PRAYER JOURNEY

January 14, 2025

50 DAY PRAYER JOURNEY
January 14, 2025


Brothers and sisters in Christ…

I sense the leading of the Holy Spirit to launch a 50 Day Prayer Journey.  Please pray about making a decision to personally participate in it.
Break up the fallow ground of your heart!  Plant the good seeds of righteousness in your heart, and reap the blessings that your devotion to Me will produce.  It is time for you to turn to Me, your Lord, and I will come and shower blessings of righteousness upon you. [Father God…Hos 10:12] 

“Even now,” declares the Lord, “Return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.  Rend your heart in deep sorrow, and not your garments!  Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love; He is always ready to forgive and not punish.
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.” [Joel 2:12-13; 2 Chron 7:14-15]

Therefore, heed the warning of the Holy Spirit: “Today if you hear Jesus calling to you, do not harden your heart against Him.” [Heb 3:7-8]

ANOINTING OF PROMISE

God is calling you, and desires to anoint you, to be part of His holy remnant.  Whether you are a pastor, a Christian leader, or a member of the congregation…this is what the Lord says: To the pastors I have placed in charge of My churches concerning your congregation and each individual member, write: This is the last call.  I have wooed you so many times.  This time, I say to you, in great love… there is a cost to an anointing; this is not a light, frivolous matter.  The anointing is not cheap. 

If you say in your heart, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it,” If you pay the cost of the anointing, I’ll open doors for you, I’ll speak through you, and I’ll use you again like you have never conceived.  The church and any members of the congregation embracing My call will move in the Power of My Holy Spirit, and bring great Glory to God!

The time of being pumped up is over.  I am tired of your solemn assembly’s, I’m tired of your sacrifices…they’re not from the heart.  Don’t miss what God is about to do.  The time has come; I need you, and I love you…but if you ignore this trumpet call…if you say in your heart, “We will not listen,” I am going to remove your anointing.  You’re not going to have anything to say to anybody; you’re going to be dry.  You are going into the desert…I will love you there, and I will keep you in My care, but you can’t go with Me, and I won’t go with you. 

Beloved child of God…let My Holy Spirit open your heart, and respond from the depths of your being, “God, once again, use Your church; use Your child.   Now…not another time…tonight, let something in my heart respond to Your call.”  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vmE2nbVctE [Note: this video opens in the middle of a worship song, which continues to the 2:15 minute mark before Pastor Wilkerson is introduced as the speaker]

COST O F THE ANOINTING

There is a high cost to an anointing; the anointing is not cheap.  It is a pearl of great value; you will have to sell everything you own to obtain it.  The Lord has reserved it for a Godly remnant of the 1% of His children who will not bow down, who will not shrink back, who will not compromise, who will remain steadfast and immovable in their commitment to follow the Lamb whithersoever He goes.  God’s holy remnant is called to a life of self-sacrifice and self-denial.  You cannot become part of My holy remnant without being willing to sacrifice your desire for anything and everything you own. 

Blessed Holy Spirit…I freely lay my life on the altar of sacrifice, giving You free reign over the course and direction of my life on Earth.  I am wholly surrendered unto God, wholly given for the blessing and salvation of souls. 
I voluntarily become Your bond-slave…which was a choice made in times of old…not out of coercion or gratitude, but out of love.  But if the servant…having been released and set free…shall plainly say to his master, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go free,” then his master shall bring him to God [the judges as His agents]; he shall bring him to the door or doorpost and shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him for life. [Ex 21:5-6] 

As a bond-slave, there is nothing I have that belongs to me as my own…

  • None of my possessions belong to me; they all belong to You.  You are free to do what You will with them, for all that I have has come from You; You are free to give and free to take away.
  • I have no plans of my own; whatever plans I may have are all subject to Your plans, purposes, and will for me.  I am here to do Your will, O Lord.
  • I no longer have any privileges here in this world, because I am no longer a citizen here.  You have transferred me out of the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Light.  All of my privileges are at my home in Heaven, where I am a citizen.  There I am privileged to walk the streets of gold, and eat those immortal fruits that grow along the river flowing from the Throne.
  • I have no expectations from the people of this world…nothing I expect of them to be or to do, for they continually fail to meet my expectations.  All of my expectations are from You, Lord…You have never failed me, and You never will.
  • I have no rights here on Earth, because I am not a citizen here; I am a resident alien.  Since I have no rights here, there is nothing that anyone can violate.  All of my rights are as a citizen of Heaven, and those rights will never be violated.
  • I have no honor here among the people of this world, for anything I have done that is worthy of honor was not done by me, but rather by You working through me, with me, and in me.  Therefore, all the glory belongs to You alone.
  • I have no time of my own; all of the time I have been allotted here on Earth belongs to You.  You are free to use my time here as You will. 
  • I have no desires of my heart for anything this world has to offer; You are Lord of my life.  I have only one desire, “I desire to do Your will, O Lord, and to finish the work You have given me to do.”
  • I have no purposes of my own for my life, no goals that I cling to.  I live wholly surrendered to Your plans, Your purposes, Your will.  My only purpose for life is to do the good works that You Yourself have planned in advance for me to do.
  • I have no affections for the people of this world, or for anything this world has to offer, that competes with my affection for You.  My sweetest, most tender affections are reserved for You alone.
  • I have no attractions to the people of this world, or to anything this world has to offer, that competes with my attraction to You.  You alone are the choicest, most precious treasure of my heart.
  • All of my motives for doing things, my attitude in doing them, and my disposition while doing them, are subservient to You and intended to bring You glory.  Enable me, Lord, to have godly motives, a good attitude, and a sweet disposition in all that I do. 
  • I am wholly Yours, and You are wholly mine…wholly surrendered unto God, wholly given for the blessing and salvation of souls.  My heart longs to be inflamed with yearning for God alone…to pour out my soul, my life, my all for You!

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The 50 Day Prayer Journey is not for everyone…even though everyone is called, whether new in the Lord, a mature Christian, or a child of God seeking to re-dedicate your life to the pursuit of God.  You are encouraged to invite family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers as well.  The only criteria of this calling is that your heart-cry is as was David’s, “As the deer pants for water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O God.  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and behold You face to face?”

The Prayer Journey is a solemn commitment before the Lord during these coming 50 days, to spend one hour every day in prayer.  It is not for general prayer, but rather intensely personal and focused prayer for personal holiness, and for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in your life.  The one hour consists of…

  • worship and praise,
  • confession of sin and repentance,
  • prayer for purity, holiness, and righteousness in your everyday life, and for
  • the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in your life.

The one hour can be planned at a convenient time in your own home; I will be available by phone or E-mail for counsel and encouragement whenever desired.  Over the next seven weeks I will provide you with ample resources that will more than enable you to spend an hour in focused prayer…in case you wonder how you are ever going to be able to spend an entire hour [if you have never done that before] in this manner.

Are you prepared to go into the Garden that Jesus went to that night of His betrayal, and to walk along the path He walked?  It is the path of obedience and suffering, self-sacrifice and self-denial, death to sin and death to self.  It is the path Jesus walked and the way which He Personally dedicated for us…a new and living way to God, through the veil, that is to say, through the veil of the flesh…my sin-enslaved human nature.  It is the ONLY path that leads up to the Gate that opens into the Heavenly Sanctuary and into the Holy of Holies…into the inaccessible Light of the Glory of our Father’s unclouded Presence.  The Gate bears on its header the inscription “THY WILL BE DONE.”  No one can walk through that Gate without first checking his/her own will there with the gatekeeper in absolute and unconditional surrender.

Here is a link to a personal testimony that will be a great blessing and encouragement as you prayerfully consider, and count the cost, of making a commitment before the Lord to the Prayer Journey:
https://preservechristianfamily.org/2019/01/26/divine-fellowship/

Wherefore brethren, having now boldness to enter into the Holy of Holies by the Blood of Jesus, by the way which He dedicated for us…a new and living way to God through the veil, that is to say, through the veil of His flesh…let us then without further hesitation or delay draw nigh in fullness of faith; here let us continually abide in the fullness of faith. [Heb 10:19-20, 22]  Those who abide in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [PS 91:1]  Hallelujah! 

Please forward this invitation to as many of your personal contacts as you are led by the Spirit to do so.  If there are others you invite who are planning to participate in the prayer journey, please encourage them to forward their E-mail address to Michael: mihkail43@comcast.net.  I will add them to my daily postings for the Prayer Journey.  

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PRAYER JOURNEY

Preparation: Following is an example of a format for the daily hour of prayer during the Prayer Journey, to provide guidance on how a participant might effectively approach it.  The prayer journey is so intensely personal, however, that within this framework each individual will need to give the Holy Spirit free reign to lead and guide you in the way He alone knows is best for you.  Become familiar with the following referenced Scriptures and Links beforehand, so you will be able to plan a good start for the 50 day prayer journey on the starting date. 

SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

Heart preparation: Longing For God https://preservechristianfamily.org/2019/01/22/longing/
My House Shall Be Called A House of Prayer Video:
https://vimeo.com/132887856/

A]  15 min:  Worship and Praise: [Ps 100]

B]  30 min:  Personal Holiness: [Mt 5:6, 8; Heb 12:14]

C]  15 min:  Outpouring of the Holy Spirit: [Eph 5:18; Acts 1:8, 12-14]

Counseling and Encouragement:
Michael: mihkail43@comcast.net

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Arise My bride, and prepare to see My Face

Behold, I am coming soon!  My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.
Then the angel said to me, “Write this down: Blessed are those summoned to the marriage banquet of the Lamb…all true believers who are members of His Universal Church.  They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with Power and great Glory.  And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect…God’s holy people…from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.”  And he said to me further, “These are the True Words of God.” [Rev 19:9]

Blessed Jesus…I rejoice and shout triumphantly for joy!  I celebrate and ascribe to You glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb draws near, and Your bride, the Universal Church and each of her members, has been preparing herself and has made herself ready! [Rev 19:7]  Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!  For our Lord God, Sovereign All-Ruler, reigns!  Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him Glory!  For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.  The finest linen, dazzling and white, was given her to wear.  Then the angel said to me, “Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage banquet of the Lamb!” [John…Rev 19:6-9; Luke 14:15-23]

ENDURE TO THE END

Behold, I am coming quickly.  Hold on to what you have, so that no one will deprive you of your crown.  Everyone who overcomes by means of their faith…I will make a pillar in the Sanctuary of My God.  Never again will you leave it.  I will write on you the name of My God and you will be a citizen in the city of My God…the new Jerusalem…which will come down out of Heaven from My God; I will also write on you My Own new name.

Holy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcx2O9WXvn8&feature=youtu.be

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