9th Hour Prayer Initiative
Sunday, 9 June  (Pentecost)-29 September 2019 (Rosh Hashanah)

"Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest?' Behold, I say to you,
 lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest,"  John 4:35.

 God speaking to Noah: “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you."
Genesis 9:9

Coming to the end of the 70 year anniversary of Israel's statehood, escalation of assault on Israel is emerging.  Tensions are on the rise as is overt attacks.  This initiative is a call to action!  Though threats loom, this is not the time for escalation, but rather for salvation.  Why?  Isaiah 60:10 says, "The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls!"  It is an hour when God is calling forth the spiritual walls of Jerusalem to rise up!   We are in a significant window of time for strategic prayer for Israel.  
     How do we respond?  While preparing for a journey to Israel recently, I had a vision of a dark place in which a narrow doorway opened and sensed the Lord say, "The gate is narrow, enter by it."  We believe we are in a "narrow window" of time and opportunity to pray more intentionally ​for the salvation of Israel, Egypt, and Assyria (Isaiah 19:25) and the harvest globally to gird up for the times ahead.  Prayer during the 9th hour, 3pm, is highly strategic scripturally and the signs are pointing to this important intervention now.   The 9th hour is significant scripturally:

• Salvation:  It was the hour when Jesus died and the veil was rent in the temple. Mt 27:51.
• Healing:  It was the hour when Peter and John performed the first healing after Pentecost.  Acts 3:1-10.
• Kingdom advance:  It was the hour the angel appeared to Cornelius and said, "Your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God," Acts 10:31. 

As you are aware, we are also in the year 5779, 2019, both ending the year 9.  As 9 represents the time the veil was rent in the temple, the parallel is happening in the eyes of unbelievers.  The blindness is being removed as Romans 11:25 promises, "That blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in."  The time of harvest is upon us.    
  
Below are the focus points and logistics of the initiative with links to key scriptures:

9th Hour Initiative Focus

About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him,
 “Cornelius!”  And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?”
So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
​Now send men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter."  Acts 10:3-5

This scripture speaks of the import of the 9th hour.  Our prayers are being heard, and God will send His answers and put into action His plan through willing vessels.​  It is time for strategic, intentional, intercession.  

• Focus:  Salvation, Strength, and Security of Israel (see below)
• Pray daily from Pentecost Sunday, June 9 (6/9/2019) to Rosh Hashanah September 29, 2019 09/29/2019 (See all the 9's!?) 
  • Suggested time is 3pm your local time daily 
  • Or at a committed time daily
  • Or with your church and already formed groups/watches 

For further reading and understanding of the intiative, check out "Understanding God's Covenant with Israel"

Salvation

Salvation of Israel (Jews, Arabs, Muslims), and Global Harvest 
"Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest." John 4:35

Strength

 Strength of the Laborers   to be equipped and sent to the harvest fields Mt. 9:36-37 “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”​
Mt. 9:36-37

Security

Security of Israel's borders
 "For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous." Ps 125:3

Our faith in this initiative:

• Ignite and strengthen a global awakening to pray for Israel, and global harvest with intentionality and commitment.  
  • Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad. Ps 14:7
  • Jesus said, “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”​  Mt. 13:47-50
• Build up the spiritual walls of Jerusalem in the nations by uniting in prayer and strategy,
  • "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night.  You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth."  Is 62:6-7
  • "Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."  1 Peter 2:4-5
• Inspire revelation, spiritual discipline, and connections for ongoing prayer for Israel in preparation for the times ahead.  
  • "Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings back Zion."  Is 52:8

More "9" highlights in scripture:

• Genesis 9:9  God speaking to Noah: “And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you."
• Matthew 9:9:  "As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him."
• Mark 9:9:  "As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead."
• Luke 9:9  "Herod said, "I myself had John beheaded; but who is this man about whom I hear such things?" And he kept trying to see Him."
• John 9:9  "Others were saying, 'This is he,' still others were saying, 'No, but he is like him.' He kept saying, 'I am the one.'"