Today's Prayer Focus:
ANTIFA - Part One
The Organization
Warning!
We cover this edition of "Laying Siege Against the Siege" and all who will read this article with the Blood of Jesus; and we bind all forms of retaliation from striking us after we read and pray through the information offered below. Amen.
During the remaining days of our SIEGE AGAINST THE SIEGE, we will begin to release a roll call of evil organizations bent on destroying or redesigning our nation, These groups will include: Occupy Wall Street, ANTIFA, Black Lives Matter (BLM) . . . and more.
For now, these groups are working behind the scenes in tandem with each other, sharing strategies, resources and tools to wreak havoc against the cities they target. The members of these groups all have one thing in common: they need to know our Savior. Each one is caught in a noose of deception but hallelujah! Through the work of the Cross, they can be set free!
In love, we come against these networks as we take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and decree: Psalm 129:4. It is written: "The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked."
Amen and amen.
A Scripture to Decree:
Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free . . ."
Our Prayer Focus: Entering In
Preparing Our Hearts to Pray for the ANTIFA Terrorists
When we view the upraised, hardened, angry fists that are the symbol of ANTIFA, we see its hardened, angry heart.
MOVEMENT STRUCTURE
Antifa is not a unified organization but rather a movement without a hierarchical leadership structure, comprising multiple autonomous groups and individuals.[14][58][60] The movement is loosely affiliated[8] and has no chain of command, with antifa groups instead sharing "resources and information about far-right activity across regional and national borders through loosely knit networks and informal relationships of trust and solidarity".[50] According to Mark Bray, "members hide their political activities from law enforcement and the far right" and "concerns about infiltration and high expectations of commitment keep the sizes of groups rather small".[50]
The antifa movement has grown since the 2016 United States presidential election. As of August 2017, approximately 200 groups existed, of varying sizes and levels of activity.[70] It is particularly present in the Pacific Northwest.[71]
BACKGROUND
Germany:
ideologically, antifa in the United States sees itself as the successor to anti-Nazi activists of the 1930s. European activist groups that originally organized to oppose World War II-era fascist dictatorships re-emerged in the 1970s and 1980s to oppose white supremacy and skinheads, eventually spreading to the United States.[70]
In the United States:
One of the earliest antifa groups in the United States was Rose City Antifa which was formed in Portland, Oregon in 2007.[11] Other antifa groups in the United States have other genealogies. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a group called the Baldies was formed in 1987 with the intent to fight neo-Nazi groups directly.[56] In 2013, the "most radical" chapters of the ARA formed the Torch Antifa Network[75] which has chapters throughout the United States.[76] Other antifa groups are a part of different associations such as NYC Antifa or operate independently.[77]
(Source for all above, including footnotes, is Wikipedia.)
A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION On May 31st, during the riots in Minneapolis, Fox News reported this headline:
"Trump announces US to designate Antifa as terrorist organization following violent protests"
We quote now from that article:
President Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. government will designate the far-left group Antifa as a terrorist organization.
This comes as Trump has blamed Antifa for riots taking place across the country in response to the death of George Floyd, the unarmed black man who died May 25 while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minn., after an officer kneeled on his neck for more than 8 minutes in an incident caught on video.
"The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization," Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon.
It remains unclear exactly who was behind the escalation what began as peaceful protests against police, with accusations lobbed against both far-left extremists and white nationalists. The president has been forceful in pointing the finger at the former.
"It's ANTIFA and the Radical Left. Don't lay the blame on others!" Trump tweeted Saturday. (Read more)
STUDYING ANTIFA: MORE ARTICLES OF INTEREST
By this time, ANTIFA is in the news daily, and there are many resources available on the internet to learn more about this "non-organization organization." Here are two examples:
1. Explainer: what is antifa, and where did it come from? - The Conversation.com
Go here.
2. A Brief History of Antifa: Part One - Jewish Press
Go here.
3. A Brief History of Antifa: Part Two - Jewish Press
ANTIFA in the U.S.
Go here.
4. The Real History of ANTIFA - The American Mind
Go here.
5. A Brief History of Antifa: Part I - The Gatestone Institute
Go here.
It is time to pray . ..
Today's Prayer
Today's Prayer for ANTIFA terrorists
"Father God, it is sometimes truly difficult to pray for our enemies. These ANTIFA rioters raised their ugly heads after the death of George Floyd, Lord God, and they have not stopped rioting yet . . .
Seattle, Chicago, Washington, D.C, Atlanta and now Portland -- this is a veritable roll call of cities burned to the ground, and lives injured and lost.
Where will this end, we pray?
Where will this end?
Lord God, it ends with us, as we bow our knee to You who knows how to reach each of the hearts of these rioters, deliver them from evil, drop their bricks and pick up the Cross, and go forward with the lives You have designed for them to follow.
Lord God . . .you know their names . . . You know their families, and You know how to reach each one, through the Blood of the Lamb and the work of the Cross.
We now release each of these lost souls to You, Holy One. Please remove their hearts of stone, Abba, and give them a heart of flesh.
We ask this prayer in Your Mighty Name, knowing that nothing is too difficult for You! Amen and amen!
(Scripture references: Ezekiel 36:26; Jeremiah 32:17)
A Hymn for Today
Note: when we view the upraised, angry fist of ANTIFA, we see a rock that is working to shatter our society into pieces.
In this hymn, ROCK OF AGES, we sing of the Rock that is our resting place, the foundation of all TRUTH and the way of salvation: Jesus Christ our Lord.
As we meditate upon the lyrics of this hymn, we are reminded of two verses in Scripture that inspire us and give us renewed hope:
"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer." (Psalm 18:2)
And . . . ""Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]?" says the Lord, "and like a hammer that breaks the [most stubborn] rock [in pieces]?" (Jeremiah 23:29 AMP)
And also for the people of Islam, who every year circle their own "rock" in worship during the annual Haj, we proclaim that it is written:
"For their rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede." (Deuteronomy 32:31)
. . . and now . . . ROCK OF AGES . . .
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure;
Save from wrath and make me pure.
Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy law's demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and Thou alone.
Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to the cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyes shall close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
> > > To listen to this beautiful hymn, please go here.
Tomorrow's Prayer Focus:
ANTIFA - Part Two
Its Leaders and Members
A Special Announcement:
To all of our readers
[Please note: I am going to use a "period" in between the following letters, on purpose.]
It has come to our attention that, even though we are sending these alerts out, using the spelling of "s.i.e.g.e", some of you are reading these as "s.e.i.g.e.!"
All spelling is correct on our end, both sending out and receiving our Prayer S.i.e.g.e alerts.
If you are one who is receiving this with an incorrect spelling, please ignore the same and "carry on" to the prayers for the day. We will continue to send out this message for the remaining days of our s.i.e.g.e.
It is a mystery to us why this is happening, but we thank our God that He IS in control, and that thousands of you are now joining us in this 40-day s.i.e.g.e.
Thank you!
What is "The Siege?"
Radical activist group plans to "lay siege to" and "occupy" White House in September
The radical activist group that takes credit for the #OccupyWallStreet movement in 2011 has announced plans to occupy the White House next month. Adbusters, a digital publication that describes itself as "a global network" determined to "advance the new social activist movement of the information age," issued a post dubbed "#WhiteHouseSiege - Tactical Briefing #1."
"It's been nine years since we set off the political earthquake of #OccupyWallStreet, laying siege to NYC's Zuccotti Park and inspiring thousands of similar protests around the world," the post reads. "The Occupy anniversary arrives September 17th, 2020. And it may be the perfect day to trigger another global big-bang moment - a massive collective action of the sweetest kind of disobedience."
"It's time again for dramatic, decisive action. Which is why, on September 17th, in the original and enduring spirit of Occupy, we and tens of thousands of our fellow citizens will stream into Lafayette Square, in Washington. D.C," the post continued. "We will lay siege to the White House. And we will sustain it for exactly 50 days. This is the #WhiteHouseSiege."
Our Response:
Our strategy
In confronting this enemy, we will follow Christ's example. Accordingly, every day for the next 40 days, we will join forces with prayer points, Scriptures, and worship to confront the enemy at the gates and to render him null and void.
We will begin now, and end on Sunday, September 20, just after the siege of the enemy has begun. BUT. by the grace of GOD, the enemy will instead find a big surprise at that gate: the LOVE OF JESUS, with His Hands extended towards each one, waiting to welcome them home.
By marshallng our forces in advance, just as was done this month in Austin, Texas, the plans of the enemy will be routed and OUR GOD WILL REIGN on the streets of Washington, D.C.!
Please note . . .
When lifting up prayer about these "enemy troops," our intercession is in fact aimed towards the forces in the heavenlies that are holding them captive!
It is written:
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12)
"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand." (Ephesians 6:13)
Let us now stand together, dressed in the full armor of God in this evil day, at the gate of the highest authority in this land, praying for our nation, our President, and our upcoming elections.
In His Amazing Grace, we invite all of you to join us as we LAY SIEGE TO THE SIEGE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.