30 Days of
Releasing the Sound of Heaven to Neutralize Ramadan and Release the Captives
by Chuck Pierce
Intro by Steve Shultz:
I want to recommend this 30 days of Prayer guide (by Chuck Pierce) to
release the sound of Heaven and to Neutralize "Ramadan" and Release the
Captives. As Christians, we must not be unaware of the enemy's schemes . . .
while at the same time remembering that our enemies are not those who
partake in Ramadan--for our war is NOT against flesh and blood. God loves
all of His creation, including those who celebrate Ramadan. However, we must
neutralize the spirit behind Ramadan with Wisdom and Intercession.
Let's pray this together.
Blessings,
Steve Shultz
THE ELIJAH LIST
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"30 Days of Releasing the Sound of Heaven to
Neutralize Ramadan and Release the Captives"
by Chuck Pierce
www.glory-of-zion.org |
Dear Breakthrough Pray-ers:
Greetings in the Name of Jesus of Nazareth. This is key time for the blood
bought disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ to rise up and pray fervently. In
the earth realm we are entering into the Muslim month of Ramadan that begins
on October 26 and goes through November 24. Each Muslim fasts from sunrise
to sunset. Fasting is one of the five pillars of the religion of Islam.
While in Jerusalem in September, we found ourselves praying with a team from
Israel in front of the Eastern Gate. While we were making apostolic
declarations, the Muslim call to prayer echoed through the atmosphere. The
anointing fell on Marty Cassady and she began making loud declarations to
neutralize the sound that was coming forth. The Spirit of God then impressed
me that these 30 days would be a key time for us to pray and declare God's
will from Heaven into earth's atmosphere. If we would do this consistently,
we would begin to see great results and openings into the Muslim world.
Therefore, please find an explanation below of Ramadan, and a 30 Day Prayer
Focus to release Heaven's sound into the earth's atmosphere.
Understanding
Ramadan
During the Islamic
month - long fast called "Ramadan" Muslims neither eat nor drink during
daylight hours. It is a time, potentially, for great intensification of
activity by the great evil power which gorges itself on these millions of
acts of forced devotion. In view of the recent new level of stirring by
this proud and deadly spirit throughout the world, the Body of Messiah
worldwide would do well to be seeking the Lord NOW as to His strategy for
the battle ahead of us.
During the fast of Ramadan
strict restraints are placed on the daily lives of Muslims. They are not
allowed to eat or drink during the daylight hours nor are they to smoke or
engage in sexual relations. While the outward appearances of this fast may
look good, what often occurs is that during the night hours the fast is
broken and is often accompanied by raucous activity and gorging. This
activity, when coupled with the daylight fast, seems to reinforce the
demonic in the unseen world. Many Christians in Muslim countries have
testified to these facts. Muslims fast as an act of faith and worship toward
Allah, suppressing their desires, and abstaining from earthly pleasures.
Muslims fast together as a worldwide community to affirm the brotherhood and
equality of man before Allah. The word, 'Ramadan,' is an Arabic word
meaning intense, scorching heat or dryness, especially toward the ground.
Another definition is "sun-baked sand." An additional intent of Ramadan is
to scorch out sins with good deeds. Ramadan releases religious zeal among
Muslims of all ages. Adults take this opportunity to double their rewards
from God. This event is intended to bring a closeness of community with
their creator. Muslims follow the laws of Islam. The word Islam means
submission to God. The revelation of Islam was given to Mohammed, the
praised one.
The last ten days of
Ramadan, especially the 27th night, called the Night of Power or
Destiny, are considered highly blessed. This is a very empowering time for
those of the Islamic faith. On a special day at the end of Ramadan, in an
act of supreme defiance against the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Who has
eternally placed His Name there, tens of thousands of Muslims ascend en
masse onto the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Before the beginning of the
current Palestinian uprising, people of all religions were theoretically
free to visit the Mount, although in actuality the Muslims would not allow
anyone but other Muslims to openly pray there. Since the outbreak of the
intifata, the Israeli
government has, "for security reasons," allowed no one but Muslims on the
Mount at all. The official representative and guardian of Islamic interests
on the Mount (i.e. custodial supervision over the Muslim sites that cover
the hill) is the Kingdom of Jordan. Jordan was granted this custodianship
by General Moshe Dayan shortly after Israel gained sovereignty over the
Mount in 1967.
Marty Cassady of Global
Harvest writes the following: This year, during these 30 days of Ramadan, I
believe if we would pray and fast as the Lord leads we would be able to
counteract the evil forces loosed during this evil worship. While in
Jerusalem recently, I was struck by the evil power being released by the
Muslim call to prayer. When I asked about this and was given the
information below from those who live in Jerusalem, I was impressed by the
Lord to send an appeal to those who partner with us in prayer. I want to
ask that you read the information below, join in the prayer requests, and
ask the Lord how you could fast to help break the evil forces being released
both through the fast of Ramadan and the sound of the minarets throughout
the Muslim world. The Lord gave me the following scripture in relation to
one 'true' fast as opposed to the fasting done by many Muslims during
Ramadan: 'Five of you will chase
a hundred, a hundred of you will chase a thousand, and your enemies will
fall by the sword before you'
(Lev. 26:8). Won't you join us to see that the evil power released by this
fast during Ramadan would be turned for God's glory? Ask the Lord to visit
these people and give them dreams and visions of our Lord Jesus Christ. If
five, or a hundred or even a thousand would join us, we could see a
difference!"
God is Listening for a Sound
Many of us do not
understand the occult power being released during times of false worship.
Emmanuel Kure, a Christian apostle from northern Nigeria where militant
Islam reigns, shares the following:
"Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, is a
spiritual gate by which Christians can enter into warfare against the spirit
of Islam. Every Friday we rise before 5:00 AM to lift up a cry of judgment
against every throne, or principality, that may be released through the
traditional Friday prayers of Islam. The Lord revealed to us that it is on
Fridays that dominion for the entire week is established. He showed us that
the kingdom of darkness seeks to establish control in the spiritual realm
through the efficacy of Islamic Friday prayers. We were made to understand
that through these prayers, Muslims sow the seeds of the dominion of Allah
over cities and nations. This is why it is typically after the jumat
mosque prayers that most of the agitation and violence takes place in many
parts of the world, especially in the Islamic nations. The Lord showed
us that if we would battle in prayer against those principalities and powers
on Friday, then we would be able to establish control in the spirit realm
against their diabolical workings. We believe that this word from the
Lord is not just for Nigeria. The Church worldwide must begin a
concerted and coordinated prayer siege against Islam on their holy day so
that the gospel of the Kingdom is not hindered in the nations. Through
prayer and spiritual warfare, we can reverse all the occult manipulations by
the spirit of Islam and pray the thrust of the Kingdom of God over the lives
of Islam's followers."
(Out of Africa, C. Peter Wagner and Joseph
Thompson - available for pre-order at The Elijah List, Book comes out
December 2003!)
God is
listening for a sound to arise in His people in the earth. This sound is
the cry from Psalm 68:1 that says: "Let God
ARISE, let His enemies be scattered..."
I received the following
from Israel:
"A number of Believers in Jerusalem believe that God is leading
us to organize a month of fasting preceding,
as well as during, the Muslim fast. In recent weeks we have become
increasingly aware of the sounds of this city: haunting sounds of sirens
after a terror attack, school buses backing up across the street from us,
chanting from the Western Wall on the eve of Yom Kippur, the worship of the
Body as we press into His presence, and the minarets of the Muslim world
here, with their increased volume and increasingly longer prayer calls. I
was recently asked why the Orthodox do nothing about the Muslim prayer
call--why they don't fill the airwaves with Torah readings. The answer is
that the Orthodox live in a very closed world, reading their own newspapers,
listening to their own radio stations, and not watching TV at all. They,
for the most part, are not Zionists. They don't stand with Israel as a
nation because they feel that until Israel believes as they do, it is not
worthy of being a nation. Therefore, their main concern is with the Jews
who are not 'observant' - not with the Muslims. Until a bus bombing a month
ago, Orthodox Jews have not even been all that involved in the terror events
of the last three years. There are minarets throughout the Muslim
neighborhoods and the imams who sound the prayer call do it often at full
volume. Standing on a walkway near our house we can hear a 'concert' of
these calls to prayer throughout East Jerusalem. One begins, followed a few
minutes later by the next one and the next one, with a stream of them
sounding together for quite a while. Some of our friends, Believers who
live near Arab neighborhoods, have had very little sleep in the past 2
weeks, as the calls to prayer sometimes go off for 2-3 hours at a time in
the early morning. This is the sound of hatred filling Zion - the sound of
violence, the sound of Islam. Join with us...in saying to
Heaven--ENOUGH!!!"
30 Day Prayer Focus to Release the Sound of Heaven to
Neutralize Ramadan and Release the Captives:
(This 30 day prayer focus coincides with the 30 days of Ramadan. If you
begin it on October 26, you will complete it on November 24.)
Day 1: Read Matthew 5:1-12. Ask God for your heart to be pure as you
pray.
Day 2: Read Luke 11:1-8. Pray the Lord's
Prayer. However, pray this prayer differently. Declare the sounds of Heaven
will release the will of God and penetrate the atmosphere that surrounds you
and your region.
Day 3: Read Psalm 47. Release a hand clap and a shout to the Lord for
the victory that is ahead.
Day 4: Read Joel 2. As God leads, pray this
over the specific Islamic nation the Spirit of God quickens in your heart.
Ask the Holy Spirit for dreams, visions, and revelations of Jesus Christ to
overtake this people. Declare that the sword of Islam will be traded for the
Sword of the Spirit.
Day 5: Read and Declare Psalm 60 and Romans 9. Pray that Christians
around the world, including the Believers in Israel, will fervently seek and
receive their "marching orders" from Adonai Tzvaot --The Lord of Armies - and
that we will receive HIS strategies for dismantling or nullifying those
planned by the enemy for this time period. Also pray that we will move in
unity and discipline, to His beat and in His timing.
Day 6: Read 2 Timothy 1 and Galatians 3. Bind the spirit of fear that
this religion releases. Superstition controls many aspects of the Muslim's
life. Therefore, much of their religion is based upon fear. Bind the spirit
of fear controlling the individuals of this religion.
Day 7: Read Romans 8. Pray that those of the Muslim faith will begin
to understand the spirit of adoption. Muslims believe in submission, but an
understanding of adoption by a Holy God is not part of their belief system.
Day 8: Read Acts 26 and II Corinthians 10. Pray that Muslims begin to
understand the concept of grace. Bind the demonic forces that are holding
minds captivated to 'work' and 'law' mentalities.
Day 9: Read Jeremiah 44 and Jeremiah 7:18. Declare that the pride of
the moon god of Islam would be broken and laid low, "together with the
trickery of his hands." Pray that the "unassailable fortifications" of his
walls will be brought down, and the millions and millions of people under
his cruel dominion set free!!
Day 10: Read Isaiah 25, especially verse 10. Muslims have been
engaged in illegal excavation under the Temple Mount, their purpose being to
build a huge new underground mosque, while at the same time destroying any
relics that point toward a previous Jewish presence there. It is thought
that the subterrain is so honeycombed by these excavations that an
earthquake of even very mild intensity might cause much of the entire upper
surface to collapse. There is, in fact, some concern as to how the upper
surface will be able to withstand the weight of the enormous mass of people
expected to gather there at the end of Ramadan. We are not suggesting that a
catastrophe is imminent, and certainly do not wish to imply a desire for
such an event, given the great loss of life it would almost certainly incur.
What we do wish to affirm is that the God of Israel, not the moon god of
Islam, is the One who will be finally worshipped there (Ezek 20:40-42). When
His Hand rests there, the evil represented by the Kingdom of Moab will be
judged. The stage is rapidly being set for El Elyon, God Most High, to
accomplish this His way. It is, therefore, also important to pray that no
device of man be allowed to attempt to "assist" in this accomplishment out
of God's timing.
Day 11: Read and declare Psalm 19. As you read this Psalm, make it a
declaration that God's glory will come forth into your house, church,
business, city, state, and nation. The heavens declare God's glory. Enter
into Heaven's declaration.
Day 12: Read Psalm 120. Declare that the foes of the Gospel will be
overcome. May their captives be set free. Remember that you have the power
to bless your enemies, but you must negate the word curses that have come
forth from them.
Day 13: Read Psalms 121 and 122. Look up beyond your circumstances.
Seek Him and ask Him to help you in the area that you need help. Declare
time, the sun, and the moon, will work on your behalf. Pray for Israel. Pray
that a new sound arise in the land. Call forth the song of deliverance that
is in the heavens over God's first fruit covenant land.
Day 14: Read Exodus 19. Declare that we will begin to hear the true
trumpet sound of the Lord.
Day 15: Read Numbers 10. Let the sound of the
Lord that will cause you to move into a new position of victory, come forth.
Also, declare the trumpet will sound over your offerings. Declare the
enemies of the Lord will be defeated, and many will start following after
His procession.
Day 16: Read Psalm 81. Declare a revival anointing will come into the
church you attend and revival praying will begin to occur. Blow the trumpet
at the time of the new moon and declare that harvest will come to your
region. Declare many Muslims will be included in the harvest of the world.
Day 17: Read Hosea 8. If you have a shofar, blow it three times. If
you do not, use your voice as one and give three shouts of victory up into
the heavens. Ask the Lord to restore your shout.
Day 18: Read Ezekiel 3 and 33. Declare a new watchman anointing will
fall upon you and that anointing will come forth corporately in your region.
Day 19: Read 1 Corinthians 14. Declare that the prophetic anointing
will become pure and clear in the people of God you are associated with.
Day 20: Read Mark 16. Miracles speak! Declare that signs and wonders
will begin to come forth producing many salvations in the people of your
area, as well as in the Muslim people.
Day 21 Read Genesis 11. Declare Babel, confusion, will fall. Pray
that the electric supply to minarets throughout Israel and other nations
would be cut off or scrambled, etc., so that the call cannot go out.
Day 22: Read Job 38, especially verses 12-13. Rise early! Be up by 5
AM. Declare the breaking of the day. Declare the wicked will be shaken.
Day 23: Read Psalms 100, 149, and 150. Pray that the sound of worship
to the Lord would arise in mighty waves from the land of Israel and then
permeate through all nations that are in covenant with God.
Day 24: Read 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 8. Memorize these two verses. "For
our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the
Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were
among you for your sake... For from you the word of the Lord has sounded
forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith
toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything." Declare
His word will begin to SOUND forth.
Day 25: Read Genesis 12 and 15. Ask God to reveal to you His COVENANT
plan for your life and in the earth realm. The war that we are in is a
covenant war.
Day 26: Read Deuteronomy 20. Understand the laws of war. Give a war
cry up into heaven over you life and family. Give a war cry over the nation
that God points you to pray for.
Day 27: Read Isaiah 40. Declare that a highway will be paved into the
Islamic world and many will begin to get on the highway of salvation.
Day 28: Read Isaiah 54. Declare that no weapon formed against you
will prosper. Declare no weapon formed against the Lord Jesus Christ will
prosper.
Day 29: Read Psalm 96. Sing to the Lord a new psalm. Let it be a song
of salvation. If you don't feel comfortable singing your own psalm, sing
along to a worship tape or CD.
Day 30: Read Joshua 6. Do a Jericho walk around your house or
neighborhood. As you are walking focus your prayers on an Islamic nation.
Declare the walls will fall.
More information on praying through Ramadan is available from Youth with a
Mission at
www.ywam.org/prayer/30daysmuslim.html
by Chuck Pierce
www.glory-of-zion.org
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