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Spring/Summer 1999
We are called to PRAY for the world...
Thank you for your willingness to pray! The Lord has great things in store for you. If
you are serious about becoming an intercessor, we would like to help you. Our desire is to
equip the Body of Christ to do great things in His name! We have felt for some time that
God is calling us to link together and mobilize praying people from all over the world. On
a regular basis, we plan to highlight different ministries, regions of the world, and
global issues that need prayer.
This is a page that we plan to expand often. Currently, we update this page every three
months (at least we try to!!), so please check back with us intermittently to receive new
prayer updates. Because this page contains many points of reference for your times of
prayer, we advise that you print it out and take it home with you where you can spend more
time going over these topics in prayer.
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National Day of
Repentance: May 5, 1999
(Prayer Summit Ministries)
*Call
to Repentance
*Preamble to State Constitution
*Public Declaration of Repentance
What Will Be The
Outcome Of 1999?:
(Your prayers can make a difference)
A Prayer Outline
for This Year
The Persecuted Church: India
Praying for
Unreached Peoples: Pastor Ted Haggard
"The Secret is found in Genesis 1"
Christ
Unlimited Ministries: Prayer Requests
Opportunities for
United Prayer
Other Links Related to Prayer
Past
Issues of Internet Intercessors
National Day of Repentance
May 5, 1999
Prior to The National Day of Prayer
by Lonnie Bringham, Prayer Summit
Ministries
The Lord is calling the body of Christ to a National Day of Repentance on May 5, 1999.
This is the day prior to the National Day of Prayer. The Church is responsible for many of
the problems in America. Our country is spiritually and morally bankrupt. We must repent
in many areas. We will provide your church and community materials for this "National
Day of Repentance." The following is a national statement of public confession. The
purpose of this statement is to call the Body of Christ to repentance throughout the
United States and to use this public confession to unify us in our repentance. This is
used with permission from Love Lubbock, Texas, who originally ran a full page add in their
local newspaper as a public apology to their community. The pastors of 30 churches were
represented and their signatures were displayed publicly. We will be providing additional
materials in the next few weeks. If your heart is grieved over the current condition of
the Church and America and you are urged to participate in the National Day of Repentance,
then contact the home office of Prayer Summit Ministry. We have other resources to help
your church and community, experience the power of God through the National Day of
Repentance.
The Need:
We must admit our failures personally and as the Church. We must repent along with
millions of other Christians for the sins we have committed. God desires to bring healing
to his Church. Then follow with a great outpouring of his Spirit. The results will be
revival fire breaking out across the country. Begin by asking the following questions:
Yes / No
1. Have you personally hindered the outpouring of God’s spirit in your life?
2. Do you feel that the Church has failed to demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ?
3. Do you feel that the Church needs denominational and racial healing?
4. Does your heart grieve over lost souls?
5. Are you desperate to see God bring revival?
6. Are you willing to do anything to evangelize the world you live in?
If you answered Yes to any of these questions then you are ready,
willing and able!
Enroll in The National Day of Repentance and mobilize your church and city:
What Do You Do Next?
Enroll in the National Day of Repentance:
Mobilize your church: Plan a Repentance Meeting in your church on May 5,
1999.
Contact us at our home office!
Prayer Summit Ministry P.O. Box 231008 Encinitas, CA 92023
Office: 760-753-1679
Toll-Free: 877-PRSUMMIT
Fax: 760-753-7640
E-mail: prsummit@mill.net
www.mill.net/prsummit
"If my people who, are called by my name, will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their
wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and
will heal their land" (II Chronicles 7:14).
Please print out the following information for registration. If you would rather
save paper, you can also copy just the following registration information to another
program on your computer and print it from there. Please mail or Fax the registration to
Prayer Summit at the above address.
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What Will
Be The Outcome Of 1999?
The remaining months of this year are an extremely important season for
the church. If you are thinking "When is it ever not an important
season for the church?" you are right. The importance of any hour or season can
never be underestimated. However, just as there are times to rest and times to work, there
are seasons that require more of us in terms of intercessory prayer. This is one of those
seasons. At this time, God is laying a "call to pray" on the hearts of
believers all over the world. Are you one of them? If you have found your
way to this page, I believe you are.
The Burden of Prayerlessness
Recently, for the period of about a week, I found myself fighting a host of emotions
that left me drained and listless at the end of the day. When I got off work, I wandered
around trying to figure out what to do, but nothing satisfied me. The things that used to
bless me only left me feeling emptier inside. I considered it a victory day, if I managed
to get through it without yielding to depression. What brought about this change? I hadn't
been able to put my finger on the problem until just recently. After enduring this
oppression for so long, I finally began to cry out to the Lord in tears, asking Him to
forgive me if I had let some unknown sin take hold of me. The answer He spoke to me was
very simple. He directed me to pray for an hour in the Spirit. As I began to obediently
pray while cleaning my kitchen, the heaviness immediately began to lift and the Lord
showed me what was really going on.
The depression I was feeling was a result of not giving into the prayer burden that the
Lord had placed upon me. Sure, I had been praying and chatting with the Lord all day long
during this time, as is my habit. But there was more that the Lord wanted me to be doing.
He was calling me to set aside long chunks of time for strategic intercessory prayer for
the things that were weighing on my spirit. As soon as I began to pray, the peace of God
filled my heart and I had the positive sense that things around me were being affected for
God's glory. I could only wonder at my stupidity for not responding to the call earlier.
If you are feeling a certain heaviness, it could be that you haven't properly responded
to a burden that the Lord wants you to "pray through." In fact, the Lord began
to show me that there are many of His people who are currently in the same quandary
I was just in. All over the world, "would-be intercessors" are looking for
avenues to rid themselves of depression, when the Lord is calling them to find peace
through intimate times of prayer and fellowship with Him. In fact, if you are depressed,
no matter what the source of it, your answer is found in prayer and in pouring out your
heart to the only Counselor who is called "Wonderful"--our Lord Jesus Christ.
Please don't try to ease your prayer burden through some other means.
If there ever was a time when we needed to cease from "business as usual" it
is now. All over the world, judgements are falling. More Christians are being persecuted
today than ever before in history, yet world evangelization is closer within our reach
than ever. Prophets warn of financial collapse, and the uncertainty of what the new
millenium will bring hangs over the entire globe. Wars and instability threaten much of
the world--yet simultaneously, greater outpourings of the Holy Spirit are occurring in the
church worldwide. "Intense" would be a good word to describe the days
that we are living in--and it looks like things are only destined to grow more
intense from here on out. In addition, most of us have friends and loved ones who haven't
yet committed to the Lord and we are concerned for their safety in the coming days.
Whatever your concerns may be, you can rest assured that the Lord wouldn't be calling you
to pray about them, if there wasn't salvation, restoration, and disaster prevention that
He wants to bring about as a result of your prayers. He has given us the power to
change the world for the better.
Urgency for Prayer in 1999
Intercessor Chuck Pierce, of the World Prayer Center in Colorado Springs, has urgently
sought the Lord for His plan for the year 1999. He feels the Lord showed Him several
important months of this year where we particularly need to be standing in prayer. These
months are: February, April, July and October. Seek the Lord, as to what sort of prayer
you should engage in during those months. If you haven't yet read the consensus of many of
the major prophetic voices (such as Rick Joyner, Bill Hamon, and Cindy Jacobs) for 1999,
it is available through the March/April Digest. We encourage you to read it, as it
will help focus your prayers against certain plans of the enemy (Satan) which have been
revealed.
I believe the Lord is preparing the Church for a time of great increase in faith. This
supernatural faith will be crucial for us in the days ahead. The world in its old form is
passing away. Currently, very few in the Body of Christ (least of all myself) are walking
in the kind of supernatural faith that will soon be considered "normal
Christianity." However, things are about to change. In my prayer closet, I feel the
stirrings of a very different woman arising in my spirit, far different than my everyday
self. I can feel the cracking and splitting of the earth, deep inside me, as new life
groans to come forth--and I know that the same thing is happening with many of you. The
more time that we are able to spend in prayer and intercession now, the greater will be
our authority to minister the will of God in public in the future. Our response to Him now,
not only determines our own destiny, but the destinies of others. This is a sobering
thought and God wants us to receive it with all seriousness. Countless lives hang in the
balance.
Tonight, instead of temporarily escaping from your emotions with the mindless clatter
of television or whatever activities you fill your spare time with, won't you instead give
yourself to the Lord? In His presence, though you may travail with the burden of
intercession, you will find peace--His peace that passes understanding. The only
place on earth this peace can be found, is in active obedience to His will. There are no
shortcuts or substitutions for it. Though you may not be sure of His exact will for you at
this moment, you can be sure of one thing--the answer is found in "taking it to the
Lord in prayer."
If you would like to learn more about powerful intercessory prayer, please click
here to go to our Chapel Bookstore for information on a great handbook for intercessors,
Possessing The Gates Of the Enemy, by Cindy Jacobs.
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A Weekly
Prayer Outline for 1999
From "Seek God for The City"
If you aren't sure where and how to focus your prayers for your community, region and
country, the following chart may be of great help to you. It is broken up into weekly
topics, so you can join with others who are praying over the same things during the same
time. Or if you prefer, you may also follow the rotation of topics for daily intercession,
instead of weekly. The topics are purposely left vague, so you can pray as your own heart
leads you.
As you pray, we encourage you to claim a harvest of souls from each group, and a
strengthening of the Christians who are already placed in that group.
DATE: PRAY FOR:
March 28-April 2: Children
April 4-10: Educators
April 11-17: Marriages
April 18-24: Pastors
April 25-May 1: Government Leaders
May 2-8: The Poor
May 9-15: Health Care Workers
May 16-22: Mothers
May 23-39: Ethnic Communities
May 30-June 5: Substance Abusers
June 6-12: Elderly People
June 13-19: Broken Families
June 20-26: Physically/Mentally Disabled
June 27-July 3: Gangs
July 4-10: Fathers
July 11-17: Native Americans
July 18-24: Ministries
July 25-31: Law Enforcement Officials
August 1-7: International Visitors
August 8-14: Business People
August 15-21: News Media
August 22-28: Unemployed People
August 29-Sept 4: Families
September 5-11: Depressed People
September 12-18: Men
September 19-25: Racial Reconciliation
September 26-October 2: University Students
October 3-9: The Unborn
October 10-16: The Military
October 17-23: Single People
October 24-30: Sick People
October 31-November 6: Women
November 7-13: Youth
November 14-20: Prisoners and Their Families
November 21-27: Arts and Entertainment
November 28-December 4: The Homeless
December 5-11: Co-Workers and/or Fellow students
December 12-18: Your Neighbors
December 19-25: Your Family
December 26-31: Church Unity
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URGENT!
Prayer needed for persecuted
Christians
"Millions of American Christians pray in their churches
every week, oblivious to the fact that Christians in many parts of the world suffer brutal
torture, arrest, imprisonment, and even death--their home and communities laid waste--for
no other reason than they are Christians. The
shocking untold story of our time is that more Christians have died in this century simply
for being Christians, than in the previous 19 centuries combined. They have been persecuted before and martyred before an unknowing,
indifferent world and a largely silent Christian community." Nina Shea, Freedom
House
"There should be no division in the body, but the parts
should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with
it" (1 Corinthians 12:25-26).
This prayer focus spotlight will be continually dedicated to the
two hundred million Christians in over 60 countries worldwide who live in daily fear of
secret police, vigilantes, or state repression and discrimination. Please keep the
persecuted church in your prayers on a daily basis. As the Body of Christ, we are called
to pray for and uphold each other, regardless of denominational, doctrinal, or national
differences.
Prayer Focus This Month: INDIA
There are places in the world where Christianity is under greater threat from
government regimes than India. However, with the recent escalation of persecution of
Christians in northern India, we feel that it is appropriate to focus our prayers on this
nation. God has a mighty plan and great love for the nation of India, and we need to bathe
this land in prayer. Consider a few of the recent attacks against Christians that have
occurred just since Christmas of 1998:
* 28 Churches burned in the state of Gujarat.
* Three seminary students were brutally beaten with rods while returning from a prayer
meeting in the state of Kerala.
* In that region, nuns were molested without any action taken against the offenders.
* Four missionaries from Kerala were attacked in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Perhaps the most famous and tragic of these incidents was the burning to death
of an Australian medical missionary and his two young sons while they slept in their
vehicle. This incident occurred on January 23. Graham Stewart Staines, had been a
missionary in India for many years, and was on excellent terms with local people. However,
in the current wave of anti-Christian violence, he and his sons were murdered by a mob of
Hindu extremists.
This incident made national news in India and many were touched to hear Mrs. Staines
and the rest of their family pray for forgiveness for the murderers of her husband. At the
funeral (which was televised in part), they sang "Because He Lives" to the
nation of India.
Christians in India have seen a positive outcome to this recent persecution. Many
Hindus are now asking them what exactly they believe and are becoming curious about
Christianity.
Please pray that because of the current persecution, multitudes will
become more aware of, and drawn to the love of Christ.
Pray that believers will be given favor with those around them, and will
boldly and humbly stand for the truth.
Pray for a mighty move of God in India with the power of God demonstrated
in visible ways.
For more information about the persecuted church, we recommend
"Their Blood Cries Out" by Dr. Paul Marshall, one of the world's leading
authorities on religious persecution. Published in 1997, this book is full of up-to-date
information and many personal testimonies of those who live in areas of persecution all
over the world. The author not only reports what the media has not reported, but he also
looks deeper into the issues of persecution of Christians in general. He offers answers as
to why it is being ignored by the media and academia, as well as much of the Western
church. This book is a great tool; not only for intercessors, but also for those who are
interested in cross-cultural ministry and evangelism. Perhaps one of the greatest triumphs
of this book is that it effectively destroys the popular myth that most Christians are
"Western, white and male." Smashing stereotypes and misconceptions right and
left, this book is extremely well-written and broad in its scope. Dr. Marshall writes with
skill and balance between fact and emotion.
If you would like to order "Their Blood Cries Out," it
is available in our Chapel Bookstore.
If you would like more involvement in helping the persecuted
church at large, please contact OPEN DOORS. It is a large international, evangelical
organization formed to help suffering Christians throughout the world. They distribute
free Bibles and Christian literature in restricted countries, and publish a monthly
newsletter and prayer calendar for the persecuted church. We highly recommend this
ministry.
Open Doors with Brother Andrew
U.S. Office: P.O. Box 27000
Santa Ana, CA 92799
Phone: 714-531-6000
Website:
http://www.gospelcom.net/od/
Also, visit this website for information on Day of Prayer for
the persecuted Church: http://www.persecutedchurch.org/
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Praying for
Unreached Peoples
"The Secret is found in Genesis 1"
By Pastor Ted Haggard, New Life Church
Reprinted with permission
It was my third day in Nepal. I was in the middle of a two-week prayer
journey to the Himalayas with 48 people from Colorado Springs. Sitting there on the tiny
bed in my hotel room in Katmandu, I had just finished reading Genesis 1 for the fourteenth
time.
The Spirit of the Lord kept speaking to me, "The secret is in
Genesis 1." So I reread Genesis 1 for the fifteenth time. But it was the same as
before. After reading it again for the sixteenth time, God again whispered into my heart, "The
secret is is Genesis 1."
Suddenly, on the seventeenth reading, God's commands began leaping off
the pages at me. They formed a prayer outline, especially for the unreached people
groups--one that would help all Christians. As I started to pray for the 43 unreached
people groups of Nepal, I knew God had supernaturally granted a spiritual breakthrough.
The next day, twelve of us went up a mountain that overlooked an area
where seven unreached people groups lived. As we looked over the mountainous terrain, I
coached the intercessors on how to pray through the Genesis 1 outline. It was my
"sermon on the mount."
Genesis 1:2 describes lost people. "The earth was
formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was
hovering over the waters." People who don't know Christ lead lives that are
spiritually formless, empty and dark, but the Spirit of God is hovering over them.
The evidence of darkness was obvious as we listened to the national
brethren talk about these people groups. One group suffers a 60% child mortality rate
because they leave their newborn infants on the floor of the hut while they work in the
fields all day. Others take their babies to the fields with them, leaving them in the sun
for 12 to 14 hours. When they return to find them dead, they rationalize, "The
spirits of the gods came and took our babies while we were gone." Such darkness!
But the spirit of God is hovering over them, wanting to draw them to
Himself. And that is why we must pray.
Prayer #1: "Let There Be Light."
God's first command to bring order out of chaos was, "Let there
be light" (Genesis 1:3). Only the Lord can transform a person's darkness into
light, because He is light Himself. So when we pray, "Let there be light," we
are commanding, as God's ambassadors, that the darkness dissipate and that the intensity
of His light increase. It is only in the presence of the light that people can begin to
see their own condition and the depravity of their lives.
Prayer #2: "Separate Water From Water."
Every culture, every person seeks spiritual refreshing, often symbolized
by water. Some "water" is the genuine refreshing of the Holy Spirit. Much of it,
though, is empty religious practices that don't truly satisfy or provide eternal life.
This prayer asks God to move by the power of His Spirit to separate true living water from
the false religion in people's hearts.
To find spiritual refreshing, some dip in the Ganges, rub beads, light
candles, burn inscence, pour water or blood over statues, recite endless prayers, or visit
holy sites. Others get a new wife, work endless hours, buy a new car, or become consumed
in sports.
People often find "water" that gives some degree of
satisfaction. However, it isn't the refreshing living water that only God provides, as
explained in Ezekiel 47--where water flows out of the temple, becoming deeper and deeper
the farther out you go. It's this living water which Jesus described to the woman at the
well (John 4:10).
Prayer #3: "Let The Water Be Gathered To One Place."
After the waters have separated, then we ask God to gather those who
have tasted the true water, the believers. "Let the water under the sky be
gathered to one place and let dry ground appear. (v. 9). This reminds us to pray that
the new Believers will begin to unite and form local churches, and as they do, the
surrounding dry ground will bear fruit from the life-giving water.
Prayer #4: "Let The Land Produce Vegetation."
Wherever God's fresh water flows, there fruit begins growing. In verse
11, God commands, "Let the land produce vegetation." This vegetation is
first of all, passive. It's not proactive, aggressive or strategic. It's simply growing
and reproducing as a result of fertile soil and fresh water--much like new Christians who
develop around every birthing, life-giving church. So, as we pray for birthing new
churches from Prayer #3, it is important to pray that the surrounding communities yield a
harvest of new Christians who will grow and reach out to others.
Prayer # 5: "Let There Be Lights In The Sky."
We set our clocks by the sun. We know the season according to what the
moon is doing. You can be out in the middle of the ocean, and by looking at the stars, you
can determine the latitude and longitude. We can each tell where we are in space and time
by the sun, the moon, and the stars. And that is what the gospel message does for an
unreached people group. It tells them where they are in space and time--where their lives
are in relation to their role on earth, and in time, how close they are to eternity.
In absolute darkness, someone could put a revolver in your face, and you
wouldn't know you were in danger. But if there's light, you can clearly see the facts. As
local churches begin to form with fruit growing around them, His light provides a bearing
for everyone in the community. Truth begins to displace the ignorance and confusion of
darkness. When we pray, "Let there be lights in the sky," we are praying that
the Christian community will begin to influence cultural norms and community standards.
The shifting of these norms and standards is proof that people are not wandering in
darkness, but now the light and life of the Lord is beginning to show them the way.
Prayer #6: "Let The Waters Teem With Living Creatures."
Since gathered water is the local church, now we pray for activity and
life in those churches. God commanded, "Let the water teem with living
creatures" (v. 20). This is not a passive prayer, but a strong, commanding
prayer. The Hebrew word for "teem" means "swarming, prolific,
abounding." It's the same word describing the plague of frogs that struck the
Egyptians (Exodus 8:3, Psalm 105:30), and the rapid growth of the Israelite population in
Egypt (Exodus 1:7). This is a rapid proliferation of life and activity.
The Christians in Nepal are an example of this. According to church
elders in Katmandu, 87% of born-again believers in Nepal tithe. Why? Because over 90% of
them came to Christ through a sign, wonder, or miracle that convinced them that the God of
the Bible is truly the one and only Almighty God. They were not persuaded intellectually.
So when praying for any local church, it is vitally important to pray, commanding life to
increase prolifically.
Prayer #7: "Let The Land Produce Living Creatures."
Next, God commanded, "Let the land produce living creatures
according to their kinds" (v. 24). This is a prayer that proactive fruit will
develop in abundance around the life-giving local church. We want fruit that gives
strength and is nourishing. We want fruit that produces, intentionally reproduces, and
begins to powerfully impact the region. This fruit is proactive, aggressive and strategic.
Here, the living creatures remind us to pray that the churches become strong, multiply,
and send out missionaries.
Prayer #8: "Let Us Make Man In Our Image."
God said, "Let us (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) make man in Our
image, Our likeness" (v. 27). So we pray, "Let Christ be present, in the
community through the church."
When Jesus was on the earth, we knew what God was like by watching Him.
When Jesus ascended to the right hand of the father, he sent the Holy Spirit and
established the church as His body, His representation, His expression on earth. So this
prayer, "Let us make man in our image," is the reason why we need healthy local
churches. It is to help believers mature spiritually within a local church. That's why we
pray, finance missions, and serve others. Sinful man will then be transformed into the
image of God.
Prayer #9: "Be Fruitful And Increase."
Finally, God commands the multiplication of those made in His image. "Be
fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it" (v. 28). He's
commanding blessing, that we may reach the earth so that people no longer wander in
darkness, separated from God, hopeless and helpless.
So many people are in spiritual darkness, living without Christ, not
only in Nepal but all over the world. Genesis 1:2 says that "darkness was
over the surface of the deep" but "the Spirit of God was hovering over
the waters."
When you pray Genesis 1 over unreached people groups or friends,
neighbors or relatives, you will pillage hell. Darkness can't overcome Jesus Christ, the
Light of the World. You're praying the whole creation process. You're praying what God
commands.
Pastor Ted Haggard is the Senior pastor of New Life Church and
founder of the Christian Information Network. Pastor Ted, his wife Gayle, and their five
children live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Visit the website of one of his ministries
at: http://christian-info.com/html/welcome.html
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Christ
Unlimited's Prayer Requests
Updated 05/1/99
We do appreciate your interest in our ministry and willingness to pray
for us. God has really been answering our prayers. We have a
wonderful praise report to share with you! Those of you who have
been praying for us know that we have desperately needed more help managing and developing
the website, as well as office help (especially as the number of people visiting our
website continues to expand). We have listed this prayer request many times on this page.
Well, God is answering them, by connecting us with many important people recently who will
be playing a big role in the development of this website in the days to come. Thanks for
your prayers!
Another wonderful praise report is that God has increased our finances
to do some much-needed development at our ministry headquarters, and to take care of some
things that we were behind on.
Thank you for your prayers on these issues. You have helped makes these
things possible. We do have a few more prayer requests to share with you as well.
*Pray that we will continue to
develop the website as the Lord would have us. We want to re-design the layout of the
site, as well as do a lot more development on it. We appreciate any suggestions
that you might have.
*Pray that God will give us wisdom
on how to properly expand and run our Chapel Bookstore.
*Pray for us as we launch into this
new season. We feel many changes in the air and we appreciate all who will stand with us
for God's perfect will to be manifested on BibleResources.org and Christ Unlimited Ministries.
Thank you for your prayers! May God richly bless you!
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Opportunities
for United Prayer
Don't miss these exciting opportunities for prayer in May-June,
1999
International Day of Repentance from Idolatry: May 2, 1999
Sponsored by Global Harvest Ministries, United Prayer Track of the AD 2000 & Beyond
Movement. If your church is not participating in this occasion, it would still be a good
time to privately destroy and/or rid your house of any idolatrous objects and seek the
Lord for cleansing and forgiveness. For more information contact www.globalharvest.org
National Day of Repentance: May 5, 1999
National Day of Prayer: May 6, 1999 Prayer gatherings will
be held throughout the day. Call (612) 853-8461 for more information.
March for Jesus: May 22, 1999 This ministry calls
Christians of all denominations to unite in our common purpose--to exalt the name of
Jesus. This march through the streets with praise and prayer has been a wonderful
opportunity for many Christians to come together. Call (512) 416-0066 for more
information.
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Other Prayer Links
The following links are some that we can wholeheartedly recommend to
anyone who is interested in prayer and intercession. We pray they will bless you.
Christian Information Network:
http://christian-info.com/html/welcome.html
Intercessors for America:
http://www.ifa-usapray.org/
World Prayer Center:
The Persecuted Church:
http://www.persecutedchurch.org/home.htm
Prayer Summit: http://millennianet.com/prsummit/
Open Doors: http://www.gospelcom.net/od/
Global Harvest Ministries: http://www.globalharvest.org
Generals of Intercession:
http://www.generals.org
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The
Urgent call to Repentance on May 5, 1999
Who: The Body of Christ
What: The National Day of Repentance
When: May 5, 1999
Why: To Fuel the National Day of Prayer &
bring healing to the Church and America
Where: Homes, Churches and State Capitols
How: Utilizing two main documents:
Preamble to the Constitution of the US invoking God's blessing
for each state.
Statement of Public Confession admitting our failure as the body
of Christ.
The Vision:
The call to repentance for The Church and America.
Including personal repentance, corporate repentance in churches and in each of the 50
state capitols.
The call to repentance for the Church and America with a
three-fold strategy
* Individual and personal repentance in homes across America.
* Corporate repentance in churches, including a repentance service on May 5, 1999.
*Repentance in each of the 50 States at each state capitol.
The Need:
* Mobilization for personal repentance
* Mobilization for churches to participate in Corporate Repentance
* Mobilization to gather intercessors at each of the 50 State Capitols
What do I do next?:
* Enroll to participate in personal repentance.
* Enroll your church to participate and hold a repentance service on May 5, 1999.
* Help find intercessors who will meet at their state capitol.
* Contact the home office of Prayer Summit Ministry.
The Cost: Your time and a broken, contrite heart
The Results:
* Widespread repentance and brokeness in the hearts of believers
throughout America.
* Healing of the Body of Christ.
* Appropriate preparation for the National Day of Prayer.
* National Repentance in each of the 50 States
Preamble to
State Constitutions
In prayer, we encourage you to declare these over the your states and
the states of this union.
ALABAMA 1901: We, the people of the State of Alabama, in order to
establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity and secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do
ordain and establish the following Constitution and form of government for the State of
Alabama. ARIZONA 1912: We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to
Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution. ARKANSAS 1874 :
We, the people of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege
of choosing our own forms of government, for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring
to perpetuate its blessings and secure the same to ourselves and posterity, do ordain and
establish this Constitution. CALIFORNIA 1879: We, the people of the State of
California, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure and
perpetuate its blessings, do establish this Constitution. COLORADO 1876: We, the
people of Colorado, with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe,
in order to form a more independent and perfect government; establish justice; insure
tranquility; provide for the common defense; promote the general welfare and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity; do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the "State of Colorado." CONNECTICUT 1818: The people of
Connecticut acknowledging with gratitude, the good providence of God, in
having permitted them to enjoy a free government, do, in order more effectual to define,
secure, and perpetuate the liberties, rights and privileges which they have derived from
their ancestors, hereby, after a careful consideration and revision, ordain and establish
the following Constitution and form of civil government. DELAWARE 1897: Through
Divine goodness, all men have by nature the rights of worshiping and serving their
Creator according to the dictates of their consciences, of enjoying and defending life
and liberty, of acquiring and protecting reputation and property, and in general of
obtaining objects suitable to their condition, without injury by one to another; and as
these rights are essential to their welfare, for the due exercise thereof, power is
inherent in them; and therefore all just authority in the institutions of political
society is derived from the people, and established with their consent, to advance their
happiness; and they may for this end, as circumstances require, from time to time after
their Constitution of governments. FLORIDA 1887: We, the people of the State of
Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to
secure its blessings and to form a more perfect government, insuring domestic tranquility,
maintaining public order, and guaranteeing equal civil and political rights to all, do
ordain and establish this Constitution. GEORGIA 1887: To perpetuate the principles
of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and
happiness of the citizen, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, we, the
people of Georgia, relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God, do
ordain and establish this Constitution. IDAHO 1890: We, the people of the State of
Idaho, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and
promote our common welfare, do establish this Constitution. ILLINOIS 1870: We, the
people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political
and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for
a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding
generations in order to form a more perfect government, establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the State of Illinois. INDIANA 1851: To the end that justice be
established, public order maintained, and liberty perpetuated: We, the people of the State
of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose
our own form of government, do ordain this Constitution. IOWA 1857: We, the people
of the State of Iowa, grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto
enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of those blessings, do
ordain and establish a free and independent government, by the name of the State of Iowa,
the boundaries whereof shall be as follows: KANSAS 1863: We, the people of Kansas, grateful
to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges, in order to insure the full
enjoyment of our rights as American citizens, do ordain and establish this Constitution of
the State of Kansas, with the following boundaries, to wit: KENTUCKY 1891: We, the
people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, grateful to Almighty God for the
civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy, and invoking the continuance of these
blessings, do ordain and establish this Constitution. LOUISIANA 1974: We, the
people of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political, economic,
and religious liberties we enjoy, and desiring to protect individual rights to life,
liberty, and property; afford opportunity for the fullest development of the individual;
assure equality of rights; promote the health, safety, education, and welfare of the
people; maintain a representative and orderly government; ensure domestic tranquility;
provide for the common defense; and secure the blessings of freedom and justice to
ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution. MAINE 1820 and
1876: We, the people of Maine, in order to establish justice, insure tranquility,
provide for our mutual defense, promote our common welfare, and secure to ourselves and
our posterity the blessings of liberty, acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness
of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to
the design; and imploring His aid and direction in its accomplishment, do agree to form
ourselves into a free and independent State, by the style and title of the State of Maine,
and do ordain and establish the following Constitution for the government of the same. MARYLAND
1867: We, the people of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and
religious liberty, and taking into our serious consideration best means of establishing a
good Constitution in this State for the sure foundation and more permanent security
thereof, declare: MASSACHUSETTS 1790: We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts,
acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the
universe, in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity,
deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, violence, or surprise, of entering into an
original, explicit and solemn compact with each other; and for forming a new Constitution
of civil government, for ourselves and posterity; and devoutly imploring His direction
in so interesting a design, do agree upon, ordain, and establish the following Declaration
of Rights, and Frame of Government, as the Constitution of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. MICHIGAN 1909: We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful
to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, and earnestly desiring to secure these
blessings undiminished to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution. MINNESOTA 1857: We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful
to God for our civil and religious liberty and desiring to perpetuate its blessings
and secure the same to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution. MISSISSIPPI 1890: We, the people of Mississippi in convention
assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking his blessing on our work, do
ordain and establish this Constitution. Missouri 1945: We, the people of Missouri,
with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His
goodness, do establish this Constitution for the better government of the State. MONTANA
1889: We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of
liberty, in order to secure the advantages of a State government, do in accordance
with the provisions of the enabling act of Congress, approve the twenty second of February
AD 1889, ordain and establish this Constitution. NEBRASKA 1875: We, the people, grateful
to Almighty God for our freedom, do ordain and establish the following declaration of
rights and frame of government, as the Constitution of the State of Nebraska. NEVADA
1864: We, the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our
freedom, in order to secure its blessings, insure domestic tranquility, and form a more
perfect government, do establish this Constitution. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1784: Every
individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the
dictates of his own conscience, and reason, morality and piety, rightly grounded on
evangelical principles, will give the best and greatest security to government, and will
lay, in the hearts of men, the strongest obligations to due subjection; and the knowledge
of these is most likely to be propagated through society by the institutions of the public
worship of the Deity. NEW JERSEY 1947: We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful
to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hat so long permitted us
to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the
same unimpaired to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this Constitution. NEW
MEXICO 1912: We, the people of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for
the blessings of liberty, in order to secure the advantages of a State government, do
ordain and establish this Constitution. NEW YORK 1895: We, the people of the State
of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its
blessings, do establish this Constitution. NORTH CAROLINA 1876: We, the people of
the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of
Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil,
political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the
continuance of these blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security
thereof and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this
Constitution. NORTH DAKOTA 1889: We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to
Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain and establish
this Constitution. OHIO 1851: We, the people of the State of Ohio, grateful to
Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and promote our common welfare,
do establish this Constitution. OKLAHOMA 1907: Invoking the guidance of Almighty
God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty; to secure just and
rightful government; to promote our mutual welfare and happiness, we the people of the
State of Oklahoma, do ordain and establish this Constitution. OREGON 1859: We, the
people of the State of Oregon, to the end that justice be established, order maintained,
and liberty perpetuated, do ordain this Constitution. PENNSYLVANIA 1874: W, the
people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance, do ordain and
establish this Constitution. RHODE ISLAND 1843: We, the people of the State of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and
religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a
blessing upon our endeavors to secure and to transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding
generations do ordain and establish this Constitution of Governments. SOUTH CAROLINA
1895: We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, grateful
to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
preservation and perpetuation of the same. SOUTH DAKOTA 1889: We, the people of
South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties, in
order to form a more perfect and independent government, establish justice, insure
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and preserve to
ourselves and to our posterity the blessings of liberty, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the State of South Dakota. TENNESSEE 1870: That all men have a
natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of
their own conscience; that no man can of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support
any TEXAS 1876: Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God, the people of
the State of Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution. UTAH 1895: Grateful
to Almighty God for life and liberty, we the people of Utah, in order to secure and
perpetuate the principles of free government, do ordain and establish this Constitution. VERMONT
1793: That all men have a natural and unalienable right, to worship Almighty God,
according to the dictates of their own consciences and understandings as in their opinion
shall be regulated by the word of God: and that no man ought to or of right can be
compelled to attend any religious worship, or erect or support any place of worship, or
maintain any minister, contrary to the dictates of his conscience, nor can any man be
justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious
sentiments, or peculiar mode of religious worship; and that no authority can or ought to
be vested in, or assumed by, any power whatever, that shall in any case interfere with, or
in any manner control the rights of conscience, in the free exercise of religious worship.
Nevertheless, every sect or denomination of Christians ought to observe the Sabbath or
Lord’s day, and keep up some sort of religious worship, which to them shall seem most
agreeable to the revealed will of God. VIRGINIA 1902: That religion
or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be
directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men
are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of
conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance,
love and charity towards each other. WASHINGTON 1889 We, the people of the State of
Washington, grateful to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do
ordain this Constitution. WEST VIRGINIA ( ): Since through Divine Providence we
enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of west
Virginia, in and through the provisions of this Constitution, reaffirm our faith in and
constant reliance upon God and seek diligently to promote, preserve and perpetuate
good government in the State of West Virginia for the common welfare, freedom and security
of ourselves and our posterity. WISCONSIN 1848: We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful
to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, forms a more
perfect government, insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, do
establish this Constitution. WYOMING 1889: We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful
to God for our civil, political and religious liberties, and desiring to secure them
to ourselves and perpetuate them to our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution.
This preamble does not include Alaska or Hawaii.
[Editor’s note: This preamble was proposed by
House Joint Resolution No. 8, Acts, Regular Session,
1959 p 659: submitted by Acts, Regular Session, 1960, c.
4: and ratified November 8, 1950.]
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Statement of Public Confession
May 5, 1999
With this statement we who
represent various
Christian fellowships in
our city, publicly confess
that we have failed to
demonstrate the love of
Jesus Christ toward one
another in ways in which
our community has been able
to see.
We purpose to turn from the
practices and
attitudes that have brought
this failure about
and commit ourselves
to pray and to work together
to create
an atmosphere for revival in our city.
It is our deep desire that
each one in our
community might know, by
our love,
that a relationship with
Jesus Christ
is the solution to all of
our needs.
We invite our community to
watch for the proofs
of what we say as we show
our community
how we love one another.
(Adapted from "Love Lubbock,
Texas" with permission)
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