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: “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh: Awake My Love!”

July 9, 2018, (Betty & Sharron)

                                                                                  

A message from the Bridegroom: May you be found ready with your garments clean and white, in expectation of my return.  I am coming for my bride – the ones spotless and without wrinkle, those that are prepared and have prepared their hearts before me and have not fallen away, fallen by the wayside and the cares of this life choked them out from the great distractions that the enemy has brought upon my church and my nation, Israel.  He has flooded them with technology that drowns out the voice of the Bridegroom that has stifled my voice to many people.  They think that they are hearing my voice through these electronic and digital devices, but there is more of the enemy’s voice in these devices than mine.   My sheep hear my voice and answer when I call.  Those that have prepared themselves, that crowed themselves to me, will be covered by the armor of God and will be able to withstand all the wiles of the devil; for the weapons of your warfare are mighty and are powerful, to the pulling down of strongholds.  The only way you can do this is to be covered in the armor; the only way you can receive the armor – MY armor is through the anointing, prayer, fasting and through my Word. 

If you will spend time with me, you will be covered.  If you commune with me, I will commune with you and I will explain mysteries and reveal things that you know not.  I will point you in the direction as I see the needs for the harvest.  But only through those that drawn near to me every day.  Every day you must open the communication – crowd yourself close to me: like a mother hen would her chicks, and I will cover you with my wings. I will tell you things – I will reveal things to you that are forth coming.  If you will come, you will not be caught by surprise by the things that are happening upon this world.  Many things are happening in this world that you are not being told.  But those people that are tuned in to my voice know these things – they know the things that are happening.  My watchmen have begun to proclaim these things.  They are coming after my watchmen, but I have them covered.  They are covered by prayer, they are covered by my blood.  My angels guard them until they finish their call, the call to the bride to awaken, because she is getting ready to leave this world.  I will be gathering the wedding party, after I take her into the bridal chamber, and the feast that the Bridegroom has planned for the wedding supper, as well as the Old Testament and New Testament saints – all the body of Christ.  The rest of the people will be caught in outer darkness (which is the tribulation) where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  It will be too late for them to be part of this wedding party.  They should get on their knees and seek the oil that the parable of the ten virgins talked about.  The oil is the anointing and communion with me through the blood sacrifice – and the bread of heaven. 

SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:

John 3:29 King James Version (KJV) 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

1 Corinthians 11:23-28 King James Version 23 For I have received from the Lord that which also I delivered unto you: that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread;24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me.”25 In the same manner also He took the cup when He had supped, saying, “This cup is the new testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me.”26 For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death until He come.27 Therefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.28 But let a man examine himself, and then let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup.

Matthew 22 King James Version (KJV)22 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

Revelation 21:1-8 King James Version (KJV) And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.11 Put on the whole Armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.13 Wherefore take unto you the whole Armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Daniel 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Dream: Humble Yourself and Pray!

November 21, 2016 I had the following dream.  I felt the main meaning seemed to be around the need for prayer, for others as well as our own selves.  The prayers of the righteous availeth much.  

I dreamt last night that I was traveling in some unfamiliar place but needed to find the restroom. After searching, I finally located one and went into what I thought was a restroom but upon entering, I discovered it was a joint male-female bathroom. To me restroom meant a sink and toilet but this one seemed more a bath or shower room, like the athletes use after a game. I remember the tiles were three shades of sky blue: light, medium, and dark colors and it was all tile.  It look like a giant shower that had toilets in it too but they completely vanished in this collection of blue tiles!  It was like a maze and I was trying desperately to find my way out, once I got in and I began walking faster and faster. I kept going around and around the perimeter of this bathroom space and I began to get more frustrated because I couldn't find the doorway!  The tiles exactly matched so you couldn't tell where the doorway was, because of the way the tiles had been laid out. As I began to become more frustrated, stressed and anxious over the situation, I started praying, "Lord, please help me find my way out... I just want out!" I kept pounding on the walls and pushing on them as I walked around and around this bathroom maze but nothing would give.  When I couldn't find my way out, I began to pray louder and harder, pushing and pounding on the walls as I walked, when someone on the outside heard me!  It was a man - he had heard my prayers and cries of desperation and opened the door a bit and said, "I can help you with that, I can help you find the way out, but, I have one request first.  I would like it if you would include me in those prayers of yours, if that's not too much to ask.  Please, just include me in your prayers - do we have a deal?"  In the next scene I was outside this bathroom...it was as if I was suddenly transported to a portable diner window where you order food - one of those mobile units that sell food in high traffic areas.  The man that came to my rescue was there, serving food during the lunch rush. There was a long line behind me and as I was getting my order, my rescuer was finishing his prayer request! Several ladies behind me overheard our conversation and tapped me on the shoulder and asked if they could be included in this group prayer time - they wanted to know if they could join me. They started asking me for my information and we started exchanging emails, phone numbers, and contact information so they could be part of my prayer time. I was explaining to them that I prayed every day and it usually took me from 1 - 2 hours each day to cover my requests as my lists seemed to keep growing and that it did require a commitment daily but it did work. I then woke up.

Maybe the Lord is trying to show or reveal to us that the answer to our country is joint prayer of believers: "Act 1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.   Consider 2 Chronicles 7:12-22:

12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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.
15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
21 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

Prophetic Word: A Great Slaughter forthcoming – Pray and Prepare!

Monday, March 21, 2016

A great slaughter is going to take place - and is presently being set up.  Many of my saints are going to be martyred for my name's sake.  This must happen before the harvest is fully ripened.   As it was in the days of the Acts of the Apostles - the early church, my elect were killed daily for my name's sake, but I added to the church daily such as should be saved.  The times of the Gentiles is about to come to a close and the focus is right now being placed upon Israel and the time of Jacob's trouble.  Many of my chosen will die for their testimony but this will cause a great outpouring of my Holy Spirit - the anointing and will produce a great harvest for my Kingdom.  Prepare yourselves now - will you be able to stand or your loved ones if you are taken and asked to choose between ME or the world? Whoever loses his life for my name's sake will find it.  But whoever denies me before men, I will deny him before my Father and His holy angels in heaven.  Pray continually for you know not what a day will bring forth.  Blessed in the eyes of the Lord is the death of His saints. Watch for the days of great slaughter are on the horizon - my saints are going to be offered as a sacrifice to their god, soon to arrive upon the scene.  He stands on the stage, behind the curtain, soon to be revealed upon the scene.  Examine yourselves - will you be able to stand?  

This slaughter will generate a great repentance throughout the whole earth and because of this, the evil powers will begin to shut down the multi-media in an attempt to stop the revival and outpouring but instead, my people will be a great army going forth to conquer for my Kingdom - the gates of hell cannot prevail against them. Many signs, wonders and miracles will be performed so they, the unbelieving, will be without excuse.  I will be with you, even unto the end of the age.  Be still and know that I am God, and having done all, stand!  Look up, as your redemption draws near. Remember, I will never leave you nor forsake you ever! Pray! Seek my face through the Word - pray for one another to be able to stand for the days ahead are evil.