Rods like Anna the prophetess
THE DAY HAS BROKEN UPON US Psalm
110:1-7 (KJV)
The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool.
The
Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of
thine enemies.
Thy
people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness
from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
The
Lord hath sworn, and will not repent,
Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
The
Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
He
shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies;
he shall wound the heads over many countries.
He
shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
God of creation/Genesis 1:1-5
In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit
of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be
light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that
it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the light Day,
and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the
first day.
The Burden for Europe | Send out your rods
The Lord said to us at the beginning of this year that:
- The day is broken upon us
- When the day breaks darkness merely gives way
- Genesis and God said let there be light upon Europe
- He will send His rods out of Zion to execute His judgement
- God’s rods are men full of light, full of the Holy Ghost who will shine the light in every facet of human existence in Europe
- We have been praying fill up your rods , awaken you rods, and send out your rods
- When we pray God send out your rods, God is saying YOU ARE MY ROD
The Burden for Europe| Rods like…….
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Obadiah’s and the 7 thousand who have not bowed down
to Baal
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Barnabas who fished out and disicipled God’s rods like
Saul of Tarsus and John Mark when they were abandoned
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Lydia whose heart God opened to the gospel Paul
preached , she opened her house and opened the gates of Macedonia to the gospel
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Hannah whose received and disicipled a man child from
the Lord; Samuel who restored the glory that has departed from the temple.
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Esther the queen who arose to pray and overthrew the
wicked decree of Haman using jollof rice and pounded yam and she wrote her own
and delivered the people from impending doom
THE QUESTION IS
WHICH OF THESE RODS ARE YOU?
Rods like Anna the prophetess
- One Anna, a prophetess, a daughter, Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser
- Anna's genealogy could be traced , her roots as a proper Jewess could be confirmed
- Her date of birth into the family of Phanuel was recorded, there was no doubt about who her father was, her identity was verifiable.
- Rods like Anna , who will pray like she did and see the results of her travail are those whose genealogy can be traced to Christ
- Rods like Anna who will bring down God’s plan for Europe must be such who have lost their identity and taken on the identity of Christ
Rods like Anna who
first of all stood before the Lord as a prophetess, a friend of God, a woman
whose personal obedience and following of Jesus out of public view was
consistent and defined her life
- Widow of about fourscore and four years (84)
- Lived with an husband seven years from her virginity
- Assuming she married at 16
- Total of 107, 84 of which she spent praying & fasting , never leaving the temple, asking God for the redemption of Israel
- This was a dire situation, grim & dismal period of 400 ‘silent years’
- Malachi was written at 430BC, 400 years when God said nothing to any man, any people, even His people Israel heard nothing from Heaven
- It was a period of deep darkness and Anna spent 84 years of her own life during this period to hold unto the hand of God day in day out pleading as asking God where is the redemption you promised us
- She dammed the consequences, she refuse to listen to those who said you are young re-marry
- When her husband died in her pain she cried out to the Lord, seven years of marriage nothing to show for it, we don’t know if she had any children, the bible did not mention
- She cried she wept unto the Lord God of Israel, she went with her own distress and God showed her His own distress, His own pain
- Like Hannah, she took up the burden and began to pray, Lord I am not the virgin who will bear this child, I am no longer a virgin, I am actually a widow but Lord FIND FOR YOURSELF A VIRGIN, Lord send your word to a virgin, give us our delivered, send us our redeemer oh Lord she cried ….
- This is a bit like what we are doing on this platform but for Anna it was not a once a week, platform cry in the temple
- It was her life, in her closet she cried, she abandoned her job, she left her family behind, do you know she left the inheritance of her dead husband behind
- She carried this burden for 84 years, it was a personal burden, carried into her closet, the burden defined her life, it was all or nothing for Anna
- At the right time the Spirit directed her into the temple and as Simon prophesied on the child she also took up a thanksgiving at 107 years
- Seeking, praying for the revival of Europe cannot be an addition to our lives, sisters it must be the only life we live
GOD CAN GIVE EUROPE
TO ONE ANNA IN THE CORNER OF HER BEDROOM
Prayer points| Raise your rods like Anna
- Lord raise your Anna in Europe, awaken them out of slumber
- Raise your rods whose life has been lost at the cross and who have been inserted into the genealogy of Christ
- Raise your rods in Europe who will stand develop and cultivate friendship with you by simple obedience so that you can share the burden of your heart with them
- Raise your rods who will throw caution into the wind and pursue the cause of revival fully, completely not on a once a week basis.
- Raise your rods who will not care about wagging tongues, who will not care about the approval or disapproval of men when they take serious decisions about leaving all to follow you and pursue your burden
- Is 62: 1,7, Psalm 132:1-5
- Raise your rods who will take up the burden of the Lord for Europe
- Who will carry this burden with them permanently and pray persistently, insistently, earnestly and passionately until they see the travail of their soul
- Rods whose day job, night job, evening job, early morning job will now be to pray for revival in Europe
- Rods who will not hold their peace until God makes Europe a praise on the earth
- Rods who will cry give me Europe or I die in their closet first and then at any opportunity they are given to stand before the people of God
HOLD NOT YOUR PEACE OH LORD!
RISE UP FOR US DEAR LORD!
FOR IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO ESTABLISH US
AND MAKE US A PRAISE UNTO THE EARTH
Recruitment of Anna
| Silent Prayers
- The Lord wants to recruit Anna's who will carry this matter of Europe into their personal closet
“And
she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the
temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day”
- No one will chase us, or check up on us if we are carrying the burden, if we are fasting, if we praying it is between us and God.
- No one will announce fast for three days of 40 days, it is between us and God, until we see Europe revived.
- We will come gather a burden from our platform and any other burden that the Lord lays upon our hearts and carry it through in our closet until the child is born
- If you are one of us, please silently tell the Lord behold you hand maiden be it unto me according to your word, I am available, please share your burden with me. Give me grace to carry it out of public view into my closet until Haman is hanged.
- It is a grave commitment if you are not sure please do not be compelled to join us
- If you are making this commitment God is taking a record and will hold you accountable
