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February 2008 Prayer Points:
1) repent for citywide sin and iniquity, both past and present (II Chronicles 7:14)
2) ask God to soften the hearts that have been hardened and open the eyes of those who have been blinded to the truth of Jesus Christ (John 12:40)
3) release angels into the streets to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ (Rev 14:6)
4) pray for the “dome of darkness” (altar to the enemy) to be destroyed so that the Dome of His Glory and Presence (altar to the Lord) may be erected (II Chron 33:15-16)
5) ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what needs to be brought out of the darkness and into the light so those things that are hindering true revival and transformation in this area (Eph 5:11) may be illuminated. When God reveals things to you, please email them to us so we can send them along to the other intercessory prayer groups.
Previous Prayer Points Section 1: Baal
Through a season of tremendous warfare in November and December, as well as confirmation from many key leaders, God has exposed the spirit of Baal as one of the strongmen--perhaps the strongman--over America.
Baal-hamon, one of Baal's names, means "the lord of wealth or abundance." Chuck Pierce believes, and I agree, that this is the principality warring against the great transfer of wealth to the Church. You must war against this spirit to see your inheritance released. Claim Jeremiah 51:44 (Bel in this verse is Baal).
Baal-berith, another of his names, means "the lord of the covenant." The Hebrew word baal actually means "husband" or "marriage." This spirit always attempted to cause Israel to "divorce" or break covenant with God and "marry" or align with him. Consistent with this, in so many ways, America has broken covenant with God and married Baal. This is, I believe, the strongman behind most covenant-breaking.
Baal is the strongman behind sexual perversion. Homosexuality was and is one of his big strongholds. I believe all of the sexual sin and perversion in America is, to one degree or another, under Baal's orchestration. You will continue to see God expose leaders in the Church who aligned themselves with this spirit. Pray for the Church to be cleansed and for Baal's hold on America in this area to be broken.
Baal always goes after the next generation, trying to cut off the extension of God's covenantal purposes. He is a violent spirit and even required human sacrifice. Abortion is under Baal, as is the "cutting" of today's young generation (see 1 Kings 18:28), the vampire and goth movement, and the death culture in general that has so invaded America. Baal is leading the fight to avert the great awakening planned for the young generation of Americans today. Pray against and bind these efforts.
Witchcraft and occult spirits in general operate under Baal. So does Jezebel. Pray against this spirit's influence in your area as the Lord leads you. Be wise and discerning, and learn as much as you can about it before you take action. I have barely scratched the surface in this writing.
Prayer Point 2: The Coming Youth Revival
I prophesied in January 2006, that the lid was coming off of the youth movement (teens and 20's) that year. It happened. I recently heard Cindy Jacobs say at least 100 college campuses in America now have 24/7 prayer. Just last week, I heard of three colleges that are experiencing many conversions and baptizing students in campus fountains! I was with my dear friends Karen Wheaton and Damon Thompson in Cleveland, TN, and Hamilton, AL, last week ministering to young people and youth pastors. I have never seen such passion. Karen's ministry, The Ramp, is definitely one of the seeds--maybe the foremost seed--of this awakening. It is incredible.
Also, Lou Engle is resurrecting The Call this year in Nashville, TN, on 07/07/07. This was not an arbitrary date--God gave it to Lou. I heard a prophet in September 2006, who knew nothing about Lou's plans, prophesy to him that 07/07/07 is an important day to God and that God was speaking to him about an important event on that date. The Lord went on to say He was lowering a scepter into the earth on that day.
As I set myself to seek the Lord concerning this date and study Baal because of the warfare I was experiencing, the two issues began to dovetail. I found the number "seven" in most of the passages where Israel was coming out from under this spirit or warring against one of the Canaanite and Baal worshiping tribes. In seeking to understand the significance of this, the Lord reminded me that seven is a covenantal number.
In a covenant ceremony, an offering was repeated seven times or an oath was sworn seven times. The words "oath" and "swear" actually come from the number seven and mean literally "to seven one's self." I believe the Lord revealed to me that on 07/07/07, God is offering America the opportunity to end our covenant/marriage with Baal and re-establish our covenant with God as a nation. I am not implying that the full fruit of this will be seen immediately but that the stronghold can be broken and change will follow. Pray for Lou Engle and this event and if at all possible, be in Nashville with us on 07/07/07. Go to The Call's web site: www.thecall.com for details. We are asking for 100,000 people to come.
Pray concerning this great youth awakening in general. It will be historical, breaking all records. God is on a mission! He won't be stopped. Nothing is more important to Him at this time.
Prayer Point 3: Government
1) Begin now to pray for the elections of '08. Just when it seems the stakes can't get higher, they do. There are some of the frontrunners running for president who, if they were to win, it would set America back 40 years. We are now coming to the end of a 40-year wilderness cycle that began in the 60's. We cannot afford another. Call forth the purposes of God in 2008.
2) Pray for a completion of what God has begun on the Supreme Court. I sense great lethargy and complacency concerning this at the present time. If we don't get a third "right" Justice onto the bench, we will not cross over into a new season. Winning this war is imperative! Please pick up this assignment again.
3) Pray against terrorism and concerning the situation in the Middle East. It is absolute deception for us to believe radical Islam can be defeated through natural forces only. We must do a better job of picking up this burden. It is one of the callings of our time and a billion souls are hanging in the balance. I sense another shift is coming soon to this region. Please pray for our President, military, advisors, and all who are involved in this. Bind the prince of Persia and Babylon from prevailing.
(From Dutch Sheets – NGPA)
Prayer Points Section 2: Lawlessness
Lawlessness:
In 2003 Syracuse’s murder rate exceeded that of New York City. Since that time, as we have held corporate prayer gatherings and cried out for God to expose the source of gang violence, drug trafficking, etc., we have seen the arrest and conviction of the Brighton Street gang and other gangs in our area. As we have continued to pray we have begun to see a decrease in murder rates (down 27% in 2006 over 2005) and decreases in other areas as well.
However, as we go forward, the battle is not over. We need prayer groups to continue to cry out to God against lawlessness in our midst
Prayer Strategy:
Cry out to God and ask him to teach us about lawlessness.
Ask the Lord to build a shield of faith around ourselves and the Greater Syracuse area.
Ask the Lord to continue to warn us through prophecy of danger. For example, it was prophesied that there were 5 enemy cell groups operating in the Buffalo area and prophetic direction came from the Lord on how to expose that wickedness. The remnant church rose up and the 5 cells were exposed and dealt with. In 2003 a word was released to Baton Rouge in 2003 that it "will become a refuge city" which it did. In 2004, the word given in Baton Rouge was on purification coming to New Orleans.) God will warn of the enemies plans, but it is our responsibility to pray and seek God’s council and His strategies.
Don’t lean on your own understanding. We are entering into a supernatural dimension. Cry out to God for supernatural intervention against lawless structures and the plans of the enemy to kill, steal and destroy.
Bind the accuser who is working in the earth realm to bring division in the midst of crisis.
Begin to set a blood-line barrier at the 150 mile radius around Greater Syracuse by verbally decreeing, by the Spirit of God, that there is a supernatural shield set so that the enemy’s plan cannot invade that barrier.
Cry out for angelic forces to visit individuals that are crying out in these areas. Ask for angels to HELP in this structure of lawlessness that is operating in this part of the earth.
Pray for those that are serving in law enforcement . Pray for their protection and their salvation.
On a personal note, always let God show you areas in our lives that can be purified. Bind condemnation and ask God to purify us where we have been weak in the past. In intercession, what you identify … purify. Ask God to purify areas where we have allowed the enemy to take control.
Pray for supernatural, unexplained healings to start occurring in individuals and unprecedented revival and salvation to come to pour area. Ask for the Holy Spirit to invade this situation.
10. Pray for the "Holy Block" initiatives to reach the unsaved. Details to follow.
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