We love the scripture in Psalm 2:6-9 that prophesies of Jesus who will sit on Zion and rule over the nations with a rod of iron.  If I've heard prophetic intercessors, prophets or ministers proclaim it once, I've heard it thousands of times. 

But what is it?  I mean, the revelation is powerful! But is there a practical way for us to put our faith in action today and bring this into reality?  If you understand what the word translated "rod" in the Hebrew is and you let the Bible interpret the Bible you can.  

What is it
So what's the rod of God?  It's God's people proclaiming a timely word from our Lord.  

So what is the Hebrew word translated rod and what does it mean?  It's the Hebrew word sebet (Strongs h7626) and it means to branch off; a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or a clan:  a rod, sceptre, staff, or tribe.

In fact, this Hebrew word (h7626) is only translated 'rod' 34 times in the Bible where as it is translated 'tribe' more than 140 times.  It is 7x more frequently translated people and I could easily swap 'rod' for 'tribe."  Then Psalm 2:-9 would read;

“I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a TRIBE of iron..."

The scripture also says; 

OneHope is led by Steve Buss and his team in Eugene/Springfield Oregon. They've been using the 1Church1Day strategy in their network since 2015.  They've got 40+ churches working together to lift up a canopy of prayer over their community.  Following our strategy they have 10 councils of leaders representing the 7 spheres of society who help inform them as to what to pray. 

Kaylee, who is part of the OneHope team just sent an email saying:

We had a really significant answer to prayer last week.  Please read, rejoice, and be encouraged. It's the first testimony on the "Answer to Prayer" document. 
 
The fire chief (on our first responder strategic team) called Steve three hours after the near-tragedy to give glory to God. And the city manager (on our government team) texted us that morning saying, "please don't let One Church - One Day stop praying..." 
 
We're humbled by the way God is using our prayers.    
 
Kaylee

What follows is their "Answers to Prayer Report" which describes the miracle that occurred when firefighters were ambushed by a shooter in Springfield Oregon.

Isaiah 2:2-3 
Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the Lord's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

​How can we build a mountain of prayer?  It's accomplished one person, one hour, one church/ministry, one day at a time.  Every single hour, person, or ministry who prays contributes to that.

In 1Church1Day we've developed a way to help us see how we are doing.  Inspired by our heavenly Father who even counts the number of hairs on our head (Matthew 10:29) we track every hour a person reports that they pray in the calendar as well as every day a ministry or church covers with 24/7 prayer. This way we can see how we are progressing building our Father's house of prayer for all nations. 

What's the key?  Isaiah 22:22 spoke of the key of David.  David's key combined communication and teamwork through a little administration to facilitate 24/7 continual prayer, praise and worship on Zion in Jerusalem.  

Why?  Power to Rule & Reign

I'll never forget what God showed when I was temporarily assigned to serve on the staff of COMIDEASTFOR during Desert Storm aboard the USS LaSalle. It reinforced a biblical principle of war.  It's the principle of objective. The key to unity is a common objective with enough agreement so as to form a coalition. Naturally this includes a common enemy.  Click here to get my book on Developing Apostolic Strategy which goes into 8 major principles of war.

The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard have different cultures and we are typically competitive until we are united by a common objective and a common foe. One of my assignments on that staff was to serve as a liaison officer.  I regularly interacted with and worked with these different armed services as well as civilian shipping lines, convoys, embassies and consulates and armed services from 34 different nations who were part of the coalition. 

I marveled at generally how well everyone seemed to get along and work together. That is, until the shooting war stopped.  I was shocked to see that within 24 hours of a ceasefire everyone seemed to revert to our pre-war stance which tended to be self focused and self promoting. 

Uncommon Courage 
Representative Matt Shea from Washington State is a patriot, a Christian, an Army officer and a decorated veteran.  He shared in a report early this morning how he'd just endured the worst legislative day in his 10 years of service. It was because certain bills that violate God's word and harms families (ie. eugenics, abortion, surrogacy and a clear persecution of Christian beliefs) passed yesterday by the Democratic majority who hold the house, senate and governor's mansion.  He's standing for righteous values day in and day out.  He's a light that shines in darkness. Uncommon valor is not uncommon to him, but rather it is a daily walk.  He and a handful of other legislators (ie. Rep. Jesse Young) go where most won't go. 

He pleads and strongly highlights the need for the Church to pray. They need our help. Secondly, he emphasizes the need for alternative media sources because the current media is controlling the narrative and choosing deceive and distract the public for their liberal left wing agenda.  When you combine that along with major corporations (ie. Facebook, Google, Youtube, etc.) who also share the same political goals based upon a world view minus God (ie. Truth)... well let's just say it highlights the need for a system like ours.  

It's Time for Uncommon Cooperation
It's time for the body of Christ to unite. The issues before our state are literally life and death. The souls of men and women and their eternal destiny in heaven or in hell is really what's at stake.  It not now then when and if not you then who? 

Dennis is the Prayer Pastor for Transform Yakima Together (TYT).  They've been working with me on the first customized 1Church1Day Community Prayer Transformation System for their network. 

Prayer leaders beginning with a coordinator for National Day of Prayer (Linda I.) in 2006 began to work with me using what was then called Operation Rolling Thunder.  Their powerful testimonies regarding prayers impact on crime are recorded in my book Operation Rolling Thunder revised edition.  They've continued collaborating together all these years and TYT, I believe, was birthed through this prayer in 2015.  

Now they are helping us pioneer this new system that I believe will help to connect and serve many churches and networks to build our Father's house of prayer while gathering elders back in the gates of their respective cities, counties and states. 

I was thrilled when I received his email this morning titled "Our Prayers are Being Answered" along with the picture of the article. 

​In 1988 God gave me a vision which I prophesied about in Springfield Christian Center in Springfield Oregon.  Dr. Larry Lea’s father in the faith, Bob Wilhite was the special speaker that day when I prophesied what I saw regarding how the body of Christ would mobilize and connect as the army of the Lord to pray.  The image that best represents that vision now resides on the home page of our app.  It was during this meeting that the prophetic gift was first recognized in my life.

This was before we had even heard of an internet or the world wide web. Little did I realize at the time that this word was also a personal assignment.

Thirty years later the vision is becoming a reality.  This is why I think it's important to share a little history. 
 
The revelation and message Christ gave me to steward was first embodied in CONECT (Christian Outreach Network Establishing Church-wide Teamwork).  It was designed to work by hand and through fax machines. As I proved God's word and this system in churches like Word of His Grace and communities like Springfield Oregon our technology matured. By the time CONECT matured into Operation Rolling Thunder (ORT) in 2005 email, website, Word and a variety of online forms were used.  The system was the same but the technology evolved. As it evolves, it allows us to equip leaders to become even more effective in mobilizing their people to pray.

Now I know most of you are bored already because I'm talking about administration. But hear me!  This is a critical component of leadership and required to connect larger churches and more people together to increase the power the Church has to project through prayer to enforce the will of King Jesus. 

I just got off the phone with Apostle Nani who heads up the India Prayer League.  We were with him and the pastors of 24 churches who were working with him. They shared with me the watch schedules for their congregation on the day they take to pray using the 1Church1day strategy. 

The strategy was done mostly on paper.

Then there is Living Hope in Renton Washington. This church takes the 13th of each month as their day to pray.  They started on paper but quickly added the system to their website and integrated it with their church app.  

Simultaneously, we happen to be working with the Transform Yakima Together League who is rolling out their own customized 1Church1Day Community Prayer Transformation System.  They've customized our system for their network of 25 churches.  

All technology does is to help automate a process. In this case we use communication technology to help connect the body of Christ to build our Father's house of prayer for all nations, one person, one hour, one church, one day at a time. 

We’ve just returned from our missions trip to India. I’ve titled this the supernatural, services, supplies and souls saved trip for that’s what occurred.  There were a number of firsts accomplished on this trip such as:
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1. It was the first time I gave another minister the opportunity to lead their first international missions trip.  They consider me a spiritual parent, so it was exciting to give them that opportunity. 
2. It was the first time an interpreter was contacted by someone in the police department notifying them they were looking for the Westerners. 
3. It was the first time I'd used the Leadership Dashboard of 1Church1Day to issue an emergency alert mobilizing strategic prayer for protection while we were in another nation.
4. It was the first time I'd experienced such hostility from some people which stood in stark contrast to many more drawn to the light.  We've never had some many strangers wanting pictures with us crying "selfie."  
5. It was the first time a family conference was ever held for Jesus Christ Prayer House wherein men, women, married couples and children were all ministered to at the same time.
6. It was the first Pastors & Evangelists Conference held by the India Prayer League we helped found after I’d commissioned Nani apostolically to oversee the 1Church1Day strategy in India.  110 ministers attended and 10 expressed interest in joining with the 24 churches already apart of the India Prayer League.
7. It was the first time that a woman was bit by a two headed snake while I was ministering during a Festival (outreach).  In spite of that clearly demonic distraction (the women was not poisoned) 600 attended and 50 responded to the altar call for first time decisions to give their hearts to Christ.

Well it happened again!  Some were sure Jesus' second coming was scheduled for September 23rd!  I think, which part of Mark 13:32 don't you get?  You know, where it says "of that day and hour, no one knows."  

Why don't we know?  Well, part of the reason is God is exercising God COMSEC (Communication Security according to Wikipedia is "is the discipline of preventing unauthorized interceptors from accessing telecommunications in an intelligible form, while still delivering content to the intended recipients" I submit He's waiting on the Church to accomplish an assignment and he also knows that we are people, have difficulty with our tongues and "loose lips sink ships."  ​Hebrews 10:12-13 says;

 "But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool."

He is Waiting Until....

His enemies are made His footstool.  Psalm 110:1-2 was quoted by Jesus in Matthew, Mark and Luke where it says: 

"The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.  Rule in the midst of Your enemies!"  

When this was written the context was, whenever a king was seated on His throne, it was where He placed His feet.  That was a footstool and it went with the throne.  

The Church has a Job To Finish!