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2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Psalm 24:3, 4. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord...he who has clean hands and a pure heart…

The hill of Lord is the place of the throne, and the place of spiritual authority. Only those who have clean hands and a pure heart can stand on that hill and exercise that authority.

The Church needs to Rise up!

The voice of God is shouting even louder to the Church, “Wake up!”

Revelation 2:18-23 and 26 says, "And to the angel of the Church in Thyatira write, 'These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: "I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time to repent of her immorality, and she did not repent. Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. I will kill her children with death, and all the Churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works."

Verse 26, "And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations".

It is only when the Church is found faithful in moral purity to her bridegroom, God, that she can gain spiritual authority over nation. The Church cannot bind the spirit of Jezebel dominating the nation if the spirit of Jezebel binds the Church. Only to those who have overcome this spirit, the Scripture says, will be given authority over the nations.

This truth makes the present moment with fallen leaders more profound and pronounced. For years leaders have been assaulted by the spirit of Jezebel and live under the shame of their bondage, which defiles imaginations and causes nightmarish inward moral battles. Maybe all our leaders who have fallen are a sign and a symbol of the whole Church of the nation. From the head to the feet we are sick, bruised, and beaten up, and we are being exposed publicly. Hosea 2:10 says, "Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers..."

We are like eunuchs in Jezebel's palace whimpering our prayers, and even with our great churches and powerful spiritual programs, the nation remains unchanged. More than all this, we have crushed the Lord's heart with our spiritual adultery, we have left our first Love, and have gone after our Baals as in the time of Jezebel.

We believe that God wants to allure us into the wilderness and speak tenderly to us and make this Valley of Achor (the place of exposure of hidden sin) a door of hope.

"In that day...you will call Me 'My Husband,' and no longer call Me, 'My Master.'" Hosea 2:14-16

We believe that at this moment in time, if we respond in repentance, we could release the greatest revival of confession of sin and a cleansing by the blood of Jesus that could draw us back into marital faithfulness with God, our Bridegroom.

God's Holy Prescription: Prayer and Fasting

What must we do? God's holy prescription for our diseased state in times of national crisis and moral collapse is found in the writings of the Prophet Joel Chapter 2 verses 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 and 28.

God is calling us to rally the church for a solemn assembly of united Prayer and Fasting.

"Now, therefore," says the Lord, "Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm.

Blow the trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly; Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children and nursing babes; let the bridegroom go out from His chamber, and the bride from her dressing room.

Then the Lord will be zealous for His land and take pity on his people.

And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

The church needs to Renew their Vows to God

We are calling multi-generations to a solemn assembly - Faith Lift 2010. We are calling everyone on June 18th 2010, for a day of local, regional and national repentance, fasting, and prayer.

We are calling elders, pastors, mothers, fathers, college students, children, every race, every denomination and fellowship, and every age to come and divorce Baal, and remarry the Lord.

The book of Hosea is very clear on this. God uses wedding vows as a symbol of renewing covenant with His people. Hosea 2:19, says, "I will betroth you to Me forever, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness."

We are coming to renew our vows. We will cry out to God for a release of Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (paraphrased), "Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm, for love is as strong as death, the vehement flame of God, as unrelenting as Sheol, loves flames are fiery flames, the fiercest of all, many waters cannot extinguish love, and rivers cannot sweep it away."

Our only hope for an idolatrous people is the fiery love of God that is stronger than the passions of this world. We have got to get an awakening that is stronger than the hellish addictions of our culture. On this day we will cry out, “Marry us again God!!!”

Dear friends, the trumpet call is clear and the nation has been summoned. Everyone; Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors & Teachers, Elders, little children, Moms and Dads and teenagers, let’s come together in prayer and fasting. Let’s turn our entertainment time into a time of intimacy with God. Let’s give ourselves to the Lord and see if He will not visit us on FAITH LIFT 2010 - A Solemn Assembly. This will be a day to take a stand and to shape history.

May those whose hearts are stirred, come and return to the Lord.

Art Beckwith

Mario Perez

Donald Thompson

Faith Lift Executive Committee