Sound The Shofar
Between Porch and Altar
January 21, 2021
Shalom Praying Friends,
Here in California the winds have been blowing fiercely for the last 2 days. Yesterday in the early morning I was awakened to the sound. The Spirit of God reminded me of His Word in His Holy Scriptures.
1 Kings 19:11-18. The Lord spoke to Elijah “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” And he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.” Then the Lord said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill. Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
I pondered these words as I thought of the whirlwind of prayer of the last several weeks and then yesterday the illegitimate inauguration of Joe Biden. He is not the president because the Lord has shown me that. Whatever wickedness that men have been about, the Lord is going to correct and judge. His Word will not return void. It’s not just about elections, it’s about corruption and perversion and so much more throughout our nation and the nations of the world. I do not doubt the Word of the Lord. Nor do I doubt the prophetic words of the many prophets who said President Trump would serve a second term. Now if that offends you, so be it. But I believe the Word of the Lord regardless of what others might think because I recognize and hear His words clearly when He speaks to me. It will surely come to pass at the appointed time.
When I arose yesterday I had a spirit of grief well up and I began to intercede for the people whose faith has wavered and for those who do not know the Lord. I was drawn to my church and let myself into the sanctuary and the Lord met me there. I wept and I wept as I lay prostrate before the altar, His presence overwhelmed me. It was as though He was saying, “It’s ok, my plan is in motion and I will have the last Word.” God does not exist on our timetable.
Then I had the inexplicable thought that he wanted me to dance before Him like I used to…. and so I did. And as I danced before the Lord, with just Him there with me, I began to rejoice and I felt a great burden lift from my shoulders. I prayed for a while more and then went on to whatever I needed to do to complete my day.
Do you want to be counted among the seven thousand in Israel who do not bow their knee to baal? I do, but it requires something of us. Faith in God and obedience to His word. We may sin but if we do and repent with our whole heart, He is faithful to forgive.
Please join me in suggested prayer:
Lord, as we prepare to engage the enemy, Your Word gives us instruction on the rules of spiritual warfare. We heed Your instructions lest we become unnecessary casualties of war.
Heavenly Father we come to You in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and we ask You to set the captives free today. Lord we claim Your protection by the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ over ourselves, our families, our homes, relationships, ministries and finances and everything we possess, operate or work at.
We praise You for Your power and great glory. We declare that Your name is Jehovah-Gibbowr. Psalm 24.8 the Lord who is mighty in battle. You are Jehovah Tsabaoth 1Samuel 1:11, the Lord of Hosts. We suit up with the armor of God, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth. Our feet, they are shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. We take up the shield of faith, which quenches every fiery dart of the wicked one and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God Ephesians 6:14-17. We also take up the garments of vengeance and the cloak of zeal Isaiah 59:17. We surround ourselves with a smoke screen Exodus 19:18 acting as a sight and sound barrier against satanic agents, interlopers, and evil spirits.
We forbid any retaliation of the enemy against us in the name of Yeshua, spiritually, physically or mentally. We blind his vision through the pentagram and deafen his ears to our’s and Your plans. In the name of Yeshua we bind the strongman of pride, religion and rebellion over our nation that we may plunder the enemy’s camp. Mark 3:27. We bind the prince of the power of the air and abolish demonic frequencies. We activate the angels of the Lord to cut off the power and communication between the devil, the strongman and the people to whom we minister to. We bind every scrambling spirit that would attempt to twist the words we pray.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty to the pulling down of strongholds, the casting down of arguments, and of every high thing which exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:4. and we declare that Your angels hearken unto the voice of Your Word Psalm 103:20
Thus, YHWH Tsabaoth, in the name of Yeshua, we arm Your angelic armies with Your Word and loose carnage against the enemy that has oppressed us. We have not been put here on earth to suffer bullying at the hands of a defeated kingdom. We smite our enemies and exalt the name of Jesus, the name that is above every name, at whose name every knee must bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth. Philippians 2:10.
Lord today we lay before You, between the porch and the altar and we weep for our nation America and the nations of the world but even more for Your people who say they are called by Your name, although many have relinquished hope. Spare Your people, O Lord and do not give Your heritage to reproach, that the goat nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”Joel 2:17
Lord Your Spirit fills the atmosphere with strength and instruction as it is written, “Hear O Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.with all your soul and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:4-8
Lord, we shall dry our tears and ponder Your words of instruction. Have we made other gods before us other than You? Have we worshipped and counted on ourselves as our primary support? Have we counted and worshipped the opinion of man? Have we stopped teaching our children because they refuse to learn? Have we stopped proclaiming Your goodness everywhere we walk? Were You our last thought at night as we laid our head upon our pillow? Or were we thinking that all was lost? Was our first thought this morning “Did God do what I expected Him to do this morning or was my thought, Lord what would You have me do today?
Is there evidence in our households of Your presence? Do people recognize Your peace when they enter our homes or do they cringe in agitation? We’re not talking about signs that we might hang on our walls and figures that we display. But rather is Your tangible presence and peace there? Your Shalom, nothing missing and nothing broken.. Are we eating or drinking more than we should in frustration or not eating because our hearts are so sick? Have we kept Your ways, and not wickedly departed from our God? 2 Samuel 22:22 The deceived don’t know they are deceived, because they are deceived.
Did we cry out to You Lord and say, “Lord it’s just not fair?” Lord God, today we stand before You and recognize that Your ways and thoughts are not our ways and thoughts. For it is written in Your Word according to Isaiah 55:9, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Lord God, for every way, every action, every word that we have released that did not magnify Your Glory, declared Your Word or represented Your nature, we repent for those sins and ask You for forgiveness. We renounce them and utterly turn from them. We stand in the gap for our nation America, the nations of the world and for Your people and we ask for Your mercy.
It is written in Your Word, Lord God, in Deuteronomy 28:7 that You will cause our enemies who rise against us to be defeated before our faces, they shall come out against us one way and flee before us seven ways.
As we dry our tears, Lord, will You ask us to dance once again before You? We will do so and will continue to dance before You. In the worship and in the dance is our greatest warfare. Your timing is always perfect and not subject to anything that man commands. Lord we rejoice in Your timing and like Issachar we recognize that this is the season to stand on Your word and believe that You have put this in Your authority. Acts 1:7
Whatever the plan is, Lord, we shall trust Your plan, in Jesus name..Our desire above all is to serve You, Believe You and be amongst the seven thousand who do not bend their knee to baal. 1Kings 19:11-18
In the name of Jesus and by the power of His blood, we take authority over and rebuke every unclean spirit as we command the deaf and dumb spirit to depart from us now. Mark 9:25 We command you to awaken us all and the blinders to be removed from our eyes and our eyes open physically and spiritually. We embrace the wisdom of God and ask for Godly discernment. We command our ears to open physically and spiritually. We command the dumb spirit to leave our minds and that our minds be opened to the understanding of the mysteries of God. We command our physical hearing be restored completely, and that mind control, dementia, bipolar, insanity, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and confusion be gone now in the name of Jesus.
We bind our minds to the mind of Christ. We bind ourselves to the truth of God and say that we will not be deceived. We speak to our minds and command them to be focused and function in the perfection to which God created them to function. Lord we ask that our minds be cleansed and sanctified. We repent for having used our minds in any ungodly way. We break idolatry of the mind and for thinking that our intellect has brought us success or made us superior to others. We repent for having used our minds to reason our way into rebellion against You God and all ungodly actions and words that have resulted. We break the power of mental fantasy, in Jesus name. We pray that with one mind and one mouth we shall glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 15:6
Lord we ask that Your peace would cover our minds. We decree no fear and thank You for giving us power, love and a sound mind. We ask for restoration to all our mental faculties. We say that we are daily being renewed in the spirit of our minds through the Word of God. We command our minds to be changed and line up with the truth of God. We break and renounce all double-mindedness, confusion, dizziness, old habits and patterns of thinking. We break the power of all mind control, demonic programming, trickery, deception, fear and dread. We cancel all curses and assignments to hinder, constrict, paralyze, kill, steal or destroy our mental faculties. We refuse to be confused. Lord God You have given us a sound and healthy mind. Abba give us Your thoughts and we will walk in the freedom of the Holy Spirit. 2 Timothy 1:7, James 1:8
We pour the Blood of Jesus over everything that would weaken us, destroy us, discourage us, make us sick, or lead us into accidents, injuries or mishaps. We cancel every assignment sent to wound us through broken relationships. We refuse to abuse our bodies through unwise choices. We release the fire of God against anything that would puncture our self esteem or release accusations against us. We put the Blood of Jesus between us and anything that would invite evil through things we would look at, listen to or think upon. We take authority over and bind and forbid anything that would weaken us emotionally by attacking us or our family members.
We will yield our minds only to the leading of the Holy Spirit. We cover the entry points to our minds with the Blood of Jesus and we forbid any deterioration or attack against our minds. Our short and long term memory is intact. We are quick, sharp and alert. The Lord quickens our memories and His thoughts are our thoughts. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. In God we trust! 2 Corinthians 10:5
People of God, faithful to hear! May the Lord bless you, and keep you. May the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. He shall put His name upon the children of Israel, and He will bless them. Numbers 6:24-27
We pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.” For the sake of our brethren and companions, We will now say, “Peace be within you.” Because of the house of the Lord our God we will seek your good. Psalm 122:6-9 AMEN!
Stephania
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