Deborah Company Midwest Convocation
Bloomington, Minnesota
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Father, we thank you for Minnesota and what you want to do, what you want to shift, and the changes that you want to make. So I want to speak to you (Minnesota) and challenge you prophetically about the state and the things I see. . . where we are, a little bit where you are going, and the call that God is giving to you.
Minnesota you are what I would call a 'hinge of history'.
A hinge of history is a strategic moment, when a door of opportunity opens that releases the destiny of God for a generation. This strategic moment causes an awakening to purpose and an awakening to destiny for whole cities, states and nations.
The hinges of a door is what bears the weight for the opening.
And so what I see in this state is that God is raising up people, that for whatever purpose, in education, government and the family, arts, media, whatever it is . . . God has given you an anointing to bear the weight of the door so that it can swing open.
And this is a great responsibility to be a hinge of history.
If you think about it - the greatest stress on a door is on those hinges - so it is very important to see that God is calling out what I would call to be the forerunners - those that bear the weight for this door's opening.
And I have a word of prophecy for Firestarters -
And the Lord says "I have called you to be this hinge of history." And the Lord says "I am calling you now out of this wilderness season. You have been in your season of preparation, but now a door of opportunity is getting ready to open that will give you National and International visibility," says the Lord. "I am getting ready to shoot you like a flaming arrow into the Nation," says God. "I am getting ready to do a new thing with you."
The Lord says, "you are going to be a place of habitation." The Lord says, "I have called you to be a city builder. And this site of Ottertail," God says, "is going to be a magnet that draws people in - as you go out they're gonna come in," says the Lord. And the Lord says "begin to buy property around Ottertail because the price of that real estate is going to become a treasure,".
And God says, "I'm going to bring my most anointed people there. Not only for the arts, but for film. I am going to begin to release the anointing to make films. I am going to bring young filmmakers." And the Lord says that "Minnesota is going to begin to make movies."
"I am going to thrust you in as the 'eye' of the Body of Christ," says the Lord. "I have given you a seer anointing to see and peer into the future."
Minnesota
The Lord says, "Minnesota you are a state of Awakening and Reformation! Minnesota you are a state that is called to Awaken the rest of America. I am giving you an anointing to be a voice crying in the wilderness - prepare the way of the Lord!" Amen.
God is raising up an army out of Minnesota.
Wallace says it like this - "Above the incessant noise of human activity we have heard the sound of marching that tells us God is on the move. God is on the move in Minnesota.
Maybe you can't see it yet but there is a great rumbling - there is an underground rumbling - there is a sound of shaking in the ground and God is getting ready to cause, to emerge, seemingly from nowhere, a greater army than was in the Jesus People movement.
God is raising up an army of those that are Jesus Freaks, that are passionate for the Lord Jesus Christ, and they're going to awaken the nation. Whoa!
God is getting ready to release power, and anointing and miracles through Minnesota like we have not seen in this generation.
Wallace also says it like this - "when this happens it is God revealing himself to man in awful holiness, an irresistible power. It is such a manifest working of God that the human personalities are overshadowed, and human programs abandoned, it is man retiring into the background because God has taken the field. It the Lord making bear his arm and working in extraordinary power in Saint and Sinner alike."
That's why we are calling "Awake, Minnesota!" "Wake up!" "Wake up!" "Wake up!"
Isaiah 52:1
1 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
And then all of a sudden the prophet is prophesying to a city.
Can we prophesy to cities today?
It is entirely Biblical for us to do that.
1 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O (Minnesota);
Put on your beautiful garments,
O (Minneapolis, O St. Paul, O Duluth, O Ottertail, O Bemidji, or wherever you live.)
Holy cities!
Shake yourself from the dust
Halleluia!
Red Rock
How many of you have heard about the revival at Red Rock that preceded Azusa Street. There was a revival - Red Rock Revival - that preceded Azusa Street. And it's very interesting - I was talking to Dr. Peter Wagner about this. We really did not know until some Fuller theological student actually did research on this that there were revivals with the gifts of the Holy Spirit that pre-dated Azusa Street in America. And it did here in Minnesota. So this is very remarkable that there would be a move of God here. Why? You're a forerunner state - are you getting this? - You're a revival state, you’re a first fruits state.
Alright - now who preached at this revival. Interestingly enough a woman named Amanda Smith. I wrote about Amanda Smith in my book Woman of Destiny. Amanda Smith was an X-slave. She was part of the Methodist Revival which took place from 1837 until 1950. She was born a slave in Maryland and had previously worked as a scrub woman.
She was an unusual sight in Post-Civil War America - a black woman evangelist and a slave - transversing north and south - preaching to all races and then spending 14 years evangelizing in England, India and Africa - She was part of the Holiness Movement. Her own denomination would not ordain her but that didn’t seem to daunt her any.
So in God's purposes Amanda Smith spoke in 1874 in the Red Rock Revival.
You (Minnesota) are anointed to break the spirit of racism over American!
Isn't that Good News? Not only that - 'the gender barrier' -because women preached at Red Rock.
Women who participated in the Red Rock Meetings had great influence. The Methodists had a tradition of enabling women to speak, preach, teach and minister throughout the denomination. This was evident in that the Methodist Church in Minnesota appointed women to preach and minister throughout rural areas that lacked ministers. Historic records show that 36 women preached in Methodist churches since 1920 and another 17 women preached in The United Brethern donmination.
(Minnesota!)
You are called to break the 'gender barrier'.
You are called to break the 'race barrier'.
You are called to tip the scales of government.
You are called to a 'great awakening'.
The Red Rock Camp Meetings influenced political outcomes of the times. Many candidates were allowed to speak from the Red Rock Platform. Including Rev. Daniel Cobb a candidate for the prohibition party in 1869. Gubernatorial candidates such as W.W. Satterly in 1879.
Out of the Red Rock sprung reform clubs with members pledging to vote the temperance ticket. Those involved had no fear of engaging their faith with their political views and beliefs. And they were not inhibited in expressing the conjunction between their faith and political values as often seen today.
Wake Up America!
In conclusion the Red Rock Revival welcomed all nationalities. God used the Red Rock Revival to empower women to lead missions and political clubs. It engaged heavily, politically. Churches in Minnesota have also been known to take this banner up to be engaged.
The political arena through their involvement is what we can see in what is inscribed in the Minnesota State Capitol - "The Voice of the people is the voice of God!"
Is that in your Capitol? That is amazing! Wow!
"The voice of the people is the voice of God"
You know I don't live in Minnesota - but God lives in Minnesota!
And you (Minnesota) were called to reform this Nation!
You have a Michele Bachmann. You have leaders that are here. You have leaders that will run. You have Mayor Stephanie. You know what? God wants us to rise up and change the nation.
Of our Native women that God has brought here to change reservations. We are red, yellow, brown, black and white. We are a Holy Nation people. And we love America. And we want to see a great reformation.
FAST –
And the Lord says that I am calling you to a fast that is a fast that doesn't stop.
Every day there must be someone fasting for your state.
The Lord says I am calling you to put a stake in the ground and stand. And upon that stake is righteousness and justice. The Lord says don't look and say it's somebody else's job. Because God says it's your job.
Now Lord, anoint! Anoint these men and women. Anoint them Father God! No excuses.
The Lord says - God is going to do a new thing. He is going to raise up a generation of men and women. The Lord says you're going to be informed, you're going to know what to do.
The Lord says, "Minnesota, I am going to shift your state Legislature." I am going to give some change of addresses. I'm going to take some people out. And I'm going to put some people in.
And the Lord says "Minnesota will be a pro-life state."
Change the addresses God!
The Lord says - look to the Southern part of Minnesota. I am going to do a work in the South of this State. I am going to sweep it with my Glory. There is going to be a move of the Holy Spirit in the south.
Look to the Reservations for I am going to bring miracles, and signs and wonders to the reservations. I'm going to raise up women evangelists. I'm going to raise up a young generation of young native women. And they're going to preach like fire. They're going to be fire women. Fire women!
The Lord says you have prayed for North Minneapolis, now pray for South Minneapolis. For even as I have taken the crime rate down in North Minneapolis, I will do it in South Minneapolis, says the Lord.
And the Lord says, Jariland, even as you have a prayer center in the North - you're going to have one in the South as well. I'm going to "twin" you says the Lord. And I'm going to raise up another woman and she's going to take the point.
And the Lord says I am also going to begin to bring a revival in the Wicca community of St. Paul. I am gonna move.
Close your eyes.
What is the Lord saying to you.
The Lord is saying "The voice of the people is the voice of God!"
Every one of you have a voice. You have a voice. Ask God what you can do.
The Lord shows me that some people in this room - God has been dealing with you about running for office - and you have been dragging your feet. And the Lord says "I am calling you! Whom shall I send and who will go?"
The Lord says "say yes!" This is your confirmation. You've said Lord - you will have to speak to me - and the Lord says "I am speaking to you!"
"I am speaking to you!"
You have asked the Lord about what will happen to your business. The Lord says "Make my business, your business!"
The Lord shows me that there are some of the Native Women here - you're going to be able to get on your Tribal Councils - the Lord says that he is going to begin to release a Godly anointing into Tribal Councils.
CathyJo and Dan (Severson)
The Lord says to you man & woman of God.
The Lord says that you are called to this state for such a time as this. It has been really hard but God says I will make your forehead like flint.
God says I will put my words in your mouth - because Dan I have called you like Jeremiah - I have called you from your mother's womb. You were given the name Daniel for this day and this hour. And the Lord says I'm going to open up a Cyrus who is going to begin to open up funding. You will be a voice for the unborn. I call you to be a father to the unborn children, says the Lord.
I am going to show what to do and how to do it. This day I give you favor as your treasure. You are going to be able to say outrageous things and still have favor. I'm going to give you favor - I'm going to make you Teflon.
CathyJo you are to raise up a greater prayer army. I have called you to be a warrior woman. The Lord says you must build a thicker wall. You must build a wall. For I have called the two of you to be like Nehemiah. To build the wall says the Lord
