Thursday, June 26, 2008

Flood Waters of Crisis

Last Friday I was with Lou Engle in Washington, DC. We watched in shock as the muddy flood waters of the Mississippi River broke through the levees in Missouri. A few minutes later Lou declared in a CBN News interview that the boundaries have been removed and the “moral levees” in the nation have broken.

“Everyone has to start sandbagging now!”

What a vivid parallel the news is broadcasting as we watch this devastation taking place in our heartland. Consider the images of those in the path of destruction as they feverishly build walls out of sandbags in an effort to restrain the incoming muddy waters. In this moment of crisis, those walls are necessary to protect their homes, crops and livelihood.

Right now, the nation is in a moment of spiritual crisis, and it demands that walls be built. Not walls of sand but walls of intercession.

“I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.” (Ez 22:30)

With the coming elections looming large on the horizon so much is at stake. One of the walls that’s imperative right now is the one we’ve built in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. That wall has been standing daily for nearly four years. Even now this summer it stands 24 hours a day–seven days a week. My team and I have been in DC this month holding that line while temperatures soared to 110°. We continue to contend for a third seat on the Court that will be filled with a righteous Judge that will stand for LIFE. We are challenged to stand in faith like Abraham believing that God is able to perform all that He has promised.

At the same time we stand and cry out for mercy for our nation. Heaven kissed us last week during a brief rain shower. We looked up as we silently prayed in the rain and saw a rainbow stretch out over the Court. A few moments later a second rainbow joined it. Then our eyes filled with tears as a third rainbow became briefly visible as well. We caught this image with one of our camera phones. It’s hard to see, but trust me it’s there. Our hearts were encouraged and strengthened that day.

What happens with the Court in the next couple years is of the utmost importance to us all. This wall of intercession must continue to stand. This wall must thrive. At the beginning of the year we launched The Patriot Campaign as a way for you to help mobilize Bound4LIFE everywhere. 154 Chapters have been established in America and seven other nations. I ask you again, would you please consider helping in this way as we pursue LIFE. Would you stand with us as we make plans to increase the number of young people being trained in DC? Would you join with us to build a wall that will not fail, come what may?

God end abortion and send revival to America.
Matt Lockett

Tags: Intercession, Supreme Court, The Patriot Campaign

Friday, April 25, 2008

Let It Rain

The forecast shows that most of The Mercy Seat could take place during showers of rain. Grab an umbrella or poncho and come stand on behalf of the nation. Rejoice as the Spring rains refresh the earth. 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 As the rain... - Read more

Tags: The Mercy Seat

Friday, April 25, 2008

T Minus 24 Hours

With just one day left until The Mercy Seat my heart weighs heavy with so much at stake. I hope the last seven days have been a time of internal inspection and preparation for you. The overall arch of prayer tomorrow is to be selfless, repentant and intercessory in nature. We will stand on behalf of a nation of people that “know not what they do.” This individual preparation is what will allow this mercy cry to hit the necessary spiritual volume before the throne. Could it be that, in the past... - Read more

Tags: Blood, Conscience, Forgiveness, Hyssop, Jesus, King David, Mercy, Repentance, The Mercy Seat

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

City Budget Line Item

Birmingham, AL's mayor Larry Langford calls for repentance and prayer for the city. This is an incredible example of God using those in governmental leadership to lead the masses in the way we should go. He even tells the entire City Council that he needs them to be there! - Read more

Tags: Birmingham, Conscience, Intercession, Repentance

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Psalm 51 for 51 Courts

For the last few days the thoughts of the previous post “David’s Cry for Mercy and Restoration” have continued to weigh heavily on my heart. This moment in our nation is so critical. This is a year like no other, and it demands that we walk lightly and live differently. I believe all of our best-made plans and ideas to remedy our afflictions closely resemble trying to put a band-aid on a mortal wound. 13 “From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets... - Read more

Tags: Bloodguilt, David, Repentance, Shedding Innocent Blood

Thursday, April 17, 2008

David's Cry for Mercy and Restoration

David messed up. He messed up real bad, and now there was a baby involved. We all know the story of how King David committed adultery with Bathsheba and then had her husband Uriah killed in an effort to avoid the consequences and cover his tracks. God sent Nathan to press David into the corner of conviction (2 Sa 12). The full weight of his hidden sin fell upon his shoulders with the words, “You are the man!” With his sin exposed the king repented of the bloodguilt on his hands... - Read more

Tags: Bloodguilt, David, Great Awakening, Repentance, Revival, Shedding Innocent Blood

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Secret Identity

This evening will begin the first Jewish month of the year Nisan and the beginning of the Passover season. I just wanted to make a brief declaration to you as we officially begin this time. It begins with a man named Mordecai, the adoptive father of Esther. The spirit behind Haman’s decree of death was already at work. Mordecai, a Jew, had previously been concealing his identity, but something shifted. He seemed to move out of identity crisis, and he began to stand against the evil man... - Read more

Tags: Esther, Haman, Identity, Jesus, Mordecai, Peter

Friday, April 04, 2008

One Mother's Intercession

The wounded mother Rizpah moved beyond her own pain and into the role of an intercessor. Her extreme stand on behalf of the nation paved the way for healing and restoration on a massive scale and serves as an example for us as we seek to reverse the curse that’s on our land. There had been a famine in all of Israel and no one, not even King David, understood the cause. For three years straight this went on until David sought the Lord for insight. A curse had come upon the land, and its... - Read more

Tags: Abortion, Atonement, Atonement, Blood, Gibeonites, Intercession, Jesus, King David, Passover, Responsibility, Rizpah

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

2008- A Year to Passover

The following is an excerpt taken from an 8-Day Prayer Focus to “awaken the reality of change” that was just put out by Chuck Pierce. 2008- A Year to Passover, Overcome, and Go Through into FREEDOM! Purim fell approximately one month before the beginning of Passover. The Biblical Feast of Purim (Esther 9:18-28) is celebrated in the final month of the Hebrew calendar. I believe this is a significant timing so we end a season in victory and are freed to cross over into our future... - Read more

Tags: Blood, Chuck Pierce, Jesus, Nisan, Passover, Purim

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Inside the Heart of Jesus

The following is a word put out today by Jill Austin of Master Potter Ministries “I was inside of His heart! The incense! The thick heavy smells began to overwhelm my senses.” -Jill Austin Suddenly, I found myself on the chest of Jesus. Like John the Beloved, I could feel my face up against His linen robes–the soft fabric around my face. I could hear His heart–the sound of eternity–that gigantic chamber of love, embracing me. I felt so loved and so protected. This intimacy of... - Read more

Tags: Intercession, Jesus, Jill Austin, Martyrs

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

I’d like to clarify some thoughts and motivation surrounding The Mercy Seat event on April 26th. Like most things there tends to be two extreme points of view concerning the future of America. One says that we’re the Promised Land and God will bless us. The other sees nothing but a nation overrun with wickedness and is eagerly expectant of God to pour out His wrath on us. I’d like to humbly put a little of this in perspective for the event. First, can we all just be thankful... - Read more

Tags: Abortion, Frances Frangipane, Great Awakening, Judgment, Mercy, Mike Bickle, Shedding Innocent Blood, The Mercy Seat, Wrath

Monday, March 24, 2008

What Will You Do With This Light?

We are all experiencing a dramatic development right now in the preaching of the Word. The Body of Christ is being exposed to the doctrine of shedding innocent blood at an unprecedented scale thanks to TheCall and God TV to name a few outlets. Tens of thousands are gathering in stadiums and living rooms around the globe to hear this mysterious truth revealed perhaps for the first time in their lives. This message is not a new one by any means, but it has been largely misunderstood and absent from... - Read more

Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Bloodguilt, God TV, Great Awakening, Rees Howells, Shedding Innocent Blood, TheCall

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The Value of Christ’s Blood

19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. (He 10:19-22 NIV) What is the value of Christ’s blood... - Read more

Tags: Blood, Conscience, Faith, Forgiveness, Great Awakening, Jesus, Redemption, Revelation, Value

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Passover Lamb and the Great High Priest

This is a holy week for Christians. This past Sunday marked the celebration of Jesus’ triumphal entry of Jerusalem to the shouts of “Hosanna!” This Friday is when we observe his crucifixion before the chants of an angry mob. How’s that for a dramatic drop in the polls? Easter is a moveable feast. The calculation of its date was set long ago, but the gospels place the events of Easter at the time of the Passover. The gospel of John actually puts the crucifixion on... - Read more

Tags: Crucifixion, Day of Atonement, Easter, Good Friday, High Priest, Jesus, Passover, Passover Lamb, Resurrection, Sacrifice of Atonement, The Passion of the Christ

Monday, March 17, 2008

Spiritual Novacaine

At twilight on the eve of Passover God’s people were instructed to mark their doors with blood. God said, “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” It was a foreshadowing of the mercy that was to come for all those “under” the covering of the blood of the Jesus. Ezekiel 9 tells of another marking that God instructed. It’s a story of a city under siege, yet the people refuse to turn to God their only source of salvation. Angelic guards were called forward... - Read more

Tags: Abortion, Anesthesia, Elijah, Joseph Stalin, Life, Passover

Friday, March 14, 2008

All Whos Who Have Blood That Is Red

This is the day that many of us have been waiting for for over three years. Horton Hears A Who the movie opens in theaters everywhere today. The old Dr. Seuss book has been embraced by pro-life people everywhere as a powerful allegory for ending abortion. I think God is up to much much more than just happy coincidences though. I believe He is shouting to the nation right now from every conceivable angle that abortion must end. Some might think that young minds must be shielded from a subject... - Read more

Tags: 22-Word Prayer, Abortion, Horton Hears A Who, Justice Loves Babies, Kangaroo Court, Lou Engle

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Don’t Take Your Eyes Off Of It

Let me return to the passages in Matthew 27 that I discussed in “Who’s Responsibility Is It Anyway?” The NIV is the only translation to render verses 4 and 24 “It’s your responsibility.” Let me preface this by saying that I’m definitely not a student of Greek. In fact, I probably know just enough to be dangerous. :) A quick word study though shows the word “optanomai” used here. The KJV translates the two passages here as “See thou... - Read more

Tags: 22-Word Prayer, Abortion, Communion Revival, Conscience, Great Awakening, Life Band, Responsibility, Revelation, Shedding Innocent Blood

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Nothing But The Blood

Since Bound4LIFE began in October 2004, we have always ended our Silent Sieges by singing “Nothing But The Blood.” We believe God is wanting to breathe new life on this old hymn. What a beautiful message it is giving hope to the sinner. We recently decided to record that old song that everyone knows so well and give it away as a free download. Our hope is that worship leaders everywhere will take it up once again to lead God’s people into intercession for the nation. Recorded... - Read more

Tags: Nothing But The Blood

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Who’s Responsibility Is It Anyway?

Matthew 27 gives us a “behind the scenes” look at Judas right after his betrayal of Jesus. It says that when he saw that Jesus was condemned he was suddenly seized with remorse for what he had done. What happened next gives us a glimpse of the reality of bloodguilt in the New Testament. Grief-stricken Judas attempted to repent for shedding innocent blood before the chief priests and elders, the architects of the whole agenda. Their response was profound, “What is that to... - Read more

Tags: Abortion, Bloodguilt, Daniel, Judas, Responsibility, Shedding Innocent Blood

Monday, March 10, 2008

Intercessor- The Supreme Vocation

This officially kicks off a short string of thoughts as we approach Passover on April 26th. The purpose of this blog is to draw our attention to and focus on the blood of Christ. I’d just like to start things off strong with a quote from E.M. Bounds. “Only glimpses of the great importance of prayer could the apostles get before Pentecost. But the Spirit coming and filling on Pentecost elevated prayer to its vital and all-commanding position in the gospel of Christ. The call now... - Read more

Tags: Build a Wall, E.M. Bounds, Ezekiel 22:30, Intercession, Intercessor, Life Coach, Passover, Prayer