A procession
or march for Jesus is a propethic act performed by the church to take over a
city or even a country. It is actually a very important act to be performed by
the church. This is not just merely a parade nor a leisure walk. When performed
correctly, it will create a tremendous impact in the spiritual realm.
Sometimes
we are not aware that since men fell into sin, the earth has fallen under the
power of the evil one. Therefore each and every city was actually under the
power and control of the power of darkness. This is the reason why the spiritual
atmosphere and condition of each city is very different between one and another.
A city can be controlled by the love the money, or anger, or adultery, or
poverty and so on.
We -
the church - are created with a divine purpose, to have dominion over the
earth. We are supposed to be in control (See Genesis 1:26-28). Therefore when
we walk the procession, we actually are taking back authority over a city or a
nation.
The
Scripture explains many foundational truths, why it is very important for the
church to walk the procession.
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To take over our inheritance: a city or country which God gives
Genesis
13:17 says how God commanded Abram to walk through the country according to its
length and width, the land which God would give to him.
The
same thing God commanded Joshua, after Moses passed away.
Joshua
1:3 (GNB)“As I told Moses, I have given you and all my people the entire land that
you will be marching over.”
The
Hebrew word used for ‘to tread” is the same which was used when God commanded Abraham
to "walk through" the country, which means 'to walk together, to
march forth’. It all depends on us, how much
we want to “walk about” the land which God has given to us.
The
word “MARCH” actually comes the word “MARK”, therfore when we walk through our
land, we are actually marking the land be redeemed to the Kingdom of God.
In
Matthew 11:1 the Scripture says how the Lord Jesus himself walked from town to
town with His disciples. Even Luke 8:1 says that Jesus WALKED with all twelve
disciples from town to town and from village to village. Jesus walked about the
promised land that time. He was teaching, preaching the gospel, and under the
annointing, rebuking the demons and heal the sick.
Act
10:38 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who
went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God
was with Him.
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To strip the power of the enemies
Paul
the Apostle wrote in Colossians 2:15 (GNB) And on that cross Christ freed
himself from the power of the spiritual rulers and authorities; he made a
public spectacle of them by leading them as captives in his victory procession.
The
Message described it explicitly :
He
(Jesus) He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham
authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets.
Paul
the Apostle traveled mostly by foot, walk about from country to country, and preached
the gospel at the places which God has already predestined for him. We also need
to remember the Great Commission that the Gospel is to be preached to all the
world, then the end will come.
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To declare victory and to rejoice before the Lord
Therefore
when we walk the procession we are actually declaring the victory of Christ and
proclaiming taht all the power of the enemies and the darkness have been
stripped, and we are declaring the kingdom of God be established upon that
city/nation.
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To proclaim that the Kingdom of God is stablished
In
the Old Testament, King David once did the procession carrying the ark of the
Lord into Jerusalem. As the ark was carried into Jerusalem, the Kingdom of God
was established.
2Samuel
6:14-15 (MSG, NIV) says David, ceremonially dressed in priest's linen, danced
before the LORD with all his might, (15) while he and the entire house of
Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.
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To bless and prophecy over the city
As
we walk the procession we bless the city, both verbally and also by our deeds.
The
destiny, prophecy and words which we proclaim in faith and authority will come
to pass. We can also bless the people by giving out candies, chocolates etc to
manifest God’s love to the citizens of the city.
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To take plunder of the wealth of the enemies
As
we walk with God on the procession, we bind the enemies and we can take plunder
of the wealth of the enemies.
Isa
45:14 (GNB) The LORD says to Israel,
"The wealth of Egypt and Ethiopia will be yours, and the tall men of Seba
will be your slaves; they will follow you in chains. They will bow down to you
and confess, 'God is with you---he alone is God.
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It gives us legal right to act according to the will of God
As
we take over the land, we are entitled to to preach the gospel, start
businesses, schools etc.
What
are actually taking places in the spiritual realm, when the sons of God walk the
procession properly? Lets take a look at what King David says in a powerful
passage of Psalm 68.
Psalm
68:1 NASB Let God arise, let His enemies
be scattered, And let those who hate Him flee before Him.
When
we walk the procession, his Kingdom is established, all the powers of darkness are
expelled and rebuked.
Psa
68:3 NKJV But let the righteous be glad; Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
It
describes the peak of joy, excitement, spirit of victory and joy. Upon this
procession we are not to be silent, instead we are to confess declarations
powerfully, wave banners, sound the trumpets, dance and shout outloud.
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To Prepare the Way for the King of kings
Psa
68:4 GNB Sing to God, sing praises to
his name; prepare a way for him who rides on the clouds....
When
we lift up our Psalms, Praises and Worship, we are actually preparing the way
for the Lord. When we walk the procession, our worship, praises are actually preparing
the way for His Second Coming.
In Isaiah
45:13, the Message describes how God rolled out the red carpet for Cyrus. It's now
our time, by His grace and the power of His Spirit, to roll out the red carpet
for the Second coming of the Lord Jesus as King.
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To wage war against the enemis
Psalm
68:8, "O God , when You went out before Your people , when you step [ AMP
; marched ] in the wilderness , Sela " .
God
went out before His people, when we walk the procession. It is written that the
earth trembles and rain pours down, restoring land and pouring out the goodness
of God and the needs of the oppressed. [verses 9-11] .
Psa
68:11 NLT The Lord gives the word, and a
great army brings the good news.
We
need to proclaim the truth, the good news. We are God's great army. More are
with us than those with our enemies. As His army, we are armed with the sword
of the Spirit and powerful spiritual weapons. The procession is actually a
spiritual battle.
Psa
68:24 GNB O God, your march of triumph
is seen by all, the procession of God, my king, into his sanctuary.
When
people look at the procession, they're actually looking a procession of God.
It’s actually a visible procession of the King of kings.
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To demonstrate of the power of God
Psa
68:28 NASB Your God has commanded your
strength; Show Yourself strong, O God, who have acted on our behalf.
It
is actually God acting for us. This is actually what a procession is! God acting on our behalf. God mobilizes and
demonstrates His power.
Y How do we prepare the
procession?
We
can never conquest without preparation. Without need to prepare ourselves
adequately and properly to cause powerful impact.
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Spying and Binding
Therefore
everytime we are about a conquer an area, we need to divide areas, assign
person in charge of each area and perform spiritual mapping. Then we need to
begin binding the spirits to weaken all the power of the enemies. Just like
Joshua who sent spies, each and every one of us should send spies and
understand how to bind all the spirits. This is the duty of the spies.
Mark
3:27 (NASB) "But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his
property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his
house.
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Building walls of protection
As
days get closer to the time of warfare, every one should build walls of
protection around themselves through confession and declaration. Whatever we
declare in faith, authority and accuraty will come to pass. Learn to obey
whatever the Spirit says to us, because we don’t know musuh apa yang sedang
kita hadapi. We may be directed to fast, take holy communion, confess Psalm 91,
read the Bible etc.
Build
layered walls of protection, to obtain a thorough victory. There are at least 3
layers of protection.
1.
Wall of praise: we can praise God while we walk around
our houses.
2.
Wall of fire. We can wave banner while we speak in
tongue, or symbols of fire, or we can even carry real fire when we walk around
3.
Wall of confession. Our faith has to be spoken and
declared outloud.
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Annointing
The
Bible tells us many stories of servants of God being annointed. Even Christ
means the annointed one. Therefore each and everyone of is to annoint
ourselves, and afterwards the soles of our shoes with seven elements. Those are
are: water, oil, salt, flour, wine, milk, honey mixed together. The seven
elements signify seven covenants which we establish and proclaim around the
city that we walk the procession on.
Water:
purification, Living Water, cool spirit.
Oil:
Protection, Seal
Salt:
Godly influence, covenant of salt
Flour:
abundance, life
Wine:
Blood of Jesus
Milk:
Purity, growth, abundance, fulfillment of the promises of God
Honey:
Sweetness, abundance, fulfillment of the promises of God
Taking
our plunders
Sometimes
people take things for granted, going for warfare without proper preparation.
At each important place, there are evil spirits which we need to bind and
plunders which we are to take, which were previously stolen by the evil powers.
At each important place we can ask and confess accurate verses according to
what the Spirit inspires.
Eg
In Cana, a miracle took place when Jesus turned the water into wine. There are blessings
of restoration of families, annointing, the best wine. On the other hand, there
were people who lacked planning and ran out of wine. Therefore we need to bind
the evil spirits first before we can take plunder of of the divine
legacy/inheritance.
What do we do during the
procession?
2Samuel
6:14-15 says that there are at least three (3) things that we can do: dance, proclaim/shout,
praise and worship.
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Dance
When
we walk the procession, we need to mobilize the dancers from the city (it may
be a combination of churches, fellowships, schools, orphanages, etc. ). We need
to prepare them about the prophetic dance to turn the situation around, its
much better if we have costumes and dancing properties at hand.
We
can also carry and wave banners as symbols of the reign of the Kingdom of God.
By doing everything by faith and proper understanding, we can cause greater
impact.
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Proclaim
With
regards to the proclamation, we need to do our homework to identify the demonic
/ negative spirit which used to influence our cities. We can then accurately
declare the turnaround of the circumstances. These are like the stones which
David threw to kill the Goliath.
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Blow the trumpet
When
the trumpet is blown, its actually a sign to attack and conquer the enemies. We
can practically use any things to produce sounds. We can use household
appliances such as gallons, bottles (filled with grains), cans, buckets, pots,
whistles, bamboos etc as percussion instruments. When we produce the sounds, we
destroy the strategy of the enemies. We drive them away.
In particular
cities, we can carry torches at the procession to light up the holy fire, or a
prophetic act of burning away all uncleanness.
In
terms of the participants, we can invite groups of children to participate in
the procession. We can also invite representatives from various professional
groups such as physicians, soldiers, sportsmen, security guards, nurses, civil
servants, teachers etc. This is to declare and prophecy that the revival will take
place at all age groups and professional groups.
We
can also carry banners written with prophetic words for the city (eg: New York
City is SAVED, Berlin is PEACEFUL, Nairobi is SAFE, Sydney is PROSPEROUS etc )
.
Y What can the church do after
the procession ?
2Sam
6:18-19 GNB When he had finished
offering the sacrifices, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD
Almighty (19) and distributed food to them all. He gave
each man and woman in Israel a loaf of bread, a piece of roasted meat, and some
raisins. Then everyone went home.
The church
has a responsibility to feed the city. We have just cleaned up the atmosphere
of the city. Let not what the Lord warned in Mat 12:43.happens. Fill our city
with good things. The body of Christ has to become answers, become the father
of the city!
Mat
12:43-45 GNB "When an evil spirit
goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest.
If it can't find one, (44) it says to itself, 'I will go back to my
house.' So it goes back and finds the house empty, clean, and all fixed
up. (45)
Then it goes out and brings along seven other spirits even worse than
itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in
worse shape than at the beginning. This is what will happen to the evil people
of this day."
The
church has to understand that cleaning up the atmosphere of a city is not just
a one time act. Its a continuous journey, week after week, month after month.
This can be performed by events such as: low priced market, free medical
services, free meals and so on.
We
also have a responsibilty to stand for our city. Therefore we are responsible
to build armies in each and every city.
Eze
22:30 GNB I looked for someone who could
build a wall, who could stand in the places where the walls have crumbled and
defend the land when my anger is about to destroy it, but I could find no one.
Technical preparation
1.
Waking troop of dancers & percussionis. Participants can be gathered from local
churches, fellowship, schools, foundations, orphanages etc. Prepare costumes,
dance properties, percussions ( gallons, buckets, bottles filled with grains,
drums, cymbals, bamboo sticks etc.). We can invite marching bands if there are
available. If possible, prepare a car(s) with sound system (speakers or
portable loudspeakers, with at least 1 (one) MP3 player to play the praise and
worship songs.
2.
Determine the route of the procession. The more
important the place we walk around, the greater impact of the procession.
Choose wide roads to minimize disturbance to the traffic. Consult local police
officers if necessary. Make sure all necessary permissions from the police etc
are obtained.
At public squares we might not need to obtain any permits.
3.
Upon preparation there are times that we dont
need to publicly announce that this is a march for Jesus to the crowd.
Sometimes it can be a wise idea to wrap the march in commemoration with other
events/social activities, such as the Independence day, National Holidays,
Marching competitions, low priced markets etc. The procession can be publicly
declared is a part of the opening ceremony.
4.
We need to prepare beverages for participants.
5.
In term of number of participants, we target at
least 1,000 participants. The more the better.
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