Get ready for September! It is so huge on God's timetable that it will mark one of the greatest shifts in the spiritual realm that our generation has ever seen:

• A season of suddenlies will begin.
• The confusion and deception ruling America (including within the Church) will begin to lift.
• The November elections will shift toward God's will.
• The coming "great awakening" to America will go to a new level.
• The "presence movement" will begin.

A Season of Suddenlies

I have heard of divine "suddenlies" all of my life and have no doubt experienced a few. However, I have never been in what I would call "a season of suddenlies." I'm in one now! And this new season is about to break forth in a significant way for those who have allowed God to prepare them for it.

I was already releasing this word when Chuck Pierce prophesied to me two weeks ago, "You will stand on the steps facing 'The Mall' (in Washington, D.C.) in September and decree: 'Suddenlies are coming!' Be prepared for I will begin to jar and to rearrange what needs to be rearranged."

This season will usher in many changes - get ready!

Confusion and Deception Broken

The level of confusion and deception I have seen over America in the last two years both in the Church and without has been unlike anything I have ever witnessed. The level of it, especially in the Body of Christ, has truly been shocking to me. The list of areas in which it has manifested is broad: presidential candidate endorsements and prophecies, doctrinal error, relational breakups, disagreements over what is true and false revival, etc.

Add to this list a general weariness, complacency (one well-known leader told me he doesn't think it matters anymore who is elected president - so much for shifting the Supreme Court!), disillusionment, disorientation, etc. - and it all adds up to incredible confusion and deception. I believe it is all linked to our war in Iraq, which is ancient Babylon. Babylon means "confusion." It was not difficult for us to defeat Iraq's physical army, but the principality - the spirit of Babylon - has been another story altogether.

Just a couple of weeks ago, however, I heard the Holy Spirit say very clearly to me, "I'm about to unravel the cords of confusion." When I heard this I had the sense that it would begin in September.

In 2 Chronicles 20, God used Israel's worship to "ambush" their enemies. The result was that these enemies destroyed one another! Expect the confusion to break off of the Church this fall and for God's enemies to be ambushed.

The November Elections

To say it has been troubling to listen to prominent Christian leaders endorse certain candidates and/or prophesy that it is God's will for those candidates to be president would be an understatement. Make no mistake about it, the turning of the Supreme Court and reversing the flow of death and anti-God laws that have flowed out of it is still God's number one governmental agenda for America.

To elect a pro-abortion candidate that would appoint pro-abortion judges would be disastrous and could set us back 50 years. It doesn't matter who prophesies or states otherwise - don't be deceived by this. It is NOT God's will for us to have a liberal, pro-abortion president!

I listened to one of the presidential candidates make a speech four years ago and heard one of the strongest abilities for deceiving and moving the masses that I've ever witnessed. The strength of this "gift" was very scary. I knew then he would be a candidate for president in '08. The good news is that the deception surrounding him will begin to break in September and the momentum of the elections will be decided at that time - if the Church prays. Please pray diligently and don't be taken in by charisma and empty promises of change.

The Presence Movement and Upcoming Conference

The coming awakening will not be known as a prayer movement, apostolic movement, prophetic movement, teaching movement, miracle movement, gifts movement, glory movement, etc. It will include all of these, but the dominant emphasis and characteristic will be - His presence. He - not one of His manifestations or elements of gifting - will be the focal point.

Our ministry in Colorado Springs, along with many others I'm sure, has been privileged by God to help birth this. We were visited by the Holy Spirit on June 15 and asked to host His Presence 24/7 for 90 days, just as Obed-edom did with the Ark of the Covenant, which is also called "the Ark of His Presence" (see 2 Samuel 6:10-11).

We have suspended everything else to host Him. No classes, no preaching (even on Sundays), no programs - nothing but worship. It has wrecked us! His presence has been so overwhelming at times in our gatherings that none of us knows what to do. We are being ruined for "normal" Christianity.

It has become obvious to us that this assignment is on behalf of the entire nation. We are in the hidden, secret place with God, allowing the Holy Spirit to hover through our worship and birth a "presence movement." God has spoken to us prophetically that this movement characterized by His presence will begin to be released to the nation in September.

To facilitate this we are moving our hosting of Him to a larger venue for the last 3 days, September 11-13, and inviting many to join us. We are confident that what we, and I'm sure others, have been birthing will be imparted to hundreds - perhaps thousands at that time.

When God spoke to me to expand the last 3 days for the purpose of impartation, I was not thinking about the fact that this would begin on our 88th day, which also begins the 8th year after 9/11/01. Eight is the Biblical number for new beginnings. (Many of you are aware that Chuck Pierce prophesied that America would enter into a seven-year season of war, which began on 9/11/01.)

We did not plan this visitation and the consequent 90-day assignment to begin when it did, making the 88th day September 11, ending a seven-year war cycle and marking a new beginning...but God did! Come and help us decree the end of the old season and launch this "new beginning" of the presence movement!

These 3 days will probably be unlike anything you've been a part of - no preaching or teaching, just worship 24 hours each day. (We, of course, always make room for intercession and prophetic release as the Holy Spirit leads.) Some of us may bring a blanket and pillow and, like Joshua of old, stay in His presence all the time, except perhaps to freshen up once in awhile (see Exodus 33:11). (If you are coming to the event, please secure lodging if you're coming from out of town in order to have a place for your belongings, to clean up and to rest if necessary.) I am certain that those who come will carry His presence home with them.

Pastors and leaders, families, individuals, intercessors, worshippers...come. We are asking you to register in order to know how many to accommodate, but there is no registration fee. We simply ask you to bring a God-honoring offering to defray expenses. This will cost us approximately forty thousand dollars because of the building rental, chairs, P.A., bringing in worship teams, etc. (no worship leader will receive an honorarium. Their worship is an offering to Him, but we will cover their expenses). Klaus Kuehn, Rick Pino, Eddie James, Jeremy Burk and other worship leaders are coming to help us. It will be amazing!

You can register by going to www.usapostolicalliance.org

I'll see you September 11th as we gather at 9:00 A.M. to do our part in releasing perhaps the greatest outpouring of the Holy Sprit this nation has ever received. Don't miss it!

With anticipation,