Leap Into “Counting the Omer” Prayer Focus and Develop Your Expectation for Visitation and Harvest!
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Dear Counting Ones:
I hope you are passing over! We just celebrated one of the most incredible Passovers in history! How we move and celebrate at Passover is how we will rule in days ahead. Our path of life has changed, and the Lord is gathering His remnant to produce new anointings for breakthrough! Judah is going first, and we are not afraid to let our blood leap! If you were not able to be with us then I encourage you to celebrate by watching the replays on GZI TV All Access. This timeframe we are in is also about COUNTING, as we count the days from the second day of Passover to the release of His Spirit to His Body on earth. If we count rightly at this time, then we end up being prepared for our future.
30 Days of Intensity!
As I shared on Friday morning, April 12 through June 1 become the key turning redemptive time for us to see great manifestations of God moving forward. But we must also know the enemy has many plans to oppose our advance. The Lord showed me 30 days of intensity between April 20 and May 20, and said, “I am calling My people to stand in the midst of that intensity, and I will come down and start visiting in ways I have not visited America. I will show you how to count the Omer this year.”
We are being called into an intense walk, and the Lord is admonishing us, “Stay the course during this time! Don’t deviate to the right or go off to the left, or chase after this or that. Stay the course! If you stay the course then I will have a new beachhead formed by June 2 in this nation. Ask Me for the beachhead now! I have you on a redemptive path this year. Get ready – you are going to make it!” This is a time to stay focused and say you want your beachhead by June 2 – personally, corporately, territorially, generationally!
I knew the Lord wanted me to develop a resource to help us stay focused as we press toward the walk ahead. Here is a 49-day prayer focus on Counting the Omer. Counting began at sundown last Sunday (April 13) and continues through Sunday, June 1. So, depending on when you read this, you can “catch up” as needed. The third day of Counting the Omer begins tonight at sundown.
Counting the Omer
In my book, Time to Defeat the Devil, I share about multiplication and the Counting of the Omer: “Every year the Israelites enter into the Counting of the Omer, I believe this is a key tounderstand in our journey toward promise. The people would always be reminded of their escapefrom Egypt from generation to generation throughout history. Passover would become the day toremember deliverance and to begin a counting from one harvest entry point until harvest wasmoving into fullness. This was known as the Counting of the Omer … This counting produces atime-sequenced guide that opens the way for new revelation and multiplication.”
The real issue for this time of counting is the anticipation of breakthrough produced. Countingwith an expectation for visitation and harvest causes a new level of faith to arise. Biblically, weare in the timeframe between the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. So, this is a time ofcounting from HARVEST to HARVEST. Realign your emotions so that the function of your“expectation” is restored and receptive to Holy Spirit. Allow a new harvest mindset to bedeveloped so you are positioned for multiplication. I am declaring your vision is being shifted,redefined, and established so you will go beyond in unlocking your next level of harvest.
REVELATION NOW! Incredible revelation starts pouring in between Passover and Pentecostas we count the Omer. This counting is intended to remind us of the link between Passover (which commemorates the Exodus), and Pentecost (which commemorates the giving of the Torah). This counting reminded the Israelites that their redemption from slavery was not complete until they received the Torah. The people were freed from Egypt so that they could be the stewards of God’s will and purposes in the earth. A major reason for this season is to express your desire for revelation from God to come alive in you. If you enter into this time of “Counting the Omer,” you will press into new revelation.
Omer literally means sheaf. Leviticus 23:15 shares the blessing of Counting the Omer. The time between Passover and Pentecost is a transition time. Transition means you cross over. The Omer time is the period of looking at how you will consume your supply and unlock supply for the future. This is an important period of growth and introspection. We must review all revelation from the past season and the way we operated in supply in our last season.
Why this Timing? Why even be concerned about the Feasts?
Our covenant was established around the understanding of the sun, moon, and the earth in alignment with Father’s plan of redemption. The Word of God revolves around the Feasts. They were holy assemblies for holy rehearsals. The remembrance of these physical events causes us to understand the spiritual significance of what came and what is to come! The Feasts forecasted His sacrifice for us. Also, they foretell the full redemption of His people and the alignment of all nations, which are His inheritance (Psalm 2). When we participate in the waving of the Firstfruits at Passover time and then receive the anointing to gather and increase at Pentecost (Feast of Weeks), our faith is displayed, and our confidence arises for our provision to be released.
Today, there is a futility in legalistically participating in the Feasts. We cannot keep them, but we can honor the Father by remembering Him and receiving from Him at these appointed times (Gal. 3:10). No longer do we have to seek an ultimate Sacrifice – He was already given on the Cross. This broke Satan’s headship over us personally, as well as mankind corporately. However, we must still “enter in” to the fullness of this plan. By participating and remembering the Feast times NOW, they cease to be shadows of things to come. They actually cause us to see our future path to our promise. May you eat the Word below and journey closer to His plan of Fullness for your life. Psalm 34 says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” Take time to join in and allow your FAITH to arise so you are positioned for a new dimension of increase!
How to Begin!
The first thing you do in Counting the Omer is stop, review your blessings, and then bless God! Get to know Him. See the fullness of who He is through His Son who was sent to redeem us. Secondly, the seven weeks associated with Counting the Omer are meant to press you into spiritual improvement, new relationships, new respect, spiritual correction and restoration from the mistakes of the past, and the development of a triumphant mindset for the entire season ahead. Make a list of the promises that you wish to see manifest in this new season. List those promises and then speak them into the atmosphere around you. Decree that things you never saw in last season will manifest in this season. Remember, they may take another form in this season.
Realign Your Emotions Over the Next Few Days!
May you realign your emotions so the function of your “expectation” is restored and receptive toHoly Spirit. May your vision be shifted, redefined, and established. “Without a vision (prophetic revelation and utterance) a people perish”. To unlock the supply lines for our future will entail warring to break the conformity of our thinking processes and develop a harvest mentality. This will also include understanding the dynamic of warring with structures that would stop the transference of wealth. I decree that after doing this focus, your “end will be greater than yourbeginning.” Biblically, the “Counting of the Omer” would begin on the first day of the barley harvest by waving their sheaves before the Lord and end at Pentecost when the wheat harvest begins. Let’s move from one level of harvest to another.
Day 1: Read Genesis 11-13, Leviticus 23, and Luke 14:25-33. All Biblical understanding revolves around covenant.
Day 2: Read Exodus 15-16, Matthew 14:13-21, and Revelation 15. Rejoice and sing the song of the Lord. Thank the Lord for your deliverance. Meditate on the song of Moses. The suffering covenant people sang at their time of deliverance; we, as Christians, will sing it again. Thank Him for all the provision that you are receiving. Even if it is “wilderness” provision, thank Him! Let Him take what you have and break it open and multiply it. This song was a corporate song.
Day 3: Read Exodus 20 & 23, Matthew 17:5, and 28:20. These are key chapters in understanding justice. Ask the Lord to give you revelation of Feast times. This will cause you to understand God’s timing for your life, as well as unlocking supply. Ask Him to make you aware of angelic visitation and leading. Confess as sin the times when you were resistant to be led properly. Ask Him about a Firstfruit offering for the Feast of Pentecost. Much promise will be unlocked to you in these chapters.
Day 4: Read Joshua 3-5 and 2 Samuel 5-7. These are chapters on preparation and how to follow (the Ark and the priests) into your future. Let me suggest a day of fasting. Focus on your place of crossing over for this season. Also, ask the Lord about those who you have relationship with that are helping you move forward. Let the Lord revive your life by re-circumcising your heart. Many of us hang on to last season’s provision. Declare that new provision will begin. The manna ceased and the Children of Israel had to learn to use the provision in their Promised Land. This allowed them to reinstate the Feast of Passover to get them back on track. They were unable to do Passover for 40 years because all they had was manna and quail. God changes our provision many times to get us back in synch with His full plan. Get ready to face what has always seemed invincible to you. David had to learn the procession of the Ark! We must watch the Ark now!
Day 5: Read Matthew 14:22-36, John 6, and Exodus 33. Be willing to cross over into the place the Lord is calling you. You might want to pull aside into a quiet place to really seek Father. Declare that you will not move forward without sensing His presence.
Day 6: Read Acts 12 and Esther 9. Memorize Philippians 2:27. Ask the Lord to do a new thing in your prayer life. The beheading of James was during Passover. Ask the Lord to hide you from the religious world. Many times our past failures propel us into a whole new fervency of prayer. Pray and ask God for angelic help to come down, so you can move into the next season. Make a declaration that every decree that is set against you will be exposed and overturned and that you WILL advance.
Day 7: Read Ephesians 1-4. Recognize your condition, as well as your position. Thank Him, for the change that Holy Spirit has brought you. Thank Him for His love that has gotten you through so many situations. Thank Him, that we are maturing into the fullness of His plan. Look at the government of the Church. Jesus ascended to Heaven to take His throne next to Father. He gives us access. Ask the Lord to be sure your gift is aligned corporately.
10 Days of Decreeing Your Land or Boundaries Will Rejoice
While any sin can be an opening for demonic activity, there are certain sins that can defile (bring a foul, dirty, uncleanness) into the land. These sins leave the land cursed and particularly susceptible to demonic footholds. When you stake your land (see Day 17, below), decree that the following structures break and let go. Land can also be defined as your spiritual inheritance.
Day 8: Read Isaiah 54, Psalm 16, and Psalm 66. Begin by doing the following: “Sing, O barren, you who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman,” says the LORD. “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.” Declare that this is a time of enlargement for your life.
Day 9: Read Philippians 1-4. Decree that all anxiety, fear, doubt, anger, frustration, guilt, jealousy, and envy from any past iniquity in your life will be removed.
Day 10: Read Ezra 9 and Psalm 81. Decree revival! Get ready to embrace many changes. Declare a window of revival is opening over your life and family. Declare that this revival will touch all generations.
Day 11: Read Ezekiel 16, 36 & 37 and 1 Cor. 10. Ask the Lord to break the power of idolatry in your bloodline. God hates idolatry. Just as the worship of God brings blessing upon the land, the worship of false gods brings curses.
Day 12: Read Genesis 4 and Acts 7. Ask the Lord to remove illegal bloodshed from your land or inheritance. Remember the account of Cain and Abel. How are you worshiping? Do you worship the way you want to, or are you giving your best to the Lord? Worship is a covenant expression. Without it, violence and covenant-breaking occur. From Genesis 4, we see that bloodshed affects the very land on which the violence occurred. As the blood of violence penetrates the ground, the prince of the power of the air will gain legal right into the land. Curses attach to illegal violence and bloodshed.
Day 13: Read 2 Samuel 21. Declare an end to covenant breaking. During the reign of King David, a great famine came on the land. When David inquired of the Lord concerning this famine, God said to him, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.” The Gibeonites were a group of people who had entered into covenant with Israel in the days of Joshua. This covenant guaranteed their safety. Yet Saul broke covenant with the Gibeonites by murdering many of them and planning for the massacre of the rest. As a result, famine came on the land as God removed His blessing and Satan was allowed access. The famine did not strike immediately but came when the new king came to power. Many of our homes in the United States have been built on land that was taken through broken treaties with Native Americans. Those broken treaties from years ago can defile and give the enemy a foothold in the land where we live today!
Day 14: Read 1 Corinthians 3-7. Cut ties with any immorality that has been a part of your bloodline or the land where you are the steward. This issue is one that we must take seriously. Immorality has become a vague term and a non-issue for those in power. Our society has come to believe that anyone can do whatever is right in their own sight. But Satan knows that every immoral act opens up a greater legal right for him to infiltrate land and homes. With the advent of the Internet, there is even greater access to things like pornography and adult chat rooms. None of these things is benign. What is done in secret can bring serious consequences through defilement—not only of those involved but of the land on which their sin occurred.
Day 15: Read Joel 1-3. Declare that the land will begin to rejoice. Ask the Lord to stir the power of restoration in you.
Day 16: Read Matthew 5-7. This will really show you how the Lord taught His disciples to pray. Declare Heaven and Earth will connect, and a new level of communion will occur in your life.
Day 17: Read Ezekiel 34, Zechariah 8, 1 Cor. 8, and Hebrews 3&4. Declare that your land will begin to produce in a new way so that your storehouses will become full. (Some of you might want to stake your land here and decree increase). Declare your land enters into REST (Ex. 23:10-11; Lev 25:2-7; Deut. 15:1-10; 31:10-13).
Stake claim to your future! Take communion on the LAND you occupy.
Developing an Expectation for the Future!
Counting the Omer will help us shift our minds and thinking processes to apprehend this time of revelation and secrets being revealed. The next 10 days of our prayer focus are designed to help you develop an expectation for the future! May this be a time of visitation where the presence and power of God invades your space and orders your steps! MAY YOU BE RESTORED AND HEALED – body, soul, and spirit! Expect God to move, and to know Him as the HEALER!
Day 18: Read Psalm 139 and Ephesians 2. May the Lord show you who you are in Him. You are ORIGINAL – fearfully and wonderfully made! Thank Him for forming you in your mother’s womb. Spend the day PRAISING! This is very important in the process of breaking cycles.
Day 19: Memorize and speak forth 1 Thes. 5:16-24. Decree that your whole spirit, soul, and body will be sanctified! Also read Joshua 3.
Day 20: Sing or praise with Psalm 23. Agree with God for the restoration of your soul. SOUL is linked with “breathing.” Soul refers to the entire inner nature and personality of a person. Read Deut. 26:16-19. Declare that you will be set on high in a new place with a seal called “SPECIAL.” Decree life and life abundantly. Read and underline Mt. 6:25, Luke 12:22, John 10:10. Thank God for the prophets in your life (Acts 3:23). If you have quenched the prophetic anointing in your life, confess it as sin. Memorize Prov. 29:18. Ask the Lord to open up new vision and revelation over your life. Memorize Jer. 30:17.
Day 21: Ask the Lord to make your heart PURE! Declare that the seat of your feelings, desires, affections, and aversions will come under the alignment of the Holy Spirit. Read the Beatitudes—Mt. 5:1-12. Ask the Lord to send help or aid to your soul so you can attain your highest end. Declare your “end” will be greater than your beginning. Read Hag. 2. Ask the Lord for your soul to begin to prosper in a new way. Read 3 John 2, Heb. 13:17, James 1:21, 5:20, and 1 Peter 1:9. Now ask the Lord to make you “see.” The pure in heart SEE HIM (Mt. 5:8).
Day 22: Memorize Prov. 18:14. Ask the Lord to remove any vexation from the spirit of the world and its influence on your spirit. Thank God that you are a spiritual being and that you will live eternally with Him. If you do not have this assurance, stop and ask the Lord to remove any doubt from you. Receive a cleansing through His blood. Read Heb. 9. Ask the Lord to cleanse your conscience and restore it to full working authority. Ask the Lord to renew your communion with Him. Take communion with Him. Your spirit is that part of you related to worship and divine communion. Read and underline John 12:27, 1 Cor. 16:18, 2 Cor. 7:13, Mt. 11:29, 2 Cor. 7:1, 1 Peter 2:11, James 5:20, 1 Cor. 5:5, 1 Peter 1:9, Mt. 10:28, Acts 2:31, Rom 8:10,Eph 4:4, and James 2:26.
Day 23: Read Romans 6. Make a list of any place where “sin has dominion over you.” Decree that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you are freed and cleansed. Watch for sins of omission such as gossip, criticizing, judging, etc. At times these are hidden from us and produce unbelief in us.
Day 24: The BODY is the lowest part of man’s triune being where the soul and spirit reside. Honor the Holy Spirit who has chosen to dwell within you. Read 1 Cor. 6:19-20 and 2 Peter 1:13-14. Thank Him that your Body is His. Re-read Rom. 6:13,19. Yield your members one by one unto God, as instruments of righteousness rather than unto iniquity. If you have a part of your body that is not working properly, ask the Lord to heal and cleanse that portion. Include any organs that you know have been affected by sin. Read Romans 7 and declare that the “pull” of the old is eradicated.
Day 25: Fast as the Lord leads you. I suggest you fast solid food and only drink liquids (water, herb tea, broth) on this day. Read Rom. 8. Thank Him that you have been adopted by Him and that His blood is flowing through you, to restore you!
Day 26: Declare that all hope deferred is broken from you, loosed, and removed from influencing your life. Declare the power of scattering is broken as you read Ezekiel 36-37.Thank Him for a new heart and spirit. Declare a new Door of Hope is opening. Read Hos. 2, 6,and 10. Confess that the sin of unbelief is broken from your bloodline.
Day 27: Read Psalm 62 and Psalm 32. Declare your emotions healed and your spirit free. Worship throughout the day. Use praise music. If you are driving, then sing with the music. Healing scriptures are important to recite. Memorize Heb. 11:6. Ask the Lord for your next measure of faith. Read and meditate on Is. 60. Arise, shine! Decree that all depression and oppression must leave. Expect God to move on your behalf. Expect miracles and healings to begin to happen in you and through you!
Restoring, Redefining, and Establishing Vision!
Identity is the collective aspect of a set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known. Identity can also be the behavior or personal characteristics that cause a group to be recognized. Identity is where the personality of an individual or group is fully recognizable as an entity. I have been praying about the corporate identity of the Body. There are some structures that cannot fall in the earth realm without us aligning our individual gifts to become a corporate Kingdom organism. Think about Jericho. That was the invincible fortress that could have blocked God’s people from entering into the Promised Land. However, because they moved corporately, that which appeared invincible fell.
Below are the next 13 days in our ongoing focus in this transition season of Counting the Omerbetween Passover and Pentecost. May these 13 days help you break through into both the identity that God has for you at this hour and His longing for you to multiply and increase.
Day 28: Read Acts 8-9. Notice how Saul’s identity changed to Paul. Ask God to drop any scales from your eyes that are keeping you from seeing His plan for your future.
Day 29: Read John 1, Matthew 16, and Acts 10-11. Notice the transformation of Peter. His identity was prophesied in John 1. He tapped into revelation in Matthew 16 and then began to come into his true identity in Acts. Follow this pattern in your own life. Also, notice the difference between the church in Antioch and the church in Jerusalem. The identity of the church in Antioch was truly apostolic. Ask God to cause the Church today to begin to come into its new identity.
Day 30: Read Revelation 1-3. Notice the Revelator. Ask the Spirit of God to catch you up into a new place of revelation. Notice what the Spirit of God is saying to the churches. Ask the Lord to speak to you and let you hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church today.
Day 31: Read Revelation 4-5. Ask the Lord to bring you up into a new place of worship. Ask the Lord to reveal to you what is happening in the Heavens.
Day 32: Read Revelation 12, 18, 19. Ask the Lord to show you how to war in the earth. Ask Him to show you how to protect that which is being brought forth in this hour on your behalf. Declare Babylonian structures that have you held captive will begin to fall.
Day 33: Read Revelation 20-22. Ask the Lord to give you a vision of the River of Life. Ask the Lord to show you the Armies of Heaven. Declare all things are being made new and that you have a glorious new identity. Exalt the Lord for being Alpha and Omega in your life.
Day 34: Read Isaiah 61-62. You are anointed! Do not keep silent. Ask the Lord how to confess your faith. Go through your new gate. Decree that you are not a city forsaken but that you will be “SOUGHT AFTER.” The redeemed of the Lord say SO. Shout “SO!”
Day 35: Read 1 Samuel 16, 17, 30 and 2 Samuel 1, 2, 3:1, 5 and 6. I know this day has a lot of reading, yet this will take you through the three anointings of David. In other words, David was anointed to be king but his identity still had to form. Some of you have been in a hard place of forming identity. Do not be discouraged – there is a new anointing ahead. At the end of reading these chapters (I suggest you read three in the morning, three at noon, and two at night), thank God for your next anointing. Anoint yourself before you go to sleep and decree that your identity has shifted.
Day 36: Read 2 Samuel 5-8. The real issue in this passage was getting the Ark and God’s presence central. Once the Ark is central, all things are added and will multiply.
Day 37: Read Amos 9. David’s Tabernacle is being restored in the earth in this generation. Declare that the Tabernacle of David will be restored in your life, family, church, city, state, and nation. You have a good future! Expect God to move on your behalf! Stake your claim!
Day 38: Read Acts 15. This is where the Church agreed with the prophetic word from Amos 9 and declared that its identity would not reflect the legalism from the past. Ask the Lord to cut through all of the conflict that is keeping you from seeing the future.
Day 39: Read Deut. 8 and 28, especially verse 28:8. He gives you power and strength to gain wealth so you can advance His covenant plan for your life. Ask Him for power and strength to gain wealth. Many times we are afraid to ask for this. Ask the Lord to “command a blessing on your storehouse.” If you do not have a storehouse, ask the Lord to give you a plan to develop one.
Day 40: Read Prov. 3 and 2 Kings 4, 8:1-6. Mistrust stops you from prospering. Trust the Lord and ask Him to redirect your path. That means to straighten out and make right the way ahead. Review your giving. Make sure you are aligned properly in giving. Honor the Lord with your firstfruits and tithes so your barns will be filled and your vats will overflow. Prepare a special Pentecost gift. Send it to those who are causing you to advance spiritually. Look at the two women in 2 Kings 4 and 8. They began to prosper, and their supply did not stop. Even in the midst of drought the testimony of giving overcomes.
Do Not Allow the Enemy to Wear Down Your Mind!
In these days, we must remember Daniel 7. Daniel says, “As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them. And he shall speak words against the Most High [God] and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time [of sacred feasts and holy days] and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time [three and one-half years].” Do not let the enemy wear you down.
Daniel 7 continues to say, “Until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High [God], and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom. But the judgment shall be set [by the court of the Most High], and they shall take away his dominion to consume it [gradually] and to destroy it [suddenly] in the end. And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions shall serve and obey Him.” Do not grow weary! There comes a moment in time when we overcome in our crisis. There comes a time when we recognize the enemy’s plan and his tactics and outwit him. There comes a time when we breakthrough and the power of the enemy’s control breaks. This was the case with Daniel. He brought heaven into the earth realm through intercession and gained revelation for generations to come. You can triumph in the midst of your changes!
Day 41: 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 evildoers 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 42: 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 reveal 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 43: 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, cities, 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 44: Read Daniel 8. Meditate on and sing Psalm 34. Let angelic forces aid you in bringing Divine understanding into your situations. Praise Lord Sabaoth!
Tear Down Strongholds and Grab Hold of Your Portion!
Changing our mind and realigning our thoughts is a process we go through! The Lord is doing so much with all of us during this season. I believe that His main goal is to have us understand His mind as we enter the next level of promise in the land that He has given each of us to possess. You have an inheritance.
Religious strongholds form and have authority to work within our thinking processes when we refuse to connect our thoughts properly. Jesus told us that you cannot patch an old quilt with new material and you cannot pour new revelation into an old structure. In approaching the “new,” we must dismantle the old. Our old thought processes must be dismantled very precisely and new ways of thinking must be built. New connecting ideas of time, season, action, and methods must align in our thinking process. This entails the tearing down of strongholds that resist our sphere and field from coming into and producing a new crop. I write about this in The Future War of the Church and Interpreting the Times. When a new thought has a hard time connecting with your existing stored thought structure and then creatively developing a new way of doing things, you most likely have a stronghold. A stronghold is a thought process that is resistant to the will of God. This thought process gets impregnated by a demonic force and causes you to resist aligning your mind with the mind of Christ.
We all process what we see and feel from using our senses, but we do not all process information or revelation the same way. If you are not careful, you can reject someone because they see things from a different perspective than you. Cultures and races process information differently. Your environment influences your thoughts. Genders can process what they see and how they perceive something very differently; a man and a woman can look at the same object or seascape or mountain and describe what they see totally differently. However, “IN HIM” we should all come up with the ultimate will of the One who created us and know Him when we see Him. How we process and grab hold of the perfect, acceptable will of God in the midst of a world filled with distractions is key to our success. How we “filter” out the distractions and choose the best is key to being successful in the future. Distractions can cloud your decision-making and discernment. As we interact we can begin to tear down strongholds and develop our identity for the future.
Day 45: Read and memorize 2 Corinthians 10:3-6. “For although we do live in the world, we do not wage war in a worldly way, because the weapons we use to wage war are not worldly. On the contrary, they have God’s power for demolishing strongholds. We demolish arguments and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah. And when you have become completely obedient, then we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience.” (CJB) Ask this question: Am I exalting my thoughts in an area above the Word of God? Am I being arrogant in an area? Are my prideful insecurities keeping me from gaining the revelation and counsel I need for a new dimension of freedom?
Day 46: Embrace and war with prophetic words! Memorize 1 Timothy 1:18-20. “Here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight well in the Lord’s battles. Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.” (YLT) Also read Exodus 23.
Day 47: Read Romans 6 and memorize verse 14. “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” (NKJV) Is there an area in your life that has dominion or rulership over you? This is how you detect a stronghold. The thought process linked with this stronghold must be detected and dismantled. Be aware that this may be an emotion that has been wounded and what you are doing or “acting out” is an attempt to mask the real emotional hurt. Ask the Lord for the grace to overcome! Now read Romans 7.
Day 48: Read Romans 8. Know that you can triumph over the condemning cycle of thought that tries to overrule your victory. Memorize verses 6-8. “For to be carnally minded is death! But to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” (NKJV)
Day 49: You will start today with a simple thought. Capture that thought. Meditate on Isaiah 55:8. Read Psalm 94. Memorize Luke 21:19, “By your patience possess your souls.” (NKJV) “By standing firm you will gain life.” (NIV) Read Matthew 14. The Lord will teach you how to multiply in new ways! Hear Him saying, “This is your time to rise up and possess your soul. If you will possess your own soul, then I will have you possess the field. You will walk in and say, ‘This is mine. Restore it all!’ Possess that one thought and then I will rearrange and reorder everything you are doing. You have grown complex in the midst of entering in to take what I have given you. Simplify! Start with one thought and then move forward. I will speed you into the spoil! You will find yourself picking up the spoil of the enemy. Twelve baskets later, you will say, ‘I’m taking back what has been taken! I am learning to multiply!’ Take your field first. There are gifts that you have never allowed Me to rise up and multiply.” Sound produces movement. Know that God can give you the ability to retake ground that you lost.
Go forward – learning to be patient, waiting for your strategies, and with joy in your heart that you will secure the portion God has given you! May you prosper in every step you take!
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce