IN PHILADELPHIA, ONE WEEK
FROM TODAY, THOUSANDS OF
CHRISTIANS WILL BE GATHERING
ON INDEPENDENCE MALL, FOR A
NATIONAL CALL OF PRAYER FOR
JESUS, 2012.
HERE TO TELL US MORE ARE MY
DEAR FRIENDS, AND ANN AND
JOHN.
THANK YOU.
IT'S A BLESSING TO BE
HERE, GORDON, THANK YOU.
Gordon: YOU HAVE A
WHOLE CAREER OF MAKING
NATIONAL CALLS TO PRAYER.
MY HUSBAND DID.
"WASHINGTON FOR JESUS."
Gordon: "WASHINGTON FOR
JESUS" IN 1980 I THINK
CHANGED THE WORLD.
YES, IT DID, AND I THINK
WE'RE IN A MORE DESPERATE
TIME THAN IN 1980.
THAT BELL, A REPLICA OF IT,
IS GOING TO RING OUT.
IT WILL BE ON THE MALL IN
PHILADELPHIA.
Gordon: WHY RIGHT NOW?
WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT WE AS
CHRISTIANS NEED TO DO IN
ORDER TO TURN AMERICA
AROUND.
GORDON, AMERICA IS IN
TROUBLE, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS
THAT.
WE'RE NOT DEMOCRATS, REAR
NOT REPUBLICANS, WE'RE
CHRISTIANS.
ONLY GOD CAN SAVE OUR
NATION.
WE CAN'T PUT OUR HOPE IN A
MAN.
OUR TRUST IS IN GOD, 2
CHRONICLES 7: 14 "MY
PEOPLE."
GIDEON, GOD TRIMMED HIM DOWN
TO 300.
AND HE SAID NOW I CAN DO
SOMETHING BECAUSE NOW I'LL
GET THE GLORY.
I BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT
HAS HAPPENED, EVEN OF
RECENT, IS BECAUSE WHAT GOD
DOES, GOD WILL GET THE GLORY
IN AMERICA.
ONLY GOD CAN SAVE US NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO COME, REPENT
FROM OUR SINS, AND WE'RE
GOING TO PRAY.
AND HE SAID, "I'LL HEAL YOUR
LAND."
Gordon: I HAVE NOTICED,
PARTICULARLY SINCE THE
TERROR ATTACKS OF 2001, THAT
WE TEND TO LOOK AT OUR
MILITARY, WE TEND TO LOOK AT
OUR ECONOMY, WE TEND TO LOOK
AT ALL OF THE FREEDOMS THAT
WE, OUR DEMOCRACY, AND IT
SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS NOT
WORKING AS PLANNED.
YES.
Gordon: THAT OUR
MILITARY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY DEAL
WITH THE THREAT OF TERRORISM
BECAUSE THEY CAN SLIDE UNDER
THE RADAR AND ATTACK IN YOUR
SAFE HOUSES IN LIBYA.
THESE THINGS JUST SEEM TO BE
UNCONTROLLABLE.
YES.
Gordon: I GO BACK TO
THAT WONDERFUL PSALM,
"UNLESS THE LORD WATCHES,
THE WATCHMEN WATCH IN
VAIN."
AND WE NEED GOD WATCHING OUT
FOR US.
AMEN.
THE PROBLEM, WE BELIEVE,
IN AMERICA IS A SPIRITUAL
WON.
ECONOMICS IS NOT GOING TO
SOLVE IT.
IF WE PRAY AND SEEK GOD, I
BELIEVE THAT PRAYER CHANGES
THINGS.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS CALL TO
PRAYER IN PHILADELPHIA HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM
THE NATION, TO BE A SPARK
FOR REVIVAL IN THE CHURCH
AND BRING AN AWAKENING IN
THE NATION.
WE NEED AMERICA TO TURN BACK
TO GOD.
Gordon: YOU'RE DOING
MORE THAN JUST PRAYING.
THIS WEEKEND YOU DID AN
OUTREACH INTO THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA.
IT WAS AMAZING.
AND THANK GOD FOR "OPERATION
BLESSING" AND MANY OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME
TOGETHER.
BUT OVER 15,000 PEOPLE WERE
FED WITH 1500 VOLUNTEERS
COMING TOGETHER ON A
SATURDAY.
IT WAS THE 15th, THIS LAST
WEEK, AND GOD JUST REALLY
BLESSED.
AND HUNDREDS CAME TO CHRIST
AS A RESULT.
THERE WERE EIGHT OUTREACH
CENTERS OVER GREATER
PHILADELPHIA.
IT WAS THE BIGGEST OUTREACH
I'VE EVER BEEN A PART OF,
AND "OPERATION BLESSING" WAS
A GREAT PART OF IT BY
SUPPLYING A LOT OF OUR
SUPPLIES THAT CAME IN.
Gordon: WHEN DOES THE
PRAYER MEETING START?
IT STARTS NEXT FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 28th, ON THE
MALL, INDEPENDENCE MALL,
WHERE THE LIBERTY BELL IS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG
YOUTH RALLY.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME
AND BRING THEIR YOUTH GROUPS
OUT.
AND RON LOSE, WITH TEEN
MAÑANA, AND LOU ENGEL, WITH
THE CALL ARE HEADING IT UP.
AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING,
SEPTEMBER 29th, FROM THE
RISING OF THE SUN TO GOING
DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON
THAT MALL, HUMBLING
OURSELVES AND PRAYING.
GORDON, IT'S IN THE EVENING
THAT WE'RE GOING TO
REESTABLISH AND MAKE
COVENANT WITH GOD.
WE WANT TO COME BACK AND
CALL AMERICA BACK INTO ITS
COVENANT.
AMERICA'S BROKEN COVENANT.
WE WORSHIPPED OTHER GODS IN
AMERICA.
AND WE WANT AMERICA TO BE
HEALED AND COME BACK TO
GOD.
Gordon: IT IS
SIGNIFICANT, PHILADELPHIA.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WAS DRAFTED.
THIS IS WHERE THE BILL OF
RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTION
AND OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
WERE MADE.
AND, GORDON, WE'RE GOING
RIGHT INTO THE TIME.
JOHN THAN KAHN TOLD ME -- I
SAID WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE DATE.
HE SAID YOU'RE GOING AFTER
ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR,
AND AFTER SOLOMON DEDICATED
THE TEMPLE, WHEN GOD SPOKE
TO HIM, 2 CHRONICLES, "IF MY
PEOPLE" -- AND THAT'S RIGHT
WHERE WE'RE GOING, THIS IS
THE HOLY WEEK.
WE'RE GOING RIGHT IN THERE
AT THE SEASON THAT GOD GAVE
HIM THE PROMISE, "IF MY
PEOPLE."
Gordon: IF YOU WANT TO
ATTEND, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS LOG ON TO cbn.com, AND
WE'LL GET YOU THE SCHEDULE.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU
CAN BE A PART OF THIS GREAT
PRAYER MEETING.
ANN'S LATEST BOOK IS CALLED
"RESURRECTION, LIFE NOW."
IT'S ALL ABOUT HER
EXPERIENCE.
I'M A PURE MIRACLE.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD TWO
YEARS AGO, BURIED BESIDE MY
HUSBAND.
THE DOCTOR SAID THERE IS NO
CHANCE I COULD LIVE.
BUT I DID.
Gordon: GOD STILL HAD A
PLAN.
GOD STILL HAD A PLAN.
Gordon: HE WANTED YOU
TO ORGA ORGANIZE THE NATION
TO PRAYER.
ABSOLUTELY.
