Session Notes, Saturday, February 23, 2008, 3:00 p.m. Children’s Worship/Intercession/Prophetic
This week, I’ve been inputting my brother Bert’s book into my computer and getting his new book ready to be published (can you believe it Bert?). I was re-inspired as I was reading through testimony after testimony about how the Lord has spoken so dramatically to Bert. I was especially reminded about his trip through what he called “The Curtain of Time” and I looked it up and found it in the scripture in Psalm 104:1-2 where it talks about the curtain of time. So I felt like the Lord wanted us to set up the “House of God” again in our session and with the children and we set up the 7 Spirits of God (being careful to explain in this multi-god culture that it was not 7 Gods, but 7 Spirits of God which demonstrate different aspects of who our One God is) and then I explained about 8 different names of God, being careful of the same in the explanation. Once we discussed the various names of God, for example, Jehovah Jireh (God our provider), Jehovah Tzidkenuh (God our righteousness), Jehovah Nissi (God is our banner); etc. Once we explained the names of God, we put on our ephods, assembled out in the hallway, the front person was selected who would carry the map of Africa into the house of God. But first, I had set up some River Banners hanging over water pipes in the ceiling to represent the “Curtain of Time” and the children had to enter “The House of God” through the “Curtain of Time” and step into eternity where God dwells and once we brought Africa into this eternal dwelling that the Lord would begin healing the nations of Africa. We laid the map in the middle of “The House of God” and walked around it seven times, waving banners, and then on the count of three, Yup! Yee! Somm! JESUS!!! and then we hollered at top of our lungs like they did in Jericho as a prophetic act that the walls of deception and defeat and robbery would come down. Then each of them received 2 of the countries of Africa that we had not prayed for yet and this is what the children prayed as they all knelt in a circle and laid their hands on the map of Africa:
Chi Ching prayed for Tanzania: Help the people, orphans are crying, unhappy, and helpless. Help them and let them help each other; She prayed for the country of Togo: Bless Togo, that the people trust in You, to know how precious You are and heal them.
Chi Fung prayed for Senegal: Peace to the people of Senegal. Get food t those who are hungery and water to those who thirst, clothes to those who are without clothes, for their needs; He prayed his other country for the Lord to bless the country with peace.
Sean prayed for the country of South Africa and Swaziland: Peace to these two countries, those who don’t know Jesus, that they will know Jesus.
Sam prayed for Sierra Leone and Samolia: Almighty Father God, peace to Sierra leone and Samolia. Many people and animals do not have enough to eat. Father please give them what they ask, give them peace.
Matthias prayed for Mauritius: I hope that the people will be happy and know our God and will go to heaven; he prayed for Morocco - I hope that they will have wonderful days, not too painful, that they might know the Lord.
Ivan prayed for Sao Tome A Principe: Lord please protect the whole country to be blessed to worship the Lord and not worship idols; He prayed for Nigeria: Lord Jesus, that Nigeria, many people of the whole country will believe in Jesus and not fight over little things.
Timothy rpayed for Tunisia and Uganda (helped by Chi Ching): Lord bless Tunisia, that the people would believe in You. Bles Uganda, peace to them;
Teresa prayed for Kenya since getting a letter from a pastor there. Put these people on the hearts of intercesors of the world; intervene supernaturally to provide for food and cothing; provide for the windows and the orphans; clean up the water and I pray that things will start growing; that they will put their confidence and trust in the Lord; I prayed that pilots would fly in there with provisions for those in perial in this country.
After each of the children prayed, as a group, we proclaimed the following scriptures over all of the nations of Africa:
Psalm 9:20 We declare Lord that You will put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men.
Psalm 33:12-17 Blessed is the nation (of Africa) whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. The Lord looks from heaven, he beholds all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looks upon all the inhabitants of the earth. He fashions their hearts alike, he considers all their works. There is no king saved (in any of the countries of Africa) by the multitude of a people; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy - We pray that Africa would experience the Fear of the Lord to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul (and the soul of those in the countries of Africa) wait for the Lord: He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us (and the countries of Africa), according as we hope in thee.
Psalm 66:7 He rules by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations (of Africa); let not the rebellious (of Africa) exalt themselves
Psalm 67:4 O let the nations (of Africa) be glad and sing for joy: for you shall judge the people (of Africa) righteously, and govern the nations of Africa.
Psalm 72:11 Yes, we declare, all kings (of Africa) shall fall down before you, Lord; all nations (of Africa) shall serve you.
Psalm 113:4 We declare that the Lord is high above all nations (of Africa), and his glory above the heavens.
Psalm 117:1 O Praise the Lord, all you nations (of Africa); praise him all you people (of Africa).
Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a shame to any people. We decree that the nations of Africa will exalt righteousness (Jesus); we and they will not be put to shame because of the practice of sin.
We finished by having the children write down the names of the nations that they prayed for and to remember to pray for them this week.
Praise the Lord!