April 30, 2015
“For then there will be great distress,
unequaled from the beginning of the world until now…Then they cried to
the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.” Matthew 24:21 Psalm 107:19
This past Spring, Joel Rosenberg and I taught
through the book of Joel as we led a prophecy seminar at The Billy
Graham Training Center at The Cove. It was my privilege to give the
first two messages that covered Joel 1:1 through Joel 2:17. The impact
on me was profound. Both times, when I stepped off of the platform, I
knew God had spoken. The messages almost made the hair stand up on the
back of my neck. Why? Because God was clearly warning that His judgment
is coming on America and on our world, and it’s going to be ugly. I knew
it then, and I know it now.
I believe Jesus is soon to return to take all of
His followers to Heaven with Him in what is referred to as The Rapture.
While this will be deliverance for His people, can you imagine the
impact on our nation, let alone the world, when suddenly every single
authentic Christian disappears?
Institutions will collapse. Banks will close. The
Stock Market will plunge. Planes will fall out of the sky. Cars will
crash on the road. Government in America at every level will
disintegrate. Families will be torn apart. In the unprecedented turmoil,
our nation will be vulnerable for our enemies to seize the moment and
attack us. There will be mass chaos, confusion, fear, grief, despair,
anger, threats, danger… judgment.
But just as God allowed the Israelites, His people,
to go through three of the ten plagues He sent in judgment on Pharaoh
and Egypt in Exodus 6-8, God may allow His people today to go through a
time of distress and trouble before The Rapture takes place. I believe
we are in that time now. I believe it’s time to not just pray. It’s time
to cry out to God on behalf of our nation and our world.
MAYDAY! MAYDAY! is an international distress call that signals a life-threatening emergency. And it’s
the call to cry out
that I am issuing May 15-May 23. These are the
nine days between the Day of the Ascension of Jesus and the Day of
Pentecost that have Biblically and traditionally been days of prayer and
fasting for an outpouring of God’s Spirit.
The purpose of
MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
is …
* To claim God our Father’s promise of an
outpouring of His Spirit in these days following three blood moons and a
total solar eclipse: …I will pour out my Spirit in those days …The
sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming
of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Joel 2:29, 31
* To implore God the Holy Spirit to compel the church to repent of sin and our nation to return to faith in the living God, that times of refreshing may come… Acts 3:19
* To entreat God our Savior for an abundant harvest of souls for His Kingdom in the remaining days. Do
you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? ¹ I tell you,
open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. John 4:35
* To delay or soften God’s judgment that is coming on America and on our world. Who knows? He may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing. Joel 2:13-14
For those who
sign up
, I will provide a prayer I have written personally
for each of the 9 days, as well as a brief video message, so that we
pray with one accord. Before it’s too late and judgment falls on our
nation.
Anne Graham Lotz