Jennifer LeClaire is the director of Awakening House of Prayer and the news
editor for charisma magazine she is a leader in the 24/7 prayer movement
movement sweeping the nation and she joins us to talk about the next great
move of God welcome Valerie thank you so much okay so legit Jenifer we're going
to talk about the the 24/7 prayer and awakening but kind of give us your
backstory you know I was reading your information and reading some of your
blogs you know I used to work for charisma magazine so we have something
in common and I read one of your blogs about your backstory and I guess it
produced prayer in your life kind of take us back to that time when you found
yourself in jail just kind of a broken woman right so I was married and I had a
baby she was two years old and when my husband turned 30 he had a midlife
crisis was out of work went down to Latin America was a photography was
building his portfolio decided to marry an 18 year old woman there and stay
there so got her pregnant started a new life
and so I filed for divorce I began to move on with my life but long story
short I ended up accused of a crime that I didn't commit and I was in jail and
they said you're gonna go away for five years now I didn't know God all I knew
that I knew God existed if you'd asked me do you believe in Jesus I would have
said yes but I wasn't living for him but I was crying out to God I was mad at God
because of what had happened with my husband that I wasn't too pleased that I
was accused of a crime I didn't commit I'm like come on what's going on I'm not
a bad person but I began to to really you know just sort of open my eyes and
the Evangelist came through the jail thank God for the evangelists who go
through the jails today and they were getting all these testimonies or such
power in testimony and so I gave it up to God I said Lord I I surrender all and
if you can use me in your kingdom I'm for it and I began to read the Bible and
and instead of getting out instead of being sent to prison for five years I
was completely vindicated they said it was a gross injustice and I was released
on the fortieth day how many do you know that's a number of trials and it's just
been building from there so God brought me from
from the jail house - you know where I am today which only God could have done
oh wow powerful story I know the the the
concept of prayer and revival and God's intervention when we call upon him kind
of that was at the genesis of that in your life in that experience I learned
about God's arm not being too short to deliver in other words we can deliver
you from any injustice you can deliver you from from any situation if you cry
out to him I mean I cried out I didn't know how to pray of course having just
been saved all I knew is God please help me
you know God please make this right and you know it doesn't have to be an
eloquent prayer he hears that he hears the prayers of the righteous and so yeah
that was when I began my prayer life talk to me about awakening house of
prayer what is that I know you're the director
yes awakening House of Prayer we're trying to live up to our name we are
equipping the Saints we are we're praying its unto this third great
awakening that we'll talk a little bit more about in a minute
but we have two facilities one in Pompano Beach that's in 24/7 and one in
Hollywood Florida where we do our seminars and our equipping and I tell
you just this past weekend healing broke out in the House of Prayer
we had an altar call 23 women at our Women's Conference were healed so God is
moving in America even if it doesn't look like it even if there's a lot of
doom and gloom God is moving okay so you talk in your new project the next great
move of God about that this this next great move that's coming it's referred
to sometimes as a third awakening tell us about it well in 2007 this was way
before the Great Recession or many of the Antichrist agendas we see rising
today way back then the Holy Spirit woke me up at midnight in April of 2007 he
told me he wants to bring a third Great Awakening to the land and he gave me a
list of all the things he wanted us to repent for he said he requires
repentance and so that really profoundly impacted me but I didn't have really a
revelation or an understanding of how much we really need that third Great
Awakening and so I I sort of put it on the Shelf and I I left it there and and
the Holy Spirit began talking again about it I guess it was a little
over a year ago about how he wants to move on American it was this this this
message that Dutch sheets is preaching on the appeal to heaven that just lit me
on fire I've been pressing hard toward transforming growing not revival where
we have a goose bump or you know we lay on the ground and vibrate and all this
stuff that charismatic love to do but a transforming revival that impacts cities
and states and nations well the me at the third grade are calling it the third
Great Awakening it has historical reference to the first two and in those
times I mean those are moves of God that like you said had a fundamental
transformative change on on culture in society in America
what is it from those Great Awakenings that you see or foresee happening in the
third grade week well before the last two awakenings and some would argue
there's been more there's been other outpourings Bible II there was two great
awakenings and we saw the nation or a society at a point where people thought
this is just falling apart you know this is this is nothing good going forth and
what we saw is a return of holiness I mean that's when the Pentecostal moon
was born out of of holiness preaching we saw a return of family values we saw a
return of the gifts of the Spirit and again I think this third Great Awakening
is going to have an element of the supernatural I think it's what's going
to take to wake up some of the lukewarm Christians to wake up some of the lost
who they don't know Jesus they don't believe that he's alive but when they
see the healings when they see the miracles they're gonna fall on their
knees and say you know my God you know save me okay so you said that when the
Lord spoke to you about this there were things that we needed to repent up can
you name some of those I can he said we needed to repent of the abortions we've
had I guess nearly 60 million babies aborted erina and you know he requires
that blood it's on our hands he requires repentance from that thank God he is so
good that we can repent we need to repent of the prayerlessness
in the churches of not being the church you know jesus said to occupy till i
come he said to be salt and light he said to let your light shine and we as a
church it's been our responsibility to not allow these things to happen and we
have it's happened on our watch when you talk you just said a moment ago that the
next great move of God will include some of the supernatural you know some of the
other movements and goosebump movements that we've had was based solely on the
supernatural do you think that's why they've kind of waned you know some of
those movements kind of just fizzled that I think that's part of it I think
the other part is what's gonna be different in this next great move of God
is there's going to be a release of the Saints there's going to be a real
equipping and training it's not just going to be come and hear this one man
with this one woman you know this this you know rock star preacher that's very
anointed and that seeing miraculous movements in their ministry it's not
about that anymore it's about equipping the Saints for the work of the ministry
so that everyone can go out you know the Bible says that these signs follow those
who believe not just you know Kathryn Kuhlman RA Allen mm-hmm Wow it's just
some great insight and we're going to talk more with Jennifer LeClaire she's
the author of the next great move of our move of God stay with us
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lost souls to come to the kingdom I think that's something that's being
emphasized as we enter into this next great move of God and of course the
relationships you know you might call them apostle ships instead of just
having a church and there's nothing wrong with churches but instead of just
having a church that has a good service we're talking about making an impact on
the community partnering going talking to the mayor finding out what the city's
needs are how can the church serve you know and not with an agenda to preach
the gospel only but don't truly serve and I think that these shifts these
these subtle shifts and our focus are going to produce a hunger among the lost
well do you think that this next great move of God will come will be ushered in
as a result of prayer only or persecution because sometimes
I noticed here in the United States we get too comfortable and we don't call on
God until we're uncomfortable I mean I thought something was going to break
forth as a result of 9/11 you know when we went through that situation but we
you know things got better and we just went back to business as usual what are
you saying I agree with you see I am believing with every fiber in my being
that we're going to see a third Great Awakening the question in my heart is
how bad does it have to get how desperate do we have to become how much
persecution do we have to endure before we fall to our knees and just surrender
all to God yeah and I don't know I'm hoping that it doesn't have to get much
worse but the Lord did tell me in 2007 that it would grow darker in this nation
before his light shines brightly again and it has grown a lot darker since 2007
and I'm concerned and I do believe it's going to grow a lot darker still you
mentioned now the appeal to heaven is kind of a catalyst in your life and
pouring fuel on the fire talk a little bit about that because
that referes refers to one of the first flags flying flown in the United States
by General George Washington as he was engaged in literal physical warfare
that's right he was he knew that there was no way that we could defeat the
British Army I mean the soldiers were shoeless they were walking through the
snow and their feet were bleeding it was it was just easy to find our soldiers
and George Washington understood that philosophy by John Locke and he said
that when injustice is prevailing and when there's a tyrannical government and
when there's no other recourse in the human realm that you have to make and
you can make it you must make an appeal to heaven so George Washington flew this
banner over his Navy ships as private schooners and it said it appealed to
heaven across the top and it had an evergreen tree and what's so powerful
about that is when Abraham called on the everlasting God he planted an evergreen
tree it's a sign of a covenant with God and that's what we need to remember be
encouraged that God our founding forefathers made a covenant with God and
he has not turned his back on that covenant we may have turned our back as
a nation on him but he is wooing us back to him just like he did with Israel and
I'm Bo leaving that as we make this appeal to
heaven God is gonna hear us and he's gonna move it's going to happen
okay so Jennifer how can the average person who's watching today you know
they may say I'm not a leader in the church how can I be a part of this
movement and how can I stoke the flames of revival in my own life how can I jump
start the process you know with me I'm very sensitive to the Holy Spirit and
not offending God and so repentance to me is foundational the Bible says in
second chronicles 7:14 if my people who are called by my name will humble
themselves and so humility and realizing that there's nothing in our own strength
at this point that we're going to do it doesn't matter who the president is I
would love to have you know all Christians in government and and ever
righteous government making righteous laws that that would help but that's not
going to happen until we have this Great Awakening I believe that the Great
Awakening will will produce that Reformation in that transformation so we
need to humble ourselves we need to pray we need to take faith inspired actions
we need to be preaching the gospel we need to share Christ with our neighbors
and our sphere of influence because that's what it's going to take people
the lost need to get saved and we need to rise up and and begin to join hands
in prayer and believe for our nation Jennifer you are you at any at all
concerned about the grace preaching that we hear today Oh Lord in terms of that
you're yes the hyper grace I am I think it is a it's a false grace message it
lures people into sin you know yes Jesus forgives us of our simit that doesn't
give us a license to sin I'm very concerned about that you know the Bible
talks about a great falling away and I believe that these sorts of false
doctrines are what's going to lead not only that doctrine but others are going
to lead to that great falling away Jennifer before I let you go would you
look into your camera and just pray for people and encourage them to you know to
start that to start to repent to get on their faces before God and to pray yes
father we thank you right now for the covenant that we have with you our
selves in our lives and the Covenant that you made that our founding fathers
made with you father we ask you Lord to forgive us of our sins cleanse us from
all unrighteousness God give us wise hearts open our eyes help us to see
give us the courage to be a bold witness for Christ in this our Father give us
hope Lord let us make that appeal to heaven that touches your ears and causes
you to move we're believing you God in jesus name amen to that to connect with
Jennifer go to Jennifer LeClaire.org or go to harvest
- tv.com for a link to her new project the next great move of God coming up
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