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i want to welcome all of you to the

first day

of our 21-day season of fasting and

prayer

i believe the lord spoke to me and said

to

make the month of august a

season of of crying out and praying and

fasting

and turning back to god like never

before have the church have free chapel

have all the people who follow you on

television social media

and radio and anywhere else that the

gospel has touched your life through

this ministry through books and

different ways that we’ve reached out

ipods and so on

it’s time to fast and pray and break the

back

of covet we must see a divine

reversal we must see a turnaround

we must see in america and i am very

conscious

of the rest of the world in critical

need also we’re not just praying for

america but i am an american

and with all that we’re facing in our

economy with all that we’re facing

in our schools with our children going

back to school

with all that we’re facing with

people at home and and their businesses

just teetering on you know just being

destroyed

because many are not able to do business

i think of the people who cut hair i

think of the people who do fingernails

and

people who work so hard in so many

fields of life and they just are

not able to go back those gym owners and

people

who are really feeling this and i know

some some gyms and stuff have opened but

in general uh there is a there is a real

slow down that is taking place and it it

was so

predictable that it would when you when

you stop an economy

and i know that we need prayer i know

that we need god

i know that we know have a god who can

stop the plague

who can stop it if my people

you know the constitution begins with we

the people

but the biblical constitution the word

of god

and his commitment to us in times of

trouble

say if my people which are called by my

name will humble themselves and pray and

seek my face and turn from their wicked

ways then will i hear from heaven

and then will i heal their land

i believe today that this fast that

we’re on

it began today i’m going to let you

figure out the details of it for your

own lifestyle

and your own needs but just set it and

stick with it the greatest thing about a

fast is consistency

so it’s better to do what you can do

and not break it rather than shoot for

the sky

and shoot for the moon and and you know

you

you end up breaking the whole fast and

you feel defeated and deflated

spiritually and that’s not what fasting

is about

it’s about turning our attention turning

our hearts

turning our body soul mind to god

and saying speak to me again

and lead us and help us as a nation

this is not one about me or

my personal needs that i’m fasting and

praying about certainly god

is aware of that when you fast and pray

but i really want us to pray for

america and your nation wherever you’re

viewing this from

pray that god’s delivering hand will

come on the scene in the month of august

that something will break i keep hearing

the words that a divine reversal will

come

in august and september that will enable

us to fully get back in church regather

and worship with our children being

taught the word of god

and standing together you say oh that

can’t happen that quick all things are

possible with god

and that’s why we’re going to saturate

the month of august for 21 days with

fasting

and with prayer many of you may want to

do the daniel fast some of you may want

to do

one meal a day that’s fine whatever you

feel whatever you want to do

um you know just be led of god maybe you

want a fast lunch

and breakfast and eat dinner only and

even that kind of

you know make yourself a list of things

that you’re going to

abstain from as a as an offering to god

as an offering to god say lord i’m

giving this

up during this time to draw closer to

you

and just to say to my own

resolve that i will seek the lord

i will knock i will ask i will seek

and so we’re praying praying for our

church praying that god would lead us

uh you know trying to figure out when we

should go back to church

and and all of that um you know we’re

praying

maybe the end of august uh is is

probably where we are now the schools

are beginning to open up and that’s

wonderful that’s what we

wanted to see happen and pray for these

teachers pray for these students

pray for our national leaders pray for

our president

pray for our congress they’re passing

and negotiating now to help workers and

people unemployed that desperately need

help let’s pray for spirit

of unity to come on our nation pray

for those who need this prayer like

never before the

the doctors and nurses and and health

workers that are working in the

hospitals so i want us to pray today

and i want you to know that i’m fasting

i’m fasting with you

and i’ve made up my mind what my fast is

going to be and i’m

going these first few days you know just

seeking god with all of my heart

and i have turned away from everything

just to be with him and i know that god

is speaking to you about this

you be led of the lord let’s pray father

in the mighty name of jesus we come to

you today

you are our healer you are our deliverer

you are our savior and we pray god for

those

who need healing today we pray for those

in

that are represented by families and

churches and

people who are connected through this

prayer time

we curse this covet 19 virus we curse

every

germ in it we curse it and command it to

dry up and die from its roots

we take authority over this disease we

take authority over the spirit of death

that is going through our nation and our

world

and we pray heal our land o god as we

repent

we pray lord for our election we pray

for the upcoming days

that we know the enemy wants to stir up

turmoil and division

and hatred and i just pray god that you

would cause the church to rise up

that you would cause the church lord to

be the light

and the love that you would cause the

church to speak the truth and love

that the preachers would preach the

truth in love

and that we would see repentance and we

would see a breaking of the heart

and a turning back to god in this nation

save us oh god

save us from our enemies lord we bind

the spirits of the far east

we we love the chinese people but we

know there’s mischief going on now

we know that things are happening

principalities and powers and spiritual

wickedness and high ruling places

even plots and strategies to destroy

our nation and israel and all these

other

attacks that are coming god whether it

be

economically or or through those

who would love to hinder our election

and

cause it to be dishonest or sow seeds of

doubt

we pray god for america right now we’re

at a major crossroads and we need your

help

we need your healing we need your

deliverance

we feel a burden god for our nation for

our children for our children’s children

we feel a burden god for our economy

it is a serious moment we feel a burden

for our citizens

that are sick and afflicted with covet

19

oh god spare them heal them

disconnect them from those ventilators

and enable them

to breathe again in jesus name

we pray god we pray for our church free

chapel

we pray that we would be led by your

spirit and be bold to do what you called

us to do for such a time as this

we pray for the lost we pray for our

family members lord that they

in this season would turn to you the

broken the lonely the depressed

those who are becoming more and more

addicted more and more

suicidal more and more uh hopeless lord

that

is happening by unprecedented numbers

and we pray oh god

against these forces these spiritual

evil spirits that are using this

pandemic god to destroy

lives i pray for marriages and homes and

families and i pray

oh god that you would move and heal we

pray for the people right now that are

fasting and praying

we pray god that you would stir their

heart that you would open their ears

that they would hear

your voice that they would know your

will and your way we pray oh god for

those who

need your help and needs your strength

and needs your peace

those going through personal battles

that are

taking them lord to a place they’ve

never been before in

stress and worry may the hand of the

lord come on them today

may the protection of angelic forces be

around them and their

for their family and their resources

i pray o god for wisdom i pray o god for

favor

i pray o god for a special anointing for

a special

time and season in history that we’re in

may the power of god come on the church

may the power of the holy ghost fill us

in a mighty way

we pray for the preachers to preach the

truth to preach

not some light gospel but to preach the

truth in such a time as this

in times like these we need a savior in

times like these

lord we need to know the truth of what

is coming on the earth

even lord the coming of the lord let it

begin to be proclaimed

the rapture the the things that are

coming on the earth lord stir my heart

stir others to proclaim the truth and

bring men and women to their knees and

to the consciousness of god like never

before

i pray for the lost their eyes are

blinded by the god of this world

awaken them oh god those that sleep it’s

high time that they awaken

and even in the church awaken those that

slumber god

that are drifting away that are going

back to the old sins and patterns and

ways and

and evil that you once delivered them

from we don’t want to be like a dog

going back

to eat his vomit as the scripture said

and lord when you deliver us that’s what

you see in us if we go back to it

so set captives free today and open

blind eyes and heal broken hearts

and lift and anoint by the power of

jesus christ i plead the blood of jesus

over every

family over my family over our ministry

over our lives i rebuke you satan i

plead the blood of jesus over the

president

over the congress over the supreme court

over this election

i plead the blood of jesus oh god

over our nation over our cities over our

streets

i bind the spirit o god that comes to

kill steal and destroy and i release the

spirit that brings life and life more

abundantly let

love righteousness peace and joy in the

holy ghost be ours

as believers and we pray o god that we

would be bold witnesses for you

in jesus mighty name we pray and ask

hallelujah turn it around lord break

this

virus destroy it oh god touch and create

give creativity to doctors and

scientists and researchers lord

and bring it to a sudden end i pray

and heal our nation and help our economy

and bless the people’s

work and businesses and give those jobs

who’ve lost their jobs

in jesus mighty name we pray

amen and amen praise god

hallelujah keep fasting and praying god

will honor it every time and this one’s

unusual this is the most

i’ve never called too fast in one year

never in all the years we’ve been

fasting and praying but i feel the power

of god even right now

i feel the power of god on this first

day of fasting in prayer

and he’s saying i am with you and i’m

going to

use you saith the lord that i will bless

you

i will raise you you will know the high

places and inhabit the high places

for my name’s sake my fame my glory will

be

shared again across the globe and people

will hear

of the mighty savior and lord

jesus christ through and in you

hallelujah be healed be strengthened be

encouraged

in the mighty name of jesus you can go

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praying for you

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