Stopping Witchcraft Against America – Part 1 [My brother, Tim Sheets, has been teaching his church about spiritual warfare. I agree that it is time for us to sharpen our skills in this area. We’ll start a series today from that teaching.] “Witchcraft is rising in this nation. We saw that again this week in the news. It’s not something that we fear, but we also cannot be passive about it. We must be engaged as watchmen. The Holy Spirit has interrupted services across the nation in the last couple of weeks and has said, ‘Pay attention to this and deal with it.’ “I believe that God raised up President Trump at this specific time to uncover some things. He wanted to expose the Deep State. He needed someone that could uncover corruption, and an anti-Christ and anti-Church spirit, as well. That spirit has been trying to suffocate and silence the Church for many years. It has been trying to rewrite covenant history in America, and to rewrite or reinterpret laws. A Jezebel spirit, together with her cohorts, are behind this. The Church must engage and work together with the Holy Spirit to bind Jezebel in America. Jezebel, the spirit of divination, the python spirit, Leviathan, and Absalom are all working together against us right now. “When there is a fierce battle occurring in a nation the atmosphere becomes contentious. That is happening right now in the United States, in some places more than others. Hell’s kingdom begins to get empowered to be aggressive against and hinder God’s people. The Apostle Paul talks about this hindering in 1 Thessalonians. He explains that he had to learn to overcome it. In Ephesians 6, Paul talks about the armor of God and how to protect ourselves from the attacks of the enemy. Then, in 2 Corinthians 10:4, he tells us that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the pulling down of every stronghold. He further reminds us in Romans 8 that God loves us with an unconditional love and He has, and will, fight for us as we come to Him. “Paul also tells us that spiritual battles are real. There is tribulation and distress, persecution, trouble, hard times, hatred, bullying, threats, and back-stabbing. God’s love in contrast to that is constant. His mercy is never failing and follows us all through our days on the earth. His grace is sufficient for us and He has made us more than a conqueror. Knowing all of that, and resting securely in His love for us, we must learn to bind hell’s attacks.” “To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.” (Revelation 2:18-20; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Consider all the word curses coming against us on a daily basis through news reports. Consider the power of the Word of God against them. Arm yourself with a few key scriptures and get ready! Proclaim those scriptures now, as a sword of the Spirit against these demonic Jezebel, Leviathan, and witchcraft-level spirits. Call for God to arise with a two-edged sword in His mouth! Call for the prophets to arise and proclaim His Word! Call for the army of God to arise and speak His Word against God’s spiritual enemies! Repent when you have complained and used only your own earthly, human words to address some of the issues you see. Fear and complaining get us nowhere, Church! Declare, “God, expose, expose, expose evil demonic plans and strategies! Rip the covers off of them and give us victory over them! We command them to cease!” A prayer you can pray: Father, I thank You that Your Word declares that the truth sets us free. There are so many word curses blasting through the airwaves right now. There is so much cursing this nation with demonic words. Add our voices to those who are issuing a cry before You against the prophets of Baal; against the demon prophets. Reverse the word curses. Let them turn back and destroy the attack they planned. We bind those curses in the Name of Jesus. We bind them off of individual lives, off our churches, and off this nation. We do not permit them to alight. We pray that the strategies of hell would be exposed. Expose those princes of darkness, those spirits of darkness in the land that want to come against people’s lives, their children’s lives, against churches and this nation. Expose their strategies! Expose them! Tear the covers off! We are those who are on alert. We halt the plague of strategies against the people of God, against His heirs, our homes, and our businesses. We command the attacks against this nation to cease. You have taken enough from us, satan. Your strategies have been found out and we will pray to stop You and your cohorts in their tracks. God is our Deliverer and Him only shall we fear in Jesus’ Name! Amen. Today’s decree: Jezebel will no longer rule America. She will be thrown down!

Violent Praise is Building the House of the Lord [Wanda Alger shared the following Word with Intercessors for America on March 17, 2020. She updated it June 20th. Again, it is so timely for today.] “On Friday, March 13, I woke up with the word, ‘RIOT FOR THE LORD!’ The word struck me as extreme and I hesitated to embrace it until I looked up the word ‘riot.’ Though commonly understood as a ‘violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd,’ the Lord was highlighting another usage. A riot is also ‘an impressively large or varied display of something.’ In other words, it is the intense passion and conviction of a group of people that ultimately deems something a ‘riot’. “In Matthew 11:12 (ESV), Jesus stated that ‘…the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence (has been coming violently), and the violent take it by force.’ In the context of the coronavirus threat, I believe the Lord is calling the Church to rise up in this hour with a ‘VIOLENT FAITH’ that stops the enemy in his tracks. We are seeing the physical riots around us–violent, yes. ‘Displays of something’–chaos, anarchy, lawlessness, violence. The counterfeit. What does ‘violent faith’ look like? The ‘disturbance’ we are creating through our passionate praise and our faith-backed prayers has power to destroy the works of the devil! “This past Sunday in our own small congregation, there arose a passionate zeal of the Lord in our worship that stirred our faith and confidence in God’s overriding purposes. A righteous indignation grew as we beheld His glory and confronted this curse which seeks a foothold in our nation. I believe this is what believers must continue to do if we are to see the tide turn. Regardless of our proximity to one another in the natural, our combined faith in God and oneness of heart and mind will be our primary vaccine against this demonic disease and our greatest weapon in nullifying its effects. “The Lord is saying, ‘It is the Mountain of the House of the Lord that I am establishing in this hour! It is MY House that is being built up in the inner courts of your homes and dwellings. Seize this opportunity and use it to build up your faith, your worship, and your communion in the Spirit. For out of it, I am clothing My people in garments of praise and presence and restoring the true Fear of the Lord that will displace every other fear. Praise Me in the stripping, for that which has been covering you in comfort and convenience must be laid aside to reveal an inner WELLSPRING of LIFE that earth can never produce but heaven will never deny.’” “And he said with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.’” (Revelation 14:7; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Worship God with passion and power and expect His glory to fill the atmosphere where you are. Fill your home. Fill your property. Fill your business if you’re a business owner. Fill your classroom if you’re a teacher. Fill your church or ministry building if you’re a ministry leader. Fill the streets of your neighborhood, your city centers, and the places you go daily. Take the territory! Fill the atmosphere with the presence of the Lord! See every clap, every stomp, every beat on a drum or a tambourine as a brick being laid on the foundation of His Name. This is building, establishing, the “house” of the Lord in this nation. See the earthly violence and rioting pushed back to make way for God’s presence in your realm of authority! A prayer you can pray: Father, call Your Church to powerful passionate, worship warfare. We must meet the enemy in a place of riotous worship and praise! We will fear You  and we will give You glory, because the hour of Your judgment has come. We will worship You who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water. We proclaim Your own Word from Psalm 149: “Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful. O Israel, rejoice in your Maker. O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King. Praise his name with dancing, accompanied by tambourine and harp. For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them. Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds. Let the praises of God be in their mouths, and a sharp sword in their hands—to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with shackles and their leaders with iron chains, to execute the judgment written against them. This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones. Praise the Lord!” Today’s decree: We will establish the House of the Lord in the earth through passionate, even violent, worship!

New Heavenly Communication Lines Are Forming [On Father’s Day, Chuck Pierce and his brother, Keith, went into a dynamic prophetic communication. It went back and forth between the two brothers, almost as if God was showing us through the delivery of the Word how He is creating new ways of communicating. We are going to need to listen carefully in days ahead and watch between many prophetic voices to glean all that He is saying. Here is the Word.] “The Lord is saying, ‘I am creating new storms. Watch for storms of surprise. They will sweep through the land. As I surprise you with the storm, it will settle the dust of the enemy around you. I say that I will not have a dry people. I will have a people who know how to dance in the rain. I will have a people that know how to communicate through the airwaves. I will have a people who know how to rise and decree, ‘God will triumph!’ (Chuck) “The Lord would say, ‘Be like the bird. Turn quickly into the storm. Face it off and receive the wind. The wind will take you up to higher and higher and higher places. I will take you over the storm and let you look down and see how minute things are in comparison to My majesty and My holy Name.’ (Keith) “I say to you, ‘You are still flying too low. I must have a people that come up to a place where there are songs that have never been heard. I have sounds waiting on you. I have things that will free your spirit and deliver you supernaturally. I tell you that I have new missions for you. You might say, “But, Lord, this could be awful.”’ But I say, ‘I’m sending you in to win, so rise up! As you intercede and spiritually blow up the enemy’s plans, you will hear the sound of victory that will enter the earth.’ (Chuck) “The Lord says, ‘The turbulence of the air is creating a vibration that will make a sound when it hits the wire you are sitting on. This sound has not been heard. So, let your wings extend to catch the turbulence. Arise, arise, arise! The vibration of the turbulence will cause the sound to resound in you.’ (Keith) “For I say, ‘I am positioning you in a key place for communication. I am creating a new communication network throughout the earth.’ I say to you, ‘Position yourself on the communication line. I have lines around the earth. I am speaking from heaven and if you will position yourself out of the fray around you and stand on the line, you will hear how to walk into your prosperity ahead.’ (Chuck) “And He said, ‘When the transformers of the earth blow up, be the transformers of My covenant. My covenant will extend and create a communication in the heavens that the enemy cannot understand, but My people can receive. Arise and transform and be the transformer. As you extend your hand, you will be the guidewire of safety in days ahead.’” (Keith) “And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, ‘Save us, Lord; we are perishing.’ And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?’ Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, ‘What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?’” (Matthew 8:23-27; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Declare, “God’s people will have the dryness shaken out of us as the storms of the Lord continue to the nation.” Declare, “The Ekklesia of God will run to the battle. We will decree the purposes of God where the enemy has meant something for evil. When we hear that the enemy will strike, we will cut that off before it can affect the nation.” Call forth the new lines of communication. I see songs and prophetic words that come from unnamed ones. There are songs that raise up the name of the Lord and cleanse the land. There are Words coming that have answers before there are questions. Listen carefully and create a transformation in your realm of influence. A prayer you can pray: God, we see storms all around us. You are no stranger to storms. In fact, You exist in the middle of them. You send the power of wind and waves to the earth. You use them for Your divine purposes. Teach us how to run into the storms and not away from them. In them are transformation models that need to come into the nation. We need to pay attention, listen, and learn from the turmoil. We say, “Your people will have the dryness shaken out of us as the storms of the Lord continue to the nation.” We will find ways to communicate Your will and ways as never before. We say, “We, Ekklesia of God, will run to the battle. We will decree the purposes of God where the enemy has meant something for evil. When we hear that the enemy will strike, we will cut that off before it can affect the nation.” We will worship the will of God. Let the new sounds and songs rise up from Judah. We will decree the will of God. We will open our mouths and prophesy into the chaos and see things settle out into the future God has destined for this nation. We will see the future and design the transformational models needed in our communities, cities, states, and nationally. The storms will show us what needs communicated and how to best bring God’s will to America in Jesus’ name. Amen. Today’s decree: America’s new communication lines will cry out, “God will triumph!”

Warring With a New Sound of War [Today I am bringing you a recent and timely Word of the Lord from Chuck Pierce.] “One thing this month is about is that you will begin to see as you have not seen before. You will see paths that you could not previously see. Things are going to open up. You are going to see things that you could not see last month or the month before. Decree that you are seeing your new opening. “We have to have a war expression in our worship. If there ever was a time for a warring in worship, it is now. We are a victorious remnant and we have to have a sound of victory about us. We have to allow the Lord to reach down deep in us and draw up what is necessary for the season. We have to do prophetic acts. What God is saying in the heavens, we have to express in the earth realm. Walking with the Lord is not about us being religious. It’s not about us having a ‘form’. It’s about us having an expression of heaven here in the earth realm. “The Lord says, ‘There is a sound in the distance. This is a month that I am calling my people into a place that you have not been before. I’m calling you to stand in ways that you haven’t stood.’ I say, ‘Watch when smoke comes up, because when smoke comes up, rally toward the fire. For I am putting in My people the ability to put out hell.’ I say to you, ‘Even though hell is raging and fire is rising up from the earth, I am giving My people a sound and a movement that will cause hell to recede.’ I say to you, ‘This month, press and press and press toward the fire, for I will quench the mouth of the enemy.’ “The Lord says, ‘I am a good Father and I know when to war against the enemy. I know when My people need to rise up and represent Me in the war ahead. Judah goes first and Judah must arise throughout the land with a new sound. It is a new sound of war!” “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12; NASB) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Stand up and see yourself clothed in the battle array of heaven, the armor of God. Speak Ephesians 6:10-18 describing that armor over yourself. Declare, “Where there is smoke and fire, we will run to the battle in God’s armor and with His high praises in our mouths!” Say, “We will sing and decree the new sound that is rising up to defeat His foes in our land!” Violently praise Him today, and push the darkness back over your home and beyond! A prayer you can pray: Lord, we declare Ephesians 6:10-18 over ourselves, “Finally, we will be strong in the Lord and in Your mighty power. We put on the full armor of God, so that we can take our stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore, we put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, we may be able to stand our ground, and after we have done everything, to stand. We will stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around our waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with our feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, we take up the shield of faith, with which we can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. We take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. We will pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, we make ourselves alert and always praying for all the Lord’s people until the Kingdom of God is established in the earth. We make worship our first method of battle against the strongholds of darkness this nation is facing! We worship and sing praises to Your Holy Name! Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven! Praise him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness! Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord! Amen! Today’s decree: We praise the Lord with our new sound of war!

Understanding That God is Separating to Multiply [Chuck Pierce gave the following Word in October 2018. It is exactly what we are living through now and I thought it might be good for us to revisit it.] “This is what’s ahead for the next 2 years and 4 months. You can mark it down. There is a big swamp ahead. Say, ‘We’re coming through this swamp.’ And, it is a swamp we are coming through. “We are in a time where we need to break out of conventional thinking. This is very key for us to understand if we are going to make it through this place that we are headed into. We have to understand that we are making a shift into harvest. It is not going to happen the way we think. Any time you are moving into a harvest season, what happens is that a separation comes, and it gets worse and worse and worse. It gets greater and greater and greater. Over the next two years, you will see one of the greatest separations in this nation. It will almost look like the Civil War has come. It’s just that God is going to have to define the separation, so that we fully understand it. “This separation is going to cause His people filled with the Holy Spirit to rise up as one. This is what is going to happen with us. We won’t have time for the racism card. We won’t have time for all of that, because we are going to have to be one. Voices will be raised up that carry the anointing. We are going to need to learn to see the anointing and how to follow the anointing to get through this season properly.” “On that day you will no longer need to be ashamed, for you will no longer be rebels against me. I will remove all proud and arrogant people from among you. There will be no more haughtiness on my holy mountain. Those who are left will be the lowly and humble, for it is they who trust in the name of the Lord.” (Zephaniah 3:11-12; NLT) “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Worship the Lord, for He is unfolding a plan that we would never have imagined, even though He told us in advance. Ask God for eyes to see and ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying and doing in this hour. Set aside your own thoughts, vain imaginations, and prejudices, so you can see what He is doing right now. Intercede for the Ekklesia of God to understand the times and season, so we can interpret them for those who are not waiting on the Lord or listening to the prophets. Therefore, they have not yet sought Him or heard Him and could be lost in the confusion of this season. Ask the Lord where the anointed ones are. Be ready for His answer to surprise you. Intercede for the new voices to arise and be heard! A prayer you can pray: Lord, You said that You don’t do anything unless You have told Your prophets about it first. Well, sometimes You tell them and they tell us, but we don’t comprehend the significance of it. Forgive us for treating Your written prophetic Word and Your prophetic Word spoken to the Church by an anointing of the Holy Spirit, as if they are just a part of a worship service. We esteem Your Word far too lightly! These are dangerous days, but they will have a wonderful outcome. You are preparing Your harvest. You have to separate out the wheat and the tares. You are in the process of even winnowing the harvesters, so the harvest does not rot when it comes into the barns,  Let those with ears hear what the Holy Spirit is saying. God, let the Church increase in our understanding of the prophetic passages of Your Word. Let us hear Holy Spirit inspired Words from the prophets and believe them and heed them and intercede into them. Separate darkness from the Church, and make us ready to love and care for the massive harvest of souls that’s about to be reaped. Make our eyes see others as You see them. Make our hearts love as You love. We cannot see through blind eyes or prejudiced hearts. Our family affinities and worldly mindsets must give way to truth. Clean us up and bring the let the harvest come in, we pray in Jesus’ name, amen. Today’s decree: When God separates, harvest is near!

Resting in The Father’s Love There are all kinds of fathers out there. In fact, the possibilities are so broad that this Fathers Day I want to talk with you about the ultimate Father. He is the one we Christians should all be able to relate to. He is the example Christian fathers should seek to emulate. By the way, it’s not possible for an earthly father to be as perfect a father as He is. So, relax and consider yourself a son today if you are a father. Let’s talk about how the Bible describes the attributes of God as our Father. First, God is described as love. He is pure love. All of His plans for us are formed and carried out with love as the basis. This is a love we cannot comprehend. Humanity can’t love like God loves. We can try and we might come close at times, but perfect love belongs to Him alone. 1 Corinthians 13 tells us this pure love is patient, is kind and is not jealous. This love does not brag and it is not arrogant. It does not act unbecomingly. It does not seek its own, is not provoked, and does not take into account a wrong suffered. This love does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. We think of this love as something to strive for. It can be that. But, more than that, it is a description of God’s nature. God is love. Go back and read 1 Corinthians 13:4 through 8 by first saying, “God, our Father, is…” Impactful isn’t it. Regardless of whether any earthly father could ever live up to this standard, our heavenly Father is this love. We can count on it. We can count on Him. He does love us, care for us, and forgive us when we sin. He saved us completely, and sent His own son, Jesus, to take our place and die on a cross, so we can live forever with Him. He planned it all and paid it all, because He loves you! He perfectly loves you. There are so many attributes of God we can talk about today, but the other one I want us to focus on is that God is an approachable Father. He is fully available at all times because of Jesus. Hebrews 4:14-16 (NIV) tells us, “Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” That passage comes at the end of a whole chapter discussing our need to live in the rest of God. We can, therefore, approach our loving Father and rest in His love at all times, especially when we don’t know what to do. When life is hard, when things don’t make sense, when we feel guilty or are hurting, afraid, or just weary from well doing, our loving Father is waiting to enjoy our company. Come to Him all you weary and He will give you rest. Come to Him today. ”Consider this: The Father has given us his love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God’s dear children. And that’s what we are.” (1 John 3:1; GWT) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Read 1 Corinthians 13 and 1 John 3 and let the revelation of the Father’s love sink deep into Your spirit. Sit for a bit and let His Spirit draw You to Himself as Father. Talk to Him about anything on your heart. Tell Him about any needs You have, any anxiety you feel, any sin you’re struggling with. Expect His love to wash over You, giving You peace and rest for your weary soul. A prayer you can pray: Father, You are love. Perfect and incomprehensible love. You are love that is patient, kind and is not jealous. You are love that does not seek its own, is not provoked, and has no evil intent. You are love that does not take into account a wrong suffered. You do not rejoice in unrighteousness, but You rejoice with the truth. Your love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. You never fail us. Your magnificent Word has many descriptions of You, but the greatest of these is Love. Help us to know You as that One that deeply and perfectly loves us. Help us to know You as our loving and faithful Father. Regardless of the earthly fathers we have had, or not known, let us know You this way. Regardless of our own failures as fathers, let us know Your love and forgiveness. Put Your wonderful nature in us, Your children. Forgive us, Lord, and let us be like You as much as possible. We will run to You today, even as a little child would. We will imagine ourselves climbing up in Your lap, right there on Your throne with You. We will come with boldness and confidence, understanding that Jesus made the way for us, and we will find grace to help us in time of need. We will bring our fears to You, our sin to You, our confusion, frustration, and weariness to You. We will come to You to find rest for all of our earthly needs. Lover of our soul, Father God, heal our hearts and minds as we rest in Your love today. Renew us in Your love. Amen. Today’s decree: The Church can rest in the love our Heavenly Father has for us.

God, Forgive Our Nation I didn’t respond right away to last Monday’s Supreme Court decision in Bostock v Clayton County. Frankly, it was a surprising decision. Sadly, the effect is purported by conservative legal experts to be as bad as we thought it would be. This ruling in this case redefines sex discrimination in Title VII to include LGBTQ individuals. Once again, nine Justices on the U. S. Supreme Court have legislated from the bench! Below is some information to help us make our voices heard and points for prayer from our friends at Intercessors for America. “A few years ago, most of us were surprised when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in the Obergefell case. At the time of the decision, I was speaking at a conference; I recall talking about the decision and the potential impact. I instantly felt the grieving in God’s heart as the highest court in the most powerful nation in history, founded in Christian principles, redefined His most basic expression of love: marriage. I wondered what the impact would be in our nation. “I had no idea. I had no idea about gender fluidity–that a person’s concept of gender could move back and forth between male and female. I had no idea that a person could identify as NEITHER male nor female. I had no idea about the phrase ‘sex assigned a birth.’ “Fast forward five years to this week when, once again, the Supreme Court of our nation ruled on sex in one decision based on three separate court cases; Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia is the lead. The Bostock ruling involves the question of what is employment discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’, as prohibited by Title VII. The term ‘sex’ was determined to include: anatomy, behavior, gender identity, and attraction. Now all these things are within the broadest definition of ‘sex’, at the core of a ‘protected class’ legally requiring a governmentally prescribed treatment. “Here is an explanation of discrimination written by Justice Neil Gorsuch in the majority opinion: ‘An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. In other words: because a woman wears dresses to work, you can’t discriminate against a man who wears dresses to work.’ “Please read that paragraph over. Let that sink in. This is a twisted rationale that legally protects the idea that there is no difference between male and female in the workplace. It’s not that everyone is equal, this ruling really declares everyone is the SAME. The God given – beautiful – distinction between male and female was blurred even before this ruling, with male athletes competing in female competitions, and men using female bathrooms, and more. Allowing women to wear dresses is ‘some’ form of equality, but it is not the same as when men wear them, because men and women are NOT the same. This ruling treats everyone the same and calls it equality. “Obergefell redefined God’s definition of marriage. Bostock declares God’s differences between men and women do not exist.” “He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.” (Genesis 5:2; NKJV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Read Genesis chapters 1 though 5 and solidify in your own mind God’s intent in creating male and female. Decree, “God created us in His image and likeness. He made mankind male and female.” Repent of any known sexual sin in your own life. Intercede identificationally for the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court justices. They do not understand what they have done. Pray for our nation now, but especially for our children and children’s children who will grow up without an understanding of the beauty and simplicity of gender meaning only male and female. Click here to let the nine Supreme Court Justices know how you feel about this ruling. A prayer you can pray: Lord, save us from the unimaginable effects of Bostock. Forgive us. We have no idea what this decision will mean to our nation as it releases this definition, which is against Your Word and nature. Turn this decision back. We have no other saving grace but You. Forgive us our own sexual sin, Father. How can we think to have our prayers heard if we are participating in similar sin? How dare we even ask. God, deliver each of us first and foremost. Forgive the Church for letting a door be opened because of our pride and unrepentant attitudes. We can’t even flirt with sexual sin if we want to turn this around in America! Even as we repent, God, let the voices be heard of all those who believe that gender is male and female alone, uniquely assigned to each one of us by You. We pray that our Supreme Court justices would hear truth and rule in true justice and righteousness, instead of making up rulings based on their own thinking. That is how things were in the time when judges ruled Israel—every man did what was right in his own eyes. That was abhorrent to You, God. Forgive us that we have come to this place as a nation. Lord, we do not hate the homosexual or the transgendered individual. We know how much You love and care about them. You desire that they would come to Jesus, the one that loves them the most. However, we cannot bend our nation’s laws to accommodate chosen lifestyles and genders. That is a very slippery slope that our society may not recover from. Where does the line get drawn? How far will the envelope get pushed? Save us Lord and we shall be saved. We pray all this in deep humility in Jesus’ loving name. Amen. Today’s decree: Our nation’s governance will turn and become pleasing to God who established us!

Juneteenth 2020 [Will Ford, III, is a leader in the Body of Christ anointed to bring healing and reconciliation to this nation. We asked him to write today’s devotional as we feel this Juneteenth celebration is happening in a unique time in history. If you are not familiar with Juneteenth, you can read here about how it is “the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.”] “This Juneteenth is fraught with many challenges in our nation. In a time when social distancing has revealed the social distance in our hearts, America is at a unique turning point many would refer to as a hinge of history. Juneteenth is the time when we reflect as a nation on when the slaves in Texas finally learned they were free. That happened two years after the slaves were freed by President Lincoln. It’s encouraging today to focus on the triumph of the gospel through a united remnant of Christians, Black and White, that became co-laborers for revival, justice and freedom in our land. “Ahmaud Arbery was killed in Brunswick, Georgia, which became a catalyst of what sparked current racial tensions. About a year before this happened, I spoke at a church in the city of Brunswick, pastored by Jaimie Jackson. During worship, I saw a vision of three cords being woven together to form a wick. The wick caught on fire, and I heard the Lord say, “Out of Brunswick will come a burning wick of revival and justice.” I shared the word with the congregation, and the pastor said that Robert Stearns had released a similar word 20 years earlier. I toured the region and learned that this area in Georgia has a rich revival history. It is the place where John and Charles Wesley first came to America on a boat with the Moravians. The Moravians started modern missions through 100-year-long day and night prayer and worship. Some of those missionaries even sold themselves into slavery in order to preach the gospel to slaves. I walked through the woods where the Wesleys prayed and went to the church where they preached. “Neighboring close by is Savannah, Georgia, where George Lisle (pronounced Lile), together with his disciple Andrew Bryan, planted the first and oldest African American church in America. Before Lisle moved from Virginia to Georgia, he heard the preaching of George Whitfield and got saved. Lisle became such a profound slave preacher that his master set him free to preach. Lisle was baptized by a white Baptist denomination, and eventually planted a missionary work that became a 4,000-member church in Jamaica. That made him the first ever missionary to leave American soil. It’s amazing that all of this was birthed in the Brunswick Georgia area through the Moravian burning wick of prayer. “It’s been said that “…there’s always been a rude awakening before a spiritual Great Awakening.” God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and He has a plan that will bind us together with cords of love that cannot be broken. I am confident that a united remnant in the church will once again arise to heal a divided nation. This Juneteenth, I’m encouraged because I believe greater freedom is coming to America. Let’s pray that a smoldering wick of revival would be fanned by God into a flame of awakening.” “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” (Psalm 85:6; ESV) “I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” (John 17:15-21; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Click here to learn about Juneteenth. Intercede for the nation, especially those in the Church, to acknowledge and honor the contributions Black Americans have made throughout our history. Pray the prayer that Jesus prayed in John 17:15-21 that we would be one, all people groups together, in Christ. Ask the Lord to use the current sentiment of racial injustice to spark that wick of revival and justice in America. Pray that a smoldering wick of revival would be fanned by God into a flame of a Great Awakening. A prayer you can pray: Lord, America needs grace to get through this season. These times are difficult to navigate and we need to correct some things historically in order to move forward. We have not acknowledged many of the contributions that Black Americans have made that moved this nation forward and which advanced Your kingdom in the earth from these shores. We need to educate ourselves on the full and complete history of America. Let these tumultuous days be that spark to the wick that causes us to shift into revival and take another step forward toward establishing true and righteous justice. Jesus, in John 17 You petitioned the Father to make us one—with You and with one another. We continue to cry out for that today. In fact, we can’t move forward unless You do. God help us, because we don’t know how to do this in the natural. We repent of any participation in racist words and actions that may have fed the beast that led us to this place in history. We need Your supernatural intervention in answer to our humble intercession. We need answers. We need change. We pray that a smoldering wick of revival would be fanned by the Holy Spirit into a flame of a Great Awakening in this land! God, revive us again! Amen. Today’s decree: Our current national pain of racial injustice will become a burning wick of revival and justice in America. Will Ford is Co-Author of “The Dream King: How The Dream Of Martin Luther King Jr., Is being Fulfilled To Heal Racism In America.” www.dreamstreamco.com/store.

Crying Out for Change Springing From Injustice I feel that the way the protests began, peacefully and with impassioned speeches, they could have made a positive difference in our nation. They could have brought positive change and I pray they still do. Many people, like myself, will still come alongside and help the grieving black community and the families directly affected. We will support anything that will move our nation to another point of stopping things like this. I also believe many mayors, city council members, and police chiefs will be moved to take another look at how violence and racism creeps into law enforcement. We have made progress over the years in the ending of racism, and it is continuing and it will continue. However, the voice of the bitter and the voice of the angry and the voice of the Antifa-type of groups that want to change America have entered the mix. When the violence and the looting began to mix in with the peaceful protests, things changed. There are always evil people out there that try to take advantage of a situation. They did and they caused an injustice in the harming and looting and even killing of innocent people. There was a destroying of innocent peoples’ livelihoods. All of that is evil. Rather than unity, that creates a type of division. They have sadly succeeded to a point. What could have brought us together has now been used by those individuals and groups to try to separate us. Most people, black or white or other races, are not racist and we should not judge each other by the actions of a few. I personally refuse to judge the hurting and the grieving by the actions of a few. I want to ask my black brothers and sisters to do the same. We can get through this. We will get through this. We can make this nation better out of these unjust situations. “He has told you, O man, what is good—and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8; MEV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Intercede for an atmosphere of love, kindness, mercy, and unity to permeate this nation. Intercede for the reformation of this nation. Bind the wicked and evil strongman of division that seeks to use hatred and violence to divide us and stop God’s plans for America. We are meant to be a melting pot of many nations, tongues and tribes. Say to that spirit, “You will not continue to rule America. You will be brought down. In the mighty name of Jesus, you will be brought down.” Bless all the people of this nation. Bless them with love, justice, healing of their hearts, and emotions. Pray for physical, emotional, physical and spiritual needs to be met in Christ Jesus. Say, “Heal us, Lord, and heal our nation.” A prayer you can pray: Father, awaken the conscience of a nation. Baptize us in love and kindness and mercy. One toward another, everyone, may we find ourselves preferring one another. Let us give to the poor. Let us not just help them in their poverty, but help them out of their poverty. Bring us together through a revival in a way that we can reach the lost, but also reform a nation. We bind the strongman. We bind the spirit of hatred, evil, racism, and division, over our nation. We say, “You will not continue to rule America. You will be brought down. In the mighty name of Jesus, you will be brought down.” Lord, I pray a blessing over all those that are hurting right now. I pray they would be comforted in this time. I pray for those that have lost businesses, livelihoods, through the violence and through the virus. Encourage them, comfort them, and turn things around for them. I pray for those that have experienced racism and been targeted senselessly in ways that were humiliating. Heal them, Jesus. Help them to be able to forgive and release those that have harmed them. Help them to do this based on truth, not feelings. May they be able to leave the pain with You. Grant them grace to do this in Jesus name. May we all find strength in this hour to remain strong in You. Heal us, Lord, and heal our nation. Amen. Today’s decree: May the righteous rise up and do justice, show kindness, and heal this land.

My Thoughts on Racism and Injustice Our nation continues to be in a lot of trauma and turmoil. Just as we feel we are coming out on the other side of the coronavirus pandemic, we have experienced the racial unrest, violence and tragedy that has taken place. I want to talk to you from my heart about that for a bit. I have waited to say anything about the violence against George Floyd and the resulting circumstances for a couple of reasons. First, my only influence and ability to change anything in America is through prayer and to influence those following me to pray. I also waited because, typically, emotional responses do more harm than good. So, I usually try to wait until my, and others’, emotions settle. I have found that wisdom doesn’t flow from emotion. In fact, emotions get in the way of wisdom. Healing doesn’t flow out of emotions, especially where anger and violence are involved. Emotions were not given to guide our decision-making. In fact, I always counsel people to never make a life-decision (something large in its consequences) when you are emotional. We should wait until our emotions calm down. Let’s talk about anger. James 1:19-20 in the NASB says, “Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.” Was I angry when I saw George Floyd murdered? I was angry. I am still angry. Did I grieve? Yes. Did I shed tears as I watched it? Yes. I was truly appalled. However, I waited to give my response because scripture wisely teaches us to do so. Racism is evil. I hate all forms of racism. I love all people of all races. I have tried to demonstrate that over the years. I have spent countless hours trying to demonstrate that across this nation. I have shed countless tears visiting many places to pray and deal with the past sins of this nation. I have participated in services and ceremonies dealing with past racial sins against African Americans and Native American peoples, among others. I have prayed in places where there were slave entry ports and other places of racial atrocities. I have spent a lot of money and a lot of time and a bunch of emotional energy to change this. It has broken my heart to see people on all sides of this issue be treated without respect. I loathe all forms of injustice. I believe this is the heart of God. He hates injustice, as well. He hates abortion and the racism associated with that. Don’t forget that Planned Parenthood was founded by a racist and last year Planned Parenthood killed over 675,000 black babies. I despise that. I will continue to speak out against that. I will continue to speak out against those who approve of it and fund it. I despise human trafficking and the injustice in that. I hate the injustice of poverty. I find any form of injustice despicable. I think all of us should. I pray against injustice and I pray all of you are praying against injustice as well. I continue to ask God to heal this land. Continue with me. “Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.” (Isaiah 1:17; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Sit before the Lord and invite Him to do a heart check on you today. Is there anything in you that has engaged in racism or injustice? “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.” (Psalm 139:23-24; BSB) Pour your heart out to the Lord about any national issues that you are concerned about. He cares and He will listen to everything you are feeling about it. Let Him deal with any anger in you that is not righteous anger. Anger polarizes. It does not unite. Pray, “My anger does not achieve the righteousness of God. So, help me, Lord. Remove any unrighteous or purely emotional anger from me.” Invite Him to still your heart, your mind, and your emotions, so that you can hear Him ever more clearly. For “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:7; NKJV) Ask Him for wisdom, for His wisdom is “first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.” (James 3:17; ESV) A prayer you can pray: Lord, we come to You now and we pray for the family that Mr. George Floyd left behind. Comfort them in their sorrow. We pray for the Black community that has had one more thing happen in this that has opened up past wounds to cause them pain and anger. I pray that their grief would turn into something good and not something violent. I pray against racism in this nation, wherever it comes from and regardless of to whom it goes. It is a spirit. It’s a principality. It is a part of the kingdom of darkness that wants to steal, kill and destroy. Help us in this season to pull down this giant. Whether it’s against the Jew, the Black man, the Latino, the Asian or the White man, or anyone else, I pray against it. I pray that You help us through this season to dethrone tis spirit over this nation and elsewhere. Give us wisdom to do that. Give us angelic help to do this. Send angels to deal with the anger that exists now. Let them bring Your peace. You have messenger angels to help people to hear and understand one another. Lord, give us voices that can address this issue. Let these voices carry compassion and express the desire to gain understanding. Bring us leaders that are able to bring healing and bring wisdom and strategy for change. I know You have these people ready, Lord. Bring them forward now. Give them favor and make their voices heard in the land. These are Your peacemakers. It is time for them to come forth in Jesus’ Name. Amen. Today’s decree: Let all racial injustice in America be loathed, and let this nation finally be made one.

Satan Cannot Stop This Move of God [Today’s post is from my friend, Rick Ridings, from Jerusalem.] “The prophets have been prophesying a great harvest of souls and some are saying, ‘Where is that harvest?’ That harvest is coming in across the earth. It is happening. It will spread to many other places. There is a beginning outpouring in many nations. 77, 000 Muslims came to the Lord in a church in Uganda last year. They have been seeing phenomenal miracles. God is working in that nation. COVID-19 is all around that nation, but there has not been one death to date in all of Uganda. I believe it is one of the forerunner nations that are building new models based on worship. “I have been concerned that when the Great Harvest began the enemy would try to cut it off through extreme circumstances and challenges. As the Azusa Street revival was happening, World War I and the Spanish Flu broke out. Both of those were trying to stop what God was doing. What I had to come to believe, and we need to realize, is that the enemy cannot stop what God is doing. Rather, God wants to use us to stop what the devil is doing. There is a stirring to bring evil alliances in the earth to cut off the global move of God. “I had a vision about the Lord beginning to spread out the train of His robe over the globe. As He did, there were certain evil thrones that were overthrown, but there was also something of His governmental Glory that was released. Then, I saw in the sky above Him, in huge letters, the word ‘restrained’. That means ‘to hold back; to control the actions or behavior of another to stop them from doing something; or to limit the growth or force of something’. So, I felt God was saying, ‘Right now, I am releasing the train of My robes, which represent governmental Glory. As I am releasing governmental Glory on My Body, then You will be able to restrain the enemy and to stop the war before it starts. “Therefore, I believe we are to restrain the powers of anarchy, of anti-Christ, of the Red Dragon, and of any other force trying to stop His move of Glory and harvest. God will help us as the Body to receive this governmental authority from Him. It will cause us to lay aside all self-reliance, self-righteousness, or a sense that we know how to do this. We are to be in total dependence on Him. As we worship Him, He will begin to give us Kingdom solutions, new models, and new alliances. Do not just sit there and let the enemy do what he wants to do. We need to be filled with faith and hope, worship and proclamation, and we need to carry out His Will on the earth.” “It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.” (Isaiah 6:1; NLT) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: With the enemy coming in on many fronts, we must fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Worship and do that now. Intercede for the great harvest of souls. You don’t need to pray about everything going on. In fact, you might wear yourself out! Ask the Lord what front you are to be engaged in spiritual battle on. First, ask God what He is doing in that area. Second, ask Him to help you see or discern what the enemy is doing to stop God’s plans. Gain specific instructions for intercession into that situation, both to route the enemy and to see God’s purposes established. Call forth the manifestation of Kingdom models and solutions in that arena. Ask Him if there is anything you need to be actively doing in addition to praying in that area. Declare over your assignment, “Kingdom of God, come! Will of God, be done on earth as it is in heaven!” A prayer you can pray: Father, there is so much going on that it is hard not to feel overwhelmed and scattered in my prayers. Sometimes, I just get stuck and become unsure of what I should be prioritizing in intercession. Settle my heart today. I will worship Jesus, Your Son, and the lover of my soul in whom I shall find rest. Reveal to me if there is one area that You are calling me to specifically focus. Show me everything You want to do in that area. Help me to see and discern what Satan is attempting to do to thwart Your plans. Give me great faith to engage in that spiritual battle, so I can work with the prayers of other saints and with Your holy angels to stop the enemy in his tracks! Give me scripture. Give me songs. Teach my hands and mouth to war! Form decrees in my spirit man so I can speak forth the way forward in my arena of influence. Let the solutions of heaven come into the earth realm. Let new mindsets and models that are necessary for this era begin to form. If there is something You would have me do to establish or reinforce this victory, show me, Lord. I want to completely fulfill Your assignment. I want to lay aside all self-reliance, self-righteousness, or a sense that I know how to do this. I want to be in total humility and dependence on You. Be glorified Great King of the universe! Be glorified beautiful Son. Be glorified Holy Spirit of the Living God. Fill me with faith and fire, passion and grace. Kingdom of God, come! Will of God, be done on earth as it is in heaven! All praise to You, King Jesus! Amen. Today’s decree: Kingdom solutions and new Kingdom models are being created in this nation! Learn more about Rick Ridings here.

Worship Jesus and He Will Repel the Enemy at the Gate [Patricia Ridings and her husband, Rick, established Succat Hallel, a 24-hour house of prayer, in Jerusalem. Listen to her wisdom on how worship enthrones the Lord and vanquishes the enemy.] “Isaiah 28:17 in the NASB version says, ‘I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level; then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies and the waters will overflow the secret place.’ Here in Jerusalem, we have been proclaiming this over and over during this time. In Isaiah 28:1, it says, ‘Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is at the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!’ I thought of the coronavirus. There is a proud boast in this virus whose name means ‘crown’, but the next verse says it is a fading flower. It goes on in verse 2 and 3, ‘Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent; as a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, He has cast it down to the earth with His hand. The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trodden under foot.’ I think the Lord is causing things to be revealed because of this virus which is threatening us. I believe the earth is vomiting out the filth and corruption that has been hidden. He’s uncovering secret places where wicked men have hidden their actions. “Now, the true crown is revealed in verse 5 and 6, ‘In that day the Lord of hosts will become a beautiful crown and a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people; a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.’ So, this is our hope. We are looking to the Lord Himself to be revealed as the beautiful King of Kings. The enemy has counterfeited the crown of the Lord with a coronavirus. We must not turn our gaze from the Lord and the beauty of His majesty. We must realize fully that He is the Spirit of Justice for those that sit in judgement and a strength for those of us that repel the onslaught at the gate. We must want to be His Voice in the earth. We must want to be those worshipers that are even seen in the streets. When we get out in the streets and worship, the Lord is anointing us with His peace. We can bring peace where there are protests. Worship is a key. It steals the power of the counterfeit away from the enemy.” “Then Jesus said to him, ‘Be gone, Satan! For it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve.”’” (Matthew 4:10; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Worship Jesus! Declare, “Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords! We worship Him in the beauty of His Majesty!” Declare Isaiah 1:5-6, “We are in that day when the Lord of hosts will become a beautiful crown and a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people; a spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.” War in the spiritual realm against the “demonic onslaught at the gate” of our nation. Spiritually war in your heavenly language if you have no words. Worship Jesus! A prayer you can pray: [This is one of those days we are asking you to walk through the instructions in the “Give Him 15 minutes in prayer” section above. Make this as personal as you can.] Today’s decree: Jesus the Spirit of Justice is being revealed and will repel every evil onslaught at the gate. Learn more about Patricia Ridings here.