Last night we gathered with Lou Engle and crew from IHOP, at Ruggles Baptist Church, to kick off the facedown40.
Many faces in the crowd were local intercessors who had been sowing into the region for years. There was a feeling of drawing together like a family with a level of unity, that, in and of itself, seems like breakthrough. An ease to come together with a posture of great anticipation and agreement. I gazed around and saw perhaps 30-40 people from just my own ministry/church, Youthstorm. I felt a thankfulness to run with people who have a DNA for prayer.
There is also a strength in numbers this time around, even nationally.It seems there is a grace to "catch the vision." Many colleges & universities also fasting/praying like Daniels in the centers of Babylon, all around the nation! There is a convergence of great magnitude.
My heart was enlarged as Bethany Temple shared. I deeply value her cultivating prayer in the secret place, that carries a weighty authority in public. She mentioned that during worship the Lord encountered her with remembrances of rich promises of revival He had given to her personally in the past. She felt undone by the tangible beginnings; stirrings of what is the trickle of things to come in our midst. When she prayed into regional callousness (due to disappointment/weariness) breaking it off, there was a shift. Time to awaken our hearts to love again!
Notable to me, was the new posture of the body "ministering to each other" in fresh ways, which we have not seen in the prayer movement prior. In particular, I noted in Lou Engle and his son, Jesse... a real impartation of valuing the Person of the Holy Spirit. I was so joyful to see in their countenances what God has been doing in their lives!
Lou began to weave an incredible retelling of all the prophetic pieces of the puzzle, signs in the earth, dreams, earthquakes, happenings, shiftings in government, 100 year old prophecies, etc... Pointing to this one flashpoint moment in time. Pointing to what could be the moment to seize the next Great Awakening.
A moment of opportunity to cry out. Because the Father is clearly showing us He is longing to move. But He desires to partner with us and find a people who will agree with His heart.
On a personal note:
I found some level of overcoming yesterday. Fasting reveals grumpy places. I was semi-ill for the better part of the afternoon, but pressed through and went to prayer. Most of my roommates ending up going as well. I see an openness in them that fills my heart with joy! My mother, too, is joining in fasting in prayer in NH. It is an honor and a true blessing to know the Lord together, with one's mother. I love that God desires generations! And families!
I was given a very powerful, accurate, prophetic word by a sweet, soft-spoken young woman. The very first thing she mentioned was the Lord coming "with a flood of love to break open the dam." (If you read a recent blog post I wrote called, "Walls are going to Crumble; My Will," you will see the significance.) She went on, saying one thing after another, call out incredibly accurate things, even phrasings I had been praying to God. He was again showing me how very personal He is! He is intimately involved.
SO... today I am stirring myself up past apathy and grumpy fastingishness. Laying hold of the treasure in this day.
I want to be found in agreement with our moment of visitation.
As the woman prayed over me last night, "He sees your HUNGER and He is filling..."
That is my prayer for us all today. The grace to hunger. Amen.
Daniel 2 and Psalm 16
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