Promo Video – The Call DC August 08

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This song captures the spirit of re:Turn.

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“Battle Hymn of the Republic” The Call CD

His Truth is Marching On!

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FRC Video on Same-Sex Marriage

Unbelievable. If you think same sex marriage does impact the public, please watch this.

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Promo Video for The Call California

Incredible video outlining what is at stake in our country right now.

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Crown Jesus King ‘08

My inbox is getting full of desperate sounding emails from people who are concerned about the outcome of the upcoming election. And there is a lot at stake for our nation, but once again it seems that the evangelical voting block is trying to rally hope around one candidate, or maybe this year it is more of a rallying away from another candidate.

While I believe that believers should take an active roll in our nations elections, I think sometimes that we really miss the point. Since before I was old enough to vote, I have noticed a disturbing trend. It seems that every four years in the month(s) preceding our national election, a desperate prayer movement begins.

Every election I hear how this is “the most important election in 30 years” or some other arbitrary number. I have experienced the church taking credit for getting a president elected, and Yes, I have personally witnessed believers dressing in black and mourning when the “right one” didn’t win.

The problem is this. Many of the people that rally the country to pray once every four October’s, return to “normal” by the second week of November. (Except for elections that include “hanging chads” and “butterfly ballots”.) While I believe there is a genuine desire to see God’s will for our country, our spiritual attention span seems too short even for Sesame Street.

I distinctly remember being a part of the October Prayer Movement four years ago and asking God what He thought. In my heart, this is honestly what I believe He said to me.

“I am much more interested in what happens in my house, than I am in the White House.”

I am praying and calling others to pray for our nation and for the elections. My desire would be to see leaders elected that would honor righteousness and have a heart to know the Lord. But make no mistake, the hope of our nation does not rest on the platform of a political party, or on the shoulders of any candidate for president, or vice president for that matter. The hope of our nation is found only in the person of the Three in One, holy God and in His people walking as sons and daughters of righteousness.

We have the unique opportunity as a royal priesthood, to cry out and petition God on behalf of our nation, but equally important we get to represent the King of kings and His kingdom to our nation. I believe it is time to “Crown Jesus King”. Let’s crown Him with praise & adoration, Crown Him by acknowledging Him as the Sovereign Lord, who alone is worthy of our hopes and trust.

It is good to be full of allegiance for our nation. I love America with my whole heart, but my love and allegiance for her must be in subjection to my love and allegiance for the King and His Kingdom. I can only serve America effectively as I am faithful in my role as I am an ambassador of King Jesus and as I actively commit to seeing His kingdom come, on earth as it is in Heaven.

So let’s continue to pray for the nation and for God’s will for the elections, but let us see that the hope for nation is to “Crown Jesus King ‘08″

LOCATION CONFIRMED

We are happy to announce that we have a confirmed venue for the re:Turn prayer gathering. We will be meeting at noon on November 1st at the First Baptist Church in Ellwood City, PA. The church address is 220 Fountain Avenue Ellwood City, PA 161117. Click here for map.

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Two Relevant Dreams

There are two dreams that I want to share about. The first one occurred a few days after some friends and I came back from The Call DC. (The dream would have happened between the 18th and 20th of August 2008.) I really don’t remember very much about the dream, but at the end of of the dream someone came to me and clearly told me to check out Matt Staver. I then woke up from my dream and actually woke up my wife to ask her if she know anyone Named Matt Staver. She said no and so I got online and googled the name Matt Staver and found out that he is the head of the Liberty Counsel. The Liberty Counsel’s website says that they are “Restoring the culture one case at a time by Advancing Religious Freedom, the Sanctity of Human Life and the Traditional Family”. The first article I read was about Matt Staver presenting in front of the Supreme Court.

I know intercessors who have dreams like this on a regular basis, but this is a different type of dream for me. I sensed that it was connected to what God had been doing in my heart about our nation and righteousness. Especially about the abortion issue. I have spent more time praying over our country and the abortion tragedy in the last month than in my whole life combined. I have volunteered my voice and my life to God to call the church to fast and pray for mercy and for the ending of abortion.

The second dream was very vivid and came to me on the night of August 30th. The dream had two parts. In the first part, I was with my wife, Adriane, and one of our spiritual daughters, Bethany. We were staying with this women in a nice hotel suite. The woman was beautiful. She had blond hair, and she was very famous. And it seemed her fame was because of her beauty. We were with her to encourage her and pray with her. She was stunning on the outside, but seemed very insecure. The only thing about her beauty, is that it was beginning to fade. If you got close to her, you could see she was starting to age.

At least twice, we ventured out of the hotel suite into the hallway. Both times we were mobbed by fans, mostly men, who wanted to be close to this woman. But when they got close to her, they would begin to realize she was aging and they would start mocking her and rejecting her. Both times we went back into the room and she would fall onto her bed and we would gather around her and try to comfort her and speak life over her. The second time we went out into the hallway, as the men began to mock her, someone called out a name and a date. (I am not sure about this, but as I have thought and prayed about it, it seemed like the guys name might have been Tim Hueber and the date was in the spring of 1973. I am not as certain of these details as of the other parts of the dream.) Everyone started laughing because this woman had been present when something very bad had happened to the man. Hearing this, she began to sob and ran back into the room.

The dream transitioned at this point. I did not see the woman any longer, but was aware that we were all still there with her and we were at the same hotel. I opened my door and looked out into the hallway of the hotel and President Bush was there, greeting people. He was at the hotel for a conference or convention. Everything seemed very presidential. He was walking down the hallway with secret service agents escorting him. I shook his hand and thought, “Cool, I just shook hands with the President of the United States.”

The next thing I was aware of in my dream, about two hours had passed and I was walking back out into the hallway from our suite. I walked up to a coffee counter in the lobby and stood there for a minute. I remember thinking that it was late in the day, because there were no doughnuts left in the case. As I was standing there, President Bush walked out of an office that was located behind the counter. He looked tired. The other thing that stands out to me, was that this time he did not seem very presidential. There were no Secret Service Agents to protect him. It was just the two of us in the lobby at a coffee counter. I remember thinking that “They are trying to forget him. He is not the face to the party any longer.” After thinking that, I reached out my hand to him and he grabbed it. As we shook hands I said. “I want to thank you because I believe you have done what you thought was right, and I appreciate that.” When I said this, he leaned over and put his head on our handshake. He seemed exhausted. I leaned over him and said, “Don’t forget the prophesy about the burning Bush from Texas who will do more to end abortion than any other.” As I said this, he began to weep. He was broken over abortion. He shook his head as I told him not to forget. Then I told him, “I know you are tired. But finish strong. We will be with you in these last few months, Watching and praying for you.” As I said this, it seemed to encourage him and he stood up. As he did, he told me, “You know, we are only one heart beat away.” After he said this, he turned and walked back into the office. I stood there, watching and praying. The last thing that I remember in my dream was a Secret Service Agent coming to me and saying that everything was okay, and that I could leave and that they would take over from that point on.

My Thoughts…

I would like to point out a few things about this dream, specifically the second part. I do not believe that this dream was political in nature, nor do I believe that the abortion issue is a political one. This is about righteousness. I am not going to attempt to interpret this dream. I have had several people give insight into the dream that I believe to be accurate, but I feel compelled just to share the dream itself. I do want to say that I feel that the dream does have a specific sense of timing. In the dream, President Bush was still President, but was no longer the leader of his party. I watched some of the Republican Convention and was struck by what the commentators were saying. That the first week of September was the transition point of leadership in the party’s leadership. That the republicans were “trying to forget Bush, and that he was no longer the face of the party.” I believe the dream was an invitation to pray for President Bush in this specific time frame. And that we should be speaking prophetically over his destiny and the ending of abortion.

I know and love people who love President Bush, and I also know and love people who despise him, and/or disagree strongly with him on most of his policies. Liking him is not the issue. The issue is calling the church to watch and pray for the President to be refreshed and have the courage and strength to govern these last few months with righteousness.

Please pray and call others to pray in this season.

If you have insight or interpretation for this dream, please contact me.

Blessings,

Brad McKoy

bradriane@gmail.com

…the call to return

Greetings. This blog is setup to serve as an online site for the “RETURN” prayer gathering that is coming up on November 1st in Ellwood City, PA. This gathering grows out of the call from Lou Engle to fast and pray for our nation. Lou leads The Call prayer movement, and they will be gathering at the same time in San Diego to fast and pray for America and specifically for California. I invite you to watch the promo video below to get an idea of what The Call is about.

On November 1st, believers from the Pittsburgh/ Youngstown area will be gathering in Ellwood City, PA to join hundreds of thousands of other Americans in crying out to God for the healing of our land. Stay tuned to this site for more details about the gathering and how you can be involved.