Report for April/May of 2015
By Rachel Hickson and her team.
INTRODUCTION
In November 2014, as Rachel was preaching at Destiny Life Center Washington
DC to pray, but now we feel there is a shift
in the spirit and it is time to stir the Northwest and Washington State
Again and again Rachel has been impacted by the number of people who were
stirred to pray for a spiritual awakening in the Northwest as a result of the Northwest Intercessors conference held in Portland during the
1990’s. Many times people have said those times of prayer changed their life.
So at the end of last year Rachel felt God challenge her to call the remnant of
prayer warriors who love the Northwest and begin to pray specifically for this
area of America
again. Ahead of the election year we need to cry out to God and see an
awakening of the government of Jesus in the Northwest!
The purpose of our Prayer Strike was threefold:
- To reestablish right lines of government and order in the state.
- To unlock the pioneer spirit of the Northwest: we visited areas where the origins of the spiritual life of the Northwest were forged, where commerce was born, and the birthplace of the significant cities of the Northwest region.
- To awaken the right spiritual atmosphere over the Northwest.
The scripture God quickened to Rachel was from II Samuel
11:1 “In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out
with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites
and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem .”
OUTLINE OF PRAYER DAYS
On April 25, 2015, the Strike began as Rachel and Helen and
several members of Rainier
Hills Christian
Center Seattle ,
where we were planning to pray later in the week.
We felt God saying that He wanted to release a new sound in
the region, and realized that the word “Bell ”
kept coming up. Our first meeting was in
BELLvue, our second day in BELLingham
and our third day in BELLtown. As we
prayed in Spokane
on the fourth day, we were gathered around the Clock/BELL tower and it began to
strike the chimes for 11 AM. On our last
day, as we prayed at the monument erected to commemorate the birthplace of Seattle , one of the women listed had the surname BELL . Many times as we prayed throughout the week,
we heard bells or chimes ringing, almost as if God was endorsing our prayer.
Some of the key senses that we felt as a team were that Washington State
On Tuesday, April 28, the team met at Light of the World Prayer
Center in Bellingham .
We drove to the Peace Arch and had an amazing time of prayer
disconnecting the old covenants of bloodshed. We began declaring the covenant
of God over this strategic border. We particularly prayed for the border to be
protected from every malicious spirit wanting to cause harm to America . We
secured the boundaries in the spirit as we stood in the gates. JH had a stone taken from the land of the
Lummi Tribe and as he held it, we anointed it with oil, wine and corn (Hosea
2:22), prayed a blessing and placed it as a representative of the true
cornerstone, Jesus, to establish a new covenant in that region.
Then we split into two teams: one team went to the
A second team went up to the Sehome tower over the WWU
campus and prayed for revival to come to this generation of students. Each time we prayed to release a new sound, a
train nearby would blow its whistle! AMEN!
We concluded the day at the Light of the World Center US and Israel in a powerful demonstration with the
Israeli flag and the US
flag. Many prophetic words were
released and an atmosphere of great joy was present.
On Wednesday, April 29, the team gathered in Belltown and
walked up to the Gates Foundation. On
our way, we had a significant prayer time at the Memorial Stadium, where in
1951 and 1962 Billy Graham held great crusades.
Rachel saw the names of some servicemen who had been lost in war written
on the wall, and just saw them representing the names of many who would get
saved in this generation. NC led us to
a Board Room at the Gates Foundation and we were privileged to hear about the
work being done to feed and bring healthcare to needy nations and people
groups. Then, once again, we split up
into smaller groups to strike various locations in the city.
Another team went to the waterfront and prayed for the
cleansing of the waters, removal of the atmosphere of suicide and depression
from downtown Seattle and for the godly
influence of Seattle
to the nations from the city. They also
went up to the top of the Space Needle.
Rachel had had a word as she prayed earlier in the day that God was
leading us back to the same point but at a different level of influence and
authority; that although we may feel we are going round and round in circles we
are shifting and changing our geography. As we walked up the Space needle suddenly
this word had a perfect illustration, as each time we walked around the
entrance of the Space Needle we came back to the same point and same view of
the city but at a higher elevation and the perspective changed. God spoke to us that even though it seems we
have come around to the same place as we have prayed before, we need to have a
new perspective because we are at a higher level.
A third team went to the City Hall and prayed at the Mayor’s
office, even as the city council was meeting.
We concluded the day with a divine appointment at St Luke’s
Episcopal Church in Ballard. This is
where the charismatic movement really began with Dennis Bennett in the
1960’s. We met with their current
priest, Canon Brit Olson, who had just 2 months earlier taken this parish in a
“Big Yes” response to God who asked her to move there. She shared how she has been prayer walking
the community, how desperate the need is to help restore this sanctuary and how
they feed over 1,000 meals every month to the homeless. Brit took us to the old historic chapel and
as we sang in the Spirit, we soaked in God’s presence there. We were able to bless Brit with some cash and
know that this was a divine appointment from God.
On Thursday, April 30, Rachel, Helen and Glenda flew to
We then went to pray at the birthplace of Spokane , also the site of the 1974 World’s
Fair. As we prayed, the clock tower
began to strike the hour of 11 AM with loud chimes. The bells rang for 12
minutes, as least three different bells in the city each after one another and
the time was not on the hour – it was 11:16 when the last bell started chiming!
Rachel shared how it may seem we are at the same location as we have prayed
before, but God has elevated us to a new position for better perspective. We then walked to the City Hall, where we
were given opportunity to pray in the council chambers for the government and
governing officials of the city. Helen
shared a word she had prepared regarding the 6 cities of refuge in Israel and how the original meaning of each
city’s name had significance for Spokane
as a city of refuge.
Thursday evening we concluded the day with a powerful
service at Victory Faith Fellowship with Pastors Craig and Moni Lotze. The worship was powerful and there was
electricity in the air as Rachel shared a message of giving a “Big Yes” to God
and “Bold No” to those things that are not giving Him glory. Many people came forward for prayer and it
was a glorious time in the presence of God.
We know that sovereign Kingdom connections were made in this strategic
time.
Friday, May 1, we flew back to Seattle
and stopped at the Birthplace of Seattle monument on Alki Beach
The glorious conclusion of the day was our first Northwest
Regional Prayer Meeting held at Sonrise
Christian Center
in Everett . There was a full house and you could sense
the excitement as intercessors came together from all over the region to
pray. It was like a reunion as many
greeted each other after long absences.
Rachel again preached a powerful message, calling the intercessors back
to a life of prayer (you can listen to the message here). The altars were completely filled with men
and women crying out to God, recommitting themselves to pray.
TESTIMONIES
Heard from some inside sources
(key believer who works at the border) that a few days after we prayed they
discovered and shut down an Isis training cell in Canada just eight miles from the
border.
So that is an overview of the time of prayer we had for the
Northwest part of this amazing nation called America . During this time the UK elections were held and everyone expected
these elections to have no clear outcome and lead to a time of compromised
government for Britain .
But God did a miracle and against all the odds we have a clear leader and
secure government. All the media called it a miracle TURNAROUND – I believe
that as we enter 2016 we need to see a turnaround for the American people too.
Let it be, God – establish your Kingdom!
