Praying Repentance for our State

I woke up with Isaiah 59 and Romans 1 on my mind this morning. Isaiah 59: "Justice is turned back And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And righteousness cannot enter." As I woke up, I read the entire chapter. Further up in the chapter it reads, "Behold, the hand of Yahweh is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity, your lips have spoken a lie; Your tongue mutters unrighteousness. No one calls in righteousness, and no one seeks justice in truth. They trust in confusion and speak worthlessness." (see all Isaiah 59) Romans 1: "Therefore God gave them up to vile impurity in the lusts of their hearts, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them." (see all Rom 1)

It was a restless sleep last night, knowing I had to write this morning, asking believers across Colorado to please plead for God's mercy and repent for our state. Colorado runs red with the blood of the innocent. We have allowed a holocaust ten times as deadly as that in Germany during WWII. Over the fifty years that we have allowed innocent children to be murdered, we have lost an entire generation. And the generations after them. We have been content to be silent and complacent while real human beings have been slaughtered. And we knew it was happening. We preferred the lie that they were not living human beings, or that, somehow, we were not responsible as "our brother's keeper" (Genesis 4:9). It eased our conscience that we hadn't met them, yet. We didn't know who we were killing. We didn't know what they would grow up to be or the blessing they would be in their families, our churches, and our communities. And all they would have influenced in their lifetimes. We were content to let them be as the character in "It's a Wonderful Life" to have never been born. But it was worse than that, because they were already here. They were already living. They were already going to be born, dead or alive. They were already wanting to continue living. We stole their inheritance from them among the living.

Jeremiah 5:28b-29

They refuse to provide justice to orphans

and deny the rights of the poor.

Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.

“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

Is it time, yet? 

We have injustice in Colorado and our nation. The blood of the innocent has polluted our land and invited the demonic. This is not politics, as usual; this is a call to the people of God across Colorado to repent of the bloodshed on our hands. The bloodshed from the bodies of innocent children who had their separate blood type from their Mammas, their own little hearts, their own little faces and fingers and toes, their own little lives they wanted to live. Their hugs and their giggles and the love they wanted to give us. This is a call to fervent prayer on their behalf, and ours, who are wanting to stand in the gap on their behalf. 

Part of Awakenings in this country have been an understanding of the judgement of God and fervent prayer. When Jesus' disciples tried to cast out a demon from a man unsuccessfully, Jesus told them it was due to unbelief, and in the King James translation, a need for fasting and prayer. We have the demonic to cast out of our state (and send back to the abyss). Another part of Awakenings is that the actions of those repenting resonated in the public square, in conversations, in laws, and in homes.

This is more than a political process. This is more than just filling petitions with signatures, though necessary. This is about piercing the darkness with the light, speaking the truth into the lies, and raising a banner of what is right. This is a prayer that the blind will see, the dull will hear, and that God would replace our cold hearts of stone with hearts of loving flesh. And that God will reach down with His own mighty hand to rescue those He loves. That He would rescue the widow and the orphan and the stranger that we have failed. And that He would allow us the opportunity to rescue them as He expects of us. 

I don't know if this is like the spies that went into the promised land and only two of them believed that they could take it, while the ten spies said the giants were too big, so that by the time God's people came around to want to take it, it was too late, and they lost the opportunity for another generation. Or, if it is like Moses going before Pharoah multiple times until Pharoah finally let the people go. I do know that if God grants us yet another opportunity to put forward a petition to sign and put before the voters, we best not squander it! It will be the prayers of God's people if we will have an opportunity to give to the voters of Colorado a chance to change our law and put life into the Colorado Constitution in place of death. Because Colorado is as Isaiah 59 and Romans 1.

We need the power and hand of God to move from the prayers of God's people to move the ruler's hearts.

This is supposed to be a Constitutional Republic. And this particular process through a people's initiative - not a state sanctioned one - is a democratic process. But the powers that be do not want to give up the practice of idolatry and sacrifice of God's children on the high places. And will not do so easily.

People keep asking when petitions will be out. We have to either pass the Colorado Supreme Court to be able to start printing. Or, we have to go back through the process. We are not in charge. The state is. But the state answers to God and you know Him and may plead with Him on our behalf, and most importantly, on behalf of the children whose lives hang in the balance.

Matthew 18:14

So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

For more Scriptures on the topic: Scriptures | Colorado Initiative

Here is a short video showing why the opposition (those who are not Christ followers and are listening to the enemy) are so afraid of it: Right to be Born Rally.mp4 

Here is a link to our prayer call every Tuesday at noon: Prayer| Colorado Life Initiative Join Us in Protecting Innocent Children and Caring for their Mothers

Here is a sermon that was shared with me that is very powerful concerning the Spiritual warfare that we face: Defending the Faith in a Hostile World | Voddie Baucham - YouTube 

Please pray as Angela and I respond to the Colorado Supreme Court, that we would be careful with the details and that we would find favor with the Court. And if not, we will continue to go before the state to give voters the opportunity to choose life for our state. 

Because every child is worth saving,