Indeed, I respond to your cry to me for righteousness. Therefore, I declare victory in this season! Look and you shall see it. It is right before you! I proclaim Myself King over your hearts if you will have Me! Are you not called to be to Me a nation of priests and prophets? Are you not to be to Me a people separated from amongst all the nations of the earth?

"Then I invite you to give your allegiance to Me and Me alone! Have I not demonstrated My devotion to you by My Blood shed to purchase you, My people? Have I not earned your devotion to Me by My sufferings for you and washing your sin from you? I present Myself before you as your King. Choose Me above all else," says the Lord, "Choose Me, for there is no other who will sustain you as I will. There is none who will defeat your enemies before you as will I! I declare My Sovereignty over all the earth. I welcome you into My Kingdom. My Kingdom shall prevail when all others will fall, for I am the King of kings and the Lord of lords and there is none like unto Me. I declare victory and My people who are Mine are with me in this hour!" says the Lord.

What an invitation! What an opportunity! Here we stand in a moment of history in which we determine if we ultimately pledge our allegiance to the flag or to the Lamb? This is not to diminish our dedication to make this free nation all it can be. Rather it is to be certain we do not pin our hopes on it!

This is an hour for extreme intercession for our land. Not since the very founding of this nation has so much been at stake! We stand to lose all the underpinnings this nation was established upon. There is a gross deception blanketing this nation. II Timothy 3:13 is clear, "But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived."

Perhaps you've seen the video the AFA has promoted. It was produced to encourage Catholic voters to take a moral stand in the upcoming elections, but I found very inspiring and extremely well done. To view it, paste the following into your browser:

http://www.onenewsnow.com/valuesvoters.aspx

Voices Like Silver Trumpets

At Firelight's prayer a couple of weeks ago, the conversation was then--as now--about the Wall Street failings which had just begun to implode that week. As we had already discussed on prior occasions, we recognized that we're living in the period Jesus referred to as birth pangs just prior to the Great Tribulation. How long that period will last is open to debate but the clear picture painted is that we can expect a series of succeeding events each more intense than the previous. These frustrating events are sent by God to condition us toward prayer, repentance, seeking Him, changing our perspective from things temporal to things eternal, etc.

Following is the journal of the evening, taken directly from my notes:

Hurricane Gustav was a dry run; a lesson in preparing for days coming which are defined by lack of the basic infrastructure of life which we take for granted.

Cried out for God's impassioned servants--even those marked as martyrs--to rise up; a generation unlike any previous generation. Called for a people who could lock eyes with God and not flinch (due to shame) but rather gaze upon His beauty.

Declared its not too late for our generation to make its mark. We repent of our excuses and wish to run this race. We would choose to be like Daniel and his three friends who would stand when others wouldn't; that we might be like Moses whose strength is unabated.

There is a grinding stone sharpening swords that is the Word being declared in razor-sharp clarity and with accuracy. Prophetic words will not be vague but sharp; precise. The sword will cut bands of discord and demolish yokes and cut through nonsense.

There is a changing of the guard underway in the Church. That new guard will bow to You Lord and no other. Their faces will be set like flint (not swayed by opinion nor giving ear to it).

Prayed for Governor Jindal to not be ashamed of the Gospel.

Repented of speaking critically of other pastors or ministries which are unlike where we ourselves attend or whom we prefer to listen to. Concerning the shaking of the financial markets, we repented of declaring judgment in the matter when our hearts should be declaring redemption. Its not about God's judgment but of His rescue. We ask forgiveness for forming coalitions, politically, with those who don't acknowledge You.

Remove mixture from our churches. Let out leaders discontinue being compromisers but be courageous; not lulling the flock to sleep but whose voices resound as clear as silver trumpets.

Prayed for the prophetic words to come forth with all the clarity of Samuel as demonstrated in I Sam 10:1-8

(For information on trumpets in the Bible, click here. Please note this will take you to a different website.)