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"I can unravel [Obama] in 2011 and take him out of office in 2012 – if My people pray."

"My people have ceased to pray and intercede. They have given up in hopelessness. I am not the God of hopelessness. I am God Almighty.

"I can shift things in a moment. But I shift them as a result of the prayers of My people. I shift them when the bowl of incense of their prayers becomes full.

"My people are spending their time complaining and discussing the problems. They are not praying about them. They are not seeking My face for solutions. They are not calling out to Me for Me to move.

"Many who prayed fervently for the 2008 elections gave up praying afterward because they did not see the result they sought. I can turn the situation for good – if My people will pray.

"Get back on your post. Watchmen, look and see. Sound the alarm. Your nation stands now in the balance. Which way your nation goes is even now being decided. The measure is being weighed out.

"It is a serious time, a critical time. This is even more critical than 2008. The choices made by Americans this fall will set the course for the nation for the next 20 years and, potentially, beyond.

"Get back to your posts. Get back on your knees. Go back to warring the warfare in the spirit realm. This is a critical juncture. Your nation will remain ‘one nation under God’ or it will become a nation of many gods.

"If they choose to serve other gods, My blessing which has remained to this time will lift. Many of you have felt this nation was in darkness, but you have not seen or experienced darkness as you will see it.

"Pray now. Pray earnestly. Seek My face. Fill the bowls of intercession. It is the only way to save your nation.

"I can bring revival. I can bring a shift in thinking. I can break down old mindsets. But the time for that shift is now. If there is not a shift by this November, this nation will have set its course.

"Sound the alarm.

"Call My people to a solemn fast – a fast from complaining and sarcasm – a fast to set their minds and wills on seeking Me to turn the situation around.

"Pray for a shift!

"A shift in thinking. A shift in allegiance. A shift in worship. A shift to worship Me instead of things and people.

"Pray for My mercy.

"Shake off the complacency."

"Shake off the spirit of hopelessness.

"Encourage yourself in the Lord as David did. Return to your posts. Return to the warfare. There are no ‘leaves of absence’ from this battle.

"The tide can be turned.

"The outcome depends on the prayers and the actions of My people."

Additional Impressions:

As always, I sense more than the actual words I hear. Following are some of those impressions as the word was received.

Obama not being elected to a second term is not as sure of thing as some might like to believe. While the tide of public opinion is currently moving against Pres. Obama, public opinion is a fickle thing and can just as easily sway back in his direction as the 2012 election cycle approaches. We need to be praying NOW that his true motives and objectives are so clearly revealed that only his most loyal can continue to believe his empty words.

While there is a faithful remnant that continues to pray, the emphasis that many put on praying for our nation and praying about who came to office has waned significantly. It is no longer a issue in the forefront – and it needs to be. In the military, a defeat does not mean you give up and quit; it means you regroup, assess why you lost that battle; and develop the strategy for the next one. We, the collective Church of America, must begin to press into this again – now, not later.

I felt the statement that “Your nation stands now in the balance,” was a sovereign warning. Scripture talks about sheep nations and goat nations. While each individual must choose God on a personal level, there are nations that are Godly and nations that are definitely not. We have always been a Christian nation – founded on Godly principles. Our current president stated that we were no longer that. We will prove him wrong – or his words will prove prophetic and we will no longer be as we have always been.

While each election cycle we like to claim, “this is the most important election we’ve ever had,” I speak to you prophetically that THIS will be the most important election. We MUST place in office on every level (from city council to the US House and Senate) men and women who will follow Godly principles. Note that I did not say “who are Christian.” There are some who are Christian that do not always follow Godly principles. Conversely, there are some who are not born again who have been successful in business and other realms because they have followed Godly principles, whether they acknowledge that is the source of their principles or not. We need to pray and ask God who to support – and be willing for His answer to be different than who we would have selected. We must lay down the requirement that they agree with us on every point and ask God who He has raised up for the position. We must then support them whole-heartedly, even if we disagree on some issues.

Many have proclaimed for years that America was apostate. God has not seen it that way. He has seen His remnant here. However, the cup of iniquity of this nation is filling. If we, His people, do not intercede, cry out for mercy, and cry out for Him to shift things, the scale is very close to tipping to the dark side. We have thought that we had ‘a tough battle.’ If we allow it to reach that tipping point, we will see that where we have been has been Easy Street compared to the battle we will face. Ask anyone who has served in or even visited a nation that is truly dark and they will tell you. We need to pray earnestly that we do not reach that point.

Deception cloaks not only many of our leaders but much of our nation. No amount of facts or logic will break through a deceived mind. It takes God to break the deception – and then the thinking changes instantly. It takes God to break wrong mindsets, beliefs, and thought patterns (in all of us). While we need to be continually speaking the truth to those in deception, we must also pray for God to break the deception and open their eyes and ears so that they can see and hear and turn.

Regarding the statement that “If there is not a shift by this November, this nation will have set its course,” I want to be clear that one election will not solve all of our problems in this nation. However, what I sensed very strongly is that if we do not reach a breakthrough and begin to turn the tide back to godliness and righteousness by those in governmental positions, we will hit the tipping point that thrusts us into a downward spiral from which we will not recover for at least a score (20 years). I am not one for giving timeframes, but these were very clear in the word I heard.

At the same time, we must begin to guard our lips. We must stand for truth and speak the truth. However, we must do so in a spirit of love. We must get free of a critical spirit and we must guard against sarcasm. Our sarcasm drives away the very ones we would seek to entice with the truth. We undermine our own efforts when we fall into this tool used by the enemy to nullify our effectiveness.

So, we must pray for a shift in thinking, allegiance, and worship. Thinking has already been addressed. I will add that we need to pray that people will see the truth behind a situation and not simply believe whatever is blasted across the airwaves or internet the most or the loudest.

Allegiance is two-fold – natural and spiritual. In the spirit, it is, of course, a shift of people lining up with the Spirit of God and His will for the situation. In the natural, we need to pray for a shift in allegiance for people when they are going to the polls. Many need to shift their allegiance from their normal alliances to the right man or woman for the particular position, regardless of the party in which they are running.

Worship is a lifestyle, not an act. We need to pray for a shift in lifestyles so that they glorify, honor, and exalt the Lord of lords and King of kings.

We need to cry out for God’s mercy on us, shake off the spirit of complacency (“why bother”) and rid ourselves of the spirit of hopelessness (“it didn’t work before, why believe it will work now”). We must do as David did even when all of his men turned on him at Ziklag. He encouraged himself in the Lord and then got up and went and overtook and conquered the enemy who had robbed him of everything, including his wives and children.

God’s promise was that “The tide can be turned.” His warning was that “The outcome depends on the prayers and the actions of [His] people.” 

May we heed this warning and rise up to save our nation!  

Authored by: Laurie Skipper Laurie resides in Wichita, Kansas. She is a Certified Enterprise Architect and has been employed by a major aerospace manufacturing company as a professional in IT for more than 25 years. She has ministered with Prophet Jess Bielby since 2001 and has been associated with HBNI and George Bakalov Ministries International since 2003.