"When you pray, pray first for the Holy Spirit because when you have the Holy Spirit, you have everything."        - Medjugorje April 4, 1985

"You have forgotten that through prayer and fasting you can avert wars and suspend the laws of nature."       - Medjugorje Dec. 2, 1982

Thank you again to everyone who participated with us in our Esther Fast this week. Although the struggle that it was will soon fade from our memories, the Lord’s appreciation for your sacrifice will be as fresh in 1,000 years as it was at 11:59 PM on Wednesday evening.

Like a rose that never wilts, always possessing the most wonderful fragrance, so too will your effort be viewed for all of eternity by Him who matters.

It will be a badge of honor for you, and when you pass by the many souls again, and again, and again on the streets of heaven, souls there because of your effort, you will be exceedingly glad you stepped up and their gratitude to you will be eternal.

And for those of you who didn’t participate with us in our Esther Fast for whatever reason this week – Do so next week.

Do your own three-day Esther fast as best you can. Nothing to eat and nothing to drink for three days.  Unite your fast with ours for the singular intention: that we will have the grace to repent - as individuals, as families, as a church, and as a nation.

That intention, which is unappealing to our human nature, is the first step towards unlocking heaven’s abundant blessings.

Consider the incredible words from the most studied psalm on the planet today. This is God, reaching out to us, offering us victory if we will repent.  The word focuses on repenting from the first and greatest commandment – we shall not honor false gods. Repentance needed from us as well as our church in light of Bergoglio’s public satanic worship from the Vatican to America’s embracement of eastern and satanic faiths:

There shall be no strange god among you;

 you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

"But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would have none of me.

So, I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. – Psalm 81

What an uplifting and exciting promise He is holding out to us. Let’s be clear - As much as we desire to see the church and our country restored, God‘s desire is infinitely greater to see the same.

We believers are the log jam that has been preventing His victories from cascading over church and country. 

Outside of the psalms, the most studied old testament passage today was from the book of Kings. Coming off of our fast, consider the implication of these words from God upon us who repent:

`Behold, I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and will give you ten tribes 32 (but he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),

12:19So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

God’s behavior in that passage really is shocking - One would think that David had been perfect in his life. This is the same David that committed the most heinous sins manifesting the vilest behavior.  But because David had the grace to sincerely repent, even after his death we see the Lord is still arranging entire nations to honor David.  If we repent, He will forgive us … and forget our sins as He forgot David’s.

LifeSite News touched on some anecdotes about how grace is spreading across the world exactly as the mother of The Redeemer said on Christmas Day. One example was from Naples, Florida, where one woman simply decided she wanted to begin a Bible study.

250 women signed up for this ongoing program!

Isn’t that astounding?

His news is good news and the real news on this day, filled with orchestrated headlines, is that the Spirit has broken out across America.

As you relish His presence this Sunday when you set aside all work and savor time to praise Him, here are a few songs to be sure are in your praise library. All are focused on this most timely headline, the Holy Spirit.

Don’t just listen to them – Find some place quiet if you are embarrassed to sing in front of others and sing these four songs to the Spirit from the heart  … you will be challenged not to feel His presence…

Spirit Break Out

Heiliger Geist

Come Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit

We look forward to sharing more exciting stories with you next week as to the graces in the here and now. Thank you for fasting with us again today.

God bless and God bless America.

Why We Fast – Our Core Fasting Intentions

1) We add the new fasting intention of taking back the church from evil. We submit the three-step process to achieve this victory is 1-Repent, 2-Prayer & Fasting and, 3-Imitate our Savior by throwing the evil leadership from the church. We will seek to emulate the Savior in our effort to End The USCCB, an organization that has been devastating to the church.  (“You shall know the spirit by the fruits” - Matt. 7:16)

2) For the Holy Spirit to reign down upon America, renewing our land as the Christian, capitalist meritocracy we were founded to be.

3) For the protection of our police, firefighters, military and their families from harm and that the Lord bless their courageous generosity on our behalf.

4) For the protection of the families who fast with us, and for God’s blessings of abundance upon them and that true to His word, we will be able to witness that He prospered us in famine.

Would you like to learn more about fasting?

We maintain a repository of ideas and information we have learned over the last decade while fasting weekly for America. From scientific studies on the benefits of fasting, to the differences between intermittent dieting vs intermittent fasting, to scriptural references regarding the power of fasting to the history of first century Christians who stated believers are obligated to fast weekly, we hope you will find numerous insights with our free resource located here.

Together let us also implore Heaven while fasting for intentions you have highlighted:

4) For all patriots who put themselves on the front lines in combatting evil and for all of the warriors who are stepping up around the nation to fight for the gospel – May The Father cover them in the blood of our savior,  protect them and their families from evil and bring victory to their endeavors.

5) For priests, ministers and all who aspire to lead others to the Lord, that the Holy Spirit will reign down upon them as at Pentecost filling them to overflowing. 

6) For the Americans jailed after January 6th who were admitted to the Capitol building by the police, and who were not found to have destroyed any property at the capitol yet who have been held captive ever since on our own soil - That God's Spirit will move quickly to bring justice back to this land and free them.

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