The sounds of the Fred Cleveland band Friday evening accompanied
the songs of praise to Jesus as the crowd at the altar danced and leaped for
joy at His presence. After the last words trailed off, instrumental worship
continued to rise. What followed was what I can only explain as “instrumental
tongues” as beautiful sounds rose in crescendo of sustained praise. It was like
everyone’s spirit, soul, and body stood at attention to give a focused standing
ovation to Jesus, our Commander in Chief! I could imagine Him standing down
center as we crowned Him our Lord and King! It was wonderful.
I had an aisle seat, and as the crowd moved to return
to their seats, I turned around to greet someone behind me, and was joyfully
surprised to see Lance Wallnau, the speaker for the evening, standing right in
front of me at just that moment! He shook hands with Dave and then with me, as
I exclaimed how honored I was to meet him in person!
Lance Wallnau is a catalytic thought
leader. An internationally recognized speaker and business consultant, he is
one of the premiere speakers about cultural transformation and the seven
mountains. Find him online at lancewallnau.com. (Source: Charisma News Online) I
would also add that I consider him a gifted prophet and teacher. God also told
him to write a book, God’s Chaos
Candidate, and it made the Amazon best-seller list in three weeks!
A few minutes later he delivered a powerful message
based on Hebrews 12:26, “whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has
promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the
heavens.’” (NKJ) He spoke on the power of our words, including self-talk, the
power of focus (on the word of God) and the body (acting in line with our words
and focus). The most powerful moment of the evening was when he talked about
the movie, The Gladiator, and talked
about the power of standing in unity with shields locked together as one (our
shield of faith). When believers come into unity, all things are possible, even
with a remnant of us. We can shift the atmosphere in our thinking and our
homes, and in our nation.
As a prophetic act of faith that we stand in agreement
with God for righteousness to be established in us and over our country, Lance had us
stand with right arm raised, and on the count of 3, bring down our arms with
full force, and shout, “As One!” in full agreement with one another. Lance declared that things of the enemy were going to break off God's people -- sickness, depression, anxiety, spirits of suicide, etc. I’m
telling you, that was such a powerful moment! The atmosphere was charged with joy as shouts of praise and victory, accompanied by applause, erupted to God! After we did the prophetic act over ourselves, we repeated it for our nation, and the same response occurred. I know something shifted in the atmosphere over
D.C. and our nation! And in myself, too.
Lance then asked the crowd how many want to enlist in God’s
army. As nearly as I could see, every hand was raised high in the air. Lance was amazed. He spoke
to us about how we are to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (2
Timothy 2:3), and that God will train us to submit to the process. “You’re
willing to pay the price if you see the picture of what you’re getting,” Lance
said. He reminded us of the Scripture in Hebrews 12:2, “Looking unto Jesus, the
author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy set before Him, He endured
the cross, despising the shame. . .” He said how he had a new revelation of
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane when He came three times to His disciples and
found them sleeping. Lance said, “I used to think He came to see if they were
awake and praying with Him; but now he believes Jesus came to them to remind
himself why He was doing this. “For the joy set before Him. . .” Wow. Powerful.
I am rejuvenated by the wind of the Holy Spirit from
attending just one day of The Shift
conference in D.C.! Thank you, Georgian and Winnie Banov of Global Celebration, for putting this
weekend together. Thank you, Lance Wallnau. And Thank you, Father, for godly
men and women who have paid the price of discipline through obedience to be
leaders in the body of Christ. We ordered the entire set of conference DVD’s
because we couldn’t go on Saturday when Lance and Cindy Jacobs ministered.
This song is kind of a capstone of my and Dave’s
experience on Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfndppG5NZE
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© 2016 Elaine Beachy
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