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Root 52 Update
By Cindy Jacobs, USRPN


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Dear Intercessors,

After some time of seeking the Lord for continued direction and focus for the United States Reformation Prayer Network (USRPN) as we enter the New Year, I was contacted by Vicki Nohrden, the USRPN Apostolic Prayer Coordinator for the State of California. Vicki shared that she has been given by the Lord a prayer strategy for the USRPN.  We have built upon what Vicki shared with us to develop what is now the Root 52 National Prayer Strategy.  This prayer strategy is simple, and yet, could be a highly effective strategy to implement as a united front for our nation.

I strongly believe that this strategy has been given to counter attack what the enemy is trying to do in dividing the nation, the church, the family, etc.

The first two weeks will be a special concerted time of prayer for the governmental leadership of the nation and then we will go state by state in the order that they joined the Union.  By the end of the year, we will see all 50 states have a covenantal root established or deepened as we build a highway of prayer across the nation from state to state.

Part of the strategy is to make proclamations from the Preambles of State constitutions.  For the first two weeks, and throughout the year, let us also pray over and make decrees from the Preamble to the United States Constitution and the United States Constitution itself.  We also need to "declare" from the Declaration of Independence and pledge our nation to be "one nation under God".

As all of us have watched the deterioration of our nation concerning biblical rights being stripped from our society, it should be a matter for alarm and a wake-up call to pray for the nation more than we have ever done in the past.

I have heard two distinct prophetic words for 2010-they are "Win in 2010" and "Arise and Shine America".  We have lost a number of skirmishes concerning the nation in 2009 but we are going to win in 2010!  Our decree should be that America will be that city set on a hill that the reformers who came to our shores dreamed we would be.  We must not back down one inch or give any ground-rather, let us draw a line in the sand and say to the enemy with a loud decree--Your time of advancement is over!

Let us stand together in a greater measure than we have ever done in the past-shoulder to shoulder in the battle for this nation until we see the Great Awakening and Reformation back to biblical worldview that we have all dreamed would happen in our generation.

Standing in the gap with you!

s4mdc

Cindy Jacobs

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root52"ROOT 52"
USRPN National Prayer Strategy
           
We are calling this initiative "ROOT 52" because it is a 52-week prayer strategy to bring the nation back to it's covenantal roots.  A torch of prayer and fasting will go "en-route" from state-to-state in the sequence that they joined the Union and came to form the United States of America.

The strategy for ROOT 52 encompasses all 50 states standing together in covenant both to fast and pray in agreement during the first two weeks of 2010 for our national leadership and national governmental structure.  We will then move forward each week with individual states continuing to bow in repentance before God and taking up the torch of prayer and fasting until we complete 52 weeks, equaling 1 year. (50 states plus 2 weeks for government leadership).

The first week of the year begins corporately with all 50 states mobilized and joined together in prayer and fasting for our nation's leadership in the White House:
  • President Barrack Obama and Vice President Biden, their wives and families, the Cabinet members, as well as the many Czars, as they are part of the whole (team).  (See List of White House Czars and  Cabinet Members)
The second week we would continue to pray and fast corporately for the Judicial, Legislative and Executive branches of our government. (See  Current Supreme Court Members)

During these first two weeks, we are to pray over and make decrees from the Preamble to the United States Constitution and the United States Constitution itself.  We also need to "declare" from the Declaration of Independence and pledge our nation to be "one nation under God". (See ROOT 52 National Proclamation, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, and Pledge of Allegiance)

The third week would begin with the state of Delaware--the first state that entered the Union--taking its place to stand in the gap to fast and pray corporately within their state for seven days.  During this week of prayer and fasting, there will be a focus on their government leadership, seven gates or mountains, founding documents, prophetic words, and covenantal roots. (See Preambles to State Constitutions)
  • Government leadership could be broken down by county, city, precinct, etc.
  • The seven gates or mountains will be covered by targeting a specific gate each day of the week (7 days/7 gates), according to the following schedule:
    • Monday: Business
    • Tuesday: Government
    • Wednesday: Education
    • Thursday: Media
    • Friday: Arts & Entertainment
    • Saturday: Family
    • Sunday: Religion/Church
  • Pull up former prophetic words to war with and decree as a corporate cry of repentance to call it back into covenant alignment; seeking the ancient paths of righteousness with God's intended purpose.  (See Prophetic Words on Covenant Roots, and reference Releasing the Prophetic Destiny of a Nation by Chuck Pierce and Dutch Sheets, which provides spiritual mapping and prophetic words for each state)
  • Reference founding documents of statehood such as the preamble to your state constitution for prayer.  All 50 states should be covered with deliberate corporate decrees and declarations.  (See  Preambles to State Constitutions)
  • Research your state's covenant roots.  As Chuck Pierce was shown by the Lord, some states have a covenant root of our founding fathers.  If there's not one, the state will contend for one and war to pull down, tear down, and uproot, and seek the Lord to plant and to build a new structure spiritually in that state.  (See Prophetic Words on Covenant Roots by Chuck Pierce).
  • Pray Jeremiah 1:10 that God will uproot and expose as well as build and plant.
    • Pray that any terrorist funding, and jihadist plots be uncovered
  • Pray for the complacency of the the church be broken
  • Pray for a Great Awakening and for Reformation to start in every state
  • We are encouraging churches, prayer leaders, houses of prayer, ministries throughout each state could unite as a corporate cry throughout their designated week.
  • We also recommend that each State begin their designated week with prayer and worship rallies focused on a time of repentance.

The fourth week
will be led by the state of Pennsylvania; the second state to enter the union. 

Each state in the union will do the same and we will continue to pass the torch of prayer and fasting from state to state in the sequence that they came to form the United States of America until we complete the entire year.  The pattern will continue in like manner that it was originally covenanted. (See 50 State Weekly Prayer Calendar and States in the Union Graph)

In Hebrew, the United States is translated Artzot Ha-Brit, which means "lands of covenant". If we will covenant together as the body of Christ, we have an opportunity to turn this battle at the gates.  As the United States of America, we've all heard the motto, "united we stand and divided we fall."  We believe that as the call goes out and the praying church arises, uniting in heart and purpose, that we will stand strong.  As a result, we will see the walls of deception, seduction, lies and rhetoric come down like those of Jericho. Something needs to change and I we trust you agree.  We know the Lord is faithful and he has a plan for good and not for evil; to give us a hope and a future and an expected end.

We see a remnant arising.  There is a triumphant reserve.  There are those who recognize it is no longer "business as usual" and the grass roots movement is feeling the wind of resurrection blowing.  If we will take our place in repentance, bowing low before God in humility with fervent prayer and fasting, seeking God's face and his heart towards our nation, we believe that united with God and one another, a nation can be shifted.  

Babylon and Egypt were both built with bricks but His building program is building with living stones.  Apostle Dutch Sheets said that its time to altar a nation.  Elijah, led by the spirit of God, rebuilt the altar that had been torn down in the nation through the seduction, control, intimidation, lies and unrighteous political alignment with Jezebel--a covenant breaking spirit.  Even as Elijah used twelve stones to rebuild the altar of God, representing the 12 tribes, we too can stand on the principle that we have 50 stones/states as an offering to build and to re-altar this nation and turn it back to God.


Let's bow together.  Let's war together.  Help save the soul of our nation.

We have issued the call:  ROOT 52!

Mike and Cindy Jacobs
Presiding Apostles
United States Reformation Prayer Network


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