On Monday (5/23) a dozen or more US Senators will meet to try to come to an agreement that will avert the possibility of a showdown between the parties that could lead into a filibuster of the judicial candidates. It is a crucial time for our nation as there are many opening for judicial appoints. As Lou Engle has outlined below, the judges who are appointed now will be the ones who will make key decisions in our future. Please join in prayer and fasting concerning this important time in the history of the US.
Earlier this year we sent a notice announcing WorldPride 2005 that was scheduled to be held in Jerusalem. Our prayers have been answered; the event has been postponed until August 2006. We need to continue to war over the battle that is raging.
There are two other events that call for increased intercession –
· A gathering at the Artic Circle with Ting family and Sami to unite their energies in the land of the midnight sun in June 21 through July 25, 2005. They will honour Mother Earth, breathe in the vastness of the cosmic skies, and work for true planetary and cosmic alignment.
- The world's largest peace march to Jerusalem, the city of peace is planned for early July. Per the webpage http://www.5millionpeacemarch.org “This humanistic and peaceful march will mark the will of all people from all countries directly or indirectly involved in the Middle East question. When national and international leaders cannot stop the violence, cannot end the conflict, it is time for the people of the world to take action and put an end to one of the world's longest conflicts.” 5 MILLION PEACE MARCH is an initiative founded by artists and peace activists from Denmark.
There is only one true God and only one true giver of peace – Jesus. Let’s worship the Lord with an increased zeal and passion to see HIS kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven where the hosts of heaven are forever before His throne crying “holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.”
It’s exciting to note that several of TIME magazine's recently named "The 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" (Feb 7 issue) are joined in a growing global coalition of Christian leaders calling for a Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem each year on the first Sunday of October, the website www.daytopray.com announced. God is in charge!! (see Elijah List, May 12, 2005)
Blessings,
Dana
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May 18, 2005
"The Church At The
Battle of Dirksen"
by Lou Engle
Justice House of Prayer
www.justicehouseofprayer.com
info@justicehouseofprayer.com
FROM THE DESK OF STEVE
SHULTZ:
I was just with Lou Engle in
Connecticut where he told this story about a young Christian prayer
warrior who dreamed of the Church in a civil war at the Battle of
Dirksen.
God often gives prophetic riddles to those whom He gives dreams to so they will search out the hidden things of God and fulfill HIS KINGDOM mandates as a result.
There are many clues in the research of this Word from the Lord in the form of a dream -- leading to prayer to break the filibusters now taking place in the Senate in order to elect many judges that the President of the United States has chosen.
Lou Engle is perhaps the most passionate, if not the most influential, advocate in the United States "Battle for Life" . . . and the Civil Rights War to free the unborn in the United States.
His many youth, involved in 24/7 prayer, are often found standing silently on the courthouse steps of the Supreme Court with red tape over their mouths and the word LIFE written on the tape.
You may have seen this on national news broadcasts.
Someone from our own fellowship here in Albany, Oregon, was pictured on FOX NEWS wearing "LIFE TAPE" over her mouth.
Even a woman from the National Organization for Women paid these kids a compliment by telling them that their strategy of just standing silently on the Supreme Court's steps with tape over their mouths was a "brilliant strategy."
With that in mind, please read this article on THE BATTLE FOR DIRKSEN.
Steve Shultz
THE ELIJAH LIST
www.elijahlist.com
"The
Battle for Dirksen"
"If the trumpet blows an indistinct sound, will the people know what to
do?"
The critical times that we are now living in compel us to mobilize the
masses and to strike into the most strategic places for kingdom
advancement. We believe that this e-mail is a very crucial message for
the Body of Christ to throw massive intercession towards decisively
winning the "Battle for Dirksen."
Recently, one of our young prayer activists had a dream. The essence
of the dream was that the Church was fighting in the Civil War and there
was one battle that we needed to focus our attention towards, and the
battle was called "The Battle for Dirksen."
We immediately knew that this was a significant dream. For only a few
months earlier, we gathered a thousand people together to pray and
worship in the Dirksen building in Washington, D.C. -- the very place
that the Senate Judiciary Committee meets to vote on judges.
"He Broke the
Longest-Running Filibuster in History"
Because of the significance of the judicial committee, we knew that this
was a critical prayer target that the Lord was revealing to us. But even
more astonishing was that in our research, we discovered that Senator
Dirksen, whom the Senate Dirksen building is named after, was the key
senator who pushed through the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 with amazing
ability, cunning skill, and moral persuasion by breaking the
longest-running filibuster in history. An explosion of faith went off in
our hearts! We knew that God was saying that, "You are in another
battle, similar to the battle that Senator Dirksen fought. You must
break the filibuster in prayer."
Amazingly, the Lord confirmed His word to us when a pastor's wife in
Tennessee, who knew absolutely nothing about our activist's dream and
newfound assignment, told us a dream that she had. In the dream, a group
of people was in a place known as Deacon's Ridge. These people were
completely uninterested and bored with their surroundings. As they were
sitting there, the pastor's wife came to where they were and said
something like, "You're not supposed to be sitting in Deacon's Ridge.
The battle is at Dirksen's Court!" As the group moved towards Dirksen's
Court, the zeal of the Lord came upon the group.
God was trying to tell us something! To add weight, it was significant
that the dream was received in Tennessee, the state whose U.S. Senator,
Bill Frist, is leading the charge to break the impasse created by the
filibuster and confirm President Bush's judicial nominees. We must pray
for the Senators who are championing this cause.
This battle to break the filibuster is important not just for the
righteous judicial nominees that President Bush is trying to install at
the appellate court level, but it is strategically vital for the
impending showdown over the future vacant seats of the Supreme Court.
Let me explain.
Shifting the Supreme
Court of America
A young intercessor friend of mine recently had a dream where Sandra
Cano, the Doe of Doe v. Bolton, the 1973 companion case of Roe v. Wade,
came to her and our House of Prayer and pleaded, "Would you stand with
me in prayer and fasting for the day when my case comes before the
Supreme Court?" At that time, no one was thinking, let alone praying,
for Sandra Cano's case because Norma McCorvey, the Roe of Roe v. Wade,
had her case before the Supreme Court at the time the young woman had
the dream and much of the Church had been mobilized to pray for McCorvey
and her case.
Sandra Cano's case is expected to come up before the Supreme Court in a
year and a half to two years time. Thus, if the filibuster is broken
now, it gives George W. Bush the time and ability to shift the
unrighteous composition of the current Supreme Court and set it up for
the day when Sandra Cano's case appears before the Court and the law
that legalized abortion could be reversed. Could it be that the Lord is
setting up this battle to break the filibuster in order to shift the
Supreme Court of America and end the scourge of abortion and sexual
immorality that has polluted our land? I believe He is.
We are calling thousands to give themselves wholeheartedly to prayer and
to fasting in this next week when the showdown to break the filibuster
is to take place. We must win this battle to have righteous judges
appointed in this nation and turn it back to God.
Unrelenting Prayer
and Fasting for Reformation and Revival
Right now, my company of young intercessors and prophets are on a
fast for 21 days and going day and night, 24 hours a day and seven days
a week, in intercession and worship to pray for our government with the
specific focus of breaking the filibuster.
We are in an intensive and sustained battle position against the forces
that attempt to destroy the nation. We must hold this line and not just
for the ending of the filibuster. God is calling the Church for a
Daniel-type commitment to stand in unrelenting prayer and fasting for
reformation and revival. I believe that God is releasing an entire
generation of Daniels and Danielles who will contend against the demonic
strongholds for deliverance and the in-break of heaven. Allow me to tell
you one of their stories:
For the past two years leading up to the 2004 election, one of my
spiritual sons was led by the Lord to go on a Daniel-type fast, eating
no meats and no sweets, to see abortion ended in America and righteous
leaders put into office. After the election in 2004 of George W. Bush,
who is clearly a pro-life President, the young man asked the Lord for
permission to end the fast. On the second day after the election, the
young man awoke and felt released to pray, "Lord, unless you give me a
sign that I am to continue my Daniel fast, I will end this fast at
midnight tonight."
Throughout the day, the young man repeated his heart to the Lord.
Around 10pm, he went to the library of his secular college to meet a
friend to study. As he walked into one of the study rooms at the
library, he noticed a young man that he did not recognize sitting next
to his friend that he was planning to study with. My friend introduced
himself to the stranger. The young man replied, "Hello. My name is
Daniel Fast." If God gives you that kind of confirmation, you know He
means business. He intends to end abortion.
Brothers and sisters, we strongly feel that this battle to break the
filibuster is critical to the turning of our nation back to God. Would
you join with me in prayer and in fasting to see this thing crushed and
destroyed?
For more information on how you can pray and for our 24-hour Justice
House of Prayer in Washington, D.C., please visit
www.justicehouseofprayer.com.
by Lou Engle
Justice House of Prayer
www.justicehouseofprayer.com
info@justicehouseofprayer.com