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THE NEW ANOINTING OF BOLDNESS - DO NOT GIVE THE LORD REST UNTIL...
Ching Co
Jul 10, 2000
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Ching Co writes to us from The Philippines. I like to leave her writing more or less "as is" without trying to make it into "proper" English. It helps to hear Ching-- herself. Her words always bless those on THE ELIJAH LIST.
A NEW ANOINTING
The past few days I have sense a new boldness rising within my heart as I began to pray and remember the various needs around me. I was surprised by the new passion and zeal that I felt rising up in me when I bring a petition before the King. Somehow I felt that I'm not alone in this and was led to share this message with the body of Christ. So if any of you happens to be led in the same manner, let us encourage one another and praise God for His wonderful ways.
CONFIRMATIONS:
God began to brought back to my minds these verses and they have become very real to me and have become my own battle cry in prayer most days.
I become like the watchman in Isaiah who will never give the Lord rest until He fulfills and establishes His promises to us.
" I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give Him no rest till He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth." (Isaiah 62:6-7)
Like Elisha , I cry to God in the same manner. Where then is the God of Miracles that I've read about from the Bible. I want to see Him act on behalf of His people NOW.
" He (Elisha) picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. Then he took the cloak that had fallen from him and stuck the water with it. ' Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?' he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over." (2 Kings 2:13-14)
Like Jacob, as I wrestled with our God in prayer, I will not let Him go unless He blesses us and come to our aid and bring to fulfillment all that He has promise to do and give to us.
" Then the man said, ' Let me go, for it will be daybreak.' But Jacob replied, ' I will not let you go unless you bless me.'" (Genesis 32:26)
THE MEANING OF ALL THIS
I felt that God is pouring on His body a spirit of boldness and zealousness in prayer. In the past, when we pray, we might be led to end our prayer "If it be thy will." But the time has come for us to be bold in staking our claim in prayers for the fulfillment of all the promises that God has given to us individually and corporately.
That season of passiveness is over and we need to "throw the ball" so to speak back to God's court and not to be afraid to demand that God establishes His covenant with us and fulfills His promises to us.
THE ENEMY'S STRATEGY
The enemy will be exerting all efforts to discourage us from speaking in this manner and would attempt to make us feel that these actions are prideful and our Heavenly Father will look down with disdain for us. But this is a lie. . . . .
PRAYER
"Heavenly Father, you have called us to come boldly and enter into your throne and lay our petitions before You. And this is what we intend to do. We intend to bombard heaven with our prayers and petitions, the very words, thoughts, impressions that You've been laying upon our hearts. This day, we ask that You began to bring all these into reality.
"Summon Your power O God, show us Your strength as You have done before. We want to see the God of Moses who went before His people and open the red sea for them. We want to see the God of Peter, whose anointing was so strong that even Peter's shadow brings healing to those that he passed by.
"Arise O God and come to our rescue, why should your children be trampled down by the enemy. You have promised that we will be the head and not the tail. Come down from heaven and show us how You move on behalf of Your children.
"Father, the time is now. We can't wait much longer. Unless you come, many of Your children will not see light . Come to our aid, come for the sake of Your name. We speak these things standing on the righteousness that is in Christ and we are asking You to do these things for us in Jesus Christ name. Amen!"
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