Striking the Scales of Justice: A National Call to Prayer from Apostle Dutch Sheets
Below is a key, urgent prayer request initiated by Apostle Dutch Sheets.
This prayer thrust will take you from Inauguration Day (January 20) to March
1. Remember, this is a year that we move from victory to victory! I will
be sending you key insights that will help us develop not only a victory mindset
in our own lives but also for this nation.
Use your 10-Day Prayer Focus
(www.glory-of-zion.org/outmail/1-16-05_10-DayPrayerFocusOnline.htm)
to develop a victory mindset at this time. Also, don’t forget to pray for
Iraq, the troops there and the Iraqi national election at the end of this
month (www.glory-of-zion.org/outmail/1-15-05_IraqPrayerOnline.htm).
If you need a guide to help you stay focused
through March 1, there is a 40-Day Prayer Focus on my website
entitled “Contending with your Enemy, Removing the Tempter’s Covering
and Possessing Your Spoils” (www.glory-of-zion.org/outmail/3-22-04.htm).
Blessings as you strike the scales of justice,
Chuck D. Pierce
January 18, 2005
Dear Intercessors,
At a recent meeting of prophets in Colorado Springs, convened by Peter Wagner, a consensus came that there needed to be a heightened level of intercession for the nation, especially the courts, over the next few days and weeks. This was then confirmed by a dream about Lou Engle and me which I will share with you momentarily.
First, let me give you a little background information on what Lou Engle
is doing. (You can go to his website at www.thecauseusa.com
for a more detailed presentation of Lou's plans.) God has given Lou and his
team of intercessors several dreams and prophetic words which indicate that
he is to start a house of prayer in Washington D.C. That is beginning this
week, although Lou also did a several week prayer focus there leading up to
the elections. His focus will be the courts, especially the overturning of
Roe v Wade.
I am partnering with Lou in this effort as
is Mike Bickle and several other leaders. I will be with Lou this
Thursday night for a special meeting at which time I will be helping to launch
this new effort. The timing of that has to do with this prayer alert and
the dream that was shared with Lou and me.
Here are the primary details of the dream: Lou and I were in a building together; it was some sort of a banquet atmosphere and setting. Lou was talking to people around him about prayer and fasting but he was for the most part ignored. I was talking to individuals and they were listening to me. Lou was growing frustrated that the people around him were not listening to his passion about praying and fasting, but rather were just chattering and eating. I handed him something that the person having the dream could not see and said, "Here Lou, if you will strike this, they will listen to you." I also handed him a conductor's wand with which to strike the instrument. Lou did this and the sound reverberated through the room and everyone began to pay close attention to him. When he turned back around to me, what he was striking could be seen and it was the scales of justice. He then looked at me and said, "This crescendo will reach its fullness on March the first."
Here are some insights that we feel are significant from this dream. Obviously the scales of justice are confirmation that this is the issue we must focus on now. Secondly the fact that they had to be struck pictures intercession (the Hebrew word for intercession is paga, which means to "strike the mark". Thirdly, the conductor's wand indicates agreement since the Greek word for agreement is sumphoneo, from which we get our word symphony. The fact that Lou and I were together and I handed him these things obviously indicates a need for our partnering.
The date March 1 we believe is very significant. Though the number 40 was
not in the dream, if you back up 40 days from March the first, it is this
Thursday night, which is also the night that I was to speak for Lou in Washington
DC and help launch this new effort. And it is Inauguration Day. We
believe something is to be launched in the spirit this Thursday, Inauguration
Day.
A massive effort of prayer and fasting for
40 days which will culminate on February 28 and break through in the heavenlies
causing a crescendo in the spirit by March 1. This week also is the week
that Norma McCorvey (Roe in Roe v Wade) is re-filing her case with
the Supreme Court in an effort to overturn abortion rights. We feel that
this timing is significant also.
We also believe that the end of the 40 days on 2/28 is symbolic of Joel 2:28. You can read this passage yourself, but we believe this 40 day period is a Joel fast to raise up a Joel's army and will create a great breakthrough and outpouring of God's Spirit in the land.
Please pass the word on this to all intercessors that you know. Please join us from this Thursday, January 20 through February 28 and let's strike in intercession the scales of justice and believe for breakthrough by March 1. Fast as the Lord leads you, special prayer meetings would be wonderful, night watches would be appropriate. This should be an all out assault on this issue of abortion and the courts. Let's strike the scales with agreement and believe for a crescendo by March 1.
God bless you,
Dutch Sheets
Dutch Sheets has three wonderful books that are key for this time:
Intercessory Prayer.
This is a classic. In fact, I do not believe there is a book that has come
out in the last two decades that can match the quality of Intercessory
Prayer. This book will revolutionize your life. If you haven’t read Intercessory
Prayer, this is a must! Regularly $12. Special $10.
Watchman Prayer.
This book is the complement to Intercessory Prayer. Learn how to stand
cultivate and guard your home, family, community, state and nation. Regularly
$10. Special $8.
Praying for America.
This is another book by Dutch that I highly recommend. Praying for America
has more concepts to it than just praying for our nation. This book shows
you how to embrace a cause and cross over into the strategy and revival necessary
for the manifestation of that cause. Regularly $10. Special $8.
For each of these resources, you can call (888) 965-1099 or (940) 382-7231 and use code STRIKE40 to order, or go to our website at www.glory-of-zion.org (MC and Visa only). Special offers expire on March 1, 2005.