The Power of Prayer in Modern Times

Amid rabid forest fires across the state of Texas, Gov Rick Perry issued an appeal for all to pray to God for rain.

Would that all politicians and national leaders followed the same pattern.

If a political leader asks for prayer for solving problems and issues in the land, let us as Christians eagerly join with them and pray. This is a way we can advance the Kingdom of God across the land. This is a way we reform the culture that has been perverted due to negligence of those who know better.

As a means of encouragement to pray, I want to share a story about the great World War II American military hero, General George S. Patton. You've heard of him. But did you know that he issued an appeal for, not rain, but the clearing of rain, which resulted in stopping the Nazis' advance into France. It's a thrilling story of how God still hears the prayers of his people. If you really want to see revival and awakening come into the land, then pray for the leaders that God has set over us and especially pray when they ask us to. Here's the story.

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The True Story of The Patton Prayer by Msgr. James H. O'Neill (From the Review of the News 6 October 1971)

Many conflicting and some untrue stories have been printed about General George S. Patton and the Third Army Prayer. Some have had the tinge of blasphemy and disrespect for the Deity. Even in "War As I Knew It" by General Patton, the footnote on the Prayer by Colonel Paul D. Harkins, Patton's Deputy Chief of Staff, while containing the elements of a funny story about the General and his Chaplain, is not the true account of the prayer Incident or its sequence.

As the Chief Chaplain of the Third Army throughout the five campaigns on the Staff of General Patton, I should have some knowledge of the event because at the direction of General Patton I composed the now world famous Prayer, and wrote Training Letter No. 5, which constitutes an integral, but untold part, of the prayer story. These Incidents, narrated in sequence, should serve to enhance the memory of the man himself, and cause him to be enshrined by generations to come as one of the greatest of our soldiers. He had all the traits of military leadership, fortified by genuine trust in God, intense love of country, and high faith In the American soldier.

He had no use for half-measures. He wrote this line a few days before his death: "Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition." He was true to the principles of his religion, Episcopalian, and was regular in Church attendance and practices, unless duty made his presence Impossible.

The incident of the now famous Patton Prayer commenced with a telephone call to the Third Army Chaplain on the morning of December 8, 1944, when the Third Army Headquarters were located in the Caserne Molifor in Nancy, France: "This is General Patton; do you have a good prayer for weather? We must do something about those rains if we are to win the war." My reply was that I know where to look for such a prayer, that I would locate, and report within the hour. As I hung up the telephone receiver, about eleven in the morning, I looked out on the steadily falling rain, "immoderate" I would call it -- the same rain that had plagued Patton's Army throughout the Moselle and Saar Campaigns from September until now, December 8. The few prayer books at hand contained no formal prayer on weather that might prove acceptable to the Army Commander. Keeping his immediate objective in mind, I typed an original and an improved copy on a 5" x 3" filing card:

Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations.

I pondered the question, What use would General Patton make of the prayer? Surely not for private devotion. If he intended it for circulation to chaplains or others, with Christmas not far removed, it might he proper to type the Army Commander's Christmas Greetings on the reverse side. This would please the recipient, and anything that pleased the men I knew would please him:

To each officer and soldier in the Third United States Army, I Wish a Merry Christmas. I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We march in our might to complete victory. May God's blessings rest upon each of you on this Christmas Day. G.S. Patton, Jr, Lieutenant General, Commanding, Third United States Army.

This done, I donned my heavy trench coat, crossed the quadrangle of the old French military barracks, and reported to General Patton. He read the prayer copy, returned it to me with a very casual directive, "Have 250,000 copies printed and see to it that every man in the Third Army gets one." The size of the order amazed me; this was certainly doing something about the weather in a big way. But I said nothing but the usual, "Very well, Sir!" Recovering, I invited his attention to the reverse side containing the Christmas Greeting, with his name and rank typed. "Very good," he said, with a smile of approval. "If the General would sign the card, it would add a personal touch that I am sure the men would like." He took his place at his desk, signed the card, returned it to me and then Said: "Chaplain, sit down for a moment; I want to talk to you about this business of prayer." He rubbed his face in his hands, was silent for a moment, then rose and walked over to the high window, and stood there with his back toward me as he looked out on the falling rain. As usual, he was dressed stunningly, and his six-foot-two powerfully built physique made an unforgettable silhouette against the great window. The General Patton I saw there was the Army Commander to whom the welfare of the men under him was a matter of Personal responsibility . Even in the heat of combat he could take time out to direct new methods to prevent trench feet, to see to it that dry socks went forward daily with the rations to troops on the line, to kneel in the mud administering morphine and caring for a wounded soldier until the ambulance Came. What was coming now?

"Chaplain, how much praying is being done in the Third Army?" was his question. I parried: "Does the General mean by chaplains, or by the men?" "By everybody," he replied. To this I countered: "I am afraid to admit it, but I do not believe that much praying is going on. When there Is fighting, everyone prays, but now with this constant rain -- when things are quiet, dangerously quiet, men just sit and wait for things to happen. Prayer out here is difficult. Both chaplains and men are removed from a special building with a steeple. Prayer to most of them is a formal, ritualized affair, involving special posture and a liturgical setting. I do not believe that much praying is being done."

The General left the window, and again seated himself at his desk, leaned back in his swivel chair, toying with a long lead pencil between his index fingers.

Chaplain, I am a strong believer in Prayer. There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by Praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning, or thinking. Then you must have well-trained troops to carry it out: that's working. But between the plan and the operation there is always an unknown. That unknown spells defeat or victory, success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks; I call it God. God has His part, or margin in everything, That's where prayer comes in. Up to now, in the Third Army, God has been very good to us. We have never retreated; we have suffered no defeats, no famine, no epidemics. This is because a lot of people back home are praying for us. We were lucky in Africa, in Sicily, and in Italy. Simply because people prayed. But we have to pray for ourselves, too. A good soldier is not made merely by making him think and work. There is something in every soldier that goes deeper than thinking or working--it's his "guts." It is something that he has built in there: it is a world of truth and power that is higher than himself. Great living is not all output of thought and work. A man has to have intake as well. I don't know what you it, but I call it Religion, Prayer, or God.

He talked about Gideon in the Bible, said that men should pray no matter where they were, in church or out of it, that if they did not pray, sooner or later they would "crack up." To all this I commented agreement, that one of the major training objectives of my office was to help soldiers recover and make their lives effective in this third realm, prayer. It would do no harm to re-impress this training on chaplains. We had about 486 chaplains in the Third Army at that time, representing 32 denominations. Once the Third Army had become operational, my mode of contact with the chaplains had been chiefly through Training Letters issued from time to time to the Chaplains in the four corps and the 22 to 26 divisions comprising the Third Army. Each treated of a variety of subjects of corrective or training value to a chaplain working with troops in the field. [Patton continued:]

I wish you would put out a Training Letter on this subject of Prayer to all the chaplains; write about nothing else, just the importance of prayer. Let me see it before you send it. We've got to get not only the chaplains but every man in the Third Army to pray. We must ask God to stop these rains. These rains are that margin that hold defeat or victory. If we all pray, it will be like what Dr. Carrel said [the allusion was to a press quote some days previously when Dr. Alexis Carrel, one of the foremost scientists, described prayer "as one of the most powerful forms of energy man can generate"], it will be like plugging in on a current whose source is in Heaven. I believe that prayer completes that circuit. It is power.

With that the General arose from his chair, a sign that the interview was ended. I returned to my field desk, typed Training Letter No. 5 while the "copy" was "hot," touching on some or all of the General's reverie on Prayer, and after staff processing, presented it to General Patton on the next day. The General read it and without change directed that it be circulated not only to the 486 chaplains, but to every organization commander down to and including the regimental level. Three thousand two hundred copies were distributed to every unit in the Third Army over my signature as Third Army Chaplain. Strictly speaking, it was the Army Commander's letter, not mine. Due to the fact that the order came directly from General Patton, distribution was completed on December 11 and 12 in advance of its date line, December 14, 1944. Titled "Training Letter No. 5," with the salutary "Chaplains of the Third Army," the letter continued: "At this stage of the operations I would call upon the chaplains and the men of the Third United States Army to focus their attention on the importance of prayer.

"Our glorious march from the Normandy Beach across France to where we stand, before and beyond the Siegfried Line, with the wreckage of the German Army behind us should convince the most skeptical soldier that God has ridden with our banner. Pestilence and famine have not touched us. We have continued in unity of purpose. We have had no quitters; and our leadership has been masterful. The Third Army has no roster of Retreats. None of Defeats. We have no memory of a lost battle to hand on to our children from this great campaign.

"But we are not stopping at the Siegfried Line. Tough days may be ahead of us before we eat our rations in the Chancellery of the Deutsches Reich.

"As chaplains it is our business to pray. We preach its importance. We urge its practice. But the time is now to intensify our faith in prayer, not alone with ourselves, but with every believing man, Protestant, Catholic, Jew, or Christian in the ranks of the Third United States Army.

"Those who pray do more for the world than those who fight; and if the world goes from bad to worse, it is because there are more battles than prayers. 'Hands lifted up,' said Bosuet, 'smash more battalions than hands that strike.' Gideon of Bible fame was least in his father's house. He came from Israel's smallest tribe. But he was a mighty man of valor. His strength lay not in his military might, but in his recognition of God's proper claims upon his life. He reduced his Army from thirty-two thousand to three hundred men lest the people of Israel would think that their valor had saved them. We have no intention to reduce our vast striking force. But we must urge, instruct, and indoctrinate every fighting man to pray as well as fight. In Gideon's day, and in our own, spiritually alert minorities carry the burdens and bring the victories.

"Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle. Pray for the defeat of our wicked enemy whose banner is injustice and whose good is oppression. Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace.

"We must march together, all out for God. The soldier who 'cracks up' does not need sympathy or comfort as much as he needs strength. We are not trying to make the best of these days. It is our job to make the most of them. Now is not the time to follow God from 'afar off.' This Army needs the assurance and the faith that God is with us. With prayer, we cannot fail.

"Be assured that this message on prayer has the approval, the encouragement, and the enthusiastic support of the Third United States Army Commander.

"With every good wish to each of you for a very Happy Christmas, and my personal congratulations for your splendid and courageous work since landing on the beach, I am," etc., etc., signed The Third Army Commander.

The timing of the Prayer story is important: let us rearrange the dates: the "Prayer Conference" with General Patton was 8 December; the 664th Engineer Topographical Company, at the order of Colonel David H. Tulley, C.E., Assistant to the Third Army Engineer, working night and day reproduced 250,000 copies of the Prayer Card; the Adjutant General, Colonel Robert S. Cummings, supervised the distribution of both the Prayer Cards and Training Letter No. 5 to reach the troops by December 12-14. The breakthrough was on December 16 in the First Army Zone when the Germans crept out of the Schnee Eifel Forest in the midst of heavy rains, thick fogs, and swirling ground mists that muffled sound, blotted out the sun, and reduced visibility to a few yards. The few divisions on the Luxembourg frontier were surprised and brushed aside. They found it hard to fight an enemy they could neither see nor hear. For three days it looked to the jubilant Nazis as if their desperate gamble would succeed. They had achieved compete surprise. Their Sixth Panzer Army, rejuvenated in secret after its debacle in France, seared through the Ardennes like a hot knife through butter. The First Army's VIII Corps was holding this area with three infantry divisions (one of them new and in the line only a few days) thinly disposed over an 88-mile front and with one armored division far to the rear, in reserve. The VIII Corps had been in the sector for months. It was considered a semi-rest area and outside of a little patrolling was wholly an inactive position.

When the blow struck the VIII Corps fought with imperishable heroism. The Germans were slowed down but the Corps was too shattered to stop them with its remnants. Meanwhile, to the north, the Fifth Panzer Army was slugging through another powerful prong along the vulnerable boundary between the VIII and VI Corps. Had the bad weather continued there is no telling how far the Germans might have advanced. On the 19th of December, the Third Army turned from East to North to meet the attack. As General Patton rushed his divisions north from the Saar Valley to the relief of the beleaguered Bastogne, the prayer was answered. On December 20, to the consternation of the Germans and the delight of the American forecasters who were equally surprised at the turn-about-the rains and the fogs ceased. For the better part of a week came bright clear skies and perfect flying weather. Our planes came over by tens, hundreds, and thousands. They knocked out hundreds of tanks, killed thousands of enemy troops in the Bastogne salient, and harried the enemy as he valiantly tried to bring up reinforcements. The 101st Airborne, with the 4th, 9th, and 10th Armored Divisions, which saved Bastogne, and other divisions which assisted so valiantly in driving the Germans home, will testify to the great support rendered by our air forces. General Patton prayed for fair weather for Battle. He got it.

It was late in January of 1945 when I saw the Army Commander again. This was in the city of Luxembourg. He stood directly in front of me, smiled: "Well, Padre, our prayers worked. I knew they would." Then he cracked me on the side of my steel helmet with his riding crop. That was his way of saying, "Well done."

(This article appeared as a government document in 1950. At the time it appeared in the Review of the News, Msgr. O'Neill was a retired Brigadier General living in Pueblo, Colorado.)

URGENT: PRAYER ALERT FOR EGYPT

I thought this was important to pass along. It's a prayer update from Capitol Hill Prayer Partners about the ongoing situation in Egypt. It not only gives strategies for intercession, but it also gives a good overview of the "real" situation going on in the Middle East -- things that the media has no conception about. And, despite the West's "good" intentions, after all is said and done, we'll find that we've created a monster in the Middle East if we don't prevent it through intercession.

Anyone who'd like to receive future Prayer Updates can email: chpp@patriot.net

ALERT #2: PRAY FOR EGYPT --

A Guide for Intercession

"In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears." (Psalm 18:6)

	Introduction

Introduction

Last Tuesday, February 1st, we released a special edition called: "Alert: Pray for Egypt." That alert was written by an anonymous prayer partner, with great insight.

Tonight, our anonymous friend has sent us another message with great insight and, rather than keeping this to ourselves, we wish to again forward this information along to you.

Please note that part of this news is not from the mainstream media, but is based upon dreams and visions which we believe to be from the Lord.

Thank you all for prayerfully considering this alert, and for praying through its points as the Lord leads.

In His Grace . . . and watching with you . . .

Capitol Hill Prayer Partners

	Where Are We Now?

Where Are We Now?

It is hard to fathom what is going on in Egypt right now! Two and a half weeks ago, we would never have considered this kind of thing taking off as it has; opening the door to a fundamentalist, terror organization to hold governmental power at Israel's southern border. Did this come out of the blue or was this the result of problems incubating for a long time? The answer to that reads like the options in a multiple-choice question.

A. The protestors in Cairo are angry, impoverished, democracy-starved people; tired of living under a corrupt dictator for 30 years.

B. The protestors are largely members of (have been orchestrated by) the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been trying to destroy the Mubarack government (and his connections to Israel and the West) for nearly 30 years.

C. The protestors are deluded Egyptians, who have accepted the lie that Sharia law is the only way to improve their lives and to insure their rights. Furthermore, it is the only way to rid the region of the wicked Jews of Israel, in order to bring forth Islamic peace and justice.

D. The protestors are internationals . . . imported Moslems, and lawless terrorists . . . following an agenda that has been laid out, and paid for, by hidden power brokers, intending to overthrow the government of Egypt, for the destruction of Israel.

Very likely the answer to the question (what are these Egyptian protests all about?) requires a fifth option: ALL OF THE ABOVE. One thing for certain, the answer to the question is not: NONE OF THE ABOVE. While some secular college students in pursuit of democracy may have started the protests, the student voice was quickly replaced by something far from their goal. Still, the foolish left wing media, along with the international leaders of the free world, continue to declare that this is all about human rights and democracy. I have wanted to write this report for the past two days. It was just not coming together in a distilled fashion, so I waited for the Lord to bring His pieces of clarity to my understanding. He gave me three revelations that I can now share with you.

#1: The Lord told me that this action in Egypt is, what He called, A BAIT AND SWITCH operation.

#2: Last night I had a dream . . . details to follow.

#3: When I asked the Lord, what was the role of the intercessors, He told me that we are to be CIRCUIT BREAKERS.

I will address each of these three revelations individually.

	Bait-and-Switch

Bait-and-Switch

#1: When I inquired of the Lord, what the turmoil in Israel was all about, He answered with a term unfamiliar to me . . . "WHAT IS GOING ON IS A BAIT-AND-SWITCH." I believe I had heard that term somewhere before, but I really didn't know what it referred to. I had to go to the Internet to seek out the definition, so that I could gain understanding regarding the Lord's answer to me. Here is what I discovered:

Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud, which is often used in retail sales . . . but which is found in other business dealings, in negotiation, settlement offers, and in other contexts as well. Here is how it works: Something is advertised in such a way as to make it appear very desirable and available for a limited time, at an amazingly low cost. The advertisement brings in the customer. Once inside the store, the expectant customer is told that the advertised commodity is no longer available (sold out most probably). However, that customer will be "generously" offered an even more desirable product, at a "slightly" higher price . . . but which is reported to be a much better value. In essence, the bait-and- switch suggests that the merchant is bringing comfort to ease the disappointment of the consumer (who is believing that he missed the big deal . . . but which in fact was really just the bait to bring him into the store). The added price paid by the customer (for the substituted, more costly item) increases the profit of the seller, and pays for the advertising needed to bring the buyer into the store (where he then purchases what the merchant really wants to sell him). The item that served as the bait was never freely available to all; but the customer never knows that. His disappointment is turned into joy as he purchases something he didn't intend to buy . . . at a higher price . . . because of the way that it was packaged and promoted to mislead his heart and understanding. The seller gets more of what he wants, while allowing the buyer to have the illusion that he is getting a good deal on more than he knew he needed.

When I read the description of the bait-and-switch, I knew instantly what the Lord was saying about the situation in Egypt. The "organizers and promoters" of this "uprising" might have used obtaining more freedom, democracy, prosperity, less corruption, or whatever, to bring the people to the Square to protest.

Once there, the message was switched. It became something like: "Let's take this higher and farther . . . let's go beyond just getting rid of corruption and police oppression (which we really don't have available as a possibility now) and go for a complete regime change; taking out Mubarak. Let's go even better, and call for total Sharia law (which is the highest and best law in the world). Sharia law will finally insure that we will finally be able to destroy Israel and the West. It only costs just a little more (actually it will cost these people dearly, as Sharia law denies all freedom, and is frightfully controlling, punitive, narrow, etc.). Like the American election two years ago, the change offered (the bait) hooked the people. Only later did the American people begin to understand that the agenda they "bought" had not been truthfully presented . . . but now it was too late to go back. So how do we pray against the bait-and-switch?

DECREE:

"Nothing is too difficult for thee!" (Jer. 32:17)

--Pray that the Lord would release an anointing of discernment upon all those Egyptians, who know Him . . . and upon all those who seek real truth and justice.

--Pray that the Lord would release a spirit of Mistrust of the Merchants upon those who are not led by the Holy Spirit . . . so that they will question the deal, and demand the details.

--Pray for a release of the Spirit of Truth, so that the deceivers will be unable to lie. Pray that the truth pours from their lips unrestrained; revealing what they are intending to do, as well as revealing the powers and personalities, who are really behind this uprising.

--Pray that the frustrated/disappointed people, who have been eager to buy Sharia law and the Moslem Brotherhood's leadership role as comfort, will suddenly become afraid of making that purchase.

--Pray that those, who have bought the switched goods in the past, will arise to shout a warning to the unsuspecting customers being baited.

--Pray that the Lord would totally uncover satan's bait-and-switch trick in regard to Islam . . . not only in Egypt, but throughout the world.

--Pray that the true freedom, offered by the God of Israel, would be presented to the disgruntled masses, in a way that they would see the truth of it and desire it.

	Revealed in a Dream

Revealed in a Dream

Last night in a dream, I was observing the birth of a baby. MANY attendants were on hand as part of the delivery team. As I was observing the baby crowning, with the end of labor at hand, I cried out, "Stand back! Do not touch this baby! I must not be received and nurtured to have life." No one would listen to me. Suddenly the baby was born with a great shout of joy from the crowd. I backed away even further from this scene. Within minutes, the baby literally exploded, killing everyone who was in the celebration circle.

#2: The dream of the birth and the exploding baby. I believe that many people, who were there to assist in the birth of this baby, were the leaders in the Western world (the USA, the UN, the EU members, etc.). The baby about to be born was "the new order" in Egypt . . . this little baby named Freedom To Choose. So many of the deluded western leaders think that those in the Arab world . . . and those from the Islamic world . . . desire democracy and freedom, as we know it in the West. They do not. We have seen that when Moslems (with Islam in operation) are given the freedom to vote and to choose, they choose sharia oppression and oppressive leaders. Where they do not make the choice for these things, most often the vote of freedom enables wicked people to usurp power; becoming oppressive leaders to silence the voices of opposition.

The exercise of freedom and democracy requires a Judeo-Christian foundation in order to function successfully . . . i.e. morals and values where all human life is precious . . . where love and truth are virtues . . . where kindness, honesty, fairness, generosity, and mercy are lauded . . . where males and females have equality . . . and where beloved children are protected from harm, etc. Democracy is incompatible with Islam. In Islam you find the following characteristics:

1) a foundational "conqueror vs. slave" mentality 2) a freely expressed/embraced hatred, mingled with excitement over the spilling of an adversary's blood, to further the Islamic agenda 3) the telling of lies is lauded and seen as a useful tool to gain advantage 4) personal freedom is disdained and condemned, etc.

The dream the Lord gave to me is saying that if those in the democratic West assist in the birth of this "democratic", Islamic Brotherhood baby, and give it support, that the baby will blow up in their deluded faces and end up killing them.
DECREE:
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

--In the dream, I was crying out for the delivery team to back away and let the baby fall, but they would not listen. We need to pray that those to have ears to hear . . . and those who have the position to influence this outcome . . . and those who have the message of truth to shout . . . will all fulfill their roles in this hour.

--We need to pray that blind people will open their eyes, to recognize the mother and father of this child. Islam is the father, while the Islamic Brotherhood, in conjunction with the one world global power brokers, have been the mother (the human seed, the incubator, and the delivery system to birth this baby into Egypt . . . and from there into the world). I am totally pro-life, but when an ideology, strategy, or methodology is evil, we must pray that the Lord would curse it with famine and deny it life and breath.

--Pray that this birthing team would smell the stench arising from this orchestrated conception and birth . . . that they might run from assisting it.

--Pray that the leaders in Israel will not give this emerging Islamic sharia arrangement any nod, encouragement, or support. God will protect Israel as long as we stand back from embracing this evil development.

--God wants to birth wonderful things into Egypt. He wants to birth Truth, Justice, New Life, Faith, and Blessing into Egypt. Let's pray those things into birth and into life for the people.

	"Circuit Breakers"

"Circuit Breakers"

#3: The Lord is asking the intercessors to serve as Circuit Breakers in this situation.

Again, I found myself hunting for information about what it means to be a circuit breaker, as I have never delved into that field of study.

Let's start with the foundation that the Lord has wired Egypt for prosperity in Him. However, satan has been busy laying down his circuitry and wiring to bring about his agenda. Right now satan is pumping unholy power, force and influences into this situation. His goal is to power up and to operate a deadly machine of sharia that will destroy Israel and all those who are counter to it (which must be the Christians as well as the Jews). A circuit breaker can literally shut down the power by removing access to the electricity that is flowing through the wires. A circuit breaker will provide protection to the wires against overloading; when too much current is trying to flow through them in regard to their ability to carry the current. They protect from "ground faults" . . . when hot wires happen to touch neutral wires; causing a sudden spike of current, because the resistance drops to nearly zero; allowing the current to flow dangerously uncontrolled/uncontained). Circuit breakers also protect against a short circuit; when a hot wire becomes broken, or when the insulation is worn through enough to make contact with a ground; causing a structural, electrical fire if the breaker fails to shut it down. The design of the circuit is to allow for the flow of power from the source to that which it will empower and then return to the source. The circuit breaker interrupts the flow; keeping the circuit from completing its course of empowering everything on its line. A circuit breaker can shut down the power and keep it down, until the breaker is reset. If the problem still exists, the breaker will keep shutting down the power until a repair or adjustment is made.

Do you see God's wisdom in this intercessory strategy? Satan is running his agenda; hoping to empower his "appliances"(his servants) throughout the world. In Egypt right now there are many ground faults . . . where neutral people (note: the term secular in Islam refers to those who are not subscribed to Sharia . . . it does not mean that the seculars do not embrace Islam) are connecting to hot Islamic people, and are being suddenly, surprisingly, altered by the power spike. Right now, the insulation is very thin. The heavy flow of demonic, Islamic, power could cause a devastating structural fire, not only throughout Egypt's society, but consume many others as well. The fires of hell are keen to burn on the earth . . . going from the source and then back to it). Israel is certainly within striking distance. It would take very little for Europe and the USA to be set ablaze as well.

In the past 24 hours, 11 Coptic Christians were slaughtered as Moslem neighbors broke into their homes through the roof; descending like an unholy fire upon them with murderous hatred. If this isn't an example of unholy current that needs to be shut down, I don't know what is. We need to step into this revealed strategy of being circuit breakers, and begin to move in it.

DECREE:

"Overcome evil with good." (Rom. 12:21)

--Pray that the Lord would inspire us with words of declaration, out of His Spirit, that would shut off the power in this demonic flow of energy into Egypt.
--Pray that the Body will come together in sighted unity . . . not in blind harmony . . . to meet this challenge.
--Pray that the Lord will reveal to us the precise places where there are unholy "ground faults" . . . where tolerant people are allowing the demonic powers to run through their neutrality of tolerance to reach others.
--Pray that the Lord would pour out living water on the fires that are already burning; and which are consuming people, nations, and institutions. Too much of this Islamic current is being allowed to flow in great power/authority.

--Decree that the Lord will empower our prayers, arising out of His wisdom, so that the heavy flow of demonic power pouring into Egypt right now would be shut down.
--Pray that we will continue to click off the power every time the circuitry repairs itself or whenever satan makes a new strategy of evil.
--Pray that the Lord will give us intercession and decrees to shut down the power, which is currently coming through broken wires; causing short circuits (through foolish politicians, through the media, religious leaders, foolish laws, and unwise justices)
--Lord teach us to be circuit breakers and give us the courage and the faith to play our role successfully to Your honor and glory.

	In Closing

In Closing . . .

I will conclude this update at this point. There is more revelation to come, but I want you to receive this as quickly as possible. May the Lord lead you in the application of these revelations and add to your understanding of them.

This afternoon the Lord said these words to me: "Call the people into the shelter of My hand. The storm is not coming. It is HERE."

May the Lord bless, lead, and keep you . . . in the shelter of His hand,

[Name withheld upon request]

When All Else Fails to Contain Oil, Governors Turn to God -- Pray Along With Them

Texas Governor Rick Perry stated-" It seems right and fitting that the people of Texas should join with their fellow Gulf Coast residents and others across the country and around the world to thank God, seek his wisdom for ourselves and our leaders, and ask him for his merciful intervention and healing in this time of crisis." Perry urged Texans to pray Sunday "for the healing of individuals, the rebuilding of communities and the restoration of entire Gulf coast environment."

Alabama Governor Bob Riley wrote, "Throughout our history, Alabamians have humbly turned to God to ask for his blessings and to hold us steady during times of struggle. This is certainly one of those times."

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour wrote- "Prayer allows us the opportunity to reflect and seek guidance, strength, comfort and inspiration from Almighty God and citizens of Mississippi are urged to pray..."

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal declared- "June 27th as a Statewide Day of Prayer for perseverance through the oil spill crisis."

Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp issued a June 23 proclamation urging Floridians to pray for the families of those killed in the Deepwater Horizon "initial blast"and that God would "crown with success efforts to stop the flow of oil in the Gulf."


Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp - Written by David Barton of Wallbuilders, and signed by FL Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp, and the Governors of TX, LA, AL and MS.

"Whereas, we find ourselves in the midst of the greatest man-made environmental disaster in our history; and

"Whereas, it is our heritage that as a people we have been taught not only to publicly acknowledge God for the many blessings bestowed on us but also that we are to turn to Him and seek His aid and assistance in times of distress and calamity; and

"Whereas, President Ronald Reagan affirmed not only that "Prayer is the mainspring of the American spirit, a fundamental tenet of our people since before the Republic was founded" but also that "Prayer is today as powerful a force in our Nation as it has ever been. We as a Nation should never forget this source of strength";

"Whereas, President Reagan reminded us that we "have always turned to prayer at times of crisis. We recall the moving story of George Washington kneeling in the snow at Valley Forge to ask for divine assistance when the fate of our fledgling Nation hung in the balance. And Abraham Lincoln tells us that on the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg, 'I went into my room and got down on my knees in prayer.' Never before, he added, had he prayed 'with as much earnestness"; and

"Whereas, President John Adams declared that "a deep sense and a due acknowledgment of the governing providence of a Supreme Being" is necessary "to the happiness of individuals and to the well-being of communities" and "that in circumstances of great urgency and seasons of imminent danger, earnest and particular supplications should be made to Him"; and

"Whereas, Benjamin Franklin recalled that "In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for the Divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered." Facing new difficulties, he queried, "And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?" He therefore recommended offering up "prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven"

"Whereas, John Hancock declared that not only was it "at all times our indispensable duty devoutly to acknowledge His superintending providence" but also that "especially in times of impending danger and public calamity...to implore His merciful interposition for our deliverance...humbly beseeching Him...to remove our present calamities";

"Whereas, Samuel Adams reminded citizens that "it being at all times our indispensable duty as a people devoutly to acknowledge the superintending Providence of God, [and] especially in times of public calamity to humble ourselves before Him, penitently confessing our sins and imploring His gracious interposition for our deliverance";

"Whereas, the Continental Congress declared that "in the hour of calamity and impending danger...we are peculiarly animated, with true penitence of heart, to prostrate ourselves before our great Creator and fervently to supplicate His gracious interposition for our deliverance"

"Now, Therefore, I, Jeff Kottkamp, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Florida, do hereby call for a Day of Prayer on Sunday, June 27, 2010, urging citizens to pray for comfort for the families of those killed in the Deepwater Horizon initial blast; that God would crown with success efforts to stop the flow of oil in the Gulf; that He would interpose to mitigate further damage and strengthen the hands of clean up crews; that He would sustain those whose livelihood is directly impacted by this tragedy; that He would preserve the health of citizens along the coastal regions; that He would comfort all citizens impacted by the oil spill, reminding us that He is a strong refuge in times of trouble; that He would guide and direct our civil leaders and provide them with wisdom and Divinely inspired solutions to the many complex problems associated with this disaster; and that He would prevent future recurrences of this oil spill."

Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's Prayer Proclamation:

"WHEREAS, Alabama is suffering from an unprecedented disaster caused by the explosion and sinking of the BP Deepwater Horizon and its aftermath, a disaster that threatens the livelihoods of our fellow citizens, the environmental beauty of our coast, and our quality of life; and

"WHEREAS, throughout our history, Alabamians have turned in prayer to God to humbly ask for His blessings and to hold us steady during times of difficulty; and

"WHEREAS, citizens of Alabama are urged to pray for the well-being of our fellow citizens and our State, to pray for all those in other states who are hurt by this disaster, to pray for those who are working to respond to this crisis, and to pray that a solution that stops the oil leak is completed soon:

"NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bob Riley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby declare Sunday, June 27, 2010, as a Day of Prayer in Alabama and encourage individuals to pray on their own or with others, according to their own faith, in an expression of faith and hope.

"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that citizens of Alabama are also encouraged to give personal thanks to God for the blessings we have received and for God's continued guidance during these difficult times."

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's Prayer Proclamation:

"WHEREAS, Louisiana is entering the 66th day of an economic and environmental crisis caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which is the largest oil spill in American history; and,

"WHEREAS, The Deepwater Horizon oil spill already has a profound effect on Louisiana, its coastline and its people and our entire Louisiana way of life; and,

"WHEREAS, The people of coastal Louisiana are being directly impacted by the closure of our waters for fishing and oyster harvesting and many are struggling to make ends meet or provide for their families; and,

"WHEREAS, The continuing BP oil spill disaster follows the damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike, which impacted many of the same communities now being struck by oil; and,

"WHEREAS, Louisiana, known around the world as the Sportsman's Paradise, is blessed with a bounty of natural treasures, including unique wildlife and fisheries and vibrant communities and traditions that are now threatened due to the ongoing catastrophic damage to our wetlands; and,

"WHEREAS, The suffering of Louisiana's state bird, the brown pelican, which was only recently removed from the endangered species list, has become symbolic of the continuing damage caused by the BP oil spill to our fragile coastline and the entire ecosystem it supports; and,

"WHEREAS, Louisiana's people are coming together to help each other now during this time of crisis just as they have persevered through losses before; and Louisiana fishermen, shrimpers and oyster harvesters are now on the frontlines of the oil spill, fighting to protect our coast; and,

"WHEREAS, Hundreds of members of the Louisiana National Guard are working tirelessly to shield our fragile marshland from oil that continues to hit our shores - even as many of them just recently returned from fighting for our country overseas; and Louisiana scientists, biologists, veterinarians and wildlife agents battle against the oil every day to rescue and rehabilitate wildlife that survive being impacted by the oil; and,

"WHEREAS, Coastal parish leaders from all along the coast have come together to implement their own ideas to protect our waters and our shores, often fighting to convey the sense of urgency and quick action that this crisis demands; and,

"WHEREAS, The American people continue to offer their support through prayers and charitable donations, and business owners and scientists share their ideas for stopping the oil; and,

"WHEREAS, Louisianians all across the world are united in hope for an end to this catastrophic event and pray for the recovery of our coastline, the rehabilitation of our fish and wildlife and the restoration of our extraordinary coastal areas that are unlike any other place in the world; and,

"WHEREAS, Our collective fight to recover from this crisis and prevent future damage continues today;

"NOW, THEREFORE, I, Bobby Jindal, Governor of the State of Louisiana, do hereby proclaim June 27, 2010 as a Statewide Day of Prayer In the State of Louisiana and in the Gulf of Mexico."

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Prayer Proclamation:

"WHEREAS, the Gulf Coast has suffered an unfortunate loss of life due to the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, which continues to threaten livelihoods, economies and precious coastal wildlife ecosystems with devastation and destruction; and

"WHEREAS, throughout our history, both as a state and as individuals, Texans have been strengthened, assured and lifted up through prayer; and

"WHEREAS, prayer provides peace and guidance in times of crisis and conflict, and reminds us of the comforting assurance of God's love for us all; and

"WHEREAS, it seems right and fitting that the people of Texas should join with their fellow Gulf Coast residents and others across the country and around the world to thank God, seek his wisdom for ourselves and our leaders, and ask him for his merciful intervention and healing in this time of crisis;

"NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim Sunday, June 27, 2010, as a Day of Prayer in the State of Texas. I urge Texans of all faiths and religious traditions to offer prayers on that day for the healing of individuals, the rebuilding of communities and the restoration of entire Gulf Coast environment in the wake of this disaster."

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's Prayer Proclamation:

"WHEREAS, Mississippians are suffering from an unprecedented disaster caused by the April 20, 2010, explosion and resulting oil spill from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well, a disaster that threatens the livelihoods of our fellow citizens, the environmental beauty of our coast, and our quality of life; and

"WHEREAS, "Prayer allows us an opportunity to reflect and to seek guidance, strength, comfort and inspiration from Almighty God; and

"WHEREAS, citizens of Mississippi are urged to pray for the well-being of our fellow citizens and our State, to pray for all those in other states who are hurt by this disaster, to pray for those who are working to respond to this crisis, and to pray that a solution that stops the oil leak is completed soon:

"NOW THEREFORE, I, Haley Barbour, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim June 27, 2010, as a Day of Prayer in Mississippi for relief from this crisis and restoration of the Gulf of Mexico and shoreline."

Gov. Perry Delares Sunday Day of Prayer Over Oil Spill

Sunday Day of Prayer for Oil Spill

AUSTIN (June 24, 2010)--Gov. Rick Perry declared Sunday a day of prayer in Texas over lives lost in the explosion of an offshore rig and the still growing environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Perry, who on Wednesday returned to Austin after more than a week in China on an economic development trip, issued a proclamation stemming from the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon.

The April 20 rig explosion killed 11 workers.

BP PLC was leasing the rig from owner Transocean Ltd. of Houston.

Perry urged urging Texans to pray Sunday "for the healing of individuals, the rebuilding of communities and the restoration of entire Gulf coast environment."

Experts said the current worst-case estimate of what's flowing into the Gulf is about 2.5 million gallons a day from the blown well, polluting shorelines from Louisiana to Florida.

Faith of Whose Fathers?

May 7th of this year, President Barack Obama refused to participate in the National Day of Prayer, which had been a staple in the Bush Administration. Oh, and I seem to recall that when President Obama gave a speech at Catholic Notre Dame University, he insisted on covering up the name of Jesus (ie, the "INS" Catholic monogram for Jesus).

However, the President found time to give every Muslim in the world a heartfelt Ramadan greeting.



Happy Ramadan everyone!

ANGEL APPEARS IN HOSPITAL ROOM

We often think about "Christmas miracles." Even among people who don't profess any strong religious sentiments, this is a season in which we as a nation are more prone to believe that God can actively cause miracles in our lives and give us much needed hope.

We want to believe that our lives, circumstances and problems are worth enough to gain the attention of our God -- not realizing that the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross should have settled the matter already.

But, we find that when we turn to God with our whole heart, miracles do indeed occur. Take, for instance, this news item that has been reported in the media; in which a family prayed for health stricken, 15 year old Chelsea Banton and the miraculous occurred -- an angel made an appearance at their hospital room! The image was captured by both hospital surveillance cameras and a phone camera. Hospital staff were stunned.

Chelsea, who was battling a wide range of life-threatening ailments, made a dramatic improvement at the time of the appearance of the angel and has been subsequently removed from intensive care and released from the hospital.

Thank God! Chelsea and her family have seen the miraculous hand of God in their lives. Have you?

We, too, can be sure that He does hear our prayers and is concerned about our lives. But will we earnestly turn to Him with our whole heart and commit our lives to His plan and purpose for His glory?

PRAYER FOR OBAMA

Since the election, I have positioned myself to pray for the new president-elect Barack Obama. I have neither desire nor inclination to see our nation go down in flames -- I will be praying for him and for us.

And, I believe that since I positioned myself to pray for Obama, the Lord this past week awoke me to this: "There is a spirit operating in Obama." Then he urged me to pray about it.

I did so immediately; but I will also be pressing the Lord to know more about the spirit and to learn more about how to pray effectively for him.

NEW TERRORIST WARNING -- ANOTHER CAUSE FOR PRAYER!

Fast on the heals of our previous urgent call for prayer comes this appeal from the Elijah List website for prayer against a possible terrorist attack on the United States. As we had expressed in our last post, it seems that there are many key Christian leaders all coalescing together for a strong appeal to pray to divert disaster on many fronts: financially, militarily, politically.

This latest warning, issued by Mary Glazier, Alaska member of the ACPE (Apostolic Counsel of Prophetic Elders), was verified and endorsed by Chuck Pierce, Cindy Jacobs and Steve Shultz.

In essence, Glazier says that she and key intercessors have an "alarming sense that we (the U.S.) are about to, or may experience, a terrorist attack that will launch our nation into a season of deep mourning." She also sensed a "tremendous weight" on her heart and a feeling that "a significant death was possible to happen -- if the body (of Christ) does not pray!"

Significantly, it's important to note that prayer can prevent these disasters from occurring. Once again, we're calling on all believers to pray earnestly.

A VIOLENT CALL TO PRAYER

It's like you're walking down a busy Manhattan street and everywhere you look there are blaring alarms going off. Emergency vehicles pass you by. You don't know where to turn. You don't know what to do. However, your heartbeat races and you sense a grave, uneasy expectation of doom and horror about you.

You look up and see the first terrorist plane that hit the World Trade Center. You're not expecting another, but another comes. You think it's over and it becomes worse. The towers become engulfed in flames. Innocent victims fall to their deaths, attempting to flee the fiery horror. Then the mighty towers fall completely and disintegrate into hot ash and steel heap.

That's a physical way of describing what I sense spiritually is happening. There presently seems to be a convergence of Christian Leaders' voices all shouting alarm! I never sensed such a grave urgency for prayer before us on so many fronts like this. Yet, in prayer tragedy can be averted!

We've already discussed the dire circumstances the U.S. finds itself in, as to which direction this nation will proceed after this presidential season. Prophetic Intercessor Julie Meyer senses a call for the body of Christ to cry out for mercy over this land, to move God's hand in sparing this nation from consequences of our own behavior.

FINANCIAL COLLAPSE?
Greed on Wall Street has brought the financial institution to the brink of collapse, starting earlier this year when speculators gambled away America's interests and pocketed record profits from the meteoric rise in gas and oil prices. And, now the Federal Government has to step in to bail out our financial institutions to the tune of $700 billion.

Prophet Cindy Jacobs says this:

During a January worship service, the Lord spoke to me, ”Cindy, the strongman over America doesn’t live in Washington D.C.—the strongman lives in New York City! Call together my people to pray for the economy.”

The Lord said: ”October 29 was Black Tuesday, the day the stock market crashed, and Satan wants to do it again!”—the economy will crash without effective, fervent intercession.

Shaken to the core at this word from the Lord, I knew that I must call the people of God to converge in New York City the week of October 29 for an emergency prayer rally to cry out against economic collapse in the midst of shaking.

HIBERNATING RUSSIAN BEAR AROUSES
The toppled Soviet Union seems on the verge of resurrection, as Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded nearby Georgia last month seeking its oil pipeline. The United States did nothing, but issue a condemnation. Probably because the United Stated did nothing, Russia is now beginning to flex its muscles in America's backyard by sending warships to Latin America -- for the first time since the Cold War ended.

CBN's Pat Robertson issued this warning:

Russia’s vicious dismemberment of the tiny nation of Georgia is the beginning of an unfolding sequence of Russian aggression. At present, pipelines from Siberia that run through Russia supply the majority of natural gas and oil used by Western Europe and Ukraine. A pipeline from the Caspian Sea has been bringing one million barrels a day of non-Russian oil through Georgia to Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. Russia wants to control all of those vital pipelines.

Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, is only 578 miles from Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Russia has helped neighboring Iran build its two aggressive nuclear facilities. Georgia and Iraq are now sandwiched between the dictatorships of Russia and Iran. The Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, seems to want to dominate Caspian oil and Persian Gulf oil to add to Russia’s own enormous supplies of oil and gas. If he succeeds, Russia will gain a stronghold over the economies of most of the world and can then act to bring America to its knees.

THREAT FROM IRAN
Robertson also warns that with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pronouncing destruction to Israel while building a nuclear arsenal, Israel may very well have to engage in a preemptive military strike against Iran -- probably in the window of opportunity between U.S. Election Day and the inauguration of the new president.

Incidentally, I saw Ahmadinejad haranguing on TV today against the U.S. and Israel. This Hitler-wannabe said that the U.S. was on the verge of collapse and was responsible for all global economic problems. I don't know why we let him set foot on the U.S.

Anyway, I do hope that we can remain prayerfully steadfast against all that the U.S. and the world is presently facing. I believe what Cindy Jacobs believes:

For the Lord says, I am answering your prayers and have begun the cleansing of Wall Street; exposing the wickedness and greed in high places. Pray now, and I will begin to give the leaders of the nation wisdom on how to re-vamp and reverse the debtor system currently in place. This is a course correction. If you do not pray at this time, you will miss your day of visitation and the economy will collapse, causing a ripple effect that will sweep the nations with a major tsunami wave.

This wave will begin to touch the ground, as even the harvests of the world will be affected. Food shortages, hyper-inflation, and other sorrows, especially affecting the poor will take place.
However, the Lord says, if my people respond and fall on their face and cry out at this time with a mighty cry, I will hear them and heal their lands.

Hear, o nations of the earth! Respond with weeping and travail and pray for the stock markets and economic systems. Pray for your leaders as well for the earth is in the throes of a deep shaking at this moment for the systems of the earth must be reformed.

Do not despair and think that I cannot heal—that I will not hear your crying to Me from My throne in heaven. My ear is carefully listening for your sound so I will reverse the curse and bring a blessing upon your lands.