Prayer for Florida Concerning Approaching Hurricane

Dear Faithful Prayer Warriors:

I usually do not send out state prayer focuses to my personal list, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT. With Hurricane Ivan approaching we must pray for Florida. Here is an email from Ken Malone, our USSPN State Apostolic Coordinator for that state. This includes a prophetic word I gave in Florida in February, and a prayer focus Ken sent to intercessors in Florida. Pray that the Spirit of God begin to move all over that state, and decree that everything in the Florida Keys that is ungodly will be uncovered. I am trusting the Lord to lessen the force of this hurricane and protect the people of Florida as much as possible. I am also believing that hidden things will be exposed. We must remember that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord.

I believe the Lord has us look deeply into every circumstance for a deeper understanding. Rebecca Wagner Sytsema and I wrote, in Possessing Your Inheritance, “Many times in our hard times and disasters the Lord is working out a greater promise in our lives.” Let’s decree that the greater promise will be seen in Florida

Blessings,

Chuck D. Pierce

P. S. With Rosh Hashanah approaching, I am preparing a prayer-focus for the new year. Pray I get clarity of revelation.

September 8, 2004

Within a month of each other, hurricanes Charley and Frances have left Florida in with what newscasters are calling "the one-two punch." This one-two punch has left many homes, businesses, churches, and schools with much devastation. The Citrus Industry was especially hit very hard and will be a loss to many families and those in the citrus business. These hurricanes made an X across our state (which criss-crossed in Polk County).

"When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him and put him to flight--for He will come like a rushing stream which the breath of the Lord drives" Isaiah 59:19 (Amplified).

I believe the standard that the Lord is calling Florida to in this hour, even as hurricane Ivan makes it's way toward Florida, is W-O-R-S-H-I-P. Last week, September 2-3, 2004, God called us together in Florida's capital city, Tallahassee, for a "Convergence On Tallahassee", a governmental meeting.
      On Thursday, it seemed we could get nowhere in worship; everyone was in a hurricane mode. Then God had me go up and begin to shift us out of the hurricane mode and into a worship-mode. As we did, the heavens shifted and at that same time there was a shift in hurricane Frances. The speed of Frances went from 145 mph to 125 mph. This shift was very significant in that worship in the heavens weakened this hurricane.
      God is calling our state to worship in the heavens. That is why September 22-25, 2004, we are hosting 72 hours of worship in Winter Haven, Florida, with worship teams coming from across the state, and Kent Henry leading Florida in worship on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Dutch Sheets was one of our guest speakers and he shared a dream that a friend of Lou Engle’s had concerning our state, Florida. In the dream Lou was shouting, F-O-C-U-S-S! Focus with an extra S. He then shouted, "Florida - Ohio - Campuses - Universities - Swing - States." It seems that the Lord has marked, (X) Florida and Ohio as well. God desires to change the spiritual landscape of Florida even as the natural landscape has recently been changed as well.

Prayer Strategies:

Pray that the Lord calls the state into worship. Worship the Lord over Florida.
Pray Psalm 91 over the state of Florida, especially as Ivan begins to be a threat.
Cry out RESTORE. “But this is a people robbed and plundered; all of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses, they are for prey, and no one delivers, for plunder and no one says RESTORE" Isaiah 42:22.

At this time nearly all of the peninsula of Florida is experiencing a flood because of hurricane Frances. Interstate 10 near Lake City, (9/07/04) and a short time on 9/06/04 Interstate 75 were also flooded and blocked traffic. Hwy 60 in central Florida was flooded, Manatee county experienced great flooding, Hillsborough county, Polk County, Orlando, Tampa, Palm Beach and other areas all experienced flooding. Many from across the state have been evacuated because of the flooding in Florida.

Here is a portion of Chuck Pierce’s word over Florida at TRANSFORMATION AMERICA – Awaken the Nation, Thursday, PM (February 19, 2004):

“I am mounting up the waters of breakthrough for this nation. I have brought you here to this state because part of the mounting up of the waters is coming this hour from this particular state. I have gathered you together here because from this state you will cause the waters to rise again. Many will try to put their finger in this water just as the boy who tried to hold back the water stuck his finger in the dike, but I would say this water that is mounting over this nation cannot be stopped.”

“There is a mounting enemy that is rising up at this time. Therefore I have drawn you together for a day such as this. In this place and at this time I will release an anointing that will cause the enemy that is mounting to become confused. The voice of the enemy will taunt, and taunt, and taunt again. The voice of the enemy will become very strong beginning in September through October. But even now that which you release in the heavens will begin to neutralize that which will come forth at harvest time.”

“Harvest time is upon you, and because harvest time is mounting I must have a people with a harvest mind. I have brought you here to bring forth the first fruit of that harvest anointing, and to cause your mind to shift into a mind of increase. Many have come and said, ‘But the enemy has surrounded me and besieged me. I even feel like I am in a strait jacket.’ During these days I will untie that strait jacket and your hands will go free.”

“Hear the sound as the waters mount up, for the waters are mounting and the wall that is being built against My righteousness is cracking. And within 22 months there will be floods across this land.”

From www.CNN.com:

In Florida, Patti Michel, public information officer for Seminole County, agreed with the lieutenant governor that the danger was not over. Floodwaters, already a problem, would not reach a peak on the St. Johns River for another day or two, possibly longer, she said. "We're an inland county," Michel said, "but we've got three lakes ... and the St. Johns runs along our border."
Tampa, too, took a hard hit from the rains even though Frances had slowed down to a tropical storm by the time it reached the Gulf Coast. Several main streets were closed by flooding. Ben Nelson, the state's meteorologist, said it was not a good situation. "Rainfall on Sunday and Monday in west central Florida has now resulted in major flooding," he said. "And we expect heavy rainfalls to continue throughout the northern portion of the state today."
Frances started near Stuart and crept northwest, exiting into the Gulf near Tampa. Covering a much wider area than Charley, Frances was also slower, dumping more than a foot of rain on some parts of the state. Even when it turned north, hitting Florida for a second time near St. Marks on the Panhandle, rain and thunderstorm bands extended far south and east of the storm, continuing to pound areas already reeling.

Having come through two hurricanes this summer, both of which affected our home in Polk county, God has given us some strategies during this time of recovery, and for protection from Ivan. One of those strategies is WORSHIP WARFARE! For some time Chuck Pierce has been calling the church to a new place of worship. (See his book Worship Warrior.)

As a prayer leader in Florida I want to call the church in this state to worship the Lord over Florida this weekend. Many of you that are worship leaders, prayer coordinators, pastors, and etc. can help us in the state this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday., whatever is best for you. If you could pull together a large or small group to worship the Lord this weekend I know it will help shift the heavens over this state.
I heard a meteorologist on Tuesday say, that the atmosphere shifted in the mid 1990's to one that is conducive to hurricanes. This weekend we can shift our upper atmosphere to one that is conducive to the Lord.

I will praise You with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praises to You. I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name...Psalm 138:1-2 Notice the little “g” in gods. He is saying to us, “At this time worship Me in the face of Charley, Frances, and Ivan.” Worship builds our spirit man, takes us into the Presence of the King, changes the atmosphere and defeats our enemies before us.

Ken suggests these as worship strategies:

1. Place a map of Florida in the Floor and have the worshippers surround it as "worshippers standing in the gap" Ezekiel 22:30.

2. Take the Florida flag and wave it to the Lord as a wave offering unto Him. Offer up the state of Florida to the Lord.

3. Decree Psalm 91 during your time of worship. Decree that Florida dwells in the secret place of the Most High and that no evil thing will come nigh your dwelling.

4. Those of you who have dancers, let them help shift the atmosphere and dance as David did when the Ark of the Covenant came into Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:13-15).

5. Lift up a joyful shout unto the Lord. "Make a joyful shout to God all the earth. (Florida) Sing out the honor of His name; make His praise glorious. Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power Your enemies shall submit themselves to You" (Psalm 66:1-2).

Ken & Cheryl Malone

Apostolic Coordinators USSPN (Florida)

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