Urgent Call to Prayer

Hey there,

I learned of a corporate call to personal consecration and prayer for revival issued by Billy Graham's daughter, Anne Graham Lotz. Subsequently, The LORD has been laying a burden upon my heart and I feel compelled to share it with you so that you may have opportunity to discern for yourselves what the LORD is telling you.

http://www.annegrahamlotz.com/blog/

When I heard of the call to prayer, I immediately thought of times in the OT when nations were called to pray and fast because of God's impending judgement upon them for their sins. There were times when the leaders of the People of God declared solemn assemblies and the people as one voice repented of their sins and cried out for mercy. I wondered, what would that look like today? How am I supposed to respond? God, what should I do? I do not know whether anything will happen by responding to this call to prayer, but I do not want to stand before God on judgement day and find out that I missed God's voice because I was too lethargic or apathetic! I want to stand with the broader body of Christ. I want to be in agreement with what our leaders are saying.

Here is a message by Allen Hood regarding the urgent call to prayer: http://www.ihopkc.org/sounding-the-alarm/

Here are some points from Allen Hood's message:

Evan Robert's 4 points of personal consecration:
1. Repent of all known sin.
2. Remove anything of which you are unsure or have doubts about.
3. Be ready to obey the Holy Spirit instantly.
4. Publicly confess the LORD Jesus as Christ.

Seven Hindrances to Discerning God's Coming Judgement:
1. Comforting ourselves with Biblical principals from the wrong context.
2. Confusing our individual standing before God with a nation's corporate standing before God.
3. Religious traditions can cloud our understanding. (such as pitting the OT against the NT, or Abba vs. Yahweh).
4. We can be deceived by the lull in the crisis.
5. Lethargy and compromise.
6. Prayerlessness.
7. We lack understanding of God's involvement in the process of judgement.

LORD, may you delight to use these weak and humble words for your glory, Amen.