RED ALERT
FORTY DAY INITIATIVE FOR TURTLE ISLAND GATEKEEPERS
Day Two—June 12, 2011
What to pray. For the Power of the Holy Spirit.
“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Master Yeshua Messiah, from whom all fatherhood in the heavens and earth is named, in order that He might give you, according to the riches of His esteem by power, to be strengthened in the inner man, through His Spirit, that the Messiah might dwell in your hearts through belief having become rooted and grounded in love, in order that you might be strengthened to firmly grasp, with all the set-apart ones, what is the width and length and depth and height, to know the love of Messiah which surpasses knowledge, in order that you might be filled to all the completeness of Elohim. And to Him who is able to do exceedingly above all we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, to Him be esteem in the assembly by Messiah Yeshua unto all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” ~Ephesians 3:14-21
“He presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them for forty days, speaking concerning the reign of Elohim. And meeting with them, He commanded them not to leave Yerushalayim, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which you have heard from Me” (Acts 1:3-4).
“And I shall ask the Father, and He shall give you another Helper, to stay with you forever—the Spirit of the Truth, whom the world is unable to receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. But you know Him, for He stays with you and shall be in you. I shall not leave you orphans—I am coming to you” (Yohanan (John) 14:16-18.
“The fuller manifestation of the grace and energy of the Blessed Spirit of God, in the removal of all that is contrary to God’s revealed will, so that we grieve not the Holy Spirit, but that He may work in mightier power in the Church for the exaltation of Christ and the blessing of souls.
“God has one promise to and through His exalted Son; our Lord has one gift to His Church; the Church has one need; all prayer unites in the one petition—the power of the Holy Spirit. Make it your own prayer.” Andrew Murray in The Ministry of Intercession.
How to Pray—As a Child asks a Father
“If a son ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? How much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him? (Luke 11:11, 13).
“Ask as simply and trustfully as a child asks bread. You can do this because “God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your heart, crying Abba, Father.” This Spirit is in you to give you childlike confidence. In the faith of His praying in you, ask for the power of that Holy Spirit everywhere. Mention places or circles where you specially ask it to be seen.” (Andrew Murray)
Special Petitions:
That YHWH would pour out a spirit of intercession and the Fear of YHWH upon Turtle Island believers (Canada, the United States, every reservation, territory, Cuba & Mexico).
“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. (27) And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”
That YHWH would awaken Turtle Island gatekeepers, quicken our hearts, open our spiritual eyes and ears, so that we can see and hear what our Heavenly Father would have us do. Give us holiness and purity, and the courage, boldness, clarity, discipline and strength to perform their calling.
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not fight according to the flesh. For the weapons we fight with are not fleshly but mighty in Elohim for overthrowing strongholds, overthrowing reasonings and every high matter that exalts itself against the knowledge of Elohim, taking captive every thought to make it obedient to the Messiah” (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).
That YHWH would turn the hearts of the followers of Jesus Christ of Turtle Island back to Himself repenting in sackcloth and ashes (humility). For a spirit of reconciliation and restitution for historic wrongs that are in keeping with the Father’s heart.
“If I shut up the heavens and there is no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Dibre haYamim (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Remember, “If you turn away and forsake My laws and My commands which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other mighty ones, and bow yourself to them, then I shall pluck them from My land, which I have given them, and this house which I have set apart for My Name I shall cast out of My sight and make it to be a proverb and a mockery among all peoples. And this house, which has been exalted, everyone who passes by it is shall be astonished and say, ‘Why has YHWH done thus to this land and this house?’ Then they shall say, ‘Because they forsook YHWH Elohim of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim, and embraced other mighty ones, and bowed themselves to them and served them, therefore He has brought all this evil on them.’” 2 DIBRE haYAMIM 7:19-22 (2 Chronicles 7:19-22).
Pray for the repentance of Christians and Jews who have gone astray and have been seduced by the teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Shamanism, the occult and other aberrant teachings.
Pray that the YHWH will raise up apologists to preach to them in a way that their consciences will be convicted and in a manner that they will understand.
YHWH was very displeased for “the children of Yisra’el and the children of Yehudah have done only evil before Me, from their youth. For the children of Yisra’el have only provoked Me with the work of their hands,” declares YHWH.” Many of the leading proponents of the Dalai Lama are J’Bu’s, Jewish Buddhists, e.g., Richard Gere, Diane Feinstein.
“For this city has been a cause for My displeasure and My wrath from the day that they built it, even to this day that I should remove it from before My face.” Yirmeyahu Jeremiah 32:30-31.
YHWH is displeased with the freemason, Greek, and other foundations of Washington, DC.
“If you love Me, you shall guard My commands” Yohanan (John) 14:15
Prayer for the Tibetan Buddhist World.
There are over 654,000,000 Buddhists around the world by some estimates. Not unlike Christianity, there are many denominations. There are three major streams of Buddhism. Theravada or the ‘school of the elders’ found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Kampuchea. Mahayana or the ‘Great vehicle’ whose primary concept is the Bodhisattva who works for the salvation of all beings, is found in China, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Korea. The third school which is still technically under the Mahayana label is Vajrayana Buddhism, popularly known as Tibetan Buddhism made popular by the XIV Dalai Lama, the god-king of Tibet is found primarily in Tibet, parts of China, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Tuvinia, Buryatia, and Kalmykia (Three Autonomous republics in the C.I.S., the former Soviet Union).
Within the Tibetan Buddhist World there are sixty-six distinct people groups. Although we will not be able to highlight every group during our forty days, we hope to begin by first highlighting those groups which reside on Turtle Island which have resettled here as part of the Tibetan Resettlement project or who have immigrated here over the years.
We began to pray for the Tibetan communities resettling in the US back in 1992. I recall when I visited Kathmandu in 1994, a Tibetan woman came up to me and in English asked, “Where are you from?”
I replied, “The United States.”
“No, I mean, what city do you live in?” she persisted.
“Los Angeles,” I replied.
She happily said, “I’m from Chicago!” She then invited my friend Chris and I up to her Kathmandu home for refreshments. During the course of our conversation she mentioned how lonely she has been in the US during the resettlement process. Every once in awhile she returns back to Nepal to visit her old home, family and friends.
Pray that the LORD Jesus would connect Tibetans with loving Christians in their community that will cultivate deep and enduring friendships. I do think that it’s important to recognize that the salvation of any human being is not in our hands. We are but a living witness and our friendship should not merely be a device to win them to the LORD, but out of a sincere concern for their well-being for them as persons. We are reminded in Scripture not to make merchandise out of people. We are fellow travelers, pilgrims as it were on the road of life. Some may never come to know the LORD. At the same time, I have personally met Tibetan Christians who were lamas, priests in our parlance, who over a period of thirteen or fourteen years made conscious decisions to become followers of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Pray for the discipleship of the handful of Tibetan believers in the United States and for Tibetan Christians from overseas who are studying at seminaries in the west.
Here’s a list of some of the Tibetan resettlement sites:
- Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Portland, Oregon
- Seattle, Washington
- Boise, Idaho
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Albuquerque/Sante Fe, New Mexico
- Missoula, Montana
- Minneapolis—St. Paul, Minnesota
- Chicago, Illinois
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Ithaca, New York
- New York, New York
- Darien, Connecticut
- Amherst, Massachusetts
- Boston, Massachusetts
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