BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Recently Gloria and I heard a statement made by a prophet of God—a powerful man of prayer from India. He said Jesus came to him in prayer one afternoon, and he asked, “Jesus, when are You going to judge America?” Jesus said, 'I’m not. I have a covenant with them that was made on the Mayflower, and I remember that covenant….' Thank God, that covenant has saved this nation over and over. God Still Has a Dream… I believe this dream is a major part of what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. saw when he said, “I have a dream.” He said he had seen the promised land and glory. I don’t think he was just seeing folks sitting together. There’s more to it than that. They can pass laws and make us sit together, but they can’t make us love each other. But in the spirit there’s reconciliation. The blood of Jesus wipes out the differences and divisions. I believe that’s what he saw. As Galatians 3:28 says, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” God never intended for the black man to come here in the belly of a slave ship. And He never planned for the white man to come over here and steal from the red man and kill him. None of that was God’s plan. God’s plan was a place where all tribes, all tongues, all races, all colors could freely praise and worship Him together. God intended for this North American continent to be a place where there would be a nation like the family of God. It was meant to be a place where people honestly love each other. Why? Because of the anointing that abides within. There is an anointing to love (Ephesians 3:14-20). A Jewish man loved and died for all of us—the black man, the red man, the white man, the yellow man, the brown man. There had to be an anointing to do that, and that anointing is on His Body, the Church, today. It’s Christ in you…our hope of glory! Make no mistake about it, God is still going to have His dream and we’re part of it. The American dream is God’s dream—one nation under God filled with His glory. V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Martin Luther King Jr. Day The third Monday in January has been designated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrating the life of that great civil rights leader and minister of the gospel. Under his leadership, our nation took a turn in the direction of fulfilling God’s dream of a people united and walking in love. Today we’re farther down that road, but we still have a ways to go. Love is still the answer to the spirit of division, and that answer is still only to be found in Christ. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ********************************************* Awaken to God by Billye Brim June 29, 2008, in our Sunday afternoon corporate prayer meeting here on Prayer Mountain, we were praying enthusiastically about the upcoming presidential election. Suddenly, the Lord interrupted us with a strong word: 'One thing will save America. And it is not the election. It is an awakening to God! One thing will avail for Israel and the nations. It is an awakening to God!' We were silenced. Even rebuked! A spirit of repentance, for misplaced faith that a man or a party held the answers to America’s condition, enveloped us. Holy Spirit-guided thoughts raced through my mind: 'The best person in the world could be elected president of the United States and it would do no good if the people do not awaken to God. America. American history. The Great Awakening. The place of prayer in an awakening. Study.' BVOV : 21

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