My Beloved, my Bride, my Body, my Chosen people, I am crying out for my people, but you do not hear me! You do not listen… Oh, my Bride, I long to speak, I long to pour out my revelation, my Holy Word upon your parched hearts, upon your desperate souls.. but you do not heart me. You do not listen. Your lives are so filled with Hollywood, with the media, with the clamor of this world that YOU DO NOT HEAR ME. My Bride, you do not hear me. Oh my Bride, come back, come back, come back, come back, come back, come and dwell in the secret place in my Presence, come and dwell in my glory, come and dwell in my rich presence and be SATISFIED. Come and eat from my table, come and feast oh my Bride, come to me! My Bride, rid your self of the things of this world, the clamor of this world and come and seek my Presence, my Holiness, my dwelling place. Oh my Bride, your soul is dead! Your soul is dead… it is asleep to my voice and awake to the voice of this world. My Bride, my Bride, why have you FORSAKEN ME??? Why have you chosen this world over ME?? WHY? WHY? WHY? When I have given MY VERY LIFE for you out of a longing to commune with you and have intimacy with you… WHY?! Why have you given your life over to lust, to Hollywood, to the entertainment of this world, seeking the pleasure and satisfaction of the WORLD OVER ME??! Why, oh my Bride do you choose things that bring death, spiritual dryness and spiritual death instead of choosing ME and my waters of LIFE, TRUE LIFE?!! TRUE LIFE can be yours but yet you desire to give your time to meaningless things, things of this world… Oh my Bride, how can you be so blind?! So blind to my TRUTH? I AM LIFE. I AM TRUTH. TRUE LIFE IS IN ME. IN ME… IN ME ALONE! TRUE LIFE IS FOUND IN MY PRESENCE ALONE!!!!! Not in the presence of a computer screen or a TV screen!!!! Oh my Bride, my Precious Bride, I long for you to return, RETURN TO ME!!! RETURN TO ME!!! COME BACK, OH MY BRIDE COME BACK!! Learn what it means to SEEK MY FACE…TO SEEK MY PRESENCE... MY VERY SPIRIT. Not some made up or fake presence – BUT MY VERY PRESENCE. OH MY BRIDE, RETURN TO ME. RETURN TO ME, RETURN TO ME!!! Why have you forsaken my truth?? My abundant love is YOURS and yet you choose the love and pleasures of this empty WORLD. The heavens are open above you to receive from and yet you lust after the pleasures of this world – PLEASURES THAT DO NOT SATISFY but bring spiritual blindness, darkness and death. You do not know my Presence because you DO NOT SEEK my Presence. Oh my BRIDE, AWAKE!!!! AWAKE AND LISTEN TO YOU KING…. I am longing for you. Desperately LONGING for you to RETURN… to TRULY RETURN to ME… My Bride… I’m asking you to give me all you TIME. All your MONEY. All your PLANS. All your RELATIONSHIPS. All your DREAMS. All your DESIRES. All your LUSTS. All your CRUTCHES. All your NEEDS… empty yourselves of the pleasures of this world and I will SATISFY WITH MY BREATH OF FIRE… I will breath onto your hungry soul and set you ABLAZE with my LOVE, my REDEMPTION, MY LIFE, MY POWER… but you MUST…you MUST, YOU MUST EMPTY YOURSELF OF THIS WORLD!!! I cannot dwell in a temple that is consumed with the lusts of the flesh; the pleasures of this world… I WILL NOT SHARE MY HOME – FOR I AM A JEALOUS GOD. I AM JEALOUS FOR YOUR TIME. MY BRIDE I AM ASKING FOR YOUR TIME! My BRIDE, why, oh why do you throw your time, my gift to you, to this world and the creations of the enemy? Oh my Bride, why can you not see… I am longing, longing, LONGING for ALL of YOU. ALL of you life. ALL of your time. ALL of your worship. ALL of your energy. Oh my Bride…repent. REPENT. CRY OUT AND SEEK MY SANCTIFICATION! Sanctification from the media, from the pleasures of this world... My Bride, seek my purification from the diseases of this world… they entice you and yet you are blind to them. Oh my Bride, you have lost your beauty, you have lost your glory. You have thrown it to the pigs – you have given your time and life to meaningless things… OH MY BRIDE!!! I CRY OUT TO YOU TO RETURN, RETURN, RETURN to me with EVERYTHING. My Bride, I BEG you to stop trying to please me by living with one foot in the things of this world and the other attempting to follow me… my BRIDE! I AM CALLING YOU TO FULL SURRENDER, TO FOLLOW ME WITH EVERYTHING – to seek my presence MORE than the pleasures of this world… the enticing food of the enemy… my Bride, WHERE is your HUNGER for my WORD? Where is your hunger for the outpouring of my Spirit? My Bride, my Bride, do you not realize you have become a hypocrite, a Pharisee – saying you love me with all your heart yet are constantly dwelling in the presence of TV’s, computers and other humans… WHEN, OH WHEN, WILL YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART???? WHEN will you learn to lay down EVERYTHING and PURSUE ME IN THE SECRET PLACE? Oh my Bride, I AM WAITING. I AM WAITING. I DO NOT WANT TO MEET YOU ONLY AT CHURCH OR A CHAPEL TIME OR A BIBLE STUDY OR PRAYER TIME. BELOVED, I LONG TO MEET YOU IN THE SECRET PLACE… I long for you to dress your self in the garments of praise, garments of holiness and purity and sacrifice all to come and meet with me in the Holy of Holies. Oh my Bride, I DESIRE INTIMACY, TRUE INTIMACY with you… NOT, NOT a shallow one way conversation, not simply a little ‘quiet time’ … but TRUE DEEP INTIMACY. I long, I LONG TO TAKE YOU DEEPER, DEEPER AND DEEPER into the beautiful, glorious mysteries of KNOWING ME… but my Bride, I need WHOLEHEARTED LOVERS, TRUE FOLLOWERS, SACRED TEMPLES OF SACRIFICE that are willing to give up everything to KNOW ME. Oh my Bride, my Bride, my Bride DO NOT BE SO CONSUMED IN DOING, DOING, DOING that you forget to SEEK MY FACE. You ask me to USE you… but my BRIDE, more than desiring to use you for my glory, I long for you to EXPERIENCE my Glory… to experience the BEAUTY OF KNOWING ME. My Bride, ALL I DESIRE IS FOR YOU TO SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART, ALL YOUR SOUL, ALL YOUR MIND AND ALL YOUR STRENGTH… to SHOW ME that you love me by GIVING ME YOUR TIME… NOT ONLY YOUR FUTURE OR YOUR CALLING, BUT YOUR TIME EACH DAY… My Bride everything else will fall into place. My Bride, why are you so consumed in trying to DO my will that you lose your hunger and desire to seek my face, experience my Presence and fall deeper in love and intimacy with your King? My Beloved, do you not realize that my PERFECT WILL, WILL be done through you AS YOU PURSUE ME WITH EVERY PART OF YOUR HEART????? Repent, oh my Bride, repent before your God, for you have given your self to other lovers – for the way you spend your time reveals what you love – it proves where your heart is… My Bride, I am calling you to give up your idols… your pleasures on earth… in order to seek the supernatural pleasures of heaven… my Bride you have allowed your heart to become cold, numb and dry… you have allowed it to get used to the pleasures of this world; the music of this world, the media of this world, the food of this world, the entertainment of the world… my Bride, this should not be. My Bride… I am a jealous Lover… WHERE is your desperation for me, where is your hunger and desire for intimacy with me? Where is your passion to worship your KING?? My Bride… you have given away your heart without even realizing it… Oh my Bride… you do not know what it means to be still before your God… Oh my Bride you do not know what it means to WORSHIP me with all your heart and soul… in Spirit and in truth… where are my TRUE WORSHIPPERS??? Where are my WHOLEHEARTED LOVERS?? Why, oh my Bride, do you allow your self to be distracted…distracted by food, by lust, by relationships, sports, by responsibilities??? Oh my Bride, my Bride, HEAR THIS… Your responsibility is to LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD with all your heart, soul, mind and strength!!!!!! If you do not know what it means to worship me… to LOVE me with TRUE LOVE that is ARDENT and PASSIONATE and SACRIFICIAL… you cannot please my heart… oh my Bride, your surrender to the lusts of your flesh grieve my Spirit… they grieve my Spirit because I have GIVEN YOU POWER IN MY HOLY NAME TO OVERCOME YOUR FLESH BY THE POWER OF MY SPIRIT!!!! I would not ask you to be HOLY as I am HOLY if I could not help you MAKE IT A REALITY!! I have given you my Spirit and yet you push away my Spirit and conviction by eagerly desiring satisfaction of the flesh instead of giving your mind and actions to be surrendered to the control of the HOLY SPIRIT!!!! MY BRIDE I HATE COMPROMISE. I HATE MEDRIOCRITY. I HATE SELFISHNESS AND PRIDE. My Bride….I LOVE surrender, devotion, and abandon to my WORD, to my Spirit. My Bride, I LOVE humility, genuine hunger and desperation for righteousness and holiness… My Bride, My Bride… COME BACK… FIX YOUR GAZE ON ME, the Author and Perfector of your Faith… set your mind on things above, and HEAVENLY TRUTHS… TURN away from habits and desires that are led by your flesh…and turn back to me…fall into my embrace for my arms are open wide…My Bride, do NOT hesitate, do not linger in your sin, for I am coming soon! I am coming soon. My Bride, return to me… I am waiting to POUR DOWN the riches of heaven, the mysteries of heaven upon you in the secret place…my Bride, wait no longer, but RUN TO ME!!! Run to meet me in the secret place…let me consume you with my Holy Fire, my Holy Spirit… let me AWAKEN that hunger and ache for intimacy with your KING and I sanctify you from the junk of this world… COME AND DRINK FROM THE RIVER OF LIFE… COME AND DRINK, DRINK, DRINK, DRINK OF ME…let me romance you my Bride with the beauty of my WORD… come and SOAK in my Presence… let me FLOOD you with my MARVELOUS LIGHT… SURRENDER YOUR HEART TO ME… let me Purify. I will give you Holiness, right motives, unmatched beauty, visions and dreams, HEALING OF YOUR WOUNDED HEART… I will give you a FIRE and PASSION for my NAME that NO MAN, NO SIN, NO EVIL POWER, NO TEMPTATION, NOTHING WILL BE ABLE TO PUT OUT!!! I will CLOTHE you in righteousness and ANOINT you with my oil of joy… my peace will saturate you and my Spirit will anoint you. I will give you a HOLY ADDICTION for my Presence, and HOLY INFATUATION with the KING OF KINGS. I will romance you like you could never imagine and I will give your soul DELIGHT like NOTING ELSE CAN. I will BREAK DOWN your strongholds, I will give you TRUE FREEDOM… I will RESCUE you for I AM MIGHTY TO SAVE!!! I will RESTORE your HEART and your SPIRIT. I will BRING YOU WHOLENESS AND NEW RADIANT LIFE. I will FREE you from your desire you please people and give you a DESIRE TO PLEASE HEAVEN ALONE. I will also teach you… teach you MY WAYS… teach you what it means to be a TRUE WORSHIPPER. I will tenderly train you in my Righteousness… I will show you HOW to live as I LIVED. I will teach you WHAT it means to WALK in INTIMACY with me and in the anointing of my Spirit… I will teach you HUMILITY… I will teach you how to LOVE, how to serve. I will teach you obedience… surrender. I will teach you how to DANCE in my arms…to stay CLOSE to my HEART so that you can begin to HAVE my heart… my BELOVED, you will become ONE WITH ME. You will begin to ADORE the things I love and DISGUST the things I hate… I will teach you how to INTERCEDE for the lost – to pray the prayers that BURN on my heart…I will teach you what it means to wait on the LORD…My Beloved, my Bride…worship your King. Worship your KING! WORSHIP YOUR KING!!!

Isaiah 43:14-22
14 This is what the LORD says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
"For your sake I will send to Babylon
and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, [a]
in the ships in which they took pride.

15 I am the LORD, your Holy One,
Israel's Creator, your King."

16 This is what the LORD says—
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters,

17 who drew out the chariots and horses,
the army and reinforcements together,
and they lay there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:

18 "Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.

19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.

20 The wild animals honor me,
the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the desert
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,

21 the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise.

22 "Yet you have not called upon me, O Jacob,
you have not wearied yourselves for me, O Israel.



It is a new day.
God in His mercy is making a way in our (body of Christ) wilderness.
Do you perceive it?
The way is intimacy.
The streams flow in the place of His presence.
The river flows from his Throne.

The Lord is sovereignly calling His people to the secret place.
Do you perceive it?
Are you weary and heavy laden?
Come to Me and I will give you rest.
The struggle is in coming.
The people of God are to busy.
I AM providing a way.
If you perceive it come.
Come away, sit before me.
I AM the Bread of Life.
I AM the Water of Life.

We had a great night that focused around the River of God flowing. There were different people that saw visions of the River. Two common themes "from" the River were healing & unity. We also talked about some of the visions from Saturday's corporate night that fit in perfectly with what Jesus was doing among us. Jesus, You're still the same God who turns the water into wine. Cause Your river to flood our new wine skin with new wine: for healing & unity!

The meeting at Bethany church for fast21 is canceled tonight. 1/25/10

Sorry!

As we began Sunday night's gathering we had the sense that we, as God's people are to be in a position of readiness. The words that have come to mind in the last few days are "to be consecrated", to be ready to hear the word of the Lord and to act upon it with "clean hands and a pure heart". We had a sweet sense of the Lord's presence as we worshiped; the Holy Spirit taking us back again and again to the throne room scene and declaring the holiness of Jesus.

Two themes kept coming up as the night went on; fire and dwelling. Like a Jack Pine cone where fire is necessary to release the seed,  God is releasing fire to burn up the old in order to release the seed and bring on new growth.  The fire also serves to ignite hearts for both a new holy zeal, and a new zeal for holiness.

The second theme was to dwell;  to stay in that place of rest in order clearly hear the instructions of the Lord.  Dwelling in peace and hiddenness serves as both a place of protection from the enemy and a stage of ambush against him, as we wait upon the Lord for strategy.



Kerry Liebelt
Forest Lake

Last night as many gathered at the Twin Cities house of Prayer (located at North Heights Lutheran Church on Rice Street) the Lord brought us on a journey that was much unlike any prayer meeting that most of us had ever been too. We began the night and closed the night by drawing our eyes upward in worship.

The Holy Spirit led the group into a time of repentance on an individual level for a large chunk of the meeting. It is clear that the Lord is calling us to put on our new nature and to put to death the things of the flesh. Tonight, we were brought into the understanding that the Lord is giving us one of the keys to recieving a new wine skin for the state of Minnesota: embracing the Holy Spirit's conviction and walking in repentance (Isaiah 57:15).

There was also much time spent on  praying for each other. The Lord worked on our hearts in some powerful ways during this time.

To close out the night the whole group came together at the front of the sanctuary in a close huddle to sing our "highest praises to the Lamb of God." The Holy Spirit's presence rested upon us in a tangible manner as we were huddled together singing... it was powerful!

PLEASE READ BELOW:
Here is a key thing that the Lord spoke tonight over the State that was placed in the Fast21 bucket at the end of the night:


While we were praying, I saw this vision:
I saw all of us sitting in a well lit room- like a waiting room in a clinic. I saw all of us getting our feet washed from our daily sins (John 13:10). Then I saw that all of us were hooked-up to an IV drip. I asked the Lord what this was, and he responded by saying this IV drip is "fresh revelation" from the Holy Spirit for us during this 21 day fast. That we will be renewed in the spirit of our minds, and that we would put on the new man which was created according to God in true righteousness and holiness." Ephesians 4:23-24
The key is to "SIT" still and receive the "fresh revelation." If we move, we will pull out the IV and it will hurt.
(January 32,2010~ North Heights Church~ Rice Street Campus (TCHOP)

Well beloved here we go!  21 Days of feasting on God's word and hearing what He is saying to the church in MN!  I look forward the unity that will be created as we consecrate ourselves to come into a deeper allegiance to Jesus Christ.

Some thoughts of mine before reporting how the first day of Awake MN went:

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. (Heb 11:8)  Like Abraham we also are stepping out in obedience to what we know to be the voice of our Good Shepherd.  This opportunity will allow us to further grow in trust, discernment, and faith.

That said, the little inkling I sense is that we are entering a time of receiving revelation. (Matt 16:13-19)  The question asked by Jesus here is, "Who do we say He is?"  The primary purpose for the Holy Spirit being sent to earth is to answer this question in the depths of our heart. This is a three fold question to which we are revealed who God is, our identity in Him, and then His plan to which we have an invitation to join in!  It is a time of the Holy Spirit bringing what we now have as merely doctrine into a living experience.  Revelation proceeds faith, which always produces a corresponding action.  Be prepared because God will speak during this fast, then we must obey.

Awake MN Conference:  It was a true blessing to hear both Cindy Jacobs and Chuck Pierce share the word of the Lord with us.  Here are some highlights of what they both spoke over MN.

Cindy: Awake, awake you who sleep!  There is a battle taking place and it is for who will rule this land (America).  There was a reference to the almond branch and how it is the first to bud in Israel.  We are being called to hasten, watch, and awake just as the almond blossoms in January.  Eyes are beggining to shift to MN!  She also spoke of a Root 52 initiative which is focused on covering every state as well as the government with prayer this year.  Sensed God saying MN stands for My Nation! A profound statement she made was in reference to her time in Houston where a confession was made that "we aren't for the donkey, we aren't for the elephant, we are for the Lamb!"  We can't be bought, and can't be sold!  Minnesota is called a Hinge as it is called to bear the weight for an opening in this nation.

Chuck Pierce: Minnesota is a threshing floor state- separation of the harvest takes place on the hard floor.  MN will be a model of God's new strategy.  References were made to Jeremiah and Daniel as to beginning to see new things and that setting the timing of how we are to respond to God.  Highlight is Daniel 9-10.  He made reference also the fact there is reformation in Minnesota's DNA, and He referenced the Lutheran Charismatic Renewal.  We must know timing.  We must not back up, move forward into the new things God has.

Father we thank you for these words, we test them against your word and hold fast to what is good.  We thank you for what you are saying and bless the name of which is above every other name forever: Jesus!

In His Unfailing Grace,
c.

The large purpose for this blog is to communicate the logistics of Fast21, as well as to record and communicate what the Lord is speaking to His corporate Body in the state of Minnesota throughout the duration of the fast. This blog will continue to exist after the fast is over, so that all can have an on-line record of what the Holy Spirit spoke to us as a unified body throughout the state.

How this Blog Works 

All the leaders that will be facilitating the prayer and worship nights throughout the three weeks of the fast will compose a blog post after their respective worship meetings that they helped lead. Within these posts the leaders will record things that the Lord spoke and testimonies of things that He did at their meeting that night. This blog is not for the leaders to just record what they felt the Lord speak to them, rather, it is a blog meant to record what anyone receives from the Holy Spirit. This includes dreams, visions, encounters, impressions, etc.

To make this possible, at each location there will be pieces of paper that will be available so that anyone can record what the Lord is speaking to them prophetically. All these papers are to be given to the leader each night so that they can read them and possibly post them for the greater body of Minnesota to read. Let us all come before the Lord in humility to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches of Minnesota!

There has been a resurgence of fasting in recent decades, as God calls His people to regular fasting as part of a normal 
Christian lifestyle. The following is a general overview of biblical precedent and guidelines for wise fasting. 
The practice of regular fasting as normal Christian behavior was taught by Jesus (Matthew 6:16–17 and 9:15), exercised 
by the early church (Acts 13:2), and has been the regular discipline of believers throughout church history. The practice 
of fasting in Scripture usually includes, but is not limited to, abstinence from food (Daniel 10:3) and may be engaged in 
for varying durations, typically for no more than a few days at a time. Abstaining from all food for extended periods of 
time is biblical, but was rare and unusual in Scripture (Exodus 34:28; 1 Kings 19:5–8; Luke 4:2), and thus should never 
be undertaken without counsel and appropriate supervision. The same standard applies to an absolute fast (Esther fast—
no food or water) of any duration (Esther 4:16). The maximum length of an adult fast that can be supported biblically is 
forty days without food for a male adult in good health, and three days without water. The Bible does not speak of 
children engaging in fasting food. 
Fasting is always voluntary. Though spiritual leaders may invite others to join in corporate fasting with a specific goal in 
mind and for a specific time, fasting can never be forced or made compulsory. In light of this, fasting is not a mandatory 
requirement for joining the IHOP–KC staff or community, but we do promote and encourage it as a biblically and 
historically proven means of obtaining God’s grace in the context of commitment to prayer and to the Word (Joel 2:15). 
The level at which a person engages in fasting (particularly food) should be determined according to age and with regard 
to any physical limitations. Those with a known or suspected physical disability or illness, or those with any history of an 
eating disorder, should never fast except in consultation with, and under the supervision of, a qualified doctor. Minors are 
discouraged from fasting food and should never engage in fasting without express parental consent and oversight. Minors 
who desire to fast are encouraged to consider non-food abstentions, such as TV, movies, Internet surfing, video games 
and other entertainment. Pregnant women and nursing mothers should not fast food or drink as it could negatively affect 
the health and development of their baby and their own personal health. 
Participation in regular fasting as a lifestyle necessitates a healthy lifestyle on days when food is not being fasted, and 
should include exercise and a proper diet. A “fasted lifestyle” is a disciplined lifestyle, in which we steward our bodies 
and time with wisdom and diligence. Fasting is not only abstention; it is an exchange where we abstain from certain 
things in order to “feast” on God’s Word and prayer, whereby the abundance of His grace is made more readily available 
to us. When undertaken with this type of commitment, a fasted lifestyle is sustainable on a long-term basis, just as it was 
for Daniel and his friends (Daniel 1). 
While the physical impact of fasting is real, the spiritual benefits of fasting are undeniable. Any fast undertaken must be 
done with spiritual wholeheartedness and wisdom when dealing with our physical body; we must count the cost honestly 
and honor the temple of the Holy Spirit. Whether we are partaking or abstaining, everything should be for the glory of 
God. 



*This statement is for informational purposes only. The information in this statement reflects only the limited opinions, experience and 
suggestions of some of the individuals leading the fast as well the IHOP–KC Missions Base team and is not meant to substitute the advice provided by your doctor or other healthcare professional
Also another great resource in regards to fasting is Mike Bickle's book: The Rewards of Fasting- By Mike Bickle this is the book in it's entirety.