21 DAY PRAYER FOCUS

Making It Through the Eye of the Needle
and Into Your New Field of Increase!

We are entering into a season of Harvest praying!  We are approaching the Hebraic Year 5768, the “Year of the New Beginning and Renewal of Life Force!”  This is the time that we are to be watching NEW DOORS FORM.  

To “form” means to develop or mold the shape or outline of something, or to give meaning, character or nature to something. Another way of thinking about a season of formation is to see something (including the conditioning of our mind and body in regard to their mental performance) as it will be in days ahead.  A forming season includes conceiving, training, and disciplining. This phase denotes the arrangement of the part of a thing that gives its distinctive appearance.  In 1 Corinthians 16:8, Paul purposed to stay at Ephesus because an effectual door was opened to him for his ministry.  Many enemies are behind your door that is forming, but the Lord says: “Do not focus on your enemies during this season, but watch the door form and be ready to enter into this new opportunity. I will give you grace over your enemies.” Ephesians 6:12 reminds us, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”     

Jesus said, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Matt 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25) The "Needle's Eye" was purported to be a particularly narrow gate adjacent to one of the main gates of Jerusalem. A camel could pass through this gate, but only with great difficulty. First it had to be stripped of the goods it carried and then it had to bow to its knees to get through the gate. The image of a camel trying to climb through the eye of a needle is a very amusing vision.  However, sometimes it is amazing when we try and get through a narrow place.  Hard sayings and hard times are also equated to a narrow place like the eye of needle.   

The following prayer focus has SEVEN purposes. First, may you understand covenant in a way you have never understood before. Second, may your faith be built and connected to your past experiences but also propel you into the future.  Third, may your prayer life become more consistent.  Fourth, may you press through in that hard, narrow place or situation that seems overwhelming.  Fifth, may you break through for revelation in the future.  Sixth, may you gain peace in the midst of the “lions” that are roaring around you.  Seventh, may our Lord reveal to you that open door for your future!   

Day 1: Read Luke 18, Matthew 19, I John 1 and 2. See Your Eye of the Needle! Look at every narrow place in your life and decree that you will be anointed to squeeze through into your new enlarged place.   

Day 2: Read Numbers 13, 14, 16, 17 &20. Do not allow unbelief and fear to prevail in your vision. Ask the Lord to allow you to see in a new way.  Do not allow jealousy, rebellion, and accusation to blind you so that you become like the camp at Korah. The earth opened and swallowed the people. God sent a plague.  Ask the Lord to remove these deadly spirits from the Body of Christ. We must always be careful in our attitude and actions toward leadership.  We may disagree with leadership, but should do so in an appropriate way.  Break all cycles relating to past broken relationships with leadership. There was much complaining against leadership within the camp.  Moses got angry and struck the rock.  This was the only instance after leaving Sinai where God did not judge the people for their complaining.  Instead, He judged Moses so that he could not enter the Land.  Ask the Lord to break old cycles of anger that have held you captive and kept you from crossing over into the fullness of God’s plan. Moses’ spirit became vexed, keeping him from revealing God’s pattern from heaven. Ask the Lord to stop you from reacting wrongly. Do not allow the following question to be yours: “Why have you brought us out of   Egypt  to die in the wilderness?” This slandered their future! Declare that you will have a “different” spirit like Joshua and Caleb. 

Day 3: Read Numbers 22-25, & 31. Watch for curses from outside the camp: Balak hires Baalam to curse Israel, but is unsuccessful. Instead Baalam blesses Israel  and curses Balak.  Idolatry and immorality occur from within the camp: Beware of seducing spirits. When Balak was not successful in placing a curse against Israel , he tempted them with idolatry and immorality. The older generation had not struggled with these issues after the golden calf.  This was a new test for this generation and they failed.  God sent a plague.  Ask the Lord to deliver you from seducing spirits. Partial victory is not enough this season. God ordered Israel  to wipe out those who had seduced them and caused them to agree with idolatry and immorality.  Israel  fought and won, but did not execute the full vengeance God had commanded. They took for themselves spoil and plunder which God had commanded to be destroyed.  Moses made them execute the full vengeance of God. This is a time to understand the phrase “utterly destroy.” There are certain things that the Lord is refusing to allow to go into our next phase.  Choose to let go of all that the Lord is requiring you to leave behind.  

Day 4: Read Jeremiah 25, 29; Haggai 1&2. Define types of captivity that seem to burden you (individuals, ministries, cites, and nations). Praise God for His plan for the future. Let HOPE spring forth. Thank Him that He has an expected end. Clap your hands and shout that your latter will be greater than your former. Thank Him for shaking your latter loose. Ask the Lord for a special gift to release your latter.  

Day 5: Read John 2, Matthew 9 and 14.   Let the Lord change your water into new wine.  He used the pots of religious ritualism and filled them with new wine. Ask the Lord to remove the spirit of religion from you. Let His Glory begin to shine.  Be willing to let go of any old method that is operating in your life, business, church, etc.  Notice the teaching after the wineskin.  The lady who had an issue of blood for 12 years pressed through and touched Jesus. Jesus was on His way to awaken the 12 year old daughter of Jairus. Declare that now is the time to press through into the new even in your weakness.  Declare that what needs to wake up will wake up now.  There is a time when the old season ends.  When John the Baptist was beheaded, the old season ended. Allow the old to end and the new to begin. If you are in the winepress, it’s important to allow the stomping to have its full effect. If we resist stomping, the new wine cannot flow. If we refuse to die to our own desires and ambitions, what comes out is not the New Wine, but the old whine!  We see our hopes and ambitions frustrated, and we start to murmur and complain, “I don’t see why this is happening! God, this isn’t what you promised!” Old whine is full of frustration, bitterness and anger! It will never bring the results God wants. If God has you in the winepress, He is looking for a shift!  He wants you to shift!  

Day 6: Read Jeremiah 31-33. Memorize and meditate on any three verses from Romans 8. He has many blessings for us in the new covenant. Notice that Jeremiah had to buy a field as an act of faith. Ask the Lord to reveal any act of faith that He would have you do at this time in your life. Answer the question in your life: “Is there anything too hard for God?” Know that God has a plan to surprise you. Call unto Him and watch Him do things you would not expect. Know that His covenant will stand. He can pray through you when you do not know what to pray. Ask God to define your next intercession.

Day 7: Read Hebrews 4 and 12. Don’t live in the past.  This leads only to regret and bitterness.  If you have repented, God’s grace will cover past sins and failings. Allow your past to be pruned away; instead of being a bitter drink offering, you will become a sweet drink offering to the Lord. Meditate on Hosea 2:14-23.  Unlock your door of hope.  Know that there is hope in your valley of Achor .  Ask God for that new door of hope to open up.  Ask the Lord for mercy. Renew your covenant with God.  Feel heaven and earth coming into agreement and new wine and oil flowing over you. Go to Matthew 16: 13-16. Answer the question, “Who do you say that I AM?” Then read Matthew 16:21-28 and ask the Lord is there anything in you that could be identified and referred to as “Satan”.  

Day 8: Read Song of Solomon 2-4. Meditate on Matthew 23:24. Ask the Lord to reveal to you the little foxes that are trying to crush the vine that will bring forth the new wine.  Get a vision of your future identity.  Ask the Lord to send a new wind and blow upon your garden. Look at the gnats that are hindering you and blow them away by the Spirit. Ask the Lord to show you the difference between a gnat and the little fox, who can crush the vine and the beginning of the grapes that are forming.   Stone walls and/or hedges were usually built around the vineyard to protect the grapes from thirsty animals and from thieves (Song of Sol. 2:15 ; Jer. 49:9). Watchtowers were also built to provide further protection. The hewing out of a winepress or vat completed the vineyard installation (Isa. 5:2). During the harvesting season, the owner of the vineyard might live in a booth to stay close to his valuable crop (Isa. 1:8). The harvest of the grapes took place in August or September.  

Day 9: Read Luke 14 & 17; Hebrews 8. Memorize Luke 17:6. Let Him define your priestly service for the future. Ask Him to increase your faith. Let Him define your duty for the days ahead. Are you plowing or serving?  

Day 10: Read Genesis 12, 14, 15; Romans 9, 11.   Understand the power of covenant.  As born again Believers, we are grafted into the covenant that God made with Abraham. The war in the earth realm is over God’s covenant blessings. Covenant involves promise, commitment, faithfulness and loyalty, even unto death.  God is a covenant keeping God.  He will war through His people to maintain His covenant in the earth. The blood of Jesus says to the enemy, “Hands off!  This is not your territory!” Declare the same. Let faith arise and feel God’s agreement over your life. Understand how you are grafted into God’s covenant purposes. See how the Lord can surprise you even when you think things seem dead. Also, know that covenant connects you to the blessings of the generations.  

Day 11: Read Matthew 13, Micah 4, Isaiah 56. Declare that you find your place in the House of Prayer. Declare that in the days ahead you will understand mysteries and parables. Declare that all the power of His covenant blessings will manifest in your life.  Ask the Lord to give you joy in His House of Prayer.

Day 12: Read Psalm 4, Psalm 16, and Psalm 110. Allow the Lord to set you apart for the future. Let new joy and gladness arise.  Declare you will sleep in peace and you will feel safe in the presence of God. Ask Him to secure your night and break open your morning with fresh insight.

Day 13: Read and Meditate on Daniel 1, 2,& 4 in one of the morning watches. Read Daniel 5&6 in the evening watch. Read Psalm 31 out loud before you go to bed. Daniel obeyed God and separated himself. Ask the Lord how to separate yourself from anything that is making you common in the world.  Let the Holy Spirit train you to assist in revealing supernatural wisdom to others. Ask the Lord about compromise in your life. Ask for help to stand firm. Let the Lord remind you of the power of dreams; may He activate the gift of interpretation in you. Do not fret over evil doers around you. God has a plan. Ask the Lord to reveal any plot of evil devised against you. Be at peace with your lions.  

Day 14: Read Daniel 7. Bless the Ancient of Days. In Daniel 7, we also find revelation of the Ancient of Days. I believe this is very important and necessary revelation for us to be victorious in prayer in days ahead.   In Daniel 7:9-14, we find that Daniel had a revelation of God’s everlasting reigning power. This name of God, “Ancient of Days,” is a phrase that describes the Everlasting God, One advanced in days or knowledge, the Father of Years, and One who forwards time, or rules over it. The name implies dignity, endurance, judgment, and wisdom. “His number of years is undiscoverable” (Job 36:26).  Daniel’s vision is recorded in 7:21-22. The Ancient of Days is going to favor us (the saints) in days ahead and the time will come for the saints to possess the Kingdom. That means we will take dominion, govern, prevail, and dominate the world powers around us. Verses 24 & 25 reveals that the enemy will attempt to change both times and law. He will attempt to redefine law to oppress and pull us out of God’s timing.  We must understand timing and God’s spiritual boundaries that He has given us through law. If not, deception will easily enter into our lives.  

Day 15: Fast One DAY!  Read Ezra 8, Nehemiah 1 and Acts 23 .  Those about to return with Ezra from the Captivity fasted at the river of Ahava  in the face of the dangers faced on the journey.  Ask the Lord to lead you in a new way and to break every robbing spirit that is ahead on your path. Declare your children (physical or spiritual) will be protected.  Fast if the Spirit of God requests this of you. Fasting was often done by individuals in times of distress. David fasted after hearing that Saul and Jonathan were dead. Nehemiah fasted and prayed upon learning that Jerusalem  had remained in ruins since its destruction.  Darius, the king of Persia, fasted all night after placing Daniel in the lions' den. Ask the Lord to remove old cycles of grief. Ask Him to show you situations that are in decay (individuals, cites, families, nations, churches, etc.). Receive supernatural wisdom from the Lord. Ask Him to send angels in your captivity. Fast this day if you feel led.  Notice the patterns of fasting in Luke 2, Mark 2, Matt. 4, Luke 4, and Acts 13.  Anna at the Temple "served God with fastings and prayers night and day." John the Baptist led his disciples to fast. Jesus fasted 40 days and 40 nights before His temptation. Give thanks for the spiritual discipline of fasting, and for Jesus’ faithfulness to complete His fast.  

Day 16: Read 1 Cor. 15, Hebrews 2, 2 Tim. 1, and Is. 25. The apostle Paul speaks of death as an enemy: "The last enemy that will be destroyed is death." In His resurrection, Jesus conquered death - physical, spiritual, and eternal. Through fear of death, men are subject to bondage. “Our Savior Jesus Christ has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel". Demand that the shadow of death over you, your family, city, state, and nation be broken. Declare a death shroud to lift.   
Day 17: Read the Faith Chapter - Hebrews 11 . “Through faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.”  Participate in communion. You may want to get with a group to do this.  Read Numbers 21 . Declare a new well to spring forth. Break any strategy of impatience. Declare a new level of faith.  See how the Lord supplies water in a new way. The leaders assemble and begin to sing, calling the water to spring up from the earth as they dug with their staffs. The new song was breaking an old cycle of complaining about lack of water. Listen to or sing a new song.  

Day 18: Memorize and meditate on Luke 9:62, and 1 Corinthians 9:10.  Ask God to speak to you and give you revelation.  

Day 19: Fast One More Day! Read Isaiah 58 . Going without food or water was not automatically effective in accomplishing the desires of those who fasted. In the prophet Isaiah's time, people complained that they had fasted and that God had not responded favorably. The prophet declared that the external show was futile. The fast that the Lord requires is to loose the bonds of wickedness, undo the heavy burdens, feed the hungry, shelter the poor, and clothe the naked. Ask the Lord to break old cycles related to religious spirits. Ask Him what your fast is to be from.   

Day 20: Read Daniel 8. Meditate on and sing Psalm 34. Let angelic forces aid you in bringing Divine understanding into your situations. Praise Lord Sabaoth!  

Day 21: Read 2 Corinthians 10. Rejoice and anoint yourself for your day of redemption is now at hand. Read Ruth 3 and declare your new day has come. Declare you have entered your new field and established your new authority. Shout the text of Isaiah 10:26 and 27. You are anointed with the same anointing that overthrew the Midianites in Joshua’s days. This anointing will break a 7-year cycle of robbing! Clap your hands and decree that you have made it through your narrow place.  

JUST RELEASED!

We were surprised to receive both God’s Unfolding Battle Plan and the revised Future War of the Church at our office yesterday.  These books are prophetic in nature and will give you fresh revelation over how to overcome the spiritual forces around you and walk in wisdom that dismantles demonic foes.  

The spiritual war around us is unfolding.  A people without knowledge perish. God’s Unfolding Battle Plan and the revised Future War of the Church will help you understand how to stand in victory in the times we are living in. God's Unfolding Battle Plan: A Field Manual for Advancing the Kingdom of God will point you into an understanding of the warfare we are presently fighting and what is ahead for us in the future. This book will also give you great insight through the next 20 years and beyond! The chapters are:

Chapter 1 - Becoming a Warrior in a Season of War
Chapter 2 - The Mind War: Critical Times Require Critical Thinking
Chapter 3 - The Blood War: Empowered in Soul and Spirit
Chapter 4 - The Time War: Praying to Reorder Your Day
Chapter 5 - The Presence-and-Glory War: Is Your Lampstand Burning?
Chapter 6 - The Power War: Who Are You in Agreement With?
Chapter 7 - The Wealth War: Defining Your Boundaries
Chapter 8 - The War of the Nations: Will the Real Ruling Nation Please Rise
Chapter 9 - The Harvest War: Keep Praying and Prophesying!

 We have updated The Future War of the Church with prophetic revelation that has become reality over the last seven years. This book is an important foundational study of our times. Released in May 2001, before the tragedy of the World Trade Center on 9-11-01, this book helped us get established in season of war that we are presently living in. We are now completing the sixth year of this seven year war season and entering the preparation for our future.  We have added key prophetic testimony behind every chapter that affirms the prophetic call to a Kingdom perspective during these times. Even if you have this book, you will want the revised copy as a documented history of the times we are living in and how “God does nothing without first telling the prophets”.