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A prophetic word was spoken during a United States Strategic Prayer Network conference in Minnesota in August of 2003. This conference was part of a fifty State prayer campaign that took place in 2003 and 2004. Many prophetic words were given at this conference, but it is the following prophetic words which have drawn my attention over the past 20 years:
And I will say to you, there will be wisdom that rests upon this state. A supernatural wisdom, says the Lord. And I will say to you that there will be a speech made in this state that will change the course of this land. For this speech will be a speech that brings great division in this land. But this speech will be from Me, says the Lord. And I will release from this state a message that will travel down from the headwaters of the Mississippi that dwell in this state, down through this land, says the Lord. And this message will cause a decision to be made one way or the other in this land. No more will opinion be between this or that, because I will release a speech in Minnesota that will come through a government official that will change the course of this land, says the Lord. I say that I will bring direction to this nation that will set its course for forty years from this state. I say, open up the way for my head to be displayed and My mind to be declared in this particular state. Even you who are gathering tonight, there is an opening being created. Listen carefully for the course and the speech that will determine the way that this nation goes will be delivered in this state.”
When considering these prophetic words, it is tempting to simply sit and wait for God to move, but we must be careful that we do not treat prophetic words like spectators watching a sporting event, waiting to see how the game turns out. The Bible tells us that God’s people are to be participants in the fulfillment of His Word.
Consider the following words God spoke through His Old Testament Prophet, Ezekiel, at a time when God was very angry at the many false prophets of that day:
I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord. Ezekiel 22:30-31
My hope in writing this book is to awaken a remnant of God’s people to change the way we understand and teach His great salvation plan. It is not too late for this land to be healed if a remnant of God’s people will choose to stand in the gap and be used by God to bring us into the Next Great Awakening.