On Pray With America’s Leaders, Kris Kubal spoke with IFA state prayer leaders Mark Johnson, of South Carolina, and Bill West, of Pennsylvania. They had a powerful time of prayer. Did you view the webcast? If not, read on, and you’ll see remarkable ways the Lord is giving similar promptings and warnings to intercessors everywhere. We can all receive His promptings as divine prayer strategies, so we can pray on-site and act in faith. Then, having done all, we stand.

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“We had received a number of warnings in about the last six months about specific things in South Carolina,” Mark Johnson said. “Yesterday, in prayer time, it was about a terror network coming through the southern borders — specifically, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina. An intercessor got a picture and asked the Lord what to do about it, and the Lord said: ‘Activate the borders.’ That’s what most of us have been doing; we have prayed around the borders of our states, asked God to protect them, and prayed again. A particular intercessor saw that when they prayed, flames shot up around the borders of each of the states and divided the terrorists’ intent. The smaller sects could no longer coordinate. 

“Fifteen minutes after the prayer call, I got information from two other sources that are not tied to our stream. They had been praying specifically for nuclear power plants in the area to be protected. It’s a warning that gives us the opportunity to pray. It’s nothing to be afraid of. God destroys the snake, we know that. We should rejoice as a part of our weapon of prayer.” 

You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you (Psalm 91:5–7 ESV).

Isn’t it amazing that so many intercessors are receiving the exact same intel — through words, dreams, visions, and impressions — to pray for our borders? The fact that the Lord is speaking to so many gives us all a chance to pray into it. If God has been speaking about this to you as well, then you also are being invited to pray about it. Vicki, an intercessor friend of mine, reached out to me the day after the webcast to say that she was so excited to hear Mark talk about activating the borders. It turns out that a friend of hers was invited by another intercessor to do this same thing.

An Aaron for Moses, a Susie for Sandi

One Sunday, Sandi reached out to her friend Susie at church. Sandi had been seeking the Lord over what to do about the things she believed He was showing her — involving physically praying at state borders. She didn’t think anyone would believe her if she shared what she was hearing, but the Lord said: “Ask Susie.” Sandi emailed Susie a clip of a message from Dutch Sheets titled “Paint Your State.” Susie agreed to help. Susie’s husband was a bit reluctant at first — it would involve a lot of driving for Susie, and he was worried about her ability to drive in the dark. But in the end, he did give his support and blessing, and Susie and Sandi were off to “paint the border.”

“Sandi made a number of wooden crosses and wrote on them: ‘The anchor will hold by the Word of God in Jesus name,’ ” said Susie. “These were all to be placed by the first of September. We both prayed and sought God about what to do, and we spent three days driving to Kentucky borders. We took the crosses, paintbrushes, and oil to anoint them. We drove to our northeast border that borders Ohio and West Virginia and planted three crosses there at the river’s edge. We drenched them with the oil and prayed that God’s will be done. We then drove to the east Kentucky border which comes to a point with West Virginia on one side of the point and Virginia on the other. There we planted three more crosses and prayed. We drove to the southern border of the Kentucky-Tennessee line, placed crosses there, and prayed. We drove to where the northwest Kentucky border comes to a point with Indiana/Illinois borders, placed three crosses there, and prayed.”  

Susie’s husband is involved with the Gideons and had spoken at a church in Grant County, in northern Kentucky, not far from the border. “I did place a cross at the church he spoke in and in another spot a little farther into Grant County and prayed over those,” said Susie. “We did not make it to the Missouri border, which is in far western Kentucky, but we felt that God would have someone else to do that border. We both had peace that we had done what God asked us to do. We are both praying that the anchors will hold against the shaking that is coming to this country. The link, Paint Your State, talked about the anchors buried deep in the earth and that the angels would take huge steel cables and place them from anchor to anchor, crisscrossing this nation like a spider web. We know our little wooden crosses are just symbolic of what He is doing, but we know we need to be obedient. We still pray for those crosses which may not even be there now, but God’s Word can’t be destroyed.” 

There’s a Prayer Group for You

Wow! While the Lord was speaking to Mark and his prayer team in South Carolina, He was also alerting an intercessor in Kentucky to do the same thing. These are stories we know about. I look forward to hearing of more intercessors engaged in prophetic acts such as this.

If you haven’t joined in yet, IFA has a prayer group in each state for your participation. You can join a praying community  interceding specifically for your state. Again, perhaps the Lord has been alerting you to pray, through dreams or visions. Maybe you can join one of the state prayer groups. Or maybe you can do as Sandi did: pray and ask the Lord to connect you with someone to help you act. Sandi didn’t think anyone would care, but the Lord revealed Susie by name. It’s important to note that Sandi and Susie have now done what they could, and they are also believing that the Lord will send someone to complete the task.

Just look at what God is doing through ordinary people like you and me. He will use anyone, of any age, and all He requires is our obedience. You don’t need a title or any fancy accolades; all you need is a willing heart. 

Mark concluded the webcast by saying: “If we press into God, His protection is there. It doesn’t mean there won’t be an attack, but His protection is there. His covering is there. God is waking people up. He pricks our hearts and minds and brings awareness. Natural terrorism has spiritual roots. It’s a spiritual battle that needs a spiritual answer. It’s time to activate intercessors to pray. The spiritual army has been alerted.” 

Let’s go forward with a prayer:

Father, thank You for speaking to us in dreams and visions. Thank You that especially in times of uncertainty, You alert intercessors to pray and to act. And thank You for the obedience of innumerable intercessors who are stepping out in various ways. Give direction to those who feel called to action but don’t know where to begin. As You did with Sandi, bring about connections and friendships. We know that we are in dark times, but we will continue to walk by faith and not by sight. Receive our prayers in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Has God been speaking to you about our borders? Share how you’ve been praying.

IFA contributing writer Gloria Robles is a passionate intercessor with a prophetic voice for today. For more from Gloria, go to Spotify or Anchor and listen to her podcast, Something To Share. Photo Credit: IFA, Bill and Betsy West praying outside the Supreme Court during the Dobbs hearing (Dobbs was the case that overturned Roe v. Wade.)

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