Well, I have to say, Friday night's Firelight intercession was truly impressive! Typically, when we gather to appeal to the Lord to transform our local Church and make us able to show forth God's Kingdom, we usually arrive with no certain aspect in mind. But on this night, I arrived with a concern that our Church leaders needed a good dose of courage for the changes ahead.
The reason for that concern is that Christian leaders, in general, have counted upon political influence in Washington to influence the culture. Because we can now expect anti-Christian retribution from Washington, our leaders are going to find they can no longer afford to tow the party line, but will have to take a John the Baptist approach against a growing tide of wickedness. Being outspoken is not what our leaders are known for.
But then we went to prayer and had hardly begun to worship. Normally, a good portion of the start of our evening is spent in worship, but the Holy Spirit clearly had something to say. Worship had barely begun when prophetic prayer began to volley back and forth between Will and me. I can recall only once or twice in my entire life of that ever taking place and it went on non-stop for how long?--I don't know. It could have easily been 30 minutes or 45. All I know is that it was as though the Lord was "in the room" speaking to us and through us in one unbroken stream of thought. There was such a unity that several times, I knew the next thing the Lord was wanting to say and there would be Will proclaiming out the very thing--the very words--I knew were to be spoken!
Unfortunately, it was SO engaging, it wasn't possible to take notes of what the Spirit was saying as I normally do. Man! Was it POWERFUL! Our focus started as an appeal for courageous leaders, but immediately erupted into the Lord proclaiming His DOMINION, declaring that He rules with a rod of IRON, boasting that He LAUGHS at His enemies. Folks, it was the most amazing interweaving of scripture and prophecy extolling the Lord's unrivaled SUPREMACY in the earth. One prophetic proclamation gave way to the next and it was as though each one seemed larger than the prior one. What's more, He was throwing down the gauntlet for the Church to radically rise to the full stature of what she is called to be. It was like tag-team.
Writing this can in no way do any justice to the Lord driving home the fact that a magnificent, faith-filled Church is about to be revealed which will portray to the world the Lord's supremacy! What a glorious hour the Church is about to witness!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
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
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
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