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It's Not Over! Pray! Fast! Call On Friends To Pray!

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This was sent by a beloved pastor. It has been edited for greater brevity.

Dear Friends in Christ,

Are you sensing that there is something different about this election? This election is far more serious than those in the recent past. Something in my spirit is very uneasy. I have never felt so strongly the urge to pray, and pray fervently, for an election.

I truly believe that if the wrong person is elected this nation will be changed forever. We may not be able to undo the things that will be unleashed during an Obama presidency.

My concern about an Obama presidency is not based on politics, but on righteousness. Look at any of the major moral issues (abortion, homosexuality, etc.) and you will find Obama on the wrong side, and Palin and McCain on the right side. The Obama team has raised far more money than McCain/Palin, and the media is unabashedly supporting Obama with every story and headline.

McCain/Palin is behind in the polls and having a very difficult time. Some in the media suggest that the race is over and McCain cannot change the outcome. Oh how wrong they are!

Recently I read in 2 Samual, Chapter 5. David had just become king of Israel and the Philistines went up to wage war against him. So David inquired of the Lord and said, "Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD said, "Yes, I will surely hand them over to you." So David went and defeated them. He said, "As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me."

After suffering a great loss, the Philistines must have thought they knew David's defense strategy and they would be ready for him the next time, because the Philistines came back to attack David. So once again David inquired of the LORD, but this time the Lord said to David, "Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees. As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly because that will mean the LORD has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army." David obeyed the Lord and was victorious.

This story holds a very important lesson for us at this time. In most presidential elections a frontal assault, a face-to-face battle, is what is needed. But this is no ordinary election. McCain is trying all the normal tactics, but he is not prevailing. It seems no matter what he says or does, it is not effective.

I'm convinced this election CANNOT be won using normal methods. Just as the Lord told David to go around behind the enemy and attack him there, so we must go around the face of this election and wage war where the battle is truly raging...in the spiritual realm! The fact that the normal physical methods are not effective this time should tellus that this is a very important spiritual battle and we can only win by using spiritual methods. Prayer!

What about the sound of marching in the treetops? What is that? I have read on the internet several accounts of fellow Christians being stirred up in their spirits to pray. Many have been drawn into times of deep prayer and weeping as they intercede for Palin and McCain. Some have waked up in the middle of the night and sensed a great need to pray.

Others have told that when they heard about Sarah Palin being chosen as VP, something came over them and they wept and felt a need to pray for her and McCain. Many others are feeling the calling and urging of the Spirit to enter into a time of fervent prayer and fasting for Palin and McCain and our nation.

What is this unusual stirring that is occurring? I believe it is the Sound of the Lord marching in the trees, calling his children to act quickly to pray and fast for Palin and McCain. Think about this: what would the marching have sounded like to David? It may have sounded like the rustling of leaves as when wind blows through the trees. But this time something was different and out of the ordinary. Maybe it was like the sound of the great wind when the Spirit moved on the day of Pentecost. Also, God's people are referred to as Trees of Righteousness in Isaiah 61. So the sound of the Lord marching in the treetops in David's time is a portrain of the Spirit of the Lord moving among and stirring up his children today.

So what are we to do when we sense this stirring of the Spirit? Two things. First we are to take it as the sign that the Lord is moving out in front of us. When Joshua returned from spying out Jericho, the Lord gave him insight to see that the Lord had removed Jericho's protection so Israel could defeat them. When the Lord calls us into battle, he goes ahead of us, removes the enemy's protection, and fights for us to give us the victory.

Secondly, the Lord tells us when we sense the stirring of the Spirit we are to act quickly and join Him in the battle (through prayer, fasting, praise and obedience.) This election is by no means lost! For God would not be stirring up his children across this nation and indeed around the world, to pray, if he did not want to give us the victory in this election. And he wants us to join him in the battle.

God will hear the cries of his children if we will only cry out to him with fervent, earnest prayers for this election and this nation. If those who are being drawy to prayer by the Spirit will indeed enter into a time of prayer and seeking His face, then God will have mercy on America and spare us from having an ungodly leader. I'm sure of it.!

One more thought: after the last debate, so-called "conservative" David Brooks gushed about Obama:

I thought Obama had the night he needed to have. You know, through this whole 20-month marathon, I think what struck me is how incredibly even he is. And how frankly reassuring he is. It is like you are camping, and you wake up in the morning, and there is a mountain. And then the next morning, there is a mountain, and the next morning, there's a mountain. Obama is just the mountain. He is just there. He is always the same, he doesn't hurt himself. McCain can sometimes lob a cannonbell at the mountain, but the mountain doesn't move, and the mountain doesn't care. And so I think his steadiness, his temperament has been the dramatic theme of this campaign, dramatic in being undramatic. And it was on display tonight. And the good part of the mountain is that he is reassuring and reliable.

I'm really glad he used the word "mountain" to describe Obama. It caused me to remember what Jesus said about unmovable mountains. Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." And it only takes a little faith!

This election can only be won by going around the face of the election and attacking the enemy where he is vulnerable - through prayer, fasting and praise. If you hear the sound of the Lord marching in the treetops - that is, if you feel the stirring of the Spirit calling you to pray - then move quickly into a time of prayer, for God is moving ahead of you at that time to give us the victory. May God give us ears to hear the marching!

Together with you in the battle,

Scott Whitley

Scottwhitley5486643@yahoo.com