The Kingdom of God Affects Everything The Kingdom of God affects everything! It’s like a leaven. When it begins to be released through the governing principles of God into the earth, it affects people, animals, and structures, and all of nature itself. Go to YouTube and watch “Appalachian Dawn”. It’s about a part of Kentucky that saw revival and reformation. Not only did people get saved and an entire drug culture get eradicated, but elk that had left the region began to repopulate. The greatest population of elk is now in that county! The water there had been some of the worst water in Kentucky. It became some of the purest water in the entire country without man doing anything naturally to make it change. They once had a lively fishing industry, but the fish had all left. When revival hit, the fish returned to that part of the river. Everything changed! (See NOTE.) “But ask the wild animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you. Let the fish of the sea make it known to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this? In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all men.” (Job 12:7-10; NLV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Get the revelation you need to be an atmosphere changer! Declare man and animals, nature and governments free from the oppression of the enemy! Decree that God did not just act on behalf of Manchester, KY, but He will honor the humble, united intercession in your area of the country, as well! Tell the enemy to get out and take his drug trade, corruption, pornography, death structures, and wicked government and laws with him! Call back the restoration of things that have once been vibrant in your area, providing blessings and wholeness for the people to the glory of God! A prayer you can pray: Lord, we say that we are changing the atmosphere of this nation. It may take us six months or a year, but we are changing the atmosphere. We are going to break division, strife and racism off this nation. We’re going to see those with pure, humble hearts rise up more and more into positions of favor. We are going to see people come to Christ in this reformed atmosphere, and we are going to see it affect animals, crops, nature, everything! We will preach more than the Gospel of Salvation. That’s just one small part of what we’ll preach! We are going to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom and watch the earth, man, and nature respond! In Jesus’ Name, amen. Today’s decree: We will preach the Gospel of the Kingdom and see the reformation of man, animals, government, and lands! NOTE: George Otis, Jr. and the Sentinel Group have a series of Transformation videos, one of which is “An Appalachian Dawn”. You can see them and order them here.

Even Nature Responds to Revival God actually says in the Bible, “When you follow My ways, and you’re in covenant with Me, even nature will begin to respond. You won’t have plagues, pests won’t eat your crops, and you won’t have floods. You won’t have famine and starvation. Everything will come into proper balance when you follow My ways.” Don’t tell me that He’ll do that under the old covenant, but not under the new covenant. In fact, if you study any true national revival around the world, you will find that not only people responded, but nature responded to the move of God. “Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty, can say to him, ‘You are my defender and protector. You are my God; in you I trust.’ He will keep you safe from all hidden dangers and from all deadly diseases. He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you. You need not fear any dangers at night or sudden attacks during the day or the plagues that strike in the dark or the evils that kill in daylight.” (Psalm 91:1-6; GNT) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Ask God to show you in His Word where nature responded to covenant. Are you in an area where crops are failing or floods are occurring or pests are overwhelming? Reaffirm your covenant with God and command these matters to line up with the promises of that covenant. Intercede with even more passion and faith than you’ve had before for revival for America! A prayer you can pray: Father, show me in Your Word all the places where nature had to respond to Your covenant with man. Let it go deep in my spirit, so faith arises in me. Show me how to believe for nature to line up with Your covenant promises. End floods, pestilence, sickness and disease in my realm of authority. I call other Believers to get this and walk in this level of faith, as well! I cry out to You for revival in America, complete with supernatural signs and wonders, as nature itself declares the glory of God! Amen. Today’s decree: I need not fear nature’s wrath or damage, because I am in covenant with God, and my prayers into that covenant will bring revival to this nation!

Re-forming Governments If we can get this concept of the Ekklesia legislating the Will of God in the earth, we are going to see millions come into the Kingdom. Millions. Then, the nations are literally going to ask us, “Can you help us reshape our government? Would you help us with our education systems? Would you help us eradicate poverty, hunger and starvation?” God’s going to help from heaven and He’s going to help the nations through us! “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens.” (Revelation 3:7; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Stir up your most holy faith! Let this revelation explode inside your heart and mind. Worship God and open your heart to His Word. Grab hold of those keys of David and ask God how to use them fully to reap a harvest and shift nations. Offer your gifts to God to transform some arena of authority in your city, this nation or another. Has He given you keys to transform education, reshape legislation, or adjust economic structures? Do you have keys to eradicate poverty or eliminate sex trafficking? Offer the skills and abilities God has placed in you back to God! It is time. A prayer you can pray: Lord, I stir up the gift of faith You have uniquely given me! As I worship You, grant me fresh revelation of the use of the keys of David. What will You have me open and shut in Your Name? How shall I work with You to legislate Your Will into the earth, my city, my nation or the nations of the earth? Shall we rewrite earthly legislation and ordinances? Shall we combat poverty, homelessness, or hunger? Shall we free the modern-day slaves? Let’s move the education system back to actually educating our young! I’m ready to get to work with You, Jesus, to reap a great harvest and transform nations! Amen! Today’s decree: God is going to help the nations through His Ekklesia, the Church!

Following the Father In John 5:19-24, Jesus talks about His relationship with the Father. In John 10:30, He says that He and the Father are one. Believers are encouraged to live like Christ throughout the New Testament. So, here’s the deal: Can you imagine what the Church would look like if we started living as if God is indeed our Father? “God is our Father,” you say. Our Father raises the dead, casts out demons, rules, reigns and judges with righteous judgement, and He is building a Kingdom and amazing a nation. Are we amazing the nation yet? “So Jesus answered them, ‘I tell you the truth: the Son can do nothing on his own; he does only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. He will show him even greater things to do than this, and you will all be amazed.’” (John 5:19-20; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Good news! You get to repent! Repent for your doubt and unbelief. Take a walk through the four Gospels (or just Mark, if your time is limited. Look at everything Jesus did that He said He saw the Father doing. Tell your heavenly Father that you want to do these things, also! Bless your earthly father today, if he is living. If he is unsaved, ask God to use you to introduce him to the Father. If he was a rascal, ask the Lord to help him repent and be saved. A prayer you can pray: Father, I want to be like Jesus. He loves You. He trusts You. He partners with you to expand Your Kingdom. He lives in me and left me instructions in Your Word. I need to believe that You live in me and that I can do the works that Jesus did, which were everything He saw You doing. I want to raise the dead, cast out demons, save the lost, and heal the sick. I want to demonstrate Your power to a nation that needs Your righteousness and justice. Show me all the great things You want to partner with me to do. (If your father is living, add this next section.) On this Father’s Day, I bless my dad. I also pray that you would use me to help my dad come to know You as fully as possible. I forgive him for any way he hurt or abandoned me or acted in any unloving way. Thank You Jesus, for my earthly dad and my heavenly Father. Amen. Today’s decree: This Father’s Day, the sons of God will explode with revelation of what it means to do whatever the Father is doing!

Discipling Nations Jesus never said to go make disciples in Matthew 28. That’s not what He said in any Greek text in the New Testament. He said, “Go disciple nations.” I am not saying we should not disciple people. I’m saying that it is not what He said. He made it broader. He basically said, “You go disciple nations, and you teach them to do everything I have commanded you to do.” This is all about being the Ekklesia. This is saying, “You’re going to steward the planet for me again. You’re going to teach My ways and the principles of the Kingdom, entire nations at a time.” If we ever fully embrace that, which I believe the Church will, we are going to see more transformation before the Lord returns than we ever could have imagined! “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Pray for those already in government that they would come to know Christ, so they might fully utilize the office they have been placed in. Pray for the Ekklesia to know how to operate as disciplers of nations. This may encompass the discipling of individuals, but toward a bigger goal, Kingdom expansion, not just living a righteous and moral life. Legislate in prayer as often as you can with as much knowledge as you have. Educate yourself in God’s ways, so you can be sure to legislate in His Will and not your own. A prayer you can pray: Lord, our faith is in You and You can use anybody. We can be Your ambassadors on earth. We can be those who represent Your authority. The God of government can flow through us. Help our governing officials to understand that, especially. You are the Supreme authority. You are the God of heaven and earth, and the earth is Yours. Put a spirit of prayer in us and in those in government. May we weep over this nation, not out of despair, but weeping as we see how we have broken Your heart and turned from You. We say, “Would You please, Sir, come and save us?! Come and show us what to do and say to line our nation up with Your Word and Your ways. Teach us to disciple this nation, Holy Spirit.” In Jesus’ Name, amen. Today’s decree: We will go and make disciples of all nations, as the Lord has given us authority to do so.

Strategy to Overcome “The U.S. strategy for conquering Japan (during World War II) was to capture a succession of weaker Japanese outposts, ‘island-hopping’ toward the Japanese mainland. Slowly, in many bloody battles in the Pacific jungle, at Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines, and Iwo Jima, the U.S. forces wrested Pacific territory from the Japanese, island by island.”1 “Then Joshua said to his men, ‘Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid. I will show you what the Lord will do to the enemies you will fight in the future.’ Joshua captured all the cities from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza. And he captured all the cities from Goshen to Gibeon. He captured all these cities and their kings on one trip. He did it because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.” (Joshua 10:25 & 41-42; ICB) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Spiritual warfare often mimics warfare in the natural realm. Ask the Lord for prayer strategies that chip away at demonic strongholds in the nation and in your state and region bit by bit. Write them down and watch for victories reported in the media. Grab a friend or two and take your prayer strikes out into the community. Pray over places you know of that represent current or historical strongholds. Where was innocent blood shed? Where is there false worship? Where are there strongholds of poverty, violence or injustice? Ask the Lord to show you where to go and what to do – He will! Start somewhere and keep this up over time. Don’t worry if others have already done this. If you still see a problem, then go do it again! Reinforce spiritual victories: go to places where God moved in past revivals. Where are the wells? Go “redig” them in worship and intercession. Finally, prayer without action is often not enough to keep the enemy permanently at bay. Ask the Lord if there is a strategy in the natural to effect lasting change. Get filled with faith and do whatever He tells you to do – big or small. A prayer you can pray: Father, teach us to war in the spirit! Show me where there are spiritual strongholds that have been built up by the enemy that you want me to deal with in my generation. Give me a prayer partner or two or three to go to historical sites to pray until the enemy is routed! Send us to the places where You have moved in that past, so we can redig those wells of revival! Fill us with faith and show us how to hold the ground both in prayer and in action. Thank you, Jesus, Amen. Today’s decree: We will take ground one step at a time until our God has reversed every curse and we have shifted our nation to glorify Him! 1 The Library of Congress, American Memory, “Today in History.” LibraryOfCongress.com, 12/10/2010. 6/15/17.

The Shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise Yesterday morning, a United States Congressman was shot. Rep. Steve Scalise was at a baseball field in Arlington, VA, with about 20 other Congressmen, getting ready to practice for a charity game on Thursday. James Hodgkinson, a 66-year old Bernie Sanders supporter who appeared to harbor serious anti-Trump sentiments, purposefully opened fire on the GOP Congressmen, some staff members, and Capitol police gathered there. Rep Scalise is in critical condition and five others have varying levels of injury, with a couple hospitalized. The gunman is dead. Is this how far our political division is driving us? God, unify us! “’In your anger, do not sin’: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” (Ephesians 4:26-27; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: We must take Christ’s position as Intercessor and we must pray. Pray for all victims and families involved. Pray for comfort and healing of the physical and emotional trauma. Pray into this political divide that is tearing us apart. Deal with any anger you harbor—any hatred in your heart, no matter how seemingly insignificant. Forgive those you feel offended at over political differences. Now, ask God for unity and to heal our nation. He will hear you. A prayer you can pray: Father, I choose to take up the position of Christ, the Intercessor, on behalf of my nation. Lord, heal those who were injured or traumatized. Heal the hearts of all victims’ family members. Lord, prepare me to stand with authority in this divisive gap in America. I repent of any anger I hold toward others. Shine Your bright Holy Ghost spotlight on my heart. Uncover any offense I hold toward others due to political differences. I repent of harboring that political spirit. Free me, Jesus. Do the same for many in America. Free my nation! Heal us and unify us, Lord. I know you can! Amen. Today’s decree: God will deliver the United States from hatred and divisive anger as the Church humbles themselves to pray.

Victory Is In Process We will wait, worship, listen, decree, and appeal to heaven. And we WILL change things, recapturing the destiny of Heaven for America and resetting her course to its God-ordained destination. If you believe God answers Spirit-led appeals and Biblical decrees; if you believe the God who birthed this nation can rebirth it; if you believe a Third Great Awakening can change everything and IS COMING to America, let’s write history together. We are gaining momentum. We are turning the tide. We will win. “You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways” (Job 22:28; NASB) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: If God started something for His purposes, then we can believe he plans to finish it. Tell the Lord that you want to participate with Him and decree His Will for this nation. Decree that as He has birthed this nation and has a plan for it, so shall this nation fulfill His Will for it. Decree that He can rebirth America! Decree that Awakening is coming to the United States, as well as many other places around the globe. Tell the Lord you want to be a part of it, together with your children and grandchildren. Step into the gap and continue to intercede between the way things are and how they should be in America. A prayer you can pray: Father, I believe that You started something in this nation over two hundred years ago. You had a plan and You plan to see it come to pass. I decree that Your Will will be done in America, Lord! I decree that what You birthed You will rebirth to get us back on track with Your plan. I decree that a third Great Awakening is at hand in this nation and in the nations of the earth. I will see it sweep many into the Kingdom and I will see You exalted and Your glory manifested! (Keep interceding between the way things are in our land and the way you know God wants them to be.) Today’s decree: The Church is beginning to boldly decree the Will of God into the nation and we will see the tide turn and His glory fill this land from sea to shining sea!

A Re-commissioning Jesus said, “My family is going to be My governing body on planet Earth, just like I intended in the book of Genesis. They’re going to bind for Me. They’re going to loose for Me. I’m going to give them the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven and they’re going to govern for Me as My Ekklesia.” At the ends of the gospels of Mark and Matthew, He formalized this again as He did in Genesis. He re-commissioned us. God wasn’t starting over, He was restoring things back to the Plan. In Mark’s gospel, He said, “Go tell people that they can be a part of My family again.” In Matthew’s, He doesn’t say, “Go get them saved.” He says, “Go disciple nations.” “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19; NASB) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Thank Him for His plan that is eternal and which He did not throw aside at the Fall of man. Thank Him for His getting us back on track and welcoming us to assist Him in the earth to fulfill that plan. Thank Him for the shifting of things in America right now, ignoring the anger, the confusion, and the attempts of those angry ones to try to stop what He is doing. Tell Him you are available to work with Him to pray for and restore America to His plan, regardless of the turmoil all around us. A prayer you can pray: Lord, I thank You for the change that You have begun in this nation. I thank You for Your beginning of shifting the government and the courts. I thank You that President Trump is listening to conservative constitutionalists and Believers who are advising him. I thank You for the change that has begun. We’re not naive enough to think this nation has turned. We see the warfare that is now taking place. We see the anger. We see those who have entrenched themselves in this nation as if they own it. We see their distortion of the truth. We see the character assassinations taking place. We see the attempt to steal from us the ability to change this nation. We position ourselves before You, Lord, and ask You to teach us how to pray for the United States in these tumultuous days. Thank You, Jesus. Amen. Today’s decree: God has placed the keys of His Kingdom in our hands and in our mouths and we ought to be using them to restore and advance His plans!

What Does it Mean to Disciple Nations? The Romans used the Greek term “ekklesia” for “governing a region”. However, they added the concept of “discipling a region”. When the Romans conquered a country or region, they sent in “ekklesias” to govern it. They knew they could not govern it in peace and have a long-lasting empire if they did not change the thinking of the people. The ekklesias would retrain them to become satisfied that they were citizens of a new kingdom, so that they would no longer desire their former way of life. This is what Jesus was referring to when He said Believers (His Ekklesia) were to disciple nations. “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Oh, get this revelation! God’s family was formed to disciple nations, not just make converts. Ponder this for a few minutes. Ask the Lord how you can participate in this discipling process in your realm of authority. If so, our nation will shift! Can you help change legislation? Can you write articles? Are you in a position to help rethink the way your company is doing business? Pray for God to open a door for you to speak into the next generation. Moms and dads, talk to your kids and their friends about godly principles. Educators and coaches, form relationships with your students and challenge their worldview. Pastors, especially children’s and youth pastors, you had better be able to preach the Word and defend it without bending to current cultural norms. Ekklesia, disciple! A prayer you can pray: Holy Spirit, teach me! Let me get this! I know this is going to shift America and change my life in the process! God’s family, the Ekklesia, of which I am a part, is meant to disciple nations—our nation! We are not doing that—yet! Show me how to disciple that part of the nation that is in my realm of influence. Give me strategies that attract both the saved and the unsaved. Thought processes can shift over time, if we patiently and respectfully keep going. Open doors for me to participate. May I learn all I can to bring the Word into the current culture and help shift America. Thank You, Jesus. Amen. Today’s decree: In Christ’s authority, I will work with the Family of God, the Ekklesia, to begin to disciple this nation in my realm of authority!

The Family is an Ekklesia God said, “I’m going to build a family.” Then, He called that an Ekklesia—“the Church”. “I’m going to build a Church. I’m going to establish a family called a Church. It won’t be a building. It won’t be a service, as in ‘going to church’.” Ekklesia is a word for “legislative government or legislative assembly”. It was used in the context of assembling for government. The Greeks had Ekklesias in every village, which were city councils. They had one at the national level. Their Supreme Court was called the Ekklesia. It was the governing body. The Church is God’s governing body. “So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.” (Acts 9:31; NASB) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Ask the Lord for a fullness of revelation on the word “Ekklesia”, if you do not fully understand it. Use a Strong’s concordance, if need be, and look up everywhere it is used until it sinks in deeply. Ekklesia, get your heart ready to legislate in the earth realm! Do you see things that are out of alignment with God’s Word and Will? Ask God how to legislate order into the situation. (Use the news, if you want to.) With the authority you now know you have, call the nation into alignment with God’s Word and Will! A prayer you can pray: Father, I need a full and complete revelation of who the Church is supposed to be in the earth. I need a revelation of “Ekklesia”. Teach me from Your Word, Lord. Is there anywhere my thinking, my feelings or my actions are not ready for this? Forgive me and line me up fully with Your Word, Your Will and Your plan for my life. There is so much out of order in America right now. It will be my pleasure to be Your legislative mouthpiece over the issues of my day, especially those in our government. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. Today’s decree: The Church, the Ekklesia, will enjoy peace, being built up in the fear and comfort of the Lord, as we legislate the purposes of God into the nation!

Jesus Came to Get the Family Back Jesus came to restore things on earth to God’s plan. He talked about this in Matthew 16 where he said, “I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” When He said, “build”, he used the Greek word for “family”. It’s not the word for “building a structure”. It’s the word for “building a family.” It means “to create a lineage or household or a family”. When Jesus chose that word, He was basically saying, “I’ve come to get the family back!” He was saying, “I’ve come to reverse the Fall (of man recorded in Genesis) and, so that Satan won’t have the last word, I have come to redeem. The plan that I established from the beginning will be fulfilled! I’m here to get the family back!” “This is why I have called you Peter (rock): for on this rock I will build My church. The church will reign triumphant even at the gates of hell.” (Mathew 16:18; The Voice) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: God wants a family and the Church is His delegated family in the earth today. Let this sink in a minute. Think about everything Jesus has done in the power of the Holy Spirit to begin restoring God’s family to the Father. Agree with Holy Spirit and tell the enemy, “God wants His family back! God’s getting His family back! Every single individual that will receive Him is coming into His Family!” Call out every person by name that you know that needs to come into the Family of God. Ask God to use you to be an instrument of reconciliation of future family members with their Holy Father. A prayer you can pray: Father, this is a powerful revelation! Of course You want Your family back—every single person Satan has tried to keep from you since the Fall of man. Jesus, give me fresh revelation as I ponder the tremendous cost You paid to restore us to that heavenly family. This is what the Church is in the earth—the restored family! Satan, God wants His family back! He’s going to get every single one who will receive Jesus as Savior back into His family. Lord I call ____ (name everyone you know who needs to be saved) into Your family! Make me an instrument of reconciliation, Jesus! I want my whole family together with me, fulfilling the heart of the Father to have His family back. In Jesus’ Name. Amen. Today’s decree: God’s getting His family back!