Day 10 AWAKENING 2012

James 5:16 . . .The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. NKJV

The word "fervent" in Webster's dictionary means bring to boil or white hot. To pray fervently it takes constant and consistent prayer which translates into PERSISTENCE. The original language of the N. T. indicates that this word means to intiate action with purpose and intentional actions.

At this point of our 21 days of prayer and fasting this is where I find myself. Actively in fervent, persistent pursuit of our Lord and Savior. I am not PURSING something from Him. I am PURSUING Him. I am finding out that He has been PERSISTENTLY PURSUING ME.

The end result is that our prayers "avail much." Spoken another way our prayers change circumstances, change hearts, and invades hell which brings in the King and His Kingdom.

Persistently Blessed

Day 9 Awakening 2012

I am so encouraged by the church that I serve. To be honest they AMAZE me!! You can tell that many of them want a MOVEMENT and not just a meeting. When we came together for service Sunday the atmosphere was electric. I cannot wait to hear how God has invaded lives during AWAKE 21 OF 2012. 


Mark your calendars now Friday February 3rd at 7:00 PM we will have a PRAYER AND TESTIMONY service to conclude our 21 days of prayer and fasting.


A note of encouragement for you today  

Matt 4:1-4
4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 3 Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." 
4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'
NKJV

I have always focused on the part about how we should feed ourselves on the Word when I have spoke on this verse in the past. In meditating on this verse I saw a connection to Jesus and His fast for the first time. You see Jesus was hungry when He said these words. He told the tempter (Satan) that He had FUEL that he (Satan) knew nothing about.

What is fueling your life today? Press in, Plug in to the Word, to do that you may have to unplug from some other stuff. For more encouragement check out the message at Generations Church it will strengthen you greatly.

Having a Great Day!!

Day 6 AWAKENING 2012

Today has been fresh. Did a memorial service this morning for family who chose to cremate their loved one. I saw Jesus touch hearts and lives.


Luke 19:42
"If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. NKJV

Lord give us eyes to see your grand plans for us. The purpose of fasting is to clear out / reset our VISION so that we can see and hear clearly the plans that the Lord has for us. Uncluttered VISION in our culture today could be as big a miracle as healing cancer for some.

Pray with me today: Lord give us eyes to see your GREATNESS AND THE GRAND PLAN  that you have for our future. Lord do not let anything  be hidden from me by ________________. You fill in the blank: PRIDE, FEAR, ANGER, POSSESSIONS, MONEY, JOBS, DISOBEDIENCE etc.

He desires PEACE for us and the only way it can come is not by more accumulation. True PEACE comes by ELEVATION over the circumstance which happens when we DEMOTE ourselves (or empty out).

Have Blessed Day,

Day 5 AWAKE 21

Found myself wide awake at 4:45 AM today. I feel better and more in tune with the Lord.

John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice,, and I know them and they follow me.

Hearing God is difficult only because we do not deny our flesh. We must empty ourselves of ourselves and disconnect from the world around us (especially during a fast).

"Enoch walked with God three hundred years."  Genesis 5:22  WOW!! What a testimony. When we can walk in AGREEMENT & ALIGNMENT with God. It is one thing to know God's will for our lives; it is another to live in AGREEMENT with His will.

I believe firmly, that the moment our hearts are emptied

of pride and selfishness and ambition and self seeking, and everything that is

contrary to God's law, the Holy Ghost will come and fill every corner of our 

hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit, and ambition

and self seeking, and pleasure and the world, there is no room for 

the Spirit of God; and I believe many a man is praying to God

to fill him when he is full already with something else. 

Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray 

Him to empty us.

D. L. Moody

Day 4 of AWAKE 21

I am going to be a little transparent. Today was a little difficult because we went to the mall with my Mother in Denver. As we passed the Starbucks I had a coffee craving deluxe. As part of my Daniel Fast the Lord asked me to fast coffee since it is one of my comforts in life. I HAVE OVERCOME!!

Joel 2:12  New Living Translation (NLT)                       
                                                                                             
That is why the LORD says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Fasting is not a way to obtain God's favor or forgiveness. This thought is only found in relation to fasting in the OT. Under the new covenant, every wrong we have ever done or ever will do was handled with favor and forgiveness on the cross of Calvary.

NT fasting is about drawing close to God and surrendering to His plans and purposes. Which makes Joel's words ring so strong in my spirit. . . "Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts."

As I let the comforts of life go by for the single purpose of drawing nearer to Him I find Him waiting on me there.

I believe the power of fasting as it relates to prayer is the spiritual

atomic bomb that our Lord has given us to destroy the

strongholds of evil and usher in a great revival and spiritual

 harvest around the world.

Bill Bright

Day 3 of AWAKE 21

During these days of prayer and reflection I have been reading through some of my past journals. I have come across many written prayers that have been answered and some  not and some others that are in the process of being answered.

My thought for you today is that He does this Psalm 37:4 DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEAR.

I would also strongly encourage you to read "The Circle Maker" by Mark Batterson. This book has deeply challenged me about my prayer life.

Keep going!!

Will You Get Up After You Mess Up

Most of us have been in a strange town and made a wrong turn, then we had to turn around so that we could go get on the right path. When this happens we generally do not think much of it unless we are in a time crunch because all it cost us was a little time, a little gas, and maybe some humility if someone was with us.

We have all made MISTAKES in life! Maybe I am being to nice - we have all sinned and probably will again. The question is CAN YOU GET UP AFTER YOU MESS UP?

In Josuha 7 which is after Joshua 6 (obviously) but I point this out because the walls of  Jericho falling was such a huge victory. Then in ch 7 we see that Joshua sent the JV army to fight the little battle of Ai and they got their face bashed in due to HIDDEN SIN. Which really there is not such a thing as HIDDEN SIN because it will always catch up with you.

Joshus 7:8-10

God told Joshua to get up and quit groveling!

Ok, you may have made a MISTAKE. . . . REPENT (face it) then get up and go on to great victories.

Joshua (as a leader) and the nation of Israel had to face their mess up, then deal with it. When you get up you qualify for more miracles in your life. Check out the SUN STANDING STILL in Joshua 10:8-14. WOW!! Now that is a MIRACLE.

We are only disqualified if we quit. NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER STOP! GIVE UP THAT WHICH IS STOPPING YOU THEN GET ON WITH & GO FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT MIRACLE.

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Blessings
Ed