Lou Engle: The Prophetic Esther Moment the Church Encountered Before Purim - LOU ENGLE AND DEAN BRIGGS CHARISMA NEWS

A scene from 'One Night With the King,' the story of Queen Esther. (YouTube)

Lou Engle: The Prophetic Esther Moment the Church Encountered Before Purim

 3/16/2017 LOU ENGLE AND DEAN BRIGGS  CHARISMA NEWS

As if from nowhere, the Holy Spirit caught us all by surprise, unleashing a sovereign national strategy that simply caught fire. No one saw it coming; it was like the silver sound of a trumpet on the inside. Suddenly, heaven was talking to everyone. We began receiving reports from all over the world, from leaders around the nation and the world: "We're doing the Esther Fast with you!"

Diverse ministries, prayer networks, churches and denominations. A woman in Antarctica joined the Esther Fast. The church spontaneously synchronized in purpose and prayer in response to a summons among witches worldwide to curse the president of the United States and his Cabinet. No one but the Lord of Hosts could have mustered this force, this fast.

What happened? Just a few days ago, from March 8-11, leading up to the Jewish holiday of Purim (celebrating Esther's daring leadership in the deliverance of the Jews from total annihilation), women and men across the earth entered into three days of fasting and fervent intercession to break the power of that witchcraft and the operation of death in our land.

Like Esther, the Body of Christ "put on her royal apparel and positioned herself in the king's palace courtyard ... When the king saw Queen Esther standing quietly out in the courtyard... the king held out the golden scepter in his hand to Esther. Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter" (Esth. 5:1-2).

I truly believe we seized a moment, a divine moment where we touched the scepter of God's favor and purpose. Unexpected breakthroughs and divine reversals are coming. Tidal forces have shifted. Things that haven't worked will suddenly prosper. Perhaps you will experience this on a personal level, but I am speaking at a national level. Policy and public perception will begin to shift. This was a battle against false ideologies, and we were greatly outnumbered. But together, we touched the scepter. It may take time, but I say with boldness: Time will tell what was just wrought in prayer.

And yet we must not miss our moment. Into the full, open breach of our prayers, we must add pointed action. Just as Esther had to stand before the king and make her petition, so must we. Our battering ram of united intercession has opened a window, but now the armies of dawn must march through. I am asking every woman of voting age to contact her federal congressman and senators—today, tomorrow, this week—and tell them the following: 

• Abortion is not health care
• Abortion should not receive taxpayer dollars
• Any illegal activities of the abortion industry should be investigated and prosecuted. The women of America will no longer tolerate the scandals of legalized abortion.

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Mothers, daughters, grandmothers. Wives, single ladies. Daughters of the King, all. An Esther generation. Call. Petition. Write. It is one thing to enter the courts of the heavenly King; it is quite another to rise in a day of testing to take your place in the courts of Earth. The offices of human power are not immune to the gracious but insistent thunder of righteous women who would countermand those who took to the streets in the Women's March. Immediately following the march, those same women moved from the streets to the public work, lobbying for their worldview to become the law of the land. The centerpiece of their efforts was the ongoing funding of Planned Parenthood and preserving the untouchable status of Roe v. Wade. The gears of democracy are greased with the manifest will of the people, and this is realized by those who make their voices heard. Their vision of the "empowered woman" begs for Esther's answer. Esther prayed, then executed a plan. I implore the Esthers: Take your place as the decider of the great issues of our day.

Prayer plus action must be our mission in these days. Pray and petition. Pray and vote. Pray and call. Tell your senators and congressman that you expect swift approval for the Supreme Court appointments offered by President Trump. His pre-released list of nominees is exemplary for the sake of life. Do this for Neil Gorsuch, then do it again for the next two, three or four nominees. There has never been a moment like this one. The fortifications of Roe v. Wade are crumbling before our eyes. Let's finish the task in our day. For more info, visit TheCall.com, or for further action points visit Bound4Life.com. As this movement grows, we want to stay connected with you. Please like TheCall and Lou Engle's Facebook Page so you can get our latest updates. 

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How Lou Engle's 'Anna Call' Could Shift America Before the Election - DEAN BRIGGS CHARISMA NEWS

It made no headlines, but wound around a wooden spool and bound with red fabric in the official government fashion of the day, the scroll depicted in this picture was determined to be a petition of signatures presented to Congress in 1881. (Courtesy)

How Lou Engle's 'Anna Call' Could Shift America Before the Election

9/19/2016 DEAN BRIGGS  CHARISMA NEWS

A prophetic picture arrived in my email last week. Captured only a few weeks ago in our nation's National Archives, the photo reveals a small but remarkable discovery. It made no headlines, but wound around a wooden spool and bound with red fabric in the official government fashion of the day, the scroll depicted in this picture was determined to be a petition of signatures presented to Congress in 1881. Such directly submitted petitions were almost never read or acted upon. Instead, they remained "bound" with red tape, often tabled indefinitely. Worse, faced with frigid D.C. winters, clerks frequently used them for firewood.

But not this one.

This one is marked with 32,000 signatures from citizens who were interceding on behalf of Native Americans for the pain and many injustices they had endured. In this photo, you are looking at 135-years of unanswered prayer; bound, yes, but also preserved. And now, rediscovered.

Written inside, the petition states that "by unanimous consent ... 32,000 citizens of the United States" were "praying (for) Congressional legislation to prevent the encroachment of white settlers on Indian reservations, and that the treaties with the Indians be faithfully executed."

A Sign of Governmental Shift for the Native Soul of Our Land?

While prayers uttered in 1881 may seem lost to time, the courts of heaven forget nothing. Bowls of intercession fill and, eventually, spill. For a legislative document of public prayer to come to light amidst a resurgence of hope touching dozens of native reservations is nothing less than a divine oracle—if we have eyes to see and ears to hear. In 1975, Dr. Billy Graham declared that the native peoples were a mighty, sleeping giant. But, he said, "You are now awakening! Just around the corner you may become a spiritual superpower in this country that could change not only America, but the world!"

We believe a new chapter is about to open that is both necessary for America and good for the native tribes who have suffered. Gathering from across the entire North American continent, on behalf of Lou Engle, TheCall, myself and Chasity Sandoval of All Nations North America, I want to invite you to meet with us for three days in a spirit of humble, bold, expectant prayer. Even now, keys are being granted to open long-closed doors.

The ANNA Call is a gathering of the Body of Christ to historic Tahlequah, OK, the tragic terminus of forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears. Here, tribes from the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida were uprooted from their homes and sent on a death march. Thousands perished. Tahlequah is emblematic of the deep and varied griefs carried by countless tribes in their collective soul, spread across many territories and generations. It is only one of many scars on the land.

Led by natives, we will gather and unite at the Pow Wow grounds of the Cherokee Nation, October 7-9, 2016. There we will seek to unbind—to reverse the curse. In many ways, from Tahlequah, we will bend the bow of our intercession and aim straight for origin points in North Carolina as part of an overall strategy of revival. A multi-faceted prophetic storyline is unfolding in this hour. We believe the same trajectory of broken covenant can be reformed into a "Trail of Blessing and Hope" instead.

The native tribes of the land are deep in the Father's heart. From the healing miracles of Coma Lee, the native intercessor renamed Azusa (which we believe may have set the stage, in part, for the historic Azusa Outpouring of 1906), to the recent gathering in Los Angeles at AzusaNow, the story of "Native Destiny" continues to press upon us. Where sin has abounded, grace abounds even more.

That means The ANNA Call is positioned as a hinge, a door of invitation, by which native peoples can release keys—reconciled brotherhood and the heritage of peace—like a salve upon the plagues of division in our nation. For this reason, to honor our native brothers and sisters, from Los Angeles in 2016 to Azusa East in Charlotte, 2017, we feel we must pass through Tahlequah for the full release of God's purpose.

Cutting the Red Tape of Prayer for Revival

Which brings us back to the great backlog of prayer and reconciliation efforts over decades and even centuries. With a massive, unanswered governmental petition suddenly brought to light just weeks before our gathering, could we dare to put in motion our own legislative prayer cry that finally cuts that red tape and releases the bound-up history of native pain? Could the cries and prayers of Native tribes, for hundreds of years, along with the genuine love and steady, unsung intercessions of American settlers on behalf of our native brothers, finally be poised for an answer?

For two years this solemn convocation has been building momentum. Living out of a green van, burdened with prayer and traveling among countless villages, reservations and native communities across the North American continent, Chasity and other young native leaders have spread the word that a great, sacred assembly was coming in 2016. Elders have been summoned. In the process, the Spirit of God has already begun moving mightily with healing, restoration and revival.

From the Mashpee Wapanaog Tribe in Massachusetts, to revival among the Crow in Montana, the sleeping giant has begun to awaken. From the mighty Seminole of Florida to the federally unrecognized Ohlone Tribe of Northern California, we are seeing dreams and visions of friendship emerge from within the tribes—no longer "us" and "them," but Christ in all. From Alaska, to Quebec, to the Navajo and Apache lands across the American southwest, a new man is rising from the ashes. He is neither red, nor yellow, nor black, nor white. He is every tribe and tongue submitted to the cross of Christ, who bore all our pain that we might live in unity together.

Taken as a symbol, the scroll of prayer in our National Archives tells an important truth, that prayers never die. Intercessions never cease. And so, in this moment of divine synergy, we are believing ancient prayers and recent prophecies are about to break loose among the native peoples in extraordinary fashion. Even now, the curse of the past is being broken as the Lord Himself makes all things new. This will be our appeal to the everlasting covenant-keeping God of heaven. Everyone is invited.

We call all who carry a heart for the promise of total reconciliation in Christ, even between historic enemies, even in the midst of covenant breaking. In particular, we urge the new breed of young Nazarite among the native tribes: Make this journey! Take your stand with us. Lead us as we appeal to heaven together.

The ANNA Call is not a symbolic gesture. It is about closing doorways of accusation across our land between people groups who claim Jesus as Lord. It's not glamorous, it's necessary. It's not a feast, it's a fast. Come shape history with us in prayer.

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Lou Engle Bringing Azusa Now to East Coast - JESSILYN JUSTICE CHARISMA NEWS

Men and women experience the Holy Spirit at Azusa Now. (Facebook/Azusa Now Testimonies)

Lou Engle Bringing Azusa Now to East Coast

 8/8/2016 JESSILYN JUSTICE  CHARISMA NEWS

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Revival that ignited along the West Coast will now burn to the East Coast as Lou Engle takes Azusa Now to Rick Joyner's Morning Star Ministries in South Carolina.  

Called AzusaEast, the movement will feature Joyner and Engle with Dean Briggs and Ryan and Nina Landis. 

"After decades of prayer by millions of Christians, the Lord is answering our collective cry for revival. We dare to believe that a new Jesus Movement is upon us! So let us maintain a relentless posture of prayer, yes, but let us also transition to bold faith and bolder action. Our vision of God must be expansive, not myopic. What if the next great move of heaven is already unfolding right before our eyes? So ... what's next?" according to a release.  

The Azusa East event will help fulfill the 7 Take-Aways from Azusa Now, including staying focused on Jesus. 

And like the original Azusa Street Revival, a prophetic blueprint leads the way for Azusa East: 

We believe the natural progression of the history of Azusa gives us a prophetic template for the present hour. Among several who journeyed to the Azusa Street Mission in 1906, one who was greatly touched by the unity of the brethren was a man from Dunn, North Carolina named G. B. Cashwell, later called "The Apostle of Pentecost to the South." After witnessing the evidence of love in the baptism of the Holy Spirit at Azusa, where it was said, "the color line was washed away in the blood of Jesus," Cashwell knew that the unity of the brethren was in direct contradiction to the racial prejudice of his beloved South. He repented of his racism and was filled afresh with the love and power of God. When he returned to Dunn, the anointing of the Azusa Outpouring followed him, and revival broke out in the Carolinas, which eventually spread all across the Southern states. This came to be known as Azusa East. 

Interestingly, the original royal land charter for the Carolinas given by King Charles II extended coast-to-coast, from the Carolinas to Southern California, including the region of Los Angeles, where the original Azusa Street Revival began in 1906, and which spilled over to the Carolinas in 1907. We believe this is our model. 

In 2016, once again, we stand at the 110th Anniversary. What began in the West must come to the East. A new hope for a Third Great Awakening has gripped us to the core. Revival strategy is unfolding, city to city, gathering to gathering, prayer upon prayer. The favor, power and love of God are coming to America again! It is not about names, ministries and agendas. It is about the presence of God, the unity of His church, and the salvation of the lost.

The event is scheduled for Sept. 2. 

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