Today we live in a world where the devil and his children traffic in lies, deceit and false accusations on a daily basis.  For example, there is a man who trolls our ministry's Facebook page and frequently posts memes or makes statements that are ludicrously false.  He represents the radical LGBTQ view of the world which excels at blatant hypocrisy.  I'm choosing to use recent personal experience to highlight the war on truth!  

For example,  I posted an article from LifeNews.com "President Trump: Every Child Born and Unborn is a Sacred Gift of God."  His response was to call LifeNews Nazi's.  Actually, that is a frequent term he uses. In this case he also said they were a propaganda machine publishing lies.  Anyone who knows anything about history knows that:

• Planned Parenthood was founded based upon the ideas and work of Margaret Sanger who also founded the "Negro Project."  
  • Note, that racism, radical feminism and Molech (the shedding of innocent blood) are the principalities behind the attacks on America and President Trump in these days.  Prophetic word by Jeremiah Johnson delivered on Sid Roth's program January 4, 2020.  Why this very article is an example of how each of these movements in America have intertwined their lies to create a demonic stronghold that led to the passage of laws based up these lies which I expect to see overturned soon (Roe v Wade).  
• She studied and was greatly impacted by eugenics which was propagated by the Nazis which is what led to the holocaust and human experiment the Nazi's practiced as they sought to "cleanse their race" which led to murdering even disabled children.  Click to learn more about eugenics.  
• Margret Sanger collaborated closely with a Klansman and Nazi sympathizer in the US Lothrop Stoddard.  
• The Nazi's destroyed life while LifeNews.com advocates to save lives. Extremely clear and easy to prove yet the adversary screams the opposite.  LifeNews.com is a righteous advocate for life and frequently confronts the lies propagated by the Left which destroys lives just like Hitler did. 
  • Note: Hitler and the Nazis were responsible for about 12 million murdered in the Holocaust.  Six to eight million were Jews, the largest single ethnic group.  Through Roe v Wade and Planned Murderhood, we've seen over 60 million unborn children murdered in America.  In addition, this death has been exported around the world through US policies of previous administrations increasing that number dramatically. 
  • To be clear, the demonically inspired  actions manifested through Hitler's Nazis policies are being advanced by the Democrat Left of this day.  Yet, the Democrat Left and her allies are the first to accuse others of being Nazis, and cry they are anti-fasicts (ANTIFA).  
  • You've got to be a special kind of stupid to believe that (deceived) or blatantly evil.  

The hypocrisy is blatant and persistent.  It is practiced in every sphere of society by the Left.  It's because they "Left" their "Right minds."  See Ecclesiastes 10:2! I don't care if we are talking about the family, healthcare, business, politics or religion there is a war over truth and Satan's minions traffic in lies (John 8:44).  

Our promised land, the promised land, is based on truth.  There is a war over truth and it is a war that spilled from heaven to earth in Revelation 12.  It is in this context God spoke me out of Deuteronomy 31:7-8 this morning where the scripture says...

Have you seen the cards that say “Seasons Greetings?” It’s true. There are seasons. It says so in Ecclesiastes 3:1! There is a time and a season for every purpose under heaven.

Sometimes, seasons overlap such that we can be in a time of conflict (Matthew 24, wars and rumors of war) even when we enter into a season where love, gratitude, joy and peace ought to reign supreme (Christmas). How do you handle it when seasons overlap?

I submit to you, one season focuses about what is happening on earth while another season looks to what has happened in heaven. My advice, look up!  That's what Jesus tells us in Luke 21:28.   Adjust your gaze.

We’ve entered a season wherein Christ is celebrated. We’ve entered a season where our Heavenly Father gave His only begotten Son. He knew the depths of mankind’s sin. He knew mankind could never pay the penalty for sin so that it could be removed so that God could have a relationship with us.

So He gave His Son knowing He was going to the Cross. We celebrate that act of love in this season.
Jesus following in His Father’s example, choose to embrace the Cross for us. Then He rose from the dead and when He ascended He gave gifts to equip and perfect His Church for the presentation of His gospel of the kingdom. He also sent us Holy Spirit.

In this season of spiritual war, I choose to... 

Do you feel like life is getting the best of you?  Are you worn out, weary, tired, discouraged, have no joy or you've lost your motivation.  It seems like you have run out of gas.  Then your tank needs a fill up.  You need to get your tank full. 

Tank Less = Thankless
Mirriam Webster Dictionary says this about thankless.  "Not likely to obtain thanks: unappreciated."  It also means "not expressing or feeling gratitude; ungrateful." 

The Bible reveals in Proverbs 23:7 an amazing truth.  It says, "as a man thinks in his heart, so is he."  So what you think, focus, meditate upon in your inner most being AFFECTS your world.  For as you think, so are you.

Thankless is connected to think-less.  You think less about all of the good things God has done for you and focus more upon things that ultimately rob and drain your love tank. Why do I focus on your "love tank?"  It's because Galatians 5:9 reveals that faith works by love.  The key to overcoming your challenges is your faith.  

Thankful is the Key to Getting Your Tank Filled Up!

As the sun goes down tonight it will mark the beginning of the celebration of Yom Kippur.  That is the last day of the 10 Days of Awe which followed Rosh Hashanah which marked the beginning of a new Hebraic year, 5780.  Yom Kippur is considered the most holy day of the year for Jews as it is a time in which God reviews their life over the past year.  The ten Days of Awe are to be used in self examining so as to give yourselves opportunity to repent of anything you need to so you can enter Yom Kippur with a clear conscience so that you might be blessed. 

Now I know we are not Jewish, however, because of Christ, we've been grafted in and in Leviticus 23 and Zechariah 14 God calls these feasts "My feasts" and the word indicates we will celebrate them into eternity.  So I find it wise and insightful to flow with God's prophetic seasons and to do His word.

Believe God's Prophet's and so Shall You Prosper
2 Chronicles 20:20 says "believe God's prophets and so shall you prosper."  Amos 3:7 says, "Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets." 1 Corinthians 13:9 says, "For we know in part and we prophesy in part."

Therefore, I like to take a look at what the prophets are saying because no one prophet, apostle, or minister gets it all.  

Why is this important?  Because Psalm 68:11 is so very clear.  When God gives a word, He wants His people to proclaim it; on earth as it is in heaven.  

Here's the Summary of what God is Saying!

ABC news was covering a story in which an off duty police officer entered the wrong apartment and then shot someone she thought was intruding in her apartment.  

It's a terrible situation and the jury just sentenced her.  The victims brother is clearly one whose life has been transformed by God's word.  

His response to the woman who killed his brother provides an excellent example of the power of forgiveness.  Here are some lessons learned that demonstrate the wisdom of forgiveness. 

Here's what I shared on our Facebook/KingdomLeague page.  

He says "the best thing you can do, is to give your life to Christ."

This is a beautiful example of forgiveness.  It's wise to! 

Why?

• Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
• Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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If you do not forgive, you set yourself up for a root of bitterness.

• Hebrews 12:15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

Over the years I've discovered several keys to building our Father's house of prayer.  But today I am going to share a key that I've never seen addressed.  It has to do with the role of the kings and priests.  It's based upon a pattern King David first modeled.  It's the blue print for our strategy.  By 2012 leaders from over 38 nations had reported it had been responsible for establishing 31 houses of prayer from which 40+ churches were birthed.  However, there have been hundreds if not thousands of places  un-impacted because the did not follow the pattern. 

I'm going to share it today and risk offending you because I love my heavenly Father, I love His Church, His people, and the world. David's pattern is the key to the end time harvest of souls.  So with that in mind...

Every reformer in scripture followed King David's plan for inviting God's abiding presence on MT Zion.  What King David did on Zion in his tabernacle provides us the keys.  It is the pattern and that is why God says through Acts 15:16-17 that in the latter days David's tabernacle would be restored.  What is the purpose?  So that the rest of mankind can seek the Lord.   

Who are some of the reformers?  Solomon, Asa, Josiah, Ezra, Nehemiah and Hezekiah!  What is the pattern?  

Kings Initiated the Building of God's House!
The pattern begins with kings, not priests, who initiate building the house of God.  King David's first decision as king was to invite God's abiding presence through 24/7 prayer, praise and worship (1 Chronicles 13:1-2).  That decision included the king inviting other leaders to join him. The priests were charged with overseeing the building of this house of prayer and the kings and leaders gave first to this effort.  In other words, they put their money where their mouth was. There was action behind their words that God and men could see.

In 2 Samuel 6 we find his David's first attempt failed as they began with music and moving the Ark of the Covenant (type of God's presence) on a new cart.  Uzzah died when he touched the ark so the move of God had to stop.  It spent 3 months in Obededum's house before David discovered the proper way.  

David discovered that the ark had to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites which are a type of the fivefold ministry today (this topic is addressed in "Addressing the Issue of Pay to Pray).  The next key was modeled in 2 Samuel 6:13. They took six paces and then sacrificed offerings. 

Offerings are worship and one of the important signs of covenant to God from man.  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  The passion for God's presence will be reflected in your giving of time and your monies.  These actions reflect what is really in your heart.  Jesus says in John 15:13 that greater love has no one than this, than to lay his life down for his friends.  Then Jesus proceeded to the cross.  He love and He gave.  Bottom line, love gives their life and this includes time and money. 

Someone shared with me about a ministry concept that involved a team of ministers who would offer a "courts of heaven session" which I assume meant they'd interceded upon someone's behalf and utilize their gifts to hear what God's decision was and then then pray, declare or proclaim in response to that to the word of the Lord.  This kind of ministry has actually been offered for centuries through those with a prophetic gift.  Only in the last two decades has intercession begun to be explained from a courts of heaven perspective.  I believe it is part of the manifold wisdom of God being revealed in this day.  It's a new look at an old discipline from a different perspective.

Candidly, I distinctly remember God speaking to me about this concept in the early 2000s and the ORT/1Church1Day prayer strategy incorporates that revelation. In the strategy continual prayer, praise and worship seats the courtroom of heaven so you can come and plead your case and await to hear God's decision.  Now, back to the purpose of this article.

As I recall, they said something to the effect that there was a fee and that it just did not seem right to them.  They were uncomfortable with it as it seemed like they were charging for prayer.  It seemed like "pay to pray."  

When they asked me about it I had to qualify my answer because I did not have time to address this subject and cover all the bases.  You see, I was hearing things second hand and I did not have all of the information.  I did not know the motive of the ministers nor how things were actually being handled.  But I can tell you the way it was presented did not sound good to me either. 

It caused me to remember prosperity ministers who would use manipulation and violate trust in order to get more for themselves kind of like Eli's sons did in 1 Samuel 2:38-30.  Eli's sons took the very best for themselves.  Their greed defiled the altar.  Greed is typically accompanied by compromise and manipulation.  Why Paul even warns in 1 Timothy 6:5 that in the last days corrupt men would seek to use godliness as a means of gain.  But let me be clear, I do not know if that was the motive of the ministers offering the service.  It was the statement of "pay to pray" that inspired that the thought.  (Click here for Purifying the Altar.  This book impacted my thoughts about the minister's responsibilities years ago.)

The Bible is also clear that the the giver has responsibilities as well.  It is possible for the worshiper to have wrong motives and which is manifested when they try to use their offering to manipulate God or the ministry.  It's one thing to appeal to God's covenant exercising your faith but it is quite another to resort to a formula devoid of relationship with God.  This often descends into a form of witchcraft if left unchecked over time.  Galatians 5:9 teaches us that faith works by love while James 2:20 teaches us that faith without works is dead.  

Why we had a donor just weeks ago attempt to do that very thing.  They thought the could use their large offering they gave months before as leverage to manipulate our ministry into compromise.  Here's the truth.  

Do you know what KLI did?  Why we gave the offering back with a stern warning to never ever do that again. It was a  defiled offering which could lead to a defiled altar had we allowed it to lead us to compromise. 

The reason I am focusing on offerings and worship is because I have found this to be one of the consistent keys to answered prayer.  It has to do with honor and covenant.  You see, God is seeking those who will worship Him "in spirit and in truth."  

The Goal is to Hit the Mark!
Our adversary the devil seeks to make people sin.  People includes the ministers who are responsible for the altar and everyone else. Satan seeks weaknesses to exploit.  Sin literally means to miss the mark.  I don't care if you go to far to the right, or to far to the left, or to low or to high these all miss the mark.  The goal is to hit the bullseye.  

Personally, I like to use the term "hit the mark."  God's word is my standard and defines the mark.  In my worldview, the Creator of the Universe designed all natural and spiritual laws.  The Bible is like the manufacturer's warranty and owner operators manual.  It describes how things work and what will happen if I operate life within the parameters of the Creator's design and what the consequences are of operating outside of designed parameters.  

Candidly, I have found that tithes, offerings, first-fruits and alms speak to the four basic types of giving in the Bible.  These are signs of a people keeping covenant with God.  With each form of giving you will find God gives the worshiper a covenant promise to go with it.   The reason I share this is because I've discovered that when handled rightly, these are some of the important keys to answered prayer which I've observed over the last twenty seven years in ministry.

Here are the challenges we face: imperfect people, ignorance, mis-understandings, demonic influence.... and the list goes on.  Our goal is to hit the mark.  

Have you noticed how many Christians, well actually, how many ministers seem to struggle with keeping their word?  I have!  It grieves my heart and it grieves the heart our heavenly Father as well. Why is this?

At the start of this year the Lord gave me a word saying it was time to recalibrate our moral compass due to deviation introduced through the magnetism of the world. Three days later God marked that message with a sign and wonder at the North Pole (click here). 

Bottom line, the world was losing its way because their moral compass was skewed.  It was skewed because they had a wrong worldview and I don't think that it is their fault.  It's the Church's fault because one of the roles of the Church should be to serve as a conscience for the nation they reside in. However, I lay the majority of the blame at the feet of those who stand in the pulpit.  We've failed to make disciples and to speak the truth.  

The Church lost her influence because of compromise in the pulpit.  Forgive me!  Forgive us for failing to make real disciples.  

It seems as it the world has become more successful at influencing the Church more than the Church is at influencing the world.   This is a leadership crisis.  We've failed to disciple people after our Lord Jesus Christ.  He was the Word made flesh in John 1:14.   Did you get that!  Jesus, was the WORD, made flesh.  He was in the beginning (John 1:1)​ and in fact Hebrews 1:3 reveals that everything in this world is upheld by the "word of His power."  Check this out! 

The Scripture Says:

God's word says in Acts 15:16-17 and in Amos 9:11-13 that in the latter days God would rebuild David's tabernacle and set it up so the rest of mankind could seek the Lord.  The restoration of David's tabernacle is the key to the end time harvest.

Now, when I say David's tabernacle, I'm not talking about the literal tabernacle.  You see the main thing was not the tent as much as it was what King David did to make God's abiding presence welcome on MT Zion, in the city of Jerusalem in Israel.  He tasked the Levites, who are a type of the five-fold ministry, with the responsibility or organizing teams of people to offer up continual prayer, praise and worship.  By continual I mean 24/7/365 prayer, praise and worship.

Why?  Because David and the leaders determined in 1 Chronicles 13:2, that God's abiding presence was essential to their success and survival.  Therefore, they sought to make God's presence welcome by recreating the atmosphere of heaven on earth through continual prayer, praise and worship.  

God's plan is for His house to be a house of prayer for all nations.  

Isaiah 56:7
Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar;
For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

The house of prayer is God's vision.  I sincerely believe that what David did his tabernacle on MT Zion was the blue print for this house of prayer.  That's what 1Church1Day is all about.  Mobilizing, coordinating, facilitating teams of teams such that continual prayer, praise and worship is offered up in a city, region, county, state or nation. 

Three Critical Elements Found in David's Pattern 

1. The king and the leaders both civil and religious decided God's presence was absolutely essential.  1 Chronicles 13:2
2. The whole process was kicked off and maintained with extravagant worship.  2 Samuel 6:13
3. The first thing the King did once it was set up is he delivered his first Psalm to Asaph.  1 Chronicles 16:7

In Hebraic culture kings and elders sat in the gates and made decisions with prophets giving God's counsel.  Elders consisted of civil and religious leaders.  These leaders decided to bring back God's presence. 

The second part of these three critical elements I rarely emphasize but it is a vital part.  In 2nd Samuel 6 David begins to bring back the ark of the God on a new cart.  They are thousands of people along with lots of instruments, singing etc. But it did not work as when the ox stumbled Uzzah put out his hand to steady the ark.  He died.  David had to leave the ark of the Lord in the house of Obed-Edom for three months until they had consulted the Lord on the right way to handle God's presence.  

We find two things in 1 Chronicles 15 and 2 Samuel 6:13-18.  First, the ark of the Lord had to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites.  The second thing that was missing was offerings.  David began the second successful attempt with offerings.  

On June 18th I saw this Charisma Magazine article and shared it on KLI's Facebook page saying:

Attention KLI & 1Church1Day practitioners!

This article highlights and encourages actions that the 1Church1Day strategy systematically empowers leaders to employ.  It equips them with the tools and strategic plan to mobilize their congregation, or the Church in a city, county, state or region to do EXACTLY what this former satanic high priest says we need to do to stop the devil dead in his tracks and hinder evil.  

Some love the testimonies of the individual encounters when in truth, it is the day in and day out discipline of standing your watch, praying, lifting up a canopy of informed intercession for your family, neighborhood, city, county, state and nation that makes the difference. This requires TEAMWORK which is part of what the very effective 1Church1Day strategy provides. It is an apostolic mobilization and communication plan which assists leaders in forming up the army of the Lord in their church and community so they can pray and act strategically to enforce the will of King Jesus. 

Here's a couple of excerpts from the article which really help underscore what we empower people to do who use 1Church1Day.  The underlines are mine. 

Excerpt 1: I wrote this book because I wanted Christians to know that [there's] not only a defense spiritual warfare, but there's an offense spiritual warfare," he told CBN News. "We need to keep the devil, the devil in his place."

Excerpt 2: Ramirez now encourages Christians to broaden their prayers and to be sensitive to pray for the nation, schools and other areas.