Encounters Network & James W. Goll hosts

Purim Worship & Prayer Watch

CORRECTED DATES:

Wed. & Thur.*, March 19 & 20, 2008

@ 2-4 PM at the EN Ministry Center**

*We will not be hosting a prayer time at the Ministry Center on Friday, March 21. Since this is Purim as well as Good Friday, our offices will be closed for the day.
We do encourage you to commit to a time of prayer throughout the day.

The Cry Continues to Arise!

Every year I am calling on Christians to sacrifice our time, our comfort and our agendas to undertake a three-day Esther Mandate Fast at Purim. This spiritual investment of the Worldwide Prayer Movement in the global body of Christ will not fail. It will bring about nothing less than “God’s will on earth as it is in heaven” for the Jewish people and the nation of Israel.

In the Spirit of Esther and Mordecai

It is time for us to pray, read and live out the book of Esther again. God is raising up new Mordecai’s who have His grace upon them to prepare the corporate Esther (Body of believers) to do radical exploits in His name in behalf of God’s purposes amongst the Jewish people world wide and in Israel particularly.

The Holy Spirit wants to inject the burden of the Lord for purposes of God among the Jewish people into the global prayer movement, like a nurse with a fully loaded needle. We need a potent injection of God’s heart into our heart! That is why God wants to raise up a Mordecai anointing to prepare Esther for a time of intervention. We know what Esther accomplished, but what was Mordecai’s task? What was his divine assignment?

Mordecai’s job was to raise up and prepare Esther for her hour of influence before the king. Mordecai raised Esther as his own daughter. He did not bow down or pay homage to Haman, who sought the destruction of the Jews, but only worshipped the one true God. He intercepted Haman’s scheme of the enemy and revealed it with wisdom to those in authority. He walked in prophetic counsel and instilled courage into Esther.

Esther, properly tutored and mentored by the counsel of Mordecai, seized the moment through prayer and fasting. Esther was anointed to intervene and stand in the gap, yet she had to walk in cooperation with the preparation of Mordecai, the spiritual authority God had placed in her life.

God chose to work through Mordecai to alert Esther to her destiny and timing of her intercessory acts on behalf of the Jews. God is looking for modern day Mordecai’s to prepare corporate Esther - His people for such a time as this!

Special Times of Prayer!

Join me and thousands of others as we seek the face of God once again as a bride prepared for her king. The days of the Purim Esther Mandate Fast – The Cry - are March 19-21, 2008. If you live in the middle TN region, we will host special times of prayer on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 2 – 4 PM at our EN Ministry Center. Join in with us!

James W. Goll

The Origin and Description of Purim

The celebration of Purim originated out of the decrees of Mordecai and Queen Esther (Est. 9:29-32). It was a time when intervention arose through desperate acts of prayer and fasting led by Queen Esther to over turn the decree for the annihilation of the Jewish people inspired by Haman. Haman’s evil plot was revealed, the tables were turned and he was hung on his own gallows. The events took place historically roughly between 483 to 471 B. C.

According to the Jewish calendar, Purim is held in the month of Adar, which usually falls in February or March. Moses was born in Adar. It is also the month when the Jewish leader of the Maccabees defeated the Syrians and the month when the orders were given to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem preceding the reconstruction of the Temple and the first return of the Jewish people to Israel. Redemptively, the period of time known as Adar has been a time when intervention comes out of crisis.

Although Purim was founded in biblical times, its observation is not commanded by God as are the holy convocations mentioned in Leviticus 23. But the Holy Spirit is prophetically calling believers today to participate in this special time of sacrifice in this generation.

** Directions to the EN Ministry Center:

Take I-65 South to Peytonsville Exit (1 Exit South of Hwy 96), Take a right on to Peytonsville Rd. Go up the road until you see a Shell gas station on your left. At that light make a right turn on to Lewisburg pike. Go up the hill for until you come to Henpeck lane, there will be a gas station on the left, turn left on to Henpeck Lane and drive about 1/4 mile until you come to 2389 Henpeck Lane. Turn left into the driveway and go up to the house...You are here!

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