“EXALT THE LORD WHO HAS ESTABLISHED US”

Start at the Altar

“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving” (Colossians 2:6-7).

“EXALT THE LORD WHO HAS ESTABLISHED US” is the scriptural theme for the 71st Annual National Day of Prayer that will be commemorated on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Let’s plan ahead to spend some special time “at the altar” in prayer for America and for our world on this important day. This is an opportune time for God to be exalted and to manifest healing and restoration in our land as we come before His throne in humility and repentance, and worship Him in Spirit and in truth! More info can be found at National Day of Prayer Task Force.

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation. Historically, there have been calls for a day of prayer by various American presidents, and in 1988 a law was amended designating the first Thursday of May each year as the National Day of Prayer.

Cry out to God for national repentance and for a great spiritual awakening, revival, and harvest to sweep across America…and around our world! Following is an article written by an anointed author, teacher, and intercessor on the impact of prayer, as we recognize that often where there is smoke, there is fire…and the manifestation of it likely begins when we “start at the altar!”

Flo Shaw

WNOP Director

Start at the Altar…in the tabernacle of prayer. While speaking at a church, I presented an overview of the Tabernacle Plan in the prayer room. Coincidentally, the prayer room was filled with Tabernacle furniture. I felt a holy presence of the Lord when I entered this room. Here God was manifesting His presence with replicas of “heavenly things” (Hebrews 8:5) that we now have living inside of us.

Aided by the visual and God’s confirming presence, I left this experience with a greater passion, anointing, and understanding of the power of the Tabernacle Plan in revival, restoration, and fulfillment of dreams and visions. The following day, in the prayer room before the service, I was told there was an explosive atmosphere of prayer, which I took as the Lord confirming the principles of the Tabernacle Plan delivered the day before.

The efficacy of our prayers is closely related to, if not dependent upon, our sacrifice of repentance. In the wilderness Tabernacle, the priest could not get into that revered place of intercession without a sacrifice, because incense representing prayers was lit with coals from the Altar of Sacrifice. That same principle applies today. The Lord kindles a Holy Ghost Fire in our prayers and purifies them so we can press through.

When we are under attack, the devil is threatened by that Fire, and he wants to put it out before we reach our destination. In our struggle, when it seems all of the forces of evil are against us, picture the wilderness tabernacle when smoke was coming out of it: no enemy could approach it. If we want smoke to come out of our tabernacle of prayer, we must start at the altar.

Carole J. Keller

Apostolic Author

Parkway Apostolic Church

Oak Creek, Wisconsin

The Supremacy of JESUS CHRIST

The Brazen Altar is the first piece of furniture we engage with in the tabernacle of Moses for daily prayer. This shows us God’s grace from the beginning of our prayer time. The sacrificial lamb, Jesus Christ, represents this brazen altar. It tells us we must depend upon His blood and His grace in order to boldly approach His throne.

Then God’s gift is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God’s mercy. It depends not on one’s willingness, nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God having mercy on him (Romans 9:16). So Jesus shows us we should approach him in faith through His blood, His grace, and His sovereign supremacy over all human affairs. This means I must acknowledge daily the supreme authority of Jesus Christ over everything in my life.

His grace and blood demands this kind of exaltation in brazen altar worship and prayer. We are showing God we “trust” Him and acknowledge Him in the things He allows into our lives. It is through this kind of grace He multiplies peace in our spirit to become overachievers in the assignments of life and in building His kingdom! This grace and blood through prayer conquers fear, anxieties, and the oppositions of our enemies (I John 4:18; Psalms 44-48). So, when I practice fearing God and His word through repentance at the brazen altar, I am activating the grace and blood of Jesus Christ in prayer. We are showing He is Lord and sovereign over our entire lives when we embrace this attitude in prayer. We demonstrate grace and the blood is fully capable to handle the mountains and the oppositions of our day. He then releases peace and strength into our inner man so we can face with courage the oppositions greater than our capabilities and resources.

This grace and blood from the brazen altar is also an antiseptic for present wounds and offenses, we experience. Now His Spirit becomes intimate with us through prayer to provide relational comfort and healing to potentially fatal offenses we experience. The brazen altar of Jesus Christ is designed to calibrate our attitudes in prayer so we can access the promise of God through faith, His grace, and His blood!

The Supremacy of Jesus Christ facilitates grace by His blood to combat end time insanity, offenses and lawlessness. The brazen altar of Jesus Christ through prayer provides us this kind of access to the power of overcoming grace.

HOW TO PRAY:

1.    I decree and declare God Your multiplied grace into my life and my family to accomplish Your kingdom will today.

2.    I claim Your cleansing blood through grace for any offenses that I have been hit with.

3.    I decree and declare Your supremacy, Jesus Christ, that it is greater than my dilemmas today. You are sufficient in grace for what I am facing today, Jesus Christ, because of Your brazen altar sacrifice.

4.    I claim multiplied peace and grace towards the souls I am working with. You will in time manifest Your word promises towards the people that I am laboring to save even though it looks totally impossible right now.

Pastor Don Rogers

The Pentecostals of Wisconsin

WNOP North Central Region Prayer Coordinator

Wisconsin District Prayer Coordinator

APRIL 24/7 WATCH (WEEK 4)

Children & Youth: Teachers

Following is the “24/7 Watch” daily prayer focus for this week. Join us in consistent prayer & fasting.

World Needs:

• Continue to pray for the peace of Israel and the return of their land as violence intensifies in Gaza and Jerusalem clashes resume.
• Pray for God to guide His Bride through perilous times as gun violence has increased, with more than 140 mass shootings occurring and hate crimes increasing by 76% this year.
• Continue to pray for God to support Missionaries/Apostolic friends, believers, and for protection of children and civilians by bringing an end to the Ukraine/Russia crisis. Currently the deaths are considerably higher than 2,000 people as President Putin is continuing the attack against Ukraine. Pray that God changes the heart of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Continue to pray for Jesus to protect and give wisdom to His bride and send laborers into the harvest field during this Covid-19 season. The Justice Department has appealed the federal ruling on the mask mandate on airlines and other mass transportation.

Dr. David K. Bernard

UPCI General Superintendent

General Presbyters (A-J)

2022 WNOP Events

• 24/7 WATCH: WNOP Facebook Worldwide Prayer Initiative (January 1 - December 31)
• National Day of Prayer (May 5)
• WNOP International Summons (June 2-4). New Life St. Louis, Bridgeton, MO
• World Day of Prayer/Pentecost Sunday (June 5).
• New England Territory Summons (NETS) - Regional (August 18-20). Christ Temple, Tiverton, RI
• UPCI Day of Prayer (September 28)
• International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (November 6)
• *Arkansas District Summons (Dates TBD). First Pentecostals of Benton, Benton, AR
• *Washington District Summons (Dates TBD). Location: TBA
• *South Texas District Summons (Dates TBD). Houston, Texas
• *Ontario District Blitz (November 4-13). Location: Various Sections in Ontario, Canada.
• National Apostolic Day of Prayer (Date TBA). Apostolic Fellowship Summit
• YM + WNOP Summons (Rescheduled Dates TBD). Location: TBA
• WNOP “Operation Prayer Evangelism: “Switzerland” (Rescheduled Dates TBD)
• WNOP “Operation Prayer Evangelism: “Operation Turkey” (Rescheduled Dates TBD)
• WNOP “Operation Prayer Evangelism: “Operation Jamaica” (Rescheduled Dates TBD)

*Pending Board approval. Note: Events and schedule subject to the restrictions and impact of the ongoing pandemic.

Also, more 2022 event dates to be added to the WNOP Calendar later as approved by the Board throughout the year.

(For more info on these specific listings, please contact WNOP at 636-229-7986)