Prayer: Called To Pray and Fast: Prayers of righteous avail much

For some time now the Lord has nudged me to post this call to pray and my personal experience in answering this prompting.  I must say the prayers I have been wittnessing that I have prayed in secret for a while now, he is openly answering. I stand in complete amazment daily!  All believers have been called to this time of intimancy with our soon coming King.

In May of 2016, one of my friends and I were discussing fast's that we felt impressed to do and she was going to do a Daniel Fast and I thought that I would go home and pray about it and seek the kind of fast that God wanted from me. As I went home and thought about this, the fast that he brought to mind was Isaiah 58:4-12 which states:

Isa 58:4 - Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Isa 58:5 - Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Isa 58:6 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Isa 58:7 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Isa 58:8 - Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward.
Isa 58:9 - Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
Isa 58:10 - And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Isa 58:11 - And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Isa 58:12 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Isa 58:13 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isa 58:14 - Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

So after figuring out the fast that the Lord wanted me to do, I got a journal and started a prayer list, which started out small at first: healing, spiritual warfare, salvation, our church and Pastor, the nations, were some of the categories that I had listed. Later I added more categories: ninteen all together. One day when I was doing my prayers, I had finished them (it probably took, maybe 15 to 30 minutes), and I had a little game on my cell phone that was called "Happy Street" and another one that was about some kind of farm animals, a game that the kids had put on my phone, for their own needs, so they could get things from me for their games.  I would play them everyday and I can't say how much time I put into these little insignificant games but everyday diligently, I fed my little virtual farm animals, did whatever the games required me to do to get points, rewards or whatever, and I kept up with these little games without fail. One day when I was sitting there, and had just gotten finished feeding my little virtual farm animals... I don't know how long it took me, but I could truthfully say maybe it took me 20-30 minutes, which was practically the whole time that I spent in my prayer time. Suddenly, the Lord spoke to me very tenderly and softly ... the only way I know how to describe it - he was not condemning. He didn't yell, just quietly said: "Do you have any idea how much time you spend on those little games that you play everyday?"  I stopped and thought about that, as I had never considered how much time it took me each day to take care of those little game things, so I started thinking about this: how much time do I spend on these little games?  I guessed it was probably somewhere around a couple hours in a twenty-four-hour period.  I thought about the Lord saying in his word in Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. Immediately I decided I was going to give up my games and I said: "Lord, I'm going to take these games off my cell phone and delete them; I'm not going to play them anymore from here on and I'm giving that extra time to you in prayer. "

Something else I realized during my prayer time, was Mat 6:6 - But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.  I made my room my prayer closet and started praying them outloud as I figured the bible says that every idle word will be held accountable... Mat 12:36 - But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.  Also Pro 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.  So I began speaking them aloud and figured if I'm going to be held accountable, then I will make them count and also if we can have whatever we say, I will say it in light of God's Word: Mat 17:20 - And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
(Pay attention to the words: ye shall say unto this mountain).

After a few months, maybe six months down the road, I was doing this prayer vigil when again the Lord spoke to me.  I use to have a TV program that I liked to watch every week, which I recorded called "The Pretender", plus I loved cooking and quilting programs, Hallmark Channel, Science and History documentaries, clean, safe programs, right? So usually when I finished my prayer time, I would turn television on and watch the Hallmark Channel or I would watch my other channels of interest or the one program I recorded at least once a week, whenever I found some slack time I would watch "The Pretender" program that I had recorded.  One day after I had finished watching my recorded program, again the Lord spoke very tenderly and softly to me, and said: "Have you ever stopped to think about how much time you spend watching that program each week?"  I immediately looked up the time and it said 43 minutes for each program.  The Lord then said : "Do you know how much I would love to have that time with you?" After that I decided I was going to take the cable box out of my room, which I did.  I disconnected the box,  called the cable company, canceled my cable TV, except for basic cable, which I still have but nobody watches, and the only reason I didn't cancel it was because I got a price discount for having basic cable which reduced my internet cost. So I gave up my cable TV time for the Lord and decided that I would concentrate on my prayer times again. This was probably around six months to a year after I started my prayer vidual from fifteen minutes and after approximately a year, it increased to about two and a half hours to finish all my prayers,  as it seems no one is ever removed.  I thought I would be bord and lost without TV to fill in the times but I can honestly say I don't miss it at all.  Also I do watch videos that edify and keep me up to date on end time signs as well as bible related programs (Perry Stone, Chuck Missler, etc).

One day as I was thinking about my prayer time and that they were all written down (19 different lists) I asked the Lord If this was vain repetitions you spoke about in Matthew 6:7 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  The Lord answered: "The reason you can pray Daniel 9:3-19 today is because Daniel wrote it out and is why you have those prayers today". So I realize my prayers were still effectual even though I had written them down to keep me on task and make sure I cover everything and don't leave anything out, but I felt impressed to pray till I got the answer, pray without ceasing or till you get the answer, according to 1Thesalonians 5:17 - Pray without ceasing.

Something else the Lord revealed to me during these prayer times was he brought to my mind Elijah: James 5:17 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. God is no respecter of persons and he is the same yesterday today and forever so I kept Elijah in mind as I was speaking my prayers out loud.

One of the final revelations that the Lord gave me or asked of me again, very softly and tenderly... he said: "I need for you to pray everyday as if you are the only one on Earth giving me prayers to work with.  I want you to pray everyday as if those are the only prayers that I will have".  So everyday I take that assignment from him seriously and I do not let a day go by without praying, giving him my "to-do" list. He also constantly reminds me in John 14:12-14: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.  If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.  Jhn 14:15 - If ye love me, keep my commandments (Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.)

During this prayer fast which has become a two and a half hour vidual daily for two and a half years (I figure I tithe 10% of my 24 hour day to the Lord) the Lord has given me several dreams regarding the prayers of the righteous availing much.  I will add the links to my blog page to these for your reference.

1. DREAM: THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD
2. DREAM: BE STILL AND KNOW I AM GOD
3. DREAM: DRAGON AND THE BEAST
4. DREAM: SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Prophetic Word: The Latter Day Rain: I'm Coming Soon - Be Ready

November 18, 2017

Prophetic Word (Betty & Sharron)

Listen My children - clearly, for the times and the signs are very treacherous that are upon you and the worst is yet to come.  You have not even begun to see the time of sorrows that is coming upon this world.  The Heavens and the Earth are both trying to proclaim My return is near.  The heavens are quaking under the evil one, the power of wickedness.  The things that mankind is doing to My planet, to My Earth that I created to be inhabited.  I created them for My family – for My children.  It gave Me great pleasure to give them the Kingdom, to create these things for them.  But they have brought great sorrow to My heart over the things that they’ve done with My creation and the arrogance, in which the spirit of pride is taking over the world. 

The whole world does lie in the power of the wicked one, but it shall not prevail against My church.. the gates of hell will never prevail against My church.  Those that are walking in My authority, those that have the peace, they will be the ones that will accomplish great things for My Kingdom.  They’re the ones that hear My voice.  They’re the ones that will hear the trumpet sounds.  They’re the ones that will manifest My power to those sleeping, the sleeping bride, the ones that aren’t awake right now.  I’m going to begin to pour out My spirit and it’s going to start with those that are watching and ready – those that have entered into their prayer closets, those that commune with Me daily.  Those that hear My voice and they do the things that I say, they’ve proven themselves already.  I am going to begin to manifest Myself to these – people are going to begin to see who gets answers to their prayers and who hears My voice and who does not.  Right now there’s a lot of confusion over who hears My voice.  Many have come in My name and proclaimed that they hear the voice of the Lord, and the Lord told them this, and the Lord has shown them this, and the Lord has revealed this to them, and that say: this is what the Lord’s Word means, taking it upon themselves to change My Word and to remove parts of it, and to add in what they want it to say.  Their part in the Kingdom is going to be removed also because My Word changes not – it’s the same yesterday, today, and forever.  Heaven and earth will pass away but My Word will never pass away.  People that have My Word in them will never pass away.  Even though their physical bodies may be removed and taken from this world: “Blessed in the eyes of the Lord is the death of His saints” because their absent from the body and they’re present with Me – they are free from this world, and the wicked one’s grasp, who lies in wait, ready to kill, steal, and destroy. 

I’m coming, and I am coming soon.  I’m coming for those that are watching and ready, who are ready to be counted worthy to escape – YES, there is a worthiness to escaping, and yes, you do need to be like Elijah (before we prayed my sister Betty had said: “We need to be like Elijah”). You need to go forth in power: it’s My power that’s in you and you need to go forth and be “Bold as the lion, Wise as the serpent and harmless as the dove” for My names sake.  Go in My power and lift up My name and I will be with you and I will draw people – the harvest that is around you, I will draw people and I will prick their hearts and change their direction and get their attention, if you will lift Me up.

   

Scripture References:
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 

Isaiah 45:18  For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

Revelation 3:10  Because thou has kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Matthew 24:35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man.

John 10:27  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.  My Father, which gave them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

John 14:12-14  Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works then these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.

Genesis 6:5  And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Matthew 6:6  But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.  

Prophetic Word Received: Days of Elijah Upon Us

July 12, 2016 – Betty & Sharron

These are the days of Elijah and before My two prophets and My two witnesses come on the scene, things are getting prepared like John the Baptist did before My arrival.  There’s a preparation process going into place right now and a great shaking has already begun to happen on your planet.  The evil knows of the outpouring of My Spirit is going to be poured upon the four corners of this planet and that has already begun to happen.  Millions of names have been added to the Lamb’s Book of Life and the enemy hates it, so he’s kicked up his plans and his forces.  The great war in heaven has begun and he and his forces are being cast down to the earth.   That’s why you see such an increase in such evil upon the planet, because Michael and his angels are out there and they are kicking the fallen hosts of heaven down to the earth. Because of this war that’s taking place in the heavens right now – they know that their time is short.  They know that they have a limited time to pull off their plans.  But their plans won’t work because I am in charge.  I say “thus far shall it go and no more”.  I set the limits – I am the first and I am the last, and everything in between is held together by the power of My Word.   My will, will be performed upon the earth.  All of those that belong to Me are Mine and no one can pluck them out of my hands.  They belong to Me and I will gather them to My Father’s house – I will gather them to the place that I have prepared for them, and if I have gone and prepared a place for them, then I will come again and I will receive My own.  I will come as a thief and if the head of this world were to know the night that the thief would come, he would set up his forces to hinder Me from coming.  But he does not know, only My Father knows the day and the hour that I will be allowed to come and take My own and deliver them to My Father, because they are Mine – My personal possession.  It’s what I died for and it all belongs to Me and I am getting ready to take possession of what My Father has given Me, and put My enemies under My feet.  Very soon your deliverance is going to take place.