The month of September is a crucial and significant month for various reasons, for many people in many cultures. The word September is derived from the Latin ‘Septem’ meaning seven (7).

Praying With Insight into the Month of September

As Prophetic people that have dominion over the works of the hands of the Lord (Ps 8:6):

• Instruct each day of the entire month of September including the seconds, minutes, hours, days and weeks, to utter praise to the Creator (Ps 19:2)

• Command every gate of time in the month of August to give pleasure to the Creator by doing His bidding day by day (Rev 4:11)

• Pray that the ears of men will hear and the tongues of men inscribe upon every part of the earth the original God-given name of this seventh month of the year as declared by the heavens (Prov. 20:12; Ps 45:1)

For the Jews, this month was the seventh (7^TH) following the religious calendar, but the 1^st month of their civil year. They called it ETHANIM (TISHRI) and marked this time with special festivals or feasts.

There are 7 feasts in the Old Testament Calendar (Lev 23). The last 3 are in the fall (autumn) in the month of Tishri when the civil year begins. These are: Feast of Trumpets, The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and the feast of Tabernacles (Booths, ingathering) (Neh 8:14; Exo 34:22). The Jewish New Year (called Rosh Ha’ Shana in Hebrew).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MEDITATION:

Israelites made offerings to God every month in praise, and worship and normal burnt offerings. The 7^th month marks the beginning of a new cycle of life.  Therefore they had the blowing of the trumpet marked by the feast of trumpets.

Praying into the Feast of Trumpets

This feast is suggestive of a futuristic event; the second coming of the Messiah.

• Pray that you will experience the fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit in your life to make you relevant in every area (family, church, community, nation). Just like the day of Pentecost, let God give you more relevant language to your environment. (Ps 45:1, Is 51:16)
• This was a time of rejoicing. Pray that God will fill you with His joy. God will clothe you with garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. (Is 61:3, Neh 8:10)
• Count your blessing and begin to thank God for all His mighty work in your life, His preservation in the past season.
• Pray that God should also be mighty in your midst and rejoice over all His people all over the globe with joy and singing (2 Ch 5:12-13;1 Pet 1:8; Ps 95:1-3; Zep 3:17)
• Pray that God will preserve you and keep you from falling so that when the trumpet of the Lord shall sound; you will be a part of those who will be caught up with the Lord, whether you are dead or alive (Jud 1:24; 1 Thess 4:16-17)

In addition, as the New Year’s Day, the people rejoice for God’s blessing throughout the year just ended, and asked for His blessing in the New Year. In Israel, it is the time for ploughing and sowing.