Fasting for Personal Breakthroughs - Lou Engle

Day 4 of "40 Days for 40 Years" 36 Days to Go

I believe that there is a greater spiritual significance to the extended 40-day fast than what we have yet realized. If the bitterest battles we fight are against temptation and the devil, then extended fasting is the atomic weapon in our arsenal. Jesus prepared himself to overcome the intense temptations of Satan by going on a 40-day fast. Elijah’s experience with the 40-day fast is a clear example of this as well. He had just witnessed one of the most dramatic demonstrations of God’s power, yet despite this incredible victory on Mount Carmel, Jezebel was still alive and dominating the land. Imagine being discouraged after seeing supernatural fire blaze down on your sacrifice. Talk about an altar call! Furious about the death of her prophets and under the possession of the spirit of Ashtoreth, Jezebel vowed to kill Elijah, who in turn ran for his life. The angel of the Lord found Elijah on the verge of collapse and under the spirit of suicide. This was no weak or ordinary spell.

The spell of Jezebel often comes upon a man or a woman and, in particular, leaders with the spirit of adultery. It seduces even the bondservants into sexual immorality. In the face of this demonic spell, the Lord initiates a 40-day fast and leads his broken servant to a place of cleansing, repentance and new commissioning. Elijah returned to the same place where Moses generations before had fulfilled his own 40-day fast. I believe Elijah’s 40-day fast was a mighty act of spiritual warfare against Jezebel’s sorceries and brought him back to a place where he could reclaim covenant mercies for himself and the nation. I believe the 40-day fast can be the channel though which the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from tormenting thoughts, demonically inspired addictions, as well as heal us of chronic diseases.

In my own experience, I have seen the power of God bring personal freedom through the vehicle of 40 days of fasting. In 2003 before The Call Los Angeles, I was led sovereignly while on a 40-day fast to pray for freedom from the inward toleration of Jezebel. The scripture says, “Nevertheless I have this against you: that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my bondservants into sexual immorality.” God warns of coming judgment and by that judgment declares that, “The church will know that I am He who searched the hearts and minds.”

I was struggling with temptations of the lust of the eyes and was led supernaturally on a 40-day fast in which I prayed every day, “Cleanse me, Jesus, from any inward toleration of the spirit of Jezebel and the lust of the eyes.” I also prayed every day that God would break through over California against that spirit. On the 31st day of a water fast, God visited me mightily in a dream, and I experienced personal deliverance and a promise for breakthrough in California. The personal freedom was exhilarating, and soon thereafter, the governor of California, who was signing all kinds of ungodly bills, was removed from office and I was given a supernatural opportunity to warn the mayor of San Francisco that he would be held accountable for what he would do in his city. He is the one who began to marry the homosexuals.

In the book The Prophetic Whisper, Richard Gazowsky shares the significance of a 40-day fast that the Lord gave him:

My wife and I had gone to Carmel, California for a time of extended prayer. On the third day, while we were praying at the beach, a swarm of flies ascended from the ocean surface as if orchestrated by an invisible conductor and swept like a blanket across the water and onto the beach. I ran over to the place where Sandy was praying to see if she was alright.

“Richard it is so strange,” she said. “While I was praying, I brought up the name of a pastor’s wife whom I knew had been tempted to commit adultery, intending to intercede for her. As soon as I mentioned her name, these flies rose up off the ocean.”

No sooner had she finished, then the Lord quickened my spirit and said, “I am going to show you a secret vulnerability in Satan’s kingdom.” His weakness is in the flies. Later that day, we went to the Carmel public library and looked up the word fly. I discovered the meaning of Beelzebub, and found one of the names of Satan is “Lord of the Flies.” Scientists have discovered that flies have a reproductive period from 4 hours to 40 days depending upon the species. When pest controllers go to eradicate flies in a certain area, they spray pesticides everyday for a 40-day period. If they destroy the reproductive cycles of presently existing flies, they can kill off a whole generation of future flies. I then saw what God was trying to show me. Satan can’t fight for long periods. If a Christian will pray consistently for a 40-day period, he will be able to conquer most satanic strongholds in his life.

On this 40th anniversary of the 1967 landmark of the sexual revolution called the “Summer of Love,” we are calling for a 40-day fast beginning on the evening of May 28 through TheCall Nashville on 7-7-07. Our purpose is to call two generations to a 40-day season of fasting from food (the more intense the better) and from the media to cleanse ourselves of the affects of the spirit that seduces our nation into sexual immorality, greed, entertainment, dependency and spiritual malaise. Let us cry out, “God, break the pornographic plague off of the church and the homosexuality that is invading a young generation!” Let us cry out for deliverance from the spell of Jezebel, witchcraft, suicidal thoughts, drug addictions and eating disorders. Let parents pray daily for their children’s freedom. Pray for 40 days that the prodigals come home. Let a generation cry, “No toleration of Jezebel! No toleration!” And watch Christ break the power of Beelzebub, the lord of the flies, and once again the shout will be heard, “Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty I am free at last!” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Lou Engle
www.louengle.com

"WILL YOU ANSWER THE CALL? "

From Chuck Pierce:

Dear Friends:

I recently sent out the complete call to prayer that Lou Engle received. Lou has been ordained by the Lord to call a nation and generation together in Nashville on July 7. Please participate in The Call with Lou Engle and rally the generations together. Encourage teams, families, and everyone you are connected with to be a part of this wonderful gathering. Global Harvest is hosting the International Congress on Prophecy in Orlando the two days prior to this gathering, and we will then send teams from there to The Call in Nashville. These gatherings could change the course of our nation.

I want to encourage you to enter into the 40 days of fasting that precedes this gathering (beginning on May 28). In this email I am including a 40 Day Prayer Focus to assist you. This prayer focus will help you in "Overthrowing Reproaches and Captivity." As you pray for your family, ask the Lord to change this nation. This prayer focus and fast could be life changing for you. If you have never participated in a 40 day extended call to prayer, now is one of the best times to begin.

A DREAM: The Call to Protect a Generation and Teach Them How to War!

I have had a great awareness this year of the generation that is arising. I have watched the Lord bring forth a new generation of worshippers. I continue to teach and train a new generation of prophets. The real need, and key issue for the next generation, is developing their discernment.

June Rana, the Office Manager here at GZI, recently communicated this dream to me:

"We were in a Boarding School. Nazi-like people came in with guns and wanted to kill the adults. But instead of separating all the adults from the children, they grouped us so that each parent was with one of their children. I (June) had no children there, but was put in a room with a parent who had a 10-12 year old child. We were sitting in school chairs with desks. One of the officers entered and said that the children would kill the parent. There were two people there I recognized, along with a younger version of one of our pastors. The Nazi-like officer gave his pistol to the young pastor, who took it and shot himself in the head. Then the officer passed the gun to one of the ladies I recognized. This person had a strange, puzzled, naive look on her face. She took the gun and shot herself in the head, causing only a flesh wound. Then the officer handed the gun to me (June) and instead of doing what we were being instructed to do, I shot the person in the middle of the head. Then the woman with the flesh wound took the gun back from me and shot herself again.

I then knew that we needed to formulate a plan and hide before we were all killed. We stripped off the Nazi-like officer's clothes and put it on one of the fathers in the room. We hid the officer where he could not be easily seen, and then followed the father out of the room so it looked like we were following an officer rather than trying to escape. Our hope was that we could walk out without being stopped!"

When she shared this dream, I immediately thought of how the next generation must learn to discern. I reflected on how religious spirits and false submission could be very destructive. I was amazed that the enemy could hand a gun to someone and they would use the enemy's weapon on themselves because they had been directed to shoot themselves instead of turning the weapon on the enemy. I also saw the present need for a generation to arise, to lead forth another generation out of captivity and into freedom.

Turning Back a Reproach

So many cycles are coming full circle in this war season. The 40 year cycles of "the season of love", the Vietnam Era, the removing of prayer from schools, Roe vs. Wade, (just to mention a few) have now come full circle. Many of these cycles were results of sin and caused a nation to run away from the covenant of God.

Sin produces something known as a reproach. A reproach is defined as a source of blame, discredit, disgrace, shame, humiliation, or scorn. Once sin embeds down in you, it creates a reproach that works against the favor of God. Favor means: pleasure, desire, delight, to be pleased with or favorable toward something. When God is pleased with us, His favor rests on us. But sin can stop God's favor from resting on us. In this case, we exchange God's favor for His disapproval. A reproach does not mean that we have lost our salvation or our standing with God. It does mean, however, that the favor God longs to give us in some area of our lives is blocked because of the iniquity that has now infiltrated our garment. Until we make our lives right before God once again, we (and perhaps our descendants) will live under the effects of that reproach.

How Do Reproaches Manifest?

There are many ways that a reproach can work itself out in the life of an individual. A common manifestation is an uncircumcised heart. In the Old Testament, the physical sign of the Abrahamic covenant was circumcision. When Joshua took the children of Israel into the Promised Land, all the circumcised males had died in the wilderness. Therefore, God told Joshua to renew the sign of circumcision throughout the new generation. "So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed. Then the LORD said to Joshua, 'This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.' Therefore, the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day" (Joshua 5:8-9). This passage shows that by obedience to that command, God removed the last of the reproach from Egypt off the people. All the shame and disgrace of their slavery was gone.

Today, it is not a physical but spiritual sign we bear, which is circumcision of the heart. Deuteronomy 30:6 explains, "And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live." When you have not had your heart opened up to covenant with God or continually break that covenant, you cannot bear the sign of the covenant, which is a circumcision of heart--loving the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul--that you may live. Without circumcision of the heart, reproaches, such as slavery and idolatry was for the children of Israel, will not be fully broken off your life.

Many illnesses are linked with reproaches. Reproaches caused by sin have much more of an affect on our basic bodily and mental functions than many of us realize. In fact, we know that the wages of sin is death--physical death. By the same token, a result of sin is also illness. The most visible sin-initiated reproach on our society today is AIDS. While not every case of AIDS is a direct result of a specific sin, the majority is. In addition, certain forms of arthritis have been linked to anger. Ulcers and other stomach ailments can be caused by sin-induced anxiety. Even though not all illnesses are a result of sin (see John 9:3), many need to be addressed with this understanding.

A reproach can be detected by the absence of the Presence of God. Reproaches can also manifest and result in barrenness, decrease, and poverty. When we are sent to war and lose the conflict, a reproach comes upon our lives or the life of a nation.

We must be reclothed for the future. Unless we remove the reproaches of the past, we can never enter into the favor God has for our future. The reproach of the past then becomes our garment for the days ahead. The following 40-Day Prayer Focus will help you remove any reproach that is holding you captive to the past, and help us prepare for the declarations to be made at The Call on 7-7-7.

40 Days to Roll Away the Reproach of a Generation and Secure our Inheritance for the Future

Day 1: Read Numbers 14, Joshua 5 & 6. Praise God! Ask the Lord for the strategy of worship that will dethrone that which is invincible in your life and is stopping you from moving forward in your promise. Decree that every reproach of unbelief from the past generation that is connected to your life, your inheritance and your future will be "ROLLED AWAY"!

Day 2: Read Isaiah 12, Numbers 21:10 -18. Praise breaks open your wells of salvation. Praise is the cure for dryness. Receive a renewed spirit!

Day 3: Read John 14:21, John 16:7-9, Ephesians 4:7-32. As you worship, receive a spirit of revelation. Obey. Usually, He will tell you something very simple to do. There are many needs during this season, physically and emotionally. Ask the Lord to speak to you over how to give. As you give, you will receive revelation of who the Father is. Jesus ascended so the Helper (the Holy Spirit) could come to Earth on our behalf. Therefore, if we worship and ascend, we are promised that the Holy Spirit will fill our lives. He will bring conviction when we sin, open the way for us to experience our righteousness through faith, and condemn the devil on our behalf. Ask Him to fill you new and fresh.

Day 4: Read Acts 7:54-60. As we ascend in worship, we are comforted in our sufferings. Ask the Lord to touch you in the place where you have the most need.

Day 5: Read 2 Tim. 4:16-18, 2 Kings 6. Don't allow the enemy to convince you that he is more powerful than the Lord. Open your eyes and see the angelic host around you. We can experience the Lord standing with us and strengthening us so that we might accomplish His will on Earth. We can experience the power of His ascension and deliverance from every evil work.

Day 6: Read 1 Sam. 30. This is a transition chapter. The activities in this chapter released David into his next level of anointing. Especially notice verses 24-25. Receive new strength. Pursue and retrieve all!

Day 7: Read Heb. 2. Meditate on Verse 9. Declare that the power of any voice of death over the personal vision of your life be broken. From His ascension, He demonstrated that glory, not death, is the final word of operation in our lives. Make declarations of faith. Only through worship do we ascend into a new faith dimension.

Day 8: Read Eccl. 3. War for the next generation. To everything there is a time and season, a time for every purpose under Heaven...a time of war. When it is a time for war, we must have a paradigm for war! We are experiencing a time in our nation when we are entering into a new war. However, this war is not just physical but spiritual. The Church is being prepared to enter its most dynamic season of warfare, worship, and harvest. The real issue is that without His presence, we are destined for defeat. Also read Numbers 2:3. Judah led the tribe of Israel through the wilderness. Judah also led the conquest of Canaan. Therefore, it will be praise that leads us forth into our battles and victories ahead. Praise causes the presence of the Lord to come into our midst. Even though God is omniscient, He manifests His authority and rule in our environment when we praise Him. When we praise, God comes in and leads us forth. The word "inhabit" or "enthrone" means to settle in or marry. When we praise and worship we restore our communion with a holy God. We become one!

Day 9: Read 1 Cor. 10:1-11. The apostle Paul tells us that the accounts of Israel's journey to the Promised Land were given to us as an example. God is demonstrating something to us in the order of procession of the tribes. You or I might think that Reuben should have gone first: He was the oldest, and with age comes wisdom and experience. But this was not God's decisive factor. Joseph was the favorite, as well as the most successful and powerful of his brothers, but this was not God's criterion. The example God wanted to give us was that praise should always lead the way.

Day 10: Read 2 Chron. 20. God gives us strategies that are not of the wisdom of this world. The example He has presented to us is to send Judah first, not necessarily the wisest or the strongest. Let praise lead the way. Praise breaks through. Jehoshaphat was able to win the day by sending his praise team first. See the confederation of demonic enemies that are aligned against you.

Day 11: Read Hosea 10. Meditate on verse 11. Unshakable praise plows through the hardest ground. When the ground is hard, when the circumstances are adverse, God's favor is on the one who will lead off with praise. Fallow ground will break up. Declare the plow of praise will cut through ungiving earth and make a way for the good seed of the Word to be planted.

Day 12: Read Psalm 30. Sing verse 5. "Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morning" (NASB). Unshakable praise must keep going. Judah goes first through wilderness experiences. Judah goes first in the war for our inheritance. Judah goes first to plow a way into new territory. Judah goes first when the cost is great.

Day 13: Read James 5, Matthew 4. The Word of God tells us to submit ourselves to God, draw near to Him and then resist the devil. I believe that as we worship and submit ourselves to a holy God, we can come into intimate contact with Him. Even though we walk here on the earth in our worshipful submission, we ascend into Heaven. As we individually seek God and ascend into the Throne Room, we can hear the sound of Heaven in our spirit man on Earth. Be sure any area where you are not operating in submission is dealt with. Resist Satan's temptation in your wilderness. Remember, the Spirit of God led Jesus into the wilderness. Stop in the midst of your hard situation and see the Spirit's leading.

Day 14: Read Num. 10, Rev. 1. God always led His people forth with sound. We find in Numbers 10 that trumpets would sound. Give a special offering this month. We also find this all the way through the Book of Revelation. The Book of Revelation is an incredible, elaborate pageant, interpreted to us by Heavenly, celestial singers along with creatures and elders. John saw a door standing open in Heaven, and the Voice he heard was like a trumpet speaking and saying, "Come up here and I will show you things that must take place after this" (see Rev. 1:10). The Lord's voice, many times, sounds like a trumpet calling us forth. The trumpet, or shofar, in the Word of God had a distinct sound to assemble and call God's people to war.

Day 15: Read 2 Samuel 5. Another sound we find before God led His troops forward was "the wind in the mulberry trees." In 2 Samuel 5, David had experienced a major breakthrough in his own life. What had been prophesied over him 29 years prior had actually come into fulfillment. He then had to lead the armies forth into battle. David had one driving purpose: to get the Ark of the Covenant of God back into its rightful position in the midst of God's covenant people. When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king, they rose up against him. David defeated and drove them back out of his jurisdictional authority. However, they regrouped and started coming back at him again. He then asked the Lord if he was to pursue them. In 2 Samuel 5:24 the Lord answers, "And...when you hear the sound of the marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly." The sound of marching is not just the wind blowing the tops of the trees, but it is the hosts of Heaven and the armies of God rustling the leaves and signifying they were present to help David in victory. In the Book of Revelation, we find the real issue is the relationship between the sounds of Heaven and the demonstration of God on Earth. Sound leads us forth.

Day 16: Read Deut. 20, Deut 32:30. War for your future. One can put 1,000 to flight, but two can put 10,000 to flight. This is a valuable principle of multiplication. Ask the Lord for an increase in strength.

Day 17: Read Is. 55, Mt. 16. Lean not on your own understanding. His word will not return void. Notice how Peter operated. He had great revelation, and then his mind and emotions kicked in and were occupied by satan. Ask the Lord to bring your mind and emotions under control.

Day 18: Memorize Prov. 3:3-10. I like them in the Amplified. Satan's plan is to tempt you in a way that you deviate from God's path for your life.

Day 19: Read Mt. 18:19. Jesus told us, "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in Heaven" (Matt. 18:19, NASB). This is the power of agreement that increases the effectiveness of our prayers. The word "agree" means to come into harmony with. It actually means we make the same sound on Earth that is coming from Heaven. Declare that our sounds on earth will be in harmony with the sounds of Heaven. Meditate on Verse 20. We have a special promise from Jesus that He, Himself, will show up when we gather together in His name. "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst" (Matt. 18:20, NASB). When we come together, He is there with us. Declare that we will be a people who abide in the Lord's presence. Also read and sing Psalm 91.

Day 20: Read Jer. 25:30, Amos 6, "The Lord will roar from on high and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth (NASB)." Declare that the Lord's voice will be heard in the nations of the earth today.

Day 21: Memorize Eph. 1:3-6. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the Heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved."

Day 22: Read Psalm 34, Heb. 1, especially verse 14. Praise God for the angels that are encamping around you. Declare that these ministering spirits will transcend to the natural realm from the spiritual realm. As we ascend in worship, we also know that a portal opens for angelic visitation. During our times of prayer and crying out to God, during those times when we worship with abandonment as David did, we enter the realm of the spirit.

Day 23: Read Romans 9 and meditate on verse 29. Read Psalm 46, Romans 11. Be still. Bless Israel. One of the names and characteristics of God is Lord Sabaoth, Lord of Hosts. The Hebrew word tsebha'oth means hosts or armies. The Lord Sabaoth is: God of the armies of Earth, God of the armies of the stars, and God of the unseen armies of angels. When we worship, He begins to order and align His armies for victory. "Hosts" signifies an organized group under authority. God has a multitude of ready and able servants. This suggests that the Lord is the Commander and Chief of the armies in Heaven. Sing the timeless hymn that acknowledges this character of God: "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."

Day 24: Read Psalms 16 and 29. Decree the voice of the Lord will sound over your inheritance. When sound comes into air, the air changes. When God releases His voice, creation must respond. When we serve as God's voice on Earth, Earth responds to the sound we release. When we express ourselves in worship to the Lord, the air vibrates with our worship. This causes our environment to change. Declaring the sound of true worship will cause your city, state, and nation to be transformed. Worship and declare that your atmosphere will change. Receive His creative power. May the creativity of God be released in you.

Day 25: Read Acts 1. Meditate on verse 3. This is the only place in the Bible where the word "passion" is used. Passion means to enter into the sufferings of the Lord against temptation. Passion deals with both your mind and your emotions, and is linked to resistance. Resist the number one thing that tempts you and watch the passion of Christ rise within you.

Day 26: Read Genesis 1:26-28 through Genesis 3. Satan wants you to believe that God is not directing you. He also wants you to think that God is holding out on you. This is what he did to the woman in the garden as he manipulated her desires. Ask God to break any manipulation that is aligned with your desires.

Day 27: Read Psalm 37. Be sure that your desires are aligned correctly. Temptation is linked to desires that are not within God's boundaries.

Day 28: Read Luke 10. Ask the Lord to remove all distractions that are robbing the best for you and your family. Ask the Lord to cause your will to realign so that you choose the best that He has for you.

Day 29: Read Genesis 14 and 15. God revealed Himself to Abraham as the 'Possessor of Heaven and Earth'. This was in the context of war. Abraham gave to Melchizedek. Then notice the covenant God made with Abraham. Ask God to reaffirm your covenant with Him.

Day 30: Read the Lord's Prayer from Luke 11. Ask the Lord to deliver you from temptation. Also read Genesis 22. Temptation is linked to our testing. See how God tested Abraham's faith and revealed Himself to Abraham as Jehovah Jireh.

Day 31: Memorize Is. 9:3. The division of the spoil was a joyous feast for the people. Rejoice! Also read Esther 3 and 8. Let God develop your strategy to take back what the enemy has plotted to take from you.

Day 32: Read Deut. 8, especially verses 18-20. Increase is a harvest principle. Increase rises through faith and follows deeds that are linked with faith. Increase comes through supernatural Kingdom connections so we can all enter into a multiplied, synergistic corporate measure of increase. Increase is also a reward for obedience. A fundamental question we need to ask ourselves is: What is wealth? There are several ways to look at wealth in the Bible. Power means vigor, strength, force, or capacity-whether physical, mental, or spiritual. Wealth means material substance, strength, and the spoils of war necessary to accomplish God's plan on earth.

Day 33: Read Zech 3, Duet 26-28. Ask the Lord to remove the past reproaches and re-clothe you for the war ahead.

Day 34: Read 2 Timothy 1, Isaiah 41. Stir up your faith and renounce all fears. Ask the Lord to restore your mind. Ask the Lord for a new identity.

Day 35: Read Hebrews 5, Memorize verse 14. Ask the Lord to release discernment on you and the next generation.

Day 36: Read Luke 19. Ask God what you have, and how to multiply it.

Day 37: Read Ps. 115:14-16. Memorize Ps. 82:4. Ask God for increase. Ask Him to give you a mind for increase. Ask Him to open your heart to any prophetic word that will bring you success and cause you to be able to rake in the spoils that the enemy is holding. Declare deliverance from the hand of the wicked who has tied up any of your wealth.

Day 38: Read Mal. 3 and 2 Cor. 10:3-6. Declare that the generational curse of "GOD ROBBING" will be broken out of your bloodline. This is one of the four major generational curses. Tear down mindsets of poverty. Poverty has a voice which says, "God is not able." There are philosophies in your life that have developed wrong mindsets over wealth. Dismantle unbelief over provision. "Prove Me NOW," says the Lord! Look up and see the windows of blessings that He wants to open up. Watch Him overcome your devourer. May the law of booty take action in your life. The law of booty was that it should be divided equally between the army who won it and God's covenant people. A portion of the spoil was assigned to the oppressed, the aged, widows, and orphans.

Day 39: Read Joel 1, 2, 3:16. God roars as He goes to battle. He will roar against His covenant enemies. His covenant people will also begin to roar and become a fearful, holy remnant to contend with in the earthly realm. He will be a shelter and a strength to those who respond to His sound and call on Him. Worship this season will determine how the multitudes in the valley of decision begin to decide to follow God. There is an inherited roar within you. Let the Lord draw you near and develop that roar within you so that this sound is brought forth at the appropriate time in your life in this season. Let a roar arise! Declare that your inheritance is secured, that you have recovered all, and that your sons and daughters will prophesy.

Day 40: Memorize and sing Psalm 23. Thank Him that He is Jehovah Rohi and will lead you into full restoration.

Spend a Day of Rearguard Praise! Unshakable praise plows through the hardest ground. When the ground is hard, when the circumstances are adverse, God's favor is on the one who will lead off with praise. Fallow ground will break up. Declare the plow of praise will cut through the un-giving earth and make a way for the good seed of the Word to be planted. Read Psalm 130; Rev. 2:10. Praise God for removing your past and extending abundant grace and forgiveness to you. Stand in His Presence and receive an outpouring of His grace. Let hope arise new and fresh. Let assurance of redemption rest upon you, and command all fear to leave you. Spend a day in praise! Victory Deserves Praise! Praise is a response that we should have to God when He reveals Himself to us. Therefore, praise can occur at the point of revelation rather than at the actual time of the manifestation of the promise. As we praise God in advance when He speaks to us or gives us faith to believe Him for a manifestation of something we desire, He enthrones Himself or makes Himself King over that situation in our life.

Praise comes from a Latin word meaning "value" or "price." Thus, to give praise to God is to proclaim His merit or worth. Many terms are used to express this in the Bible, including "glory," "blessing," "thanksgiving," and "hallelujah." The Hebrew title of the book of Psalms ("Praises") comes from the same root as "hallelujah," and Psalms 113-118 have been specially designated the "Hallel" ("praise") Psalms. The modes of praise are many, including the offering of sacrifices (Lev. 7:13), physical movement (2 Sam. 6:14), silence and meditation (Ps. 77:11-12), testimony (Ps. 66:16), prayer (Phil. 4:6), and a holy life (1 Pet. 1:3-9). Praise is many times linked to music, both instrumental (Ps. 150:3-5) and vocal. Praise is to originate in the heart and not become mere outward show (Matt. 15:8). Corporate praise is to be carried on in an orderly manner (1 Cor. 14:40).

Praise is also firmly linked to an individual's everyday life (Amos 5:21-24). The Bible displays outbursts of praise! God takes pleasure and delight in His works and expects us to express our joy in what He does. The coming of the Kingdom of God into the midst of this world is marked by the restoration of joy and praise to the people of God (Is. 9:2; Ps. 96:11-13; Rev. 5:9-14; Lk. 2:13-14). Praise arises from sheer joy in the redeeming presence of God (Dt. 27:7; Nu. 10:10 ; Lv. 23:40). The praise of God is rendered on earth for the works of creation and redemption (Ps. 24; 136). Praise is an echo on earth of the praise of Heaven (Rev. 4:11; 5:9-10). Praise distinguishes the people of God from the heathen who refuse to render it (1 Pet. 2:9; Eph. 1:3-14; Phil. 1:11, Rom. 1:21). The act of praising implies the closest fellowship with the One who is being praised. C. S. Lewis says, "In commanding us to glorify Him, God is inviting us to enjoy Him" (C. S. Lewis, Reflections on the Psalms, 1958, p. 95).

Thanking Him for all of His Benefits,

Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion Ministries

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"40 Days for 40 Years" (repost)

This is a repost from May 10th. We believe this is a very important article to lay the groundwork and vision for what we will be focused on for the next forty days of fasting and prayer. May God grant us our heart-cry for revival as the generations join together to see the Glory of God cover the earth!

For His Glory,
Joe & Shirley

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Lou Engle: "CALLING ALL MINISTRIES AND INDIVIDUALS--PLEASE PRAY ABOUT JOINING THIS GLOBAL 40 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING"

There are moments in history when a door for massive change opens, and great revolutions, for good or evil, spring up in the vacuum created by these openings. In these divine moments, key men and women and even entire generations risk everything to become the hinge of history--the pivotal point that determines which way the door will swing.

The rebellious generation of the 60's seized its moment, and history crashed into the deep abyss of drug addiction, sexual immorality, hatred for authority, and a rejection of the law of God. 1967 was a culminating and defining moment in that rebellion. In 1967, 100,000 young people, aged 15 to 25 flocked to San Francisco to experience the hippie movement. This mass convergence was sparked by the hit song, San Francisco (Wear a Flower in your Hair). Once there, they experimented with LSD, pot, casual sex and Eastern mysticism in what became known as the "Summer of Love."

When these newly recruited Flower Children returned home at the end of the summer, they brought with them new styles and ideas, flooding the cities of the US and Europe with a message that opposed authority and scorned conservative morals. This counterculture rebellion was fueled by music and art, and it rapidly shifted global culture.

40-Day Fasts in Scripture

For 40 years we have been falling headlong into a black moral morass in America, and all through the West. We are reaping the waves of destruction in every sector of our post Christian society. Can America survive another 40 years? We are declaring NO! A thousand times NO! Unless a massive spiritual shift occurs at this moment, our children will live under an antichrist system and Godless enculturation that will bring about the demise of America, as we know it.

But God has a prescription for such a massive shift and it is revealed in the power of the great transitional 40-day fast. God, in His sovereign control over the parade of history, delivered the Israelites out of Egypt. Longing to release a moral code that would give foundations for righteousness, for time and eternity, God summoned Moses to a 40-day fast on Mount Sinai. In that fast all of history changed, and the law of God was delivered from Heaven to earth. If America is going to return to God, it must recover that law again as its foundation for truth.

Elijah, at the height of Jezebel's cultic dominion over Israel, fasted 40 days, broke the spell of Jezebel off of his own life and received a mandate to anoint the next generation. That fast unleashed a movement that toppled Jezebel's regime of hell, which perpetrated the destruction of family, the killing of innocent children, the silencing of the voice of God's people and the widespread culture of sexual immorality. The fruit of that fast culminated in the utter destruction of Baal worship in Israel.

Also, in the fullness of time the glorious Gospel era was born when Jesus fasted 40 days, and those who sat in darkness saw a great light. Clearly the 40-day fast is Heaven's great transitional prescription, moving nations from failure to fulfillment of promise. Is it any surprise that when Jesus was to enter into His great sacrifice where death would be swallowed up in victory, Elijah and Moses appear with Him on the Mount of Transfiguration? All three of them were together as the 40-day fasters. They presided over the great transitions of history.

When the Israelites were poised to move into the Promise Land, spies were sent out for 40 days. When they returned carrying an evil report, a whole generation was infected with unbelief, and they turned their back on the Promise Land. God's sentence on that generation was, "And your sons shall be wanderers in the wilderness for 40 years and bear the brunt of your infidelity until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land 40 days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely 40 years, and you shall know My rejection" (Numbers 14:33-34). It was 40 years of judgment for 40 days failure.

Conversely, the great prophet Ezekiel received a 40-day prayer assignment for a 40-year failure of Judah's iniquity. "Lie again on your right side, then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah, 40 days I have laid on you a day for each year." (Ezekiel 4:6) It was clearly 40 days prayer for 40 years of failure.

When Jesus fasted 40 days and was tempted by the devil, He quoted from the book of Deuteronomy saying, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." And again, "You shall not tempt the Lord thy God" and again, "You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you worship." Jesus in His victory over satan was quoting the book of Deuteronomy, the portion of Scripture delivered by Moses to the generation who failed in the desert. Jesus in His 40-day fast was clearly identifying with that passage of Scripture and that generation that came out of Egypt. As an intercessor in His 40-day fast, He was fulfilling what a generation had failed in for 40 years.

The Call for the Church to Unite

Forty years are up! Could the Church of America in a 40-day fast deliver a nation out of a 40-year curse? We have Scriptural precedent to believe for such a turning! Therefore, we are trumpeting a call to 40 days of fasting--like Moses, like Elijah, like Ezekiel, and like Jesus. We must bear the iniquity in 40 days of fasting and intercession for the past 40 years of divorcing God in America, embracing a culture of sexual immorality, hedonism, materialism, abortion, and the rejection of Christ in the public place. But we are also calling for 40 days of fasting and prayer for the greatest outbreak of Kingdom power, in signs and wonders, and spiritual awakening in America that will collide with this present darkness and topple its cultural dominion over our people.

Thousands went on 40-day fasts in 1946 and in 1947 the great healing revivals broke out. In 1948 the latter rain outpourings began. Bill Bright's and Billy Graham's ministries were born at the same time, and Israel became a nation. Could it be that the 40-day fast preceded this explosion of power by the Spirit? After Jesus' 40-day fast, the Scripture says He returned in the power of the Spirit. Yes, the promise of Joel 2 is that after the fast, "I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh."

Forty years ago in 1967, the Jesus Movement broke out, a youth revival starting on the streets that swept across the country, exploding in college campuses and coffee houses. People were being saved everywhere. Now 40 years later we are crying, "Do it again, God," way beyond the Jesus movement!

In 1967, in a war and obviously by the supernatural Hand of God, Jerusalem was taken and once again brought under the control of the state of Israel. This was a monumental signpost in the shifting of eras. The dispensation of the times of the Gentiles was now beginning to shift to the times when Jerusalem will become the last days focus for God's activity in the earth. For 40 days we are joining Israel in a 40-day fast, crying out to God that they would see their Messiah and begin to receive their greatest spiritual awakening since the days of the Apostles.

Brothers and sisters, moments like these come only once in a lifetime. To miss such a moment could be to miss the purpose of God for a generation. The generation that refused to cross over the Jordan did not know that they had only one day to make the decision, and missing that day meant 40 years in the desert.

Even now we are receiving reports that other countries are calling 40-day fasts. Could we be in a global 40-day season of fasting like Jesus, to see a global outbreak of light when great darkness is covering the earth? Beginning the evening of May 28th, we are calling two generations to 40 days of fasting and prayer culminating on 7-7-07, the perfection of time, in a massive national gathering of fasting, intercession, repentance, and worship, declaring we want to remarry the Lord. We want to cross over into the promised land of national revival. We want to break this 40-year curse. May thousands seek God in water, juice, and Daniel fasts from May 28th through July 7th '07, The Call Nashville.

What would happen in America if for 40 days we sealed the electronic cultural sewer that flows nightly into our living rooms and spent our strength seeking the Lord? What if tens of thousands of fathers and mothers across our nation fasted for 40 days repenting and cleansing themselves of inward toleration of sexual immorality, pornography, addiction to food and entertainment, and materialism? What if they prayed daily for their spiritual and physical children to see them converted to Christ and freed from rebellion, from addictions, depression, and suicide? What if the young generation fasted for 40 days to be cleansed from lust, media addiction, rebellion toward their parents, believing that a double portion of the Holy Spirit would come upon their lives?

Moses fasted 40 days and mentored a spiritual son named Joshua, which means "the Lord saves." Elijah fasted 40 days and threw his mantle on a double portion son, Elisha, which means "the Lord saves." And John the Baptist fasted in the desert and prepared the way for a double portion son named Jesus, which means "the Lord saves."

Jesus fasted 40 days and unleashed the apostolic glory of the eternal Son of God into the earth. What if we are preparing a generation for the greatest day of salvation in history? And so, what if tens of thousands of both generations fast together and gather on 7-7-07 for The Call Nashville in LP Field, to cry out to God in a Joel 2 moment for a great, national returning to the Lord?

The parade of history has brought us into a profound generational landmark, and a great vacuum has opened again. If the Church does not seize this moment, someone else will! Antichrist rage will! Sexual perversion will! Anarchy will! But NOW is the time for key men and women, even an entire generation to risk everything to become the hinge of history, the pivotal point which determines which way the door will swing in America and in the nations of the earth. It's 40 Days or 40 Years! Seize the Day!

We will be launching this fast with a worldwide simulcast on God TV on May 26th. For all information on the 40-day fast and The Call Nashville, please visit www.fastandpray.com and www.thecall.com.

Lou Engle
The Call
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No Toleration

Read this article by Lou Engles in preparation for the "40 Days for 40 Years" time of fasting and prayer that will be happening from 5/28/07 through 7/7/07.

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“I suspect I’ve got more in common with Jezebel and Ahab than with Elijah. I’m working to build a tolerant, pluralistic society that respects other faith traditions. I’ve devoted ten years of my life to calling the church to repentance and transformation, on account of its homophobia and heterosexism, its narrowness and its prejudice. I don’t have any sympathy for the austere Yahwehism of the prophet Elijah and his quick to kill and “throw to the dogs” invocation of judgment and divine retribution. Elijah would have stoned me without a second thought. Jezebel was an enlightened woman – I reckon she’d give the likes of me a fair go.”

Dr. David Bromell
Pentecost Sunday Sermon, 1998.
Methodist Mission Church, Christchurch.

“Behold I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers lest I come and smite the land with a curse.” (Malachi 4:5-6)

“Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel who calls herself a prophetess. She leads and teaches my bondservants astray so that they commit acts of immorality. I gave her time to repent and she does not want to repent of her immorality. Behold I will cast her upon a bed of sickness and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. And I will kill her children with the plague and all the churches will know that I AM HE who searches the minds and hearts and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.” (Jesus Christ, Ruler of the kings of the earth and Husband of a pure bride, Rev 2:20-23)

The dream was so vivid. In it, my young friend dreamt that he was about to be married to a well known seductive entertainer. She knew she had him wrapped around her finger. Her powerful spell of seduction began to take control of him. Suddenly he came to his senses. “I know who you are! You are Jezebel!” he shouted out in the dream. The demonic spell was broken. This dream changed this young man’s life forever. He repented from a love for the world and now stands as a holy testimony for God, even as he works in the midst of Hollywood’s seductive entertainment culture. America as a nation must come to such an awakening as this young man.

As it is in America today, so it was in Israel in the days of King Ahab.

Elijah was determined to turn back the nation to God and his message was for repentance from compromise with the spirit of Jezebel. “How long will you halt between two opinions. If Baal is God serve him, but if God is God, serve Him.” Summed up, Elijah’s revolutionary challenge to his nation was, “NO TOLERATION!” The same command of God can be heard 2000 years later where the spirit of Jezebel is exposed in the Church at Thyatira. Jesus dictates a strongly worded letter to them:

“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 prophetess…” (Rev 2:18-20)

In the midst of a church tolerating sexual laxity and promoting a casual approach to sin, God says, “I have this against you, you tolerate the woman Jezebel who seduces my bondservants into sexual immorality.”

“..the eternal Word specifically described Himself as “He who searches the minds and hearts” (Rev 2:23), for it is in the inner sanctuary of our private soul-life where tolerance to Jezebel begins. It is here, within us, where tolerance must end… This spirit was sitting in the church in Thyatira when it was exposed by the Holy Spirit nineteen hundred years ago. It still has its favorite seat in church. There are respectable men who love God and who seek to serve Him, yet secretly in their hearts are prisoners of Jezebel. Even now, they are deeply ashamed of their bondage to pornography, and they can barely control their desires for women. Ask them to pray and their spirits are awash with guilt and shame. Their prayers are but the whimpers of Jezebel’s eunuchs.” (The Jezebel Spirit by Francis Frangipane)

We all know the story of Jezebel perched in the window with her make-up on, trying one last time to seduce her way out of judgment. (2 Kings 9:30) Jehu looks up at her in the window and commands her eunuch attendants to throw her down! Hundreds of years later, Jesus said that the eyes are the windows of the soul. If someone were to gaze into your eyes, what would they see? Would they see Jezebel and her seductive compromises enthroned there? “Or would they see the burning One with pure blazing eyes of fire and feet burnished with bronze?” (Judah Smith) This is the New Testament description of Jesus when He comes to confront the sexual compromise in the church.

“I will set no vile thing before my eyes.”(Psalm 101:3) “Death has climbed in through our windows… it has cut off our children from the streets.” (Jeremiah 9:21) Our eye windows are particularly vulnerable in this age of technology. We are flooded with images. Most of us take this for granted as a part of daily life, yet we forget that until little more than a century ago, photographs did not even exist and the only visual images people ever saw were those drawn or painted by artists. This severely limited the amount of visual information a person had to process. It also meant that the tide of pornography as we know it today was unthinkable back then. As a generation that has been born in this climate, we hardly even notice the vile thing it is! I am preaching to myself as well as to those who read. The pastors and leaders of this nation are being called to be the first to repent.

“Then he said to me, son of man do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his own carved images.” (Ezekiel 8:12) If God were to dig in the dark room of our own imaginations what photographs would he see there?

I urge you, in the fear of God, to examine your “windows.” What have you been watching? Are you irresistibly drawn to those sites on the Internet that are perverse and defiling? Are you addicted to pornography? Have you been seduced by entertainment and computer games? Let me ask you, “What’s in your imaginations?” The spirit of Jezebel works in the imaginations. Don’t say, “Oh, I can handle this.” Listen, if you let that seed get in your heart, it will kill your prophetic fire with its little compromises. Pornography is toleration. Homosexuality and fornication are toleration. Books, magazines and movies that allure our hearts away from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ are all tolerations. Rebellion toward parents and leaders are toleration. Is this struggle going on in your soul? God wants to set us free! Go and see your pastor or someone in leadership today and confess your sins if you are in bondage to these things. Thank God for his mercy for if God counted sin, then who could stand? I boast alone in the great mercies of God. And may God show mercy to this nation.

“Jezebel’s worst enemies are the prophets; her worst fear is that the people will embrace repentance. Jezebel hates repentance.” (Jezebel Spirit, By Francis Frangipane)

In a culture saturated with sexual sin, Elijah strides onto the stage of history and confronts Jezebel only to find himself under her very spell. On a 40-day fast he breaks the power of that spell and unleashes a new generation of leaders to end her vile reign. If Elijah is coming again before the great and terrible day of the Lord, then we know that Jezebel is coming as well. The 40-day fast is the mighty weapon to break her spell of addictions, sexual bondage, mental torment, suicidal thoughts, disorders and diseases. What would happen in America and the nations if tens of thousands of fathers and mothers, the Elijahs of today, fasted for 40 days intensely repenting and cleansing themselves of inward toleration of sexual immorality, addiction to entertainment and spiritual apathy? What if these parents prayed for their children for 40 days to break off rebellion and release revelation of the Lord into their hearts? What if a young generation of Elishas fasted for 40 days to be cleansed from lust, TV addictions, pornography, spiritual mediocrity, and rebellion toward their parents believing that a double portion of the Holy Spirit will rest on their lives?

What would happen if tens of thousands would pray Song of Solomon 8:6? “Lord, put your fiery love as a seal over my heart, capture me with your vehement flame of love, a love stronger than the flames of lust. Send this fiery love over a whole generation, a love that many waters cannot overflow.”

This is the Lord’s answer! The earth will experience spiritual convulsions, the powers of darkness will tremble and the children of God will break forth with freedom and a great light of spiritual awakening will dawn all over the earth.

Lord, right now I release Elijah’s 40-day fast for freedom and deliverance. And may there be a shout in the nations, “No Toleration!” In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Lou Engle
www.fastandpray.com

Guidelines to Fasting

The following guidelines are from www.fastandpray.com to help you through the upcoming "40 Days for 40 Years" fasting and prayer time for America, Israel, and the nations to be held from 5/28/07 through 7/7/07.

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Fasting begets prophets and strengthens strong men. Fasting makes lawgivers wise; it is the
soul's safeguard, the body’s trusted comrade, the armor of the champion, the training of the
athlete.
- Basil, Bishop of Caesarea (AD 330-379).

With this call to enter into extended fasts, we must prepare ourselves adequately so that the fast
can honor God and fulfill its purpose. Here are some items to help and encourage you.

1. Seek advice and permission before the fast.
Seek medical advice before the fast, especially if you have any existing medical concerns or conditions. If you are under 18 years of age, discuss your desire to fast with your parents. Spiritual covering, submission, and unity are important
factors when fasting. Discuss your plans with your church leaders. Remember, fasting is an attitude of the heart! Ask them if they would consider fasting with you!

2. Fast and pray in order to humble yourself and purify your worship.
In fasting we are not trying to get something from God, but rather seeking to realign our hearts’ affections with His. In fasting we can more readily say, “We love you Lord, more than anything in the world.” Lust of any kind is perverted worship, but fasting enables us to cleanse the sanctuary of our hearts from
every other rival.

3. Don’t boast about your fast.
Let people know you won’t be eating only if you need to (Matthew 6:16-18).

4. Do the fast with someone else.
Two are better than one! We encourage parents and kids to consider fasting together. Several generations fasting together has a powerful impact!

5. Have a clear target as your prayer focus.
Without a vision (a clear, prophetic prayer goal) the people perish. Write down your vision, so you can run with it (Habakkuk 2:2).

6. Make your commitment and determine the length.
You can fast in many different ways. Pray and ask God what he will give you faith for as far as the length of time.

* A Daniel fast, with vegetables and water, is good for those carrying a heavy workload.

* A fruit or vegetable juice fast allows you to enter into fasting but still gives enough energy to function. Many people have done a 40-day juice fast. Out of consideration for their health and metabolism, I would encourage teenagers to use juice and protein drinks to sustain them. If you have sugar sensitivities or problems, consult you physician before attempting this fast.

* A water-only fast has been done by many people. We would not encourage this without strong medical supervision, particularly for youth. Depending on your weight and metabolism, you can go forty days on water alone.

* A total fast is without water. Do not go beyond three days without water. Discuss your plans with your doctor, church leaders, and spouse or parents. We do not encourage this type of fast without specific confirmation from the Lord through your parents and church leadership.

7. Prepare physically.
Two days before you fast, limit your intake of food to fruit and vegetables. Fruit is a natural cleanser and easy to digest. Stop drinking coffee before the fast.
Drink lots of water to help your body detoxify. Prepare yourself for mental discomforts such as impatience, crankiness, and anxiety. Expect physical discomforts. You may experience dizziness, headaches and different kinds of pains. The headaches are not a sign to stop fasting. Your body is working to cleanse itself of impurities.

8. Take time to pray and read the Word.
This may seem obvious, but busyness and distractions can keep you from devotions. Reading books with testimonies of victories gained through fasting will encourage you, too. Changing History through Prayer and Fasting by Derek Prince, Fast Forward by Lou Engle and God’s Chosen Fast by Author Wallis are just some of the books about
fasting that are available.

9. Expect to hear God’s voice in the Word, dreams, visions and revelations. Daniel prepared himself to receive revelation through fasting (Daniel 10:1-2). There is a fasting reward (Matthew 6:18).

10. Prepare for opposition.
On the day of your fast you can bet donuts will be at the office or in
class. Your spouse (or your mom) will suddenly be inspired to cook your favorite meals. Press through. Many times you may feel more tension build at home. Satan tempted Jesus on the fast, and we must expect the same. Discouragement may come in like a flood, but recognize the source and take your stand on the victory of Christ.

11. If you fail, don’t give in to condemnation.
The “to fast or not to fast” dilemma can be a major tool of the enemy. Even though you may fail several times, God always extends grace. Just hit the “delete” button and continue on your fast!

12. Feel free to rest a lot and continue to exercise with supervision.

13. Breakthroughs often come after a fast, not during it.
Do not listen to the lie that nothing is happening. It is my conviction that every fast done in faith will be rewarded.

14. Break the fast slowly, over several days with fruit juice or light soups. On a light juice fast or a water fast your digestive system shuts down. This can be dangerous if you eat too much too soon. Break the fast with several days of diluted, non-acidic juice, then regular juice, followed by fruit and vegetables.

40 Day Cleansing Guide

In preparation for the upcoming "40 Days for 40 Years" fast, beginning the evening of May 28th (Monday), the following is a Guide from www.fastandpray.com .

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40 Day Cleansing Guide

1. Preparation
1.1 Seeking the Lord
• First acknowledge the character of God in Worship.
• Wait on the Lord and let him examine your hearts.
• Yield yourselves to the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26, James 4: 6, 7).

1.2 Identify idolatry and spiritual strongholds
• Do any members of the family consistently exhibit destructive attitudes? Criticism, anger, resistance to authority, jealousy between siblings, etc.

• Are there consistent patterns of antagonism between members of your household?

• Are there any indications of backsliding in any member of your household?

• Are there obsessions/compulsions evident in any member of your household? The Internet, music, television, shopping, eating, and so forth?

• Is any member of your household troubled consistently by dreams?

• Is there any unusual atmosphere of confusion or indecision in your home?

1.3 Identify the roots of idolatry and spiritual strongholds
• Is there any point where I as a parent have allowed the enemy entrance?

• Has either spouse violated the Ephesians 5 marital covenant?

• Is there any behavior in either family line, which has allowed the enemy legal access to tempt and harass any member of the family?

• Have I as a parent done anything presumptuously with my time, resources, or finances that has brought pressure on the family?

• Is there anything in the house that could be considered a demonic “Trojan horse” (this could be a CD, video, magazine, or even a relic or totem form a vacation that has occult significance)?

• Has any household “covenant” been broken?

2. The Act of Cleansing

2.1 Having prepared ourselves and identified roots we need to first repent as parents and single adults and commit ourselves to the Lord to follow through with any root cleansing processes (such as researching our family lines) that may be necessary for a permanent cleansing to take effect.

2.2 Having done that, then process to spiritually cleanse the home by anointing each room with oil. Prayers that you can pray room by room might look as follows:

The Kitchen
May this be a room of covenant building and renewal, a place where out meal times become opportunities for openness and healing.

The Family Room
May this room be a place of rest, renewal and dreaming.

The Dinning Room
May you mark our family with the gift of hospitality and may this room be a reminder of our call to minister and be others-centered.

The Living Room
May all who come be impressed with You and may Your Presence pervade our home.

Each Child’s Bedroom
Specifically anoint the bedrooms with oil and break off any assignments or entry points of the enemy based on any entrances you have previously discerned. Loose your children from demonic influence silence the voice of the enemy. Pray prayers of destiny for their future, even pray for their future spouses.

The Parent’s Bedroom
May this room be a room of safety for the husband and the wife a room of intimacy at all levels, especially in speaking ‘life’ to each other.

The Bathrooms
May we unusually sensitive to the still small voice of the Spirit. As I focus on myself, may this be a place where the Lord can speak to me, convicting and encouraging me.

The Yards
I thank You, Lord, for a wall of protection around our home, and receive by faith Your angelic messenger who will guard and protect us.

3. For the Entire Family

• Take Communion
• Parents identify those things God prompts you to share with your entire family.
• Does any family member exhibit any unusual patterns of withdrawal form normal family life?

© 2004 Steven Fry

Refined by Love and Fire

The following article is courtesy of openheaven.com

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Refined by Love and Fire

By Ron McGatlin

In the passing church emphasis age, we seemed to have a bit of a religious barrier or cushion between the practical reality of our lives and the spiritual holiness of God. It was like we were lightly aware of God's holiness and our lack of not being truly holy and pure in our daily living. To many of us this did not seem to be too big of a problem. Someway, we reasoned that we were about as close to being holy as we could be under the circumstances of our lives.

In the kingdom emphasis age, this has greatly changed. The barrier or cushion is completely passing away leaving us to realize we are uncovered and open before Him and the world. We are becoming acutely aware of what God and perhaps some others have seen all along. Our impure mixture is becoming evident to us. I am not speaking personally here but as a broad spectrum of the church.

1 Pet 1:15-16: but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."

The passionate love of God is being manifest in His presence, drawing us to leave all our other gods and come fully unto Him. His love purifies us if we run after Him leaving all our religious and worldly treasures. His kingdom in us is the pearl of great price. The treasure hidden in the field of His kingdom is living intimately with Christ for which we quickly sell all to obtain.

Song 1:4: Draw me away! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.

Mat 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Mat 13:45-46: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Gal 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Walking in the Spirit of God is walking in His love. Walking in spirit of the world is to walk away from the Spirit of God and His loving presence and continue our impure mixture.

The purifying, refining fire of God is increasingly burning in the earth to destroy and dissolve the wood, hay and stubble of impure and unclean worldly mixtures from His kingdom.

The choice is ours now. We can respond to His intimate pure love drawing (wooing) us by running after Him and leaving all else, or we can fail to respond and wait to endure the fires of purification burning the things we sought to hold on to. We will suffer a great sense of pain and loss if we do not willingly leave all to run after Him. Our treasures will be burned and the things we lived for will go up in smoke in the refining fire.

Mal 4:1: "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the LORD of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch.

Beyond the fires of refinement, we will praise Him and draw near to Him and His love. Experiencing the joy of life with Him in the beauties of real holiness will quickly heal us of all the pain of loss from the fire. We will not again long for our earthly treasures and pleasures. We will have no appetite for the things of the spirit of the world and religion. As we then truly delight in Him, all our earthly and heavenly needs will be fully met.

Most people, including many westernized Christians, have been robbed of the beauties of holiness.

God desires to bring His people closer to Himself. He is changing our focus from carnal pleasures and worldly good things to pure holy oneness with Him as His sons. Many have bought into fallacious concepts of delighting their souls in worldly pleasures instead of delighting in the Lord.

Psa 37:4-6: Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday.

Christians have come to believe that going to church and doing some other good religious things causes all to be well with their souls, even though they continue to indulge their flesh. Many do not even fully realize that they draw near to God with their mouths, but their hearts are far from Him.

Mat 15:8-9: 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

Mark 7:8-9: "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men; the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do." He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

There is an awakening coming soon. Some are prophesying this fall as the beginning of an explosive awakening bringing purification and holiness leading to real oneness with God. Many people and groups are praying desperately for a move of God. This awakening could be a major step toward the consecration of many as priests and kings.

Keep on pursuing Him.
His love will never fail.

Ron McGatlin

www.openheaven.com
basileia@earthlink.net

Some More GREAT QUOTES:

"The average Christian is so cold and contented with his wretched
condition that there is no vacuum of desire into which the blessed
Spirit can rush in satisfying fullness." -A.W. Tozer


"No man is ever fully accepted until he has, first of all, been
utterly rejected." -Author unknown

"The spiritual man habitually makes eternity-judgments instead of
time-judgments. By faith he rises above the tug of earth and the
flow of time and learns to think and feel as one who has already
left the world and gone to join the innumerable company of angels
and the general assembly and Church of the First-born which are
written in heaven. Such a man would rather be useful than famous
and would rather serve than be served. And all this must be by the
operation of the Holy Spirit within him. No man can become
spiritual by himself. Only the free Spirit can make a man spiritual."
-A.W.Tozer


"What pains do children take to scrape and
roll the snow together to make a snowman.
But soon after it is done, the heat of the sun
dissolves it, and it comes to nothing.

The greatest treasures of worldly people are
but snowmen! When death and judgment
come, they melt away, and come to nothing!
'The world with its lust is passing away.' -1 John 2:17"
-Matthew Meade, "The Almost Christian”.


"We stink more of the world than we stink of of sack cloth and
ashes. A lot of contemporary churches today would feel more at
home in a movie house rather than in a house of prayer, more
afraid of holy living than of sinning, know more about money than
magnifying Christ in our bodies. It is so compromised that
holiness and living a sin-free life is heresy to the modern church.
The modern church is, quite simply, just the world with a Christian
T-shirt on!" -N. Cruz


"Despite the atrociousness of it, Satan really does have "little
cause to fear most preaching." Most preaching in the modern
church is completely devoid of unction. Pastors are too busy
playing golf or racquetball to bother spending time on their knees.
No wonder some pastors I've heard can more readily quote Dr.
Laura then bible passages pertaining to prayer. It's disastrous.
Satan need not fear under those conditions." -A. Reavis


"After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone, and children
sift through all we've left behind; May the clues that they discover,
become the light that leads them to the road we each must find."
-Sung by Steve Green, " Find US Faithful"


" The Lord has shown me that I can do anything, but that He has
said, apart from Me ye can do nothing." "So it comes to this, that
everything I have done, and can still do apart from Him is nothing!"
-Watchman Nee


"How do we worship our God Wholeheartedly? To answer the
question we must respond to the command...
"If you love me, you will obey what I command." John 14:15.
True Love is complete obedience ... half obedience is no
obedience. If you love Jesus, you will obey what He commands.
This is true love and true worship." -Unknown


"A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge,
even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry
for God." -Leonard Ravenhill


"Resolved: that all men should live for the glory of God. Resolved
second: That whether others do or not, I will." - Jonathan Edwards


"The Spirit clothed himself,
He makes the record say,
With Gideon, so he became
As nothing in the fray,
But just a suit of working clothes
The Spirit wore that day."
-Unknown


"Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into
heaven, without having blown the trumpet loud and long for our
Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Let us see to it that the devil will hold a
thanksgiving service in hell, when he gets the news of our
departure from the field of battle." -C. T. Studd

Partial Retraction - Global Prayer Action Required for Persecuted Brothers in Turkey

We want to say "Thank you" to Harold from Corning, NY for informing us that the prayer alert posted on April 27, 2007, concerning the 3 Christians martyred in Turkey recently had some inaccuracies concerning the details of the torture that took place. Here is a quote from what Harold sent us:

This was posted May 3 on the Voice of the Martyrs Christian Persecution Blog:

"While it appears they were tortured, the extent of that torture was not as gruesome as the earlier report indicated. All had knife wounds and several throats were slit."

Love and Fire certainly desires complete accuracy in any items we post. Our hope is that we did not help to spread anything that is less than the truth -- that is why we decided to post this retraction. This does not lessen the horrifying death these men of God suffered. We have already heard of great testimonies that show these 3 seeds that were planted in Turkey are already bearing fruit! Thank God for such love... and continue to pray for strength and courage for all the family members of these martyrs.

For His Glory,
Joe & Shirley

Believers Encouraged to Go to Mountaintops to Pray on Global Day of Prayer

This article is courtesy of Breaking Christian News.

Inspire Staff/TN (May 19th, 2007)

Inspire Magazine reports that Believers taking part in the Global Day of Prayer events, being held throughout the world on the 27th of May, are being encouraged to climb to the top of the hills and mountains in their villages, towns or cities to pray on this special day.

Graham Power, the founder and Chairman of the Global Day of Prayer initiative, was given as an example. On that day, he will join 100 people and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, where—along with other climbers—they will say prayers of repentance, revival and restoration for the whole world.

Pastor Jonathan Oloyede, one of the organizers of the Global day of Prayer London event stated, "Graham Powers and his climbers are setting a great example for Christians to follow—that is to take time out of their busy schedule and meet with God in a secluded and high place."

"It is no coincidence that two of our greatest Biblical heroes, Moses and our Savior Jesus Christ, met with God in the mountains. Those times they spent with God enabled them to gain directives, strength and inspiration concerning their mission on the earth, and those directives, which they carried out, continue to impact on the lives of Believers today."

Source: Inspire Magazine

40 Days for 40 Years

This is a call we all need to hear and do -- Love and Fire Ministries will be answering this important call to prayer -- we hope you will too!
For His Glory,
Joe & Shirley

Lou Engle: "CALLING ALL MINISTRIES AND INDIVIDUALS--PLEASE PRAY ABOUT JOINING THIS GLOBAL 40 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING"

There are moments in history when a door for massive change opens, and great revolutions, for good or evil, spring up in the vacuum created by these openings. In these divine moments, key men and women and even entire generations risk everything to become the hinge of history--the pivotal point that determines which way the door will swing.

The rebellious generation of the 60's seized its moment, and history crashed into the deep abyss of drug addiction, sexual immorality, hatred for authority, and a rejection of the law of God. 1967 was a culminating and defining moment in that rebellion. In 1967, 100,000 young people, aged 15 to 25 flocked to San Francisco to experience the hippie movement. This mass convergence was sparked by the hit song, San Francisco (Wear a Flower in your Hair). Once there, they experimented with LSD, pot, casual sex and Eastern mysticism in what became known as the "Summer of Love."

When these newly recruited Flower Children returned home at the end of the summer, they brought with them new styles and ideas, flooding the cities of the US and Europe with a message that opposed authority and scorned conservative morals. This counterculture rebellion was fueled by music and art, and it rapidly shifted global culture.

40-Day Fasts in Scripture

For 40 years we have been falling headlong into a black moral morass in America, and all through the West. We are reaping the waves of destruction in every sector of our post Christian society. Can America survive another 40 years? We are declaring NO! A thousand times NO! Unless a massive spiritual shift occurs at this moment, our children will live under an antichrist system and Godless enculturation that will bring about the demise of America, as we know it.

But God has a prescription for such a massive shift and it is revealed in the power of the great transitional 40-day fast. God, in His sovereign control over the parade of history, delivered the Israelites out of Egypt. Longing to release a moral code that would give foundations for righteousness, for time and eternity, God summoned Moses to a 40-day fast on Mount Sinai. In that fast all of history changed, and the law of God was delivered from Heaven to earth. If America is going to return to God, it must recover that law again as its foundation for truth.

Elijah, at the height of Jezebel's cultic dominion over Israel, fasted 40 days, broke the spell of Jezebel off of his own life and received a mandate to anoint the next generation. That fast unleashed a movement that toppled Jezebel's regime of hell, which perpetrated the destruction of family, the killing of innocent children, the silencing of the voice of God's people and the widespread culture of sexual immorality. The fruit of that fast culminated in the utter destruction of Baal worship in Israel.

Also, in the fullness of time the glorious Gospel era was born when Jesus fasted 40 days, and those who sat in darkness saw a great light. Clearly the 40-day fast is Heaven's great transitional prescription, moving nations from failure to fulfillment of promise. Is it any surprise that when Jesus was to enter into His great sacrifice where death would be swallowed up in victory, Elijah and Moses appear with Him on the Mount of Transfiguration? All three of them were together as the 40-day fasters. They presided over the great transitions of history.

When the Israelites were poised to move into the Promise Land, spies were sent out for 40 days. When they returned carrying an evil report, a whole generation was infected with unbelief, and they turned their back on the Promise Land. God's sentence on that generation was, "And your sons shall be wanderers in the wilderness for 40 years and bear the brunt of your infidelity until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land 40 days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely 40 years, and you shall know My rejection" (Numbers 14:33-34). It was 40 years of judgment for 40 days failure.

Conversely, the great prophet Ezekiel received a 40-day prayer assignment for a 40-year failure of Judah's iniquity. "Lie again on your right side, then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah, 40 days I have laid on you a day for each year." (Ezekiel 4:6) It was clearly 40 days prayer for 40 years of failure.

When Jesus fasted 40 days and was tempted by the devil, He quoted from the book of Deuteronomy saying, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." And again, "You shall not tempt the Lord thy God" and again, "You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you worship." Jesus in His victory over satan was quoting the book of Deuteronomy, the portion of Scripture delivered by Moses to the generation who failed in the desert. Jesus in His 40-day fast was clearly identifying with that passage of Scripture and that generation that came out of Egypt. As an intercessor in His 40-day fast, He was fulfilling what a generation had failed in for 40 years.

The Call for the Church to Unite

Forty years are up! Could the Church of America in a 40-day fast deliver a nation out of a 40-year curse? We have Scriptural precedent to believe for such a turning! Therefore, we are trumpeting a call to 40 days of fasting--like Moses, like Elijah, like Ezekiel, and like Jesus. We must bear the iniquity in 40 days of fasting and intercession for the past 40 years of divorcing God in America, embracing a culture of sexual immorality, hedonism, materialism, abortion, and the rejection of Christ in the public place. But we are also calling for 40 days of fasting and prayer for the greatest outbreak of Kingdom power, in signs and wonders, and spiritual awakening in America that will collide with this present darkness and topple its cultural dominion over our people.

Thousands went on 40-day fasts in 1946 and in 1947 the great healing revivals broke out. In 1948 the latter rain outpourings began. Bill Bright's and Billy Graham's ministries were born at the same time, and Israel became a nation. Could it be that the 40-day fast preceded this explosion of power by the Spirit? After Jesus' 40-day fast, the Scripture says He returned in the power of the Spirit. Yes, the promise of Joel 2 is that after the fast, "I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh."

Forty years ago in 1967, the Jesus Movement broke out, a youth revival starting on the streets that swept across the country, exploding in college campuses and coffee houses. People were being saved everywhere. Now 40 years later we are crying, "Do it again, God," way beyond the Jesus movement!

In 1967, in a war and obviously by the supernatural Hand of God, Jerusalem was taken and once again brought under the control of the state of Israel. This was a monumental signpost in the shifting of eras. The dispensation of the times of the Gentiles was now beginning to shift to the times when Jerusalem will become the last days focus for God's activity in the earth. For 40 days we are joining Israel in a 40-day fast, crying out to God that they would see their Messiah and begin to receive their greatest spiritual awakening since the days of the Apostles.

Brothers and sisters, moments like these come only once in a lifetime. To miss such a moment could be to miss the purpose of God for a generation. The generation that refused to cross over the Jordan did not know that they had only one day to make the decision, and missing that day meant 40 years in the desert.

Even now we are receiving reports that other countries are calling 40-day fasts. Could we be in a global 40-day season of fasting like Jesus, to see a global outbreak of light when great darkness is covering the earth? Beginning the evening of May 28th, we are calling two generations to 40 days of fasting and prayer culminating on 7-7-07, the perfection of time, in a massive national gathering of fasting, intercession, repentance, and worship, declaring we want to remarry the Lord. We want to cross over into the promised land of national revival. We want to break this 40-year curse. May thousands seek God in water, juice, and Daniel fasts from May 28th through July 7th '07, The Call Nashville.

What would happen in America if for 40 days we sealed the electronic cultural sewer that flows nightly into our living rooms and spent our strength seeking the Lord? What if tens of thousands of fathers and mothers across our nation fasted for 40 days repenting and cleansing themselves of inward toleration of sexual immorality, pornography, addiction to food and entertainment, and materialism? What if they prayed daily for their spiritual and physical children to see them converted to Christ and freed from rebellion, from addictions, depression, and suicide? What if the young generation fasted for 40 days to be cleansed from lust, media addiction, rebellion toward their parents, believing that a double portion of the Holy Spirit would come upon their lives?

Moses fasted 40 days and mentored a spiritual son named Joshua, which means "the Lord saves." Elijah fasted 40 days and threw his mantle on a double portion son, Elisha, which means "the Lord saves." And John the Baptist fasted in the desert and prepared the way for a double portion son named Jesus, which means "the Lord saves."

Jesus fasted 40 days and unleashed the apostolic glory of the eternal Son of God into the earth. What if we are preparing a generation for the greatest day of salvation in history? And so, what if tens of thousands of both generations fast together and gather on 7-7-07 for The Call Nashville in LP Field, to cry out to God in a Joel 2 moment for a great, national returning to the Lord?

The parade of history has brought us into a profound generational landmark, and a great vacuum has opened again. If the Church does not seize this moment, someone else will! Antichrist rage will! Sexual perversion will! Anarchy will! But NOW is the time for key men and women, even an entire generation to risk everything to become the hinge of history, the pivotal point which determines which way the door will swing in America and in the nations of the earth. It's 40 Days or 40 Years! Seize the Day!

We will be launching this fast with a worldwide simulcast on God TV on May 26th. For all information on the 40-day fast and The Call Nashville, please visit www.fastandpray.com and www.thecall.com.

Lou Engle
The Call
www.louengle.com

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