Prayer Target: MOBILIZATION AND NETWORKING OF THE JOSEPHS

The Patriarch Joseph was a model for anointed business leaders. The Lord has been preparing a large number of these business leaders around the globe for the time we are entering. The essence of the Joseph Calling is as follows:

• We have entered a time when there will be changes in the infrastructures of the world's systems that will create reversals resulting in discontinuities and shortages such as the world has never seen;

• And in the same manner that Joseph the patriarch was sent ahead to prepare for what was coming to the earth, God is today sending individuals ahead to prepare for a time of great change that will precede the greatest harvest of all times;

• These will be individuals who clearly hear God's voice and who possess a unique understanding of the times, who will be thrust into positions of influence within the economic, governmental and business infrastructures that guide the course of world events;

• And much as in the days of Joseph, the needs of the Body and the funding of the coming harvest will be met in unusual ways, as God taps the Body into His unlimited resources and unites us in a common singular vision.

There is a need to pray for the identification, mobilization and networking of the genuine Josephs and Daniels of our day. Josephs, who will become the links, the connectivity and momentum between the world's systems especially in the area of business and government -- and God's end time purposes and harvest.

The Josephs of our day will be mature believers with genuine servant's hearts who spend time in the presence of the Lord -- who are unfazed by power or mammon -- who are sold out to the Lord and His purposes in the earth today.

The Josephs will indeed understand the times and know what to do and will make a difference that touches lives in the name of the Lord in the midst of the world's systems again, especially in the arenas of business and government.

They are warriors and administrators who go out and take dominion -- who pave the way, provide protection -- and who undergird the work of the ministry. These are prophetically mature individuals who know what it means to speak a word 'from the Lord' into a given situation. We likewise will be praying for new wineskin thinking; and paradigm shifts within the infrastructure of the Body that will release a mosaic of the end time tasks that will be fueled and accomplished via the Joseph model -- alliances between business and ministry alliances with the King Cyruses of our day -- strategic alliances and networks unlike any we have had in recent days. We likewise will be praying for the Lord to release finances to the Josephs to fund the end time harvest, and the discernment and obedience to distribute the finances, as the Lord directs.

Father, we come to you in the mighty Name of Jesus. Lord we affirm, that it is not by might, nor by power, but by your Spirit that we serve as your warriors. Lord, we repent of anything within our lives that may not be of You. We ask you

Lord, to cleanse us with the blood of Jesus. Lord, we thank you that we hear Your voice clearly. Lord we thank you that we are obedient servants. We go when You say to go and we stop when You say to stop. Lord we neither turn to the right or left without the leading of Your Holy Spirit. But Lord, we will proceed at Your direction and be bold as lions, because Lord we are cleansed by the blood of the Lamb -- we have on the full armor of God -- and Lord we utilize an arsenal of weapons that are mighty in power, weapons that pull down strongholds -- and Lord we thank You that no weapon formed against us will prosper.

Lord, we thank You for opening our spiritual eyes that we might operate with a genuine Issachar anointing -- Lord give us a clear understanding of the times we are entering with a knowing of what You are doing. Lord we are proceeding into the arena of what You are doing relative to the Josephs and Daniels of our era. Lord we thank You for the men and women you are raising up to penetrate to secular arenas of business and government for your purposes. Lord we thank You that you own the cattle on a thousand hills -- that the earth is yours and the fullness thereof. Lord, we thank you for the release of finances -- massive levels of finances into the hands of the Josephs and Daniels you have prepared -- for the purposes of building Your Kingdom as we approach the greatest harvest this world has ever seen. Lord we proclaim the release of the Josephs and Daniels of this era to move into the fullness of your purposes for them. Give them a clearer understanding of their calling. Network them with others of a kindred spirit that they might become fully activated into your calling for them. Give them the mantle of favor and the Spirit of wisdom and understanding; of counsel and might, of knowledge and the fear of the Lord --

Lord give them all they need to operate with the Pharoahs and Cyruses of our era. Lord, give them a keen understanding of times and situations and key people in order to put together strategic alliances that will benefit Your Kingdom.

In Jesus Name, Amen

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