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Response to 9/11 & War on Terrorism

In response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City

and the Pentagon:

Ps. 32:7: You (God in heaven, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ)

are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you

shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah

(think on these things).

When David faced Goliath (in 1st Sam. 17:34), David

encouraged himself in the Lord by remembering how God

helped him earlier overcome the lion and the bear.

Our nation was birthed in a revolution against a nation that

even today uses a lion as their symbol: Great Britain, which

history tells us in 1776 and in 1812 was the world's

superpower.

According to the World Book Encyclopedia, in August 1814

the British army invaded Washington, D.C. and burned down

the White House and the U.S. Capitol Building!

The very next month, as the British were using ships in

Baltimore harbor to bombard U.S. Fort McHenry, Francis

Scott Key wrote the words which eventually became our

national anthem--it was a song of deliverance (Ps. 32:7) that

God used as a prayer set to music, to do a work in the spiritual

realm, to lift the morale of our armed forces, to replace the

spirit of fear with God's power, love and sound mind

(2nd Tim. 1:7).

The fourth verse of that song is as follows:

Oh! Thus be it ever when freemen shall stand

Between their loved home and the war's desolation,

Blessed with victory and peace,

May the heaven-rescued land

Praise the power that has made

And preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto, `In God is our trust.'

And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave

Over the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Then, in November 1861 during our Civil War, God gave

America another song of deliverance in the Battle Hymn of

the Republic. The words to this song were written by

Julia Ward Howe after she accompanied her husband to

visit the Union troops protecting Washington, D.C. from an

expected Confederate attack.

The Union appeared to be losing the war at this point, and

morale was very low. The next morning Julia awoke at

5 A.M. and composed the words we now call the Battle

Hymn of the Republic, with its familiar refrain:

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah, God's truth is marching on!

The Sampler of American Songs by Maymie R. Krythe tells

us that the first time Abraham Lincoln heard this song, he

cried out with tears streaming down his face, "Sing it again!"

After this song was distributed, the morale of the Union

improved and the war turned around toward eventual victory

for the Union in 1865.

Again, we see how God gave us that song of deliverance in

a time of trouble, as a prayer set to music, to do a work in

the spiritual realm. Missionaries in recent years told us how

Christians in Eastern Europe used this same song in their

struggle against communism. We can use that same melody

with the following words as another verse of prayer set to

music:

We praise the name of Jesus

for His precious, precious blood!

O Yes, we praise the name of Jesus

for His precious, precious blood!

O Yes, we praise the name of Jesus

for His precious, precious blood!

Jesus' blood still heals our land!

Don't you let the devil fool ya!

Jesus' blood still heals our land!

and:

We plead the blood of Jesus over all our nation

Yes we plead the blood of Jesus over all our nation

Jesus' blood still heals our land!

(same chorus as above)

Here's another popular praise chorus from recent years:

We bring the sacrifice of praise, into the house of the Lord

And we offer up to You, the sacrifices of thanksgiving

And we offer up to You, the sacrifices of joy!

In praying over Washington, D.C. in our regular weekly

prayer tour on Sunday morning, September 9, 2001, just

two days before the September 11th attack on New York City

and the Pentagon, we received by the Holy Spirit the

following words as another verse of prayer to that same

melody:

We plead the blood of Jesus Christ,

over all this area right now!

We plead the blood of Jesus Christ,

over all this area right now!

And we claim God's protection,

over all this area, in Jesus' name!

And we claim God's protection,

over all this area, right now!

At the time we were in prayer about the massive and

predicted-to-be violent demonstrations against the World

Bank that had been planned for the last weekend in

September in D.C. That World Bank meeting was

postponed in the aftermath of September 11th, but we can

see how God used that prayer set to music on September

9th to spare Washington, D.C. from the much worse

damage that could have happened in the Sept. 11th attack,

as subsequent news reports confirmed.

Here's another popular praise chorus from recent years,

this one based on Ps. 20:7:

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,

But we will remember the name of the Lord our God!

New words to that same melody:

Some trust in weapons of mass destruction,

But we are covered by the blood of Jesus Christ!

Here's another popular praise chorus from recent years,

this one based on Ps. 125:1-2:

They that trust in the Lord, shall be as Mount Zion,

Which cannot be removed, but abideth forever!

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,

So the Lord is round about His People,

From henceforth, even forever!

New words to that same melody:

We believe that we receive, total peace for all Jerusalem

Total peace for all Jerusalem,

From henceforth, even forever!

We believe that we receive, total peace for all the nations

Total peace for all the nations,

From henceforth, even forever!

Here's another popular praise chorus from recent years,

this one based on Is. 53:1:

Whose report will you believe?

We shall believe the report of the Lord!(3X)

His report says I am healed

His report says I am filled

His report says I am free

His report says VICTORY!

New words to that same melody:

Whose report will you believe?

We shall believe the report of the Lord!(3X)

The terrorists did not kill us here

The anthrax did not kill us here

The sniper did not kill us here

We shall live and HAVE NO FEAR!

WE SHARE THESE SONGS OF DELIVERANCE NOW WITH

OUR FAITHFUL NATIONAL PRAYER EMBASSY PARTNERS

FOR YOUR USE IN CONTINUING TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION!

We look forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming

Kenneth Copeland Victory Campaigns each summer near

Hollywood, CA and each fall near Washington, DC, with our

special prayer tours on the following Sunday mornings!

(Click above on "Hollywood Prayer Tour" and

"D.C. Prayer Tour")

In our Wed. eve. prayer meeting on March 12, 2003 the Holy

Ghost brought Isaiah 2:2-4 to our remembrance:

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain

of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the

mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all

nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say,

'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the

house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,

and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the

law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.' And he shall

judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people:

and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their

spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword

against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."

Kenneth Copeland in his January 2003 ministers conference

prayed over a U.S. military chaplain as a representative for all

our troops: "Lord, let this be a zero-casualty war."

Some well-known Christian leaders have said that God

showed them that God would use 9/11 to break the

stronghold of Islam worldwide. In our Wed. eve. Prayer

meeting on March19, 2003 the Holy Ghost brought the

following old familiar gospel chorus, based on Isaiah 2:4, to

our remembrance for use, with new words shown below, as a

prayer set to music, related to the war in Iraq at this time:

Original words: I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield

Down by the riverside (3X)

I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield

Down by the riverside (2X)

I'm not gonna study war no more (6X)

New words: They're gonna lay down their weapons

In all of Iraq (3X)

They're gonna lay down their weapons

In all of Iraq (2X)

Saddam won't study war no more (6X)

More New words: They're gonna come now to Jesus

In all of Islam (3X)

They're gonna come now to Jesus

In all of Islam (2X)

They're not gonna study war no more (6X)

They're gonna get saved and born again (6X)

Also especially appropriate as a prayer set to music at this

time is the 4th verse of the Battle Hymn of the Republic:

He is sounding forth the trumpet that shall never sound

retreat;

He is shifting out the hearts of men before His

judgment-seat:

Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!

Our God is marching on!

New words as prayers set to music to the tune of

"God Bless America"

Original words: God bless America

Land that I love

Stand beside her, and guide her

Through the night, with the light from above

From the mountains, to the prairies,

to the oceans, white with foam

God bless America

My Home Sweet Home

New words: God bless our troops worldwide

By Jesus' blood

Stand beside them, and guide them

Through the night, with the light from above

From the mountains, to the prairies,

to the oceans, white with foam

God bless our troops worldwide

By Jesus' blood

God bless our leaders

By Jesus' blood

Stand beside them, and guide them

Through the night, with the light from above

With God's wisdom, and His strength in them,

and His protection, around us all

God bless our leaders

By Jesus' blood

Many experts say the future of Iraq is now hanging in the

balance, and it is not clear in the natural if America's current

efforts to establish peace and democracy will be successful

in that nation.

Recent news reports indicate that radical muslims are

streaming into Iraq to help attack the allied forces there. At

the same time some pro-American observers have indicated

that even if that's true, it's better to fight them in Iraq than in

America.

With all that in mind, the following new words can be used

as a prayer for Iraq to the tune of "God Bless America."

God bless all of Iraq

By Jesus' blood

Stand beside her, and guide her

Through the night, with the light from above

From the mountains, to the prairies, to the ocean,

white with foam

God bless all of Iraq

By Jesus' blood!

Also: "God Bless Afghanistan," God Bless all of Israel,"

"God Bless all the Middle East," "God Bless All of Korea"

and "God Bless All the Nations."

Jesus is Lord!

PRAYING PSALM 91 FOR AMERICA

BECAUSE AMERICA DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF

THE MOST HIGH, AMERICA ABIDES UNDER THE SHADOW

OF THE ALMIGHTY. AND AMERICA CAN SAY OF THE LORD,

HE IS OUR REFUGE AND OUR FORTRESS, OUR GOD, IN HIM

DO WE TRUST. SURELY HE DELIVERS AMERICA FROM THE

SNARE OF FOWLER, AND FROM THE NOISOME

PESTILENCE. HE COVERS AMERICA WITH HIS FEATHERS

AND UNDER HIS WINGS DO WE TRUST; HIS TRUTH IS OUR

SHIELD AND BUCKLER. THEREFORE AMERICA IS NOT

AFRAID FOR THE TERROR BY NIGHT, NOR FOR THE

ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY, NOR FOR PESTILENCE THAT

WALKS IN DARKNESS, NOR FOR THE DESTRUCTION THAT

WASTES AT NOONDAY. THERE IS NO FEAR IN AMERICA.

EVEN IF A THOUSAND SHOULD FALL AT AMERICA'S SIDE,

OR TEN THOUSAND AT OUR RIGHT HAND, WE KNOW IT

SHALL NOT COME NEAR US; BUT ONLY WITH OUR EYES

SHALL AMERICA BEHOLD AND SEE THE REWARD OF THE

WICKED. BECAUSE AMERICA HAS MADE THE LORD,

WHICH IS OUR REFUGE, EVEN THE MOST HIGH, OUR

HABITATION, THERE SHALL NO EVIL BEFALL AMERICA,

AND NO PLAGUE SHALL COME NIGH OUR DWELLING.

FOR GOD HAS GIVEN HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER

AMERICA, TO KEEP US IN ALL OUR WAYS. HIS ANGELS

BEAR AMERICA UP IN THEIR HANDS, LEST WE DASH OUR

FOOT AGAINST A STONE. AMERICA SHALL TREAD UPON

THE LION AND ADDER; EVERY DEMON SPIRIT SHALL

AMERICA TRAMPLE UNDER FEET. BECAUSE AMERICA

HAS SET OUR LOVE UPON GOD, THEREFORE HAS HE

DELIVERED US. GOD HAS SET AMERICA ON HIGH

BECAUSE WE'VE KNOWN HIS NAME WHICH IS JESUS.

AMERICA CALLS UPON GOD AND HE ANSWERS US; GOD

HAS BEEN WITH AMERICA IN TROUBLE; HE HAS DELIVERED

US AND HONORED US. WITH LONG LIFE WILL GOD SATISFY

AMERICA AND SHOW US HIS SALVATION.

(FROM THE PRAYER HANDBOOK OF THE NATIONAL PRAYER

EMBASSY. FOR ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS PRAYER, INSERT

IN PLACE OF THE WORD "AMERICA" THIS PHRASE:

"AMERICA, ISRAEL AND THE WORLD")