A Call to Repentance: Week 38

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A Call to Repentance: WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT

September 28, 2008

SPECIAL EDITION: TEN DAYS OF AWE

"Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You that leads Joseph like a flock; You that dwell between the cherubims, shine forth . . .stir up Your strength, and come and save us. Turn us again, O God, and cause Your face to shine; and we shall be saved."
(Psalms 80:1-3)

	*INTRODUCTION TO WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT*

INTRODUCTION TO WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT

SPECIAL EDITION: TEN DAYS OF AWE

HIGH HOLY DAYS OBSERVED BY JEWS WORLDWIDE

A GLOBAL CALL TO REPENTANCE

The 10 Days of Awe is considered to be the holiest time of the year, the days between Rosh Hashanah (The Day of Judgment) and Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement), when one considers his/her sins before God, asking forgiveness from God and from those one has harmed.

This year, Rosh Hashanah will be observed on Tuesday, Sept. 29th and Yom Kippur will be observed on Thursday, October 9th. It was believed that sins repented of during this time changed the destiny of the nation for the coming year and there was an open window in heaven to restore destiny during these 10 days. It was customary to blow 100 shofars (trumpets) during daily calling the people to prayer. The sound of the shofar is intedned to awaken the listener from his or her "slumber" and alert them to the coming judgement.

In this Special Edition of A Call to Repentance, you will find several resources for your own consideration during this very special time of the year.

And to all of our friends in Israel, please accept our sincerest wishes for a New Year filled with the knowledge of G-d's love, grace and provision in your lives. Shana Tova!

Sara Ballenger and the Capitol Hill Prayer Partners

(A note from Intercessors for Israel:)

As we go through this season of God's special days, may the Lord God of Israel, whom you serve, draw you closer to Himself and use you for His glory. Many blessings and thanks from all of us on IFI's team.

"Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto You.
When my heart is overwhelmed,
lead me to the Rock that is higher than I."
(Psalms 61:1-2)

	*THE BLESSINGS OF THE HIGH HOLY DAYS*

THE BLESSINGS OF THE HIGH HOLY DAYS

(By Marsha Allred, Dallas, Texas)

In His great and jealous love for His people, the Lord our God has prepared a season for each of us to look deeply into our hearts and willingly remove those things that will not cohabit with His Holiness. A time to repent deeply -- to remember and consider that in our flesh dwells no good thing -- and our lives on this earth are in every way temporary and fleeting.

His warning then as now: "But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about thta those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides." (Numbers 33) What a clear description of traps hiding in our souls!

Our nation is burning with the fire of God from the economic system to its southern most coastline, but in that fire we can meet with Him.

--"The Lord spoke out of the midst of the fire."
(Deut. 4:33; see also Deut. 5:4; 5:22; 5:26)

--"Everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean." (Num.31:23)

-- "For everyone (in the Kingdom of God) will be seasoned with fire and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt." (Mark 9:49)

-- "Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord." (Hebrews 12:14)

-- "But . . . when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold." (Job 23:10)

"It always pays to keep trusting God's unswerving faithfulness, infiinite wisdom and knowledge, absolute justice and unfathomable love, no matter how dark and perplexing the circumstances. He hasn't abdicated His Throne; is in total control and knows your address." (Source; Joy Dawson, "The Fire of God")

May you be blessed to know the pure and searing love of God perfecting you until the day of His coming. Amen.

	*A PRAYER GUIDE FOR THE DAYS OF AWE*

A PRAYER GUIDE FOR THE DAYS OF AWE

(Submitted by: Sarah Lowe; Nashville, Tennessee)

There is so much to be said but most important of all, I want to SOUND THE ALARM, BLOW THE SHOFAR and ask you to come before HIS THRONE OF GRACE with me in repentance during this season of Awe. Press in to HIM for ourselves and our nation. If you will print this prayer guide below, we will be praying in agreement with many around this nation and around the globe.

A Time for Worship and Repentance
Leading up to the Day of Atonement

Thursday, October 9, 2008

- September 29 - ROSH HASHANAH
Worship God who is faithful. Repent for broken Covenant with God, Family, First Nations Tribes, Labor, Government, Poor.

-Sept 30: Worship God as the true God who is creator. Repent of Idolatry.

-Oct 1: Worship God for His Holiness. Repent for sexual immorality.

-Oct 2: Worship God for the sacrifice of His Son. Repent for the shedding of innocent blood & abortion

-Oct 3: Worship God for His loving kindness and mercy. Repent of mammon and greed.

-Oct 4: Worship God for His protection. Repent of not protecting the afflicted, orphan, widow and poor.

-Oct 5: Worship God for His Grace: Repent for Religious Pride

October 5th is also The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

-Pray for God to make Jerusalem a praise in the earth and repent of nations breaking covenant with God's purposes for Israel. (Isaiah 62: 1-7)

[To learn more about this day, go here.]

-Oct 6: Worship God for His divine judgments. Repent for occultism and witchcraft

-Oct 7: Worship God for His peace. Repent of Violence

-Oct 8: Worship God for truth and knowledge. Repent for false knowledge and false wisdom.

YOM KIPPUR- DAY OF ATONEMENT

-Oct 9: Declare 2 Chronicles 7: 14-15

" . . . if my people, who 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 will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place."

-Petition God to remove defilement from the land

-Petition God to heal His people

-Petition God for spiritual awakening in Israel and your state/nation. (Isaiah 62: 10-12)

	*Recommended Reading*

Where a Desolate Soul Finds God

By Francis Frangipane

Jesus gave the last hours of this age a poignant headline. He called this period "The Great Tribulation." The word rendered tribulation means "grievous affliction or distress; pressure or burden upon the spirit." As we move closer toward the end of this age, we should expect that catastrophic distresses and pressures on man shall increase.

Added to the increasing stress of our times is the decreasing desire of government and society in general to restrain moral decadence. We live in a time when a significant portion of our society is in open and defiant rebellion toward God. The prophetic words of Psalm 2 are being fulfilled before our eyes: World and local leaders "take their stand and the rulers take counsel together Against the Lord and against His Anointed" (v. 2). As they renounce moral values, their militant cry is, "Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!" (v. 3).

Jesus warned of this day, saying, "Because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold" (Matt. 24:12, nkjv). If you are one who has resisted the increasing darkness, you know how intense and multifaceted the battle is. Whether you are fighting to remedy an injustice in your community or just trying to keep your family together, barely do we make headway in one area before five other areas are breached

In spite of breakthroughs occurring in several cities, many good people have grown weary. They are just going through the motions. The prophet Daniel warned of a time when the enemy would ". . . wear down the saints of the Highest One" (Dan. 7:25). To emerge victorious in this day, we must climb into the reality given to us by God in Psalm 91. There is place of replenishing life---a fountain of eternal life where we can abide. The Bible calls this place the shelter of the Most High.

[To read Francis Frangipane's full teaching, go here. His closing prayer is below.]

The Lord is about to bring a new beginning to you. When you return to the battle, you shall war from the shelter of the Most High.

Lord Jesus, apart from You, my life is dry and desolate. Forgive me for trying to do Your will without abiding in Your presence. I desperately need You, Lord. This day, I commit my heart to return to my first love. Teach me, Lord, to consider intimacy with You the greatest measure of my success. Let me see Your glory; reveal to me Your goodness. Guide me, Oh Holy Spirit, into the spiritual fortress of the presence of God. Amen.

	*Hymn of the Week*

REPENT, THE KINGDOM DRAWETH NIGH

Words: : Anna B. Hoppe (1921)
Music: Breslau, As Hymnodus Sacer (Leipzig,
Germany: 1625)

"Repent ye, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand." (Matthew 3:2)

"Repent, the kingdom draweth nigh,"
The herald of the Lord doth cry.
Ye sinners lost through Adam's fall,
Will ye not hearken to the call?

Repent! The gracious call believe,
Haste His forgiveness to receive.
The Prince of Life, incarnate Word,
Life and salvation can afford.

[To read all the words and hear this hymn, go here

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Thank you all for your own prayers of agreement as we continue to work through 40 WEEKS of Prayer and Fasting, before our Lord, for our sin as a church and as a nation. Amen.

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