1 Ch 12:32 Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

The sons of Issachar were intelligent men, who understood the signs of the times, well versed in political affairs, and knew what was proper to be done in all the exigencies of human life; and who now perceived that it was both the duty and political interest of Israel to advance David to the throne.Today we seek sons and daughters of Issachar, men and women who understand the times we are living in and know what is to be done in all the exigencies of human life to advance King Jesus to His throne.

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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Praying for the next decade


Prayer for the beginning of the next decade (D. Weary, January 1, 2020)
As I was asking the Holy Spirit about how to pray for the coming years, in my mind’s eye I saw the Lord Jesus standing at the viewpoint on the road to Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives that looks down on the Tempe Mount and over Jerusalem. He was weeping.
This brought to my mind Luke 19:41-44.
[Luke 19:41-44 AMP] 41 As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people], 42 saying, “If [only] you had known on this day [of salvation], even you, the things which make for peace [and on which peace depends]! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. 43 For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side, 44 and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].”
Jesus was weeping over the many lost souls in Jerusalem that were going to miss His salvation, even those who were about to betray Him and then crucify Him. Jesus prophesied to them that their enemies would surround them with armies, level the city and destroy the Temple. These events all occurred by 70 AD.
What I believe the Lord was saying to me about praying for the next decade was; What He spoke over Jerusalem in 30 AD was a harbinger of things to come. Things that we know will occur as a part of the dynamics of the days of His second coming.
It is interesting to note that just before Jesus wept over Jerusalem in 30 AD, His followers were crying out as he rode a donkey into the city, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord”.
[Luk 19:38 NASB] shouting: “BLESSED IS THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Earlier as He was teaching in a village, Jesus prophesied all of this and told the Jews that they would not see Him again until the time comes when they again say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord’. This will be the day when Jesus returns as King of kings and Lord of lords.
[Luk 13:34 NASB] "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen [gathers] her brood under her wings, and you would not [have it!]
[Luk 13:35 NASB] "Behold, your house is left to you [desolate;] and I say to you, you will not see Me until [the time] comes when you say, 'BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!'"
Jesus was weeping not only for the Jews and Jerusalem of His day but also for the Jews, Jerusalem and in fact, all of the lost in the days before His second coming.
What all of this means to me is that the Lord Jesus wants us to intercede for the lost of Israel. Interceding with tears and travail just as He is doing as He looks down upon His people and His city. And not only for the lost but even for those people in high places that are manifesting such great evil in our day. Like Paul, our prayer is that they will seek the truth and perhaps some of them will be saved.
[Luke 19:13-14 AMP] 13 But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 in the hope of somehow making my fellow countrymen jealous [by stirring them up so that they will seek the truth] and perhaps save some of them.
But this prayer is not only for the Jews and Israel. it is also for all that are lost, even those that are manifesting such great evil in the world today. It is for the lost of Colorado Springs, our nation, and in fact the whole world.
The Word of the Lord to me out of all of this is that the coming years are to be years of crying out for the lost with tears and travail that perhaps some of them might be saved. These will be the gleaning of the wheat fields before the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes upon us.
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