It’s so important to keep a prayer journal to keep track of what the Spirit is speaking to you. I think many of us pray, forget what we prayed for, and then fail to give God the credit He deserves because we forgot what we asked for in the first place. We’ve got to write down the revelation.

Today we fasted for favor. We’re specifically praying about the Union Station situation. Here are some of the things the Lord is saying to us:

We’re not going to try to “get out of this” without figuring out what God wants us to “get out of this.” We feel like there is something that God wants us to notice that we haven’t noticed. And there is something He wants us to be that we haven’t been.

We feel like God want us to pray with specificity. A lack of faith produces vague prayers. Bold faith is all about getting painfully specific in what you are asking the Lord for. One of our specific prayers is that God would soften the hearts of key decision makers just like He hardened the heart of Pharaoh. A few of the situations we’re looking at would necessitate God radically changing some hearts.

Finally, the Lord gave someone in one of our small groups a word: II Chronicles 20. What a chapter for this chapter! I’d encourage NCCers to read it and get it into your spirit.

“The battle is not yours but God’s.”
“You will not even need to fight.”

We’re marking His word and standing on those promises!

“The king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor.”

How are we going to get out of this predicament? Praise. We’re going to worship our way out of this and into the place God has promised. I love the way this story ends. The people of Judah faced certain death, but God intervened. He fought for them. And he turned the valley that would have been their mass grave into a valley of blessing.

“They gathered in the valley of blessing, which got its name that day because the people praised and thanked the Lord there.”