I Will Rescue Your Sons and Daughters

  
 A Ziklag Season
 ​There is a deep longing in the heart   of God to gather your sons and   daughters under the safety   of his   protection and care— to gather   them together as a hen gathers her   chicks under her wing. His longing   and passion is building, especially as the enemy seeks to expose them and deceive them.

I saw a vision of a thief breaking into a family home, yet he did not come to steal material goods but he came to steal, kill and destroy the sons and daughters. In this vision, the father was awakened by this intruder and as he was immediately filled with the protective force that only a father knows. He would stop at nothing to destroy this intruder and to protect his sons and daughters.

This vision is the way that our heavenly Father feels about our sons and daughters who are being targeted by the thief and enemy of their souls. His longing for them is accompanied by a fierce protective force that cannot be contained or held back.

I see a heavenly 911 call that is being responded to by the heavenly hosts— and led by the Lord of Hosts. It is a “rescue and save” operation for our sons and daughters. There is a holy anger that cannot be contained or hindered any longer— it is a righteous rescue mission to save and restore.

We are partnered with this mission through the prayers of mothers and the decrees of fathers. There is authority upon these prayers and decrees that are pursuing the thief until all is restored and reclaimed.
Yesterday, I was with an intercession team in Virginia and as we prayed for our sons and daughters one woman said, “I hear that we are in a Ziklag moment.”
Yes, we are!

In 1 Samuel 30 David and his men return to where their wives and children were living to find that they all had been stolen. Their grief was so deep that some lost all strength. But David prayed to the Lord (asking if he should pursue them) and the Lord said, “Pursue them,” “You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue.”

So David and 400 of the men pursued the thieves and rescued them all!

“David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.
Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.
He took all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock, saying, “This is David’s plunder.” ​(1 Samuel 18-20)

All was recovered and the enemy was plundered of all he had. We are in the midst of a heavenly Ziklag mission— “Pursue and plunder!”

God is calling fathers to break through the discouragement and distress that has weighed them down. I hear him calling to the men to pursue and plunder— “Ride with him to rescue and save your children!” You will overtake the thief.

The mothers have been on their knees but God is calling to the fathers to shake off the distress that has weakened you and to hear his promise that you will overtake the enemy and rescue your children.

This is a Ziklag moment and the order to pursue and plunder has been given. Arise fathers! Arise warriors! Arise husbands— the Lord of Hosts is leading a rescue operation to restore your families to you.

Now is the time to respond. God is with you and he is saying, “PURSUE!”

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​FOR SEPTEMBER:

A Petition of Repentance, Restoration, and Rebuilding

​Kathi Pelton
The Lord has been speaking to me out of Daniel 9 regarding repentance, restoration, and rebuilding. He asked me to inscribe a petition based on this chapter to bring before Him and pray throughout the month of September.

This petition is for our households, our sons and daughters, our cities and our nations. The one penned below I specifically wrote for the United States (my nation), but this can easily be adapted for your city or nation.

We feel that God has highlighted Fall 2022 as a significant time therefore, we will enter September with daily communion, prayer and fasting, and bringing this petition before the Lord. I encourage you to do the same as we finish the Hebrew year and enter into the Biblical new year at the end of September (25th-27th).

Petition of Repentance, Restoration and Rebuilding— Daniel 9
“Yahweh, we humbly bring forth a petition based on Your faithful covenant with Your people— those called by Your name and who fear Your name.

"We have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled and turned away from Your commands and ordnances. We have not listened to Your servants the prophets. We repent and ask forgiveness for the roots of rebellion in our forefathers, in our land, in our leaders, in our people and in our lives.

"Public shame has come upon us before the nations of the earth. Public shame has come upon our leaders and fathers because we sinned against You. But compassion and forgiveness belong to our God, though we have rebelled against You.
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"We have not obeyed Your voice by following Your instructions that You set before us by Your servants— the prophets. We have broken Your law, created unholy laws, called good evil and evil good, turned away and refused to obey You.

"We now petition You for mercy, even as we confess that judgement is deserved. We ask that You would would remove the curse that our sins have brought upon us, upon our leaders and upon our land. We petition You to turn away the pending disaster that your servants the prophets have seen coming— a disaster like none we have seen before. Hear our repentance as we turn from our iniquity and listen, once again to Your truth.

"Lord, in keeping with Your righteous acts that have gone before us, May Your anger and wrath be turned away from America. Our sin has made us an object of ridicule but now may Your righteousness, forgiveness and compassion make us an object of Your great mercy.

"Show Your favor to this desolate land for Your sake. We present our petition before You, not based on our righteous acts but based on Your abundant compassion. Lord hear! Lord forgive! Lord listen and act. Rescue and save us— and our sons and daughters from disaster and judgement. Our God, for Your own sake, do not delay for we are Your people who are called by Your name.

"We now petition that You would issue our decree to restore and rebuild America as one nation under God. Turn our nation around so that the hearts of the people return to You— and our sons and daughters are saved. Amen.”

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