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COLORADO
2005 USSPN COLORADO STATE PRAYER FOCUS
Praise Report- With grateful hearts we praise the Lord for answered
prayers in 2004 including the abundance of rain that overcame the
drought. I can't list all the answers to prayer but do want to
share the following.
October 6, 2004 prayer teams went to all the gateways of Colorado
at the same time to secure our borders. Pastor Brian Severin, USSPN
Coordinator, took a team to the entrance of Colorado on HWY 85.
They felt very strong oppression, particularly in the area of bondage
to drugs and immorality. God sent a warring angel to join them
appearing high over the border. The next day at church, a lady
whose husband (a backslidden Christian) had been hooked on drugs
for the past year turned himself in to a DETOX center! They had
been praying for him over a year about this demonic stronghold.
On Wednesday, October 20th, the headlines of the Greeley Tribune
described a major drug bust. But this was no local operation; in
fact it was a highway from Guadalajara, Mexico through Colorado
to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and New York City. It involved
the three major suppliers of cocaine to those cities. Greeley was
the site of a safe house that had been the drop off point of an
estimated $43 million dollars. An investigation including federal,
state, and local officials had been ongoing for the past two years,
but it wasn't until they prayed that evidence was obtained which
enabled arrests to be made!
ENTIRE CITY
PAUSES FOR PRAYER AT THE HIGH TIDE OF BUSINESS AS THE SOUL RISES
ABOVE SORDID THOUGHTS was the headlines of the Denver Post -
January 20, 1905. Excerpts of the article stated, "For
two hours at midday all Denver was held in a spell, under the influence
of the power, not ourselves, that makes for righteousness. Seldom
has such a remarkable sight been witnessed - an entire great city,
in the middle of a busy weekday bowing before the throne of Heaven
and asking and receiving the blessing of the King of the Universe." This
was seventeen days after J. Wilbur Chapman came into Denver inspiring
the people to give their attention to God above all other activities.
Chapman went to 500 businessmen and encouraged them to close their
businesses and come to bow before the Almighty. Even the unknown
happened, saloons closed. The Governor of Colorado and Mayor of
Denver were among the thousands that attended the Tabor opera house,
Coliseum Hall, other theaters and the many churches that opened
their doors for prayer. The revival continued for several weeks.
One hundred years later January 20, 2005 a call went out from
Barb Becker, USSPN Denver Metro Coordinator, to re-dig this well
of revival. Calvary Temple (CT) in the heart of Denver opened their
doors for 12 hours of worship, prayer, repentance and declarations.
I led the first two hours with two businessmen and a businesswoman.
God met us as we began and I believe He had His way all day. Here
are some highlights. A man came who was ready to commit suicide.
He gave his life to the Lord and was set free. A woman very sick
in great pain was convinced by a friend that she had to come to
CT was healed as soon as she went through the door. A businessman
that took time off to be at CT reported an unexpected major break
through in his business the very next day. A pastor said that the
whole time he had been in Denver he had not received ministry like
he did that day or felt that loved. A tremendous flow of worship
from many different teams enthroned King Jesus. Over 100 pastors
and churches participated. Several pastors have reported a significant
move of God in their churches since January 20th. We are giving
God the glory and believe that there has been an increase in the
momentum of revival in Denver.
Treasures
- Chuck Pierce gave the word in 2004 that Colorado is a treasure
in this nation. Chuck went on in his word to say, "Let
the treasure of this state be mined properly and brought forth
this season. Pray for what has been blocking the mining of the
treasure in this state, both old and new, to come forth and the
treasure of this state will be seen throughout this land." We
took this word seriously and prayed all of last year regarding
the treasures and resources of Colorado. We will continue that
prayer for these treasures to be unlocked and come into the hands
of the righteous.
Colorado's Lost Treasures - February 2005 edition of Colorado
Country Life (magazine)
I quote Tom Noel, a Colorado historian, "The deeper you dig
into Colorado's history, the more treasures you'll find." And
he is not just speaking metaphorically, either. A sidebar or the
article reads, "More lost gold and silver mines, buried caches
of outlaw loot, and long hidden hordes of Spanish and French treasures
exist in Colorado than in any of the remaining United States..."
In Chad Taylor's
prophetic word for this year he stated, "MOTHER
LODE IN THE ROCKIES. I will unlock the secret treasures in the
Rockies. I will anoint the science of excavation and paleontology,
revealing an end time surplus of oil. I will give eyes to the blind
and they will see My hidden treasures. The Rocky Mountains will
cascade with My provisions says the Lord."
An article in the Rocky Mountain newspaper, February 1, 2005 confirming
this prophetic word read, Colorado's mines and wells produce mother
lode in '04. The $8.74 billion estimate in Colorado's natural gas,
coal, oil and mineral production in 2004 was up about 44 percent
from the previous year. More than two-thirds of the total value
in 2004, or $6 billion, came from natural gas. Colorado is estimated
to have produced a record 1.1 trillion cubic feet of gas in 2004.
Coal production hit record high in 2004 and there was an increase
in gold and molybdenum in 2004 over recent years.
Key Prayer
Initiatives for Colorado - Early 2005
Schools & Universities - God wants in the schools. We are
renting space in schools for extravagant worship to enthrone Jesus
and change the atmosphere. We are meeting with principals, ministries
to the youth and church leaders who meet in the schools. We have
identified strongholds and strongmen in the school system. We are
praying in a prophetic word given several months ago that there
is going to be some unseating of Chairs in the universities. At
the end of January, Professor Ward Churchill of Colorado University
made some very disgraceful and anti-American comments in regard
to 911 victims and those serving in our armed forces. Churchill
is under review of the Board of Regents. The Governor is making
strong recommendations for Churchill's resignation from the faculty.
He resigned his Chair of CU’s Ethnic Studies Department but
at the time of this writing he is still on faculty.
Rivers - We saw successful results last year in the Arkansas River
prayer initiative. We knew before that initiative that the Lord
was giving us a prayer mandate for the rivers in Colorado. This
year our first river initiative is the Rio Grande, then the Colorado
River. We will seek participation in this prayer from all the states
that the rivers run through.
Business - We are gathering business people of integrity in Colorado
who are kingdom minded stewards in the process of the transference
of kingdom wealth. One of our questions is this. Since God has
set you in Colorado and prospered you here, what is He asking you
to do in Colorado to help see righteous transformation in this
state? This initiative is in process and some interesting things
are developing out of it.
Government - God is graciously bringing USSPN Coordinators into
relationships and influence with government leaders.
Please join us in prayer for Colorado
- Pray
for extravagant worship to the only true God to increase and
rise to a new dimension to glorify God in this land.
- Pray for
a great spiritual awakening and transformation of righteousness
throughout the state.
- Pray for
God inspired technology to develop the resources and treasures
in Colorado to be given to His people. Pray for provisions
to be made for the harvesting of His treasures for His kingdom
purposes.
- Pray for
the establishing of God's government in the church with the
apostolic and prophetic to come into place.
- Pray for
a turnaround in the state government - for the majority to
be conservative/righteous not liberal/anti-biblical. Pray for
righteousness and truth to prevail in Colorado.
- Pray for
God's people in Colorado to have a greater influence in the
schools, general workplace and government.
- Please
pray for the military soldiers and their families -for protection
and the love and grace of God to cover them.
- Pray for
godly leadership and protection for the military bases in Colorado:
Army---Fort Carson in Colorado Springs
Air Force---Peterson in Colorado Springs
Air Force---Schriever in Colorado Springs
Air Force---Buckley in Denver
Air Force---Falcon in Colorado Springs
NORAD--North American Aero Space Command Center in Colorado
Springs
GENERAL STATE HISTORY
The circular Seal of the State of Colorado is an adaptation of
the Territorial Seal, which was adopted by a Joint Resolution
of the First Territorial Assembly on November 6, 1861 and approved
on March 15, 1877.
The official description of the Seal states that the eye with
rays proceeding from the lines of a triangle is the eye of God.
The words on it, "Nil Sine Numine," which commonly translated
means "Nothing without Providence." Some say the eye
is an evil eye with Masonic overtones and providence can mean luck,
chance, fate or fortune. Regardless of what the First Assembly
of Colorado intended we believe the eye of God is on Colorado and
it is under His divine guidance and intervention, other definitions
for the word providence.
Petroglyphs and ancient writings in caves and waterways in Southeast
Colorado give evidence that some of the first inhabitants in Colorado
could go back to the ancient Phoenicians, Baal worshipers. The
next inhabitants we do know for sure about were the Anasazi Indians
who, four centuries before Columbus lived in multi-story cliff
dwellings in canyons in the southwestern corner of Colorado. The
first Europeans to venture into Colorado were the Spanish. In 1540-41,
Coronado led an expedition north from Mexico in search of the Seven
Cities of Cibola where the streets were allegedly paved with gold.
Although this exact route is unknown, it is likely Coronado and
his party passed through the present-day area of southeastern Colorado.
Over the next 250 years, the Spanish made other expeditions into
the Colorado area.
In 1800, Spain
ceded a vast area, including Colorado, to Napoleon Bonaparte
and the French. Three years later, the same parcel of land was
sold by Napoleon the United States as the "Louisiana
Purchase".
Several Indian tribes roamed Colorado and contributed to the state's
history. The most dominant of the nomadic plains tribes were the
Cheyenne, Arapaho, Comanche, and Kiowa. The Utes inhabited the
state's mountains and remain in Colorado today, having two reservations
in the southwestern corner of the state.
The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 brought an influx of people into
the state. With the Gold Rush came a horde of lawlessness to reinforce
the iniquitous strongholds in the land. Many of such were under
the rule of the god of mammon, greed that led to murder, stealing,
and covenant breaking. To further satisfy the flesh houses of prostitution
and liquor ruled the night.
The Book of the States , Fourth Edition, by Vincent Wilson, Jr.,
goes on to add, “The discovery of gold in the 1850s attracted
prospectors and settlers, but mining gold and silver has today
largely given way to mining uranium and vanadium, which are used
in the state’s sever Atomic Energy Commission installations.
Today, historic
military posts like Brent’s Fort and Fort
Garland, once commanded by Kit Carson, contrast with the North
American Air Defense Command (NORAD) and the U.S. Air Force Academy,
both located near Colorado Springs. Denver, the only mile-high
capital and the cultural and business center of the Rocky Mountain
region, is the largest city between Texas and California.
Colorado’s
dry, attractive climate and magnificent scenery may be enjoyed
in over a dozen major ski areas, a number of national monuments
and national forests, and two national parks - Mesa Verde and
Rocky Mountain.”
The 2003 edition
of the Scholastic Atlas of the United States, by David Rubel,
states that a culture war of the early twenty-first century is
being fought in Colorado (more than in other states) between “old-time, highly conservative, business-oriented
Coloradans” and “environmentally conscious liberals,
many of whom emigrated from California during the 1970s and 1980s.” It
goes on to say, “Lately, however, an influx of well-paid
high-tech workers has shifted the political balance again, this
time to the more conservative side, especially on such hot topics
as the Rocky Mountains and whether they should be mined or protected.” The
reason for this, concludes Rubel, is although the Rocky Mountains
are still a highly profitable source of natural resources, the
state’s economy is no longer highly dependent upon this revenue
source.
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Let me again remind you of Chuck Pierce’s word over Colorado
in 2004:
"Let the treasure of this state be mined properly and brought
forth this season. Pray for what has been blocking the mining of
the treasure in this state, both old and new, to come forth and the
treasure of this state will be seen throughout this land."
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