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December 13, 2016
"How Holy Spirit Wants to Use Intercessors Now That Elections Are Over"
by Jonathan Graf-Opinion
From the Desk of Steve Shultz:
 Often, we will share the same stories on both our Elijah List site as well as our Breaking Christian News site...as there is an importance on a subject matter we want to get out to the masses!
This is a great article about the importance of prayer AFTER the elections...and no, we don't stop praying now!
Jonathan Graf, publisher of Prayer Connect magazine, shares this from his article:
We know from Scripture that God raises up and takes down kings and rulers, so we have to trust that He did that in this election—in an amazing fashion, a result that is nothing short of miraculous. Clearly God has a purpose for bringing this seemingly absurd, long-shot candidate to power.
What Do We Do Now?
Read this word and learn how you can join others NOW in mighty prayer for our president and his first vital days in office. Mr. Trump needs our intercessory prayers more than ever! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List go here.)
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"How Holy Spirit Wants to Use Intercessors Now That Elections Are Over"
by Jonathan Graf-Opinion
Intercessors and ministries stormed Heaven for God to place a leader that would accomplish His purposes. Let's aim our prayers with this strategy going forward.
 [Charisma News] 2016 was an amazing year where prayer was concerned. In my 20-plus years in the prayer movement, I am not sure I have ever seen anything like the amount of praying that has gone on. From multiple ministries coming together as 'Pray As One' to rally prayer for the nation and election to 100,000 plus Believers gathered on the Washington Mall at Together to Pray to churches calling for prayer meetings and groups of churches in a community having joint prayer gatherings, this has truly been a phenomenal year. (Photo credit: Ben White/via Charisma News)
Our parent ministry, Harvest Prayer Ministries, saw its reach expand in multiple ways as well. One resource, Desperate for Change: 40 Days of Prayer for America, which we first published in 2012, had great sales for several months in 2012 but then sold just 2,000 or so a year since—until this year. We saw more than 18,000 sell the nine months prior to the elections. Our election prayer guide that first appeared in our March Prayer Connect issue "There's Still Hope," sold more than 40,000 copies in its booklet form and was viewed online or downloaded by another 50,000-plus. That same March election issue of Prayer Connect sold 2,000 more individual copies than any previous issue. And our web traffic this past fall was up more than 900 percent, with most coming to the Pray for America section.
Other ministries that provide resources to pray for America have voiced similar results.
A nerve of desperation was clearly struck.
Making no comment on the quality or lack thereof of the winning candidate and results, everyone has to admit the election result was truly unprecedented. Almost no one saw Trump winning, he did. Intercessors were praying desperately for truth to be revealed, for a standard of righteousness to be raised up, for God's purposes for our nation to be released.
We know from Scripture that God raises up and takes down kings and rulers, so we have to trust that He did that in this election—in an amazing fashion, a result that is nothing short of miraculous. Clearly God has a purpose for bringing this seemingly absurd, long-shot candidate to power.
What Do We Do Now?
Many Believers will now sit back, thinking the elections are over and "God's individual" is in leadership. But that would be the absolute wrong thing to do.
We need to keep praying, to raise up even more prayer. Why?
President Trump needs prayer to make godly decisions that are best for the nation and will turn our nation back to God. Second, as I have mentioned before, most major revivals in history came during times of serious social desperation. When people are unsettled and in major discomfort, they look Heavenward for answers. Hundreds of thousands of Believers have been praying for revival in the American Church and for spiritual awakening for our nation. Social desperation certainly describes our nation in this hour. I think we are on the cusp of the significant revival and awakening we have been seeking. Keep praying.
To help us all pray, a number of ministries have come together to launch Pray 100, a prayer initiative to pray for President Trump and the nation, starting on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2017 and running for 100 days. Why not check it out at prayasone.org.
You can also "like" the Pray100 Facebook page and receive a prayer each day of the 100 days.
Jonathan Graf is the publisher of Prayer Connect magazine. Used by permission of Harvest Prayer Ministries. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List go here.)
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