With all of the questions I was asked by Steve, I can melt down the answers
into one sentence concerning our nation at this point in history: THERE
IS NO MANTLE IN PLACE FOR US TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THE FUTURE OF
A NATION INTO COVENANT PROSPERITY! We are being called to war these
next few days. All the political candidates have pluses and minuses. All
have wonderful qualities that could cause our nation to benefit in some areas.
However, NONE is yet wearing God's mantle for our future!
I believe there will have to be a 21-day push in the Spirit culminating on
April 20 for us to see the atmosphere in our nation change. There is a spirit
of deception that needs to lift so voters are not deceived by all the political
rhetoric from the candidates and media that is occupying the airof
this land. We must hear God's voice penetrate this nation so we make
the shift in our future. Following my trip to Strang Communications
in Florida last month, Stephen Strang asked me to do a teleconference call
with him. This past Thursday (March 20) this occurred. It was an amazing call.
He asked very pointed questions about what I saw happening these next few
weeks in the political, financial and spiritual arenas. You can still go to
www.charismamag.com/replay
to hear the interview.
Finland! This whirlwind trip was an incredible moment
in time. The leader of the greatest renewal movement in Finland, Markku Koivisto,
coordinated a large, national gathering hosted by Nokia Mission. This
trip consisted mainly of flying. We arrived Saturday morning in Helsinki,
then drove 2 hours to Tampere, where nearly 4,000 had gathered. The time
of ministry from 2 PM to 8 PM was power packed and historical. We drove back
that same night, and flew back to the United States early Sunday morning.
The conference's focus was on Finland's relationship to Israel. I
helped write a small booklet for this gathering to assist the people of Finland
as they awaken to their role in supporting God's covenant plan for Israel.
This book (in Finnish) included the prophecies that will help them war for
their future and become a Rahab for the Jews in days ahead.
The power of God was so evident. The worship was incredible in a normally
quieter nation. The gathering was called Momentum -
my word for the year! A historical shift occurred with the announcement
of the 17 year movement, which has been Lutheran based, becoming a new wineskin
for the future. Paul Wilbur was also present and continued ministering when
we departed. Markku had been at a crossroads on whether to pursue the role
as a Bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, or let the Lord
raise up something new that would create more movement and momentum in the
land. This was truly the place to be in a Lutheran nation to decree the end
of the first Reformation (begun by Martin Luther) with Lutherans who had embraced
renewal. Boldly, we then declared that the next wave of Reformation was now
in the midst of Finland!
Thank you for supporting Brian Kooiman and me on this assignment. Your prayers
and giving helped to shift a nation. Remember, all of the Eagle Trips are
mission trips. You can give to this and other projects at Glory of Zion International
Inc, by going to our website,
or by calling 1-888-965-1099 or 1-940-382-7231
to give by credit card.
Personal. Thank you for praying for my family. March
has been a busy family month with John Mark's birthday (I will take him to
a Mavericks basketball game in April), finishing Spring Break, and overall
family time during Easter weekend. Then, Pam has been redoing our house again!
She is making an office into a pantry, separating the utility room, and making
a spare bedroom. (That was why she thought this trip to Finland was from
the Lord so that I would be gone for three days and out of the upheaval!)
We just finished celebrating Isaac's High School graduation, so he has off
until June to drum and go with me on occasion to some of the upcoming meetings
until the reality of his future awakens. Stephanie had a baby shower last
week as the birth of her and John Mark's baby approaches. So much is happening!
Ethan is now the only one left in high school. (He is in Texas Tech's High
School Program). Nathan Faubion, Rebekah's husband, graduates from college
in December, while she continues to work for my brother, Keith. Daniel and
Amber find themselves coming and going with law enforcement and business.
Many of you heard Joseph speak at Glory of Zion. He is maturing in ministry.
Your prayers help to order all of our steps and make those nearest to me aware
of His will in their lives. This includes a wonderful staff who serves night
and day & that their steps will be divinely ordered and their health and strength
will be whole.
The following 8-Day Prayer Focus will assist you in understanding:
1. The desperateness of the time that we are living in,
2. The intensity of the time to produce change in our lives
and the atmospheres that surround us,
3. The economical shift that needs to occur in this season,
4. The disciplined, unwavering, single minded need for God's
children to stand in this hour.
This focus integrates Purim, Passover, and Jesus' unwavering determination
to release redemption in this hour. All three of these events were and are
taking place during this time frame. We are in a key season like we have not
known in the history of the generations that are presently in the earth. The
nations are at a divine crisis point.
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce
8-Day Prayer Focus: A Desperate Time to Awaken to the Reality of Change!
For the next several weeks this prayer focus is key for us. Even though
it is an 8-Day Prayer Focus, there is enough revelation here for you to use
repeatedly. Since we just finished Purim, let's begin by understanding its
significance. Overall, this 8-day focus is more devotional than most, including
study suggestions to help you develop for such a time as this. This prayer
focus is also more confrontational than usual because of this time frame.
I would suggest you read through each day's focus in the morning and then
go back and seek the Lord with the scriptures at noon and at night.
(Day 1) A Time to Embrace Change but not to be Tossed to and fro by
the Wind!
The clear message of Purim is that anyone who plots to destroy the
Jewish people will always fail. History is full of examples of this truth.
Pharaoh plotted the destruction of the Jewish people in Egypt, but the Egyptian
army was drown in the Red Sea. This is celebrated during the Feast of Passover.
Haman's attempt to kill all Jews failed, which is celebrated at Purim. Antiochus
Epiphanes tried to wipe out the Jewish people. His failure is celebrated
every year during Hanukah. Hitler tried to blot out the Jewish race. Both
he and his "Third Reich" were destroyed. Instead of annihilation,
the state of Israel was born! We must understand that God's covenant land
will never be destroyed. By watching closely the world events that are centered
around Israel, we can better understand God's sovereign plan.
Read Psalm 121
Read Exodus 2-6
Read Esther 1-4
Memorize Ephesians 4:2-16 (Review your positions
and connections in the Body)
(Day 2) 2008-- A Year to Passover, Overcome, and Go Through into FREEDOM!
Purim fell approximately one month before the beginning of Passover.
The Biblical Feast of Purim (Esther 9:18-28) is celebrated in the final month
of the Hebrew calendar. I believe this is a significant timing so we end
a season in victory and are freed to cross over into our future. Nisan,
the first of months, begins at sunset on April 5. This leads us into our Passover
season (Leviticus 23:4-8). Passover was the time of crossing out and over
into FREEDOM! The dates of this Feast are very significant. Passover commemorates
the final plague on Egypt when the firstborn of the Egyptians died and the
Israelites were spared. Passover is linked with the power of the blood smeared
on their door posts (Ex. 12:11, 21, 27, 43, 48). Passover was also called
the feast of unleavened bread (Ex. 23:15; Deut. 16:16) because only unleavened
bread was eaten during the seven days immediately following Passover (Ex.
12:15-20; 13:6-8; Deut. 16:3-8). Unleavened bread reflected the fact that
the people had no time to put leaven in their bread before their hasty departure
from Egypt. The observances of Passover are found in Joshua 5:10-12 (the plains
of Jericho near Gilgal), 2 Chronicles 30:1, 3, 13, 15 (during the reign of
Hezekiah); and 2 Kings 23:21-23 (Josiah's unique Passover).
During New Testament times, large crowds gathered
in Jerusalem to observe this annual celebration. Jesus was crucified during
the Passover event. He and His disciples ate a Passover meal together on the
eve of His death. During this meal Jesus said, This is my body, and
this cup is the new testament in my blood (Luke 22:7, 19-20). The New
Testament identifies Christ with the Passover sacrifice: For even Christ
our Passover is sacrificed for us . The word denotes the lamb that was
slain at the feast (Mark 14:12-14; 1 Cor. 5:7). The use of wine (Luke
22:17, 20), of sauce with the bitter herbs (John 13:26), and the service
of praise were introduced. Passover was a type of the great deliverance wrought
by the Messiah for all His people from the doom of death on account of sin,
and from the bondage of sin itself, a worse than Egyptian bondage (1 Cor.
5:7; John 1:29; 19:32-36; 1 Pet. 1:19; Gal. 4:4, 5).
Get Ready to Crossover! I would encourage
you to read the chapter on The Blood War inGod's Unfolding Battle Plan.
(Day 3) 2008-- A Time for Leadership to Awaken and Overcome at the
Gate!
The day related to Purim was the date set by Haman by casting lots
(pur) to murder all the Jews in the kingdom. Because of the alertness of
Mordecai at the gates of the city, and the fasting and intercession of Queen
Esther of Persia and the Jewish people, this day became a day of battle with
great victory for the Jews, as their enemies were destroyed. In the time
of Esther, we find that the enemy had entered the gates and was planning to
overthrow the covenant blessings God had for this people. In the book of
Esther, Mordecai had exposed the enemy's plan and taken his authority at the
gate. The Lord says in Matthew 16: 18, "And I also say to you that
you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades
shall not prevail against it. This is not a time for hell to prevail
at your gate. Esther and Mordecai worked together for deliverance! Haman,
who used astrology and the casting of lots, was overthrown by God's ordered
timing.
I am praying for you to have favor at the gates and be raised up for a time
such as this. Biblically, a GATE is a place for contending, watching, making
sacrifices in worship, doing business transactions, administering justice,
and giving public addresses. The GATE is the object of a foe's attack and
therefore must be strengthened (Judges 5:8; Psalm 147:18).
Now review your call to leadership and contending in days ahead. Read
Isaiah 1. Also read John 1, which will show you how the Lord
called Peter. Read Matthew 16 to see Peter's revelation and
then his emotional resistance to change.
God is raising up new Mordecais and Esthers to influence the world in days
ahead. These individuals will do radical exploits in His name. Esther is
a book where the destiny of God's covenant manifest by legislating authority
at the gates can be seen. The gate of a city was where all business transactions
and legal matters occurred. The city gate was also the place where entrance
into the city was permitted or forbidden. A Biblical gatekeeper was one who
guarded access to a place. Mordecai was a good gatekeeper. He knew the enemy
had a plot and plan. The enemy will attempt to set a decree against you.
Mordecai overheard the plan linked with Haman to annihilate God's covenant
people in the land where Haman had prepared a noose for God's covenant people.
Mordecai also knew he needed a connection to prevent the enemy's plan from
prevailing. Esther was his connection, who had been positioned by God for
such a time as this. Many of you are being positioned to see the plan of
the enemy. Others of you are being positioned to be the connecting point
to overthrow the enemy. I am praying that any plot of the enemy to
try and stop the covenant blessings of your inheritance from coming forth
in your life would be revealed. Find your divine connections and overthrow
the enemy's plan!
Trusting in God is one of the ways that you overthrow a curse.
With Passover beginning at sunset on April 19, we think of Moses! One of
the keys to Moses' life was that he was ordained as a prophet from birth.
Even though his insecurity would tell him he could not speak, God had ordained
him as a prophet. His mother and father's faith would eventually result in
delivering all of Israel. This would also give Moses authority to split the
sea for the escape of God's people. He also would receive the Law that would
set the commandments and boundaries for mankind. There are new boundaries
for you to obtain this month. Let the prophetic gift arise in you. Let a new
level of deliverance begin. He waited 40 years to be found and put in service.
Do not be discouraged. The Lord knows where you are.
(Day 4) A Time of Spiritual Discipline and Preparation!
In our day, we are still in a time of battle and victory, a time of
voluntary fasting. The Fast of Esther (Esther 4:14-17) is still relative for
us today to enter into a new place of authority and gain favor. Men and women
must work together this hour to defeat the enemys plan. The key to Mordecais
life was his watchful eye at the gate on behalf of the King and Gods covenant
people. The key to Esther was her positioning and preparation. The word prepare
means to make or get ready, to put together, to produce a frame for a future
building, to gird oneself for action. This is a time to remember that in the
midst of hostility we can be prepared for such a time as this. Through
preparation and discipline the favor of God can rest upon us. Esther went
in to the king, gained favor and grace in his sight, and was exalted into
the royal position of queen. In Possessing Your Inheritance, Rebecca Wagner
Sytsema and I devote a chapter to discussing the spiritual disciplines necessary
for us to develop in our lives: meditation, prayer, fasting, giving, warfare,
worship, work, and rest. Rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 in each discipline.
(Details on how to purchase Possessing Your Inheritance are below.)
What does this say to us? If we allow the anointing of God to rest upon
us and allow the beauty of holiness to surround and transform us, we can gain
great favor. If we remove the leaven from our lives, we will be ready to
depart into a new place as the Lord leads.
Read Psalm 92
Read 1 John 1 and 2
(Day 5) A Time to See Your Hidden Blessings Manifest!
Esther is a non-Jewish name. Her original Jewish name was Hadassah,
but her Jewish identity was a secret, and remained hidden. Esther became
the bride of the king. The prophetic reference to the Church as the Bride
of the King, but with Jewish roots despite a Gentile appearance, is very interesting.
Esther would not escape the fate of the Jews, just as the destiny of the Church
is directly linked to the Jewish people (Israel). Hadassah (means Myrtle)
is an evergreen tree with glossy leaves and white flowers. They were used
for perfume and as seasoning for food. The myrtle tree had a religious significance
for the Hebrews (Zechariah 1:8-11) and was a symbol of peace and joy. Ask
the Lord to show you what is hidden that belongs to you. Ask Him to let
you hear the blowing of the wind in the trees in a new way.
Read Isaiah 52
Read John 3
Read Matthew 13 & about uncovering
the hidden treasure.
(Day 6) A Time of Confrontation and Overthrow of the Enemy's Stranglehold!
This is time to overthrow decrees that have been set against God's covenant
people that would stop us from corporately advancing. Those anti-Semitic
decrees hate God's sovereign plan for the Jews as well as Christians that
have been grafted into that plan. Nations that profess Christianity must
rise up now. Esther prayed and fasted three days prior to setting the wheels
in motion to overthrow the enemy's plan. She had faith to go into the King's
court because she was fully prepared at the end of these three days of fasting.
Fasting helps prepare you for what you must face for your victory ahead.
Esther was at the right place, at the right time, and did the right thing.
Therefore, she had victory over the enemy. Your faith can overthrow any decree
the enemy has established against you. The enemy prepares a noose to tighten
around God's promised plan for your life. Faith breaks the power of that
noose. Declare your Haman's noose will begin to break.
The Lord is releasing new revelation on strategies to overthrow the enemy's
plan. There were two things I was quickened over. There are times when
we cannot win by pressing to overturn/reverse an unrighteous decree.Whereas
this is usually the norm (and what we press for in the laws of our nation),
Esther gives one example where a bad and evil law was irrevocable (according
to the laws of the Medes and Persians). So the strategy the Lord gave to
her (through the pagan king) was to make another law which would stand against
the first law, and enable deliverance and life to come to the Jews. In this
Purim Month the Lord may be releasing similar strategies whereby we can
counteract and overcome evil edicts and laws in our society and nation.
Securing victory and overthrowing our enemies can often involve several
stages of war. Whereas Esther and Mordecai successfully warred to
secure a decree that would allow the Jews to protect themselves, this was
only another step in their deliverance. It's quite possible the Jews could
have survived the day that their enemies hoped to overpower them, solely based
on the new level of fear their enemies had for the Jewish people. However,
if they had not gone on the offensive and destroyed their enemies as their
decree allowed them to, they would not have secured lasting protection. In
that case, in due time, under new leadership (like the Hebrews in Egypt with
a new pharaoh), the Jews could have been oppressed and targeted for destruction
once again. At the close of this Seven Year War Season, we must not be content
to settle for preserving victories and the issuing of righteous decrees.
Rather, we must fully war to the end of our battles to see complete deliverance
and victory enforced, and the opposite of the enemy's plans occur.
This is a season to speak faith and ask for new revelation! Ask
the Lord to anoint your speech and open your eyes to the revelation He is
releasing at this time.
(Day 7) Face Your AMALEKITE and Break the
Power of his Noose!
In Esther 3:1, the evil Haman is described as being a descendant of
the Amalekite king, Agag (1 Sam 15:8). Therefore, besides the Book of Esther,
another passage from the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) is read at Purim, Exodus 17:8-16.
This is the account of Joshua's defeat of the Amalekites at Rephidim
as Hur and Aaron held up the exhausted arms of Moses. When Moses' hands,
gripping the "Rod of God", became heavy, the warriors in the field
began to lose the battle. Verse 12 says that with Aaron and Hur's support,
Moses' hands remained steady until the coming down of the sun. In the Hebrew,
the word "steady" is "emuna" - and
his hands were faithful until the coming of the sun." After
the battle, Moses built an altar and named it, YHVH-Nissi: the LORD is my
Banner. The word "banner" can also be translated "miracle."
STUDY THIS AND DECREE MIRACLES ARE BEGINNING TO COME INTO YOUR ATMOSPHERE.
The spirit empowering Amalek is at the back of all anti-Semitism. Exodus
17:16 states that "The LORD has sworn, the LORD will have war with
Amalek from generation to generation." Deuteronomy 25:19
commands that His people are to join in with Him in the battle until the memory
of Amalek is blotted out - that Israel must not forget!
Deuteronomy 25:17-18 further describes the tactics of the Amalekites:
"They met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers
at your rear when you were faint and weary" (emphases
ours). So Amalek does not only seek to take occasion from the tiredness and
exhaustion of leaders, he also lurks behind to pick off those inexperienced
foot soldiers who are "faint and weary" and lagging behind. To
remedy this, Israel developed a "rear guard" (see Numbers 10:25
and other places). The Hebrew for "rear guard" is "me'aseph"-
its root is the same as that for the verb "to gather". In ancient
armies, old, experienced soldiers, would be placed at the rear, not only to
guard from enemies attacking from behind, but also to "gather"
the loose ends, the stragglers - and to keep them pressing forward. The
word Amalekite means to toil or work under hard labor.This is a time
for you to break out of legalistic, hard labor. The Amalekites were a
nomadic tribe of formidable people that first attacked the Israelites after
the Exodus at Rephidim. Amalek, the grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12), inhabited
the desolate wasteland of the northeast Sinai Peninsula and the Negev. They
were the first to attack Israel after the Exodus (Num. 24:20). This is where
the Lord revealed Himself as Jehovah Nissi. He declared that we would war
with Amalek from generation to generation. The antichrist spirit today is
linked into this Amalekite spirit. Israel won the initial battle (Ex. 17:8-16)
and because of their atrocities, God commanded Saul to exterminate the Amalekites
(1 Sam. 15:2-3). Saul disobeyed, and the Amalekites were not defeated completely
until late in the eighth century B.C. (1 Chron. 4:43). Haman the Agagite
(Es. 3:1-10; 8:3-5,) thought by the Jews to be Amalek's descendant, from whence
sprung Haman's hatred toward their race.
Prepare yourself and watch your Haman hung on his own gallows. Break all
compromise. Watch your enemy overplay his hand and you will end up victorious!
Cross over and watch your new doors open!
Memorize Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 28:6
Declare over your nation that the Amalekite structure will be
revealed and overthrown.
(Day 8) Pray the Prayer of Confrontation!
To confront someone or something means to face them in hostility or
defiance, or to come with opposition. Unlike the prayer of travail, which
brings forth new birth, the prayer of confrontation directly addresses a structure
that has been set in place in opposition to God's will. This type of prayer
not only outwits the devil but also humiliates him and his forces in the process.
God allows us to enter into this type of encounter to show His power over
the territorial spirit(s) to which a particular group of people has been in
bondage. As the LORD displays that His power is greater than that of a given
demonic structure, that structure begins to crumble and those who were held
captive are then free to follow Christ.
A wonderful biblical model for this type of prayer was Moses' confrontation
with Pharaoh. As Moses declared God's will to Pharaoh in the earthly realm,
he was also confronting in the spiritual realm the gods of Egypt - false deities
(territorial spirits) - linked with the oppression and captivity of God's
covenant people. Through the plagues and destruction unleashed upon the nation
of Egypt as a result of Moses' confrontation, God's plan was fulfilled, the
power of oppression was broken, and His people were released. In the revised
Future War of the Church, Rebecca Wagner Sytsema and I examine how each demonstration
of God's power through Moses was actually a power encounter with a specific
Egyptian god.
