“Pen in Hand”

Aglow Great Plains Rocky Mountain Region Crafted Prayer

Thank You, Father, for Your love. Thank You for freely and generously revealing and giving Yourself to us. Thank You for reconciling all things back to Yourself. Thank You for Your justice, righteousness, grace and mercy. We acknowledge You are Faithful and True!

Thank You for giving this Region (Great Plains Rocky Mountain,) the authority to shift the nation. Thank You for aligning Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska into a unity so powerful that it will affect our nation!

And now, as a Region and as legitimate blood bought covenant sons & daughters of Jehovah, the Most High God, the King of all Creation, having been given legal authority through our position in Christ Jesus to push back darkness, take dominion, (Genesis 2) and enforce the Kingdom of heaven on the earth according to the written Word of God, do hereby proclaim and declare…

…that the Kingdom of God is at hand! We establish a fortress of unity in the natural and spiritual realm, and we call forth a united heart for the working together of the body of Christ on the earth. (Psalm 133, John 17)

We call forth and release an increase of revelation and understanding of the attributes of God; love, truth, grace, forgiveness, mercy, kindness, goodness etc. (Gal 5:22-23 Isaiah 11:2)

We align ourselves with God to walk in the Spirit as led by the Holy Spirit resulting in justice, righteousness and integrity (Gal. 5:16-18, Psalm 89:14, John 16:8)

…whereby exposing and tearing down the Kingdom of Self and demolishing false teachings and ideologies (Jer. 1:10, 2 Cor. 10:4, 5, Rev. 12:11)

…and purposefully establishing the Stronghold of God’s Truth through wisdom, knowledge and understanding (Eph. 1:17-18, John 16:13)

…thus shifting the Church into her greater glory! (Isaiah 40:5, Habakkuk 2:14, 2 Cor.3-18, Haggai 2:7-9)

We give you praise and thank You Almighty God, that Your will is “on earth as it is in heaven.” We thank You that you authorize Your sons & daughters to partner with You to enforce the Kingdom of God on earth in Jesus’ name!

Part Two: Prayer of Thanksgiving

Lift your voice to thank our Father for the Redemptive Gifts He has placed in your state. (Acts 17:26) (See suggestions below)

Thank You for revealing Your mysteries in Idaho, that as a finger pointing to You, our Father, You will break forth the Cyrus anointing unlocking and uncovering spiritual and national treasures that will be used to affect the nation for Christ. Thank You for releasing revelation, purity, strength, grace, intimacy in worship which sets free the captivity of finances & captures Your enemies of false religion, pride and idolatry in our nation, subduing them as a footstool for the King as He sits on His throne – Idaho.

Thank You for giving Montana a breaker anointing, and declaring that “Montana is one of My wombs in this nation, with the ability to birth this river, this force of life that God says is rising.” Thank You for spiritually and naturally aligning Montana into its uniqueness, purpose, destiny, and wealth that will affect the nation. Thank you for the governmental authority you have given Montana to release something for the nation.

Thank You for mandating and empowering Wyoming to overthrow thrones of iniquity and deception and to bring deliverance to the Church. Thank You for causing the Prophetic Word of the Lord to ascend over and be heard in Wyoming. Thank You for bringing release, breakthrough, and fire to Your Church.

Thank You for uniting the people of North Dakota to rise up as a new sharp threshing instrument to level the mountains that have stopped God’s destiny. Thank You for breaking off sorrow and bringing North Dakota into new joy, resources, and healing. Thank You for preparing North Dakota for the glory of God and for releasing an apostolic and prophetic anointing in North Dakota.

Thank You for trusting Nebraska to be one of seven states holding keys to the future of the US. Thank you for calling for unity between rural & urban populations and for rearranging and establishing a new order of things. Thank You for empowering Nebraska to tear down false ideology of humanism, intellectualism, and the soul man, and for calling Nebraska to bring supply with the Joseph anointing for foods, and funds. Thank You for releasing revelation to and through Nebraska.

Thank You for empowering South Dakota to take on national strongholds and for establishing South Dakota as “A conspicuous high place of God in the Earth.” We thank You for putting Your eye upon South Dakota and legislating to the nation from South Dakota. Thank You for calling South Dakota to expose, disarm, and bind the spirit of Religion. We rejoice with the people of South Dakota who desire to be ruled by You. Thank you for calling South Dakota as a place of healing for all people.

What’s God up to?

Tom Schmidt

Whenever I speak to a group for the first time I struggle with the same question; since I may never talk with them again, I always wonder what part of God I should tell them about.

This question is further complicated by wondering what they will be able to bear. My purpose is not to condemn them or to drive them away, I simply want to help them focus on the will of God so that they might progress into a closer relationship with Him and thereby obtain the freedom He offers.

³¹So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;
³²and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
³³They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
³⁴Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. John 8:31-34

The qualifications for discipleship are simply to ‘continue in His word,” the word will lead you to the truth and your response to His truth will bring freedom from sin. From this scripture and many others like it we see that ‘sin’ is the real problem between God and mankind.

So why is sin the problem? Sin is the fruit of evil. Satan is the perpetrator of sin. The nature of sin encompasses the difference between the nature of Satan and the nature of God. Bear in mind that the process of true religion is to prepare the disciple for eternity in a never-ending place God has prepared for us.

God is looking for people who will live in harmony with Him and His people for all eternity. To qualify for this we must become as He is. The above scripture declares our natural nature is enslaved to sin and thereby to Satan. We must be set free.

As I see it, the major hurdle we all must cross is to recognize that true religion is first and foremost a ‘sin-freeing operation.’ When we begin to understand this and to apply our religious efforts in this direction – then we will be in a position to fulfill John 8:31-32 and begin to obtain our freedom.

Step one is “If you continue in My word.” Here’s the problem: If you have been led to believe that His word is all about Him prospering your life, If you have been led to believe that His word is about making your life on earth easy, If you have been led to believe that His word saves you by sprinkling a little water on your head, then you might miss the truth! If you miss the truth, you will not experience freedom from sin which is at the heart of our problem with God.

God is doing just two things on the earth today; First, He is bringing the unsaved to Himself. Second, when they enter into salvation, He then guides them into maturity. The result is freedom from sin which transforms our nature from reflecting Satan’s nature into reflecting God’s nature. Today when someone comes to God for salvation, they are often deprived of the second part. We need to be told sin will separate us from God and be instructed how to change that.

God’s primary goal is to prepare you for eternity. Sadly, we in the church have often made His goal more earthbound. Whether in heaven or on the earth, God thinks and acts in an eternal fashion. When your character and desires become like His, it stands to reason that you will begin to think from an eternal perspective too.

¹⁸while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

As this ‘New Creation’ in us emerges, sin diminishes and your actions take on a more peaceful flow and the works of Satan are destroyed in your life. Freedom from sin is the result.

While it is God’s first priority for you to grow into His likeness, it stands to reason that Satan’s first priority is to distract you from it.

My new book is out. This book brings to the disciple the tools needed that makes a maturing walk with God a reality. It provides the tools and the attitudes necessary to keep you on track with God’s goal and purpose for your life so that His eternal purpose can be completed in you. It’s free for a donation to help cover postage.

For a copy contact Donna at donna@basicbibleteaching.com or call 210-347-8818.

Tom Schmidt

Basic Bible Teaching

Foundation Training

POBox 47785

San Antonio, TX 78265

tom@basicbibleteaching.com

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