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Posted by: MamaCat

"I HAVE NOT HAD AS STRONG OF A STIRRING IN MY HEART SINCE THE ELECTIONS OF 2000--I'M ON MY WAY TO WASHINGTON, D. C. --AN URGENT CALL TO THE CHURCH TO PRAY LIKE NEVER BEFORE."

July 15, 2005
At the time of writing this, I am on my way to pray in Washington, D.C. I have not had as strong of a stirring in my heart since the elections of 2000.

America now faces the most important decision that she will see for many years - maybe of our lifetime. The future of America, your children, your grandchildren, the cause of Christ around the world - all of it is at stake. This is bigger than the elections of 2000 or 2004, over which millions of Christians around the world fasted, prayed, and warred spiritually. Perhaps that isn't entirely true, because this is what that war was all about.

If this decision goes the wrong way, everything accomplished in those elections is meaningless! I am speaking of the decision concerning who the next Supreme Court Justice will be. I believe, in fact, there will be more than one replaced this year.

The Downward Spiral
If you think that I am exaggerating, consider this: 60 years ago the downward spiral began with the Court manufacturing the "separation of church and state" ideology - one that had not existed for 200 years; 40 years ago, prayer and Bible reading was taken from our schools - again, after 200 years of it being acceptable, even encouraged; and 30 years ago the legalized murder of babies was decreed. After 60 years of anti-God philosophy, indescribable devastation to generations of youth and almost 50 million aborted babies later, we are still trying to reverse the downward spiral.

Still think that I'm exaggerating? If we lose this opportunity, we may not see it again for decades, if ever. You should be praying about this more faithfully and fervently than anything you've prayed about in many years.

Where are we in this process?
Though it cannot be proven, I am convinced that if President Bush made the decision today, it would be the wrong one. As I have prayed, I have become convinced that he is coming under pressure from within the White House to compromise by choosing a moderate; someone who is not a strong constitutionalist and who is not strong enough for the cause of life - in essence, another O'Connor.

I am not alone in this. Many individuals working in D.C. and several of my trusted prophetic friends feel the same way. The feeling becomes even stronger if another Justice retires. President Bush could then appoint a strong conservative along the lines of a Scalia or Thomas, and a moderate as O'Connor (like his friend Gonzales), hoping to thereby satisfy both sides. This, however, would do nothing to shift the Court - and must not happen! It is, however, what I believe the President is being pressured to do.

And where is the Church in all of this?
Strangely silent and frighteningly inactive. It is a thousand times easier to motivate Christians to pray and let their voices be heard in a presidential race than for a Supreme Court nomination. This is not true with those who oppose us, however. They understand that the way to maintain control of America is to maintain control of the Court, and they are working feverishly to do so.

I am convinced that our only hope in the battle for the soul of America is prayer. Carl Rove didn't put President Bush in office, God did. And He put him there largely for this situation. If we, the Body of Christ, do not arise now with a massive prayer movement and turn the tide of this battle, I believe we will lament it for the rest of our lives. Church, we have come too far and worked too hard - and more importantly, too much is at stake to lose this spiritual war now.

Make radical choices to fast and pray:

  1. Pray for President Bush: for wisdom, strength and boldness. Pray against any deception or compromise. Pray that any counsel not consistent with God's Will, would not be received. Pray that he clearly hears only God's Will - even if God has to speak sovereignly through dreams or other methods.

  2. Pray for the Senate that they confirm the right choice. Pray against filibustering of God's chosen person. Pray that there will be no compromise among conservatives.

  3. Pray for the appointee(s): I believe God has groomed and shaped the perfect person(s) for the Court. Pray that she or he is found, appointed, and confirmed. Pray that they have strength and wisdom for the battle.

  4. Pray the Word: Isaiah 1:26; Psalms 2; Psalms 24; Isaiah 9:6-7 and others God will show you.

  5. Churches: Please do not conduct business as usual. Pray in your services - and not just one or two minute prayers before messages or offerings. Pray! Take 15-20 minutes, give up sermon times, and give even entire church services to prayer. Jesus called His house "a house of prayer."

  6. Individuals: Participate in all of the above. Send this email to every Christian you know, especially those in leadership.

  7. Ministries: Ditto to #5. Especially sound the alarm. Use your correspondence lists, radio programs, T.V. programs, etc., to stir people to pray.

  8. If you would like more help in promoting prayer, we have further prayer insights on this situation, general prayer information, and even a video/DVD/CD prepared especially for this cause. Thirty minute and 80 minute versions are available at a very low cost. Use this message for your personal help in praying, play it for prayer groups and congregations, or take the information and share it yourself. It is packed with critical information and facts.
Have numerous prayer meetings throughout the week - mornings, evenings, and lunch hours. Use this to stir up the prayer ministry of your congregation. Teach and preach on it. Encourage those able and willing to fast. My congregation is doing all of the above. Take a team to Washington, D.C., to pray. These should be teams of intercessors praying outside the White House, Supreme Court, and Capitol every day. Sow finances into ministries or organizations on the front lines of this battle.

Praying church, arise! We can win this battle for the control of the number one entry point of moral and spiritual decay in America over the last 50 years. But it will only happen if we pray!

Dutch Sheets



Posted by: JeriRose12

Thank you for sharing this!!! Yes, where IS the church??? Well, I have signed about five petitions that are calling on our President to stay true to his promise to appoint pro-Constitutional judges. So, many ARE active. I am on a bunch of these political aciton lists for righteousness to once again exalt our nation. I can not always remember which I've sighned and which I haven't. Anyway, this is of great concern, and I wish more would pray about this. Shawn has posted three or so threads on this, and maybe four people prayed in each one, if that many. I really want to get on a soap box, but I keep avoiding it for fear of offending people:

We are too busy praying for our own little needs. God has BIG PLANS, and all we can focus on is "Why is my brother in jail?" or "My brother-in-law leaving my Sister?" So, it's time to start asking God what HE WANTS, rather than telling Him what we want. We are selfish. He gave us prayer to pray His purposes into the earth, but usually we are praying OUR purposes into the earth.... or trying to. The model prayer is "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done." But we are too busy praying OUR will be done.... and trying to build our own kingdom.

Now, I hear of pockets of prayer. I hear the prayer movement is incerasing. I hear our spiritual leaders (like James Dobson and D. James Kennedy, calling us to pray as instructed in 2 Chronicles 7:14). I hear that scripture quoted a lot. I see poeple gathering to pray in events like "Stand in the Gap." Yet, here, on what is supposed to be the biggest prayer site on the internet, I see paltry few prayers for the events of the world and nations. I know, I don't pray in all of them, either. I have been guilty of the same!

But, people, righteousness exalts a nation, and it is TIME TO PRAY for the nations and the world!!! God has a GLOBAL PLAN!!! Yes, He cares about our little need , but do we care about HIS BIG NEED? -- his need to get the Gospel to every tribe and tongue of the world???

By what happens in GOVERNMENT, He can send in the Gospel or not, according to how things go. Don't mistakingly think God does not care about governemnt!!! It was prophecied of Jesus "-- and the government shall be upon His shoulders." As, a wise elder in my church once said, "Jesus is in this thing [the government] up to his neck." We are instructed to pray, first of all, for kings and those in authority. But who is regularly and faithfully posting prayers for the President? It doesn't say to pray for him if we agree with him; it says to pray for him for our own personal benefit. There is a scripture that says when the righteous rule, the people rejoice. Do you want to rejoice??? Then, start praying for America to get GODLY, RIGHTEOUS justices who will stand against America's covenant with death (abortion, eunthenasia, suicide, homicide).

I am trying to get people to take an hour on a 24/7 clock to pray for the justices, but few have shown interest. I didn't even show much interest , becasue I have not picked on hour to pray, yet.... sigh.

The home page is where to go to find articles on these news issues, where you can enter prayers for the nations and world and gorvernment issues. Please visit there often. Please go into the President's forum and pray for our Presdient. Please visit the "News to read about and pray about" forum as well. If you are a member of this site, you need to catch the ENTIRE VISION of the house, and if these issues are the home page items to pray about, dont you think they are a major part, if not the biggest part, of the vision here??? This is a GLOBAL MINISTRY, and we should get a bigger vision of what we are called to pray for.

~JeriRose~
Finding HIM in 2005