Plus invitation to sow towards Jerusalem Turnaround
JULY 22 JERUSALEM TURNAROUND—Live from Succat Hallel! Join us onsite or via YouTube. Our 9th annual Turnaround Gathering is focused on receiving the Daniel 7:22 “turnaround verdict” from the Ancient of Days for Israel and America. With Rick and Patricia Ridings, more.
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DEAR FRIENDS,
“Blow the shofar in Zion. Sound the alarm on my holy mountain! “Return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, weeping, and mourning; and tear your heart and not merely your garments…”Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly… And let them say, “Spare Your people, Lord…” (Joel 2)
The LORD of Armies says this: ‘the fast of the fourth month (Dire Straints), the fast of the fifth month (Tisha b’Av)… will become joy, jubilation and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace” (Zach. 8:19).
JOLENE AND I LEAVE FOR ISRAEL on Friday. We are in the 21 day period known to Jewish people as “Dire Straits,” which culminates on Tisha b’Av or the ninth of Av. Not coincidentally, we are apparently arriving in Jerusalem just in time for a historic HEATWAVE. Help Lord!
But it’s worth it all. More than anything, as we approach this year’s Tisha B’Av, it’s time to secure a double portion turnaround—for Jerusalem and Washington DC, for Israel and the United States. We together are investing our lives towards this end. Thank you for praying!
That said, Jolene and I would be so grateful if you consider a generous donation towards our common pursuit. Sow into the turnaround you desire to receive!
That’s so important for this hour, and as we approach potentially challenging times prophesied about in the fall.Can I suggest it again? Sow into the turnaround you desire to receive!
Discerning God’s Alarm
HERE’S A QUESTION—ARE THE WARNINGS ACCURATE? Sounding the alarm is sometimes precarious. Our goal is always for dire predictions not to occur because the Lord intervenes. This is of course why we pray. It’s why we make declarations from our place of intercession before the Lord.
But sometimes dire predictions don’t occur simply because the perceptions themselves are inaccurate. Which means those who follow them are perhaps not hitting the mark, while true issues genuinely needing their prayer support remain in limbo. A lot of this occurred in the swirl of the post-2020 elections.
Jolene and I approach this subject with holy fear. We earnestly and diligently seek Holy Spirit for accuracy. When the Lord warned us on Thanksgiving 2019 about the tremendous spiritual warfare over the 2020 elections, we wrote a book conveying the warning called “White House Watchmen.” It is focused on sounding the alarm in a clear, balanced way, equipping people to pray through coming challenges, and mobilizing all who hear to effectively respond.
The alarm sounded. But the mobilization part was not quite as effective. Probably because the warning message seemed to counter the multitude of more popular narratives. At least until election night. Then the warning was taken seriously.
Hindsight is 2020, right? In retrospect, if nothing else it taught us all a key lesson. Forerunning prayer to counter challenges is far more effective than seeking to mitigate the challenges after a warning comes to pass.
Current Warnings Already Proving Accurate
And it is with this at heart we are sounding the alarm for Israel and America both at this time through the “Watch of the Breaker” project, culminating with the Jerusalem Turnaround gathering on 7-22. The warnings shared so far have proven accurate already, at least in part. Note that our prayer priorities reflect these warnings. We have asked the Lamplighter/Turnaround Tuesday family to:
Pray for God’s intervention to restrain Iran’s weaponization of nuclear capacities. News broke shortly after receiving alert that Iran has enriched 7X the amount of uranium to dangerous levels. Let the Prince of Persia be restrained!
Pray for our sons and daughters. Including adopting Dor Haba worship camp hosted by Rick and Patricia Ridings. Spirit of Elijah be released!
Pray for continuation of covenantal freedom for both Israel and America. The judicial overhaul crisis that now threatens Israel appeared to be over. Suddenly lawmakers returned and passed a controversial bill that could genuinely threaten the separation of power ensuring democracy over dictatorship. As a result, Israel is teetering with internal division that could easily spill over into open conflict. Only a permanent Constitution can provide the framework for longterm stability. Lion of Judah, let Heaven’s turnaround decrees now be unsealed—for Israel and America!
On the homefront, many apostolic and prophetic leaders, ourselves included, have perceived by the Spirit potential challenges this fall that could even destabilize our government. Unanticipated military engagement is a clear prospect. We need to get ahead of this in prayer. It’s why, to us, the Watch of the Breaker project is such an important start.
And most importantly, the Lord has given us an open invitation to encounter Him on 7-22 with the Jerusalem Turnaround. To receive ahead of time—just before Tisha b’Av—His Daniel 7:22 verdict of justice in favor of the saints, restraining the enemy and releasing the saints to possess the Kingdom. Please be sure to join us before the Throne on this key day!
Commissioned from America’s Western Wall
Now lets address again potential warnings of what’s ahead. On September 11, 2001 a jet piloted by terrorists exploded into the western side of the Pentagon. I now refer to this part of the Pentagon as America’s “Western Wall.” A small chapel inside the Pentagon has been built right at the point of impact—right at the Western Wall. We consider it sacred ground. One of the holiest places in the world.
On 07-07-2023, I was unexpectedly invited to spend the morning with a friend at the Pentagon. Through no request of my own, he led me to this very chapel so we could pray together. By “America’s Western Wall,” we sought God for His wisdom, protection and blessing for our nation’s highest leaders, for military and intelligence communities, and for our troops.
And then my friend prayed a stunning commissioning prayer for our Israel tour. Which means that, for the second year in a row, an upcoming tour has been commissioned by God out of the Pentagon. With no initiative on my part towards this end.
Why would the Lord go so far out of His way to speak to two separate friends in separate years to commission us out of the Pentagon? What is He seeking to convey? First—HE IS THE LORD OF HOSTS! The Captain of the Armies. Second—in a way similar to the legendary watch of Rees Howells, the challenges at hand and ahead seem to include military conflict of some kind. Victory is in the balance.
Did I mention that my friend’s first name is literally another name for Christ? Further, his last name means “gain victory through the gates.” The good news is that as we engage, we all are being commissioned and sent by Christ—TO WIN AT THE GATES!!!
Securing Victory—Turning Tisha B’Av
AGAIN—GOD WANTS US TO SECURE HIS VICTORY—HIS WAY. The Breaker breaks open! This applies to your own life as well as to nations. Let me emphasize the challenges the Lord is warning about are very real. But the good news is He is NOW offering a pathway through them to you—a pathway to victory.
But for challenges to be turned, and our land to be secured, forerunning prayer is needed. So is radical obedience!
By the direct leading of Holy Spirit, as well as the dream of the Breaker that inspired this project, I believe the Lord is saying it’s time to “turn Tisha b’Av.” In other words it’s time to gain freedom from a generational cycle of sabotage and destruction, and forge a new way forward into His promised land. This is a core message of the dream the Lord gave me which launched this Watch of the Breaker project.
Remember that the generational cycle of devastation and destruction typified by Tisha b’Av began with a failure of obedience to step out in faith towards taking the promised land. That said, we are glad you’re on the wall. Together we can see the Lord turn Tisha b’Av!
Please join us tonight. And watch for key postings in the days to come. No King but Jesus…
