8 Days Until Election

Please pray for our upcoming election! As believers in God, we need to be sure that the candidate we select is in agreement with what God's Word says. If the candidate is in opposition, the choice is clear! Please see the letter below from a pastor from Colorado springs who is pleading for us as Christ's church to pray, pray, pray, & pray! Remember Fear God!
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Dear Praying Friend,
In 2000, I wrote the 2nd most important letter of my life—a call to prayer for the elections of that year. I'm now writing what may be my most important letter. I knew the importance of those elections in 2000 was beyond any in my life up to that point and that the spiritual warfare surrounding them would be unlike anything any of us had ever seen. That letter was read by millions of people and I believe millions of them responded by praying. I also believe the prayers turned the tide.

You may question whether President Bush was the right choice; obviously, he has made some blunders in his tenure as president. But two of his decisions alone left no doubt he was God's choice: Roberts and Alito.

These two Supreme Court Justices have proven critical in the process of breaking the hold of humanism, death and anti-God agendas that have ruled the Court for 50 years. I assure you that more devastation—the shedding of innocent blood, immorality, decay of the family and an erosion of our godly heritage—has flowed into our nation through that institution than any other door in America. Many times more. The poison allowed into America through their decisions is beyond any of our abilities to articulate. The reality in America is that you don't need to control Congress or the White Hose to rule the nation. You only need 5 people – 5 out of 9 on the Supreme Court. And for decades those who disagree with just about everything you and I stand for have been in control!

In Bush's two terms, the process of turning this around began with the appointments of Roberts and Alito. Now, we win some cases 5-4 and lose some 4-5. (We barely outlawed partial birth abortion. The vote of one judge saved thousands of babies from this horror..) We need one more conservative Justice for a consistent majority, then more to build a strong majority.

In Obama's own words, 'the next president will appoint at least one, perhaps two or more Supreme Court Justices.' He's right. Almost certainly two or more older, liberal Justices are waiting until after the elections to retire, in hopes of Obama winning and appointing more liberals to replace them. And he certainly would. He voted against the confirmation of Roberts and Alito. So did Biden. And Biden led the fight against Justice Thomas several years back, another of the 4 solid conservatives. Make no mistake about it, the two of them do have a litmus test for Supreme Court Justices, and a major part of that test is Roe vs. Wade. McCain and Palin, on the other hand, both have very strong pro-life positions. This alone makes the choice for President simple. To vote for the 2nd and 3rd most liberal senators (Obama and Biden), both of whom are firmly and blatantly pro-abortion, would be unc onscionable.

Obama has actually said that if he wins, he would like his first action as president
to be the signing of the Freedom of Choice Act, which would eliminate every other
law against any aspect of abortion (partial birth abortion, parental notification, etc.). And with a democratic majority in the House and Senate, pretty much any legislation he and Biden want to pass will be a slam-dunk. There are many other unrighteous positions they hold but this position alone makes the choice easy. If they win this election, it will set America back decades in the cause of life and the restoration we seek.

Just as many of you do, I too, want to see a first black President, but not Senator Obama. To allow that noble and godly desire, the economy or one's position on the war to trump this issue of life and death for the innocent unborn is simply wrong. The scriptures teach that if we choose first to exalt righteousness and turn from evil, God promises to heal our land (see Proverbs 1 4:34; 2 Chronicles 7: 1 4). It is righteousness that exalts a nation, not wealth, prosperity or armies. If we will finish the process of removing the curses of death and anti-God laws off of America by electing a president that will continue to shift the Court, God will grace us with breakthrough in other areas such as the economy, the war against terrorism, etc. My faith is not in a person, and certainly not a political party, fo r the healing of America , but I know God's word and His ways well enough to know that our decisions do move Him to action or inaction. Now to the heart of my reason for writing this letter (I realize I am 'preaching to the choir'—most of you who know or listen to me are conservative enough to vote for McCain and Palin.)
I have not written any appeals for prayer concerning this election because: 1 ) others have, and 2) I believe our movement has matured to the point that the prayer base of the Church is already praying.

But I now feel the need to raise my voice. I am appealing to you to pray for these elections the next two weeks like you've never prayed for any in the past. Faithfully. Passionately. Boldly. Ask God for His mercy and grace. We deserve His judgment for removing His influence and authority from our government, schools, homes and businesses; for the killing of 50 million babies; for leading the world in the consumption and exporting of pornography; for passing laws to reject His; etc. But mercy triumphs over judgment and in His wrath He remembers mercy. In 2000 we actually lost the popular vote and won the election—talk about grace! Please pray for this grace to be released again.

But I am also asking you for something more than normal prayer. For those of you who understand spiritual warfare, I am asking you to also include this aspect of prayer. There is no doubt that we have entered a Daniel 1 0 moment in time: 'Then he said to me, 'Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, I have come in response to your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia'' (Daniel 1 0: 1 2- 1 3 NAS). The spiritual warfare in this election is incre dibly fierce, and just as it was in Daniel's day, is all about the restoration of a nation. And also like Daniel, we must keep praying until we win the battle in the heavens.

In August of this year I predicted that September would mark a shift in momentum for these elections. This happened with the appointment of Sarah Palin as the Vice President ial nominee (who is a true Esther in our generation), but when the economy began its meltdown and the media ramped up their unprecedented attacks on Palin, that momentum wasn't sustained. But we can see it turn again if we approach this battle as the spiritual warfare it truly is and bind the evil forces involved (see Matthew 1 6: 1 8- 1 9). The reality is that this election can be the breakthrough we need to fully shift the Court (and ultimately our nation) or it will be an immeasurable setback that could take many years to reverse—if ever. Please under stand what I am saying: if we engage in this battle and do what I am asking—in mass—we will win; if we do not, we will lose. I, for one, don't intend to allow the latter. I am in Washington , D.C. now (October 20-22) with Lou Engle and a team of prayer lea ders from around the nation to war for this election. Join us! Lose some sleep, miss some meals— pray! Pray like never before for these elections. And as you do, involve yourself not only in petitioning prayer but also in spiritual warfare. Use your God-given authority over the plans and strategies of satan's kingdom. Bind all witchcraft that is working to control the outcome, including occultic powers that are suppressing truth. Release Christ's Kingdom rule in every way the Holy Spirit leads you.

Don't be deceived and don't lose hope (if you have to, turn off the TV.) It is not too late to turn these elections. God is plenty powerful enough to do so. The real question is will we rise to the level of prayer and spiritual warfare necessary to release that power. And remember, we don't need a majority of Christians who are willing and able to do this—only a praying remnant.

We can do it!
Here are some practical suggestions to consider:
1) Fast (a meal a day; a day a week; a Daniel fast; 3 days; 1 0 days; TV; etc.) and spend the time praying.
2) Agree in prayer with someone everyday for God's will to be done.
3) Form/participate in prayer groups regularly. Church es could pray everyday.
4) Take time in every gathering to pray. (Take 1 5 minutes in every s ervice to pray for the elections. Turn an entire service to harp and bowl style intercession—worship and prayer combined.)
5) Join 2 or more on a conference call and pray for 1 5, 20, or 30 minutes.
6) Pray on the way to work (and on the way home).
7) Pray before you go to sleep.
8) Pray before church services.
9) Ask God to give you His strategy—He will!
In His grip,
Dutch Sheets

Praises!

Well, I've been in "blogger block" lately but I've broken free! Anyways, I wanted to thank the Lord for the amazing blessings He's been showing to me in my life and through others in my life. I have been abundantly blessed with a wonderful group of ladies in our Believing God/Beth Moore bible study on Monday nights. Wow, God has been answering prayers in wonderful ways and revealing Himself to us which has been extremely encouraging.

I want to thank the Lord for the times listed below for the ways He has revealed Himself to me by answering specific prayers and showing me that He is the same yesterday, today and forever!

Thank you God for these examples of You at work in my life!

Healed of an infection that shouldn't have went away in 5 minutes without medication!

Answered specific prayer for someone in my family to attend church with me and that person arrived home unexpectedly and wanted to go to church. It made me late - but that was fine by me:)

My mom's cancer two years ago where the oncologist wasn't too promising as she had an aggressive cancer - stage 3 and he felt she had it for at least 5 years. He came out of the operating room exclaiming she had the most "perfect" tumor and her cancer hadn't penetrated any additional tissues!

Early this year, seeing my father suffering from a heart attack and getting his quadruple bypass surgery in which he had a lot of issues arise but he's doing wonderful today!

Specific prayer answered to have a heart change of someone to do something specific for some people in need without me mentioning it but praying to God for it. Lo' and behold - the exact amount I wanted to help with was the amount that God placed on that person's heart to give to them!!!! Too wonderful or what?

Scripture in Zephaniah that He placed on my heart and the following week in Breaking Free it was discussed and studied!

Gift for my son to attend school for a couple months as it has been a tough one financially for us!

My kids interest in wanting to know more about God!

I John - God answering my request to show me if I was a Christian or not 11 years ago. Reading 1 John made aware of my unbelief and need for Christ! Thank you Lord!

Directing my steps regarding jobs - Road Closed Sign!

Women's Retreat - leading a small group - what a blessing - wonderful ladies!

My niece, Emma, our family's miracle baby!

Jeremiah 31 - given to me and my mom around days of each for the same thing.

Showing me that perfect love casts out fear - Agapao love!

Jesus Messiah song! I was sooo wanting to sing this song when going to choir last Thursday but thinking we probably wouldn't as they were likely to have choosen other songs. Lily giving us the music as we arrived and the first one on the top of our music was Jesus Messiah which we will be singing this weekend!

Believing God study - last week wanting the ladies to experience a miracle especially if they have never seen, heard, experienced before. Asked the Lord for a way. He reminded me of a CD I had purchased a couple years ago from Focus on the Family regarding Duane Miller, a pastor who had lost his voice for 3 years. He received a healing while teaching a Sunday School class which was the only class which was recorded. After grabbing that from my book shelf, I started thumbing through the rest of the week's homework and on day 4 of homework - page 63, Beth references Duane Miller who happened to be teaching in her church that Sunday morning. Thank you Lord!!! I love those "coincidences!"

Countrywide gal quoting Rom 8:28 to me:) Praise you Lord!

These are a few of the things that come to mind - I know there are more but I'll have to post those later!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!