Wednesday, January 6, 2021

A Need to Know - A Call to Pray

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The Apostle Paul wrote to the Born-Again Believers in Rome and said:

Romans 1:13  Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. 

1 Thessalonians 2:18  Therefore we wanted to come to you — even I, Paul, time and again — but Satan hindered us.

I don’t want you to be unaware of the satanic attack being perpetrated on you, your family, our nation, and the world. How can a Pastor, a parent, or a friend stand by and see the things going on in this generation and not speak up? There are some things you need to know.

You have a need to know … (Disclaimer: The content of this message will not be age appropriate for young children. Parental discretion is advised.)

Three days ago the US Congressional House of Representatives opened the 117th Congress by inviting Congressman/Pastor Emmanuel Cleaver to pray. Prayer has long been observed in this important moment as our lawmakers accept the new challenge each year of representing Americans in Washington, DC.

In case you missed this opening prayer on CSPAN Monday, allow me to tell you a little bit about it … You have a need to know.

To close a prayer he delivered from the House chamber Sunday to mark the swearing in of the 117th Congress, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), an ordained minister, altered the traditional “amen” to say “amen and awoman.”

“May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us and give us peace,” Cleaver said during his two-minute invocation, “peace in our families, peace across this land, and dare I ask, o Lord, peace even in this chamber.”

“We ask it in the name of the monotheistic God, Brahma, and ‘God’ known by many names by many different faiths. Amen and awoman.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAyLorS4fXc

You have a need to know … and you have a call to pray.

·        BTW – Brahma is the Hindu God of creation who was born of a golden egg.

His (Congressman Cleaver’s) decision to gender the word, however, comes just days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) introduced new House rules that would “honor all gender identities” by eliminating specific terms such as mother and father, son and daughter, and aunt and uncle.

Instead, only gender-neutral terms such as “parent,” “child,” “sibling” and “parent’s sibling” would be allowed in the text of congressional rules.

Calling the rules “future-focused” in a statement upon their release, Pelosi defended them as “the most inclusive in history.” (source: https://nypost.com/2021/01/04/rep-emanuel-cleaver-closes-congress-opening-prayer-with-amen-and-awoman/)

You have a need to know … and you have a call to pray.

·        These rules make it unacceptable to reference Jehovah as our Heavenly Father or Jesus as the Son of God.

·        Mary can no longer be referred to as the Mother of Jesus.

You have a need to know … and you have a call to pray.

·        A new California law passed by congress and signed into law by the Governor removes statutory sentencing for adult sex offenders who engage in oral and/or anal sex with children providing the child is at least 14 years old and the adult is not more than 10 years older than the child as long as the child consents.

·        No parent, no law enforcement agent, no social worker, and no law can demand a judge convict or punish a predatory pedophile or make them register as a sex offender as long as they are not more than 10 years older than the victim, as long as the victim agrees.

You have a need to know … and it’s not just happening in America.

·        Denmark has released its latest children’s cartoon entitled John Dillerman, roughly translated John Penisman. It stars a man who has the longest penis in the world, and he uses it to accomplish daily chores like walking the dog, moving furniture, and even to steal ice cream from children.

·        The critics of this new program center mainly on their concern that the cartoon features a man and not a woman or equal gender representation. They complain that the cartoon fosters a male dominant quality which can be confusing to children who have not yet decided their gender preference.

You have a need to know … And you have a call to pray.

Back to America …

·        COVID-19

·        Chop or Chaz Autonomous Zone

·        Antifa Riots

·        BLM

·        Defund or Defend the Police

·        White Fragility

·        Violence in American Cities

·        Election Scandals

·        US Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case brought before them by 18 States

·        Unprecedented Middle East Peace Agreements with Israel

·        Take over of the Capital in Washington DC today

I have lost all faith in the system. I do not believe the Trump is the answer; I do not believe Biden is the answer; I do not believe the Senate, or the House is the answer; I do not believe the Judiciary is the answer; I have lost faith that there is any answer but one. There is only one answer and His name is Jesus, the Living Word of Almighty God.

We must be His voice! We must not be the voice of the system whether republican or democrat; We must not be the voice of our ethnic bias, whether White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, or of Middle Eastern descent; We must not be the voice of a gender revolution or of a woke social agenda. It is high time we look up and lift up our head and realize that the Lord is coming, and we need to be prepared.

We have been called by God for such a time as this. You may sound like a voice of one, crying in a wilderness, “prepare for the coming of the Lord!” But when the one voice is the voice of God, it changes things.

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all three tell us that John the Baptist came with a message. He had one message:

“Repent!” For the Lord is coming!

There are three voices God has given us which we must use in these days.

1.  The Voice of Prayer

a.   To God

b.   In agreement with His Word

c.    For His will to be done

2 Peter 3:9 ¶  The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

2.  The Voice of Confession

a.   Hold fast your profession of faith …

b.   Calling those things which be not as though they were

c.    A last days call …

Joel 3

9 ¶  Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.

10  Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”

3.  The Voice of Command

a.   Our sword of the Spirit is the Word of God …

b.   Keep not silence as the prophet Isaiah said …

c.    Speak to the mountains and command them to be removed

Mark 11

22  So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.

23  “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

24  “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

God needs you to be His voice right now more than ever.

You were born for such a time as this. This is the reason you are here.

You need to know the enemy and you have a call to pray, strengthen yourself, and stand up for Jesus.

·        There is One God – Jehovah – He is our Heavenly Father

·        Jesus is the Son of God – My Savior – Soon Coming King

·        You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a new creation in Christ, born-again, spirit-filled, devil-chasing, soldier of the cross.

Early this morning I heard the Holy Spirit say to my heart as He interrupted me and flooded my mind with direction. He led me to intercede for America and to command devils and demons to leave our nation’s capital and for truth to shine like a light in our land.

Let’s pray, confess, and command the will of God over our lives, families, nation, and the world tonight.

God is calling you to be His voice or prayer, confession, and command.