The Convergence of Purim, Iran, and Washington DC
Notes from Joanne first:
If you are able to fast as well as pray, please do. Sometimes I cannot fast from food, but choose something else such as entertainment, a specific food or favorite drink, reading the newspaper, watching TV news, for instance. I won’t re-state the suggested prayers for the situation that Rick Ridings laid out. If you did not receive the original article by him and want those suggestions as a guide, you can e-mail me and I’ll send it to you.
I realized that I had not prayed as consistently during the meeting times (March 4 -6) in advance or during the times our President and the two statesmen/diplomats from Israel would be in actual conference and felt bad about that. The Lord, however, emphasized some points to me. In meetings like this, no matter whom the diplomats and politicians are, there is a certain degree of posturing, saving face for personal and national pride, thus making no real commitment they leave the meeting in seeming impasse. It is often after the meeting when these men of state are alone that the real decisions of the heart are made from which actions follow that change the course of human events. In that, this evening through tomorrow are crucial as these men mull over what was said and left unsaid and I believe it is then that the Lord has access to do exactly what He says in Proverbs 21:1 (New American Standard version) The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever He wishes.
SO AS A REMINDER, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO FAST FROM SUNDOWN TODAY (MARCH 6) TO SUNDOWN MARCH 7, I’VE COPIED PORTIONS OF A CALL TO PRAYER FOR ISRAEL AND THE USA SENT OUT BY RICK RIDINGS and just as an additional piece of information, I’ve included a reminder about the early crucial link between our two nations that you may not know or remember:
Speaking about the symbols on the back of the USA $1 bill:
If you notice the arrangement of the 13 stars in the right-hand circle you will see that they are arranged as a Star of David. This was ordered by George Washington who, when he asked Haym Solomon, a wealthy Philadelphia Jew, what he would like as a personal reward for his services to the Continental Army, Solomon said he wanted nothing for himself but that he would like something for his people. The Star of David was the result. Few people know that it was Solomon who saved the Army through his financial contributions but died a pauper. Haym Solomon gave $25 million to the Continental Army, money that was extremely important to our independence from England ..
PORTIONS OF RICK RIDINGS CALL TO FASTING AND PRAYER:
The Convergence of Purim, Iran, and Washington, DC
The days leading up to Purim this year may well bring a convergence of decisions in Israel, Iran, and Washington, DC that will affect the future as dramatically as the biblical account of Esther.
March 6th on the Gregorian calendar, at sundown, the Hebrew Fast of Esther begins (Ta’anit Esther, the beginning of the 13th of Adar). March 7th, at sundown, Jews worldwide will begin to celebrate Purim, and rejoice in the “reversal of decrees” that saved the Jewish people from destruction (the 14th of Adar).
For the last several months, the Lord has been speaking to me, and to others in Jerusalem, to be very alert to pray concerning shakings that would accelerate during the month of March, 2012.
I would like to call believers worldwide to join our Jewish friends in the fast of Esther from sundown, March 6th through sundown, March 7th. Let us pray for the intervention of the Lord of the Armies of Heaven to save Israel from the annihilation being threatened by Iran.
An Urgency Concerning the Month of March and Washington, DC
I had the great privilege of being asked to dedicate a new house of prayer in Washington, DC, on the evening of January 13th this year. As I was praying in preparation, I felt in my spirit that, as in the time of Nehemiah, there was a great urgency to pray for a shifting in systems and structures, and for a wall of spiritual protection to be built to protect ground that would be gained in intercession. I felt that much of the future of America and Israel would be decided between January – March this year, and it would be too late if intercessors wait to “kick into gear” in the Fall, right before the elections.
(There is) strategic importance of March 3-6 for both Israel and Washington, DC concerning Iran, the following article appeared in an Israeli daily news source noting that it was very unusual that both Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres would be in Washington, DC March 4-6, and were slated to meet with President Obama about Iran. You may read more at this link:
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=2996]