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Editorial Special Section: Tishrei: Blessings for the Hebrew Month

Message : Ron Sawka Date: September 6, 2023  Source : Ron Sawka Apostolic Ministry

Editor’s Note : Tishrei is the seventh month of the Jewish sacred calendar, the first month of the secular calendar year 5784, corresponding to September 16 to October 15, 2023 in the Western calendar. This article is excerpted from the 2006 CD Lecture of the Glory of Zion Prophet Chuck Pierce, who highly recommends Chuck Pierce’s website for more information and More complete explanation.

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Editorial Special Section: Lana Vawser: YOUR WATERS ARE BREAKING AS YOU ENTER THROUGH THE DOOR OF 5784

Message: Lana Vawser Dates: September 7, 2023  Source : Lana Vawser Facebook

I heard the Lord say, “Daughters of God, do not back down, your waters are breaking as you enter through the door of 5784.”

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Editorial Special Section: Nate Johnston: PIONEERS, DO NOT SETTLE FOR ISHMAEL!

Message:  Nate Johnston Date: August 27, 2023  Source: Nate Johnston Facebook  

For weeks now, I keep hearing the Lord say “Pioneers, do not settle for Ishmael!”

Many are feeling the pressure right now in the spirit, like there’s something that is meant to be birthed but nothing is in sight in the natural.

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Editorial Special Section: Tim Sheets:  We Are the Cavalry

Message: Tim Sheets   Date: September 6, 2023 Source : Kingdom Alive

“‘I will now deal with the oppressors of My people. I will move swiftly and with jealous aggression. For I have heard their cries and will break the hold of the taskmaster’s rule over them. Though these oppressors bow their necks in stubborn resistance, I will lead them with nose rings to their place of destruction.

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Editorial Special Section: David Peng: The Key Seven Years of The Global Revival: 2017 to 2024 (3)

The next three and a half years will be a critical moment for the people to come out of Egypt and for the global revival!

Message: David Peng   Date: January 27, 2021    Source:  Kingdom Alive

Editor’s note: The author Pastor David Peng is one of the core leaders of the US East Coast Homecoming team. Since receiving the anointing from God on behalf of the Chinese at the end of 2016, God has continuously led him to connect and communicate with key ethnic minorities. Revelations concerning God’s destiny and end-time plans for the Chinese and various ethnic groups continue to emerge. We will publish here to share with all intercessors. Please discern and pray together so that God’s revival plan can be fulfilled in time!

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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: The Declaration for the Month of Tishrei

Editor’s note: The month of Tishrei is the seventh month in the sacred calender and the first month of Jewish secular calendar year 5784, corresponding to September 16 to October 15, 2023 in the Western calendar.

Declare in the name of Jesus :

• As we walk and fellowship with God daily, we will experience His overflowing blessings and abundance in us.
• It is the beginning of this new year and the beginning of the great harvest time, and we are to be aligned with God’s timing.
• Behold, darkness covers the earth, and darkness covers the nations, but the LORD will appear to shine upon us, and His glory will be upon us. (Isa. 60:2)
• We are the light of the world, who follow Jesus, and do not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. (Jn 8:12)
• The LORD God is the source of all things to us, and in the shaking He is aligning us with His will.
• Those that have been scattered will return and we will see restoration in individuals, families, jobs/services, or visions.
• The LORD God is in control of the whole earth and is releasing His judgments at the right time.
• We need to draw closer to God and be touched by Him more deeply.
• This is a time of spiritual awakening, when all the obstacles that keep us from turning back or entering into the fullness of God will be removed.
• We will receive a double blessing from God.

(Adapted from The Blessings of the Month of Tishrei by Ron Sawka )

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Pray for America: Ecclesia with Tenacity

Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from the 9/8 prayer of “Give Him 15 Minutes” by Intercession Leader Dutch Sheets . “I invite you to join me every day in prayer for our country until the election crisis is resolved. I will read the daily 15 Minutes to Him, give a comment, and then we will pray together. As we stand for America” You can join us here as we go to Petition. – Dutch Sheets

【 Background:  In 1977 I heard my first sermon by John Garlock, the greatest communicator I’ve had the privilege of listening to. John, now in heaven, was one of my professors at Christ For the Nations Institute. The message was on the subject of tenacity and had 3 points, which I remember to this day, 46 years later. John was that good. Today’s post is taken from that message..…Detailed Reading】

• Romans 8:31  “If God is for us, who can be against us?” 
• Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
• Acts 20:24  “None of these things move me” 

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• Ecclesia with Tenacity:  Father, I thank You trained the Ekklesia company of intercessors here in America and around the world for such a time, to partner with You to accomplish Your Kingdom projects and enterprises. They are the Simeon’s, Anna’s, Epaphras’s, and Cornelius’s of our day.  We pray, now, that You keep them strong and tenacious, full of faith and endurance. May they not grow weary in their doing of good, but become stronger and stronger, just as You describe in Isaiah 40:30-31. Teach them to ride the wind; remind them to wait upon You, drawing Your very strength into their souls and bodies, just as their spirits are renewed every day. Give them great focus and laser accuracy. May each one grow to the same level Paul walked in when he said, regarding the persecution he experienced, “None of these things move me” (Acts 20:24)
• In the name of Jesus, we decrees over America:
  • America shall be saved.
  • America’s covenant of trumpeting the gospel of Jesus Christ to the ends of the Earth is alive and well.
  • America shall be divinely reset.
  • The Kingdom of God in America will survive any shaking.
  • The evil forces, systems, agencies, and leaders in our government will be dealt with by God Himself, who rules over the nations.
  • Righteousness will return to our White House, Capitol, Supreme Court, and the agencies they control.
  • The fear of the Lord will return to our land.
  • Justice will be restored.
  • Corrupt prosecutors will be exposed and removed.
  • The innocent will be vindicated.
  • Racism will be removed from our land, as will the people and organizations who foment it.
  • Revival will come to the children and youth of America. They will be saved from the evil trying to destroy them.
  • Revival will come to all ethnicities and age groups.
  • Revival will erupt in the nations of the earth.
  • The strength of all past revivals will be combined and released into the earth, destroying millennia-old strongholds, and saving 1 billion souls. This will not be stopped.

In the holy name of Christ Jesus, amen!

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Pray for Israel: (18) “They shall never hold their peace, day or night”

Editor’s note : The series of prayers in “Isaiah 62 Prayer” was written by Sandra Teplinsky, one of the founders and directors of Light of Zion in 2023. This year is to complement the excellent devotional prayer handbook “God’s Heart for Israel” published by IHOP-KC, Kansas, Missouri. In 2023, IHOP-KC initiates a 21-day global fast and prayer according to Isaiah 62 and recommends participants to use this prayer booklet. We will publish the prayers in it every week in the future.

【Current event: As a prayer leader of Messianic Jewish believers in Jerusalem, Israel, it is very valuable to be able to supplement the handbook “God’s Heart for Israel”, especially for Israeli intercessors who participated in the 21-day fast. It is the main reason why I wrote “Isaiah 62-Praying for Israel” (hereinafter referred to as “Isaiah 62 Prayer”), and I also hope to help those who have been praying for Israel for many years but do not live in Israel and are not Jewish intercessor.....Detailed Reading】

• Isaiah 62:6   I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence
  

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Lord of All, Your heart is so aflame with zeal for Jerusalem’s destiny that You want Your lovers continually agreeing with You for it. You instruct us not to keep silent, but to remind You day and night of this passion of Your own heart. Surely You do not forget the matter, but You want us mindful, day and night, of Your unceasing longing for Jerusalem.

You have chosen to satisfy Your longing only with the devotional participation of Your lovers who share in that longing. What a dazzling, almost dizzying honor, my Lord! I accept and say “Yes” to the divine invitation. Not by my might or power, but by Your Spirit, let it be so.

We embrace Your lingering passions for Jerusalem. Grant grace, we ask, to all who have fasted and prayed these days for a renewed “Yes” in our collective soul for Jerusalem. By Your Spirit, our prayers for her will not cease. On behalf of Jerusalem, collectively, we will give You no rest.

Do not allow us to grow weary in well doing, for as we watch and pray with You, You Yourself are our rest and our exceedingly great reward. Your joy becomes our strength.  Bless those who have cried relentlessly to You for Jerusalem for many years, even many decades. Renew their strength. May they soar on the wind of Your Spirit; may they run and not grow weary, walk and not faint.

And now we petition You, Soon Coming King, to visit millions more of those who make mention of You. Mark them for Jerusalem with a fiery coal from Your altar. Cause Your words for Jerusalem to burn in their bones. Let them never hold their peace concerning her. Let their voices resound in the heavens, day and night, night and day. As they cry to You, may they hear You cry over them: “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her.” (Isaiah 66:10)

Thank You, Lord God, that our prayers are received in heaven and move Your heart.

In the name of Jesus, amen!

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Critical Event: Fatherhood Ignited in Africa

[Background: Sudanese pastor Wagdi responded to the Lord’s call. On July 8th, he will go to Egypt alone to serve the Sudanese refugees who fled there, and rescue his nephew and niece who are fleeing. Here are the latest prayer messages from him:...Detailed Reading】

• Mal 3:1 a  The LORD of hosts says, “I will send my angel to prepare the way before me.”
• Mal 4:5-6   Behold! Before the great and dreadful day of the LORD comes, I will send to you Elijah the prophet, and he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of their children to their fathers, lest I come and curse the earth.

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• Impart the Father’s Heart : Heavenly Father, Wagdi has a father’s heart, he is the father of Sultan, and he will be the father of Africa in the near future! This is his destiny – he is to lead many sons and daughters back to their true father’s house. What he did in Sudan, he will do in the nations of Africa. Not only did he do it himself, but he also raised up many fathers and mothers, raised up many spiritual families, and took the Sudan and the lonely and helpless people on the land of Africa into his arms and brought them back to the home of the heavenly father. Wagdi said that he [had put life and death aside] and put only God’s concerns first. Here, we wish him the success of imparting the heart of fatherhood to African countries, reversing the curses of Africa, and becoming a home where the heavenly Father lives happily.
• Successors to the Kingdom of God : Heavenly Father, thank You for miraculously preserving Wagdi’s nephews and nieces. Wagdi wants them to stay with him and receive spiritual equipment. Yes, Father God, Your family inheritance needs successors – there is no delay in bringing up the next generation. They are witnessing the older generation spreading love and embracing destiny. In the future, they will become the mainstay of the Kingdom of God. We declare in the name of Jesus Christ that there will be an heir to the kingdom of God! 

In the holy name of Christ Jesus, amen!

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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.

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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

Pray for Participating Churches and Pastrs 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

Editorial Special Section: Tishrei: Blessings for the Hebrew Month

Message : Ron Sawka Date: September 6, 2023  Source : Ron Sawka Apostolic Ministry

Editor’s Note : Tishrei is the seventh month of the Jewish sacred calendar, the first month of the secular calendar year 5784, corresponding to September 16 to October 15, 2023 in the Western calendar. This article is excerpted from the 2006 CD Lecture of the Glory of Zion Prophet Chuck Pierce, who highly recommends Chuck Pierce’s website for more information and More complete explanation.

A New Beginning

The first day of the seventh Hebrew month, Tishrei, is the head of or beginning of the new Hebrew year 5784. There are three feasts/special days this month: Blowing of Trumpets (or shofars)—a daylong event on Tishrei 1 (Sept. 16) heralding the new year and an announcement to wake up to the goodness of God; the Day of Atonement on Tishrei 10 (Sept. 25); and the Feast of Tabernacles from Tishrei 15–21 (Sept. 30– Oct. 6).

Last year, 5783, was an amazing year. In fall, we were just starting to come out of Covid restrictions. Back in spring 2020 when we entered the Corona-virus era, the Lord prompted us in three ways. First, to pay close attention to the major feasts because they were markers. Second, that this period of Corona and imposed limitations was actually a forced rest. Third, it was not only a time of “coronation” for the Lord’s people, but was also a reset for the church—because massive changes were coming as we entered into great end-time harvest.

There is much prophetic significance in this. The three Covid years remind me of Jubilee years in the Bible. Both the 49th and 50th year had no planting or harvests, so basically there were three years of no harvest (see Lev. 25:21), which spring 2020 through fall 2022 somewhat parallels.

But the Jubilee year itself has two very important concepts: 1) the indentured were set free, and 2) land reverted back to its original owners (see Lev. 25:10). This has amazing prophetic significance. Land represents our destiny and calling. Thus, we can conclude God used the Corona virus to “crown” His ekklesia (corona means “crown”). God’s ekklesia, the church, has been set free. The church has been brought back to God’s original intent and purpose.

When fall 2022 began (at the start of Hebrew year 5783), I was very busy. I had many trips lined up to places including Bali, Taiwan, Korea, and Pakistan.

Now, what about this new Hebrew Year 5784? I believe we’ll begin to see harvest like never before. Here’s why. “And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old produce until the ninth year, until its produce comes in” (Lev. 25:22). When we link this post-Covid time to sabbath year and Jubilee year of rest, then last year was still a time of eating the old produce. Yes, we got active and were “plowing and planting,” so to speak, but that harvest doesn’t come in until now. Now is the time of the new harvest.

Below are my usual notes on the month of Tishrei itself.

1. Tishrei is the month of Ephraim, the second son of Joseph. Be fruitful and multiply. See Genesis 49:22, which reads, “Joseph is a fruitful bough … his branches run over the wall.” Also see Genesis 49:26, which states, “The blessings of your father have excelled the blessings of my ancestors.” Be sure to have a mindset of receiving blessings and speaking about them.
2. The seventh month. The “dearest” of months—because all sevens are dear to God, creating the most “satiated” or “full” month. We are now at a new beginning. Think, “fullness of God.” God wants us to expect blessing and fullness from Him. The more we daily walk and talk with Him, the more we will experience His blessing and fullness overflowing in us.
3. The month where divine providence creates a “beginning.” This is the beginning of the Hebrew year 5783. We must be in full agreement with the Lord and what He is doing. Not only is it the beginning of a new year, but it’s also the beginning of harvest in this era of great harvest.
4. The beginning of six months of “reflected light.” This changes our environment, the way we process time, the way we work, the way crops grow, and the way we harvest. Think of yourself as one who reflects the glory of the Lord all around you. See Isaiah 60:1–9, John 8:12, and John 9:5. Think of God reflecting His glory on you.
5. Month of the Hebrew letter lamed [ל], which signifies the aspiration to return to your absolute source. We start the new year right by dedicating ourselves to Him—by declaring He is our source in all things. Thank God for the shaking during Covid to remove distractions and wrong things in our lives.
6. The month of return. We need to declare that things that have been scattered will come back. (The devil wants to scatter and dissipate; the Lord wants to gather and strengthen.) I feel many of us will see much restoration—whether personal, in families, in work/ministry, or in vision.
7. Month of Libra (the scales). The deeds of man are weighed, and judgment is released. Note that the Day of Atonement, the tenth day of Tishrei (Oct. 5), is considered a day of judgment. Declare, “Lord, You are in charge of the whole world and You release Your judgments at the right time.”
8. Month of “touch.” Think of the woman who pressed through and touched Jesus’s garments (see Luke 8:40–48). This is the time to touch and be touched by the Lord in a deeper way.
9. Month of the gallbladder. This is a time of spiritual awakening. Be sure to remove that which would keep you from returning or entering into the fullness God has for you.
10. Purge yourself of bitterness. At the head of the year—this month—you must purge yourself of bitterness. In the first month, Nissan, we had to watch out for bitterness. Now in the seventh month, go a step further and make sure you are purged of all bitterness—against people, against yourself, and against the Lord (see Hebrews 12:15).
11. A month of well-balanced control. Some things are coming to completion; others are just beginning.
12. This month is also linked with Joseph, which refers to a double portion. See Genesis 49:22–26. Joseph had two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who became two of the twelve tribes of Israel. Rejoice because God has a double portion for you!

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Editorial Special Section: Lana Vawser: YOUR WATERS ARE BREAKING AS YOU ENTER THROUGH THE DOOR OF 5784

Message: Lana Vawser Dates: September 7, 2023  Source : Lana Vawser Facebook

I heard the Lord say, “Daughters of God, do not back down, your waters are breaking as you enter through the door of 5784.”

This week the Lord showed me many daughters under “intense pressure”. Those words “intense pressure” were SO loud around me. The sense when I heard those words was that many daughters of God were feeling like they were at “breaking point”. It was this intense feeling of, “I can’t take this anymore,” “things look like they are never going to shift,” “I stand in faith and when all I’ve done to stand, I stand, and the pressure has just intensified.”

I could feel this “swirl” surrounding them that was almost like a wooing of the enemy into agreement. It was a swirl of discouragement and weariness to draw many daughters into the narrative, “it is just all too hard.” When I asked the Lord about this “swirl,” the Lord spoke to me:

“Lana the enemy is attempting to weary My daughters more than ever, but it will NOT prevail, for what I am now doing in their lives is going to cause them to arise STRONGER. What I am doing in their lives right now is going to cause them to arise RESTORED. Lana, this swirl has come to steal their vision, to steal their strength and to steal their stamina: but I am turning this swirl on its head and I am releasing supernatural stability in the impartation of faith to them, supernatural strength to them, supernatural sight to them, supernatural sustenance to them in the encounters I am leading them deeper into, and supernatural restoration.”

He continued to speak:

“Lana, there are many daughters who feel like they have hit a dry and barren place, but I am breaking open the hard ground and I am releasing the greatest outpouring of My Spirit in their lives that they have ever experienced. IT IS SOVEREIGN! There are many of My daughters living in such anxiety of, ‘What do I have to do?’ ‘How do I get out of this?’ ‘What do I pray to shift all of this?’ Many are feeling ‘frantic in trying to find the formula,’ but the truth is, all they have to do is be with Me, rest in Me, and I am going to release a sovereign outpouring of My Spirit into these dry areas. They have come to the end of their strength and now they meet the SOVEREIGN MOVE and SOVEREIGN KING and what it looks like to live deeper in supernatural rest, strength, faith and dependence upon Me.”

“There has been such a fierce battle over My daughters, there has been such a fierce battle over their identity, their position, their destiny and their hearts, but I am moving in POWER in their midst, for this is the DAY OF THEIR DELIVERANCE. This swirl has come over and over and over and over to weary them and take them out. The witchcraft has attempted to silence them and steal their voice, but I am roaring over them and I am speaking over them ‘DO NOT BACK DOWN, your waters are breaking as you enter into 5784.’”

What I heard next caused every part of me to tremble at the thundering of the authority in His voice.

“The VERY AREAS where the enemy has tried to take out My daughters — especially in the last two years — as they enter through the door of 5784, there will be a RAPID DELIVERANCE of everything that has tried to silence them, hinder them, kill them and take them out: and in THOSE AREAS I will release NEW MANTLES. I am releasing NEW MANTLES. The tables are turning. As they walk through the door into and of 5784, they are going to step into NEW MANTLES. The shift that I am releasing upon them as they walk through the door is the biggest shift they will have experienced thus far. The time has come to an end where the enemy has ferociously attacked those certain areas in their lives over and over and over again. Those areas that have continued to feel like the battle is always on: in 5784 they will move into GOVERNING in these areas. It is the sound of OVERCOMING. It’s the SOUND of VICTORY and it is the SOUND of stepping into a greater FULLNESS of their destiny and over the next four years they will see the greatest establishing, outpouring and move of My Spirit in these areas like they have never seen before. They will enter into a land of possessing DOUBLE in these areas, and begin to see the very areas where the enemy has tried to take them out become the areas of their greatest ministries thus far. All they have known is darkness and battle over these areas and now as they enter through the door of 5784, they shall know GLORY in these areas of ministering to others and ministries and movements that I am birthing through them.”

“5784 will see many of My daughters step into GOVERNING WITH ME like never before. Many of My daughters have been in a place of grovelling, but I am restoring them and delivering them and awakening them afresh to their identity in Me, and leading them further into their authority in Me where the greatest shift of their lives will take place. From GROVELLING TO GOVERNING.”

“Take heart, daughters of God, for in these areas where I am releasing these new mantles upon you, you will be invited into partnering with Me and the move of My Spirit in areas you have not walked in before. These areas will require deeper dependence upon Me and in these areas — as you lean on Me and lean into Me — you will receive the deepest revelation, divine intel, wisdom and strategy in what I want to do and how I want to move in these new assignments. You will see My plans, purposes and Glory manifest on an unprecedented scale.”

The Lord showed me that as the daughters of God were moving through the door of 5784, there was the most unprecedented deliverance of the MIND and torment of the mind that I have ever seen. As they walked through, I saw it completely lift off of them and they were catapulted into a season of deep encounter to receive the divine INTEL of the Lord for their new assignments and mantles.

“As your waters are beginning to break, lean into the transition, lean into the birthing, for the NEW BIRTH is coming forth. You are stepping further into who I have created you to be. You are stepping further into your destiny. For many of you, you will see that these areas contented by the enemy, over and over again, are actually a significant part of your assignment and the call upon your life that I have given you: and NOW you will step into a season of abounding fruitfulness, in the move of My Spirit IN you and THROUGH you. These new mantles falling upon you will bring you so much joy as you partner with Me in unprecedented moves of My Spirit in the very areas that have been the most contended for in your life thus far.”

“Daughters, do not back down. Remain in expectancy and faith: for the battle has been fierce, especially over the last few weeks, because of what you are stepping out of and stepping into, as you walk through the door of 5784 with Me. Your waters are breaking, it is time for another level of birthing.”

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Editorial Special Section: Nate Johnston: PIONEERS, DO NOT SETTLE FOR ISHMAEL!

Message:  Nate Johnston Date: August 27, 2023  Source: Nate Johnston Facebook  

For weeks now, I keep hearing the Lord say “Pioneers, do not settle for Ishmael!”

Many are feeling the pressure right now in the spirit, like there’s something that is meant to be birthed but nothing is in sight in the natural.

It’s become such a paradox and deep frustration or even grief because living with that kind of pent-up expectation is tiresome.

It’s like treading water knowing land is coming but it hasn’t yet come and that’s how many have been feeling – like the breakthrough that needs to come is not coming quick enough.

Many pioneers are beginning to feel restless, hopeless, and despondent.

It’s been so long contending and warring and it’s taken a toll to stay in that continual place of believing when it feels like nothing is shifting.

But I feel this warning right now – do not settle for Ishmael!

Ishmael was the firstborn son of Abraham, conceived out of his own desire to see the promise come to pass in his timing instead of God’s.

Right now we know we’re in a season of time where fulfillment must come and we SEE what we have been contending for, but the enemy is on overdrive playing mind games and trying to lure us into entertaining ways of orchestrating the promise in our own strength and in our own timeline.

This temptation has never been greater than right now. It’s the feeling of impulsively acting upon your will and your expectations above waiting for the Lord.

The lie so many pioneers have been hearing is, “Is God even concerned about what I’m facing? Will he even perform it? Will he even do it?”

Let me say this very clearly to you right now – do not act upon this temptation to make things happen.

We are in a window of time when God is opposing the enemy’s plans and roadblocks and shifting major pieces in our lives. It’s a time of doors of major closing and God preparing new infrastructure for the days ahead. It’s an hour of the FINALIZATION of the last season’s blueprints and OUTCOMES, but they MUST BE DONE BY THE HAND OF THE LORD, not by ours.

As we enter Yom Kippur in September watch for things to begin to move and fall into place.

I believe we are entering a jubilee in the church of massive proportions.

God is restoring the;
⁃ Voice of the church
⁃ Influence of the church
⁃ Power and authority of the church
⁃ Storehouse of the church
⁃ Territory of the church.

All that has been robbed and stolen in your life is about to begin to shift because God is re-aligning us to be the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath.

That is why right now you’re feeling so restless and longing for the breakthrough more than you ever have.

That is why the enemy is trying to bombard you on all sides with weariness, frustration, and feeling like you just want to give up and settle.

Yes, you could settle. It’s so easy right now to go back. It’s so easy right now to camp in the place of second best, but is that really the path that God has for you?

Could you really be content in second best when God has been showing you his purposes and his plans for so long? Could you really settle there?

I believe we’re entering into the fulfillment era of the church and even right now as you’re reading this, I pray that all the hope deferred and the weariness that has been resting on you begins to shift.

I feel like people right now reading this are in the 11th hour in three specific areas. I know there are more, but these are the three specific areas that the Lord spoke to me about and these are the three areas where the enemy is trying to lure us into temptation because these are three areas that God is about to bust and break through in the months ahead.

POSITIONING

The first is positioning. Many have been feeling the intense desire to be settled and positioned after all these years.

It feels like movement and migration is still upon us and we are longing to be settled and established.

The enemy has been warring for so long against this with false hopes, false foundations, and leading us to places of instability instead of the promise.

Do not settle right now for Ishmael with the location that God has for you. He’s repositioning you, but if you hustle right now and if you get ahead of God, you will set up camp in a place that is not conducive to the calling of God upon your life. Do not settle for Ishmael regarding your positioning. Wait for the Lord, wait for his timing.

PROVISION

The second area is provision. For so long, the pioneers have been reliant on manna from heaven to survive.

You’ve seen ridiculous miracles, faith, favor, and food coming into the mouths of ravens in the wilderness.

You’ve seen it all, but in the last six months, especially, God has been stirring your heart to believe for the impossible.

He’s been stirring your heart to believe for unfathomable provision for the vision that he’s given you.

He’s exploded your imagination and your mind and had you dreaming of land and being able to build and construct a specific blueprint that he’s placed on the inside of you.

But when you look in your bank, and when you look in your pockets, it just doesn’t match up.

And there is a temptation right now to just settle, to go backward, to do what you can manage and what you can do.

Let me make this very clear. Do not settle for Ishmael regarding provision.

Do not go backward, for I believe in the next few months we are going to see the beginning of a wave of wealth for the harvest.

If you think the wiping of debts is a huge thing, you wait and see what’s coming, for God is not only going to settle debts but He is about to flood your life with provision so that not only can you be a sower and a lender, but that you can build and construct everything that God told you that you would build.

God is right now breaking that poverty mentality off you.

I feel like there are even many who’ve been holding onto their seed and their bread, and the Lord says to you today “Release it! Release it today by faith, and watch me provide and bring in the provision!”

Do something today to break the damn walls and confront that survival mentality the enemy has tried to place upon you in the last few months.

PURPOSE

The last area I heard was purpose. God has been increasing your spiritual and governmental capacity and He has placed a new mantle upon you for nations, but there’s been a major war on your voice, your message, and your purpose.

There’s been a war at your path and launching what God has given you to step into.

The enemy has tried to make you push down the doors that only God can open or he has wanted you to settle for a role that is far less than the role that he has for you.

Many right now are nervously trying to find some plow to put their hands to, and the Lord says, “Do not touch that plow unless I give it to you. Do not place your hands upon it unless I put it in your hands right now!”

“Do not sign that contract or agreement without me!”

Even men are seeking you out to put you to work for their devices to build the empires. But the lord says, “Do not enter into that project or role unless I command you!”

For in this hour, it is so easy to choose something that is conceived by the hands of man and that is manufactured out of your need to feel settled and stable.

“But now watch,” says the Lord, “as I bring it to pass. I want you to step in back into rest, says the Lord. I want you to step back into synergy with my heart and my promises and my purposes and my timing!” says the Lord.

“I want you to rest in me and as you rest in my faith, you’ll tap into my miracle-working power that will unleash all that is in your heart and all that is in your mind and all that you have desired”

“Sarah’s faith embraced God’s miracle power to conceive even though she was barren and was past the age of childbearing, for the authority of her faith rested in the One who made the promise, and she tapped into his faithfulness” Hebrews 11:11

“For pioneers, what is on your heart, I placed there. It is not of your own making. I put it inside you for a reason and I did not lead you on this path just for it to fail now or to return void”

“No, it shall accomplish all that I desired for it to accomplish. So right now, do not settle for second best. Do not make decisions ahead of me. Do not jump ahead of my directions. Do not step into alignments that are never ordained for you”

“Do not create messes and situations birthed out of your need and desire to help me out. I do not need help, says the Lord. I just need your yes. I do not need your networking and your orchestrating and your manufacturing. I just need your surrender now. Watch me do it, says the Lord”

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Editorial Special Section: Tim Sheets:  We Are the Cavalry

Message: Tim Sheets   Date: September 6, 2023 Source : Kingdom Alive

“I will now deal with the oppressors of My people. I will move swiftly and with jealous aggression. For I have heard their cries and will break the hold of the taskmaster’s rule over them. Though these oppressors bow their necks in stubborn resistance, I will lead them with nose rings to their place of destruction.  Like oxen to the slaughter I will pull them into stalls of disgrace. The influence of their curse will break from the hearts of My people. The disheartening crack of the taskmaster’s whip will no longer be heard by My sons and daughters. They will not carry the burdens of their oppressors. They will not toil for their enemy’s gain. They will not work as slaves of cultural brutality. They will not be forced to glean from empty fields simply because they worship Me. No, they will own the fields where once they gleaned.

The breaking sound heard by My triumphant remnant will now be the cracking sound of the oppressor’s authority shattering off of their lives. The words of their ‘pharaoh’ will be like chaff in the winds as My angels scatter their defiance. Michael and his chariots of fire have received their orders. Gabriel has communicated strategies through all angel armies. Breakthrough angels are now activated. Pharaoh will not have the final word; I will have the final word.

Ekklesia, contend in faith as I harden the hearts of your enemies to bring devastating defeat to them. Set your heart on what I say. Set your minds with ‘now faith,’ expecting to live in ‘promise places.‘ Move forward into new times and seasons I have prepared for you. Move forward into the reformation I have planned for you. Move forward into positions of authority I have ordained for you.”

The Lord says ,

“the next three months [June, July and August] will lead to a great shaking, and a reset of the nation back to its covenant roots. These will be months of great reformation and will surge rapidly, says the Lord. Know that the seeds of faith planted by My people with their decrees of faith will accelerate to fullness, producing the fruit of the seed sown. The faith decrees they’ve sown will accelerate to fullness and My people will enter new times. Embrace and move into the reset I have planned; it will now unfold. Decree your faith and activate My Kingdom’s power. Decree your faith and activate angel armies that will assist you in the supernatural reset.”

The Lord has emphasized Hebrews 12:25-28 to me, which tells us not to turn our back on heavenly warnings. The Lord is going to rock the heavens – thrones, principalities and powers of hell. There will be a shaking, a thorough house cleaning, to get rid of sin and religious compromise. The unshakeable essentials will stand, clear and uncluttered. We have been told repeatedly not to fear, for we are part of an unshakeable Kingdom and our God is not an indifferent bystander. The world is banking on His indifference, but they are about to be greatly disappointed.

Ephesians 6:10 (NKJV) says, ‘Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God.’ We must be prepared in this season. A battle will rage for the soul of this nation and we must engage and win it. Prepare yourself for this fierce war season. Prepare to battle spiritual thrones of iniquity that influence government. Understand that you must fight with prayers, faith decrees, and worship warfare.

Use the weapons of your warfare; they are not carnal, but mighty through your God to the pulling down of strongholds. Prepare yourself to go into battle alongside angels by proclaiming His Word (Psalm 103:20). It is time to engage in this breakthrough battle that will lead us toward a billion-soul harvest. It is time to engage principalities and powers of darkness, and confront those they use in the natural realm. It’s time to confront the prophets of Baal in media, the education system, and government.

The hour has come to report to the battle lines. It is time to march, advance and possess the land. Though there be giants in the land, do not fear. Like David, gather stones and prepare your sling. Sharpen your spiritual swords for they will be needed to cut off the heads of spiritual giants. The Lord will go before you and empower you.

It’s time to listen and hear the pre-battle proclamations, the sounding forth of battle cries, the beating of drums. There is a call for bold passion, much like warriors have heard throughout the ages. We are not here to hold the fort until the cavalry gets here, Ekklesia. We are the cavalry!

We must advance with Holy Spirit and the angel armies. We are to follow the Breaker, King Jesus. It’s our time to awaken and arise, take the land and reset history with determined, unflinching faith.

One of the prayers of the early church has captured my attention. Acts 4:29 (NLT) ‘And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching Your Word.’

The early church was part of a movement possessing unrestrained boldness; they said what God said. I am hearing that call to us now. Holy Spirit is pouring out an anointing of boldness on His Ekklesia. Power to prevail is soaking His remnant. Rise and roar with King Jesus! March into battle with confident peace, knowing He is with you!”

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Editorial Special Section: David Peng: The Key Seven Years of The Global Revival: 2017 to 2024 (3)

The next three and a half years will be a critical moment for the people to come out of Egypt and for the global revival!

Message: David Peng   Date: January 27, 2021    Source:  Kingdom Alive

Editor’s note: The author Pastor David Peng is one of the core leaders of the US East Coast Homecoming team. Since receiving the anointing from God on behalf of the Chinese at the end of 2016, God has continuously led him to connect and communicate with key ethnic minorities. Revelations concerning God’s destiny and end-time plans for the Chinese and various ethnic groups continue to emerge. We will publish here to share with all intercessors. Please discern and pray together so that God’s revival plan can be fulfilled in time!

Where is the location that God made a mark ?

As I mentioned before, the path of the total eclipse of 2017 and the 2024 will cross at “Little Egypt”,  so what is the significance of this place?   Why is it called “Little Egypt” ?   What happened in the past? Why will God use celestial phenomena to mark this place ?

I was especially interested in the press release of the 2017 total solar eclipse happening in  “Little Egypt”, I was even thinking , “is there actually a place in America called” Little Egypt” but I didn’t look into it then, until three years later during Hanukkah, as I was translating for Pastor Ed Watts, I heard him mention “little Egypt”, so I searched online ,  to get a little more understanding about the history of this place and Geographical information. I read a very brief description : ” There are a lot of pyramids built by indigenous people ” which reminded me of my visitation of the reservations in 2017, where I witnessed the wonder of the total eclipse. But at that time I still did not study further, until one morning in prayer, during the US presidential election. God suddenly reminded me of the brief description “the pyramids were built by the aboriginal people.” It seems like God wanted me to take a closer look at what happened in that place.    Why do the aboriginal people build the pyramids on the slopes ? How is it related to America? 

As I carefully reviewed the information, I realized this is huge ! My spirit was greatly shaken, I know I need to read and learn about the matter. After I asked many other spiritual leaders to discern together, I realized the Native American journey led by Pastor Peter Smith in 2017 was only a prelude;  The total eclipse is about to happen again in “little Egypt” in 2024. This is closely related to the three groups of people critical for the revival of the United States (ie, Jewish-Americans, African-American and Native American)  It is also deeply rooted to the revival of North America, Central and South America  and it may even have a direct impact on global revival and back to Jerusalem. 

Very few people are aware of this important source. Just as the U.S. general election is turning into a stalemate,  I see the second half of the seven years from 2017 to 2024 will become more and more difficult;   I also realize in this most difficult time of darkness , the Church and Christians have finally awakened to fight and pray. It is like during the ancient Antiochus IV when the Jews were greatly oppressed, the Maccabees family started a revolution and eventually took back the temple, restored the worship of the temple, and lit up the menorah that symbolizes the presence of God.  Is God going to raise up the remnants that never bowed their knees to Baal in the United States during this very dark time, at God’s appointed time and place to prepare the way for the return of the Lord? So we can witness the glory of revival before His return? America is still the leader of nations, when people can see the great things God is doing to return America back to God. So the world can also respond to God.  Allow me to share the information and revelations I have collected with you!

“Little Egypt” : Reminds us of how God led the Israelites out of Egypt

This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. ((Exodus  12:2)

When God decided to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. He first spoke to Moses and Aaron: Now is a new beginning, regardless of what month is in  Egypt, this month is the first month of the year ! What a magnificent epoch-declaration this is !  This is the Lord our God !   He sets the date and changes the situation. No matter how long the corruption, how deep the enslavement, when the day set by God is here, He will act and no one can stop Him. Because He is the Lord of hosts,  just as His covenant with Abraham,  after Abraham’s descendants were enslaved for 400 years, God will release His people, and call Moses and Aaron to labor with Him to lead His children to enter A brand new period. From darkness to light and all old things have passed away and everything has become new !

Did you realize? The point on Earth of the Greatest Eclipse of the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, where the sun and the moon is in perfect alignment, is actually the intersection of the two solar eclipses of 2017 and 2024! When will that day be ?  It is   exactly the day before the first month of Nisan, 5784 ( April 8th, 2024 )!  when I realized that,  my spirit was greatly stirred, Just like God was speaking to Moses then, He is speaking to us now!  Before God sent ten days of darkness in Egypt, God will always tell the world through Moses; not only to wake up the people of God ,  but also to issue a warning to the powers of darkness. If God can speak to the world through the planetarium  in the past, God can do this again, and declare to the world,  lest anyone say contemptuously : “This is just a coincidence “!

Wasn’t the plague before God killed the firstborn a total solar eclipse? The next total solar eclipse will occur in 5784 the day before the month of Nisan (ie. August 4, 2024 ). Is God telling His people before He does the great things. To declare to the world:  This is it,  this is a fresh start ,   I want My people ,   My firstborn to be redeemed and released from the shackles of darkness ! The fullness of time has come.  I have heard the cry of My people. In the past, God sent Moses to declare this to Pharaoh. Yes, we can really expect God to show His power again on Passover in 2024 ,  release His people and  His eldest son ,  so that they can be free and  be able to come to God and minister to the True and Living, Mighty God!

“Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, 23 and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’” (Exodus 4:22-23a)

Who is the eldest son ?  Who are the enslaved people?  Isn’t it the Israelites?  Isn’t it  the First Nation of the land ?  Isn’t it the people that had been enslaved, massacred, mistreated on the land but who have never been healed and recovered ?  I can’t help to think, isn’t this the revelation that the pastor Peter received from the Lord? Isn’t it the combination of Jews, African and aboriginal people ? Is this the place that connects all these?

“Little Egypt” : Run out of Food in the North, Travel to the South to get Food

1871 years Judge Andrew Duff wrote an article describing 1830-1831 years, especially the cold, known as

(The Winter of Deep Snow). Spring came much later than in previous years, and even in September of that year, frost damage occurred, causing serious crop failures in northern Illinois. Residents in the north had to go to the wealthy southern part of the state to buy food and corn seeds, just like the story in Genesis 42, Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, sent his children to the South to buy grains because of the famine. That is why they gave southern Illinois the name : “little Egypt”!

“Little Egypt” : River Delta is like the Nile River in Egypt

From the perspective of topography  , the fertile delta of southern Illinois is an alluvial land formed by the Mississippi River and the Ohio River. It is similar to the situation of Cairo, the capital of Egypt, located in the delta of the Nile River. Therefore,  not only do they call this place “little Egypt”, they also call the upper end of the junction of two rivers Delta Cairo City !

In 1799, Baptist Pastor John Bagley preached the gospel to the First Nation, along with French pioneers arrived in St. Louis, called Edwardsville, the city located North of  “Little Egypt” as “the land of Goshen” Why? For two very important possibility:

1. Just as Jacob felt it was a foreign land when he came to Egypt, So does Pastor Bagley, feel this was ” foreign “Illinois is located in the middle of the American Bottom, and most people come from the northeastern part of the United States . When they first arrived here, it felt like pioneers entered the Great West  At that time, the European family here was mainly French, and the south of the river was under the influence of  Spain.  It is not surprising that Pastor  Bagley, a British descent, described this place as “Goshen” ! (please click here Check out the Illinois Egypt)
2. Pastor Bagley felt that the place had two very special features very similar to Egypt : In addition to the Mississippi Delta, which is as fertile as the Nile Delta, there is also a very unique landmark,  which is near Edwardsville, similar to Pyramids in Egypt stand everywhere (click here for more information ).  Archaeologists believe there are 120 of the mounds, that is why this place is called “Little Egypt”!

These pyramid-like buildings are the Mound built by the aboriginals in the Mississippi area before spending a lot of manpower for many years .  Today, east of St. Louis, on  the banks of the Mississippi River, the United Nations Commission on Monuments has identified this place as a world cultural site,  north of Mexico, the  largest and most complete archeological site before Columbus! Therefore, it is called “Little Egypt” with some allusions. If God wants to use this place to remind us of the history of Egypt  in the past, Could God be doing it in the United States again ?  Let’s move on , “Little Egypt” What is the significance of this place for African-American race.

“Little Egypt” :  Enslaved People of African descendants seek freedom

During the American Civil War (1861-1865 ),  although northern Illinois and other states prohibit slavery,  however, many residents live in “Little Egypt” areas wants to keep slavary, because of the labors needed for agricultural works and salt production,  therefore, they were given special Accommodation to continues to have black slaves; Illinois is on the border between the North (mainly the Republican Party) that opposes slavery and the South (mainly the Democratic Party) that favors slavery,  Illinois became the dividing place for the slavery issue into the north. And the south. I believe this is why God wants to highlight this area in particular.  I am reminded of Pastor Joseph Green from Pennsylvania. The founder of the “2019 Movement”, which is the 400 year anniversary of the first time African slaves were sold to the United States. He was calling everyone’s attention to the situation of slavery and bring reconcillation. Is God using this for us to see and understand the circumstances of the people of God still being oppressed and enslaved that they still can not come to serve God and worship God?  How caring God is !

We see many Americans seem to be free on the surface,  but they are still being enslaved by money, pursuing mammon,  many young people worship sports stars ,  every weekend many men are glued to the TV,  most of the people serving the Church are the sisters,  where are the brothers ?  Many people in the U.S. are trapped in drugs and cannot help themselves. The legalization of marijuana was a compromise ( legalization will make it easier for people to get the drug, so it will not be controlled by the black market );  however, the most frightening thing is, the time we are living in, is the worst time of enslavery in human history! The level of human trafficking is unimaginable. children forced into sex slavary is heinous, not to mention the evil of the manupliation of the elite behind this !

Lord, are You telling us that the time has come,  it has been 400 years in 2019 that the first African-American slaves were sold to the United States. On November 11.2020   marked the 400 years of Mayflower came to the United State, It has been 400 years for the puritans that risked their lives across the ocean, longing for the freedom to worship.  Lord, are You displaying the United States of America, the one You have established a covenant to the world, that You will once again manifest Your miracle of bringing people out of Egypt,  but this time it is not just Israel or African-American family, but it is for Your children of the whole world ?

(to be continued)

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Pray for America: Ecclesia with Tenacity

Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from the 9/8 prayer of “Give Him 15 Minutes” by Intercession Leader Dutch Sheets . “I invite you to join me every day in prayer for our country until the election crisis is resolved. I will read the daily 15 Minutes to Him, give a comment, and then we will pray together. As we stand for America” You can join us here as we go to Petition. – Dutch Sheets

【 Background:  In 1977 I heard my first sermon by John Garlock, the greatest communicator I’ve had the privilege of listening to. John, now in heaven, was one of my professors at Christ For the Nations Institute. The message was on the subject of tenacity and had 3 points, which I remember to this day, 46 years later. John was that good. Today’s post is taken from that message.

Tenacity, of course, is the quality of persevering, refusing to quit, and holding fast – like a bulldog on a bone. I found the following synonyms in my good ole phone dictionary: courage, determination, grit, heart, resoluteness, and resolve. On the less formal, slang side of the synonym list, I found gutsiness, intestinal fortitude, stick-to-itiveness, and true grit. Pick your word or phrase, but tenacity is the determination to hang in there when the hangin’ ain’t easy. (Brother Garlock, as we called him in the day, would probably cringe at my choice of words!)

This great wordsmith illustrated tenacity, and the lack thereof, with the following poem: 

“Two frogs fell into a can of cream, or so it has been told.
The sides of the can were shiny and steep; the cream was deep and cold.
‘Oh, what’s the use?’ said number one. ‘It’s plain no help’s around.
‘Goodbye, my friend, goodbye, sad world.’ And weeping still, he drowned.
But number two, of sterner stuff, dog paddled in surprise,
The while he licked his creamy lips and blinked his creamy eyes.
‘I’ll swim at least a while.’ he thought. Not once, he stopped to mutter.
Then hopped out from the island he had made of freshly churned butter.”

(Author unknown)

Point # 1

Professor Garlock took his text that day from 2 Samuel 23:8-12, a passage about David’s Mighty Men. The first warrior mentioned is Adino the Eznite, “Who killed 800 men at one time” (verse 8). Garlock said Adino pictured “Tenacity in the face of impossible odds.”

This feat is difficult to imagine, killing 800 enemy soldiers in one battle. We are not told how Adino did it, but obviously, Yahweh made up for that which his tenacious nature couldn’t supply. He does that. Perhaps Adino backed himself against a large rock or wall, where only one or two enemies at a time could get to him, and fought them with his spear. He killed one, then a dozen…twenty…fifty…and still they came. But this warrior was tenacious and fought on. But come on – 800?

Not if God is on your side, and you refuse to give up. The odds against us become irrelevant when Yahweh fights for us. “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)

Point # 2

Then there was Eleazar, son of Dodo the Ahohite. “He rose up and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and it clung to the sword, and the Lord brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder the dead” (Verse 10). Eleazar pictured “Tenacity in the face of overwhelming fatigue,” said Garlock.

True warriors sometimes have to dig a little deeper. One of the synonyms above was “heart,” and Eleazar had this second heart, located in his soul. When he could no longer hold his sword with physical strength, he held on with his heart! When the battle ended, they had to peel Eleazar’s fingers off the sword.

‘The great point is never to give up until the answer comes. I have been praying for sixty-three years and eight months for one man’s conversion. He is not saved yet, but he will be. How can it be otherwise . . . I am praying.’

Eastman continues, “The day came when Müller’s friend received Christ. It did not come until Müller’s casket was lowered into the ground. There, near an open grave, this friend gave his heart to God. Prayers of perseverance had won another battle. Müller’s success may be summarized in four powerful words: He did not quit.”

Success in life, and certainly in faith and intercession, requires this intangible quality of tenacity. Without it, you cannot win; but with it, you cannot lose.

POINT #3

Last but not least in Garlock’s message was Shammah. He risked his life for a plot of peas. “Now after him was Shammah, the son of Agee, a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into an army where there was a plot of land full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines. But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it, and struck the Philistines; and the Lord brought about a great victory” (Verses 11-12).

Professor Garlock called this “Tenacity in the face of a humble assignment.” One can almost envision the assignments being handed out for the battle that day. “Tom, you guard our leader, David. Protect him with your life! Joe, you protect the women and children. Their lives depend on you, your skill, and bravery.”

Shammah waits anxiously for his noble assignment. What will he risk his life to save? The ark of the covenant? David’s abode? Perhaps all of the livestock? Then it comes: “Shammah! Protect that pea patch over there!”

“Huh? You gotta be kidding!” would have been the response of many warriors. But not Shammah.

“Yes, sir! Only over my dead body will anyone get to the peas!”

God loved it so much He put it in His book! Three thousand years later, we are still reading about Shammah. And I suspect he has a prominent place in heaven, though he obviously won’t care where he is positioned. Tenacity in the face of a humble assignment!

We live in a world filled with people looking for success, fame, fortune, prestige, advancement, power, and glory; they are a dime a dozen, trying to make a name for themselves. Servants, not so much. But you WILL find many of them in the prayer movement. They are fine with closets, back rooms, small groups, lonely trails, and back roads. Nameless and faceless, you’ll recognize these praying servants by their broken hearts, calloused knees, red eyes, and perhaps sword imprints on their hands – not by their faces or names.

Heaven knows them well, however, as does hell. Counterparts of David’s Mighty Men, are Christ’s Mighty Women and Men, tenacious warriors and freedom fighters…in the face of impossible odds, overwhelming fatigue, and humble assignments.

Next time you see one, thank them for their service.

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