Rebuilding the Ancient Ruins

Pastor Joh Matutis - Vision

• February 5th, 2009

FROM: Pastor Joh Matutis

While praying this morning, God gave me a vision. He showed me a great, world-wide “mobilization”. I saw myself strolling along a beach. Suddenly, there sounded a loud boom, which became stronger and more massive. It was not the noise of the sea or of the wind. It was completely still outside. The sea water was as smooth as glass. The deep booming sound which was like the sound of the mountains about to cave in, a banging sound which I had up till now never heard in my whole life, came from the other side of the ocean, from far away. It became so strong and mighty, that the earth began to quake and shake. It sounded like the blasting of a deep bass trumpet. I had never heard this sort and
epth of bass sound before now. The whole air vibrated. I holed myself up in the dunes of the embankment, face down, and waited to see what would come out of this natural spectacle.

When the booming refused to stop, and instead became stronger, I saw myself begin to pray in the vision, and to speak with my God. Then I heard a voice saying, “my child, fear not. That is my mobilization call, a signal, from the other world. I am calling my people out from all peoples. I myself am shaking the earth and the sea. The sinners and godless will pass away for fear and the fearful expectation of the things which are to come. Understand, my child, that all these have been initiated by the financial crises. That was just the beginning of ruin. The foundation of today’s society will be so shaken that the people will lose all that they have acquired, and saved up till now.

Every infrastructure and welfare will collapse with time. Life will be very difficult for very many people. The general security will get out of control and there will be a proliferation of crime such that life on earth will be massively threatened. But you, who fear my name will I save from ruin. I am holding my arm of protection over you.

Although not even a silent wind blew, and not even a small wave was seen on the sea, the booming was so mighty, that my heart threatened to stop beating. Then I thought to myself, “I will now also die”. And then the Lord said to me, “my child, do not fear. You are to live and continue to declare my works. Arise, go home and tell your loved ones. Let them know that the coming of my son is very close at hand, at the doorstep. I am setting everything in motion in order to take my people home, and I am now stripping them of everything that is holding them back, or blocking them.

As I stood up to obey God’s voice, starting to make my way homewards, I saw very many people, lying in the dunes. They had come out from their houses, racing towards the sea to see and experience this extraordinary natural spectacle. They lay on their faces as if paralyzed, exactly as I had lain a few minutes before now. As I passed by them on my way home, despite the continuous distant booming sound, these people called to me saying “you are crazy; you cannot make it home in this situation. It is too dangerous”. They then buried their heads even further in the dunes, because they feared what would happen next. They no longer wanted to hear or know of anything.

And then said the Lord to me: “for you, my children, who fear my name, this is the day of my mobilization”. For you my “sun of salvation” arises, with which I gather my true children, and bring them together. Go, my son, and tell this to everyone you can reach”.

Then I asked the Lord “what shall I tell them?” “Tell my children, He said”, “they are no longer to occupy themselves with perishable things, but rather, much more with the immortal, the eternal things. They are to seek me and study my word. They should forgive one another, so long as there is still time, and make peace with one another.

They should stop being envious of , and pointing fingers at one another. They should neither accuse nor suspect one another. Everyone should do what he is supposed to, and can do. Tell them to free themselves of every unnecessary thing, and to stop fighting spasmodically (intermittently) for their rights. From now on, I will ensure your rights, and provide for justice for you. Great changes are about to occur all over the world, in every area of life. Adjust yourselves therefore and be prepared. Nothing is going to be as it has been before now…”

The further I moved away from the beach, the less of the booming sound I heard, even though I was of the opinion that the sound had become stronger and even more massive. I felt as if I had been secured in a glass case.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying “I will bring my children into safety in my own way. You will see everything I will do in the world, which will experience all the “plagues of Egypt” before I withdraw my children unto myself, before Pharaoh releases you forever. My people hold together!

Stay with one another, encourage one another. Soon, you would have made it!”

That was the last thing I took with me from this vision.

As I thought about all that I had seen, and what I should do with it, the Lord spoke to me saying “spread this revelation I have given you this morning about my “mobilization” overall further to my children, and encourage them to do likewise, for I am at the door (I am coming soon). And tell them, especially my people, that they should be serious about their relationship with me (God), before it is too late….”

Do help me spread this message overall. Send it to your friends and

Acquaintances. Spread it your churches and house fellowships.

Translate it into other languages.

Maranatha! Our Lord comes.

Pastor Joh Matutis
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Crafted Prayer by Graham Cooke

• March 12th, 2008

Graham Cooke has some amazing testimonies, and inspiring messages. This book is by far the most practical and attainable guide to prayer I’ve come accross. In his book, Graham describes the concept of crafted prayers, how they have impacted his life and testimonies of applied prayers. These are not shotgun prayers, they’re prayers crafted under the guidance of the Spirit, and then PUSHed through (Prayed Until Something Happens), or until the burden is lifted. If you don’t see radical answers to your prayers, this book is a must read. You can order this book as an downloadable PDF ($5) or printed book for $7 from http://brilliantbookhouse.com

Understanding about the loaves

• March 5th, 2008

“Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray. When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.” (Mark 6:45-52, emphasis added)  In all the gospel accounts of Jesus walking on the water, Mark is the only one who includes this insight (underlined).  They were amazed that Jesus had authority over the wind and the sea.  Until now they had seen Jesus do some remarkable things, but never controlling the elements.  In Matthews account of this story, he adds that “those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” (Matthew 14:32)  This was such an amazing feat that because of it they received revelation that Jesus is the Son of God.  But Mark adds that they were amazed because they didn’t understand about the loaves and therefore their hearts were hardened.  There must be more to this miracle of the loaves that we need to understand, if the disciples lack of understanding caused their hearts to be hardened, wouldn’t it cause ours to be hardened too?

The disciples had not understood something which was key to their understanding and walking in the Kingdom of God.  This lack of understanding at the time, distorted their thinking and affected their interpretation of other things Jesus would say.  If we don’t understand about the loaves and the fishes, we too will be led astray in our thinking and our understanding of scripture.  After the disciples had witnessed two accounts of the multiplication of food, they still didn’t get it, but Jesus tried to connect the dots for them … “the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.” Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” ”Twelve,” they replied. ”And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” They answered, “Seven.” He said to them, “Do you still not understand?“ (Mark 8:14-21)  The point Jesus is making is that our physical needs are not what should consume our thoughts, our Father in heaven knows what we need and will take care of everything.  In a land of plenty, where almost everyone has too much food, too many clothes and more home than they need, how is this relevant.  I believe Jesus was emphasizing a fundamental Kingdom principal, that of removing our thoughts from day-to-day concerns.  We need to be excellent in all that we do, in our work, in our home, in our finances, but we must not be consumed by them, and we must not find ourselves worrying about our physical needs.  How much of our thoughts turn to finances, retirement, our home (or our next home), our cars (or our next car), to clothing.  Jesus is saying that these things are non-issues, we have the Father’s business to take care of.

There were many other illustrations Jesus gave his disciples so they could remove themselves from worldly concerns.  When the disciples were asked to pay their temple tax, Jesus didn’t think that they should, but so that they didn’t offend the temple officials, he told Peter to “go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.” (Matthew 17:27) Do you find yourself complaining about the taxes you’re paying?

It’s not about becoming careless, but become careful of the right things, so the Father will care of the other things.  After all, it’s “the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant” (Deuteronomy 8:18)

Jesus is so clear about our being removed from worldly concerns, that until we do our faith remains little, “and why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?“ (Matthew 6:28, emphasis added)  Again in the same chapter, Jesus says that it’s the unbelievers who set the minds on these things.

If our thoughts are not intended to dwell on material needs, where should we find our thoughts?  The author of Colossians writes, “set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:2) What are the things from above that we can set our thoughts upon? “For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,” (Romans 14:17)  There is much to be said about where our thoughts should be, on righteousness, peace, joy, on thanksgiving, on praises, on prayers and intercessions.  These are the Fathers business.  We are in this world, but not of it, not meaning that we’re fools in the world, but that we’re Joseph and Daniel to the world because we have a strength and wisdom far beyond our own.  Daniel was recognized as being a man, but that the spirits of the Gods was in him, and so too it will be with us.

Heidi Baker: Staying thirsty

• February 24th, 2008

Heidi talks about keeping ourselves like a little child, entering His rest and experiencing God’s power.

“I love you”

• February 24th, 2008

A reminder of the unchanging, unfailing love of our Savior.

Graham Cooke: How God uses the difficult people in our life

• February 24th, 2008

If you’ve wondered about the people in your life that are difficult, those that seem to be the obstacles, those that keep you awake at night, take a few minutes to listen to this clip by Graham Cooke.

Walking blameless before our God

• February 22nd, 2008

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless“” (Genesis 17:1, emphasis added)

What a high calling God had given to Abram, to be without blame.  Does being without blame, mean being without sin?  Should we strive to walk to the same standard?  Can we walk before Him and be blameless?

Although David lived before Christ, he knew of the coming of the Messiah, and he knew what it was to be blameless.  It can’t be the same as being sinless, for there is only one man without sin, David even writes about the extents of his transgressions, “O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.” (Psalm 25:11)  Like all of us, he was a man of unclean hands and lips, even so in the very next Psalm he says, “Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.” (Psalm 26:1, emphasis added) David acknowledges the greatness of his sin, but he also declares himself blameless before God, which he explains as having “trusted in the LORD without wavering.”  David’s trust in God never faultered.  Through everything he had been through he believed God.  In the sight of God, our trust “is far more valuable than perishable gold.” (1 Peter 1:7) Our sin has been paid for, our guilt as been atoned for… “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  (1 John 1:9) What God wants is for us to be blamess, to live a life of complete trust in Him.  This is what our life on earth is about, it’s about trusting Him; it’s for this very reason we experience trials and tribulations; it’s for this very reason that when God could (and wants to) give us happiness, prosperity, health and more, he holds back so that our trust in Him can come to it’s fullness.

It is our trust that makes us clean before God, as Paul wrote “for I am not ashamed of the Good News, since it’s God’s powerful means of bringing salvation to everyone who keeps on trusting, to the Jew especially, but equally to the Gentile.  For in it is revealed how God makes people righteous in his site; and from the beginning to the end it is through trust - as the Tanakh [Law] puts it, “But the person who is righteous will live his life by trust.”" (Romans 1:17)  God considers us clean before him through our trusting in our Savior, but even in the Old Testament, the trust of the ancients is what made them clean.  The trust of the ancients was and is highly regarded, they walked out lives of unwavering trust that I believe will be restored amongst His people.

For an example let’s take a look at the life Abram in Genesis 12. 

• “The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. ”I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.” (Genesis 12:1) Abram was to leave everything he knew, and to leave for some unknown place, that God would show him.  The only thing he knows is that his name would be made great and that he would be a blessing.  There were no specifics.  Are we willing to follow God into the unknown without any specifics?
• “Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.” (Genesis 12:6-7)  God did not inform Abram of the Canaanites that were already occupying this land, and these were a nation of giants.  God tells him that this is it, this is the place I have for you.  Not only is the land already occupied by giants, but God tells Abram that his offspring will inherit this land.  At the time Abram was 75 years old, and without any children.
• When Abram’s descedants (probably around 500 years later) went to check out the land they found that a cluster of grapes was so large, it needed to be carried on a pole by two people, they said the land indeed flowed with milk and honey (Numbers 13), but this was not what Abram saw.  In fact, “there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down into Egypt to stay there, because the famine in the land was severe.” (Genesis 12:10)

It’s no wonder the Jewish nation considers Abraham the “Father of their faith,” he was a remarkable man, blameless before God.  One of the challenges I think we face is that when God gives us a promise and we face adversity, we immediately doubt the promise.  Our trust in Him wavers.  Building our trust is what Jesus is doing through us, He is “the author and perfecter of our faith,” (Hebrews 12:2) and will “present you before his glorious presence without fault” (Jude 1:24).

One of the characteristics of walking blameless before God is that our heart remains steady, David writes, “He [the righteous] will not be frightened by bad news; he remains steady, trusting in ADONAI [the LORD].  His heart is set firm, he will not be afraid, till finally he looks in triumph at his enemies.” (Psalm 112:7-8) When our trust is unwavering, bad news is only an opportunity for our trust to grow and God’s power to be revealed.  Perhaps my favorite account of a steady heart is that of Moses when himself and the entire nation of Israel (just the men alone totalled 600,000) were pursued by Pharaoh’s army and chariots on one side, and trapped by the red sea on the other.  Moses told the people, “Stop being so fearful!  Remain steady, and you will see how ADONAI [the Lord] is going to save you.” (Exodus 14:13) God did save them, he parted the sea so they could cross over on dry ground.

“Why do you put the LORD to the test?”

• January 27th, 2008

“The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.  So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the LORD to the test?“ (Exodus 17:1, Emphasis mine)

It’s an interesting reply that Moses gave them… “Why do you put the LORD to the test?”  They were without water, and they were thirsty, and they did ask God through Moses to provide for them.  In what way were they testing the Lord?  Many years later (almost 38 years), just before the Israelites were going to cross over into the Promised Land, Moses reminded them of all God had taught them, and he reminded them of this incident, “Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah.” (Deuteronomy 6:16) Just after Jesus was anointed by the Holy Spirit, before entering into His 3 year ministry, he was lead into the desert we he was tested by the adversary.  Jesus had to pass a similar test when the Adversary took him to the top of the holy city and setting him on the highest point asked Him to jump so that Heavens angels would catch Him.  Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” (Matthew 4:7) If both Jesus and the Israelites were required to pass this test before entering into the fullness of what God had called them, we too will need to pass this test before entering into the fullness of all God has called us to.

What is this test really about?

Reading a little further on in Exodus, “But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”" (Exodus 17:3) Here we see that their request for water was rooted in deeper concerns.  Their concerns for their life.  They so doubted Gods promise and plan that when they looked at the severity of the circumstance around them, their hearts failed them and they came to doubt the God who had just parted the Red Sea, who had just wiped out the Egyptian military, and with ten incredible plagues, set them free from a life of slavery which they had come to know for almost 400 years.  Still they doubted God’s promise, and out of this doubt came their request for water.  They needed God to change their circumstance so they could trust His promise, if God provided water, perhaps then they would come to trust Him.  Isaiah wrote of these people, saying, “they say, “We want God to speed up his work, to hurry it along, so we can see it!  We want the Holy One of Israel’s plan to come true right now, so we can be sure of it!”" (Isaiah 5:19)

If God gave them what they asked for, would they trust him then?  David the Psalmist said of them, “but they continued to sin against him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.  They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved. (19) They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the desert? (20) When he struck the rock, water gushed out, and streams flowed abundantly. But can he also give us food? Can he supply meat for his people?”" (Psalm 78:17-20)  When God delivered them from slavery, still they doubted, when God parted the Red Sea and swallowed up their enemies, still they doubted, when God provided water from a rock, still they doubted, when God provided bread from heaven, still they doubted, and when God provided meat, they still doubted.  They tested God ten times in the desert and continued to doubt His faithfulness and His provision.

Contrast the trust of the Israelites to that of their forefather, Abraham when God asked him to sacrifice His only son (Genesis 22:1-18), his son of promise which he his wife Sarah had born to him when he was 100 years of age.  Abraham did not doubt God as he packed the firewood but no sacrifice, and when his son asked his only response was that God would provide.  The angel of the Lord stopped Abraham just before harming his son and provided a ram caught in the bushes for the sacrifice.

Gods love for us cannot be determined by our circumstance

We run the risk of putting our God to the test when we determine God’s love for us by looking at our circumstance.  We must look at our circumstance through His Love.  The book of James puts it this way, “Regard it all as joy, my brothers, when you face various kinds of temptations; for you know that the testing of your trust produces perseverance.  But let your perseverance do its complete work; so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing” (James 1:2-4)  God is interested in our happiness, and it’s true that he does want the best for us, even on earth, however, more important than us being happy is that we be found having trust.  To God our trust is worth far more than pure gold, “even gold is tested for genuineness by fire.  The purpose of these trials is so that your trust’s genuiness, which is far more valuable than perishable gold, will be judged worthy of praise, glory and honor at the revealing of Jesus the Messiah.” (1 Peter 1:7)

The bible has many accounts of those called by God and as a result faced great opposition, it was this opposition when endured with faith that established the promise.  When Abraham had not withheld his only son, God said, “that because you have done this, because you haven’t withheld your son, your only son.  I will most certainly bless you; and I will most certainly increase your descendents to as many as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand on the seashore.” (Genesis 22:16b-17)

Conclusion

Before we will enter into the fullness of what God has called us to, we will need to pass the same tests the Israelites did during the wilderness, one of which is learning not to put our God to the test by doubting His love and faithfullness for us.  When God gives us an assignment, there will be opposition.  God will not always seem near to us either, but we must come to trust Him even when he seems distant.  When the Israelites wandered the desert facing their trials and the harshness of the desert, “There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.” (Deuteronomy 1:31) We may not see God carrying us through our trials, but He is there not only helping us, but carrying us.  “Who among you fears ADONAI?  Who obeys what his servant says?  Even when he walks in the dark, without any light, he will trust in ADONAI’s reputation and rely on his God.” (Isaiah 50:10)

Gentleness and humility

• August 26th, 2007

Shaping History through prayer and fasting: Derek Prince

• August 3rd, 2007

This was one of the books that was handed out during “The Call, Nashville 07-07-07,” I started reading it as I was walking back to my car, and on the plane back to Minnesota.  This book is amazing.  Coupled with the “The Call,” my perspectives on prayer to change the nation has been significantly altered.  Praying for our government and for strongholds over our nation to be released has a sense of urgency mixed with faith.  I highly recommend this book.  The first few chapters cover prayer in a very concise way, stirring up your faith to restore the earth that God has given to the sons of man.

REPOST: CALLING ALL MINISTRIES AND INDIVIDUALS–PLEASE PRAY ABOUT JOINING THIS GLOBAL 40 DAYS OF PRAYER AND FASTING

• May 25th, 2007

“REPOST: 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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Forty Days for Forty Years -Lou Engle

• May 10th, 2007

Lou Engle describes the condition of our nation since 1967 and the hippie movement, God’s prescription and the incredible opportunity we as God’s people have at this time.

“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…” Read the full article here: Morningstar Special Bulletin

TheCall Nashville, 07-07-07: http://www.thecall.com