“If you … witness courageously, the truth will miraculously win.” – Medjugorje June 2, 2015

"When you pray, pray first for the Holy Spirit because when you have the Holy Spirit, you have everything."        - Medjugorje April 4, 1985

Happy 13^th.

The 13th marks the date of arguably God's greatest intervention in the history of humanity. After fasting for three days Esther heard a whisper from the Holy Spirit as to how to prevent the extermination of all of God's believers. the 13th marked an inflection point for believers and began a period of great blessing to those who followed the Lord.

Then, barely 100 years ago, Heaven chose to manifest one of the most extraordinary signs and wonders since the Bible was written on the 13th of the month in Fatima Portugal.  Tens of thousands of people including many who were skeptics at the dawn of that day testified that like the great stories from scripture, the sun moved out of its normal course of trajectory and the flooded lands of Fatima instantly dried.

A primary message of Fatima was to repent and the fruit of Fatima was massive conversions to Jesus and the commandments.

The participants of Fatima also claimed that heaven pulled back the curtain separating us from eternity and showed them hell. They commented the sight was so fearful that were it not for heaven's grace they would have died just from seeing the horror of hell.  Seeing hell fostered a true understanding of the fear of God in their hearts.

Fatima also showed visions of purgatory. Far from merely being a waiting area, the vision revealed deceased believers atoning for sins that were not atoned for before death. The vision showed intense suffering by deceased souls being purified before entering paradise for eternity. An understanding of Purgatory is that it is the mechanism Heaven created to bridge Jesus’ words that only a few go to Heaven with His infinite mercy covering all who profess Jesus at some point in life. Only Jesus' death could have opened the gates of heaven however purgatory is like the freewill offering from Old Testament scriptures that was voluntarily given to accompany the indispensable role of the priest’s mediation between God and humanity.  As terrifying as visions of purgatory also were, our understanding is that we will choose to go to purgatory before entering Heaven when we see how much our sins have offended the Lord.

Medjugorje also speaks of the reality of purgatory and after one of its participants saw believers’ experience in purgatory, she commented that the suffering in purgatory is so intense that “the worst day on earth is better than the best day in purgatory”.

What is the worst day on earth?

Think of Good Friday and what Jesus endured.

Is it really possible that our sins Have such gravitas and that is what we can expect to suffer in purgatory?

Before dismissing purgatory cavalierly, recall that the signs and wonders around Fatima are unlike anything a preacher today could point to as having experienced in his church.

Consider also what is the impact on the soul who contemplates purgatory? To sin just as much… or perhaps to try a little harder?

If you say there is no impact, you are in denial of human nature and why incentives work in every area of life.

We all hope that as protestants claim, purgatory is not real, and that just as all dogs go to heaven, all believers immediately do upon death as well.  

However, permit us to encourage you to make joyful, voluntary sacrifices to the Lord in atonement for your sins and the sins of the world. Offer these sacrifices as a balm for His wounded heart as God surveys an unrepentant and ungrateful world. And as both of those sites which are replete with signs and wonders have encouraged us to pray continually for souls in purgatory, perhaps our protestant brothers could join us and pray:

 “Father, if any believers who have died are in need of Your mercy, please bestow it upon them. And if none are, then let that mercy flow to believers here on earth.”

There are many other experiences of souls who have encountered purgatory through the centuries and come back to speak of them as a type of near-death experience. Perhaps those experiences of others are worth further reflection if you are adamant that purgatory is fictitious.   But regardless, in unity, let us each endeavor to follow the Lord’s commands better than we have been and as best we can - for His sake above all. The New Testament holds a high bar around sin:

We know that any one born of God does not sin - 1 John 5:18

Thank you for fasting with us today. You will be glad you made the effort for all of eternity.

Why We Fast – Our Core Fasting Intentions

1) For the Holy Spirit to reign down upon America renewing our land as the Christian, capitalist meritocracy we were founded to be.

2) For the protection of our police, firefighters, military and their families from harm and that the Lord bless their courageous generosity on our behalf one hundredfold.

3) For the protection of the families who fast with us, and for God’s blessings of abundance upon them and that true to His word, we will be able to witness that He prospered us in famine.

Would you like to learn more about fasting?

We maintain a repository of ideas and information we have learned over the last decade while fasting weekly for America. From scientific studies on the benefits of fasting, to the differences between intermittent dieting vs intermittent fasting, to scriptural references regarding the power of fasting to the history of first century Christians who stated believers are obligated to fast weekly, we hope you will find numerous insights with our free resource located here.

Together let us also implore Heaven while fasting for intentions you have highlighted:

4) For Mike Lindell who is putting himself on the front lines suing over the election fraud that has taken place and for all of the warriors who are stepping up around the nation to fight for the gospel – May The Father cover them in the blood of our savior,  protect them and their families from evil and bring victory to their endeavors.

5) For priests, ministers and all who aspire to lead others to the Lord, that the Holy Spirit will reign down upon them as at Pentecost filling them to overflowing with an understanding of what the Lord wants, courage and the desire to preach what He would have them preach and protection and strength from all evil that comes against them. 

6) For the Americans jailed after January 6th who were admitted to the Capitol building by the police, and who were not found to have destroyed any property at the capitol yet who have been held captive ever since on our own soil - That God's Spirit will move quickly to bring justice back to this land by freeing them while enlightening Americans how to bring God's justice back to our nation.

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