WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO US?
Response from Cindy Jacobs on Same-Sex Marriage Ruling in CA
Please read this response I have written to the decision by California’s Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriage. As I have consulted with other leaders in the Reformation Prayer Network regarding our response to this decision, I for one have made a decision--I will not be silent! Each of us has a sphere of influence and we must use it. Let's pray that the Supreme Court’s decision will boomerang back against the issue of same-sex marriage and become the catalyst for Defense of Marriage Acts in all 50 States.
Today in the United States of America, sociological judicial activism has reached its peak after the 4 to 3 decision by California’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. This, in the natural, is a great blow to all who have prayed and believed God to heal our land.
As I spoke to the leader of the Reformation Prayer Network in California, we were inspired by the Holy Spirit to ask God for divine wisdom for this ruling to be a catalyst for judicial reform. What do I mean? Enough is enough--the line in the sand has been drawn.
As Christians, we cannot stand by idly and watch our nation be pulled into the place where God's judgment will be released from heaven. The ramifications of this ruling are huge for our nation as a whole.
Just as the Stamp Act before the American Revolution was the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back", so we are crying out to God that this court ruling will be the deathblow for judicial activism along a social agenda.
It is time for moral activism. When the laws of man break the laws of God, we ought to obey God. This is that case and this is that day. The die has been cast. Let this ruling by the California Supreme Court wake up the sleeping giant of the church.
I believe that we need to stand and believe for two things:
1. The God of creation, Himself, will intervene to show this nation that the judges’ decision in favor of homosexual marriage cannot subvert the laws of God.
2. Believe God that those who did this atrocity will be impeached or recalled.
Strong words? Yes, they are! The soul of our nation is in the balance. We must not fail.
Looking backwards and learning from history, we see that prayer and Bible-reading were taken out of school in the midst of one of the greatest moves of God our nation has ever known. Right now, in America, many churches are experiencing historic visitations from the Lord. While we all want these moves to continue, if they simply bless the church while leaving society unchanged, we will have failed as kingdom believers.
This was why I wrote my new book, The Reformation Manifesto, with a burning passion for this nation. Prophetically, many others and I could see this day coming and the need to be a voice crying out in the wilderness to bring our nation back to God.
Join with us in the US Reformation Prayer Network (USRPN) as we develop a prayer strategy for every state government. Mike and I formed this network in January 2008 with a mandate to develop a prayer structure for seven major societal institutions, and we are putting the nation on alert along with many other prayer networks. We need to have watchmen on the wall. To receive prayer alerts from the USRPN, sign up here. God has given me a prophetic word on this ruling, so check out www.generals.org today to view the video. It is time to raise up an army of prayer warriors to fight not only for our generation, but for the generations to come.
Warring for the soul of a nation,
A New Season of Outpouring
Over the past years, the Lord has raised up an international armada of intercessory ministries. As a result of the prayer movement, especially TheCall and other solemn assemblies, the beginnings of a visitation are emerging. Reports are coming almost weekly of supernatural manifestations and revival. Many feel we are close to a spiritual awakening.
I personally have been following the Lakeland revival on God.tv. Yes, there are minor things I might do differently, but I have been moved by the spiritual hunger of the people and also by the remarkable miracles and conversions. Most importantly, I have been touched by the attending presence of God's glory. Yet, while my heart swells with joy, I also fear. For when we cry for a holy visitation, we are crying for God's Kingdom--the very reign of God to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. My concern is, when we entreat the Almighty for His Kingdom, are we truly ready to surrender ours?
Most in first century Israel did not understand the goal of a visitation; they were blessed, touched and healed, but they did not attain God's purpose, and for them Jesus wept. Nevertheless, on Pentecost Christ's disciples did, in fact, carry the visitation to its appointed purpose: the early church became the dwelling of God on earth. The citywide church was united, committed to prayer and focused on Jesus (see Acts 3:1). Miracles were ordinary, as was extravagant giving to the poor. The early church set the standard for visitation: signs, miracles and conversions, but also Christ-centered unity among church leaders and believers alike.
If there is no functional, Christ-centered unity among the churches in your city, then let's begin by praying for the leaders. Yes, let us rejoice in the beginnings of revival. But, with sobriety, let us also keep in mind that the goal of a visitation from God is that we become the habitation of God.
"God's Changing Our Whole Structure, Our Whole Economy. There is an Economy of Grace!"
The following word was prophesied on April 20, 2008, in Long Island, New York.
"If you are afraid of losing your property, watch Me salvage it for you. There will be a strange move that will take place from your head office. They will say, 'Let us give this relief.'" And God said, "It will be so unusual the people shall say, 'This is crazy,'" but God said, "I'll give you a break and set you on a course. You won't have to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy; you'll file Hebrews Chapter 11 and join those in the hall of fame!
"Sing with the youth and with the sound that I'm bringing to this house. You say, 'We have youth, we have youth,' but now I will bring you the unruly youth. Sing with the youth.
"I'm bringing from the dungeons, I'm bringing from your caves, the potential kings of Israel. I'm bringing from your caves those that have played on their harp even in the presence of anger, even in the presence of hatred. I'm bringing from your caves the Davids of this hour who have been anointed to be the kings in the marketplace.
"Your sons and your daughters, your grandchildren who are now away, are about to return at the sound of the little piper. Your children shall come from the caves, unruly, but their heart remains un-rusted. For they have continually played and plucked the strings of that spiritual harp that was placed there when they stood as little children in the house, your children. This place shall become a place of habitation of young, unruly, wounded, young men, young women, teenagers." I see it, I see it. I saw it before, I see it again.
Look, the Cloud of Abundance is Already Here!
Bishop, you have many that come to your platform and prophesy. There are many that come with hogwash, but God says, "You have learned to wash away--you have learned to take the hosepipe" (garden hose). But God says now, "You have not sat back, you have dug ditches." You see, Elijah told the King of Judah and the King of Israel, "Go and dig holes in your valley of need and in your valley of want--just dig ditches."
For God said, "This I say to you today, for every mockery and everything that has been spoken and for the spittle that has gone onto the ground, I will take it and I will form it, and I will put it in their eyes and open the eyes of New York City, I will open the eyes of Long Island.
"I will open the eyes of every island," and God said, "You will say, 'What has happened?' For suddenly Elijah prophesied, 'Go back to your valley. Go back to your valley, dig holes and ditches, and wait.'" The Spirit of God said, "Suddenly, in the early hours of the morning from Edom, came water. An abundance shall come, not from the tithe of the Church, not from the offerings of the saints; it shall come from Edom, for I will unblock something and shall bring from the unholy places, and bring from the religious settings, and bring from New York City--even from beyond that place. You will say, 'Where? How?'"
"Out of New York and Seattle, Washington, this shall happen. I say this to you because I am going to give you and have given you young men and women that are so sharp, you will be one of the first to have this technology. You shall use it and change it to a multi-billion dollar concern. Why?" God said, "So that you will be able to fund, you will be able to give out, and as in the days of Moses, you will say to the people 'Stop giving, we have too much!'"
Can you imagine that? Stop giving, we have too much!
"And they have said, 'He will die before this.' Ha, My servants do not die so easily! For what you've dreamed about and what you've prayed about, what you've cried about, what you've had sorrow about shall change--not in the year 2008, the year 2009.
Spiritual Light Will Be Brought to Manhattan and Broadway
"You'll have a specific thing happen to your physical body that will change it. Why? Because," God says, "I'm going to prove that the change and the metamorphosis that takes place within the Kingdom shall take place with My servant, as well. And tears shall be turned into laughter and joy. Hardness shall be changed into a softness. And because you've remained pliable, the prophet is here not for anybody else but for you and your house this morning." That's why I brought my team to play along with me, because there's a march and an army that's going ahead of you, preparing the way.
"But there will be 19 buildings that shall be acquired--not on Long Island, but," God said, "within Manhattan as well as other places, for the purpose of displaying My themes through various plays and dramas and broadcasts. A whole, brand new line shall enter Broadway, which shall bring spiritual light and spiritual influence into a region that is controlled and held in bondage," says the Lord! "Do you see the light? Do you see the light? Do you see the light?
"I want Broadway to be spiritually inflamed. You need properties--19 properties." When God speaks a word, somebody has to go fight. There's a fight going on, a fight for the life of the city. This is going to be a youth emporium. You are going to be in the city. He's prepared you, you've practiced, and you've practiced, and you've prepared yourself--for what? For the marketplace.
Now you are absolutely responsible to pray with, support, and stand behind what is about to take place. In that city and in Manhattan and in all those territories, there are young men and women who are crying out to be a part of this great maneuver.
God, You are so crafty, You go ahead and maneuver us right in there; provide the buildings, provide the space, provide the staff, provide the expertise, provide the equipment--let's go in and turn it upside down in a covert manner, that they won't realize that these are sheep dressed up as wolves that are coming in to snatch them out of darkness and bring them into the glorious light!
All of these leaders in front and standing on the platform, pray for them right now. I've come for you. My mandate is: "What do you want to do; what do you want me to do to prepare the way?" He's been digging ditches. What does that mean? So that when the water comes from Edom--not from some revival that will be contained--your enemies will see it as blood and be confounded and run away. That's the word of the Lord. You won't have to fight this time; the fight is in the containing of the abundance that God is bringing.
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