PRAYING INTO A NEW DECADE AND THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2010
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PRAYING INTO A NEW DECADE AND THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2010
The Jubilee fast (for 50 days) will take the church over into the New Year, which is also the major gate into a New Decade!
The Romans dedicated this first month to their god of gateways and doorways whose name was JANUS, hence the name January. This is a month referred to by the ancient Romans as “Ianuarius” (month of Janus), a word not so far removed from the modern day word – January, and taken from the Etruscan word “jauna” meaning “door”. They also considered Janus as the god of beginnings and his name was an obvious choice for the first (1st) month of their year – the Gregorian calendar. The first (1st) month being the gate to the New Year through which everyone enters; made it easier to exert evil influence and control on everyone by dedicating it to this god.
January is the fifth (5th) month according to the Jewish civil calendar and the eleventh (11th) month following the Jewish sacred or religious calendar.
This period of the year in Israel is the time when the almond blossom and the oranges begin to ripen. It is also the time when preparations for harvest begin.
Praying Into a New Decade and the eleventh month
The gates of the new Gregorian year will swing open into a new decade 2010-2019 (Psa 65:11 Psa 90).
- Ask the Lord to close the gates of the past year, the past decade and season. Ask that the Lord will seal and cause a closure on any areas of your life where there is exposure and a lack of closure;
- whether any loss that continues to haunt you; like death of loved ones, loss of property, possession or position, loss of face or relationships. Ask for the opportunity for closure so that you can enter the new season on a clean slate.
- Where there is lack of closure for your family, community or nation in any area; ask that the Lord will bring closure with regard to every area of life. Where there has been strife, and unfinished business, issues pertaining to land, closure where there has been a scattering of people and possessions. Ask that the Lord will gather the people into their place of inheritance.
- There are prophecies that had been uttered spoke long ago over your life, over your family, nation and continent. Some of these have not seen a conclusive end and yet they are supposed to have been fulfilled by the end of this immediate past decade and season. Ask the Lord to open your eyes as a kingdom citizen, and as the church to see where you must bring closure by acting upon those prophecies.
- In this season of Africa’s jubilee, ask that God will specifically deal with unfinished business in all areas that require closure in every level of leadership, from the presidency, to the lowliest levels.
- Ask that the Holy Spirit will do a deep work in you, your family, church, nation and continent in the areas of forgiveness. There is need for a lot of closure within families, communities and nations due to woundedness that has plagued people in the past season. You want to start on a clean slate and some issues require very deep levels of healing to bring closure. Only God can do it. Allow Him to do a deep work in these days; if possible, take time in fasting and seeking God specifically in this areas so that you enter into the new season whole, without any baggage. Pray for this from individual level to continental level (Jer 17:14)
- Read Psalm 24 and Psalm 118 out loud. Command the gates of this year to be opened up so that you may enter in. Usher the Lord to go ahead of you, the church, your nation and continent as you proceed into the new decade and the new year.
- Ask the breaker, to break open the gate and wholly posses the coming decade, establishing His rule and influence over every moment of the Decade. (Mic 2:13; Gen 14:19, 22)
- Speak to the gates of this new season and declare that the walls of the season will be salvation, and the gates praise. Destruction shall not be heard within your boundaries. Anything that does not praise God, anything that does not declare freedom and redemption from the kingdom of darkness shall not enter in this season whether in your life, family, church or nation (Isa 60:11,18-19)
- Speak into the new decade and declare that God’s purposes will be fulfilled in your life, the church, nation and continent. Ask specifically for wisdom to number your days and fill them with His purpose for your life (Psa 90).
- Speak a benediction into the womb of this new season and prophecy blessings over your life, your family, church and nation. (Psa 67, Num 6:23-26)
- Ask the Lord to put His name on your life, your family, church and nation as you enter this season. (Num 6:27, 2Sam 7:29)
- The Lord has recently spoken that, this is the season when sheep and goat nations will emerge. Pray that as the name of the Lord is upon you, you will be numbered among the sheep nations and that the light of God’s countenance will shine upon you. (John 10:11,14;Mat 25:32 -33)
- Minister songs of Thanksgiving and proclaim the blessing of Psalm 103 unto God for the gift and preservation of life freely given to you, your family and to the members of the church in the nations in the past decade. Thank Him for His determinate counsel for Africa and the nations in the new decade. (Neh 12:46;Acts 2:23)
- Proclaim the New Gregorian Year to be the acceptable year of the Lord, the year of the Lord’s favour to the church in the nations especially in Africa. (Isa 61:2; Lk 4:19)
- As an individual, a family, business, marriage, church, community, nation etc what is your general assessment of your walk with God this past decade? What have been your areas of strength? What have been your areas of weakness? Ask the Lord to further strengthen your areas of strength in Him, and present your weaknesses and failures openly before the Lord, asking Him to exchange your weakness and failures for His strength and victories so you will a conqueror. Ask God to enable you, family, community, church and nation to press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus in the decade ahead. (Ps 68:28; Rom8:35-39;Phil 3:14)
Jubilee Fast:
(Refer to Dec 2008 Prayer guide or check on www.gapnetwork.org)
As mentioned in the December prayer guide, we had launched a 50 days fast. You may join in, if you had not started and appropriate the blessings that come with the Jubilee season that has come upon the continent. Continue to pray through the prayer points from the December guide concerning the jubilee season. Beyond that, there are further prayer points below:
Very specific areas God has stressed to pray about:
- Repentance – cannot be over emphasised. Repent over every individual sin, iniquity, transgression, secret faults, and presumptuous sins. Also repent over ancient and modern sins, iniquities and transgressions beginning from the root of your family, tribes and nation. Repent on behave of the church worldwide for failing to take its place of leadership and over every known and unknown national disregard for God’s laws for your nation and the nations. (2Chron 7:14;Dan 9:3-19; Acts 3:19)
- Jubilee can only be experienced in atonement and consecration. Appropriate the blood of the Lamb that takes away the sins of the world to make atonement for all the areas of sin, iniquity and transgressions enumerated and consecrate you, family, tribe, clan, church, nation and nations unto God. (Lev 25:9; 2 Tim 2:19-21;Joh 1:29b; Rom 5:8-12)
- God said we should ask Him for the heathen for our inheritance and the ends of the earth for our possession (Ps 2:8). Pray that God will return each member of the church to their possession in Him (the ends of the earth) and to their families. (Lev 25:10)
- Prayerfully proclaim Isa 61. Proclaim liberty to the captives everywhere and become a covenant statement to people.
- Pray through Isa 40:1-5 especially for the church in the nations in this new season.
Jug 6:1-6; 1 Sam 30:1-8 The curse of the Medianites, the Amalekites and the people of the east is a curse that reaps all your produce just when it is ready leaving you with nothing. The curse causes you; to hide from your enemies, live in weakness and depression and lack; robbing you of the joy of the Lord, which is your strength.
- Pray that God will break the curse of the Midianites, Amalekites and the people of the east over your life, your family and the church of Christ.
- Pray for grace and anointing for pursuit of enemies, projects, education, businesses etc. Grace and anointing to overtake and cover all lost grounds on all fronts without fail. (1 Sam 30:8)
- God said there are curses operating in the lives of His people and the source of some of the curses are from their nations, families, tribes, clans, personal etc; however, God said He will turn all the curses into blessings if His people will live a life of purity of heart and the fear of the Lord. Pray for self and the church so each will live in purity of heart and in the fear of the Lord all their days on earth. (Ps 139:23-24, Ps 24:3-6; Ps 15:1-2; Ps 19:9; Prov 19:23; Prov 14:27; Prov 22:4; Isa 33:6; Job 28:28; Ps 34:11)
- It was revealed that the enemy had spanned a web of lies and a web of limitation and deception round the lives of the people of God. Pray that God will burn those webs with His consuming fire in the lives of His people round the globe. (Heb 12:29)
Prayer Points Related To the Significance of the Numbers 1, 5 and 11
The number one denotes primacy – a turning point in the history of the church where God has taken His primary position as God, Lord and creator over each member of the church of Christ worldwide.
- The coming new decade will be exciting successive years of great physical and spiritual changes for the church and the nations especially the continent of Africa which has entered a jubilee season. Pray that the church will enthrone Jesus the good shepherd in His primary position to shepherd the church and nation. Prophesy Psalm 23 for the church and nations of Africa.
Number 1 also denotes unity (unison) especially within this season where there will be the manifestation of great unity in the body of Christ worldwide.
- Prophesy concerning the fragile unity in the body of Christ – that it will be strengthened. Pray that this unity will begin with you. Ask that the Lord will deal with the boundaries you have erected in your heart with regard to your attitudes toward people of differing tribes, nations, denominations, your reluctance to “live and let live”; the reluctance to stand alongside other ministries and churches e.g. in your prayers etc.. even simple things like thanking God that they have received a unique revelation that is different to yours, a critical spirit toward those with lesser biblical knowledge than you; and any other area that God will reveal boundaries in your heart.
- Ask the Lord to break the manmade boundaries that keep the church from fully embracing her sonship because of divisions and strife.
It is a number that marks the beginning. “In the beginning God…” (Gen1:1) Amazingly echoing what God has declared – A new beginning within a new beginning. It symbolizes the foundation of any activity or event – A perfect platform for the foundation of a great event – The Jubilee experience!
- Prophesy that this new season will be a new beginning of intimacy with the Lord.
- Pray that the foundation of every area of life in this season will be righteousness and justice. Pray that the foundation of this jubilee season will be the stability of our times. Pray through Isa 52:7-9 for the establishment of these promises for the church in the nations.
The figure five is the number of grace
The season of Jubilee is a season of the great grace of God, a season of great rest in God, a season of intimate worship, a season of divine favour! Additionally, it is the year of God’s favour and God has opened the gates of favour to the church. Grace is unmerited favour.
- Jubilee is the acceptable year of the Lord or the year of the Lord’s favour. Ask that the Lord will bestow favour upon your life, upon the church and nation in areas where you had fallen in disfavour because of the works of the enemy. (Isa 61:2a;Exo 3:20-22)
- While it is the year of God’s favour it is also the year of the vengeance of our Lord; or a season of revenge. God says, “Vengeance is mine I will repay.” This is such a season. Are there any areas where you had committed any injustice or unrighteousness? The accuser of brethren will not let you off until God’s vengeance is complete. That is why we stress repentance as key. Judgement will always start in the house of the Lord. As a kingdom citizen, carry out seasons of repentance. Have a heart that is open to revelation so that you can repent unto salvation.
- On the other hand there have been issues of gross injustice, unrighteous activity in the nations especially in Africa. This is a season where God will begin to judge strongholds, establishments, formidable opponents who have wronged the nations through poor leadership and completely overhaul governmental systems. Since 2009 the Lord has been speaking about repositioning, restructuring, re-patterning and re-patenting of political landscapes in the nations of Africa, in businesses, and other areas of society. Ask for understanding as you pray for the leadership in the land. Ask that God’s redemptive purpose for the season will be made manifest and that the church will gain wisdom to step aside and let God do that which He wants to do as He avenges and restores the foundations of righteousness and justice in every area of life.
- God says He will release great and mighty hidden things such as health and healing, abundance of peace and truth etc so His people will be to Him a name of joy, praise and an honour before all nations. Pray for each sector of society i.e. family, the church, government, economy, education science and technology, media, arts sports and culture in the land. Pray through Jer 33:3, 6-9 (Isa 45:3)
- It was the favour of God that enabled Israel to plunder Egypt when they left Egypt. Pray that God’s favour will open every imaginable door God has destined for each member of the church to enter into, and ask for great grace upon the church to enable each experience the tangibility of this favour as each obeys God’s specific instructions. (Exo 3:20-22; 12:36; Acts 4:33b)
The Lord’s Caution to the Church:
A great and effectual Jubilee door has been opened to the church of Christ in the nations, and there are many adversaries such as lack of diligence, disobedience, doubt, disregard for righteousness in thought realm, speech realm and deed realm, opposition to God’s course, etc all resulting in failure to enter God’s rest. (1Cor 16:9)
- Pray fervently for yourself, family, marriage, business, church, nation that you will work diligence, obedience; righteousness in thought, speech and deed, as you make a commensurate effort to enter God’s Jubilee rest. (Heb 4:11)
Eleven represents the 11th hour: that final moment of lull before an event of important proportions occurs – (Math 20:6, 9)
- A lot has been said and revealed about what God is about to do with the church worldwide and the nations especially those in Africa. Pray that each member of the church and their families will utilise this time of lull waiting upon the Lord, inquiring for directions and instructions for the coming new year and decade. Loose the bonds of wickedness and undo the heavy burdens in the nations so each kingdom citizen will enter into their God ordained roles. (Isa 40:31; 58:6-14; 1 Sam 23:2, 4; 1 Sam 30:8; 2 Sam 2:1)
Eleven also represents disorder, disorganization, imperfection and disintegration. (2Kgs 23:36; 2 Ch 36:5-6)
The Jubilee experience has been first be preceded by a seemingly chaotic situation in which God has began to re-shuffle, re-position and re-location members of the church worldwide into their God ordained, predestined positions (Physically and spiritually) according to His divine counsel.
- Some are engaged in work not assigned to them by God. Some are working God ordained work but in the wrong locations. Others are involved in their God ordained assignments, in their God chosen locations but positioned in man given positions. Some too will be on new assignments altogether. Ask the Lord to work in the heart and mind of His people the willingness to change in response to any form of God motivated re-positioning or re-location both physically and spiritually. (Phil 2:13;Isa 1:19)
Praying into National days, Jubilee Year and Elections
Various nations are making important national milestones this new decade. They will be celebrating national days, jubilee years, going into elections and such like important occasions.
Pray for nations that are finishing their 49th year and blowing their jubilee shofar (order book Enter Your Jubilee ©2009 Abu Bako). Pray for Bahrain (Dec 16 1961), and Sierra Leone (Apr 27 1961),
- Starting with yourself, pray that the church in the nations, will receive an understanding of the significance of the jubilee season for individuals, institutions and all areas of the nation.
- Pray that the jubilee characteristics will begin to manifest in these 2 nations as they enter their 50th year of independence. These include restoration of lost inheritances, reconciliation of age old feuds, restitution of all things that were taken away, returning of citizens who were refugees, political asylum seekers, illegal immigrants, return to the rightful place of inheritance, national repentance, revenge of God to whom vengeance belongs. (Lev 25; Jer 22:29-30; Acts 3:21; Col 4:3)
- Pray that these two nations will harness their resources to the maximum for use as God intended, and not to control or manipulate other nations or the people in the nation.
- Pray for Jesus Christ to unveil His bride in the kingdom of Bahrain. Pray that many will encounter the jubilee virtue of redemption through Jesus Christ as He reveals Himself to them in greater numbers in that Islamic kingdom. (Rev 11:15)
- Pray that stability will return to Sierra Leone after years of civil unrest and poor leadership. Pray that in this coming season the Lord will raise up a people who will steer that nation into His purpose. There will be a sense of nationhood and an increase in the embracing of Sierra Leone as a one people under God. Prophesy Isaiah 35 over that nation.
- Pray for nations going into elections in this new year and new decade, including Sudan and Tanzania. Pray that God will push these nations into their destiny in Him and thus raise up people at every level of society to run with His vision whether they are aware of it or not and steer these nations into their God-ordained destiny. Pray that the elections will be held at the appointed time that the Lord decrees and He will intervene in the entire process; against all odds, the elections will remain peaceful, free and fair even when it does not seem a possibility with men.
- Pray for the church in these nations to remain focused on God’s purpose rather than developing a partisan spirit. Pray that the focus will not be so much on praying “choice” individuals into positions of leadership, rather, the church will willingly move with God in the way He wants to move, following step by step and allowing Him the prerogative to lead in the choice of leaders. (1Sam 16:1-13)
Praying about Jewish Issues
- Contrary to the desires of the nations, God said that when Israel returns to their land, they will seek to expand their coasts rather than reduce them because the land will not be enough for them. Pray for Israel during this new decade, and new season. Pray that the Lord will touch the hearts of His people Israel and that many in this new year will yearn to make Aaliyah and return to their land. Pray that this prophecy will continue to stand as more Jews return to their homeland (Isa 26:15, Isa 54:2-3, Isa 49:19-26)
- As many return from the nations, pray that the Lord will reveal Himself to them and lift the veil off as many of their spirits so that they can receive a revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour. (Zech 12:10)
PRAYING GOD’S PATTERNS INTO THE HEAVENS
As you enter the new decade, new year and new season, we would like that you refresh your mind and spirit concerning the heavens. This month we have again, included a short discourse on understanding the heavens, so that you may pray with understanding and boldness the Lord’s pattern for the heavens. It is important that the heavens are aligned with God’s purposes, and give legislations on earth according to His purposes. (Hos 2:21-22). Ensure that you read the teaching in order to pray effectively.
Crescents and Quarter Moons
A C-shaped moon or its mirror image is a crescent; a D-shaped moon or its mirror image, 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 that God’s word in Num 23:23 will take hold of the heavens, and let the heavens continuously declare it over every part of creation. (Zec 1:6a; Ps 19:1-6)
- Pray 2Sam 22:2-4 and Ps 125:2 for strength and fortification. Proclaim Ps 148, 145, 92 and 93
- Pray for the body of Christ globally, that God will deliver the ignorant in Christ from captivity because of lack of knowledge. Ask the Lord to help each one come to realization that we need to seek for knowledge of God’s word concerning the heavens and their role in establishing God’s kingdom. (Isa 5:13a;Ps 121:1)
First quarter moon is on the 23rd January at 10:53 UT and the Last quarter moon is on the 07th January at 10:39 UT.
- The quarter moons are D-shaped moons which the occult uses as spiritual bows in shooting arrows of bitter words of confusion into nations, party spirit into the church, domestic violence in homes, ritual murder for demonic sacrifices in the society etc. Pray Ps 64:7-10 which is the written judgement against them.
- Proclaim Job 18:5-21 against sny occult influence over your life, family, community, church and nation.
The full moon is on the 30th of January 2010, at 06:18 UT
As the moon is full of light, so has God ushered the church into a season of the fullness of His light and has commanded that the church rise and shine because her light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon her.
- Pray that each member of the church will willingly locate themselves in righteousness, holiness, purity of heart and the fear of the Lord so the glory of the Lord that is risen upon them will fill their beings then they will shine as the light of the world just as Jesus shined. (Isa 1:19; Phil 2:13; John 8:12; Isa 60:1-2; Mat 5:14; John 9:5)
The New moon that opens the gate of the second lunar season is on the 15th of January 2010, at 07:11 UT
- Rejoice and celebrate the occasion of the new moon with songs of praise and thanksgiving. Blow the shofar (Ram’s horn) or the trumpet where possible and dedicate the new month to the King of Kings. Also ask the Lord to teach you new ways of making your life a constant worship pleasing unto Him. (Ps 81:3; Isa 66:23)
The sun in January passes through a cluster of 108 stars in the constellation called Aquarius symbolised by the water bearer. This Represents Jesus who went away (in His death) and has come again (in His resurrection).
“Their blessing ensured” or “The living waters of blessing poured forth for the redeemed.” Jesus paid the price for atonement and has procured the blessings which can be bestowed and poured forth upon the redeemed.
The constellation is pictured in the heavens by a man (Jesus) pouring forth water from an urn which seems to have an inexhaustible supply and flows forth downward into the mouth of a fish (the redeemed) which receives it and drinks it all up.
This is the period of extreme fruitfulness and knowledge where Jesus will pour upon the redeemed so much water of His Spirit and word that both spiritually and physically barren situations and people have opportunity to become abundantly fruitful. (Isa 44:3, Isa 41:18)
- The Lord may pour out to you and to that barren situation in your life, family, church or nation. However, it is another thing for you to receive and drink deeply of the water of His word. It is up to you to absorb the cleansing, quenching, refreshing and renewing qualities of the water of His word and His Spirit. Ask God to unblock any blockage in your spirit man, and in the church so that the river of life will flow through and bring life, health and revival. (Joh 4:14; Isa 12:3)
- Ask the Lord to open your eyes to see any area where you have forsaken the living water. Ask Him to show you areas in your life and the church where you have filled yourselves up with unnecessary things that take up space which the water of life would otherwise fill up. As you receive knowledge of these areas, repent and ask the Holy Spirit to help you empty yourself of these and ready to be filled up by Him. (Isa 65:11-13)
- Ask the Lord to forgive you and seal areas where you have been full of holes. You have filled up from His fountain of life but those holes in your life have let the precious things of God flow out of your life unused. Ask that the Lord will reveal those actions, characteristics and lifestyle that have created holes in you as a vessel so that you are unable to retain a lifestyle that pleases God even though you are exposed to His life giving Spirit and Word. (Jer 2:13, Psa 36:9)
- Pray for the out pouring of the Holy Spirit first upon your life, then upon the church so there will be heightened spiritual communion and fruitfulness on earth as it happened at Pentecost. (Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:1-4)
- Pray that the Holy Spirit will fill every member of the church with a strong desire to take volumes of God’s word – reading, listening, studying meditating, confessing, memorizing, proclaiming and sharing it. The water of the word will purify and cleanse whoever receives it. (Col 3:16; Eph 5:26)
- Declare into the heavens and the earth as in Deut 32:1 and into all parts of creation to take record that God has prophesied fruitfulness to barren situations. Proclaim Isa 54 and Ps 113:9 and Ezekiel 37 over your life, over the church and over every barren situation in the nation.
- In 2Ki 2:21, Elisha declared that God had healed the waters and there shall be no more barrenness in the land, pray that this month, God will heal spiritual and physically barren situations in your life, and in the church; that are meant for healing in this season, according to His original purpose.
The other smaller group of stars called decans that form part of Aquarius describe the blessings bestowed upon the redeemed by Christ the One who blesses.
Piscis Australia (The southern fish) represents the blessings bestowed. Piscis Australis is inseparable from Aquarius and represents the mouth of the fish. Meaning the blessings will surely be bestowed and received by those for whom they are intended.
Pegasus (The winged horse) represents the blessings quickly coming.
- Salvation of the soul is the greatest blessing God has bestowed upon man. Pray that as many as God has foreknown and predestined to conform to the image of His son Jesus will, in this month of January and this new decade, hear and answer the Lord’s call and surely receive the blessing of the Holy Spirit and none of them shall be lost. (Rom 8:29-30; John 14:16-17; 17:12)
- Pray that indeed there will be a quick work of redemption and salvation in the nations as people turn to the Lord and receive Him in their lives.
- Pray that the church will be prepared more quickly to receive the harvest and disciple them. Pray that God will expose the church to new and more efficient ways of training and discipleship. Pray that God will work on the minds hearts and spirits of His people in such a way that they will be more receptive to receive greater volumes of His word, be quicker to lead others, and desire to lead a diligent life just like the early church in Acts.
- God has promised great promises of overwhelming proportions as the wind of Jubilee sweeps across Africa. Pray for the quick manifestation of these blessings both physically and spiritually for each nation of Africa and for the church as a whole. These blessings will cause the knowledge of the glory of the Lord to fill the earth. (Hab 2:3b, 14; Isa 11:9b)
Cygnus (The swan) represents the one who blesses surely returning. In these days of prosperity gospel and a desire to amass only the physical temporal things of the earth, the church is gradually forgetting the eschatological gospel. Less is spoken about the great day of the Lord. Little is said about yearning for spiritual, permanent things unless they can bring physical blessings e.g gift of miracles, prophetic gifts that are used to prophecy the acquisition of choice positions and possessions etc.
- Ask the Lord to reveal to you and to the church at large, the reality of the return of Christ (Matt 16:27, 1Cor 16:22, Rev 22:7,12)
- Ask for a desire to yearn for the coming of the Lord. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you lead a life that reflects that there is a permanent, everlasting future beyond the world we have today even though everything, especially the new age teachings numb the mind into thinking that everything ends with the human race on this earth. (Rev 22:17,20)
INSCRIBE WITH YOUR TONGUE OVER THE EARTH AS YOU DECLARE THAT THE EARTH SHALL BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD AS THE WATERS COVER THE SEA (Ps 45:1;Hab 2:14; Isa 11:9b)
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