Christians from 47 states got together at the Communion Colorado gathering yesterday in Colorado Springs, which was set up by Lou Engle and a host of Christian leaders. The goal was to reconcile the church and to take authority over the powers of darkness through our unity and Scriptural declarations. It was awesome, inspiring, and most importantly, exactly right. God gave the church, the Ekklesia, the right to rule the earth. Jesus declared I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Likewise, Psalm 8 and Hebrews 2 point out that God created man "a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor and have set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet." Admittedly Adam and Eve lost this authority to the serpent, but Jesus defeated the devil and has restored this "all authority has been given to me" for the body of Christ to execute on the earth.
Therefore, we are coming into the greatest period on earth, when we see the church use our weapons which have divine power (2 Corinthians 10:4) to tear down strongholds and everything that opposes the knowledge of Christ. Two of those weapons are prayer and the blood of Christ.
Revelation 5 speaks of the bowls of incense, the prayers of the saints, being full before Jesus opens the seals of His perfect plan to establish "His kingdom on earth as it is in heaven" and destroy everything that hinders love. In 1980 there were only a small handful of 24-hour prayer centers, but by 2018, there were over 20,000. God is stirring up the body of Christ to pray. Every time we pray the prayer Jesus gave us, the Lord's prayer, we cry out for this restoration to happen. Thy kingdom, come! In the words of my English teacher, that is an imperative sentence and a direct command calling God into action.
Secondly, the blood of Christ was shed to reconcile all men to God and each other. Jesus made a strong statement in John 17:21, "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me." There is something so powerful about being one that causes unbelievers to acknowledge God's Son and plan. God also shows His pleasure when brothers are in unity, stating in Psalm 133:3 that there He has commanded the blessing. At the table of the Lord, the bread and the cup, celebrate the power of His body broken to make us one, and His blood shed for the forgiveness of sin. As we apply the blood of Jesus and are reconciled to God and every man, we not only have effective prayers, but also we defeat the power and attacks of the evil one who has deceived the whole world. What an awesome time when Revelation 12:10 and11 is fulfilled, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death."
We can't accomplish this victory by ourselves, and God won't do it without us. It is His grace to include us in this partnership. Therefore, He is waiting for us to agree with the finished work of the blood of the Lamb and to unashamedly declare His triumph in the face of every attack and lie of the enemy.
May the Lord set our hearts (your heart) on fire with the fresh anointing of the Spirit to allow the blood of the Lamb to cleanse and reconcile you with Him and with every person who comes to mind. Then rather than just try to survive the attacks of the world, we stand together in prayerful unity to fight the good fight until we see the glory of God revealed in triumph on the earth. What a privilege to be a part of what the Lord is doing in this greatest time on earth. God who calls you is faithful and also will do it!
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