PRAYING THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL 2010
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PRAYING THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL 2010
April – The derivation of the Latin name “Aprilis” for April is uncertain. conventionally, the etymology is from the Latin word “Aperire” meaning “to open” in relation to it being the season when trees and flowers begin to “open” or bloom. This is also supported by comparison with the modern use of the Greek word “ἁνοιξις” (meaning “opening”) for spring.
It is the second (2nd) sacred month (the month Zif) for the Jews. ‘Zif’ – a term from an unused Hebrew root word meaning: Prominent, Brightness and Cheerfulness marking the season when the sun begins to shine again after the long winter season, and countenances are lightened up. The Vegetation bud (open out) and blossom, new life continues to spring forth. It is the time for restoration of life after the cold, dry and harsh, winter months. It is also the time of release of the latter rain that culminates in establishment, preservation and progress signifying fruitfulness and hope as new life begins; bringing about a change for the better. One of the festivals celebrated in the second month is the later Passover (Num 9:6-13)
It is the eighth (8th) month for the Jews civil calendar. The eighth month symbolised new beginning, a time when new foundations are laid It is the fourth (4th) month following the present Gregorian calendar.
Praying into this month
- Command the gates of the New Year to be lifted unto the Lord so the Lord will possess and use every part of the Year to His glory. (Ps 24:7-10)
- Declare Isa 60:18 that the gates of this month shall be called praise and the walls salvation. Command this month to begin reporting anything that does not praise God and hinder it from entering in. Command the walls of this month to close out anything that does not declare the salvation of the Lord in every area of your existence. As the walls are salvation, declare that anything that brings enslavement, bondage and destruction will be exposed and dealt with by the Lord.
- These are days when many people in the kingdom of darkness increasingly use the heavens to dictate the occurrences for the coming season. It is a season of beginnings at many levels. Therefore, instruct the hosts of heaven to praise the LORD and to do His pleasure in this season. (Neh 9:6)
- Read Isaiah 54. This is a season of stretching in order to increase capacity. It is a painful and often uncomfortable experience. You are thrown out of your comfort zone. Ask the Lord to help you see more clearly the process He is letting you experience then ask Him to help you enjoy the process. The night will soon be over as the day breaks with the joy that accompanies it. (Psa 30:4-5)
- Ask the Holy Spirit that this month, through every stretching circumstances that He will wake you up each morning with a song of praise to the Lord. Ask that He will give you the sleep reserved for His beloved each day of this month (Psa 139:18, Lev 26:6, 3:5, Psa 4:8)
- Note that when praise is given through very difficult circumstances it becomes a sacrifice. The sacrifice of praise is the fruit of our lips. Barren lips do not praise the Lord but rather complain. Make this month one of continuous praise to the Lord (Psa 34:1-3). Take time to seek out for praise and worship music. Listen to it. Dance to it. Sing along to it. Sing new songs to the Lord (Psa 150). Open up the scriptures and read to the Lord psalms of praise and adoration to Him. Write love letters to Him counting your blessings. Take moments to simply worship. Take a fast of faith in thanksgiving and worship to Him for the great things He has prepared to do in this season (Zech 8:19). Join with others in praising and worshipping Him. If you can, take all nights of praise and worship to Him (Ps 134). Simply give Him adoration in this month as you bear fruit with your thankful lips. He is sure to make manifest in the physical; that which has been born in the spiritual realm. His praise be continually on your lips for making the second sacred month, a month springing forth with new life, fruitfulness and hope, and cheerful hearts. (Heb 13:15)
Praying thru the Passover Feast
- The Passover feast is slotted for the first weekend of this month. Pray that the Lord will release a spirit of confession and deep repentance in you and the Body of Christ world wide as we reflect the reason for this season – the crucifixion, death and victorious resurrection of Jesus Christ; the greatest sacrifice ever made for all of creation (Joh 3:16).
- As God’s royal priest; write down a list of people whom you know; family friends, enemies, leaders, entertainers, etc whom you would like to present before the Lord every day of this season; present it as often as you can this month; as a book of remembrance before Him asking that He will choose them for salvation and deliverance from bondage. Pray that none of these will perish but come to the knowledge and acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Plant into the womb of time the incorruptible seed of eternal life in each of these lives. (Exo 28:29, Matt 11:27, Joh 15:16, Rom 5:8)
- Ask the Lord to help you re-focus on the purpose for salvation and all the blessing of reconnecting with Him in order to fulfill His purpose for mankind – to rule and reign with Him in this life and the life to come (Gen 1:26-28; Rev 22:4-5).
- Ask the Lord to help you go back to the original purpose that will enable all of mankind around you to be restored back into their rightful role. Ask the Lord to help you this season to do your part in the great commission. Find out how He would have you participate in the discipling of all creation and reconciling it back to God conditionally (Col 1:15-20, Matt 28:18-20)
- Pray that the virtues of this month including Prominence of virtues and favorable aspects of your life and experiences, brightness of countenance and character, cheerfulness of spirit; will be your portion; and the portion of your family and every kingdom citizen. These joyous virtues will bring strength for each passing day(Neh 8:10)
- Proclaim and pray through the Paschal hymns called the Great Hallel – Ps 113-118 and Ps 136 praising God for His awesome wisdom hidden in the significance of the Passover feast and the feast of unleavened bread.
- Ask that the Lord will release the latter rain of blessing and favour upon your life, family, the church and nation in this season. Proclaim the covenant for all creation upon your life, your family, church and the nation in this rainy season. (Gen 9:9-16)
Praying into Your Birthday
You have cause to pray for the day of your birth every week. Pray this prayer if this is the month of your birth. Pray them on the day of your birth i.e. on the weekday when you were born. If possible take a fast for your birth date (on the actual date you were born), and make it a habit to do it on your birth day (weekly).
For instance if you were born on the 3rd day of the week otherwise called “Tuesday” then pray every Tuesday and prophesy into that birth day. As you make this good habit, the Lord will reveal wonderful things concerning your life. Do the same for members of your family, friends and enemies alike that you feel led to pray for on their birth days/dates.
- Ask that the Lord will shine forth every virtue that He intended for you to have. Declare that this day of your birth will always be blessed that no darkness will seize it, and that God will always have regard for the day you were born: (Job 3:1-4.)
- Pray too that no cloud of deception, falsehood or iniquity will settle on the day of your birth and that the cloud of glory of the Lord will swallow every satanic cloud over the day (Job 3:5, Jer 13:16).
- Pray that as the day of your birth is always remembered, and included in the days of the months and year fruitfulness, productivity will abound on this day in all the areas of activity: (Job 3:5-6).
- Pray that the voice of peace, rejoicing, singing, and joy will be heard this day in every field of endeavor, and that the voice of depression, gloom, sadness will be drowned out completely: (Job 3:7, Isa 55:12-13).
- Declare that those agents of the kingdom of darkness, who curse days will never find this day to curse, more so those who rouse Leviathan’s influence against God’s people: (Job 3:8, 41:1, Isa 27:1).
- Pray that every gate or door ordained by God for you to possess on your birthday and the season ahead will be possessed – every strength you need from that day to accomplish God’s will for this new year of your life, will be released and every lesson or discipline God wants you to endure will be learnt. (Psalm 144:1, 18:39, Isaiah 62:10, Corinthians 16:9).
- Pray also that God will resurrect every star of your life that has been buried. Also that anything that has covered, blotted out, hidden, or swallowed your star to prevent it from shining will be removed and destroyed by the angels of the Lord: (Job 3:9, 20:15, Isaiah 60:1-5, 2Peter 1:19, Numbers 24:17).
- Ask the Holy Spirit to go into back into the womb of time and uproot, blot out and destroy every negative word operating in your life; that was uttered about you before or when you were conceived, when you were in your mother’s womb, when it was discovered that you were of a particular gender, or during labor, or at the point of your coming into the world, or when you were being outdoored or dedicated, when you were too little to understand or revoke those words; or words that have been spoken unbeknownst to you. He was always there and has a record of every thing. Ask the Lord to utter His voice and silence every negative voice speaking contrary to His purposes for your life (Psa 29)
- Speak into the womb of time prophetically concerning your life. Plant, build and establish by the confessions of your mouth, God’s purpose for your life, with regard to the church, your nation, this generation and His purposes in History. If you are not clear on what direction He would like you to take, ask that He reveal to you what you have in hand and prophesy that you will fulfill His purpose, you will live to declare his goodness to generations that are not yet born. Ask each day to utter the speech of the Lord concerning you. Ask that each night will reveal all that God is and all that He has for you for that day in this coming year. Declare to all creation to echo only that which God is saying concerning you. (Psa 19:2, Psa 121, Gen 33:13-17, Psa 139, Psa 23, Deut 28:2-14)
PRAYERS FOR REDEMPTIVE RELAY OF THE NATIONS
This is the season of the 4th man in God’s redemptive relay of the nations. The baton for God’s redemptive purpose has passed on from the hands of the Japhetic people groups (Caucasians) to the Hamitic peoples (South Americans, Africans and Asians) concerning establishing God’s great commission and purpose for mankind. (Ref. 2nd Edition 7 Fundamental Questions You must answer ©2008 Abu Bako)
Read Acts 17:26-28. Briefly, Noah was the first man (1st) after the flood to receive the baton of Go’s purpose. He passed it on to His 3 descendants. From these all nations of men have proceeded. The Second (2nd) man in the race – the Shemitic people (Abraham’s descendants including Jews & Arabs) have a redemptive purpose of introducing God to the nations of the world.
They introduced the only 3 monotheistic religions i.e. Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Judaism is as a product of the Old Mosaic law, rejecting Jesus as the Messiah, Son of God and Savior of the world. Islam on the other hand is a product of spiritual error and a rejection of Jesus Christ as the Son of God; rather proclaiming Allah as God and Mohammed as his last prophet. Both these religious convictions do not fulfill God’s redemptive purpose for mankind and the great commission.
The baton passed on to the third (3rd) man in this relay – Japhetic people (Caucasians) who were to take God to the ends of the earth. God blessed their languages to become the international mode of communication so that missions have successfully come out of Europe and the British Empire to indeed take God and His word to the ends of the earth.
Finally the baton has been passed on to the fourth and final man (4th) in the race – the Hamitic peoples. Their redemptive role is to establish the authority and power of God in the nations – to make Him El Shaddai, King of all the universe. Thus, this particular people group embraces the spiritual as a reality. They acknowledge supernatural power easily. Many have seen it in the counterfeit i.e. thru witchcraft, voodoo, Satanism, transcendental meditation. Also some of the most amazingly powerful men and women God has produced in this season with powerful spiritual gifts in miracles, signs and wonders come from these people groups. This is the season to take God in all His power, glory and authority back to the regions where He is being pushed away and rejected in society.
- Pray for the nations in South America, the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, and Africa that God will indeed show Himself to the church in this season of new beginnings.
- Many shakings are being experienced in these nations; natural disasters, disease, economic disasters, poor leadership, social breakdown, exploitation of natural and human resources and multiple other vices. The Lord is seeking to get the attention of the church in these nations. Pray for these regions that indeed they will arise and grab the baton, and finish this race that was started after the great flood in Noah’s time (Acts 17:;26-28).
- Pray that the Holy Spirit will reveal to the church in these regions the purpose for all the display of God’s power and authority over the kingdom of darkness and over the world to be for salvation, redemption of mankind’s destiny to rule and reign with God in this life and the life to come
- Most of the church has grown as a result of the manifest power of God. Many have used these graces for personal gain of position and possessions; and have lost focus on God’s purpose and great commission. As a result many in the body of Christ have been derailed, and fallen into diverse sin. Ask the Lord to have mercy on the church in these regions and bring a fresh understanding of what He wants to achieve in these last days.
Haiti
Pray specifically for Haiti. Many opportunistic problems have manifested as a result of the past earthquake in Haiti. However, praying for each specific problem will not solve it effectively because another bigger problem will show up. There have been reports of rape, hunger, disease, discontinuation of education, hopelessness in Haiti.
- Read again the Lord’s purpose for Haiti as a type of “first born” among the people of African extraction (Prayer guide for month of February 2010).
- Pray that God’s purposes will be revealed more clearly concerning Haiti in this season. As the Lord reveals His end vision, then pray that each thing that will cause His vision and redemptive purpose for Haiti, to be fulfilled begin to fall in place in the short term, mid-term and long term.
- Pray that His purpose will be fulfilled in the government, governance and politics of the land, in the church, the families, the economy and technology. In the educational system, in the media arts sports and culture of the Island.
- Pray that God will reveal His men in each portion of the society – to bring release to all creation that has been in frustration, waiting for Jubilee men to release it (Rom 8:19).
- Where they are falling short of His purpose, pray for them that God will bring them back in line with what He wants them to accomplish in the season of their being in position in each of these pillar.
- Pray for the youth and children that God will cause the various occurrences of their lives to shape their lives for His glory.
- Pray that the nations of the world will begin to see the Lord really turn around this island since the day they decided to turn to Him as their help, their shelter and fortress. As this happens in Haiti, pray that these very virtues will be manifested in the rest of Africa and her descendants the world over..
- Praise the Lord and declare Isa 62 concerning this once-rejected nation.
Chile
- Chile is undergoing the aftermath of a disastrous earthquake. Pray that the people of this nation will arise and turn to the Lord through this crisis and enter their destiny as part of the 4th man in the relay race. Pray that His purposes for that nation will be clearly revealed to the Body of Christ.
- Pray that during this Passover season, many will be drawn to seek the Lord for answers rather than turning away from Him.
Sudan
Sudan is getting ready to go through their first national elections since the peace accord in 2005. This is the opportunity for the Lord to put everything in order.
- Thank the Lord for the Jubilee season that is coming upon this nation. Proclaim Isaiah 60-62 over North and Southern Sudan.
- Ask Jehovah Shalom will be a banner over the nation and the region during these very decisive elections even though preparations by men on the ground have been less than adequate
- Ask that the Lord will cause His people to turn out in large numbers to join Him in installing His jubilee men on the throne of North and South Sudan
- Ask that the Lord will give wisdom to the church. Pray that the church of Christ on her knees, will steer the nation in the way it should go.
- Ask for the Lord to deal with every man of violence in that land because this is the season of Jubilee and He declared that no longer will violence be heard within those boundaries. Ask that the Lord will silence the voice of war, violence and any strife.
- Pray that just as the stars in their courses fought against Sisera so the Lord should cause His starry host to fight against any individual or group of people who may try to manipulate the elections (Jug 5:20)
- Ask the Lord to cause the skies to pour down righteousness over the elections in Sudan and let the land of Sudan open and bring forth salvation and let righteousness spring up together and possess the elections so God’s will, will prevail. (Is 45:8)
Southern Africa
In a few months the nations of the world will gather into South Africa for the World Cup. There is a prophetic release that will be tapped into as each nation is represented by the participants, spectators and tourists coming into that land. Practically every single people group from every single portion of this earth will be present during that season. It is therefore important to pray for South Africa so that the body of Christ will be prepared to release a Godly unction during these days in preparation for what God is about to do with regard to the end time revival that will sweep across the nations o the world.
- Praise the Lord for South Africa and the southern gateway into Africa. Thank God for His purpose to use this gateway to be a spring-board for God’s purposes and the end time revival to the ends of the earth.
- The kind of impact that the church in South Africa should have as an apostolic nation over the continent is diminished because, by the words of their mouth. They have cut themselves off from the legal authority to accomplish God’s purposes for the continent of Africa. South Africans speak of “going to Africa” as though they are not part of the continent. They have rejected their identity as Africans to stand and speak apostolically over the continent. They will only use it for effect and for their own advantage and convenience. When they come into the rest of the continent, the enemy has an accusation that they themselves like Esau have rejected their birthright by their own confession and therefore not having authority. They, as it were, are selling their birthright by the words of their own mouths. (This same nature goes for North African nations including Ethiopia. Pray that these nations will embrace their identity, and focus on God’s purpose for them with regard to the continent and other nations of the world.
- Pray for the redemption of the language and speech of the Southern African church (Isa 51:16).
- This nation calls itself “westernized”. As the Lord would have it, South Africa and the developed SADC region was not developed by someone from outside of their nation. Nobody came from somewhere in the west to develop those nations. During apartheid when embargoes were laid against these nations by the international community, the people in the land – the whole rainbow community, developed themselves. Many inventions and technological achievements are credited to these nations. Therefore this region is not “westernized” in any way though it may look like the west. They are “Africanized”. They are an example of what potential people in the continent have to develop themselves using resources in the land, and without external handouts and aid. As apostolic nations Southern Africa has shown the way forward and should take this same message to the rest of the continent that “Yes we can.”
- Pray for a renewing of the minds of the people about thinking they are “westernized”. Pray for a “kingdom-ization” of the SADC region – pray for the rich inheritance from the region of the understanding of kingdom. Pray that indeed the seed of this will be tapped into the nations of the world as they come into the region in this season.
- There is deep woundedness and un-confessed sin in this region. These are like wasting diseases – cancers that are eating away at the spiritual potential of the region. Could it be that the manifestation is in high levels of wasting diseases like Cancer and AIDS among the populations? Pray for the move of God over the people of these nations especially the church of Christ; that the Holy Spirit will bring en-masse realization of the power of forgiveness to set captives free – both the offended and offenders. Pray that the deposit of forgiveness will flow into the nations of the world as they gather into that land. (Pro 18:14, 15:13, 17:22,)
- Pray that many will realize that we cannot keep people locked in prisons of unforgiveness without being locked in with them. We cannot hold others down without staying down with them. We cannot expect forgiveness from God when we cannot give it freely and unconditionally to fellow men.
Being a spiritual gateway into the continent and also one that takes things out of this continent, there is potential for so much wickedness and so much goodness to be brought in and out of the southern gate. Everything that is to impact Africa e.g. New Age, acceptance of Homosexuality, ungodly technologies, are tested out first in New Zealand, then South Africa before they go into any other nation. Pray Isaiah 60:18 into the gates of this nation:
- Bring repentance for the church which has failed to man the gates of this nation. A lot of wickedness has been allowed to enter in.
- Pray that the gates of this nation will be lifted up so that the kingdom may come into the continent through this gateway. (Psa 24)
- Pray that the gates will begin to speak and report that which has been brought into this nation from time immemorial and has in turned shaped the continent of Africa in the way that it has gone. Pray that the Lord will raise up responsible and mature sons who will take charge of these revelations and begin to bring release to this nation (Rom 8:19).
- Declare that the nation’s gates are called Praise. Speak to the gates of this nation that they will begin to allow only that which brings praise to the Lord. They will close out anything that does not praise the Lord in this season
- Declare that this nation’s walls are called Salvation. They will allow that which brings salvation at every level. Pray that the walls of the nation will begin to close out anything that does not speak of salvation of the Lord.
- Declare that in this coming season, that the Shalom of the Lord will rest upon this region. He will visit any man of violence in the land and deal with Him. Pray that every thing that speaks of violence in any form shall be dealt with by Jehovah Shalom.
This nation is a host to many demonic high altars. There are altars that are erected dedicating the languages of the land. There are altars celebrating colonization of the continent by the British. There are monuments like Voortrekker which are highly Masonic by nature and purpose, there are others like the Freedom Square, Proclamation hill which also strengthen the hold of ungodly ancestral worship in the nation. These have been endorsed over and over by the leaders of the land. These altars continue to be an abomination and a stench to the Lord.
They continue to hinder His purposes from being fully fulfilled concerning the continent. It is as a result of some of these high places hat the Hamitic theory and resulting apartheid arose to hinder God’s redemptive relay for the nations and cripple His purposes. However the Lord has broken this stronghold. These strongholds release ungodly vibes into the nation and region, and set the tone and pace for every sphere of life. They are actively serviced by the ungodly priesthood. The priesthood that dominates the land takes control of the laws of the land. The Bible says Heb 7:12 For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law. South Africa has changed its laws and many of them, for evil because the church has let these monuments and altars to continue speaking in the land. These are affecting the rest of the continent adversely too.
- Pray that the church of Christ will arise and begin to seek understanding of the significance of these :”monuments” which are in actuality altars that speak into the land releasing ungodly influence and strengthening ungodly conduct and character.
- The leadership of the land will always manifest the nature of the strong man over the land. Pray concerning the rise of the ancestral worship in this land. Many have turned more and more to the ungodly practices including New Age and Esoterism.
- This was the first African nation to experience a revival of the turn of the 20th It saw the start of powerful churches like the Apostolic church. This revival was not stewarded by the church to spread into the rest of the continent. In a short while from that time, there came a counterfeit of apartheid which was endorsed by the church in the nation. Ask the Lord to raise people who will re-dig the wells of revival that had been blocked by the enemy’s counterfeit as they seek for the Lord’s purpose for their lives first.
This is a jubilee season for South Africa and the continent. 2010 marks exactly 150 years since many Afrikanner ancestors first came into the region searching for diamond rush, to settle and carry out their endeavors. People gathered into that region from all over the world came in for the diamond and gold rush of the 1860s. It was not recognized nor did the church appropriate the significance of the gathering of nations at that time.
Again, a new season came in 1990 when the nation began to walk toward independence and a lifting up of apartheid. Many from all over the world descended into South Africa to tap into the economic advantages offered by that nation. Again the church did not arise to tap into the meaning and significance of the gathering of the nations in that season.
Twenty years on… the Lord has chosen this season to gather the nations of the entire world in a way that no other event can gather the nations through media and physically – the World cup. He has graciously released knowledge of the significance o this gathering in the spiritual realm. If the church in Africa and RSA will recognize this opportunity, it will prophetically make proclamations in this season in the nations, and to ask the Lord what He would have them pray then they would be walking in the redemptive purpose of this jubilee season. RSA is a prophetic springboard from which can bounce the purpose of God or the purposes of the kingdom of darkness….This is the season when God said He will turn around the continent of Africa. He spoke of this end time revival to be shot forth into the earth from South Africa. Many other prophecies have been released with regard to this season.
- While the nation is preparing physically for the reception of thousands from the nations, the church is not making the same type of spiritual preparation. Pray for the church in the nation and in Africa at large, to arise in these remaining weeks and pray, fast, create an atmosphere that the nations will tap into.
- Because of this lack of understanding of the significance of this coming season and the prophetic agenda of God for this season, then the church is sitting back when a spirit of death has been released into the land. There is a serious escalation of road accidents. There is talk of people using the world cup to protest against government and all. There is a campaign by all African traditional rulers here that there must be a cow slaughtered in every venue of the world cup. Pray against this bloodletting and whatever these sacrifices mean with regard to lives of people both in the land and the ones coming in. Speak to the earth to vomit out every wickedness that has been released into it. Pray that the consequences will be turned on the head of the ones practicing these abominations. They will not reflect on the nation and region. (Jer 22:30)
- Pray that the Lord’s purposes for using this nation in such a significant event as the world cup, will be fulfilled. Pray that the church will arise and realize that there is a purpose beyond the event itself that God wants to achieve. Pray that only the godly deposit will remain upon this region and continent after the world cup and that which God wants to release to the earth will be released without hindrance from any quarter.
- With the rejection of Christianity because of the church’s involvement in the endorsement of apartheid, many black South Africans turned to ancestral worship. As the nation has turned around on this policy, many have become emancipated and empowered in many ways. With all the modernity that is coming in they are trying to shake off the ancestral worship as ungodly, but have instead, turned to the New Age beliefs. Many are practicing yoga and aromatherapy, feng shui and many other seemingly harmless mixtures which are leading them even further way from God Pray that the Lord start with you in doing a deep work in the church so that many will be impacted by the Christ-life in you, in the church and turn to the Lord.
- The nation has suffered many years of spiritual void as science and technology and humanism rose with development. On the other hand others had turned to ancestral worship. Today, many have open themselves up to “charismatic” Christianity. They are seeking for the manifestation of power of God. Many in the region, have been taken up by false prophets who manifested the “power” of God. Many in the church do not even know what is the true power of God. As long as its supernatural and someone says “Jesus” it has been swallowed up whole. Pray for the revelation of true prophets in the land, in order to reveal the counterfeit for what it really is (Deut 18:9-18)
- Many are “too busy” to take the disciplines like personal word intake, personal worship; so people do not know the truth except what is heard on pulpits or preached by others. Pray for the desire for a deeper desire to know the truth and to read and meditate on the word of God.
- Also Southern Africa has advantage of rainbow nations. Just the way the Africans have an advantage of being accepted in Arab world and so can take the gospel there, South Africans are accepted in the “western” world and Asia because of their ancestry from these regions of the world. So they can easily take the gospel there together with the anointing of being Africans. Every experience each of these regions have had has equipped them to be able to establish His authority over the nations of the world.
- There is a great pursuit of wealth above all. The worship of Mammon in all its expressions is so strong in southern Africa. People are defined by their possessions and position. There is need for finding identity in God. Wealth and status define people so they are willing to do about anything to achieve wealth including kill, steal, cheat etc…Pray that God will raise teachers who will show His people their true identity in God. Also pray that there will be raised those who will deal with any area that has brought about this lack of identity.
- With regard to what God is releasing to the nations of the earth using Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa, ask the Lord to bring healing to the diplomatic relations between these nations. There has been counterfeit expressions from these three nations who have planted seeds of doubt and soiled the relations between them. Pray that the Lord will restore that which has been stolen with regard to relationships and trust starting with the body of Christ.
- Pray for the Southern Africans who have suffered years of apartheid. The Lord allowed this for a purpose. May this purpose be made clear and may prophetic and apostolic voices arise and re-focus the attention of the people not to be inward focused but to be outward focused. To arise out of their despondency and recognize that they have a treasure to take out to the nations which cannot be bought – i.e.. their experiences. When that experience is put in the hands of the Lord it becomes a treasure in His kingdom and a weapon against the kingdom of darkness. Mandela though not a Christian was able to be used in such a public testimony to ascertain that indeed it is possible to rise out of a bad situation and turn it around. As many as have taken up this attitude have been mightily used of God in both big and small ways. How much more those who are called by the name of the Lord? This man spent 27 years in prison and the Lord has allowed him to enjoy 20 years of freedom now and still counting. The Lord is allowing the years the cankerworm had stolen to be restored. It is possible for this to happen for the entire region and its people.
Declare Is 61:11 for each nation of the Continents of Africa, Asia-Pacific, South America and the Caribbean and fervently pray That the Lord God will cause righteousness and Praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Jews civil issues
Israel is faced with tough choices especially in their relationship with the United States. The dispute erupted when Israel announced plans for 16,000 new Jewish homes to be built in occupied East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as the capital of a future state.
- Pray That God will redeem Israel out of all his troubles. (Ps 25:22)
- Proclaim psalm 122 for Israel and Jerusalem.
- Read out Isaiah 49 concerning God’s promises for Israel’s return to the Land. Remind the Lord of the words in Isaiah 49:20-23 that the land will not be enough for the returning Jews.
- Pray for the healing and forgiveness especially in the body of Christ within he Palestinian territories, Messianic Jews and Arab congregations. As Spiritual healing and forgiveness becomes a greater reality among kingdom citizens in the territory, then it spreads out and spiritual solutions will be found for the conflict in this area. (2Chron 7:14)
- Pray for laborers who will go into these lands, even pray for them that God’s redemptive purpose will be fulfilled in this generation.
PRAYING GOD’S PATTERNS INTO THE HEAVENS
Crescents and Quarter Moons (Ref. www.gapnetwork.org for teaching on Understanding the Heavens)
When the shape of the moon is like a C or its mirror image it is a crescent; when it looks like a D or its mirror image (quarter moons), it is a bow.
The occult use the crescent moon as sickles (e.g. Hecate’s sickle), for harvesting the gains of the ignorant and for demonic strength and fortification with intense enchantments.
- Pray for God to give the body more pastors according to His heart, who will feed His people with knowledge and understanding of His word concerning the significance of the heavens, and then they will be delivered from ignorance and from the manipulation of the occult. (Jer 3:15)
The first quarter moon is on the 21st of April 2010 @ 18:20 UT and the last quarter moon is on the 06th of April 2010 @ 09:37 UT
While they use the crescent moon as a sickle, the occult uses the “bow shaped” quarter moons as spiritual bows for shooting spiritual arrows which are bitter words of destruction at the righteous. Their intention is to steal the joy of believers and cause commotion in marriages, families and nations.
- Pray that God will cause their tongues with which they proclaim such destructive bitter words, to consume away in their mouth except they choose to repent and turn to Christ. (Ps 64:3-4; Zech 14:12)
The full moon is on the 12th of April 2010 @ 12:18 UT
- Pray that, the state of Jubilee God has ushered the church into will get brighter and brighter as the fullness of the moon (Prov 4:18)
The new moon that opens the gate of the fifth lunar season is on the 14th of April 2010 @ 12:29 UT
- The occasion of the new moon is a time to observe the ordinance of God in which all believers must celebrate God with songs of praise, worship and the blowing of trumpets etc. Create that atmosphere of celebration and worship in your home, at work, and everywhere you are led to go as you sing and make melody in your heart to God (Is 66:23; Ps 81:3; Eph 5:19)
The sun in this month, passes through a cluster of 141 stars in the constellation called Taurus symbolized by the bull (rushing forward).
This represents Jesus the Messiah – His second coming, featured in the “The glory that should follow”. He is coming in power to judge the earth in righteousness, and to subdue all His enemies under His feet.
The Lord is COMING TO RULE! This is the central truth of all prophecy. These last days are coming faster and faster and getting shorter and shorter as prophesied by Jesus in Matt 24. The Lord has declared that this year is the year of vengeance. It is the year of recompense for the controversy of His people.
- Pray through Isa 34:2-8 for all the nations of the earth God has marked for judgment.
- Pray that as God executes His righteous Judgments in the nations, men should learn righteousness starting with yourself, your family and the Body of Christ in the nation (Isa 26:9b)
Praying the nature of the Ox (Ez 1:10)
- Pray that during this season when there is a lot of high level sorcery and other demonic occurrences, you shall manifest the strength of a wild ox. No sorcery will arise against you. Pray for family, church, nation and continent (Num 23:22-23 )
- As God is preparing this continent to enter into its new season, there are giants to contend with. Among these are, spiritual idolatry, poverty, poor leadership and governance, corruption, disease, lack of knowledge etc. Ask for the strength of a wild ox to devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces (Num 24:8, Deut 33:17)
- Even as the ox is not muzzled while it treads the grain, pray that you too will eat of the fruit of God’s goodness in the new season that this continent is entering into. (Deut 25:4, 1 Tim 5:18)
- When the children of Israel entered the new land, they were expected to contend with the nations to possess the land. Then they were to work the land in order to gain abundant harvest and enjoy the fruitfulness of the land and prosper. God expects that you will work with Him as you enter into the new season. Ask for the strength of an ox because from its strength, there comes abundant harvest (Prov 14:4, Deut 8:7-9)
- When put on a yoke, the ox will walk in tandem with its master. It does not move ahead or lag behind the lead ox. It walks in tandem and finds peace in this harmony. If it lags behind it gets choked, if it pulls ahead it gets overwhelmed by the weight of the yoke. Ask for the kind of submission found in an ox.
- Ask the Lord to help you recognize when you are kicking against the goads. Just like an ox which goes wayward and ends up being pricked by the goads, in order to re-align with the master’s direction, so has the Lord allowed you to suffer various things in order to be re-aligned with His purpose for you. Ask Him to help you recognize those “goads” and to produce obedience to Him from your sufferings (Heb 5:7-8)
- Ask that God will reveal Himself to you in such a way as the ox knows it master. You shall know your master and then shall you be known (Is 1:3)
The other three smaller group of stars called decans that form part of Taurus describe the details of the stages of the coming Judgment.
ORION (The coming Prince) represents Light breaking forth in the redeemer. The coming prince is filled with light whose brightness shall destroy the wicked and illuminate everything hidden in darkness.
- Pray for a deeper love of the word of God and greater revelation of it in your life, family and in the body of Christ (Psa 36:10, Psa 119:130)
ERIDANUS (The River of the Judge) represents the river of wrath breaking forth for His enemies.
- While this is a season of Jubilee – the year of the Lord’s favor, it is also the year of the vengeance of the Lord. Pray that any area where you have not been faithful or have dealt in such a manner as to attract His vengeance, the Lord will expose it so you may confess, repent and seek His favor instead. (Is 61:1-3, 66:15-16; 2 Thes 1:8).
AURIGA (The Shepherd) represents safety for the redeemed in the day of wrath.
- Proclaim Psa 23, Eze 34:22, Eze 37:24 and Jer 23:4 for the redeemed of The Lord in the earth.
Meditate on the above scriptures and see how good the Lord has been in protecting His flock and will continue to be to His people. Give Him thanks and Praise.
Located in the neck of this charging bull – the constellation Taurus is a cluster of stars called the Pleiades. This word means “The congregation of the Judge or Ruler”. The Arabic name for this cluster of stars is Al Cyone which means Centre. Astronomers believe their location is the centre of the Universe (Possibly could mean – centre of focus of the coming Judge is His Congregation). Another group of stars located on the face of the Bull is called Hyades which also mean “The Congregated”.
Pleiades and Hyades together tell us that, the saints (Congregation of the Judge) will be secure with this mighty Lord when He comes to rule.
- Pleiades and Hyades are located in the neck and on the face of Taurus. As one of the saints, examine your position in Christ – are you located in Him? Pray for yourself and each member of the body of Christ across the face of the earth that God by His mercies and power will position you, your family, relations, friends and every member of the body in their precise positions in Christ (Eph 1:10; 2:6)
- Indeed judgement will be meted out by the righteous. Pray that the Lord will prepare you in such a way that you will indeed be a righteous and just judge with regard to the sin, the world and the works of the devil. (1 Cor 6:1-3).
Prophecies for the Season
Download a copy of the prophecies for 2010 (Teaching for Month of March 2010) and pray for the fullness of His prophetic utterances as He will lead you for this season (www.gapnetwork.org )
Allow the Lord to use your praising tongue as His pen (Psalm 45:1) to write and Program His purposes into the Sun, Moon, stars and the heavenly bodies, and into every part of creation. (Isaiah 51:16).
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