African American Forerunner Alliance - Prophecy by Bob Jones

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Calling all worshipers
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
I am convicted in heart  with the belief that God is raising up the house of prayer just as he built it with zeal in the days of David and Zechariah. Right now God is beginning to call out those that are called to be a voice through prophetic singing and musicianship. Just as John the Baptist was called to be a voice of one crying out in the wilderness so, now God is raising up worship leaders and singers that will be voices, proclaiming the word of the Lord, serving, and ministering in the house of prayer.  He is releasing the call right now to thousands of singers and musicians to be those that are skillful on there instruments and voices as well as lead the way in knowledge and revelation in the word of God. The Lord is worthy to be worshipped.

If you look through scripture you can see that the new song is often associated with the judgments of the lord or praise for the victory of the battle. The new song can also be associated with the spirit of prophecy. God is beginning to anoint his servants to proclaim through music with a new song. The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus and prophetic singers are called to SING the testimony of Jesus, which is the word of God. There is nothing more prophetic then the word of God. Prophetic singers and worship leaders are not on the platform as background singers or those called to give another good performance. These are those that are called to release the word of the Lord. In order to do this we have to be people that are dedicated to understanding the word of God.

Everyone who feels like they have a calling for worship should become very familiar with this apostolic prayer prayed in Ephesians 1:17, “ That the God of the Lord Jesus Christ may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened. The Lord will   not entrust us with a platform in the coming days if we do not understand His heart. The only way we can arrive at a place of understanding is that we give ourselves to seeking the knowledge of God. . I love what Allen Hood says, “ The days of our ministries are over, it is the hour of Christ.”  It is time for us to get out of the way and prepare the way for the great One.

To whom much is given much is required. Much is required in humility and depth in the word. This is not just for the preacher or teacher. This is for the singer, the musician, and the worship leader as well. That we also may bear witness of the Light (John 1: 6-9).

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Let My people go
Monday, June 1st, 2009
In 1983, Bob Jones, a prophetic father in our nation, gave a word to Mike Bickle, founder of IHOP Kansas City. He spoke to him of the prayer movement that was arising and what it would look like. He prophesied that there was a revival that God desired to bring and that the beginning breakthrough of that revival would only come after African-American men and women were functioning in their God-ordained roles of leadership in the prayer movement. In Oct 2007, Bob released another word announcing that there was a harvest coming from the black community, especially the young, who would be thrust into an accelerated training mode to function as prophets to the nation with revelatory gifting.

At the One Thing Conference 2007,  Mike Bickle and several black leaders trumpeted this message. They declared God’s desire to draw black believers into the house of prayer as set watchman on the wall (Isaiah 62:6-7). After the main session, we were invited to go to a room set aside specifically for us to pray and share our hearts. As I stood in that room surrounded by hundreds of my black brothers and sisters, I knew something significant was taking place.

After that initial meeting and much prayer, the African-American Forerunner Alliance was launched in Kansas City. The AAFA is a group that is committed to praying for the black community and calling them into their destiny as leaders in the prayer and worship movement. I recently flew to Kansas City for the AAFA’s first ever Kairos Leadership Summit. It was called the “Kairos” Leadership Summit because of that word’s unique definition. In the scriptures, kairos refers to “the appointed time in the purpose of God, the time when God acts.” We are in a kairos time in the purposes of God for black believers. This is a history-making time, where the dreams of God that have been held in His heart for years are now to be released on the earth.

We, in Black America, are familiar with what we have come out of; we know the pain of the past, the horrors of slavery, our struggle for civil rights and basic freedoms. We are also painfully aware of the issues we face in this day: Abortion, Poverty, Inner-city violence, Imprisonment, Fatherless families. The list could go on and on. We know where we have come from and the state we are in now, but do we have any idea where the Lord desires to take us?

When the Lord released the children of Israel from slavery, He told Moses to declare to Pharaoh “Let My people go…that they might worship Me” (Exodus 10:3).  God called the Hebrew children to the wilderness to celebrate a feast and offer sacrifices to Him. They had spent their life serving Egyptian masters and now they were being released to worship and serve their true master, the God of all creation.

As unbelievable as it seems, what happened in Moses’ day will pale in comparison to the divine activities that will occur before Jesus’ return. The Messiah is coming and before He does the world will experience calamities incomparable to any time in human history. It will be a time of great difficulty, but it will also be a glorious time when the Lord pours out his spirit on all flesh (Joel 2). Our rightful King is coming to set up His Kingdom. Jesus will come and reign on this earth and we as His bride will rule and reign with Him.

In this hour, the Lord is raising up a global prayer movement that will usher in the return of His Son. This is what He is inviting us to participate in. It is a huge invitation, a divine calling.  This is much more than a Wednesday night prayer meeting. This is a movement of prayer and worship that will touch the ends of the earth. This is every tribe, tongue, and nation crying out for the Lord’s return. This is every people group standing before the God of heaven and earth declaring “Come Lord Jesus!”

In 2005, I was an intercessor in Washington. D.C at the Justice House of Prayer. During that time, I dreamt I was in our prayer room when a well known gospel music artist walked in.  I turned to see if any of my friends would recognize her, but to my surprise my friends were gone and the room was filled with black men and women, young and old.  When I awoke, I heard the Holy Spirit strongly say to my heart, “My house of prayer is a house of prayer for ALL NATIONS!” (Isaiah 56:7)

What I dreamt of years prior, I am now seeing come to pass. The Lord is drawing African-Americans into His house. On college campuses, in churches, and throughout the nations, He is raising up lovesick worshippers. We are lifting our voices to the King. We are raising our banners high; we are dancing, shouting, and giving Him the glory that He is due. Even through our pain we are choosing to offer him a sacrifice of praise. The Lord has not forsaken us as a people. Though we have seen great trials and affliction, He has called us His own and He is making us joyful in his house of prayer.

“Also the sons of the foreigner, who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him,
Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar;
For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
Isaiah 56:6-8