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MONTANA
MONTANA PRAYER FOCUS 2005
“THY KINGDOM COME IN MONTANA”
(Montana, the “pure atmosphere” state)
Montana is known as the “Treasure State.” Some of the words spoken at the 50 State Tour were as follows:
* The treasures are being unlocked, and the river is rising.
* This is a time for unlocking treasures in the Treasure State. Chuck decreed, “This is a time for unlocking to begin in Montana and the treasures that have been sealed and hidden; this will be a time in the next two years that we will start seeing a release from Montana.”
* (Haggai 2:6-9) For thus says the Lord of hosts: “’Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations and they will come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is Mine, the Gold is Mine says the Lord of hosts. The glory of this latter temple shall be greater that the former’, says the Lord of hosts, ’And in this place I will give peace’, says the Lord of hosts.”
* There is a shaking that will occur to unlock resources for this nation.
* Chuck (A Rhema word for Montana): “Montana, I believe, is going to be one of those latter day states, a state that certain things will stay sealed up until the latter days….and many people think vast, they think desolate….they really don’t know what you are because they have never been up here. It’s going to be one of those places that’s held in the hand of the Lord, to UNLOCK AND BRING FORTH THE FUTURE OF OUR NATION.
PRAY: Please come into agreement with us for the Lord’s timing for the unlocking and releasing of the treasures in the Treasure State.
* Montana will be a VERY, VERY IMPORTANT state in days ahead. It’s going to be one of those places that does exploits. Exploits means this: you take the resources you’ve been given stewardship of and you bring them into a new dimension. So, Montana will be an “exploit state”, one where miracles in resources begin to be known. (This is a very important word for our state and we must get a hold of it and expect to become an exploit state, because Montana is a state that has, in the past, BEEN exploited.)
PRAY: That Montanans grasp their prophetic destiny. Ask for God’s timing to be known and bind fear of failure.
At the right time you will have such impact in this nation that you will begin to lead us in showing us how to move in the exploits that Daniel talks about in (Daniel 11:33), “But the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits.” And so it becomes very important that in the Treasure State, how that God’s people have an expectation to see this state unlocked at God’s perfect time. That can only happen by the Spirit. So there’s three things I want to do and I want you to remember.
(Haggai 2:6, 7) ‘It won’t be long before one more time I will shake the heavens and the earth the sea and dry land and I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will flow in.’”
1. The river is rising in Montana.
2. The river will be filled with treasure in Montana.
3. “The silver is Mine, the gold is Mine, Montana is Mine On its state seal are the words ‘Oro y Plata’, or ‘Silver and Gold’, therefore Montana is Mine,” says the Lord.
THE RIVER!
(Ezekiel 47 and John 7) Dutch prophesied, “The river is rising.” Some rivers initiate here. Montana is significant in the subject of the river. There is the ability to birth this river, this force of life, that God says is rising. These rivers originate here in this state and they are rising. It’s like this state is a womb for the river and it flows out from here naturally, and God says, “That’s a picture of what I am doing in the Spirit.”
Chuck prophesied, “I say in the waters there will be a wind and a shout, as they roll into the NATION they will shout ‘GRACE’. And from this state, the NATION will experience a move of My grace,” says the Lord.
PRAYER REPORT:
Three Forks Montana:
In August of 2004 a group of prayer warriors gathered in Three Forks, Montana where the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin Rivers converge to form the headwaters of the Missouri River. The Holy Spirit first prepared and equipped us to go there to nail, burn-up, and BREAK a spirit of mammon. We did as the Holy Spirit directed at the headwaters and a spirit of mammon was broken. We trust this will have a huge impact on our nation, as the water from the Missouri River flows out of Montana and into much of our nation to the North, East, and the South. Waters from the Missouri actually merge with other rivers and flow into both the Atlantic on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. So, the river is not only rising in Montana, but across our nation.
In addition to the headwaters of the Missouri being located in Montana, the three great rivers of North American begin on the flanks of the Triple Divide Peak in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Montana.
* Pacific Creek flows west to the Flathead River and into the Columbia.
* Atlantic Creek goes southeast into Marias River then to the Missouri-Mississippi.
* Hudson Bay Creek begins on the northeast side and is the headwater of the Saskatchewan River.
Helena, Montana (our state Capitol):
A group of prayer warriors went to our state Capitol October 31, 2004, and spent approximately 6 uninterrupted hours in the Capitol praying, decreeing and making declarations over our state, not only for Montana, but for the nation and the then upcoming election. We took our (Is. 22) key, and trusted the heavens were unlocked for us as we walked the halls of our capitol and declared the Word of God. The doors of the House of Representatives was locked when we got there, but the Lord gave us favor and the guards unlocked it so we could go in as one of the sisters had a word that needed to be spoken there. (If anyone would like more information as to some of the decrees we made I will be happy to send them.)
PRAY that our new Governor, Brian Schweitzer, would be cloaked in humility as he promotes dramatic changes in the operation of our state, and that he will be led by the Holy Spirit in all the decisions he makes. I trust he is the right man for the job since that is what we petitioned the Lord for, just as we did for our president.
PRAYER NEEDS FOR MONTANA:
Pray that the Resolution of Apology to the Native Americans will be completed in a timely manner. (The Resolution of Apology, S.J. Res. 15, is titled and described, in part, as: “A Joint Resolution to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes….” The full text can be read at www.NativeRes.org. To track how this Resolution will pass through Congress visit www.vote-smartorg/resource_govt101-02.php. (Vote Smart is headquartered in Montana and gathers non-partisan voter information.) We have seven Indian Reservations in Montana; there is much reconciliation that has been done, but there is much more that needs to be done.
Pray that our northern border will no longer be a place that can be breached/crossed-over for ungodly gain (drugs, terrorism, etc.). Montana’s northern border is approximately 500 miles long from east to west, with 13 ports of entry. The border patrol has been increased dramatically since 9/11, but I have been told by a reliable source that during the time of 9/11 there were Taliban that crossed over into the U.S. from the north. The Blackfeet Indian Reservation is on this border, and the Ft. Peck Reservation is only about 30 miles south of the border. Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy are within 40 miles of this border, so you see the importance of covering this border in prayer; drench it in prayer!
In 1974 Joy Dawson, mother of John Dawson, prophesied that Montana would become “a light to the Nation”. So even back in 1974, the Lord was saying we had a Governmental anointing. Pray that the governmental mantle over Montana would arise! (Is.9:6) “……and the government will be on His shoulder……of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.” Pray that the Body of Christ in Montana will come into a fuller understanding of the governmental mantle and position ourselves as the Holy Spirit leads. Pray that the Body of Christ will move forward into all that the Lord has for us to do “For a time such as this”, and that we will take our very important place on the wall for our state and our nation.
Pray that the poverty mentality in Montana will be broken, and that businesses will spring up across our state that will provide decent paying jobs for Montanans.
BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTANA:
Native Americans were the first inhabitants of the areas to become known as the State of Montana. Tribes include the Crows in the south central region, the Cheyenne in the southeastern part of the state, the Blackfeet, Assiniboine and Gros Ventres in the central and north central area and the Kootenai and Salish in the western sector. The Pend d’Oreille were found around Flathead Lake, and the Kalispel occupied the western mountains.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806 was the first group of white explorers to cross Montana. Hard on the heels of the expedition arrived the fur trappers and traders. Trappers brought alcohol, disease and a new economic system to native populations. The fur trade was mostly over by the 1840’s due to dwindling supplies of beaver, and the loss of popularity of the beaver hat.
Roman Catholic missionaries followed the trappers into Montana. They established Saint Mary’s Mission in the Bitterroot Valley, thought to be the first permanent settlement in Montana. They also promoted agriculture and built a sawmill.
The discovery of gold brought many prospectors into the area in the 1860’s, and Montana became a territory in 1864. The rapid influx of people led to boomtowns that grew rapidly and declined just as quickly when the gold ran out.
As more and more white people came into the area, Indians lost access to their traditional hunting grounds and conflicts grew. The Sioux and Cheyenne were victorious in 1876 at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce won a battle in the Big Hole Basin (1877). Yet, in the end, the Indians could not hold out against the strength of the United States Army.
Cattle ranches began flourishing in western valleys during the 1860’s as demand for beef in the new mining communities increased. After 1870, open-range cattle operations spread across the high plains, taking advantage of the free public-domain land.
During the 1880’s railroads crossed Montana, and the territory became a state in 1889. Hard rock mining also began at this time. Butte became famous when silver and copper were discovered. The Anaconda Copper Company, owned by Marcus Daly, become one of the world’s largest copper mining companies and exercised inordinate influence in the state.
Cattle and sheep ranches continued to take advantage of Montana’s abundant grasslands. Passage of the Enlarged Homestead Act in 1909 brought tens of thousands of homestead farmers into the state looking for inexpensive land. Wheat farming was popular until an extended drought, and a drop in market prices after World War I ruined many farmers. The homestead “bust” forced many farmers to abandon Montana.
Montana’s post-World War I depression extended through the 1920’s and right into the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Then President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” brought relief to the state in the form of various projects and agencies: the building of Fort Peck Dam, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Works Projects Administration (WPA) and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA). These “alphabet agencies” mark the first real dependence of the state on federal spending in the 20th century -- a reliance that would build through the century.
As across the nation, World War II broke the hold of the Great Depression on Montana. The war brought additional federal monies to the state, but drew young people into the service and into wartime industries on the West Coast. The resultant wartime dislocation changed Montana forever.
Post-war or “modern” Montana (1945-2000) has been characterized by a slow shift from an economy that relies on the extraction of natural resources to one that is service-based. Such traditional industries as copper, petroleum, coal, and timber have suffered wild market fluctuations and unstable employment patterns. Agriculture - while dependent on weather, a declining workforce, and international markets - has remained Montana’s primary industry through the years. After 1970 tourism supplanted mining as the state’s second largest industry. This era also saw the important shift in the state’s transportation system from railroads to highways.
Montana’s post-war politics has been keyed by some remarkable national politicians: James E. Murray, Mike Mansfield, Lee Metcalf and Pat Williams. Montanans, more conservative on the state level, frequently have split their legislative houses and sought only moderate change. An exception was the passage of a new state constitution in 1972 - one which placed more responsibility on the individual voter and made significant strides to protect the Montana environment. Some observers say that much of subsequent Montana history can be seen as the working out of that 1972 constitution.
Montana’s post-war society has evolved significantly during the “modern” era. Still predominantly white, it has experienced the building of bridges with Indian communities, the acceptance of ethnic immigrants, the development of a Hutterite network, and the emergence of white-supremacist cells. Population fluctuations cost Montana a U.S. House seat in the 1990’s and have kept the total population under 900,000. Population shifts have loaded Montana’s people in the western one-third of the state and “emptied out” eastern Montana’s vast spaces.
While some national observers consider Montana a part of America’s “cultural outback,” many Montanans pride themselves on their strong spirit of community, their close contact with the environment, and their fundamental “sense of place.” The debate continues.
Sources may include:
http://www.tripledivide.org/history.html
www.NativeRes.org
www.vote-smartorg/resource_govt101-02.php
www.sarasotagroup.com/PageManager/ Default.aspx/PageID=874387&NF=1
www.abacci.com/books/book.asp?bookID=3869
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