8/16/08 Intercessors from throughout the US gathered at the National Mall in front of our nations Capitol Building to fast and pray in a solemn Joel 2 assembly. We prayed for the major spiritual issues of our nation- repentance for sexual immorality, racism, slavery, genocide against the first nations, abortion, sex slave trade, and other issues. We prayed for awakening in the Church, and revival in our nation, and for our government leaders to walk in the fear of the Lord and act as just judges. Now is the critical hour of turning back to the Lord. Lest we return, judgement will overwhelm us.

I took a three day solo journey up the Blueridge on my motorcycle to get from Atlanta to Washington DC. Along the way, I talked to a handful about the Call, and more importantly, about Jesus. I love riding my bike, because I just talk to God and ride, and I felt very much connectedd to his heart through taking the long road. The first night I slept so good underneath the rain in my little 2-man tent. Awoke at 5 a.m. after an intense dream from the Lord concerning America's active assault against the sexual purity of our children. So I went straight from sleep to intercession under the night sky. Once the sun had risen, I headed on, and a flat tire certainly changed my schedule, praise God, and gave me an hour to share Christ with another biker. A second dream came the second night. I knew this was God's choosen time and journey with me.
Though the weather reports on the morning I left showed good weather, I got rain every day. And in the midst of it, I became very grateful. During my third day (spending an average of 8 hours in the saddle per day), the rain hit hardest of all. And for the third day I talked with the Lord about His word "pray for rain in the time of the Latter Rain." (Zech 10:1). We pray for an outpouring of the 'rain' of the Holy Spirit so often, but the Lord instructed my heart. We don't REALLY want the rain. We want the easy journey, not the difficult one. We want to see in the distance, not be blind to the path ahead. We want to enjoy the beauty of a well watered earth, but not be watered ourselves. The Holy Spirit 'rain' will be good for us, but it will absolutely be difficult at times, and blinding when you go the direction God sent you, not knowing the real destination. It will result in beauty, but we have to get soaked in it.

The literal portion of Zech 10 is the promise of rain after a 3 1/2 yr End Time drought, resulting in abundance in the land of Israel at the beginning of the Millennial Reign of Yeshua. But it is also the necessary cry of the intercessor to ask for supply in the time of the latter rain, so that we will have strength to endure the trials ahead. It is a prayer for one last great end time harvest of salvation in the earth. September 1st is also the 1st of Elul (hebrew calendar month) and the season of Teshuva (repentance). It is the time of the latter rain, in which the fall feasts of Israel are planted. Let us pray for rain in the time of the latter rain.

We're renovating the Missions Base right now, and I've been in the middle of it all as the sound department head. It's been wild. The Lord is providing wisdom, workers, and finance to grow our little missions base. I've installed two sound systems- one permanently in our multipurpose room, and the other at a temporary off-sight location for doing Encounter Services on Sunday nights. A third system is going into our main prayer room, where we're building a new sound booth and platform. Should be done in mid-April. Hope you'll come visit the new place.