Weekly Prayer (4/3)

Weekly Prayer (4/3)

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Prayer Category	Prayer Item
Editor’s Note	Global Passover Online Gathering: Our Passover Lamb Dutch Sheets: Scarlet Cord GZI: Putting Compliments on the Front Lines Rick Joyner: The Path of Life Nita Johnson: THE KING OF KINGS MADE YOU TO BE A KING, MADE YOU HIS KINGDOM
Prayer Declaration	For President Trump and His Team [Update] Declaration of Month of Nissan Decrees for America
Pray For United States	Finding the Voice of the American Church
Prayer For Israel	Israel in Political Crisis – Aftermath
Pray for Global Critical Events	May All Peoples Know – 30 Days of Prayer for Muslims
Prayer for Native Americans	Arise and Resound!
Pray for Church	Pray for Participating Churches and Pastors on Regional 24/7 Prayer Walls

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Editor’s Words

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Editorial Special Section: Global Passover Online Gathering: Our Passover Lamb

Info : Watchmen for the Nations
Date   : April 3, 2023   Source : Watchmen for the Nations

Dear Family,

On April 3rd we will come together as a global family to worship our king, Our Passover Lamb.

This Global Gathering Online will be streamed on the Watchmen Facebook and Youtube Channels.
Please share with your families, friends, and communities.

“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?

Behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to be able to open the scroll and its seven seals.

Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, might, honor, glory, and blessing….to Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion forever and ever.”

A passage from
Revelation 5:1-14 NASB

Let us come and give glory and honor to our Passover Lamb who is worthy!

April 3rd at 5 AM PDT | 3 PM IDT

We will be having communion together so please have your elements ready.

• Website livestream：https://watchmen.org/ourpassoverlamb
• Facebook Live：https://www.facebook.com/watchmenforthenations 
• Youtube：https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeBjvbC2NTH9Bgcl1fdOeE4XTp3BAh_KU  

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Editorial Special Section: Dutch Sheets: Scarlet Cord

Info : Dutch Sheets  Date: March 31, 2023   Source:”Give Him 15

(Today, we are going to take communion together. You may want to pause the video and get your communion elements ready.)

“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.” (1)  These are the opening lines of the song, Solid Rock, written in 1834 by Edward Mote, a Baptist pastor from England.

…Detailed Reading

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Editorial Special Section: GZI: Putting Compliments on the Front Linese

Information : Glory of Zion International  Date: March 26, 2023    Source : Kingdom of God Resources Reprint: Kingdom Prayer Network

Chuck said: God has an order that will not manifest unless we are properly aligned; unless we understand the power of the first, we will not be able to build a foundation that ensures status and importance.

…Detailed Reading

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Editorial Special Section: Rick Joyner: The Path of Life

Message : Rick Joyner  Date: March 28, 2023  Source : Morning Star Ministries

As mentioned, there is a ditch on either side of the path of life, and they are opposites. Usually, legalism is on one side, and lawlessness is on the other. Many who fall off the path into one ditch often overreact and fall into the other ditch. Our goal must be to stay on the path of life and avoid either extreme.

…Detailed Reading

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Editorial Special Section: Nita Johnson: THE KING OF KINGS MADE YOU TO BE A KING, MADE YOU HIS KINGDOM

Message: Nita Johnson  Date: March 23, 2023  Source : World for Jesus Ministries

I’m excited tonight because the Lord has been talking to me about a few things. I’m going to share some realities that I think Christians should know but don’t understand. Why we don’t know it, I don’t know, because when you read the scripture I’m going to give you from this new perspective it is just so clear. And the thing that is so exciting is what God does, because of its reality. I wasn’t going to share this tonight. I was going to wait till next week, but I felt so strong that I was supposed to share it tonight, so I really want to ask the Holy Spirit to help me in a bigger way.

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Declaration Prayer: For President Trump and His Team [Update]

We declare in the name of Jesus :

• God will continue to bless and protect President Trump and his family, as well as the “scepter of justice” that God has raised up to support him in his government.
• The blood of Jesus covers them and those close to President Trump, bind and drive away any witchcraft or spells cast on them.
• The Holy Spirit continues to pour out and personally guide President Trump. He grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God. ( Lu 2:52 )
• The seven spirits of God are manifested in President Trump’s life ( Isaiah 11:1-3 ), giving him keen insight and discernment, judging the situation, and resolutely continuing to fulfill his call.
•  God will restore Trump to his rightful position at His best time and give people grace to transition.

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Declaration Prayer: Declaration of Month of Nissan

Editor’s note: Nissan is the first month of 5783 in the Jewish calendar, corresponding to March 23 to April 21, 2023 in the Western calendar.

Declare in the name of Jesus :

• I will praise God anytime and anywhere, the old shame will be removed, and I will step into all the abundance God has prepared for me.

• The light of God is shining in a dark place.

• I will step into a harvest the church has never seen before.

• God will provide and bless me in unexpected ways.

• This is the month the miracles and I will see miracles in my life.

• God will help me to advance and grow in victory.

• The Holy Spirit is breathing on me, revealing what God is doing

• The whole world will see Jesus as the only Lamb of God who can take away sin.

• I am a warrior, king, chosen and greatly favored.

(Adapted from the blessings of the month of Ron Sawka Nissan )

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Declaration Prayer: Decrees for America

Decree for America: We, Your Ekklesia. The Church is God’s governing Body on the earth. We have been given legal power and authority from heaven, we are God’s ambassadors and spokespeople over the earth,  through the power of God, we are His world influencers, because of our covenant with God, we are equipped and delegated by Him to destroy every attempted advance of the enemy.

Therefore, in the name of Jesus Christ 

WE MAKE OUR DECLARATIONS:

1. We decree that America’s executive branch of government will honor God and defend the Constitution.
2. We decree that our legislative branch (Congress) will write only laws that are righteous and constitutional.
3. We decree that our judicial system will issue rulings that are biblical and constitutional.
4. We declare that we stand against wokeness, the occult, and every evil attempt against our nation.
5. We declare that we now take back our God-given freedoms, according to our Constitution.
6. We declare that we take back influence at the local level in our communities.
7. We decree that we take back and permanently control positions of influence and leadership in each of the **Seven Mountains.
8. We decree that the blood of Jesus covers and protects our nation. It protects and separates us for God.
9. We declare that our nation is energy independent.
10. We declare that America is strong spiritually, financially, militarily and technologically.
11. We decree that evil carries no power, authority or rights in our land nor over our people.
12. We decree that we will operate in unity, going beyond denominational lines in order to accomplish the purposes of God for our nation.
13. And we decree that AMERICA SHALL BE SAVED! 

In the name of the Lord Jesus, amen.

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Pray for America: Finding the Voice of the American Church

Editor’s Note: This article is a post of “Give Him 15 Minutes” on March 22 this week.

【Background: Today’s post is a little strong. The following few paragraphs contain an overview of God’s plan for humankind and the earth. It also includes satan’s plan and attempts to thwart God’s intentions. It ends, however, with a challenge to the American church. Where most of you are concerned, I’m preaching to the choir. But you can help me pray, and you can help circulate the post. ...Detailed Reading】

【Prayer】

• Wake up The Church and Speak for God: Heavenly Father, we confess our sins to You on behalf of the church. We ignore Your words, do not really represent You, and act according to Your laws. Please forgive us. Send down fire again on the pulpits of America, and make preachers repent for watering down your truth. Blow on the church, awaken the church, raise the church up, be the spokesperson of Your word and truth, unleash Your power, and transform America.
• We Declare in The Name of Jesus Christ,
  • The slumber and complacency of the American church is being broken, and the fire of revival will come to the church!
  • The American church will turn back to God and become the spokesperson of God’s words and truth.
  • The American church will take up the authority of the kingdom, release the power of the Holy Spirit, and break the dark forces in the United States.
  • God’s purpose to awaken and revive America will be accomplished, and America will be saved.

In the name of the Lord Jesus, amen!

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Pray for Israel: Israel in Political Crisis – Aftermath

【Background of current events: There are only a few days before the Israeli Knesset’s recess in April. The ruling coalition originally planned to sprint to complete the core content of judicial reform this week. The opposition tried and succeeded in raising opposition forces from within the Likud party, the largest party in the ruling coalition, to disintegrate the reforms. Israel experienced a political crisis that almost collapsed the ruling coalition. Decided, “Postpone judicial reform to give real dialogue a chance.” ....Detailed Reading】

• Matthew 8:26  He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 
• Matthew 12:25  Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
• Psalm 133:1-3   How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! It is like precious oil poured on the head,  running down on the beard,
  running down on Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe. It is as if the dew of Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows his blessing,
  even life forevermore.
• Ephesians 2:14-17  For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,  by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,  and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.  He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 

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• The Covenant Love of the LORD Endures Forever: Sovereign LORD, thou art called the Holy One of Israel, and thou art called the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. The land of Israel and the people of Israel are the land and people of the covenant that you made a covenant with. Blessed is the nation of Israel whose God is Jehovah. The people of Israel, who are the inheritance of Jehovah God, are protected and guided by you. We look up and praise Your covenant love for Israel that endures forever!
• The Lord Rises Up And Scatters The Enemies: Lord of hosts, the Captain of the Lord’s army, may you rise up and scatter all the powers of darkness that want to divide and divide Israel from within, and make the darkness that hides evil intentions in the nations and plots against your people and your servants The power was exposed, scattered, bankrupt, shamed and retreated. Demonstrations and riots have died down.
• The Fountain of Salvation Comes to Israel: O Redeemer of Israel, we beseech you, according to your promise, to open a fountain for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and for all the people of Israel, to wash away sin and filth. To remove the names of idols from all over the land of Israel, so that they will no longer be remembered by the Israelites, will also make the Holy Land free from false prophets and unclean spirits.
• Brothers Living Together in Harmony: We earnestly ask the Savior Jesus to visit secular Jews and religious Jews in the following Passover. Peace between the descendants of Ishmael and the descendants of Ishmael.
• Anoint the Israeli Government: Heavenly Father, we also rely on the precious blood of the Lamb of God Jesus to look up to Prime Minister Netanyahu, his cabinet and his family, officers and soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, intelligence, security, police and other military services before Your mercy seat, we Protect them as the pupil of your eye, cover them with your feathers, send holy angels to assist them from those who hate them, anoint them with new oil, give them a spirit of fearing you, from you Come to govern and defend the country’s wisdom, strategy, determination, and courage. Govern the country with justice and fairness.
• Declare in the Holy Name of Christ Jesus :
  • The revival of soul harvesting blows through the hearts and lungs of the Israelites.
  • Unity replaces division; unity replaces civil war; justice triumphs over evil; life swallows up death manifested in Israel.

In the holy name of Christ Jesus, amen!

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Critical Event: May All Peoples Know – 30 Days of Prayer for Muslims

Editor’s note : With permission, we will be reposting the prayer guide “May All Peoples Know – 30 Days of Prayer for Muslims” published by Frontiers (frontiers30+) in the next few weeks. We encourage everyone to pray for Muslims during Ramadan [3/23 -4/21] . “Through this prayer guide, you will meet some of the least-known Muslim groups in the world, and see the different perspectives of those Muslim men, women, and even children in daily life. The annual Ramadan (Ramadan) is a time when Muslims refocus on The time of Islamic worship, Muslims fast and pray from sunrise to sunset. You are welcome to use this guide to pray for Muslims around the world during Ramadan or at any time of the year. When wepray , God will surely hear and will attract more Muslims into the Kingdom of God!”

serial number	date	the ethnic group	serial number	date	the ethnic group
day 12	4/3	–	day 11	4/2	Mappila
day 10	4/1	Ansaris	Day 9	3/31	Bengal Shaikhs
day 8	3/30	East Bedouins	day 7	3/29	Afars
day 6	3/28	Uyghurs	day 5	3/27	Bilala
day 4	3/26	Bonsiniaks	3rd day	3/25	Sylhetis
day 2	3/24	Arabic-Speaking Algerians	Day 1	3/23	Southern Pashtuns

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Pray for Native Americans: Arise and Resound!

【Current Affairs: In these times, I believe the Lord is INCREASING and RELEASING His voice, with great authority, through His “first fruits” people groups of the land. He is raising up His sold out, set apart, Indigenous burning ones, and releasing HIS VOICE to set nations ablaze for Jesus. …Detailed Reading 】

• Psalm 149:3-4 Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp. For the Lord takes delight in his people;  he crowns the humble with victory.
• Psalm 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the Lord;  he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock  and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth,  a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.

【Prayer】

First Nations people, We decree that

•  the shackles have now been broken off of you. Arise and dance! 
• First Nations people break forth with dancing and worship to the Lord (see Psalm 149:3-4 TPT)!
• I decree, you have been lifted out of the pit of destruction, your feet have been set upon the rock of Jesus and He has established your goings (see Psalm 40:1-3 AMP). Arise and resound – no longer bound!
• I decree, the Lord has put a new song of praise to the one true living God in your mouth. 
• You have now put your trust and confident reliance in the Lord God Almighty. You see Him, you revere Him, and you worship Him alone.
• First Nations sons and daughters, arise and shift into destiny, with a dance of deliverance and a strong song, boldly decreeing the Word of the Lord with your new voice!

In the name of Christ Jesus, amen!

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Pray For Church

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Pray for Participating Churches and Pastors on Regional 24/7 Prayer Walls

【Editor’s Note: The 24/7 prayer walls listed here are especially for local churches and pastors. If you are committed to watch on the regional walls, simply click on the link listed below to connect to the local prayer wall. 】

• East Coast 24/7 Prayer Wall – Prayers for Local Churches & Leaders
• Bread Of Life Christian Church in ShiLin
• NZ Awaken the Dawn

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Related Events and Prayer Background

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Editorial Special Section: Dutch Sheets: Scarlet Cord

Info : Dutch Sheets  Date: March 31, 2023   Source:”Give Him 15

(Today, we are going to take communion together. You may want to pause the video and get your communion elements ready.)

“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.” (1)  These are the opening lines of the song, Solid Rock, written in 1834 by Edward Mote, a Baptist pastor from England.

The well-known refrain states:

“On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;

All other ground is sinking sand,

All other ground is sinking sand.” (2)

The refrain of this hymn is based on Matthew 7:24-27, which anyone who’s attended Sunday school will recognize as the parable of The Wise and the Foolish Builders. The passage says:

“Anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock. But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, the wind blew hard against that house, and it fell. And what a terrible fall that was!” (GNT) 

Most of the words of this song, not just the refrain, are based in Scripture. Edward Mote must have been a man who loved God’s Word. He had come to understand that hope was found in Christ, and clearly embraced this truth in his life. I’m sure Mote had no idea the powerful song he ended up writing would become a classic, reminding the millions who would sing it that hope is found in Jesus. 

The Lord tells us in Jeremiah 29:11 that He has good plans and a hope-filled future for us. The hope He gives motivates us to pursue the future He has planned. This allows us to also impart hope, which puts wind beneath the wings of others. Hope looks past any fog or darkness that may encroach on our path and lights our way forward. 

In my book, The Power of Hope, I state that “Hope does in our hearts what seeds do in the earth. Without hope, life is sterile and unfruitful; dreams won’t be conceived; destinies won’t be realized. Hope is essential because it is the seed, the starting line, the genesis, and the launch pad. It is, in fact, the incubator where faith is birthed: “Faith is the substance of things hoped for,” God tells us (Hebrews 11:1 KJV, emphasis added). If there is no hope for the future, there will be no faith to face it – let alone build it.” (3) 

Strong’s concordance tells us the word “hope” in Jeremiah 29:11 is the word “tiqvah”. It has two meanings: “an expectancy;” and “a cord, as an attachment.” The second definition is especially fascinating. Hope connects us to our future. 

This brings us back to the words of Mote’s song, “Our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.” At some point, while walking along life’s path with the Lord, this powerful truth became a revelation, and he shared it with all the world in his hymn. 

Tiqvah’s definition as a “cord or rope” is used this way in Joshua 2:18. A woman named Rahab hid the Israelite spies when they came to check out Jericho. Because she helped them, they agreed to save her and her family from the destruction coming to Jericho. The spies gave her a red cord and told her to hang it in her window. They cautioned her to be sure all of her extended family members were in the room with the cord, and all would be saved. In verse 21, she accepted their offer. It was a very good thing she did. The entire city and its inhabitants were destroyed; only Rahab and her family survived. The passage reads, “When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet cord [tiqvah – hope] hanging from the window through which you let us down… ‘I accept your terms,’ she replied. And, she sent them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope [hope] hanging from the window” (verses 18-21 NLT). 

Rahab was being asked to place her hope in these men and the God she knew was with them. Their promise to her was a covenant expressed in the blood-red cord. Most biblical scholars see this as a prophetic picture of Christ’s shed blood, which is where we place our hope and trust. This symbolism seems even more likely when we realize Rahab later married an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, Salmon, and became the mother of Boaz. Boaz and Ruth gave us Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of David. King David was one of Rahab’s descendants; she was part of Christ’s lineage! That Jesus descended from Rahab makes it almost certain that the scarlet cord symbolized the redeeming, covenantal blood of Christ, through which we are saved. 

One verse of Mote’s song says, “His oath, His covenant, His blood, support me in the whelming flood; when all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay.” Let’s put all our hope in God’s covenant with us, knowing we are saved by, tethered to, and anchored solidly in His love and plan. 

Communion is our declaration that when all around us gives way, Christ is our hope and stay. We are foundationed on Him, our rock, which will never fail to support us. His blood, the scarlet cord, “hangs” from the windows of our hearts and is the surety, the guarantee, of our covenant with God (Hebrews 7:22). He cannot and will not fail. 

Christ’s blood grafts us into God’s family, just as the cord grafted Rahab into Israel. And not as a second-class citizen – Rahab became a carrier of the royal seed, one of the mothers of Messianic redemption. Put your hope and faith in the blood of Christ – it will not fail!

Pray with me:

Father, we ask You to restore Your people from hope-deferred. You tell us hope-deferred makes our hearts sick (Proverbs 13:12). Heal them, spiritually and emotionally, so they can be hope-givers to those around them. Many have been in a season of disappointment; some have even abandoned hope, and lost faith in You. They’ve allowed circumstances to determine how they see and relate to You. But hope can spawn faith, correct our vision, and bring us into right relationship with You! You are good, faithful, and have a plan to bring us into a hope-filled future. 

As we take the bread of communion together today, we break off of Your people fear, disillusionment, hope-deferred, weak hearts, and confusion. We declare Your promise of “no fear,” and release “power, love, and a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). We declare over them the spirit of faith (2 Corinthians 4:13). Through Your covenant, our hope and faith are strong for ourselves, our families, and our nation. (Eat the bread)

And as we take the cup today, representing Your blood, we declare, as Rahab did for herself and her family, that we are no longer outsiders, outcasts. We’re in the family now, the household of faith, Your family. As Your kids, we’re Your heirs, joint-heirs with Christ. We stand in this truth today, declaring that we and our families, like Rahab, shall be saved, by the scarlet cord, the blood of a better and eternal covenant – Christ’s. (Drink the cup). 

Our decree:

We declare that a hope-filled church will reflect Jesus, rejoicing in hope, standing patient in tribulation, and remaining constant in prayer.

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Editorial Special Section: GZI: Putting Compliments on the Front Linese

Information : Glory of Zion International  Date: March 26, 2023    Source : Kingdom of God Resources Reprint: Kingdom Prayer Network

Chuck said: God has an order that will not manifest unless we are properly aligned; unless we understand the power of the first, we will not be able to build a foundation that ensures status and importance.

The month of Nisan in the Hebrew year is a period of beginning of the anointing of the harvest, as we celebrate on Sunday, Nisan is the time of Israel’s first barley harvest of the year, and it is also the time of all subsequent harvests. It is the month of our Passover, the first feast of God’s annual blessing cycle. When we choose to align with God’s “spring” season, we experience a harvest. This is the time for us to declare that “spring” has arrived and to experience the first of many harvests.

A Week of Worship and Warfare

Judah is a tribe that knows how to worship and fight. This is a crucial week to understand and activate our inner voice of praise, allowing us to enter into the understanding of warfare and worship.

i am Your Oasis

I brought you here to renew you, we came to this oasis in the desert, the moment we met, receive what I poured out for you today, take what I poured on you today, because I long to blow away your wadi, I long to pour My living water on your wadi.

A Force is Rising

Troops are rising, but they cannot rise without a dry river. I am pouring out MY Spirit on MY people today. Come worship Me, worship Me, worship Me!

Pray with Heavenly Tones

I’m waiting for the right tone, I’m waiting for the right voice to reach Me, I’m waiting for the voice of your heart calling out to Me. I speak My words in love but at this time I must hear the right tone from My people. I long to save you, I want to bring you out, I long to take you through the narrow place, but I have to have a cry, I have to have the voice of MY people. So when you worship ME this week, don’t forget to come and call. Don’t forget to lament, don’t forget to intercede, let the sigh of the land reach Me in every moment, let the call reach the right tone.

Put Praises before The Army

That is, as it says in 2 Chronicles 20:1 , when the hostile powers come together against you, send an army, send praise. The most important thing is to send praise before the army. I’m changing the order, I say, send the praise, send the cry, send the voice of battle. For the voice of salvation will deliver at this time. Praise Me, praise Me! For I am good and My love endures forever.

Put the Fire on the Front Line

Put your praises on the front line because I am the God of battle and I do everything well. Now, right now, praise Me, praise Me. My salvation is right in front of you.

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Editorial Special Section: Rick Joyner: The Path of Life

Message : Rick Joyner  Date: March 28, 2023  Source : Morning Star Ministries

As mentioned, there is a ditch on either side of the path of life, and they are opposites. Usually, legalism is on one side, and lawlessness is on the other. Many who fall off the path into one ditch often overreact and fall into the other ditch. Our goal must be to stay on the path of life and avoid either extreme.

There are other extremes that can become traps for us. Almost every Christian truth can be taken to an extreme and become a snare. We can also become so vision-oriented toward the future that we fail to focus on the day-to-day faithful disciplines of the faith. Or, we become so over-focused on the day-to-day that we lose our long-range vision. The key is to walk in an effective balance between these.

However, just because something is extreme, doesn’t mean it’s not true or that we shouldn’t live that way. Even basic discipleship to the Lord is extreme in many ways, and some of the greatest truths are extreme. Those who are lukewarm might consider devotion to the Lord extreme and even persecute those who have it. But how can we love God too much or be too devoted to knowing and serving Him? 

I have prayed for and sought wisdom my whole life, and I have come to one conclusion: the greatest wisdom is to love God. The most accurate perspective on everything will come when we see from the perspective of loving God above all things. One thing I seek above all else is to grow in love for Him each day. I do this by seeking to know Him more, because we cannot learn anything about the One who is love without knowing and loving Him more.

Remember, “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,” and loving God is our No. 1 job responsibility as human beings. The true success of our lives will be determined by how much we love Him. Doing all things for the sake of the One we love will give us the most accurate and fruitful perspective on life and cause us to make the right choices. If we will keep this as our top priority this year, it will be the best year of our lives, and each year after will keep getting better. As we are told, “But the path of the righteous is like the light of the dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the full day” (Proverbs 4:18).

Walking in a continually increasing light is the normal Christian life. If not, we have somehow drifted off course and must get back to where we made the wrong turn to get back on course. This is called “repentance.”

The play and the movie Godspell is very prophetic. It begins with John the Baptist blowing his trumpet in different places of a crowded city, but only those who are called can hear or see him. Those who hear and see come to him, and he leads them to Jesus. Jesus then leads them to a junkyard. There, they clean up the junkyard and turn it into a beautiful place while singing the hit song “Day by Day.”The lyrics to this song are, “see Him more clearly, love Him more dearly, and follow Him more nearly, day by day.” That is how the junkyards of our hearts are cleaned up—not year by year but day by day.

No matter how much time you have wasted or have left in this life, even if you are on your deathbed, you can still do this. Remember II Peter 3:8, “Do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.” Among other things, this means God can accomplish in us in one day what we think may take a thousand years. He can even do it today if we give this day to Him. Never fail to seize the day—every day.

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Editorial Special Section: Nita Johnson: THE KING OF KINGS MADE YOU TO BE A KING, MADE YOU HIS KINGDOM

Message: Nita Johnson  Date: March 23, 2023  Source : World for Jesus Ministries

I’m excited tonight because the Lord has been talking to me about a few things. I’m going to share some realities that I think Christians should know but don’t understand. Why we don’t know it, I don’t know, because when you read the scripture I’m going to give you from this new perspective it is just so clear. And the thing that is so exciting is what God does, because of its reality. I wasn’t going to share this tonight. I was going to wait till next week, but I felt so strong that I was supposed to share it tonight, so I really want to ask the Holy Spirit to help me in a bigger way.

Come, Holy Spirit and help us to see, to comprehend, to receive the definable revelations that You’re trying to give us. I’m certain that the disciples of old knew these things, because of the way they wrote. But we have lost it and now You want to bring it back. And it’s so exciting because it just makes everything bigger – no matter how someone might want to make it smaller for Christians and Christ, these days,  understanding the truth of the kingdom and what has happened to us and what You’re doing is just making it even bigger than before. So, please help me; please help everyone who is online to understand, so that we can find our place in what You are getting ready to do. Thank You, Holy Spirit. Thank you so much. 

I’ve got some scriptures that I’ve got set aside to share with you, as well as the visions that I’ve been given. So we’ll be going kind of back and forth. 

THIS I ENDURED FOR YOU. YOU ARE NOW MY kingDOM

Let me share with you some of what I’ve been seeing and then we’ll decide what we want to do next. 

I was given a vision and the vision accompanied these words that Jesus spoke to me. He said to me, “You are My kingdom.” And as He said that, I began to see a hole on top of the hill. There was dirt all over the top of the hill and around this hole. I wondered what I was looking at and why. It was a fairly small hole, but deep. Suddenly two men came over to the hole carrying a man on a cross. His feet were nailed unto it. Then I saw them kind of dump this cross, and His feet again being attached to it, into this hole, to keep the cross standing. 

Then I heard: Jesus told me in an audible voice – the voice He uses when He speaks to me as a friend speaks to a friend. He said, “This I endured for you. You are now My kingdom.”

I responded in shock! “What did you say, Lord?” 

He repeated Himself. “You are My kingdom.” He was saying that I personally am His kingdom! I was in awe. I began to ask Him about different ones that I knew, who were in various levels of growth. I won’t say their names online, but He knows who I asked Him about. 

And I would say the person’s name and I would say. “Is this one Your kingdom?” Now, mind you, I’m not asking Him if this one is in His kingdom. I’m asking if this one is His kingdom. 

And He said “yes.” 

Then I asked Him about another individual, and several more thereafter. And each name that I gave Him, His immediate answer was yes. Further, He said, “From the moment one is born again, they become My kingdom.“

His kingdom is not made up of material things but those who belong to Him. We are His kingdom. I thought about His words, trying to fully comprehend them. How could this be? I tried to remember Scripture to verify the possibility, and what it could mean. 

I thought about Revelation 1:6: “and has made us a kingdom and priests unto God and His Father.” In the Amplified or the English Standard Version, I think that’s where that’s found.

“Made us a kingdom”. Underline that. “Made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion, forever and ever.”

And then Revelation 5:10 – “and You have made them a kingdom.” Now, He just finished telling us that we are a kingdom. He didn’t say the whole church is a kingdom; He said we, individually, are a kingdom. And then here: “You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

YOU ARE LIKE A king 

Let’s go back to Matthew 18:23-25. 

“Jesus said unto him” (He’s talking to the disciples about forgiveness) – He said “I say not unto thee until seven times, but until 70 times 7. Therefore, is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king…”

Now here the Lord came to me and literally gave me a revelation face to face about this passage. And He was saying “Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king.”

And He said to me, “Each Member of My church has the authority of a king and of a priest upon their shoulders, as they accept eternal life from My Father.” So you, as being part of the kingdom of heaven, are like a king. And as I’ve shared already in other scripture: “and a priest unto our God.” Here He’s talking about forgiveness, and He set this one line aside for me so that He could give me the revelation that He wanted to give me. 

HOW THIS AFFECTS INTERCESSION 

Now, if you are an intercessor, and you understand that you are a king of your own kingdom, which is part of Christ’s kingdom -I  think if you can get faith for that in your heart, it will build your faith to a higher level for intercession. Because this is very, very important to God. 

And then just one more confirming Scripture: 

John 18:36-37 

Jesus answered Pilate like this: “My kingdom is not of this world: if My kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Pilate therefore said unto him, “Art thou a king then?” Jesus answered, “Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”

THE king OF MANY kingS

He tells Pilate that He does, in fact, have a kingdom. He is a king and He is King of kings, Lord of all. And He has a kingdom full of kings! And this is what the Scripture is trying to help us understand what it says: King of kings, king of many kings. 

Let’s look at Revelation 1:6. I hope I’m not confusing you! 

“And hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. “

I think I read this to you earlier, but I want to read it again in context. 

“And made us a kingdom. Made us kings and priests.”

In the Bible – the English standard version – it literally says what the Lord was trying to tell me, as He gave me these scriptures. 

Rev. 1:6 (ESV): “And He made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. 

He says He made us a kingdom; He made you a kingdom. He made me a kingdom. He made your husband or your or your wife a kingdom, the minute they were born again.  And in fact even a child, when a child is born again, that child immediately becomes its own kingdom in Christ. 

Rev. 5:10 once again: 

and You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,

   and they shall reign on the earth.

So again, He’s elucidating the fact that we have been made of kingdom. Doesn’t that sound like the most interesting talk you could possibly imagine? How did we go from being a king one minute to being a kingdom, the next? Well, when you understand how the Lord looks at kingdoms, it makes it much easier, believe me.

He took my nephew, who had virtually been fighting for his life. Had he not been where he was through this battle, he wouldn’t be with us today because it was that serious. And in the midst of this horrendous battle. The Lord took him to Heaven, spent some time with him. He doesn’t remember most of what was said, but he does know that he spent quite a bit of time with the Lord. He told his mom, “and He smiled at me all the time Mom!”

But the Lord told him, “What you were going through is not without value. You are building your kingdom.” Isn’t that interesting? I’ll come back to that in a minute. 

NOLA VISION:  “WE DID IT!!”

I wanted to share another vision that I had. We were in Nola (New Orleans) for a good little while doing the work of the Lord, and my team – renovating a building to have services in; because as you probably may remember, Nola was in many areas utterly destroyed.Some areas, just largely destroyed. So we’re trying to renovate this particular building so that we can have services. 

Now the person that was in this vision was actually in the sanctuary of this building. And I looked at him and he had on, you know, the carpenter’s trousers and shirt. He had on this big carpenter’s belt. So let me read what he wrote. 

“I remember having a builder’s leather belt, hanging from my waist, while you were talking about it; and it had the hammer hanging off a piece of metal near the outside of my right leg. And there was a little leather pouch which was the perfect size for a heavy duty tape measure; and two large, leather pouches were also part of this leather belt into which I could place any sized nail or screw, for small things I was using to build with. And there was a tiny leather slot for contractors or a pencil, and maybe one or two other very small slots, for nail punches, in order to drive the head of the nail beneath the top of the wood to later putty and sand for stain or varnish and paint. Also, I could lay other tools like screwdrivers, or pliers, or tin snips in the two big pouches. 

By the time I filled it up with everything I might need for a job for the day, I thought about all the tools I needed and I put them in. And it may have weighed 10 to 20 pounds, just hanging there off my waist. I have a memory that this belt was for natural contractor work.  

CONNECTED TO THE CHIEF CARPENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

But your belt, I had to learn the hard way: was like directly connected to Jesus – because even though I was a good builder, I now know that you were right about some of the things that a natural builder could not envision with his limited knowledge. You are connected to the chief Carpenter of the universe. Like the time you told me there was a black mold behind a wall, and you could sense it, but we ripped it out and fixed it. Sure enough it was there. 

And even this past year, I noticed a fancy molding underneath the hanging from the doctor’s office as the roofing material. I remembered telling you when you wanted to put molding around the edge of the ceiling, that it’s never done that way. I now know that it has been done that way, but my limited experience had never seen it. I learned on several occasions…”

Well, I don’t want to read all that to you. 

“If I ever had the same opportunity to work with you on another building project, construction (natural construction or spiritual let’s say) of a glorious church, I would hope that things would go a little smoother.”

WE DID IT!

When I saw this vision, this gentleman (who is a very dear friend of mine and who worked for me for a while actually) –  I saw us actually working on this adobe brick structure, like a great huge thick fence. We still had our Mason bricklaying pants on and trowels in hand. We were saying “we did it!” 

And I’m reading this to you just to encourage you about what we’re doing online: 

We did it! The government is safe. 

The Wall of God is around the government. 

So when He shakes it off, it is not of God, 

it’s going to fall out. 

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEW GOVERNMENT

We’re going to have a new government. It’s going to be God’s government. There are people behind the scenes, preparing for when God takes over. “Cyrus”, in respect to this revolution, the head of this revolution, will be part Christian and part non Christian. As in Cyrus, there would be a mantle on both types to rebuild our nation. 

If you can see in the spirit you will see people dressed the way they did in George Washington’s day – the New Republic, not democracy. I’m seeing it every day in the spirit – lawyers meeting; it takes many in many different fields to rewrite the future. God is writing the tablet of his finger on their hearts and what they are to dream.

A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM THE ANTI-CHRIST. A TIME TO REBUILD

We’re a few years away from the reign of the antiChrist. But God is going to have a time of rebuilding this nation and is going to produce beautiful things out of it. 

BUILD THE kingDOM IN YOU FIRST. FRUITS. VIRTUES OF CHRIST

But the thing I’m wanting you to look at is:

 

Before we can build the kingdom of God in the earth, 

We first have to begin building our own kingdom. 

 

And this kingdom consists of the fruits of the spirit, the virtues of Christ, and these valuable characteristics that make Christ the beautiful, beautiful Son of God that He is. And as we go about our life, now building this kingdom, we’re building it through good and through difficult times and through good things that He’s wanting to impart in us. 

When we look at the fruits of the spirit someone might say, “Well, we have the fruits of the spirit the day we get saved.”

What we have of the spirit, the day we get saved, is the awakening of our own spirit so that it’s a childlike spirit. And we have what Christ has put of Himself inside of us. With the two of these things working together, the Spirit of Christ and our spirit begin immediately working together, imparting into us the kingdom of God. This is the opposite of the sins of the flesh, the opposite of the life of the sinful nature. And everything that He puts within us brings about the strength of Christ, the love of Christ,  the beauty of His nature and character. It’s literally being built inside of us: the Spirit of Christ and our spirit working together, creating this kingdom of God within! 

Paul wrote in the book of Acts – but I think it was Romans 14:17 when he discusses with us that the kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy. 

AN ONGOING WORK

So how do we know if the kingdom of God is beginning this dynamic working within us? It is an ongoing work  regardless of what anyone might tell you. It is true. 

My nephew was face-to-face with Jesus in heaven when He taught him this valuable truth. As for me, I was wrapped in the spirit of revelation when I began to receive this valuable truth. 

He is building the kingdom of God within us and the kingdom of God is not material things. It is things like righteousness, peace and joy. 

What does Colossians 1:27 say? Let’s look at that for a minute. 

It says, “to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the gentiles, which is Christ in us, the hope of glory.” All that we saw in Christ when He was walking the face of the earth, He is busy constructing in you; by His spirit, working together with your spirit. 

Now someone might say, “The minute we’re born again, we have divine love.” Well, if you’ve ever experienced true divine love and you compare it to your highest human love there is no comparison. It is something that is totally different than what we can muster up, if you will, at any time in our life. 

When we look at the truths of the spirit we don’t start off being long-suffering. We don’t start off being full of joy, in building a life full of joy that never feels sadness or sorrow. We never feel faithlessness in our Christian walk. That just doesn’t happen. Everyone goes through those times because the soul is still “in the temple”. In fact, so is the sinful nature, until the Lord removes it – until He eradicates it. 

So you’re going to be swinging back and forth between what you and the Lord are building within you – to what has always been the nature of the soul, the lower nature. 

But the chief thing is –  the beautiful thing is – that as He comes to build your kingdom, that is in Him and filled with Him – as He does this, you are beginning to take on the strength of Christ, the faith of Christ, the love of Christ, the gentleness and goodness of Christ. All of these things, He works with your spirit to build. And all of these things constitute  you as a kingdom, your own separate work in Him; and then being your own kingdom in Him, you are also part of His kingdom. 

So in that, we see that He is the King of kings. And He’s making us a kingdom of priests for the purpose of mediation. When we pray someone through a very difficult time in their life we have mediated for them. And that is where the priestly authority comes; it’s a very beautiful thing in the eyes of God. Christ is the Hope of glory; and what He wants to build in you – oh, Jesus this is so beautiful – is this kingdom of glory. 

He wants to make you a kingdom – His kingdom, not just any kingdom; His kingdom. Oh, glory. And that is what He is in the process of doing through everything you go through. 

My little nephew – he’s not little; I mean, he’s a young man; but he was fighting for his life, friends. It was so sad. It was so heartbreaking, day after day. Going through them with him and his mom. Today he was here today, later on today he wasn’t here. He just – it was horrible. I didn’t want to go through all this. It’s pretty painful. But even that, as bad as it was, Jesus told him (standing before His face in heaven): “You have been building your kingdom.” And what that means is what He has told me so many times: the beauty of suffering is that it creates in you the glorious path to the glorious life in Christ Jesus. 

Suffering is not a bad thing, it’s a good thing if we take it right. 

But this young man was too sick to worry about if he was taking anything right or not. He didn’t know what he was doing from one minute to the next. And even in that, God said He’s building God’s kingdom of him. 

So even the very difficult things that anyone would have said, “oh, the Devil’s just playing with that child”.  He was, in and of his spirit, through all of that chronic mess, building something glorious inside for the Lord. 

So this is done by the spirit bearing the fruits and the virtues of the spirit. And it’s done day-to-day issues or problems or even the good things of our life on a day-to-day basis. Everything we do, we must look at it as a time and an opportunity to release ourselves wholly to God’s plan, in every situation – and rejoice for the privilege, because in you He is building His kingdom. 

A NEW PRINCIPLE: GOD, BRINGING IT BACK TO US IN THIS HOUR 

Well, I hope that helps a little. I hope that you can listen to that and maybe listen to it two or three times. Look up the scriptures and meditate on this and I’ll ask the Lord that for next week He’ll give me more in-depth things to help you better understand this, because it is a new principle. 

But for God to be bringing this back to us in this hour, it must be that it is an important understanding for us to have for the days ahead. 

So I bless you. I hope you enjoyed that, please let us know. Contact our office, send us a text or something of that nature and just let us know if you would like to hear more about this. Will you do that for us? Thank you. 

Now we’re going to pray a little bit. 

Father, You are so amazing. We admit we have such little understanding of the things that are very important for this life and our life to come. You give snippets of revelation and understanding and we feel like we’re overwhelmed with it. 

It’s like going up a set of stairs; and you forgot when you were at the bottom, to take a look up, to see just how many stairs you are going to have to climb. But those first three or four steps seemed like they were kind of steep. So finally we look up to see how long it’s going to take us to get to the step at the top of that stairwell. And we are amazed because of what we see: the higher we go, are steps that are made of the golden glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. It takes more to get to that place. It takes faith. It takes love for You. It takes determination. It takes “want” to know who you are in Christ and Who Christ is, in us. But the higher we go, the more beautiful the glory is. And the steps that we step our feet upon become eternal steps of glory. And we thank You for that Lord. 

So while they seem like huge revelations to us, to You they’re just little snippets helping us to know You, helping us to find reasons to depend upon You; to love You and to know Who You are to us; and all that You are to us. We look at what You give us today and we realize why it’s going to take eternity to really come to know You in a very sacred way. And we’re so thankful for the privilege, Lord. I hope that You will continue blessing the people that are online; continue building their faith through revelation and inspiration; continue building this team, that they may have these most important steps of understanding You and how to work with You and even the glories of being able to see You in ways that only You can choose to reveal, when it’s time for You to reveal. 

We thank you. We thank you for what You gave tonight and I feel like I’ve muddled it all up, Lord, but You can help them piece it together step by step. And perhaps help me to better explain it next week. For I know that it’s an important revelation, and it’s a beautiful revelation.

Goodness and purity, holy and true, You are all these things, Lord and so very, very, very much more. There is none like You. How could something created ever be as beautiful and wonderful as You are?

Thank you for the Son of righteousness Who came with healing in His wings to heal us of the sickness of sin that we might live in the trophy room of Your glory, and come to know You ever increasingly as the years move onward, for the righteous God You are. 

What a wonderful, wonderful God you are. Thank you for the Son of God. Thank you for Jesus Christ, our Lord. Thank You that He’s our Friend: our Counselor, our Teacher, our Comforter in the Holy Spirit. We thank you that You lead us ever increasingly down the path of ever increasing glory –  day by day, year by year. 

We thank you for this Father. We lift our hands and we worship You for Who You are. And in our heart of hearts, we don’t know how to say how thankful, how grateful we are for Who You are and what You want to do for Your church here on this earth and in heaven. We are yours, Lord and we yield to Your work every day as much as we can. Beautiful, holy glorious Lord! In Jesus name. Amen.

Supporting Scriptures

• 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• Luke 17:20-21 Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.

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Pray for America: Finding the Voice of the American Church

Editor’s Note: This article is a post of “Give Him 15 Minutes” on March 22 this week.

【Background: Today’s post is a little strong. The following few paragraphs contain an overview of God’s plan for humankind and the earth. It also includes satan’s plan and attempts to thwart God’s intentions. It ends, however, with a challenge to the American church. Where most of you are concerned, I’m preaching to the choir. But you can help me pray, and you can help circulate the post.

God and Government

The concept of government is first introduced to us in Genesis 1:26-28, when Yahweh assigned the responsibility of governing the earth and all it contains to Adam – humankind. Yahweh’s Kingdom (which means “the domain of a King”) includes all creation, everywhere – heaven, the heavens, earth, and hell. He rules over all. He assigned the governing of this colony of His Kingdom, the earth, to us humans.

Government/authority flows from God – from His nature, the essence of who He is. He IS the King, the Lawgiver, and Judge (Isaiah 33:22). And His laws, precepts, guidelines, etc, are based on love and truth, righteousness and justice (the foundations of His throne – Psalm 89:14). Truth is not something God has to think about or consider; He IS truth (Isaiah 65:16; John 14:6). He doesn’t try to love; He IS love (1 John 4:16). He governs from who He is!

He Releases His Will Through Family and Delegated Government

The authority to govern/rule Earth was delegated by Him. The story of the Bible is that: 1) God added a family to His Kingdom, created an amazing home for them – earth – and 2) delegated His rule/government of this home to His family. This government/authority was to be exercised according to His nature, ways, will, and truth – at every level: personal, home, family, cities, and nations. God’s design is that ALL government be a conduit of His truth, righteousness, ways, will, and love.

We know this plan was interrupted at the Fall. Satan stole God’s family temporarily, and with it came the dominion/rule of their home. The story of Scripture then became how God would redeem and restore these two things. The war on earth is over family and government: who will own the people, and who will rule the earth?

Jesus, of course, was God’s answer. He made it possible for all people to become part of God’s family again and recovered Adam’s/our lost authority for us. But satan is a thief and usurper. He still attempts to rule people and places, using humankind’s ignorance, sin, and rejection of Christ. Believing and receiving the gospel removes us from satan’s authority and back into God’s family. The understanding of and exercising Christ’s authority/government in our lives enforces our freedom from satan’s authority.

As Christ’s family, and having been delegated His authority, we are also called and privileged to extend His redemption and freedom to others. We do so, not by demanding or dictating, but by proclaiming His gospel, declaring His truth, and binding satanic/demonic schemes, plans, and actions. As the power of Holy Spirit is released from us, it opens people’s eyes to the gospel and God’s truth, allowing them to believe in Christ. This allows even their land, possessions, livelihoods, cities, and nations to also be freed from satan’s government/authority/rule (see Deuteronomy 28).

The Scriptures Are All about Government

As one of the two primary issues on earth, it is logical that “government” would be one of Scripture’s dominant themes. It is mentioned extensively throughout the Bible. Earthly “kingdoms” are spoken of 36 times, and earthly “kings” are spoken of 108 times. “Rule” or “ruler” is mentioned 155 times, God is mentioned as “Lord” thousands of times, and His “kingdom” more than 80 times. There are other governmental terms we could list, such as dominion, authority, govern, leader, etc., which are used dozens of times. Suffice it to say, God is government, the source of government, and releases His will and ways through delegated governing authority – at every level.

The Church Ignores It

AND YET…many in the church think the government is to be ignored. “Get people saved,” they say, “but issues of government don’t belong in the church. Well, we should pray for it [which most don’t], but don’t talk about it, make a stand regarding it, or try to influence it.” Getting a church to take time in a service for more than a perfunctory prayer or mention of government, elections, laws, etc., is like trying to raise the dead. Getting pastors to make a public stand on BIBLICAL issues being decided on by the government, such as life, marriage, gender, sexual sin, and more, is even harder. The church doesn’t acknowledge the overwhelming amount of Scripture involving government, preferring to ignore it. And it conveniently hides behind manmade laws.

Many pastors actually disagree with portions of God’s Word; others are ashamed or embarrassed by parts of it, and still, others are simply ruled by the fear of man. Therefore, most believers are ignorant of God’s word. Pastors need not be mean-spirited or condemning to preach and teach truth regarding these and other issues. It can and should be done with grace, mercy, and love. But truth must be taught; it is God’s Word.

America In Crisis

As a result of not doing so, America hangs in the balance of life or death. In a recent Fox News interview, (1) Newt Gingrich issued a wake-up call. Referencing the meetings this week between Putin and Xi – while the Biden administration, which he compared to a “situation comedy,” ignores them and downplays any significance – Gingrich said that in his opinion, “This is the most dangerous time in our history since Washington crossed the Delaware Christmas night in 1776…This is not a game. The threat to our civilization is so great that we really need a dramatic change.”

Mr. Gingrich also said, “Xi gave four different speeches to his people last week on preparing for war. People should take him seriously and understand how determined, how aggressive, and how competent Xi is.” He compared Xi and Putin to “the Axis powers of Italy, Germany, and Japan in the 1930s that wanted to take on Democracies. Unlike in the 30s, we have a President that is dedicated to weakness, dedicated to confusion…America is in an enormous crisis, with a news media that doesn’t want to cover the truth. This is the moment when America truly is what Mao called America “a paper tiger.” It’s a very sobering and very frightening moment in American history.”

The church might want to find her voice.

I’ve said before that regardless of the overall church’s abdication, God will save America through a remnant. I truly believe this. But I also believe this could have occurred much more quickly – and still could be sped up – had a larger percentage of the church been praying and taking action. And the pain we are experiencing, and will for two more years, could be substantially less. To those of you who are praying – thank you! Please persevere.

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Pray for Israel: Israel in Political Crisis – Aftermath

【Background of current events: There are only a few days before the Israeli Knesset’s recess in April. The ruling coalition originally planned to sprint to complete the core content of judicial reform this week. The opposition tried and succeeded in raising opposition forces from within the Likud party, the largest party in the ruling coalition, to disintegrate the reforms. Israel experienced a political crisis that almost collapsed the ruling coalition. Decided, “Postpone judicial reform to give real dialogue a chance.”

Political Crisis Ignited the Fuse 

• Led by Congressional Opposition Leader Lapid, more than 100,000 people protested against judicial reforms in front of the Capitol in Jerusalem. Protesters in Jerusalem also broke through the police line and scuffled with the police outside Netanyahu’s private residence in Jerusalem.

• In addition, thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv’s main square and blocked a road. The crowd is expected to increase to 150,000 by 8:00 pm. At the same time, the religious Zionist right-wing party in the ruling coalition also called for support for the judiciary. Reformed right-wingers gathered in Jerusalem at night to express their demands.

•  Early in the morning, Histadrut, the country’s largest trade union with 700,000 members, called for a nationwide strike. Airports, ports, shopping malls, food chains, high-tech companies, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and other venues are closed. The hospital only accepts emergencies. From kindergartens to elementary schools, middle schools, and universities, all classes are suspended.

• Large-scale demonstrations, marches, riots, and strikes on Sunday night and Monday (3/27). Even on suspending or continuing the judicial reform process, the ruling coalition had disagreements and some members threatened to withdraw from the government, which once endangered the survival of the coalition.

• After 8:00 pm on Monday (3/27), Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the suspension of judicial reform, citing the judgment of Solomon saving the baby in the third chapter of Kings of the Bible as an example of the need to maintain the unity of the people.

The spark that sparked the deep crisis was ostensibly the prime minister’s firing of the defense minister on Sunday night.

Why Secretary of Defense Garland was Fired (timeline)

• Protesters against judicial reform last Thursday (3/23) designated the day as “Paralysis Day.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to leave for the UK in the evening. Without the Prime Minister’s prior knowledge, Defense Minister Garland’s office announced that it would hold a televised press conference in the evening, calling on the government to stop the judicial reform, but was blocked by Netanyahu. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement that night, saying, “Judicial reform will continue and will be voted on in Parliament next week, calling for unity. Judicial reform will restore the proper balance between the authorities and, on the other hand, ensure that the country has the individual rights of every citizen.”

• On the evening of Saturday (3/25), just after the Sabbath day in Israel time, Defense Minister Garland once again publicly called on the ruling coalition to suspend judicial reform, which caught Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in London by surprise. Due to observing Sabbath, he could not make a statement then.

• On the evening of Sunday (3/26), Prime Minister Netanyahu, who returned to Jerusalem, fired Minister of Defense Garland.

Like a broken tooth or a lame foot  is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble. (Proverbs 25:19)

Opposition Forces Netanyahu to Step Down

CBN Middle East analyst John Varji said the massive demonstrations were not aimed at judicial reform, which we would see before the Nov. 1 election. (Judicial reform was a key campaign promise on the right.) But what is that for? It’s about Netanyahu and getting him out, and the people who are against him are now saying, we have to get him out. Whatever alliance we (the opposition) form, we must get him out! Removing Netanyahu is the core issue.”

JNS Jerusalem Affairs Director Alex Traiman also said that it all started with the first fifth elections three and a half years ago. The opposition is trying to prevent Netanyahu from becoming prime minister anyway. He even cut corners to divide his own right-wing camp, just like Bennett in the previous fourth election and Garland, the Minister of Defense this time.

Amir al-Zarfadi, an Israeli expert on the Middle East, explained: “So we will definitely see some things escalate, and certainly, 100 percent, the attempt here is to dismantle the Netanyahu government and put the left in the Supreme Court. Under the immunity granted.”

Judicial Reform Angers Powerful Interest Groups

Powerful interest groups want to maintain the power of the Supreme Court, which is widely believed to be unmatched by any other democracy, according to Zarfadi.

Israel went through a judicial revolution in the last 25, 30 years ago. All the right has to do is reverse it and bring it back to what it was before because there is no country on earth that has as much power as the Supreme Court of Israel, backed by billionaires, bosses of big corporations, big Tech companies, bank bosses, etc.

Surprisingly Well-funded Protests

Throughout 2023, the opposition protests will be attended by a large number of people, and their funds will be unprecedentedly sufficient, Charfati said. Funding on this scale is state-level, with countries, billionaires and bank bosses involved. This is not for ordinary people.

Alex Traiman also mentioned in a Zoom meeting on Monday that in the past thirteen weeks, the organizers of the demonstrations on the stage – (NGO) high-quality government movement, their public information shows that they receive 300 million US dollars a year from the US State Department and other agencies. education fund.

Ancient Judah-Israel Controversy Revisited

The crisis has thrust Israel into what many consider to be one of the most dangerous periods since the Yom Kippur War 50 years ago. What is especially deadly is that it stems from and aggravates internal conflicts and contradictions.

Pastor Asher of Tolkien Israel said that the spiritual roots of this conflict can be traced back to the war between Judah and Israel 3,000 years ago. The current political conflict is touching the hearts of the Israeli people in a profound way. 

David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Trump presidency, also wrote an article a few days ago, saying that judicial reform has triggered a strong view on a larger and more fundamental issue. What does it mean to be a Jewish state? How did the Israelites see themselves, their Jewishness? And what is the core meaning of being a Jewish state?

A great storm has subsided temporarily. In ten days, Israel will enter the Passover festival. Where is the Lamb who redeemed Israel? Who is the Lamb of God?

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