A Report from Friday Night
Monday’s posts are typically written and recorded on the previous Friday. I waited on this one, however, in order to give a brief report of the prayer gathering this past Friday night at my brother’s church. It will be shorter than usual due to my weariness - I’m wimping out.
The prayer meeting for Iran and the Middle East was a powerful end to a 2-week marathon. I’ve never been part of an endeavor more initiated and orchestrated by Holy Spirit. He made it overwhelmingly clear that this was His idea, and He blessed it accordingly. Ninety thousand believers joined us on livestream, not counting 1000 churches that let us know they were gathering to watch it and pray with us. We know that many more home groups and churches did so but didn’t register. The number also doesn’t include viewers on Flashpoint and other networks. All 50 states and several countries joined us. By the time individuals watch it later and pray with us, I am confident that more than a million believers around the world will have agreed in prayer regarding the war, revival in Iran, and the Middle East.
Reports like the following are being received:
“Dutch, my prayer team watched and prayed with you all last night. It was magnificent. Please do it more often, not just for healing, but for legislation by the body [of Christ] in weighty matters. God bless you.”
Those of us who led the meeting have already been saying the same. I believe we stepped into a new strategy of Holy Spirit to release His will on earth. Also, we don’t feel that prayer for those needing healing was negatively impacted at all. We have already been hearing reports of healings occurring. All in all, it was a very successful night.
Before the prayers began, I reminded those present and watching that our assignment was to impact the unseen spiritual realm. Our expectations were not that things in the natural realm would instantly change, that we would wake up the next morning and the conflict be over. Our assignment was to pray for spiritual breakthrough that would help pave the way for ending the war and producing revival. It was to release the authority of Christ to break the hold of the prince of Persia and other principalities over the region. We believe this was successful, though our prayers will obviously need to continue.
Thank you for joining us. The body of Christ is growing up. A remnant of the church is stepping into our role of representing King Jesus on earth. History will be written by this awakened legislating assembly and army. And I know the Lord is pleased.
Pray with me:
Father, thank You for allowing us the incredible privilege of partnering with You. You are omnipotent, all-powerful, and could assert Your will on earth without our involvement. But You wanted family, and wanted to work with and through them. We are co-laborers with You by Your sovereign choice. And we are humbled and amazed by this.
Thank You for using us Friday night. We know that the battles for the emerging great awakening are not over. But we also know Friday night was a Jericho, a breakthrough of such monumental proportions that it affects the rest of the war. We also know that You will continue to lead us in our prayers and assignments, and we will obey.
We conclude our prayer with the great closing benediction of Hebrews 13:20-21:
“Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, that is, Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.“
Our decree:
He who has begun a good work in us will perfect it until the day of the Lord, Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6).