Day 21—LAST DAY GLORY!

They shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory…The glory of this latter House shall be greater than the former. Haggai 2:9

We want to commend you for taking your place on the wall of intercession for your individual needs, your families, church, and nation during this critical season. God said that in the last days, He would pour out His Spirit on all flesh. We believe that just as it was in the Book of Acts, it will be the people of God, fasting and praying in one accord, that will be at the center of the action in this next move of glory.

What the Lord began gloriously, He is going to end even more gloriously. We are on the cusp of one of the most significant seasons of God's outpouring that the world has ever seen. And the Church is going to be command central for the awesome display of God’s magnificence in these last days. Christians are God's representative on earth, the only people personally and directly in relationship with the One who rules from the throne of the universe. So we thank you for participating in God's heavenly legislature during this corporate fast. You are one of the vessels through which He will pour out revival, glory, healing, and restoration for the nations.

We want to encourage with a vision that one of our watchmen had as we approached the end of this fast. In the vision she saw the Lord standing with a weapon. He was ready to fight on our behalf, but He did not have any ammunition. Then she saw that our fasting, prayers, and praise over these 21 days became the ammunition that loaded His weapon. As we came to the final days of the fast, His weapon was fully loaded with plenty of “ammo” to take down our enemies.

So get ready for your breakthrough! Though it lingers, wait for it. We have charged the heavens with our prayers, and loaded the arrows of victory with our fasting. It’s not by might, nor by power, but by God’s Spirit. This is an amazing and exciting Kairos season for the Church of Jesus Christ on the Earth. May we see His Glory rise upon us with His signs, His wonders, healing, restoration and a great harvest among the nations!

Day 20—Ask and Keep on Asking

Day 19—Redeem, Restore, Reassign

Day 18—God's Recovery Plan

Day 17—Not One Will Be Lost

“Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship…God has granted you all those who sail with you.” Acts 27:22, 24

This Scripture is one of the prophetic pictures the Lord has given us for 2012. There may be storms, but God is going to allow you to be right in the middle of that crisis in order to carry His glory for all those around you. Not only are you going to come through the storm, but also, because you are on the boat, so will all those who sail with you. Not one will be lost.

Paul’s storm had a destiny – it drove him right to the shore where people needed revival. We are in a season for a turn-around. We are in a season of awakening. The storms that arise will give opportunity for many to come to know God. People you never through would get born again will get born again. Loved ones who have walked away from the Lord are going to return. By the end of 2012, your children will walk in the light and be on fire for Jesus Christ. God has granted all that are with you.

So as we fast and pray for this coming year, get ready for a change in perspective from, “I’m in a shipwreck!” to “I am here to transmit the vibration of God’s glory.” As you do, you will find that your crisis is transformed into an adventure of revival and restoration! In the midst of troubles you will have the apostolic, prophetic word for those who are in fear. Angels will be loosed to fight on your behalf. Salvation will be granted for many. And you will be deposited on the shore right where God wants you to be. So don’t be afraid! God has you on a journey, and you will reach your destination. You are an emissary of the glory!

"So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told." Acts 27:25

Day 16—Plead the Blood

Day 15—Suddenly!

When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 1:1-2

When Jesus ascended, He told His disciples, “Wait in Jerusalem until you receive the promise of the Father” (see Acts 1:3). There were hundreds of thousands of Jews from every nation gathered in Jerusalem at that time. But of all those people, there were 120 who were in tune with the glory of the Lord and were looking in expectation for God's promise. They were gathered in one accord, fasting and praying, when SUDDENLY there was a sound of a mighty rushing wind and God poured out His Spirit in power. They were open and yielded and stepped into the glorious intersection of God’s kairos moment—the congruence of earth’s time with God’s set time — the Pentecost that was a shadow with the Pentecost that had fully come! 

When God's SUDDENLY exploded on the scene, it spilled over to all that were around. Within minutes the 120 had become 3,000, within hours 5,000 more were filled with God's promised Spirit. As God's servants positioned themselves in the open door of heaven, they became the gateway for thousands more to enter into His awesome, glorious blessings and favor. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He wants to position you to draw down Heaven not just for your own life, but so that you will be a blessing for all those around you.

Jesus said that if two of us will harmonize together as touching any thing, it shall be done for us! As we enter the Year of God’s favor with a corporate fast, we are harmonizing with God’s kairos moment — the opening through which the arrow of God’s favor flies from Heaven to His people on earth. We are harmonizing with the sound of Heaven God is singing over us, our families, our churches, and nation. This is God’s Year to Act, and we are tuning our hearts in this season of prayer and fasting to pick up that vibration of His glory and transmit it on earth in power! Come Holy Spirit, and blow upon us and our nation. Awaken us, O Lord, with a mighty visitation!

Day 14—Reverse the Curse

“Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.” Prov. 24:11

When Esther and her entire nation were on the brink of extinction by an evil decree, she and all the people responded with fasting. Today marks the anniversary of another evil decree, one that has legalized the slaughter of more than 50 million innocent lives since 1973. As a result of their corporate fast, Esther found favor with the king, and he gave her the authority to write the decree that saved her nation from annihilation. If fasting released favor to change the law of the Medes and the Persians, which could not be revoked, how much more will our fasting and prayer release God’s favor to reverse the curse of Roe v. Wade from our land?

Today we come before our King, Jesus, and we ask Him to extend His scepter over America with mercy and favor to protect our little ones in the womb. We plead His blood over all the lives that have been lost in the past 39 years of legalized abortion. We cry out for  forgiveness for our nation’s part in these innocent deaths. We also lift up and release healing for every person who carries the burden of an abortion in their heart. We decree a SHIFT in favor of LIFE for the unborn. God, have mercy on America and give us favor to overturn unjust law and end abortion in America!

Day 13—Come, Lord Jesus

The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. Mark 2:20

I entered a room. It was set for a wedding banquet except there were three potential bridegrooms, all strangers to me. I sat across from them and had to choose which one I would choose to marry. I looked at the first man, and as I looked at his eyes, I could see scenes like a movie playing of what the future would hold. It looked good, fame, wealth, celebrity, but there were shadows in his eyes. I looked at the second man. In his eyes I saw scenes of the quintessential American dream fulfilled. But his gaze was empty. The third man was different. His outward appearance was almost shabby. He was wearing worn clothes and a brown, nondescript coat of an animal skin. When I looked at his eyes, they were deep and I didn’t see any scenes of my future life playing there. But I did see within the depths of his eyes a cloud of shimmering golden glory dancing in his pupils.

I took a second look at the first two candidates. I saw the same thing. Fame and fortune in the first, but shadowed. The American dream in the second, but empty. Both held elements of things I desired. Then I looked again at the shabby man in the brown coat, gazed at the glory in his eyes, and said, “I choose you.”

I was immediately asked, “What made you choose him?” I answered, “Because when I looked in his eyes, I saw the glory. And when you have the glory, that is all you need.”

Then the humble man pulled out a small brown packet from his jacket. It was well worn—it had been carried in his pocket, grasped in his hands, cherished in his heart. But I could also see that seeping out of the wrapping’s folds were glimpses of that same shimmering glory. As He handed me the gift, I realized the man I had chosen was not a stranger as I supposed. The gift he held was fasting. I was suddenly flooded with the memories of past fasts and my intimacy with the Lord in those times of abandon to Him. I was aware simultaneously of unrelenting love as He carried me in His heart on every day of His 40 days in the wilderness. Fasting became so much more than a spiritual discipline as I came into revelation of how He sees it -- a precious gift of intimacy, communion, and love that is part of our secret history with Him.

Day 12—Restore, O Lord!

O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name. Daniel 9:19

The prayer of Daniel is a model of how to do spiritual battle in the heavenlies in order to achieve spiritual victory for our nation’s restoration. Daniel was in exile among God’s people that had been held captive, but Daniel took hope in the promises for restoration: “I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desalations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years” (Dan. 9:2). When Daniel recognized he was living in God’s kairos time of restoration, he entered into that Word with fasting and prayer.

As we look at where we are in our nation’s history, it is imperative that we take the intercessory position of Daniel. Let us seek the face of the Lord in humility and repentance for the sake of our children and grandchildren. Let us ask forgiveness for our sins and plead His blood over our nation’s sins. Let us call on His name to act on our nation’s behalf in this critical hour. We need restoration - restoration of our culture, restoration of our economy, restoration of our families and values, restoration of good government.

Let us especially pray for the 2012 elections. Ask the Lord to pull down the wicked and raise up the righteous. We pray for leaders who will value our Judeo-Christian foundations and be a true friend of Israel. And we pray the prayer we learned from our spiritual father, Derek Prince, “Lord, give us leaders such that it would be to your glory to give us the victory through them.” This is God’s kairos time for our nation. Let us press through for the victory.

Day 11—Break it Open

I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. Isaiah 45:2

When you are congruent with God’s purposes, it doesn’t matter how strong the opposition or fortified the obstacle, God will blast open the way to His promise. We are proclaiming this Scripture for you this year. God wants to pour out His supernatural grace over you and your family like never before. He has promises for you that you may have lost hope of every seeing. But this is the year of His favor. The devil may have shut the door in the past seasons, but we declare that God’s coming to break open the doors!

We are claiming Isaiah 45:2 during this fast. Use this promise as your pray for your loved ones. Declare it over your business, and your church. Claim it for our nation. Let us proclaim this is the favorable year for America. God is the God of the breakthrough, and what was a hindrance in the past is going to be the gateway for His glory in this, God's year to act!

Day 10—Clean House

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7

The more you come in your anointing and authority – the more the demons will have to flee. So as we fast together, take some time to do some housecleaning. Is there a spirit of heaviness over your household? Rebuke it, and tell it to go. Do you have generational patterns of anger in your family, break the curse and release God’s blessing. As you read, you may immediately recognize areas where the Lord wants to “clean house.” There may be other areas that the Lord will highlight for you over the coming days. In either case, you have the authority to tell the devil to get out of your house.

It’s even more important to clean your house spiritually than it is to keep it clean in the natural. It’s Your House! It’s doesn’t belong to the devil. Demons are like roaches – treat them like roaches. Stomp on them, kill them, and throw them in the toilet. Don't let spirits of fear, anger, argument, depression, or any other dark shadow hang around. Resist the devil and tell the oppression to go. Then welcome the Holy Spirit and let His peace, joy, and abundance come and flood your home.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, I thank You for all that Jesus Christ has done for us. I thank You that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they are mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds. I thank You, Jesus, that You purchased redemption for all of mankind; therefore, You purchased redemption for my loved ones. In the name of Jesus, I take authority over the strongman over my family. I take authority specifically over [name the specific strongman over your situation here, such as idolatry, alcoholism, racism or anger. Take authority over it in the name of Jesus.]

I take authority over the spirit of religious tradition, witchcraft, the occult, humanism, intellectualism, the spirit of the world, the spirit of blindness, the spirit of infirmity, all these powers. The Word of God says that whatever I bind on earth is bound in heaven. I bind this strongman over my family. I take authority over Satan and his principalities that rule over my family by the blood of Jesus, and I command you foul powers to get out of my house and let my family go in the name of Jesus! Amen.

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Day 9—Break the Chains

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. Acts 16:25-26

God is releasing a sound of heaven that breaks bonds, loosens chains, and opens prison doors. As Paul and Silas sang and prayed, the anointing that breaks the yoke flooded not just their cell, but the very foundations of the entire prison. Paul and Silas became the epicenter of a mighty glory vibration of God that saved and set free everyone in their vicinity.

Fasting tunes you with heaven’s song and releases more of God’s anointing in your life. It’s a powerful tool to dislodge any demonic squatters from your personal life, and it also brings you into congruency with God’s glory so that at a word you can break the chains binding your family, your city, your church, or your nation. This is the awesome level of glory that God is calling His Church to in these last days.

Is this not the kind of fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free? Is. 58:6

Day 8—Go to the Next Level!

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit Luke. 4:16

God’s grace is free, but it’s not inexpensive. It costs us to embrace it fully! Jesus was filled with the Spirit, but it cost Him something to return in the power of the Spirit. Many of us carry a measure of the anointing, but we need to always be hungering for more. The Holy Spirit desires to lead us into the wilderness to teach us to how to follow him, breaking and molding us into vessels that can carry the anointing of His presence with power. Fasting releases new levels of the anointing into our life and ministry. It is a discipline that tests, trains and equips us to walk in power and authority, strengthening and transforming our inner man to carry greater levels of His glory.

The anointing is God’s supernatural ability that enables you to do what only He can do! This is a strategic year. Individually and corporately, we have critical assignments. There is destiny over this nation if we will take it. But it will take the anointed people of God to do it. As we fast and pray together in this season, may we pray for an increase of God’s anointing and power in our lives and in His Church to go to the next level.

Day 7—Enter His Rest

Let us therefore strive to enter that rest. Heb. 4:11

There is a place where you’re not only fasting, but you become the fast. You cross the threshold of striving in your flesh, and learn to enter into His rest. The Lord desires to draw us into the intimate place of fasting where He can develop our interior life as we submit our lives completely to His leading. When we do, instead of being driven by the chaos in our lives or the darkness in our generation, we are enfolded in the rhythms of grace that proceed from the throne of the Prince of Peace.

So take a rest and quiet your soul in the assurance that God is able and He is willing to intervene with His power, His wisdom, His grace no matter what the current circumstances or challenges you face.

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with Me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly (Matt. 11:28-30, TM).

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Day 6—God is not the God of Statistics

I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Jn 14:6

God is not the God of statistics! Never let the odds define your future. No matter how hopeless your situation may appear, the truth lies with Jesus. God alone has the final word. Doctor’s may say, “You have a 3% chance of survival.” God says, “I am the Lord who heals you.” The economy may indicate a tough year financially, but God says, “I give you the power to get wealth.” Your past failures may taunt you, but God says, “I have plans for you for a hope and a future.”

What are the challenges you are facing? What are the obstacles, and setbacks that look insurmountable? Take time during this fast to begin to define your future by what God says. Meditate on His Word, and begin to proclaim it over your situation. Also, if you haven’t done so already, share your specific prayer request with us so we can agree with you during this season of fasting.

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Day 5—Descend and Remain

I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.” Jn. 1:32

It’s not that difficult for the Spirit to descend. The challenge is for us to steward the anointing to such a degree that He will remain. Fasting is one of the primary tools the Lord has given us to clean out our pipes, removing hindrances to the flow and presence of His anointing in our lives. As you do so, you will find that the “junk” in your soul will start to surface. Just our physical bodies release toxins, fasting brings out the hidden pockets of anger, bitterness, or other sin in our soul. Don’t worry. Repent, give it to the Lord, and move on. God is cleansing you.

We need the Holy Spirit in our lives, in our churches, and our nation as never before. May you experience more of His abiding presence as you fast today. May the anointing of the Holy Spirit break every yoke, heal every wound, and set you free from the hindrances to walking in intimacy with God and in love with your fellow man. May God awaken our nation to once again welcome and cherish the Holy Spirit’s breath upon our land.

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Day 4—Battle in the Heavenlies

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Eph. 6:12

The battle for our nation, our families, our breakthroughs is a spiritual battle in the heavenlies which affects the events on earth. But no matter how many principalities and powers are opposing your breakthrough. No matter what powers threaten to to take our children, our culture, our economy, and our nation captive, God has a powerful weapon in His arsenal. It’s His praying and fasting Church. If prayer is the capsule containing our gifts and requests to God, then fasting is the booster rocket that lifts our prayers beyond the boundaries of earth and into the heavenlies to destroy and tear down the powers of darkness.

This is the year of of God's favor! God wants to take us out of survival mode. He wants to take us beyond victory on to triumph over the powers of darkness opposing us, our families, and our nation. It will come as we take up the special weapon God has given us, prayer and fasting.

As you fast today, join with us as we pray for the 2012 elections. We are asking God for leaders who will embrace godly values and work to restore our nation to her Judeo-Christian foundations. We are praying for our children to serve the living God and not serve some other master, We are praying for our economy, for jobs and better jobs, promotions, and financial blessings. We are praying for an Awakening that will turn our nation back to her God!

Day 3—Add the "Nitro" to the "Glycerin"

This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting. Mark 9:29

Our salvation, deliverance, blessing, and authority are all based on one thing, the shed blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ. But even though Jesus paid the price, He said, “This kind can only come out by prayer and fasting.” Fasting is like adding nitro to the glycerin of your prayers to release God’s explosive power to tear down walls, pull down strongmen, and set people and nations free from oppression! When we fast corporately, the increase in “fire-power” is exponential.

No matter what the mountain you are facing, know that we are standing with you in this battle. Together, we are pulling down powers and principalities through the Blood of the Lamb.

Day 2—I Humbled Myself

Day 1—If My People