While big international BREAKTHROUGHS have not yet been manifested after the end of the three weeks of this unified prayer (more about Swine Flu later), I am aware of an important thread running through our communications with the Intercessors. Many are experiencing a new awareness of the power of their words, and they are watching their words more carefully. The simplest negative remark, whether true or not, can be agreed upon by those who hear you speak those words. When this happens, you have just instigated a wrong agreement and given the enemy the right to show up. It is much better to refrain from creating wrong agreements than it is to have to go back and break them and clean up the pieces.

Many have said they are having a lot of distractions as they try to pray. Pray for yourself every day before you begin your daily DISLODGING AND DECLARING prayers and loose distractions and reactions of your soul and the enemy. You may need to do this more than once as you start praying and find your mind wandering, your stomach demanding a snack or a drink, or negative feelings beginning to surface. Since we began this prayer time, strange little memories of things that I have not thought of for years have surfaced in my thoughts at the strangest times. I have immediately prayed and loosed all wrong thoughts or patterns of thinking that I have had about that issue (it does not hurt to re-pray this for things that you think have already been settled), then I forgive and bless anyone who was involved. I thank God for the Keys of the Kingdom that allows me to do this. The strange little memories always disappear immediately. I can’t really say if they are issues that I never fully resolved or if they are just attempts of my soul or the enemy to distract me with something that greatly bothered me in the past. All I know is that praying this way dislodges and dispatches them immediately.

Whenever you are praying for the Big Picture, know that your soul and the enemy will try to distract you and get you to react to “little pictures.” Deal with them immediately with the Keys of the Kingdom. The following is taken from February 2009 LSM Newsletter:

“We all need to learn how to pray like Jesus wants us to pray instead of praying what we want. That means we are going to have to start practicing distraction on our souls. It is so easy for our souls to get our minds chasing us around in circles if we do not know how to distract them from both Satan’s works and our souls’ works. We have all had embarrassing things happen to us that have shamed us or made us feel we were treated unfairly. When your mind starts running that loop, you need to start practicing distracting it and quickly begin to forgive and pray good things for every person who was involved in the situation. These are prayer distractions that have never (NEVER!) failed to quiet my mind if I just commit to using them immediately.

“If I begin to dwell on something unpleasant from the past involving a certain person(s), I must remember that I do not know everything that has happened or is happening to them. I must choose to not judge him/her/them. I must instead begin praying the binding and loosing prayers asking God to bless, heal, encourage, strengthen, and bless them. Practicing this distraction helps to keep you from giving the devil place or a foothold in your life. Ephesians 4:26-27: “In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold (place in your life)” (NIV).

“As you pray these prayers for anyone who surfaces in your emotions and your mind like a prickly star thistle, you must genuinely mean what you ask God to do for that person. This is the FIRST KEY to making this practice of distraction work. You might have to pray four or five times for blessing, healing, encouragement, strength, and a shower of miracles for the other person before you start feeling like you mean it, but this prayer will change your feelings for the better! The SECOND KEY is to not just pray in your mind; pray it out loud even if it is only a tiny whisper. Pray out loud if you have to step outside in a rain storm. Just do it! Speaking out the words helps to keep your soul from playing games with your thoughts. The THIRD KEY is to not tell yourself that you’ll pray later that day or that night. Do it immediately! Do this and you will be amazed at how much weight seems to lift off you and how your day begins to brighten right up.”

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“Liberty, I feel I’m getting clobbered, even though I had a great time of prayer today. Do you think fasting might be an element of prayer that could be considered for this time? Didn’t Daniel use that as part of his prayer? (Yes, Daniel did.) I just feel in my spirit that there is a wall that is holding things back. The closer I get, the more I seem to get under mental attack and my soul is just going bananas. I have been doing this kind of ministry for about 15 years and I feel this is the biggest assignment the Lord has given me. I feel this is a part of the end-time revival. I have prayed that God would raise up 120 just like in the Book of Acts well. Thank you, JR”

After replying to JR’s e-mail with words of encouragement and prayer backup, I kept thinking how appropriate his statement might be as we now have 120 registered Intercessors around the world. I have promised to do a Hallelujah Dance when we hit 120! Many of you are struggling to complete this prayer commitment, although your desire is strong. Do not give up! Read the next e-mail I just received.

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Dear Liberty, Greetings! I just wanted to share a testimony of what I’ve experienced so far being part of the 21 days of prayer. First of all, about one and a half weeks into the prayer I began to get discouraged and stopped praying for 2 days. Lo and behold, at exactly that time, I received your email about not giving up. God’s timing is amazing! So with new resolve, I determined to stick with it. God has changed my thinking in one area specifically which has made a huge difference in how I look at things. It really has been a paradigm shift in my thinking and now I know it’s because of everyone around the world uniting in this time of prayer. Wow!! Also, through this time, God has reminded me that His banner over me is LOVE. Regardless of how I feel or what I’m doing (or not doing), God loves me. Even though I’m scared, I just keep pressing in hoping that more change will come because I still have so far to go.

Thank you for inviting me to take part. I’m so glad that God brought me to your website when He did. Praise God!! And I praise God for you and all the prayer partners. May God richly bless you and change us all from the inside out. Sincerely, Deborah in Arizona

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Hi, Liberty! Ken and I have experienced a breakthrough in realizing how very important it is that we pray together. The Lord also showed us that it is the enemy’s desire to separate us so we cannot pray together because of dissension or by whatever means or methods he can find. I have discovered that when Ken becomes difficult (early dementia, but desiring to pray with us), as he does from time to time, that it is spiritual interference which disappears once we pray! At the same, I had no idea how much my “mood” was affected by spiritual interference, which disappears once we pray. So we are signed up for the duration, but we will continue to pray in this way from now on. I also have been convicted of statements I have made that if another person (Ken, for example) were to agree with me, it would indeed be a “wrong” agreement. I’m continuing to read and study your books and the Bible and find help in time of need! Thanks for all that you are doing! Lynn and Ken in New Mexico

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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a Proclamation as a call to America for prayer and repentance to be exercised on April 30th, 1863. On the anniversary of this proclamation, April 30th, 2009, it would be most appropriate for all Americans to pray and answer Lincoln’s call to prayer. It would also be most appropriate for everyone to pray for forgiveness and mercy for all of the countries represented by our Intercessors. Cindy Jacobs and Dutch Sheets (among others) have also called for a April 30th Prayer effort to coincide with the 116th anniversary of President Lincoln’s Proclamation of America being a Christian nation which was made to the US during the Civil War. Here is an excerpt from the Proclamation (click here
for Lincoln Prayer Proclamation .)

“Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation. And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men . . . to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord. . . . It behooves us then . . . to pray for clemency and forgiveness. Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do, by this my proclamation, designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.”
By President Abraham Lincoln

THIS PROCLAMATION is also an important call to the Intercessors of ALL of the nations in this Prayer Outreach—America, Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, Guatemala, New Zealand, Netherlands, South Africa, Ukraine, US Virgin Islands, and Zimbabwe.

Let EACH ONE of us, all 120 Intercessors, pray on April 30th with particular emphasis on confessing the sins (you cannot repent for your nation’s sins, repenting is an individual turning away from sin) of our nations and all other nations represented by the Intercessors of this Outreach, while asking the Lord for mercy and forgiveness for our people. LET US ALL declare that all blessings that have come to each of our nations and our people have come by the hand of God! LET US ALL pray for strength, encouragement, and truth to flood each one of the above listed nations and its people. LET US ALL bind each listed nation’s leaders to God’s will and loose the effects and influences of wrong agreements they have made (for whatever reason). LET US ALL pray for God’s strength and encouragement for all the Intercessors, particularly as some of the Intercessors are standing alone in their country. Be their prayer partner, spiritually join hands with them for their nation as well as your own.

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Regarding the international outbreak of Swine Flu, some are saying that this outbreak is a judgment of God. I honestly cannot say I believe this is a judgment initiated through a direct act of God or that something else is involved. I do not know the mind of God in this. BUT, I do know that God could have stopped it and He has not. He knew that this was coming and He knew with what degree of severity. At this moment, I am acknowledging that He is God, He is just and righteous, He is longsuffering, He is good and faithful, and He alone knows why He is not yet stopping the outbreak of Swine Flu. At the present time it appears (according to news sources this morning) that there are 26 confirmed cases in Mexico (but up to 6000 people with symptoms), 66 in United States, 14 in new Zealand, 13 in Canada, and two each in Scotland, Spain, and Israel. And, it is growing.

I am praying this way: Lord, I bind every Intercessor and every family member represented by them—body, soul, and spirit—to your will. Please forgive every individual in this group for any sin that stands between them and you and your divine intervention in their lives, so that you can freely pour out strength, health, grace, and mercy upon them. I bind every member of the Body of Christ to your will—body, soul, and spirit. Please forgive them for anything standing between you and them and protect them from this disease. I fully trust that you know exactly what is going on and that you are in charge. Thank you, Jesus, for bringing us into the family of God, our heavenly Father.

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Many Intercessors are calling for a continuation of this Prayer Outreach. SO BE IT! I have felt the same way and Linda has been insisting that we should do so, as well. We are extending this Prayer Outreach through Friday, June 5th. God is definitely moving with us in changing the direction of the destinies of our nations. He has begun with us and our words, and that is appropriate. If we are the foundation of this worldwide Prayer Outreach, we must not have weaknesses in our part of the foundation.

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