Chuck Pierce - 21 March 2007 - London
Dear UK Leaders:
A CALL TO SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IN THE UK
Call to Month of Prayer
�A PLEA FOR NATIONAL REPENTANCE'
May 1 to 27
�If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to prayer made in this place.� 2 Chronicles 7:14, 15
Preamble: Every Great Spiritual Awakening has come as a result of fasting and prayer . Prior to the Second Great Awakening (1794-1840) Pastor Issac Backus observed the moral decay in society. He saw the need for corporate fasting and prayer to turn the tide of darkness. He sent a paper out to other pastors and leaders to every denomination called, �A Plea for the Revival of Religion.� He pled for every pastor to set aside the first Monday of each month to open his church all day and �conduct extraordinary prayer for revival.� God's answer to this united prayer and fasting became known as The Second Great Awakening. Millions were converted and added to the church. Societies were transformed.
The Call To Prayer: (Fasting & Prayer Each Friday & Daily prayer at Dawn.)
God calls upon His people to take responsibility for the moral condition of our land (country) and to respond by coming together corporately in repentance for the condition of our societies.
�If society as a whole seems to be getting darker and darker, it is not the problem of the darkness: the darkness is just acting like its nature. But it is that the light no longer dispels the darkness, and the salt no longer preserves. It is time for the light to say, �If things are darker, the problem is with us'.� (Foundation of Revival, Henry Blackaby)
A National Month of Prayer beginning May 1st and concluding with the Global day of prayer on May 27th: The Act of Union in 1707 acknowledging covenant with God was ratified in January and applied on May 1st of 1707. This day would be marked with fasting & prayer and by visiting key gateways of our cities and reading the 10-Commandments as the bases of repentance and a declaration of God shifting the nation back to its spiritual roots.
The Call to Seek His Face: A Call to Fast and Pray on Fridays along with Daily Prayer at the Dawn of each day for � righteousness and holiness � to dawn upon our nation; its leaders; and in our own homes. The call in 2 Chron. 7:14 is to corporately seek His face for the wickedness in our midst. The phrase to �seek My face� in the original Hebrew means �to come corporately before His face.� Churches are called upon on every Friday to open their doors all day long and encourage members to come pray and seek God's face as a part of national repentance.
The Call to Humility: It is humbling to admit that we need other Christian groups as much as we need our own. This call includes all who are �called by His Name.� It takes the whole church of the whole city to reach the city. No revival or spiritual awakening in history has been limited to one denomination or group.
The Call to Repentance: The Church is asked by God to repent for the darkness and sins that have defiled the land. There is a need to read the 10-Commandments back into the foundation of the UK which King Alfred promised our Lord would be a permanent part of this nation's law.
There are a number of things in scripture that defile the land that need specific repentance on May 1st and on the following Fridays leading up to the global day of prayer.
1) Idolatry. The worship of other gods. Tolerating altars of offense to other gods. Note: Repenting & Exalting worship to God over them is the key. (Job 16:18; Judges 6:25, 26)
2) Sexual immorality & Pornography, Works of the flesh. (Lev 18:22-28; Job 31:1; Eph. 5:19-21)
3) T he shedding of innocent blood: Murder, Abortions. (Deut. 21:1-9; Amos 1:13)
4) The breaking of covenants or treaties, includes divorce. (Num.30:1-2; Zech 8: 17)
5) The erecting of thrones of iniquity through passing laws that enthrone evil. Support of
those who continue to pass such laws. (Psalms 94: 20, 21)
6) The neglect of the Needy: homeless, poor, sick, those in bondage. (Matthew 25: 32-40)
7) Failure to repent for the moral conditions or our cities and realize God holds His people responsible for the condition of our cities. (Rev. 2: 1-7; 2: 18-29)
The Promise To Heal and Restore: God's promise is to hear the prayers of His people who are called by His name if they corporately repent and seek His face for the wickedness in the land. Our part is to keep seeking His face until He answers from heaven. With repentance must come reform and a turning away from evil and the things that offend God. Let every believer search their hearts and homes and remove from the home every thing that Christ would not approve of such as: reading material, music, games, movies, pornography etc. We must take a stand in our own homes if we will take a stand in the community. (2 Chron. 7:14) It's time to start being the light. Let each due their part to help the needy. All can do something. (Isaiah 58:1-14)
Identifying Key Gateways for the month of prayer:
Answer the following questions to discover the gates in you area to cover in prayer during the month of prayer: Make a list of the gates to be visited.
1. What are the spheres of influence in your city/area?
2. What are the spheres of authority in your city?
3. What are the spheres of commerce and entertainment?
4. What are the spheres of entry into your city?
Key Dates for Month of Prayer Focus:
May 1st: Day of National Prayer. A Day of Fasting & Prayer for national repentance. Gatherings at noon are encouraged. Pray for all in authority. (I Tim. 1:1-5)
May 17th: Day of Prayer for Police & Crime. (I Tim 1:1-5) see www.CPAuk.net
May 19th: Trumpet Call Gathering. At NEC Birmingham. www.worldprayer.org.uk
May 19-27: Week of Prayer. See www.prayerweek.com
April 28-May 20: Prayer Walk across Cumbria. See www.walkcumbria.org.uk
May 27th. Day of Global Prayer. (Matt. 6:9-13) See www.globaldayofprayer.co.uk . And www.londonprayer.net/2007 See over 40 locations.
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