Dear Praying Friends,
The word of God commands us to pray for those in authority over us. (1 Timothy 2:1) With that in mind, we are asking people all across the world to pray with us in the United States as we ask God to choose the next President and Vice-President of the United States.
We have developed a prayer guide in preparation for the 2008 Presidential Election and request that this guide be used in intercessory prayer beginning the week of June 8th and then each week subsequently until the day of the election. This prayer action is being implemented through the United States Reformation Prayer Network (USRPN) headquartered out of Generals International.
The USRPN will have daily fasting and prayer, and beginning Sunday, June 8, we will have at least one state per week saturating the elections with fasting and prayer until the day of the election. We encourage you to participate in whatever corporate prayer initiatives will be taking place within your state during your state's assigned week. During the twenty-two weeks that remain until election day, there are three very significant weeks to make note of:
- August 24 - August 30: Democratic Convention, Colorado
- August 31 - September 6: Republican Convention, Minnesota
- November 2 - November 4: Week of the Election, National Call to Prayer. The actual day for the presidential election is Tuesday, November 4th, 2008.
The states of Iowa, Florida, Oklahoma, and Arizona have been assigned to fast and pray for one week each, successively, during the first four weeks of this prayer initiative. Please check back on our website later this week for a complete state-by-state schedule and USRPN State Prayer Coordinator contact list.
Please use this prayer guide from week-to-week until the 2008 election day, and share it with as many people as possible. We are calling for prayer groups around the world to join with us in prayer during this critical time for the United States of America. The future of our nation is at stake. It's time to pray, it's time to repent, it's time to prepare!
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For Holy Reformation,
Cindy and Mike Jacobs
The God of Creation Responds to California Decision
On May 15, 2008, four activist judges overturned the historical definition of marriage, striking down a law passed in 2000 by 61% of California voters, which defined marriage as a union between a man and women. As the door to same-sex marriage was opened, the church began contending in prayer for these things:
- That the California same-sex "marriage" amendment would be put on the November ballot, allowing California voters to decide the matter, and if successful, overturn the California judges' decision.
- That the California Supreme Court would grant the request of a "stay" on the Court's ruling, placing a hold on the creation of same-sex "marriage" until after the November vote.
- That all states would institute Defense of Marriage Acts, thereby refusing to acknowledge same-sex "marriages" performed elsewhere.
- That a Federal amendment would be passed, which adds language to the Constitution defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
- That the God of creation, Himself, would intervene to show this nation that the judges' decision in favor of homosexual marriage cannot subvert the laws of God.
- That, as God says in His Word, those who did this atrocity would be impeached or recalled.
On June 3, 2008, we rejoiced as the California Same-Sex Marriage Amendment was certified by the Secretary of State for the November ballot. However, on June 4, 2008, judicial activism returned with a vengeance as the California State Supreme Court denied the request to put the creation of same-sex "marriage" on hold until after the November vote.
This June 4th decision is detrimental to our nation as a whole, as it has cleared the final hurdle for homosexual couples to start getting "married" legally in California as early as June 17, 2008. Homosexual activists will launch out from California to demand that every state recognize their California "marriages." New York State has already led the way through Governor David Paterson's statewide directive for same-sex "marriages" performed elsewhere to be recognized in New York. Homosexual activists will also push to overturn the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and to see the U.S. Supreme Court declare homosexual marriage a constitutional right, as the high courts in Massachusetts and California have done.
Many times we miss the connection between the decisions made against God's laws and how the Creator, Himself, responds through creation. However, the Lord spoke to me saying that He--the God of creation--would respond to the recent California decisions in favor of same-sex marriage through His creation in the form of strong winds, violent weather, flooding, and even shaking in the form of earthquakes. If we will repent, however, He will spare us. Click here to view a video clip in which I share this prophetic word.
On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, the same day in which the Court refused to stay their same-sex marriage ruling, a nationwide severe weather advisory rolled across the entire country! Beginning in the west and moving all the way through to the eastern seaboard, there was a major outbreak of violent thunderstorms, heavy rains, destructive tornadoes, grapefruit-sized hail, damaging winds, fires, and even snow and frost in other areas. Many of these severe weather patterns are occurring in extremely unusual areas, as some affected areas have not seen such weather activity in over 100 years! As this violent weather has continued to ravage the nation throughout the week, hundreds of counties across the country have declared disaster areas and states of emergency, requiring federal help. This violent weather activity resulted in fires, mudslides and massive flooding that destroyed homes, threatened levees, and was even responsible for at least eight deaths and thousands of displaced families across the country.
As we were in the process of preparing this report, we received news that a string of 20 earthquakes rattled Reno, Nevada. Already, we are seeing the prophetic word given last week come to pass.
We believe that these violent weather patterns and the recent earthquakes are a release of holy indignation--a response from the God of Creation Himself--to the detrimental California decisions regarding same-sex marriage.
It's a time to prepare, it's a time to pray, it's a time to repent. May the laws of our land be righteously reformed and the sanctity of marriage, an institution of the family as God intended it, be restored.
Sources Referenced: Severe Storms Blamed for 3 Deaths