54. 1st WK – 14 April 24 – Prayer @ The Gates Strategy.

‘The Church holds the balance of power in world affairs… Even now in this present throbbing moment by means of her prayer power and the extent to which she uses it, the praying church is actually deciding the course of human events.’ Paul Billheimer (1 Tim2:1-6, 8)

“AS we await the greater covenant promises of God’s Kingdom, let us celebrate the small victories and testimonies in every days great mercy and grace NOW!” Grace@Alna

Greetings to all Prayer Partners!
Great excitement is arising as the Prayer@The-Gates initiative given by God is rolled out through S.A.

Through the 7 weeks P@G, a 7-step strategy is rolled out building up to the 7th week for
GOVERNMENTAL prayer. We therefore start by praying for the other areas/spheres first.
We will therefore, have added focus per week on one of the 7 Gates/Spheres of Society as follows: 1. Family 2. Belief 3. Economy 4. Education 5. Science & Technology, 6. Media, Arts, Sports 7. Government & Culture

1st Key Scripture: Immanuel – God with us! Jehovah Shamah – God who is here!
Isa 8:8-10 …of Your land, O Immanuel. (9) “Be shattered, O you peoples, (10) Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing; Speak the word, but it will not stand, For God is with us.”

A. Strategic Preparation BEFORE we go to PRAY at the City Gates

1. Please PREPARE the following: (as you feel led by the Holy Spirit):

Communion elements served at the gate: take along water/grape juice/crackers and plastic cups
Salt (symbolic of cleansing and preservation the gate/road),
Oil (symbolic to anoint the gate/road for a sign of sanctification)
Shofar, trumpet, or recording of shofar blasts at the end (symbolic of the trumpets of heaven…)

2. Come with prepared hearts according to these suggested guidelines: (C. Jacobs, 2006)

Yield to the leading of Holy Spirit. (Rom 8:5, 7-11)
Be mature in the Spirit. (Php 3:14-16,20, Eph3:8-12)
Be free from known sin. (Rom 6, 1Pet2:11-12)
Sever unbelief and fear, come full of faith in God & Christ our victorious King. (Col 1&2, Heb10:35-39)
Be under submission to a local church/ministry. (Num 27:15-23; 1Pet2:4-10,Heb13:17)

3. Explaining GATES : What do we mean by ‘Gate’?

(Nahum3, Is.26:2, Ps87:2, 24:9, 147:12-15, 118:19)

• ‘Gates’ here refer to entry points of towns and the 8 spheres of Society as we found it in the Bible.
• At the Gates of the Cities everything happened. From betrothals, healings, councils, elder counsels, stoning/discipline, signing of contracts & here agreements were made for business, marriage… (Rev21)

4. Initial guidelines preparing ourselves for this time of Prayer in foundational positioning

-The Armour of God. (Eph6, Ps91)

Before you leave for the time of prayer, clothe yourself, your family and those praying with you & the whole (P@G) initiative with the armour of God – to all areas of your life: relationships, house, vehicles, finances/business/job, health…

-Repentance. (Ps24, Ps51 & Is59:1-2)

As we repent, we take responsibility for our own thoughts, words, and actions and any known sin.

Ask God to show you specific sins that give demons the right to establish strongholds.

Involvement in Witchcraft & New Age may require fasting and declaring the Word as Jesus did in the wilderness. (C. Jacobs, 2006)

B. Introduction: PRAYER@the-GATES (P@G) – Week 1 – ONE GOD!

2nd Key Scripture: Deu 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
“Hear, O Hear, South Africa: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

3rd Key Scripture: In Ps 2 God encourages us that we should ask of Him … and He will give us the nations as our inheritance… His Kingdom inheritance for South Africa.

Psa 2:1-12
(1) Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? (2) The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,
(3) “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.”
(4) He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The LORD shall hold them in derision.
(5) Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure:
(6) “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.”
(7) “I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
(8) Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your
possession.
(9) You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ “
(10) Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
(11) Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
(12) Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

C. Strategic Prayer Guidelines for PRAYER@the-GATES (P@G)

1. Thanksgiving, Praise & Adoration of our God, Creator, Father & Redeemer. (Ps148)

2. Welcome the Holy Spirit, God’s Holy Fire & the fulness of Christ into your midst. (Heb12:29)

Isa 11:3-5

(3) His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; (4) But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. (5) Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

• Declare the SOVEREIGNTY of God – One God, one Hope, one faith, one Spirit of the Lord. (Ef4:3-6)
• Honour GOD as our CREATOR & FATHER. Honor Him! (Ps99)

3. Repentance (personal):

Lead group in personal repentance, humbling. (Ps24, 51, Jam 4:7)
Act 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Rom 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

4. Communion:

In remembrance of Christ’s perfect redemption for our sins reconciling us back into
the Father’s presence. His body broken. By the Blood we enter through the veil.
(Mat26:26-29, Heb.9:11-12, Is53, Jhn12:1)

5. Protection:

From Job 1:10, pray for God’s hedge of protection – yourself/prayer partners…
Put on the whole armour of God to stand, keep on standing.
(Eph 6:10-20, Ps91, 121, 68)

6. Declarations of Who God is.

“Hear O Israel / S.A. the Lord thy God is ONE God Hallelujah”.

WHO GOD IS: Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name!

1Ti 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling.
1Co 8:6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.
Jas 4:12 There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?
Jos 24:27 And Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny your God.”
Mar 12:30 And you shall love the lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

Week One – FAMILY GATE – “Our Father, Who are in heaven, Holy is Your name”

7. Identification Repentance for the FAMILY sphere/gate in society

• We identify with, and confess the root sins in society.
• Lack of love, awe, respect & reverence for God our Father, Jesus – Son of man, Brother, Bridegroom.
  • Lack of love for others, abuse, human trafficking…, rejection, jealousy, striving…fear
  • Lack of respect for parents, rebellion against parents/elders/discipline – is as witchcraft!
  • Lack of respect for LIFE! Abortion, murder, rape, sexual-sins, perverseness, violence…
  • Lack of respect for marriage covenant of God between man & women, adultery, gender confusion

8. Close the gate – Bind the bond of unrighteousness in the Family gate/ sphere:

• Bind the strongholds of fear, sin, righteousness, violence in the FAMILY GATE. (Ps34 &134)
• [[[Any demonic high places – to be specifically address. Blindness to fall away, their eyes to be opened. Bind witchcraft from operating through them and claim people for the kingdom of God.]]]

Mat 18:18-20
(18) “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
(19) “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
(20) For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”

9. Scripture declarations – into the FAMILY sphere of society: (Ps 127 & 128)

Pray for the healing of hearts, relationships, families… broken lives. RESTORATION in the FAMILY.

Mal 4:2-3
(2) But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
Mal 4:5-6
(5) Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great…(6) And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
Psa 68:5-6
(5) A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
(6) God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

10. Open the Gates – Loosen the bonds & Receive the Keys to unlock the door of His reign into our Nation

Rellease the PEACE of God over the 7 spheres of Society: Family, Belief, Economy, Education, Science & Technology, Media, Art & Sports, Government & Culture.

• Loosen the Good-news Gospel of truth into the FAMILY sphere.
• Make declarations of Faith, Hope & Love, Righteousness, Justice, Mercy.
• PRAY/declare the changes, transformation, restoration, restitution you (want to) see in this nation.
• Scriptures:
  Jos 24:15 “But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
  Jos 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
  Jos 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
  1Th 5:8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. (1 Co313:13)
  Psa 89:13 You have a mighty arm; Strong is Your hand, and high is Your right hand. 14) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.

11. The Lord’s Prayer – All pray this together. Leader led, pray it at a slow rhythmic pace. (Mat6:9-13)

12. Thanksgiving, Praise & Celebration

– of Christ’s victory on the cross. Release your testimony of what Christ did, who He is that seals the overcoming spirit of the Bride over all. (Rev12:10-11)

13 Shofar blast and last farewell Prayer.

Pray for God’s Peace, Presence, Power, and Protection to ENTER the GATES of TZANEEN. (Ps24)

Thank YOU for praying with us.
God keep, bless & guard you with His peace as you stand in the gap for our Nation.