FACEDOWN 40 Day 2

A Most Important Man

Written by Francis Frangipane

Meditation:

“First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority.” – 1 Timothy 2:1-8

Reflection:

This week, President Bush will be in Pakistan meeting with Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan. While we should be praying daily for President Bush, we should also pray for President Musharraf as well. Pakistan is a nation of 160,000,000 people, 97% of whom are Muslim. Within its Islamic culture are millions of jihadists, many of whom willing to die for Allah. Obviously, Pakistan needs a stable, even noble leader to keep its radical population in check. A revolt or absence of balanced authority in Pakistan’s leadership would be catastrophic. Why? Pakistan already has nuclear weapons. With a radicalized government in charge, they could use those weapons or give them to terror groups around the world!

In spite of threats from Islamic radicals, President Musharraf has been a courageous ally in the war against terrorism. His army has been responsible for killing or capturing hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters, many of whom were important leaders in the terror network. Musharraf himself has been miraculously protected from several bomb attempts on his life. Civil rights groups criticize Musharraf for not relinquishing his position as commander in chief of Pakistan’s armies and for not allowing national elections to select a challenger to his presidency. Yet, Musharraf has served his nation well, seeking to end Pakistan’s long conflict with India as well as reaching in peace toward Israel. Finally, President Musharraf is a moderate Muslim who is respectful toward Christianity. As a child, he actually attended Saint Patrick's High School in Karachi and graduated from Forman Christian College in Lahore. He is a man of extreme importance in the purposes of God and vital to the resolution of the crises of our times. I urge you, therefore, to stand before God in prayer for this man.

Prayer:

Lord God, even as You singled out a Gentile king name Cyrus and used him for Your purpose, so You have raised up Pervez Musharraf and made him president of Pakistan. Father, cover and protect this man. Grant him wisdom, dreams and visions from You, that he might know Your voice. Reveal to him if there are any traitors in his staff. We bind and resist every demonic attack against his life. We cover him in the blood of Jesus. Father, for the sake of the gospel, we ask that You use President Musharraf and, in Your divine mercy, reveal Your Son to him. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Emergency Prayer For Pakistan

This country is ready to explode again. This time they are openly saying they want to overthrow President Musharraf and bring harm to President Bush. (Bush was scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on Friday. Now they are not saying when, but it probably will be tomorrow night or Saturday.) Strikes are called for tomorrow. All shops are to be closed; nothing on wheels is to move. People are panicky and scared.

The bomb blast near the US Consulate in Karachi was done to send a direct message to President Bush. Since my last writing more churches have been destroyed.

The issues of the cartoons is now only used to raise religious fervor. In a country where one has to be a Muslim, not to take part in demonstrations is seen as being against “god”. It is a vicious cycle taking place, even those who do not want to take part are often forced into doing what they do not want to do.

IT CANNOT FALL. IT WILL NOT FALL.

We must pray.We must unleash the hosts of heaven to fight this war.God calls us to stand in the Gap and PRAY.

PRAY FOR

• confusion to strike the powers of darkness.
• President Musharraf. For wisdom.
• Enough police forces to contain this.
• President Bush. By his coming he could stir up enough opposition to make it difficult for Musharraf to stay in power.

“History belongs to the intercessors”. The Muslim world has gone through their time of Fasting. They look at this season of Lent before our big “Eid” (Easter), mocking and asking if we really fast and does our God hear us. Yes, God will hear! The Ruler of heaven and earth shall send forth His mighty warring angels and even Pakistan has experience an outpouring of the Holy Spirit!

FACEDOWN 40
Devotional Day 1

Written by Lou Engle

Jesus’ forty day fast prepared the way for His messianic shout, “The Kingdom is at hand!” The redemption of the world depended on Jesus’ abandonment to the Father as He fasted in the wilderness. Here was a focused man. Without failure, without faltering, He faced the strong man of the earth and bound him with His, “it is written.” Then from His facedown 40, He returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit.

This 40-day fast, being trumpeted across the nation, must take on the dimensions of do or die. Spiritual awakening is not an option in America! All hell is bent to squeeze the Church into its mold, and muffle its’ prayers that defy this present darkness.

The ongoing terrorism and blood letting going on in Iraq must be challenged by a mightier power than that which is being fueled by the fasting and prayers of millions of Muslims. The nuclear threats and spiritual devotion of the President and ayatollahs of Iran are the manifestations of the ancient spirit, the Prince of Persia, arising again threatening to destroy Israel and dominate the world.

One man, Daniel, fasting with total focus, no side issues, refusing to take no for an answer, was the deciding factor in the heavenly war between the Arch Angels of Heaven and the Prince of Persia. In like manner, the great prayer movement in the earth today is being called once again to this holy place of influence in the heavens, and a fasting 40 fad will not do it! We must be all out for this one!

Reflection:

Reese Howells and his praying band understood their place of intercession and its role in shaping history and withstood the spiritual powers that raged over Hitler and the Nazi regime. Listen to Howell’s journal as he challenges his holy band:
May 17th, 9:30 am
“You are more responsible for this victory today than those men on the battlefield. You must be dead to everything else, but this fight.”
1 pm
"Because you have committed yourselves, you are responsible. You will never have peace again until the world has peace, but you have a place in the cleft of the Rock,”

Friends, there is no peace in America, and there is no peace in the Middle East. Will God find His Reese Howells’ company again? I say yes and let it be now!

Prayer:

Oh God, Ruler of nations, Lord of history, we set our face to seek you with prayer and fasting. Find in us the spirit of your own Son, the great intercessor, who loved not his life unto death. Call forth thousands now, those who have found their place in the Rock, and out of that place are committed to war in the spirit for a great awakening in our universities, among our children, and in the cultural power centers of our nation. Arise oh God; contend with the spirit of Islam. Restrain the Prince of Persia. Loose Muslims by the thousands into the knowledge of the freedom of Christ Jesus. Protect and cover your people Israel until the day dawns and the Morning Star arises in their hearts. We pray for the sake of your Son, Jesus. Amen.

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FACEDOWN 40

A Strategic Prayer Initiative

REVOLUTION

The Crisis: the Ongoing Conflict in the Middle East

The earth stands in a pivotal, but precarious, moment in history. All around the globe, the earth seems to be convulsing with natural disasters, lawlessness, wars and rumors of wars.

As you read this, Islam-dominated nations are violently reacting and baring their fangs over a simple cartoon depiction of their prophet, Mohammed. The ugly and violent nature of Islam has begun to rear its head and the Church must respond with fasting and prayer to contend with the menacing threat of Islamic global domination. Groups like Hamas and nations like Iran, who call for the destruction of the nation of Israel and the Jewish peoples, are the signs of a surging violence against Israel and Christendom.

Yet there is an answer to this crisis: the praying and fasting Body of Christ. When the principalities that dominated the airwaves of the Middle East exposed itself against the people of God thousands of years ago, God raised up a single man–the prophet Daniel–in the midst of Babylon and Persia, to contend with the weapons of fasting and prayer against the demonic Prince of Persia. The Bride of Christ must understand that if it is to pierce the darkness that broods over the Middle East and break the vice grip of Islam over the world, it will take the same resolve that Daniel had in fasting and prayer to contend with the Prince of Persia. The Church has entered into a season of Daniel 10 again. The Prince of Persia is on the rise and how we respond in prayer and fasting during this time will determine our future course and dIf the Church will throw themselves into prayer and fasting during this critical season, the spoils of victory, including the souls of millions of Muslims, the restraining of the spirit of jihad, the shifting of the Iraq war, and the security and salvation of Israel, will belong to Christ and Christ alone.

REVIVAL

The Hope

Despite the raging of the world that surrounds us, the Church ought to and must hold onto outrageous hope. Everyday there are new reports being sent out and new books being published that speak of the dismal nature of the Western Church. For sure, droves of youth are leaving our churches and not returning. The statistics are certainly shocking, but we must not let our eyes dwell on statistics . We must not look with our natural eyes; instead, we must have eyes to see the victory of the Lord even in the midst of seeming darkness. Our report should be nothing less than the cry of Joshua and Caleb, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it” (Numbers 13:30). The Scriptures promise that though “darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples…the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising” (Isaiah 60:2-3).

Global Awakening among the Youth

W hile the natural world seems to be thrown into violent upheaval, there is a growing sense among prophetic voices in America that 2006 will be a glorious year for the Body of Christ. In 2003, Kenneth Hagin, an early father of the Charismatic movement, prophetically declared that 2006 would be a glorious year of “Heaven on earth.” Early this year, Dutch Sheets had a profound encounter with the Lord where the Lord made the statement that “This is the year that the lid comes off of the youth movement.” Another major leader in the body of Christ also made clear that this year would not simply be a celebration of the Azusa Street centennial, but that this would be the year where “He is coming!”

A casual approach to these prophetic words could be the undoing of a generation. A generation that has grown up only reading and hearing stories of national revival, but never experiencing the in-break of the Holy Spirit for themselves. This generation must learn to labor in prayer and fasting for their Great Awakening. The 40 years of wandering in the desert are up and the sound of rain can again be heard in the very-near distance. Could another Jesus Movement be on the horizon? Our days of rehearsal are finished; God is ready to come back onto the main stage!

REFORMATION

Righteousness and Justice

Everything that can be shaken will be shaken. For 33 years, America has lived under the dark cloud of legalized abortion. Yet God has begun a great shakedown in our legal system. In this past year, God has removed two Supreme Court Justices and raised up two new Supreme Court Justices who, if the Church will continue to pray for them, may be the generation that sees the scourge of the death culture and the blight of national sin removed from our nation. However, the shift of our legal system is not finished. We must pray that God removes a third pro-abortion Justice and replaces the vacancy with a Godly Justice who loves mercy, executes justice and walks humbly with his God.

THE CALL

Thus, for Revival, for the shifting of the Supreme Court and the ending of abortion, for the Middle East crisis and the freedom of a billion souls from the vice grip of Islam, and for the security and salvation of Israel; Dutch Sheets, Mike Bickle, Francis Frangipane, and I are calling for one million intercessors to 40 days of fasting beginning on MARCH 1(Ash Wednesday) to APRIL 9 (Passover Sunday and the 100-year anniversary of the Azusa Street Outpouring that began at Bonnie Brae Street). For more information about praying and fasting, specific prayer targets, and daily articles from Mike, Francis, Dutch and I, visit www.facedown40.com. Could we be on the verge of the great worldwide outpouring?

Visit www.facedown40.com to receive more information concerning the 40-day fast and also to sign up for daily devotionals from Mike Bickle, Lou Engle, Francis Frangipane and Dutch Sheets.

Here are some practical guidelines for fasting.

A Key To Miracles

"A Key To Miracles"
-- Bill Johnson
(from the Elijah List www.elijahlist.com)

Jesus once called a group of onlookers hypocrites because they could discern the weather but couldn't discern the times. It's apparent why Jesus would prefer people to recognize the times (spiritual climate and seasons) over natural weather conditions--but it's not quite so apparent why He would consider them hypocrites if they didn't.

Many of us have thought that the ability to see into the spiritual realm is more the result of a special gift than a personal responsibility for everyone. Jesus addressed this charge to the Pharisees and Sadducees. The very fact that they, of all people, were required to see is evidence enough that everyone has been given this ability. They became blind to His domain because of their own corrupted heart, and were judged for their unfulfilled potential.

The born again experience enables us to see from the heart. A heart that doesn't see is considered a hard heart. Faith was never intended to simply get us into the family. It is what makes the life in this family enjoyable. Faith sees. It brings His Kingdom and it's resources into focus, and the Kingdom and it's resources are accessible by faith.


Jesus Commanded Us To, "Seek First the Kingdom of God...."

Paul said, "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth." He also stated, "For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." The Bible clearly instructs us to turn our attention towards the invisible. This theme is repeated enough in scripture to make most of us from this Western culture quite nervous. We tend to prefer the material world.

Yet, herein lies the secret to much of the supernatural realm that we want restored to the church. Jesus told us that He only did what He saw His Father do. Such an insight is vital for those who want more. The power of His actions (i.e. the mud in the eye of the blind) is rooted in His ability to see.

God is very committed to teaching us how to see. To make this possible He gave us the Holy Spirit as a tutor. The curriculum that He uses is quite varied. But the one class we all qualify for is the greatest of all Christian privileges--worship. Learning how to see is not the purpose for our worship, but it a wonderful byproduct.


Those Who Worship In Spirit and Truth Learn to Follow the Holy Spirits Lead

His realm is called the Kingdom of God. The throne of God, which becomes established upon the praises of His people, is the center of that Kingdom. It's in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can embrace.

David was so affected by worship that all His other exploits pale in comparison to his abandoned heart for God. We know that he learned to see into God's realm because of statements like, "I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved." (Psalms 16:8). The Presence of God affected his seeing. He constantly practiced recognizing God's Presence. He saw God daily, not with the natural eyes, but with the eyes of the heart.

The privilege of worship is a good beginning place for those unaccustomed to addressing some of these kinds of themes found in scripture. In worship, we can learn to pay attention to this God given gift--the ability to see with the heart.

As we learn to worship with purity of heart, our eyes will continue to open. And we can expect to see what He wants us to see.

by Bill Johnson

Carrying His Presence

-- Jill Austin

(from the Elijah List www.elijahlist.com)

Master Potter

www.masterpotter.com

Is Your Shadow Dangerous?

Acts 5:12-16

--"The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people, and all the believers used to meet together at Solomon's colonnade. No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on the beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as they passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits and all of them were healed."

Acts 19:11-12--"God did extraordinary miracles through Paul so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them."

Is your shadow dangerous? How much fire do you have inside of you? Have you ever prayed for your shadow to be anointed and dangerous? In

2 Corinthians 4

, it says that we are earthenware vessels, but the glory, the treasure in us, is the Lord. In other words, there is a mystery. We are fragile earthenware vessels, but the glory, the fire inside of us, is the Lord.

Carriers Of A Radius Of His Glory

You know the song, "This little light of mine, I want to let it shine"? It's not even scriptural. It makes it sound like Christianity is puny, and you hope God has enough lighter fluid to fill you up again. We are earthenware vessels, so how many of you would like to have a radius of His glory inside of you like a nuclear reactor? Or would you like more? Do you want a resurrection anointing so strong that when you walk into a restaurant, the glory of God starts to move through you to confront the darkness? How much fire do you want? How dangerous do you really want to be?



Do you realize that if you have a radical anointing, you could get kicked out of your church? If you are the Pastor, they could lock you out! Do you realize you could be martyred? Would you rather be John the Baptist or Elijah? How many of you would like to see the glory of God rest over your house and as people drive by, they see angels of revelation camped over your house? How many of you would like to walk into work and suddenly the glory of God just explodes out of you? Would you like to have so much of God's glory that if your boss comes over to shake your hand, that all of a sudden he is falling to the floor with the anointing?

Impacting Your Neighborhood

Let's go back to your neighborhood. Let's say: a wife is bringing her husband home from the hospital, and he is dying of terminal bone cancer. The children of the sick father tell their parents that they keep seeing angels of the Lord at your house, and they believe that your prayers could heal him. The wife calls you and tells you that her husband has twenty-four hours left to live. She also tells you that her family understands that you are followers of Jesus, and that you love the Bible. She asks you to pray for her husband to see if what you preach is true.



So the neighbors come, put the husband on a blanket and carry him to your house. When they knock, you open the door, and they all come in, the family and the other neighbors. Maybe twenty people are there--watching to see if Jesus is real. Can we pray for the sick? Will He heal cancer? As you begin to pray, with all the neighbors looking on, color begins to come back into the man and the spirit of death starts to lift. He sits up and says, "I am hungry," and the Lord continues to heal him.



How many of you would like to have those in your neighborhood come and knock on your door for you to pray for them? The glory of the Lord would start to move through your neighborhood. How many of you would like to have ambulances parked outside of your door because people hear that the miracle power of Jesus is starting to move? How many of you would like to have hearses at your door as Jesus raises people from the dead? Even if they've been embalmed, God can give them blood! There's a radical cry in us--a cry where we start to say that we have a God who moves in our midst.

Renewal or Revival?

What is the difference between renewal and revival? I was in a conference meeting where the fire of God came with intercession, repentance, etc., and it was a wonderful renewal move of God. Then the next week, as I did a second series of meetings, I realized that the atmosphere was different as soon as I walked into the room. It was very different than the previous week's meetings! The atmosphere in this meeting was charged with the holiness of God, and the glory of the Lord.



As the meeting started, people were on their faces for hours as the heavy weight and glory of God came into the room, igniting revival. I have found that many people are looking for keys to unlock the Heavens and that includes the occult. Everyone wants power!

Important Keys that Unlock the Heavens

Yes, we serve a powerful God and He does come in power, but the only keys that unlock the Heavens are the blood of Jesus Christ and the Cross of the Lamb of God. The next key is passion for Jesus--that radical, militant, first love, face-on, full-on love that is like a radical "braveheart", pressing in to know Jesus personally and intimately.

The Governmental Throne of God



What I find is that the more we move from renewal to revival, it's as though the governmental throne of God starts coming to the earth. The governmental anointing and authority of God comes to earth and says, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven," and the apostolic and prophetic increase, and visitations begin with a fresh outpouring of the Lamb of God.

Jill Austin

Master Potter

www.masterpotter.com

Two People Healed During Worship Service

As the musicians were playing on Feb. 19th and the congregation was singing "To You O Lord, must the glory be given", 2 people were healed at The Love Church in Horseheads, NY.

Leslie Quinn testified that she came to church with a bad headache Sunday morning, but as she was worshipping God she was miraculously healed. No one even laid hands on her or anointed her with oil but the Healing touch of Jesus was "in the House".

Diana Hill was serving as the greeter at the front door of the church. Her back was knotted up and she was in a great deal of pain. She reported that during the Worship time the pain left and she too was healed.

The presence of the Holy Spirit was heavy as the praise and worship ascended to the throne of God from His people and He released a healing anointing while the worship team played.

During the worship time a prophetic Word was declared that had been given in 2002. God is now bringing this Word to pass in 2006 here at The Love Church, and it was confirmed with 2 healings that took place during the service, even before the Word was given.

Here is a small portion of the prophetic Word that was pertaining to healings taking place during worship:


"There is an inspiration I am releasing upon those who are drawing nigh to me,
upon those who are making me their habitation,
upon those who are coming aside
and consecrating themselves completely to me.
I am going to deposit within them,
I am going to birth within them, my songs, my expressions...
that which is within my heart," says the Lord.
"The songs that will bring revelation, that will cause the spirits of people to awaken, the souls of men and women will awaken.
They will hear a new sound in the earth. They will hear a new song in the earth.
They will hear a fresh sound that will stir their hearts, and will stir their lives and cause them to come away to me.


Even as you continue to cultivate this presence;
as you, My people will continue to give yourselves to My anointing and to My flow,
I will cause the worship team to move into another dimension,
another expression, another dynamic of power.


For even in the very seats in which you are sitting,
you will see before your very eyes,
the hearts of men and women breaking and melting under the power
and My mighty presence that will be here.
Their lives will be broken, their hearts will be broken,
their lives will surrender to Me even during the time of the worship,
even during the time of the singing,
even during the time of the corporate worship,
there will be a release of My miracle working power.


Someone will stand up and say my back is healed.
Someone will stand up and say my headache is gone.
Someone will begin to say I feel like God is straightening out my limbs.
Some will begin to feel like their hearing is being healed.
Impaired healing; hearing that is impaired will be healed by My mighty power.
THEIR IS NOTHING TOO HARD FOR ME, NOTHING BEYOND MY ABILITY!


I AM THE GREAT GOD, and it is My desire to move among you.
It is My desire to flow among you.
Flow with Me, flow with Me, stay with Me, stay with My move, don't shut, don't shut down, don't shut down, I'm moving, I'm moving!


I'm moving, I'm moving, I'm moving, I'm moving, I'm moving in your direction.
I've seen your hunger, I've seen your determination... press in!
Press in," says the Lord.


"Press in, press in... Don't be satisfied with what's happened thus far, don't be satisfied where you've gone thus far, press in, press in.
Press in My people.
This is pressing time, this is pressing time."