A Call for Revival in the American Church based on Joel 2

Blow the trumpet and sound the alarm in the American Church!

Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; in fact, it is at hand— a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

So rip open your hearts and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him that we can offer back to Him, our heavenly Father.

Blow the trumpet in the American Church! Consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged; gather the children, even nursing babies. Let the newlyweds also be gathered.

Let every Christian weep before the Lord and say, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should people say, ‘Where is their God?’”

O Father, please heal Your land, please heal Your Church!

Father, please pour out Your Spirit afresh on all people. Please cause Your sons and daughters to prophesy, Your old men and women to dream dreams, Your young men and women to see visions. Spirit of God, fall fresh on everyone, both high and low.

Father, we know Your great and awesome Day is coming soon. Please motivate Your Church to share the good news of deliverance through Your Son, Jesus; the good news that everyone who surrenders all authority to Him will be saved.

A prayer for the American Church based on Nehemiah's prayer in Nehemiah 1.5-11

O Father, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your Son's Bride, the American Church.

I confess the sins Your Son's Bride, the Church, have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments that Your Son gave us, nor followed His example. Based on the seven letters to the seven churches, I know there are consequences for unfaithfulness and I also know there are promises of rewards for returning to You and obeying You.

Your Son died to redeem your servants and You demonstrated Your mighty power when You raised Him from the dead. Your redeemed servants are Your Son's Bride, the Church. You established the Church so Your manifold wisdom would be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms.

O Father, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to the prayers of Your servants who delight in reverence of Your name.

Please pray for all the churches on the map of churches: www.tenminas.net/map-of-churches

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Update from New Orleans, LA

We want to thank everyone for praying for our family! Our grandson, Peter had a rocky start, but is doing great now. We left Florida on the 17th, spent a couple of nights in Mississippi, and now we are in Louisiana. We plan to spend 11 nights in three locations then head home. We are visiting churches to strengthen and encourage them and casting vision for revival.

Please continue to pray that God will wake up the American church.

Florida Trip for Peter's Birth

Update - Peter Arthur Olk was born on July 8, 2019.

Originally posted on July 4, 2019.

We are off on another grand adventure in the Dawn Treader! Shout out to Abigail for the name for the RV. Our first stop is Florida where we are anticipating the birth of our grandson Peter. After that we will continue visiting churches to strengthen and encourage them and cast vision for revival. Please continue to pray that God will wake up the American church and raise up an army advance His kingdom against the satan's strongholds. That is all.

Please pray for all the churches on the Map of Churches!