For the first time in my life, when I visited Africa, I believe I met first hand-- a part of the Body of Christ--part of the church that is PREPARED FOR WAR! Jesus was clear when He spoke of the Kingdom of God--- He was clear about how the Church would win it's battles and conflicts---

Matt 11:12 "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and VIOLENT MEN take it BY FORCE."

FORCE IS THE ONLY WAY!

If there is one thing that world has seen, it is this--- Dictators understand only one thing . . . "FORCE!" They can not be talked down, negotiated with, or appeased. They can only be taken by force---- for force is how they operate--- and force is all they respond to.

Israel was given an opportunity to take their land BY FORCE. They shrunk back. And that generation all died in the desert. Their children, then-- the Joshua Generation--- took the land, their promised inheritance--- BY FORCE!.

I INTEND TO TAKE OUR INHERITANCE, FIGHTING SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH MY CHILDREN

I am not satisfied to let my children be the Joshua Generation by themselves. I intend to be PART of the Joshua Generation myself, but this will require a new mind-set for me/us. This will require a bit of anger at what the enemy, the Devil, has done and is doing. I can no longer afford the luxury of staying out of Satan's way as long as he stays out of my way.

It is time for the armor of God to become part of my daily apparel. But I can't do it alone. And this time around, I can't take the battle into my own hands. This required a coordinated strategy, overseen by the LIVING Generals of the Faith whom God has appointed for this hour.

This requires planning, strategies, the setting up of boot camps, the medical teams in place, ---the whole nine yards. This is about War and "THE FUTURE WAR OF THE CHURCH."

THE BATTLE IS UPON ON US

While the battles have always been with us, 'THE' BATTLE is about to ensue as the enemy of our souls has recognized that his time is short and he goes about seeking whom he may devour.

In his 2-tape series, THE FUTURE WAR OF THE CHURCH, Chuck Pierce, (whom I believe to be one of the Generals) begins to take the church into the War Room to look at the map, the theater of Operations, and he lays out the organization and strategy necessary for the Church to, with coordinated effort, prepare for this FUTURE WAR OF THE CHURCH.

Chuck Pierce, by the way, if the one who had the "famous" prophetic word back in 1999, that Florida's Palm Beach County would have the eyes of the World on it. This came true during the election crisis this November and December, as most of you know.

Even Paul understood and exclaimed, (1 Cor 9:26) "Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man BEATING THE AIR."

IT IS POINTLESS TO FIGHT -- IF I ONLY BEAT THE AIR

If everyone decides it's time to fight and the fighting begins--without a plan, without the STRATEGY for the conflict, we will be like a "warring church that only beats the air."

Chuck Pierce, explains in this tape-series (A CHURCH PREPARED FOR WAR) about:

1) How the Church must establish a beachhead for the conflicts to come.
2) Why the Crime rate, which was going down, is going up again
3) Why and how the Church must now make a SHIFT in the heavenlies--and what the SHIFT "IS!"
4) Which conflicts are just ahead and how the church can stand against these conflicts from the enemy.
5) You can learn what the devil is doing in YOUR life and use it against HIM as you devise a strategy against HIM.
6) The Children of Israel were to pick up memorial stones as they crossed the Jordan. What are the stones the Lord is asking the Church to pick up and what will they mean to this generation. What do they memorialize?
7) The SHIFT that is going on is a shift BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS. What does that mean?
8) God is preparing us to POSSESS the Land which he does by changing our thought processes. What thought processes is He now bringing about and how will that prepare us for this WAR with these new thought processes?
9) Many people express that they WOULD fight if they could just FEEL like fighting. They find themselves almost unwilling to fight and they don't know why! How do God's people get the WARRIOR anointing--and why is the "WARRIOR ANOINTING" so critical for the Church in this hour?
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OTHER THINGS ON CHUCK'S TAPES REGARDING "THE FUTURE WAR OF THE CHURCH"---

Chuck Pierce describes how God changed his paradigm through a vision he received on January 1, 1985, and another vision received in May of 2000. The visions are described in detail to help us see God's new paradigm for the Church. To overcome the onslaught of evil that is rapidly escalating, God's people must shift into a new authority structure of apostles-prophets-intercessors in order for breakthrough to come.

Chuck describes seven distinct functions of the apostolic and five functions of the prophetic. Intercessors are warring the way for revelation to come down to the church. The new government of God will shift pastors and teachers to prepare the flock, and if we follow this shift, it will begin to release the evangelistic power for harvest.

There is also a tape by Chuck on Power Evangelism - Restoring the Evangelistic Gift with Signs and Wonders.

Chuck summarizes this first-ever conference on Power Evangelism by speaking a dynamic word to the listener. We are to see how God intervenes in the earth realm through us, to change the environment we live in. You can receive a burden from God and walk in the integrity of Spirit life. You can wield great power and authority on the earth. You have the ability to change things. He urges the listener to ask God, "What is the potential you have put in me?"

Chuck discusses Power, Authority, Signs, Wonders, Miracles, and Harvest, and he details four characteristics of Power. He describes how power works in and under authority and jurisdiction to bring forth harvest to the earth in specific regions where we are walking in obedience to God's word and His leadership. Chuck says we can see the Signs of His Prophetic fulfillment when we move in God's Apostolic protocol, and that God is preparing us to hit the next "window of harvest."

(By the way, you can read about Chuck's ministries at: www.glory-of-zion.org www.globalharvest.org