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A Word for Los Angeles: The Kings are Arising!

Earlier this week the Los Angeles Kings won the NHL championship and the Stanley Cup by defeating the New Jersey Devils. I feel that there is a prophetic statement in this victory. God is raising up His princes to take their places as kings to defeat the kingdom of darkness.

The Los Angeles Kings have never won the Stanley Cup in their entire history. They were the 8th seeded team going into the playoffs and no one expected them to come close to winning as an 8th seed has never won the cup in its entire history.

God is saying that the world may have discounted His chosen ones but He has not. He is promoting the unlikely ones to exercise the authority that He has prepared them for. The name Stanley means stoney meadow. I heard the Lord say the following about Los Angeles: "They see a stoney field but I see a green meadow." The world has written Los Angeles off as a place of spiritual fruitfulness but there is a renewal that is coming to this city and its perception within the Church is changing. 

The Lord has given the African-Americans a princely anointing in this land. Of the 44 founding townspeople of Los Angeles, 26 were black. There is a governmental authority for breakthrough that is possessed by the African-Americans. It is because of this that we have seen so many attacks against the African-American people throughout our history as a nation. God is saying that the princes are about to become kings. Through Jesus we can possess the authority of kings over heaven and earth. The question is whether we will step into that authority. 

This is a kairos moment to step into our authority of kings. God is promoting those who have been in the time of preparation and elevating them to be seen by the world. The time is coming when they will receive the honor that is due to them and recognition by the world. Let us rejoice! 

A Season of Intimacy and Going Deep

This has been burning on my heart and soul for the last two weeks. The Lord has been showing me, through many different ways, that this is truly a time to go deep within His Presence. Of course, we are always called to abide in Him but there are times of intense pressing in and this is one of them.

Lately, I have had the manifestation of oil at my fingertips quite frequently. Mostly when I am in the House of Prayer or times of worship but sometimes just when I'm out and about. This manifestation speaks of the anointing of intimacy and the oil of pleasure. God is pleased when we are intimate with Him in the depths of His Presence. God is glorified when we pour ourselves out as costly perfume. God demands extravagant worship- anything less fails to recognize the fullness of who God is.

2012 has been proclaimed the year of apostolic government. This is the start of an apostolic reformation in the Church as our preconceptions of the status quo are being turned over. There is an explosion as the move of God's glory is breaking free of the four walls of the Church and is going forth to all of society. We are God's Kingdom ambassadors and He is giving us the keys of the Kingdom. But these keys do not come cheap. These keys are received within the innermost depths of His glory. It is in the depth of His glory that we receive the strategies to further this reformation and carry it beyond the Church into a full fledged cultural revolution.

When Solomon dedicated the temple it was filled with the Glory of God. Scripture records that the priests could not stand to minister. The glory of God is overwhelming. Moses was transformed by his encounter with God so that his face shone with the Glory of the Lord. The Lord is calling us into the depths of His Presence so that we might encounter His glory. We were created to be marked. We are not called to be ordinary earth dwellers but are called to be Kingdom inhabitants. We carry the Glory of God within us and have been called as consecrated vessels set apart for His purpose.

The Lord is using this time to bring a cleansing to His people. He is showing us those things in our lives that must be removed in order for us to live out the fullness of our destiny. A vessel can't serve its purpose effectively if its opening is clogged with sediment and dirt. In the same way the Lord is bringing a healing process within us so that we might be clean conduits for the glory of the heaven. We are meant to be the revelation of heaven on this earth.

Part of this cleansing time is a call to fasting. We can not live consecrated lives without some form of fasting. Fasting allows the body to become weak so that our spirit might arise as the master over our flesh. I have had the burden and grace to fast lately and will be spending extensive time in this next season doing so. Many of the other intercessors and apostolic voices that I know are hearing this same call. I encourage all of you to pray about what kind of fast God wants you to do. There is a breakthrough that only comes with the fasted life.

As we submit ourselves to this process we will see powerful things happen. There will be an explosion of freedom and joy within you. Those around you will be blessed. As the oil of gladness flows from you there will be a manifestation of freedom within your friends and family. This is a time of healing that will flow from the hands of God's people to the nations of the earth. Go deep and you will receive the strategies that you will need for this next season. God is going to download all that you need and will bring alignment within your life. I declare healing and wisdom over you!

An Altar of Revival Fire is Arising in the Heartland

Houston has been highlighted in my spirit for about five years now ever since God gave me a vision of its port. Houston is key in the spirit due to its influence as a port city and its role in the oil industry. The nations come to Houston and its economy reflects this. Houston stands as a guard within Texas and what comes into Texas must come through Houston (I'm speaking in the spiritual here). Texas is a covenant state and has been positioned to stand for righteousness even if no one else will. Texas would rather break away and become an independent nation again than compromise its freedom. I believe, that at the end of time, Texas will stand with Israel. When the nations of the earth march upon Israel- Texas will speak. A bright and shining star is arising over Texas. Texas will be the lone star state and will be a voice (as Esther) of life, justice, and purity.

From out of Houston will arise a highway of righteousness in the spirit. This will serve as a demarcation and a trail of angelic activity. Along its route will be safe-houses for the oppressed. Houston will serve as a gatekeeper for this highway as it goes up near Dallas, through Ardmore, to Oklahoma City, to Wichita, through Topeka, to Kansas City, to Omaha, Suiox City, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Grand Forks, and then it crosses the Canadian border where it terminates in Winnipeg. 

Angels of fire are traveling along this ridge of the nation as they look to the East and to the West. This is the place where the eastern and western winds of the spirit will meet. Many of these cities serve as hubs in the spirit and what happens there will be released to the nations. What starts in the hub cities will not remain in the hub cities. They have an apostolic call upon them as Antioch of old. 

There is a cleansing and a purifying right now as injustice is being exposed along this highway. There are voices of thunder that have been established along its route to prepare the way for the King. The prophecies spoken within Dallas have been directed towards this highway and have sparked hurricanes of firey whirlwinds along its path.

There has been a wave of purity from the east and an explosion of power from the west. These moves of God have met, are meeting, and will meet along this ridge of the nation. It is here that the voice of unfication will sound across the body of Christ. The heartland will serve to be a bridgebuilder within the body of Christ. 

As bridges are built and houses established along this highway we will see rivers of fire flow across the nation. This apostolic highway will not be seen by most- but will touch millions.

June Newsletter

Matthew Prewett

Missionary to Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA

PO Box 3693

Hollywood, CA 90078

Email: matthewprewett@gmail.com

June 2012 Newsletter

This past month:

            May was a time of cementing what has been done in the first part of the year and preparing for what is to come during the rest of the year.

            One exciting project that I got to work on during May was a report about Los Angeles County. Radiance is part of the Reformation Prayer Network, which unites prayer leaders throughout the nation to pray for revival and the establishment of God’s kingdom on this earth. The CA portion is in the midst of a yearlong prayer initiative focusing on all 58 counties within the state. Los Angeles’ had its turn from May 28^th to June 4^th. I was asked to put together a report of the history of Los Angeles County, an overview of current issues, and key prayer topics to be targeting. This was a lot of work but a great learning process. The biggest challenge was to distill all of the information I had into a manageable document that people would have time to read. I was then able to present the information and participate in a conference call with some of the key prayer leaders in our state.

            Our prayer room is in the midst of a redecoration as well. A team of artists, from my old church in Orange County, is painting the walls and the work they do is amazing. Their art prophesies to the Lord’s goodness and His heart for the region.

Looking forward:

            Our training school is starting on June 25^th. We are having a number of leaders coming to our house of prayer, to impart into the lives of students and young adults. I am super excited about what God is going to do and know that I will learn a lot as I participate in it as a staff member. It will be a time when I can build relationships with a number of these leaders as our class size is going to be purposefully small.

            We are expecting a number of recent college graduates to join our staff later this summer, which will provide an infusion of energy and passion. We are also looking forward to the establishment of our deliverance ministry but have been waiting for the timing to be right and manpower to be there.

            I am also planning and praying about taking some ministry/speaking trips later this year. There are some places that I want to sow into and that I have been praying for from a distance. Already I have had some doors start to open and am excited to see what God is going to do with that.

Prayer Needs:

            Be praying for energy and stamina. Ministry in Hollywood can seem easy because it’s in our own backyard but in fact it can be a brutal place. At the same time God has given me such a love for this city and it is an incredible privilege to serve here.

            Also be praying for guidance, discernment, and patience in my planning.

Financial Needs:

            I continue to need those who are willing to partner with me on a monthly basis. Please contact me to learn how to do this or how to give a one-time tax-deductible gift.            

June: A month of establishing

June is the sixth month of the year. Six, in Biblical numerology is the number of man. As I was praying for this year I felt the Lord say that June was going to be a month where we would see a visible shift and manifestation of what He is doing within individuals. This is going to be a time of establishing that what has been sown and prepared for the past six months.

For those who are in proper alignment things are going to start falling into place. All of the uncertanties of the past couple of months are going to fall away and there is going to be a new clarity of assignment.

This is also a time of declaration. Start declaring the things that God has shown and promised you. Many of us have wondered why we are not already in possesion of those things that we thought we would be by now. May was a time of grace to prepare us for posssesion. Now it is time to simply walk into what the Lord has prepared for you. It is a time of receiving.

It is a time for the shroud that has been over you to fall away and for you to be revealed to the world. June is a time of coming out. It is your debutante! Just as Jesus came out of the river Jordan so must we be brought into our destiny.

Along with this is a favor before man. The Bible says that Jesus grew in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with both God and man. Favor is our inheritance. We are going to see a radical transformation in how others receive us. Don't be afraid to ask big things. We are going to see provision come from unlikely sources and see access to arenas that we didn't think were possible. This is a time to become aligned with those around you. God is bringing people into covenant and partnership alignment with each other. Ask the Lord to show you who you are supposed to partner with in this season and who you are to form relationships with.

I believe that relationship and covenant is key to this apostolic move. The Lord has had me become increasingly intentional with who I am in relationship with during this time. It is through relationship and covenantal unity that God releases His blessing and power. From Pentecost to the Moravian Outpouring to Azusa Street, we see the power of unity. The Lord is establishing Jonathan and David type relationships. We are going to see a mighty power released when we come together in love and unity. Read 1 Corinthians 13 and mediate on it to see what a Biblical viewpoint of love looks like.

Be careful to not get ahead of where God's wind is carrying you. A key principle that He is teaching us is the importance of covering and carrying each other's vision. Those who are in authority over you will ensure that you are protected and covered during this season. Do not begin any new ministry or major endeavor without their blessing. Ensure that you are in submission to those who God has put over you and don't be afraid to labor under their vision. Elisha carried Elijah's vision for years before the mantle was transferred. David served as Saul's psalmist even though he had already been anointed as king. God rewards us when we are faithful to those who He has placed over us.

Don't be afraid of what God is doing with you. For many it is going to be an acceleration beyond belief during this month. Don't be caught unaware. Remain rooted and know what God's plans are for your life. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that too much change is bad. Rest will come later- now is the time for an acceleration into your destiny and a planting of you into key areas. Many of you will look back at June with wonder for all that God has done in your life. I see many of you being shot out of cannons and into your destiny- you will soar above all the attacks of the enemy.

Francis Frangipane: "A Word to the Women of God--You Were Created to Birth Breakthrough On the Earth"

The following is a powerful word that I came across this past week. We must honor and understand the destiny of our women.

September 8, 2007

FRANCIS FRANGIPANE:

"A Word to the Women of God--You Were Created to Birth Breakthrough On the Earth"

"To possess a national awakening, the power God has placed in women must be released."

Before I begin this message, let me provide a short disclaimer: although I do encourage women to move freely within the order provided by God in their local churches, my goal is to exalt and release a primary grace that God has placed specifically within women, which the Lord Himself has used in past times to release revival.

The Genesis Distinctions

When the Lord created humankind, He placed unique graces in man and separate, but unique, graces in woman. He told Adam to name the species of life upon earth "and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name" (Genesis 2:19). This "naming" was much more than calling the dog, "Spot." Adam was created with an organizational, administrative capacity which enabled him to identify and define the world around him. By naming the living things, Adam not only brought them into his consciousness, but he introduced order and structure to the human experience. In effect, he defined reality.

Within the genetics of this original man, there also existed the powerful, but dormant, qualities of the woman. While Adam slept, the Spirit took from the man a rib. Fashioning it into a woman, the Lord created for Adam a companion who was not only suitable for him, but one who powerfully expanded man's creative capacities. Indeed, the woman brought many new graces into Adam's world that did not formerly exist: the foremost of which was the power to conceive and give birth.

It is important to remember: God created male and female in His image, according to His likeness (Genesis 1:26). Of course, in certain ways, both Adam and Eve as individuals possessed reflections of the divine nature. They each could think, speak, dream and create. However, it was in the union of Adam and Eve, in their mutual respect of one another's strengths and graces, that mankind would possess a more perfect expression of the fuller nature of God.

As Adam beheld this first female, he said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man" (Genesis 2:23). The term "woman" was a delineation used by Adam, identifying her as a unique variation in the species of man. My wife says, "Think of her as the upgrade." In some ways, she is right, for the nature of the woman was twice refined. Adam was created of earth; the woman, emerged not from the earth, but from the man. She is both more complex and emotionally sophisticated.

Soon Adam began to understand the greatest power of his counterpart, her ability to conceive and bring life into the world. Recognizing this quality, Adam named her "Eve," which meant "life." Eve would play an integral part in the unfolding of life's new beginnings. "She was the mother of all the living" (Genesis 3:20).

We Need Revival

The Lord gave Adam a primary ability to name and establish reality; He gave to woman the unique capacity to conceive and then birth reality. The primary strength of each gender is that man establishes, woman births. Remember, these qualities were not merely "human": they were reflections of the divine. Man's ability to bring order to one's world, to take what was random and give it definition and structure is a divine facility; woman's ability to conceive and incubate life, and then deliver life through birth is also an aspect of the divine nature.

Note also that Adam named the woman "Eve" (or "Life") before they had children. God gave the woman an ability not just to have babies, but to release life in a variety of its expressions. In fact, one translation says that Eve means to "enliven." Alone, Adam had been downcast; it was not good that Adam was alone. Eve enlivened Adam in ways no other creature on earth could. Adam could build a house; Eve made it a home. When Adam named Eve "Life," he was not only speaking prophetically of the first mother, but he spoke out of his own experience: Eve brought life into the structure of Adam's world.

While we are speaking in generalities, when we come into the spiritual realm, we see this same divine encoding replicated in the ministries of men and women. Jesus laid the foundation of the Church with twelve men, whom He called to be apostles. This didn't mean there would never be women in leadership, but that one of the better skills given man from God was, as stated, the ability to bring order and structure.

At the same time, prior to Christ's birth we find Anna, a prophetess, engaged in much prayer and fasting. In my opinion, it is quite possible that this woman was not alone in her intercession, but the leader of a prophetic prayer ministry that lived in anticipation of her times. Women excel in intercession, in spiritual sensitivity and the release of new beginnings. Again, this doesn't excuse men from prayer! For some of the Bible's best examples of intercessors are, indeed, men! We are speaking in generalities in reference to the spiritual tendencies of both genders. Neither distinction is more important than the other. Both are absolutely vital for the unfolding of God's will upon the earth.

Today, we are fighting the advance of satan in many arenas: whether in wars and terrorist attacks or with the ever increasing expansion of iniquity in our world. We need revival. To possess a national awakening, the power God has placed in women must be released. All the efforts of man to establish laws and govern righteously will not truly transform our culture; we need the presence of God poured out. I am talking about something that is greater than government and righteous laws. I am saying that God is raising up and anointing a prayer army of women, who are about to be given even greater power as they intercede before God for their nations.

My Mother's Prayers

I personally know the power of this prayer. In the late sixties, I was a very lost young man living in sin and rebellion. Judging from my appearance, I looked hopeless. Yet, in spite of my outward condition, my dear Catholic mother stood before God for me. Resist as I did, divine power, uniquely born of her prayers, began to hunt me down. Her cries were relentless and unceasing; often she would pray through the night for me. She was pregnant with prayer for her son. In 1970, God finally answered and during the Jesus Movement revival, I came to Christ.

Years later, I asked the Lord about this revival. As you may know, it has been part of my assignment to help engender citywide unity and establish prayer, things which precede revival. Yet, to my knowledge, no citywide unity or organized prayer fueled the Jesus Movement. So, I asked the Lord how could a revival occur without a prayer movement at its source? The Lord quickly corrected me saying that there was a great prayer movement: He had heard the prayers of a million praying mothers, each crying to Him for their children.

From all denominations, in a "unity of desperation," God heard the cries of believing mothers. His heart was touched and, as a result, multitudes of sinful kids found repentance and salvation in Jesus Christ. This is the army God desires to release again today, but now with more vision, more power from the Holy Spirit, and with the support of men as well!

Women of God, the fact is, Heaven needs you! You have been created by the Almighty to birth breakthroughs on planet earth! God has uniquely designed you with a latent ability to release life through your intercession. Together with you, we men can build and establish, and we are learning to pray, but you have a special grace to release new spiritual beginnings. Whether your prayer focus is for your husband or church leadership, whether you are interceding for your children, city or nation, you possess in your spirit the seed-realities that, through prayer, can release God's life into the world.

Yes, indeed, there is a battle; there still exists "enmity between (the serpent) and the woman" (Genesis 3:15). Satan especially hates you because it was your seed that bruised the serpent's head. It is amazing to me that God chose to bring His Son into the world, not through the Heavens nor even through a woman impregnated by man, but through a woman made pregnant by God! God Himself came to earth through the woman's power to give birth!

Today the Lord is giving women a new grace, a new confidence against the powers of hell. They are not rebelling against men, but praying for them. Through their intercession, these Godly women will prayer-birth powerful ministries on earth, both male and female. They will release new beginnings to the Body of Christ.

I also want to commend and thank ministries such as Women's Aglow, Lydia Fellowship and other women's prayer groups. There have been many, many times that I have suddenly been divinely protected or spiritual breakthroughs have unexpectedly been released to me. As I questioned the Lord, He said, "I'm answering the prayers of Women's Aglow" (or, the women from such and such ministry). To each of you, I say a special thank you. May the Lord multiply His grace toward you and give you the desires of your hearts!

Revelation 12 speaks of a "woman clothed with the sun." This word is not only talking about Israel or the Church. It also reveals how God sees spiritual women: they are honored and crowned with distinction; pure and clothed with the glory of God. With confidence, they tread upon the powers of night. Dear army of praying women, it is your inherent destiny to birth that which shall rule the nations.

Let's Pray: "Heavenly Father, we come in the name of Jesus. Lord, release the women of God. Release the power of prayer, the burden and travail of prayer, to its next levels. Father, Islamic terrorists from without and moral decadence from within seek to destroy our homeland. We need the prayer army to arise. Help us, O God, to pray until Your Heavenly purpose is birthed on earth as it is in Heaven! Amen!"

Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
Email: francis1@frangipane.org