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Encouraging Words
Proclamation Of A
National Fast
Galatians 2:20
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I Have Been Crucified With Christ; It Is No Longer I Who Live, But Christ Lives In Me;
And The Life Which I Now Live In The Flesh I Live By Faith OF The Son Of Yahweh,
Who Loved Me And Gave Himself For Me.
Proverbs 1:23
~ If Turn You At My Reproof: Behold, I Will Pour Out My Spirit Unto You, I Will Make Known My Words Unto You.
2 Chronicles 7:14
~ If My People, Who Are Called By My Name, Will Humble Themselves, Pray,
Seek My Face, And Turn From Their Wicked Ways, Then I Will Hear From Heaven,
Will Forgive Their Sin, And Will Heal Their Land.
Proverbs 16:7 (WEB)
~ “When A Person’s Ways Please Yahweh, They Make Even Their Enemies To Be
At Peace With Them.”
https://www.emic.org/blog/a-call-to-fasting-and-prayer-sept-8-21-2024/
Isaiah 58:6
Isn’t This The Fast That I Have Chosen: To Release The Bonds Of
Wickedness
{Including Injustice}, To Undo The Straps Of The Yoke,
To Let The Oppressed Go Free, And That You
Break Every Yoke?
2 Chronicles 20:3
Jehoshaphat Was Alarmed, And Set Himself [Determinedly, As His Vital Need]
To Seek Yahweh. He Proclaimed A Fast Throughout All Judah.
Daniel 10:2-3
2 In Those Days I, Daniel, Was Mourning Three Whole Weeks.
3 I Ate No Pleasant Bread. No Meat or Wine Came Into My Mouth. I Didn’t
Anoint Myself At All, Until Three Whole Weeks Were Fulfilled.
Genesis 1:26, {Amplified ~ Pastor George Translation}
Yahweh Said, Let Us [Father, Son, And Holy Spirit] Make Mankind In Our
Image, After Our Likeness, And Let Them Have Complete Authority Over
{Corruption In Our Nation}.
Corruption In Your Finances, Corruption In Your Health. And We Have
Authority Over The Devil In The Name Of Jesus.
Ephesians 6:12
{KJV}
For We Wrestle Not Against Flesh And Blood, But Against Principalities,
Against Powers, Against The Rulers Of The Darkness Of This World, Against
Spiritual Wickedness In High Places.
We Are Not Wrestling Against China Or The Democrats. The Devil Is Behind All
The Corruption Going On In This Nation.
Luke 8:17
{AMPC}
For There Is Nothing Hidden That Shall Not Be Disclosed, Nor Anything Secret
That Shall Not Be Known And Come Out Into The Open.
“Have The Faith OF God”~! Speak To The Current Situations.
Boldly Declare That “There Is Nothing Hidden That Won’t Be Revealed, And There Is Nothing Secret That Won’t Become Known And Come To Light~!”
(Luke 8:17; Mark 4:22).
Psalm 21:11-13
{NLT}
11 Although They Plot Against You, Their Evil Schemes Will Never Succeed.
12 For They Will Turn And Run When They See Your Arrows Aimed At Them,
[Arrows Are Our Words] .
13 Rise Up, O Lord, In All Your Power. With Music And Singing We Celebrate
Your Mighty Acts.
Job 5:12-13, {New Living Translation ~ NLT}
12 He Frustrates The Plans Of Schemers So The Work Of Their Hands Will Not
Succeed.
13 He Traps The Wise In Their Own Cleverness So Their Cunning Schemes Are
Thwarted.
Esther 3:5-14, {New Living Translation}
5 When Haman Saw That Mordecai Would Not Bow Down or Show Him Respect, He
Was Filled With Rage.
6 He Had Learned Of Mordecai’s Nationality, So He Decided It Was Not Enough
To Lay Hands On Mordecai Alone. Instead, He Looked For A Way To Destroy All
The Jews Throughout The Entire Empire Of Xerxes.
8 Then Haman Approached King Xerxes And Said, “There Is A Certain Race Of
People Scattered Through All The Provinces Of Your Empire Who Keep
Themselves Separate From Everyone Else. Their Laws Are Different From Those
Of Any Other People, And They Refuse To Obey The Laws Of The King. So It Is
Not In The King’s Interest To Let Them Live.
9 If It Please The King, Issue A Decree That They Be Destroyed, And I Will
Give 10,000 Large Sacks Of Silver To The Government Administrators To Be
Deposited In The Royal Treasury”.
10 The King Agreed, Confirming His Decision By Removing His Signet Ring From
His Finger And Giving It To Haman Son Of Hammedatha The Agagite, The Enemy
Of The Jews.
11 The King Said, “The Money And The People Are Both Yours To Do With As You See Fit”.
13 Dispatches Were Sent By Swift Messengers Into All The Provinces Of The
Empire, Giving The Order That All Jews—Young And Old, Including Women And
Children—Must Be Killed, Slaughtered, And Annihilated On A Single Day. This
Was Scheduled To Happen On March 7 Of The Next Year. The Property Of The
Jews Would Be Given To Those Who Killed Them.
14 A Copy Of This Decree Was To Be Issued As Law In Every Province And
Proclaimed To All Peoples, So That They Would Be Ready To Do Their Duty On
The Appointed Day.
Esther 4:1-13, {New Living Translation}
1 When Mordecai Learned About All That Had Been Done, He Tore His Clothes, Put
On Burlap And Ashes, And Went Out Into The City, Crying With A Loud And Bitter Wail.
2 He Went As Far As The Gate Of The Palace, For No One Was
Allowed To Enter The Palace Gate While Wearing Clothes Of Mourning.
3 And As News Of The King’s Decree Reached All The Provinces, There Was Great
Mourning Among The Jews. They Fasted, Wept, And Wailed, And Many People Lay
In Burlap And Ashes.
4 When Queen Esther’s Maids And Eunuchs Came And Told Her About Mordecai,
She Was Deeply Distressed. She Sent Clothing To Him To Replace The Burlap,
But He Refused It.
5 Then Esther Sent For Hathach, One Of The King’s Eunuchs
Who Had Been Appointed As Her Attendant. She Ordered Him To Go To Mordecai
And Find Out What Was Troubling Him And Why He Was In Mourning.
6 So Hathach Went Out To Mordecai In The Square In Front Of The Palace Gate.
7 Mordecai Told Him The Whole Story, Including The Exact Amount Of Money
Haman Had Promised To Pay Into The Royal Treasury For The Destruction Of The Jews.
8 Mordecai Gave Hathach A Copy Of The Decree Issued In Susa That
Called For The Death Of All Jews. He Asked Hathach To Show It To Esther And
Explain The Situation To Her. He Also Asked Hathach To Direct Her To Go To
The King To Beg For Mercy And Plead For Her People.
9 So Hathach Returned To Esther With Mordecai’s Message.
10 Then Esther Told Hathach To Go Back And Relay This Message To Mordecai:
11 “All The King’s Officials And Even The People In The Provinces Know That
Anyone Who Appears Before The King In His Inner Court Without Being Invited
Is Doomed To Die Unless The King Holds Out His Gold Scepter. And The King
Has Not Called For Me To Come To Him For Thirty Days”.
12 So Hathach Gave Esther’s Message To Mordecai.
13 Mordecai Sent This Reply To Esther: “Don’t Think For A Moment That
Because You’re In The Palace You Will Escape When All Other Jews Are Killed.
Queen Esther Received A Plan From Yahweh. All Those People Fasting, Which
Resulted In One Person With A Plan. You Will Be Fasting and Plans Are Going To Come.
Esther 5:5-14, {New Living Translation}
1 On The Third Day Of The Fast, Esther Put On Her Royal Robes And Entered
The Inner Court Of The Palace, Just Across From The King’s Hall. The King
Was Sitting On His Royal Throne, Facing The Entrance.
2 When He Saw Queen
Esther Standing There In The Inner Court, He Welcomed Her And Held Out The
Gold Scepter To Her. So Esther Approached And Touched The End Of The
Scepter.
3 Then The King Asked Her, “What Do You Want, Queen Esther? What Is Your
Request? I Will Give It To You, Even If It Is Half The Kingdom!”
4 And Esther Replied, “If It Please The King, Let The King And Haman Come
Today To A Banquet I Have Prepared For The King”.
5 The King Turned To His Attendants And Said, “Tell Haman To Come Quickly To
A Banquet, As Esther Has Requested”. So The King And Haman Went To Esther’s
Banquet.
6 And While They Were Drinking Wine, The King Said To Esther, “Now Tell
Me
What You Really Want. What Is Your Request? I Will Give It To You, Even If
It Is Half The Kingdom!”
7 Esther Replied, “This Is My Request And Deepest Wish.
8 If I Have Found Favor With The King, And If It Pleases The King To Grant My Request And Do
What I Ask, Please Come With Haman Tomorrow To The Banquet I Will Prepare
For You. Then I Will Explain What This Is All About”.
Haman’s Plan To Kill Mordecai
9 Haman Was A Happy Man As He Left The Banquet! But When He Saw Mordecai
Sitting At The Palace Gate, Not Standing Up or Trembling Nervously Before
Him, Haman Became Furious.
10 However, He Restrained Himself And Went On Home.
Then Haman Gathered Together His Friends And Zeresh, His Wife,
11 And Boasted To Them About His Great Wealth And His Many Children. He Bragged
About The Honors The King Had Given Him And How He Had Been Promoted Over
All The Other Nobles And Officials.
12 Then Haman Added, “And That’s Not All! Queen Esther Invited Only
Me And
The King Himself To The Banquet She Prepared For Us. And She Has Invited Me
To Dine With Her And The King Again Tomorrow!”
13 Then He Added, “But This Is All Worth Nothing As Long As I See Mordecai
The Jew Just Sitting There At The Palace Gate”.
14 So Haman’s Wife, Zeresh, And All His Friends Suggested, “Set Up A
Sharpened Pole That Stands Seventy-Five Feet Tall, And In The Morning Ask
The King To Impale Mordecai On It. When This Is Done, You Can Go On Your
Merry Way To The Banquet With The King”. This Pleased Haman, And He Ordered
The Pole Set Up.
Esther 6:1-14, {New Living Translation}
The King Honors Mordecai
1 That Night The King Had Trouble Sleeping, So He Ordered An Attendant To
Bring The Book Of The History Of His Reign So It Could Be Read To Him.
2 In Those Records He Discovered An Account Of How Mordecai Had Exposed The
Plot Of Bigthana And Teresh, Two Of The Eunuchs Who Guarded The Door To The
King’s Private Quarters. They Had Plotted To Assassinate King Xerxes.
3 “What Reward or Recognition Did We Ever Give Mordecai For This?” The King
Asked.
His Attendants Replied, “Nothing Has Been Done For Him”.
4 “Who Is That In The Outer Court?” The King Inquired. As It Happened, Haman
Had Just Arrived In The Outer Court Of The Palace To Ask The King To Impale
Mordecai On The Pole He Had Prepared.
5 So The Attendants Replied To The King, “Haman Is Out In The Court”.
“Bring Him In”, The King Ordered.
6 So Haman Came In, And The King Said, “What Should I Do To Honor A Man Who
Truly Pleases Me?”
Haman Thought To Himself, “Whom Would The King Wish To Honor More Than Me?”
7 So He Replied, “If The King Wishes To Honor Someone,
8 He Should Bring Out One Of The King’s Own Royal Robes, As Well As A Horse
That The King Himself Has Ridden—One With A Royal Emblem On Its Head.
9 Let The Robes And The Horse Be Handed Over To One Of The King’s Most Noble
Officials. And Let Him See That The Man Whom The King Wishes To Honor Is
Dressed In The King’s Robes And LED Through The City Square On The King’s
Horse. Have The Official Shout As They Go, ‘This Is What The King Does For
Someone He Wishes To Honor! ’”
10 “Excellent!” The King Said To Haman. “Quick! Take The Robes And My Horse,
And Do Just As You Have Said For Mordecai The Jew, Who Sits At The Gate Of
The Palace. Leave Out Nothing You Have Suggested!”
11 So Haman Took The Robes And Put Them On Mordecai, Placed Him On The
King’s Own Horse, And LED Him Through The City Square, Shouting, “This Is
What The King Does For Someone He Wishes To Honor!”
12 Afterward Mordecai Returned To The Palace Gate, But Haman Hurried Home Dejected And Completely Humiliated.
13 When Haman Told His Wife, Zeresh, And All His Friends What Had Happened,
His Wise Advisers And His Wife Said, “Since Mordecai—This Man Who Has
Humiliated You—Is Of Jewish Birth, You Will Never Succeed In Your Plans
Against Him. It Will Be Fatal To Continue Opposing Him”.
14 While They Were Still Talking, The King’s Eunuchs Arrived And Quickly
Took Haman To The Banquet Esther Had Prepared.
Esther 7:1-10, {New Living Translation}
1 So The King And Haman Went To Queen Esther’s Banquet.
2 On This Second Occasion, While They Were Drinking Wine, The King Again
Said To Esther, “Tell Me What You Want, Queen Esther. What Is Your Request?
I Will Give It To You, Even If It Is Half The Kingdom!”
3 Queen Esther Replied, “If I Have Found Favor With The King, And If It
Pleases The King To Grant My Request, I Ask That My Life And The Lives Of My
People Will Be Spared.
4 For My People And I Have Been Sold To Those Who Would Kill, Slaughter, And
Annihilate Us. If We Had Merely Been Sold As Slaves, I Could Remain Quiet,
For That Would Be Too Trivial A Matter To Warrant Disturbing The King”.
5 “Who Would Do Such A Thing?” King Xerxes Demanded. “Who Would Be So
Presumptuous As To Touch You?”
6 Esther Replied, “This Wicked Haman Is Our Adversary And Our Enemy”. Haman
Grew Pale With Fright Before The King And Queen.
7 Then The King Jumped To His Feet In A Rage And Went Out Into The Palace
Garden.
Haman, However, Stayed Behind To Plead For His Life With Queen Esther, For
He Knew That The King Intended To Kill Him.
8 In Despair He Fell On The Couch Where Queen Esther Was Reclining, Just As
The King Was Returning From The Palace Garden.
The King Exclaimed, “Will He Even Assault The Queen Right Here In The
Palace, Before My Very Eyes?” And As Soon As The King Spoke, His Attendants
Covered Haman’s Face, Signaling His Doom.
9 Then Harbona, One Of The King’s Eunuchs, Said, “Haman Has Set Up A
Sharpened Pole That Stands Seventy-Five Feet Tall In His Own Courtyard. He
Intended To Use It To Impale Mordecai, The Man Who Saved The King From
Assassination”.
“Then Impale Haman On It~!” The King Ordered.
10 So They Impaled Haman On The Pole He Had Set Up For Mordecai, And The King’s Anger Subsided.
The Results Of A National Fasting Prayer. Mordecai Became The Prime Minister.
Esther 8:11-17, {New Living Translation}
11 The King’s Decree Gave The Jews In Every City Authority To Unite To
Defend Their Lives. They Were Allowed To Kill, Slaughter, And Annihilate
Anyone Of Any Nationality or Province Who Might Attack Them or Their
Children And Wives, And To Take The Property Of Their Enemies.
12 The Day Chosen For This Event Throughout All The Provinces Of King Xerxes
Was March 7 Of The Next Year.
13 A Copy Of This Decree Was To Be Issued As Law In Every Province And
Proclaimed To All Peoples, So That The Jews Would Be Ready To Take Revenge
On Their Enemies On The Appointed Day.
14 So Urged On By The King’s Command, The Messengers Rode Out Swiftly On
Fast Horses Bred For The King’s Service. The Same Decree Was Also Proclaimed
In The Fortress Of Susa.
15 Then Mordecai Left The King’s Presence, Wearing The Royal Robe Of Blue
And White, The Great Crown Of Gold, And An Outer Cloak Of Fine Linen And
Purple. And The People Of Susa Celebrated The New Decree.
16 The Jews Were Filled With Joy And Gladness And Were Honored Everywhere.
17 In Every Province And City, Wherever The King’s Decree Arrived, The Jews
Rejoiced And Had A Great Celebration And Declared A Public Festival And
Holiday. And Many Of The People Of The Land Became Jews Themselves, For They
Feared What The Jews Might Do To Them.
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The September 2024 National Fasting Proclamation
Sunday, September 8th Through Saturday, September 21st
According To Joel 2:15-16 (NKJV), We, “Blow The Trumpet In Zion, Consecrate
A
Fast, Call A Sacred Assembly; Gather The People, Sanctify The Congregation,
Assemble The Elders, Gather The Children And Nursing Babes; Let The
Bridegroom
Go Out From His Chamber, And The Bride From Her Dressing Room”.’
According To 2 Chronicles 20:3-4 (NKJV), In Light Of An Impending Attack,
“Jehoshaphat Feared, And Set Himself To Seek The Lord, And Proclaimed A Fast
Throughout All Judah. So Judah Gathered Together To Ask Help From The Lord;
And From All The Cities Of Judah They Came To Seek The Lord”.
According To Esther 4:16 (NLT), In The Face Of Deep Corruption And Impending
Doom For The Jews, Esther Told Mordecai To, “Go And Gather Together All The
Jews
Of Susa And Fast For Me. Do Not Eat or Drink For Three Days, Night or Day.
My Maids
And I Will Do The Same. And Then, Though It Is Against The Law, I Will Go In
To See The
King. If I Must Die, I Must Die”.
This Is A 14-Day Daniel Fast Beginning Sunday, September 8th And Concluding
Saturday, September 21st At Sundown.
We Now Set Aside Those Things Which The Flesh Craves In Order Feed Our
Spirit,
Clear Out The Clutter And Shut Down The Noise In Order To Hear The Lord More
Clearly And Distinctly.
According To 2 Chronicles 20:13, We Turn Our Faces To The Lord Just As,
“All
Judah, With Their Little Ones, Their Wives, And Their Children, Stood Before
The
Lord”.
Psalms 35:13 Says, “I Humbled My Soul With Fasting”. We Humble Our Soul With
Fasting And Do Away With Our Own Pleasures.
According To Romans 12:1, “By The Mercies Of God, That Ye Present Your
Bodies A
Living Sacrifice, Holy, Acceptable Unto God, Which Is Your Reasonable
Service”.
We Present Our Bodies To The Lord.
According To Matthew 6:18 (AMPC), We Believe That Our “Father, Who Sees In
Secret, Will Reward Us In The Open”.
Our Assignment Is Clear: We Are To Take Authority Over All Corruption In Our
Nation — Especially Where The Upcoming Election Is Concerned. Our Vote Will
Not
Be Corrupted. It Will Arrive At Its Intended Destination.
We Take Our Stand On The Following Scriptures Concerning Corruption:
Luke 8:17 (AMPC) For There Is Nothing Hidden That Shall Not Be Disclosed,
Nor
Anything Secret That Shall Not Be Known And Come Out Into The Open.
Psalms 21:11-13 (NLT) Although They Plot Against You, Their Evil Schemes
Will
Never Succeed. For They Will Turn And Run When They See Your Arrows Aimed At
Them. Rise Up, O Lord, In All Your Power. With Music And Singing We
Celebrate
Your Mighty Acts.
Job 5:12-13 (NLT) He Frustrates The Plans Of Schemers So The Work Of Their
Hands
Will Not Succeed. He Traps The Wise In Their Own Cleverness So Their Cunning
Schemes Are Thwarted.
According To Mark 11:24, Jesus Said, “Therefore I Say Unto You, What Things
Soever Ye Desire, When Ye Pray, Believe That Ye Receive Them, And Ye Shall
Have
Them”.
We Believe We Receive Elected Officials Who Fit The Description Outlined In Exodus
18:21 (AMPC) That Says, “Moreover, You Shall Choose Able Men From All The
People—God-Fearing Men Of Truth Who Hate Unjust Gain—And Place Them Over
Thousands, Hundreds, Fifties, And Tens, To Be Their Rulers.
We Remember Our Covenants: The 1607 Virginia Beach Covenant, The 1620
Mayflower Covenant, The Declaration Of Independence (…With Firm Reliance Of
The Protection Of Divine Providence) And The Covenant George Washington Made
With America, Inauguration Day In 1783.
The United States Will Not Fail or Falter.
We Believe We Receive An Awakening To God And An Outpouring Of The Spirit
Over
The United States Like We Have Never Seen Before.
We Receive These Rewards By Faith In The Name Of Jesus.
Sunday, September 8th, 2024 - Eagle Mountain International Church - Newark,
TX
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