PRAYING THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH 2009
March derived its name from ancient Rome. It was then the first month of the year and named “Martius” after Mars, the Roman god of war. March is the first month of spring. This is the period when winter is ending and spring is beginning. The snow is thawing and plant life is beginning, birds are singing melodiously and the flowers are about to bud. It is a logical point for the beginning of the year.
Presently, it is the first (1st) month of the Jewish sacred calendar (the month Abib or Nissan) (Ex 12:2; Deut 16:1) “Abib” – a collective noun signifying “green ears of corn.” In this month, the Passover feast occurred and on the fourteenth day, the sheaf of the first fruit of the harvest was waved to the Lord.
The month Abib marked the beginning of Israel’s new life as a nation when God delivered them from Egyptian slavery and bondage. They were released when the Lord passed over the Israelites as he saw the blood of the lamb thus sparing them while killing Egyptian firstborns – The Passover, at the same time passing judgment against all the gods of Egypt (Ex.12:12).
The festival of the first month is a feast of hope and new life, and it commemorates the establishment of God’s covenant with Israel.
March is the seventh (7th) month according to Jewish civil calendar.
It is the third (3rd) month according to the Gregorian calendar. There are all kinds of satanic attacks and influence in this particular month because March is named after Mars and is also identified with the Greek god of war – Eres, who exalts bloodshed and violence. Other names for Eres are the Avenger, the Slayer and the Curse. The spear is his emblem; the dog and vulture are his sacred animals. Quirinus a Sabine god of war is also identified with Mars. He was the god of the state of Rome and father of Romus and Romulus who was the founder and first king of Rome. The city of Rome celebrates her birthday on 21st March around the time of the Vernal Equinox.
Praying into the month of March 2009
March is the first month of the year for both the Jews and the church (because they left Egypt during Passover and Jesus died and rose during the Passover to birth the church respectively).
- As the beginning of the sacred year, wherever you find yourself you have opportunity for new beginnings. If the Israelites who had been slaves 430 years can end up building a powerful nation then no matter how low you have gone God can lift you up, use you and make you a testimony to His glory in your generation and the generations to come (Ps 113:7-8).
- Pray that the new beginnings God has spoken about since December 2008 will be activated in your experience, your family, the church, nation and continent. Proclaim Isaiah 60.
- Whatever enslaving thing happened is not wasted but it’s a foundation for the new beginnings. It becomes an asset and experience with which you will help others. Pray that your mess will become your message as you yield it to the Lord and start all over again. Your tests in the past year will be your testimony in this New Year (2 Cor 1:3-4, Gen 50:20)
- This sacred New Year is the beginning of a new covenant and new commitment to worship and serve God like never before. Pray that nothing shall be an excuse for your inability to serve God. When He commanded Pharaoh to “Let My people go,” it was so they may worship God. Pray that you will come to a new depth of worship to the Lord in this season. Pray that you will worship God in such a way that you inspire others to worship Him (Ps 50:4, Matt 5:16).
You cannot succeed in your leadership mission, or you cannot consider your mission accomplish until you bring those you are leading to be a place of becoming true worshippers of God; not only worshipping Him in spirit and in truth in the traditional sense, but coming to a place where their joy is serving God any time in their lives in whatever capacity they have.
- Pray that whoever you are leading or whoever you are an example to, will see your lifestyle and become true worshippers of God (Exod 3:12)
- Command the gates of every time segment of the month including moments, seconds, minutes, hours, days and weeks to be lifted up unto the Lord so the King of glory will enter and take possession. (Ps 24:7-10; Gen 14:19)
- Pray that whatever God originally ordained as written in His blue – print before the foundation of the world concerning the month of March 2009 will come to pass. (Is 14:24)
- As a month of war, pray for your self, family, business, church, community, province, nation and continent that the terrors of the Lord should cut off your enemies. (Ps 88:16)
- Thank God who has delivered and preserved your life, marriage, family, work of your hands, ministry, church, nation and continent from every evil vocation of the enemy throughout the past year (1 Thes 5:18; 2 Tim 4:18)
- Pray and ask God to make you, your family, marriage, business, ministry, church, province, nation and continent that land which the Lord cares for, and upon which the eyes of the Lord are always open from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. (Deut 11:12)
March – a Month of War
God chose this particular month as the month in which He finally delivered and birthed Israel the nation and the type and shadow of the church of Christ from Egypt, making it the 1st month of the year for His people. During that season God displayed Himself as Jehovah Sabaoth the Man of War. He terrorized Pharaoh and contended with every one of the Egyptian gods through the 10 plagues.
- Proclaim Ps 18
- Declare the Lord of Host as the man of war who owns the war and the Conqueror of every battle within the war will make you more than an over-comer in every battle that you face this month. (Ex 15:3; 1 Sam 17:47; 2 Ch 32:8)
- Ask the Lord to give you the right weapons from His armoury to use in each and every battle facing you, your family, the church, nation and continent in this season. (Jer 50:25)
- Ask God to teach your hands to war and your fingers to do battle on behalf of your family, the church, nation and continent. (Ps 144:1)
- Ask the Lord to equip you and His church in general, with skills, technology and weapons for effective warfare as he did for David. (2 Sam 5:19-25; 1 Ch 14:10-17)
- Pray that God will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth to thresh all mountains (confrontations, challenges etc) and beat them small.(Is 41:15-16)
- Ask the Lord to make you His battle axes and weapons of war to deal with the plan and agenda of the kingdom of darkness and all battles of the enemy against the saints of God. (Jer 51:20-24)
God says that He is the one who created the craftsmen who fabricate every type of weapon for every purpose. He assures His children that no weapon has yet been created that can prosper against you. Declare this into this sacred New Year in general and into this month in particular no weapon the enemy has used in the past and in the future will prosper against you. If he has some success in the past, this new sacred year will put a stop to the effect of his weapons against you.
- Declare to the heavens and to the earth that you, your family, marriage, business, church, province, nation and continent are the servants of the Lord and it is your heritage that no weapon formed against you shall prosper. (Deut 32:1;Is 54:14-17)
- Pray that God will activate the nature of the horse in you for battle this month so that you will successfully exhibit all the characteristics of the horse in the battles the enemy hurls at you in this month. (Zech 10:3,)
- Pray that God will activate your input gates to sense battle i.e. your nose will smell the battle afar off, your ears will hear the battle and you eyes will see the enemy’s strategies so you will not be led into the enemy’s traps and temptations. (Job 39:19-25, Matt 6:13)
- Pray that you will charge into the battle, fearlessly (Pro 28:1, Ps 46)
- Pray that in this season you will laugh at scorn and be a terrible terror to the enemies of Gods purposes in your life and family, the church, nation and continent. (Ps 27:3; Prov21:31)
When God contended with pharaoh and Egypt, and by extension Africa, God passed judgment against all their gods (Ex.12: 12). The continent of Africa is filled with strange gods and idols everywhere. Spiritual idolatry and pride are two areas which hold Africa’s deliverance back. For the agenda of God for the continent to prevail,
- Pray that God should ride on a swift cloud into Africa and execute judgment on all the gods and idols of Africa, beginning from idols in your heart, in your family, the church, nation and continent. (Is 19:1; Ex 12:12b; Num 33:4b; Ezek. 14:3-8)
Prayer Points Related To the Significance of the Numbers 1, 3 and 7
Number 1 denotes primacy. It also denotes unity. It is a number that marks the beginning. “In the beginning God…” (Gen1:1) It symbolizes the foundation of any activity or event.
This year (2009), God said He is going to take out old, faulty, polluted; destructive and all other foundations that need to be taken out and LAY NEW (GODLY) FOUNDATIONS for you, your family, nation, and continent in every sector of existence.
- Pray that according to the word of the Lord, the Holy Spirit will show you any old destructive foundations, that have super-imposed themselves on the only foundation which we have been given i.e. Jesus Christ and repent of building your life, family, church and nation on those false foundations (Jer 1:10; Math 15:13; I Cor 3:11).
- Let Jesus Christ who is the First and Last, the beginning and end of all things, the truth, the tried, precious and sure foundation and the only acceptable foundation be laid for your life, family, health, business, marriage, church, nation and continent (Rev 1:17; Rev 1:8; Joh 14:6; Is 28:16;)
- Pray that as the old foundations are broken away, leaving Jesus Christ as the solid rock upon which you are founded, God’s word, His voice and will become the primary focus and passion for you, your family, the church, nation and continent (Heb 12:2)
The 1st sacred month Abib (“green ears of corn”)
The Lord established the Passover feast on the night before their final departure from bondage in Egypt. On the fourteenth day of Abib, the sheaf of the first fruit of the harvest is waved to the Lord.
- Pray that the blood of Jesus that speaks better things should speak deliverance, healings (Physical and spiritual) and restorations into God’s divine plan, wealth and health over your life, your family, the church, nation and continent. (Heb 12:24)
The feast of Passover is a feast specifically with unleavened bread.
- Pray that God will thoroughly purge out the leaven of “Egyptian slavery and bondage” out of you, your marriage, family, business, church, province, nation and continent and make you a new unleavened lump by His Passover. (2 Tim 2:19-21; 1 Cor 5:7-8)
As the sheaf of the first fruit of the harvest is waved before the Lord
- Pray that in this season of fruitfulness and harvest, the Lord by His right hand and the arm of His strength will deliver your harvest from the hands of Satan and you shall eat the fruit of your labour and praise the Lord. (Is 62:8-9)
The festival of the first (1st) month is a feast of hope and new life, and it commemorates the establishment of God’s covenant with Israel.
- Pray that God will activate His covenant of life and peace in the lives of His people all over the world. (Mal 2:5-7)
The number three represents Unity as in the Trinity; and represents the mystery of a three fold cord which cannot be easily broken.
- Pray that the unity that Jesus prayed about in John 17 will begin to be a reality in the body of Christ in your community, city, nation and the continent (John 17:17)
God has said that the year 2009 will be one of unprecedented harvest of souls into the kingdom of God. Wisdom demands that you bring many sons into the kingdom. As a child of God, if whatever you do, think or say does not bear witness to Jesus (truth), then you have rather borne witness to the king of darkness and have operated as a false witness to Christ.
- Examine your life as a believer and where you have operated as a false witness (Prov 19:5, 9) repent and reposition yourself as a true witness to Christ. (Acts 17:30;Prov 28:13)
- Select a group of people whom you will focus on to pray for their salvation in this year 2009. . He that wins souls is wise so you can start in the place of praying for them. (Joh 1:6-9; 1 Joh 1:2)
- Ask that the Holy Spirit will raise up more wise kingdom citizens with an interest in speaking to people about Jesus Christ, rather than seeking for their own selfish desires starting with yourself (Prov. 11:30, Dan 12:3, Luke 12:42-48)
- Pray that the church in general will be prepared to accommodate all the people who will be drawn into the kingdom. They will be prepared in knowledge, training of new Christians, and capacity build for bigger and more churches (Isa 54:2).
The number seven represents perfection, fullness and completeness.
We are in the season where God wants His people to be a people of perfection in their relationship with Him, precision in their service, obedience, petitions etc. He wants us to be exact, accurate; perfect. This position can only be attained by one with a perfect heart.
- David prayed for Solomon for a perfect heart, so pray that you will lead a life that practically leads to perfection in your life and be willing and obedient enough to let go of the imperfect. (1 Ch 29:17-19; 1 Ch 28:9; Ez 36:25-27)
Jewish current civil issues
Pray for the leadership of Israel. They had to form a fragile unity government led by veteran prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again.
- Pray for the wisdom of God for the leaders of Israel that will make them wise as serpents and as gentle as doves as they lead the delicate balance in parliament, not to mention the intense pressure of dealing with their relations with neighbouring nations (Mat 10:16)
- In this season of unprecedented levels of harvest, pray for the Jews and Palestinians and Arabs in general will have a similar encounter with Christ, just as Paul did on the way to Damascus, so they will become God’s people, defend and preach the faith as Paul did, and be protective towards God’s redemptive purpose in their lands. (Acts 1:1-20; Gal 1:23)
- Pray for the body of Christ in your nation not to lead the nation to become a goat nation by making the wrong compromises with regard to Israel and God’s purposes there. Pray that the church will lead your nation to be one of those who will be counted as sheep nations. (2 Cor 6:14-18 ; Mat 10:34 ; Lk 12:51; Eph 5:8)
PRAYING GOD’S PATTERNS INTO THE HEAVENS
The teaching on “Understanding the heavens – June 2008” is insightful to the knowledge about the visible firmament God called heaven (Gen 1:8).
Astrology (involve horoscope, palmistry etc) is a belief system which claims that human affairs are correlated with the positions of celestial objects. This is NOT founded on God’s word, it is demonic.
- Pray for yourself and for all who are addicted to horoscope and the like, especially members of the body of Christ who determine the course of their daily lives based on it instead of, on God. Ask God to deliver them from that addiction. (1 Tim 6:20-21)
Crescents and Quarter Moons
When the shape of the moon is like a C or its mirror image, it is a crescent; but when it looks like a D or its mirror image (quarter moons) then 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. It is the duty of every child of God to enforce Num 23:23.
- Peter and John were unlearned and ignorant men; they acquired knowledge being with Jesus, and were bold. Pray for the ignorant brethren in the body of Christ that they too will acquire knowledge to boldly declare God’s word that will shield their harvest from the sickles of the occult especially this season which God has declared is one of unprecedented levels of harvest. (Acts 4:13; Ex 23:22)
- As the year of fruitfulness, Declare that your land will bring forth abundant harvest, you will bring in your sheaves, and give your first fruits and tithes to the Lord yet there will not be enough room to keep them (Lk 12:16-17; Ps 126; Prov 3:9; Mal 3:10)
- Pray that you will not end up being like the rich fool who entered into abundance and decided to retire. God required his soul from him. Ask God to help you understand what you need to do in fulfilling God’s purpose for the abundance that God is bringing to you in this season (Luk 12:13-21).
The first quarter moon is on the 4th of March 2009 @ 07:46 UT and the last quarter moon is on the 18th of March 2009 @ 17:47 UT
Since the quarter moons fall around the time when the vernal equinox is about to happen, a lot of demonic activity takes place during that season.
- Pray that the voice of the Lord will silence all enchantments, sorceries, prognostications and all unrighteous utterances and cut off the perpetuators of such acts if they will not repent. (Ps 29; Gal 5:12)
- Quarter moons are used in many cultures for demonic strength and fortifications. Declare 2 Sam 22:1- 4; Ps 46:1 for yourself, family, church, nation and continent. Thank and praise the Lord.
The full moon is on the 11th of March 2009 @ 02:38 UT
Satanic and demonic activities especially the worship of the host of heaven are heightened at full moon. God forbids this. (Deut 4:19; 17:3). Many do these activities because they are looking for supernatural power to overcome various physical challenges.
- Men who give their allegiance to this practice rob God of worship. Pray that God will reveal Himself to many so that they will turn away from this wickedness and seek Him who is the Most High God. (Jer 21:5;Jer 8:1-2)
At full moon, atrocities (related to emotional imbalance) were committed in many parts of the world.
- Ask the Lord to rend the heavens and come down for a visit to witch covens, satanic alters (physical and spiritual) and let His right hand and holy arm bring Him victory in all the earth. (Is 64:1-3;Ps 144:5, 7-8; Ps 98:1)
The Vernal or Spring Equinox is on the 20th of March 2009 @ 11:44 UT
Equinox is that moment in time (not a whole day) when the centre of the Sun can be observed to be directly above the Earth‘s equator (the earth is at zero tilt to the sun). This occurs twice a year, in which there are 12 hours of night and 12 hours of daylight.
In Vernal or spring Equinox the sun appears to cross the equator moving northward. This marks the beginning of spring signifying new life and new beginning. It is a key gate of seasons. This gate opens the year and ushers in what you have proclaimed into the year.
- Proclaim Psalm 24 and command the gates of the season to lift up their heads so the king of glory will come in.
- Ask the Lord to put His words in your mouth on daily basis, concerning the season you are entering into as an individual, in your family, church, nation and the continent (Isa 51:16)
During this season also, particularly because of the spring equinox, it is a time of the year very dear to occultists, prognosticators, astrologers, sorcerers and all of those agents of the kingdom of darkness. This is a time when special offerings and sacrifices are made to their gods to thank them for the “blessings” bestowed upon them throughout the past year. It is also a time when they make projections and prognostications into the heavens with the view to controlling people, events and circumstances.
- Pray and command the heavens to declare the glory of God over the new season. Wipe away all projections made by the kingdom of darkness into this coming season (Ps 19:1-5, Col 2:14-15)
- Pray through Is 42:9; 43:19; Job 38:25-27 For the new life and new beginning that will spring forth. Some are:-
- Fruitfulness of the body in hitherto barren women (Is 54:1-4)
- Fruitfulness of the spirit in hitherto unproductive cluster of grapes (Is 65:8)
- Divine health will spring forth (Is 58:8)
- Righteousness and praise will spring forth in all nations (Is 61:11)
- Inhabited cities in hitherto desolate places will spring forth. (Is 54:3; Ezek 36:10,35)
- Water in desert places literally and spiritually will spring forth (Is 43:19)
- New responsible fathers and mothers will spring forth in families.
- Responsible governments will spring forth the nations of your continent.
- New life will spring forth with God given wealth (Ex 11:2)
- New ideas will spring forth etc, etc, etc.
Pray as the Spirit leads you into specific areas of springing forth.
- Pray Is 45:8 for all the 56 nations of the continent of Africa
The NEW MOON opens the gate of the fourth lunar season on the 26th of March 2009 @ 16:06 UT
“Behold I make ALL THINGS NEW…these words are true and faithful”
(Rev 21:5)
Thank God for this new moon of new beginnings, abundance and fruitfulness.
The Lord is seriously re–laying new foundations, reconstructing, repositioning, re–patterning and re-patenting to make the lives of individuals, families, marriages, businesses, ministries, callings, gifting, churches, villages and nations new again in Him.
- Thank and bless God for what He is doing in the lives of His people and in the nations especially in Africa. (Ps 100:4; Deut 10:21; Ps 126:3)
The sun in March passes through a cluster of 66 stars in the constellation called Aries symbolized by a ram or lamb. This represents Jesus as the sacrificial lamb, slain for the redemption and freedom of man – this established the blessing of the redeemed consummated and enjoyed.
- Pray through Eph 2:15-16. “Enmity” (hostility, hatred, odious, opposition) towards God or towards each other were all symbolically slain by the death of Christ on the cross. Ask God to show you areas of your life where you have had enmity, hostility or hatred toward other people or places. Repent of these areas and ask to exchange each of them with His love toward men and places.
- Pray that you will come to a divine revelation of how God wants you to express His love towards yourself, your family, the church, nation and continent (Rom 5:1-8, 1 Joh 4:20).
- Ask God to teach you how to love Him. Only love can overcome enmity of any kind (Matt 5:41-44, Rom 12:14, 1 Cor. 13)
The other three smaller group of stars called decans that form part of Aries describe the details of the process of redemption and enthronement.
Cassiopeia (The enthroned woman) represents the captive delivered, and preparing for her husband, the Redeemer.
- The Lord has clothed the body of Christ with the garments of salvation and covered it with the robe of righteousness just like the bride and bridegroom is adorned. Pray for the church to fully understand the depth of deliverance and the height of exaltation we have received in Christ. (Is 61:10-11)
- In preparation for the redeemer, pray that God will quicken the church of Christ on the earth to keep all His commandments, without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of Christ. ( 1 Tim 6:14)
Cetus (The Sea Monster) represents the great enemy bound.
- Pray for the Lord to punish Leviathan, the dragon, with His great sword and keep his activities and influence bound in the lives of “the sons of belial” of the earth, in the lives of His people and in the nations. (Is 26:21 – 27:1)
Perseus (The breaker) Delivering His redeemed
Pray that Jesus the stone that breaks and crushes should fall on His enemies and crush them into powder, redeeming His people and the nations from all conflicts and agitating passions. (Mat 21:44; Lk 20:18; Mic 2:13)
NB: For the prophecies of 2009, please order from the media desk or check on the website.
- Pray that there shall be no hindrance, instead God will take His broom of destruction and sweep away every hindrance, resistance, blockades etc out of the way. (Is 14:23)
DECLARE THE BLESSING IN 1 Ch 29:10b – 13 OVER ALL THE EARTH.
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