Dear Friends,

Prayer is a key focus of this ministry. It has been for as long as I can remember. In 1999 we had our first Gathering of the Eagles. Since then, we've fought for this Nation on a spiritual front without ceasing. Jesus spent countless hours in prayer; the Gospels are replete with scriptures wherein He went to spend time in prayer with the Father. Are we not called to be like Christ? It seems only fitting that as children of the living God, we would go to Him for our greatest needs; the needs of our family, our city, and our Nation.

When we launched Joel's Army (a group of intercessors, willing to come together to stand in the gap for the nation throughout the year) it elevated our work on behalf of the Nation(s). Joel's Army functions year round in the form of Corporate Prayer Calls and Joel's Army Prayer Cells. These intercessors learned how to pray at deeper, more effective levels. The release of prophetic prayer points enabled us to pray targeted prayers in keeping with our Father's will for this Nation. For those who sign up to join Joel’s Army, they receive training materials and powerful bi-monthly teachings. These added tools brought our intercessors to a place of greater dependence and understanding of prayer. In short, our intercessors matured throughout the year so when they came together for the Gathering (another facet of Joel’s Army), the strength of the intercession came through as well.

We saw the fruit of our intercessions in the 2016 election. Yet, there is still so much work to be accomplished. We cannot let up on our prayers now. The Lord told me specifically that 2017 was to be a year where we “No Know Bounds!” in the Kingdom of God. This means we can bring forth more than we realize through prayer. The responsibility of the intercessor is to seek and pray for God's will. God called us to bring down the strongholds the enemy has in place. If we let up now, we will miss the greatest opportunity we've had to plant the Cross into the very heart of our Nation. God brought us what our Nation needs today; we need to press through to gain what she needs for the future. Is there a limit to how God desires to move in our country? Absolutely not! I say again, "Know No Bounds!" This means the only boundaries we face lie within ourselves - our doubts, fears, even our lack of faith and understanding can stand in the way of fully achieving what God commissioned us to do.

A few years ago Karen and I ran a marathon. I remember the intense training and the excitement we (and the other runners) felt on race day. Almost a thousand runners signed up for this race. At the halfway point there is a fork in the road; if you went to the left, you would run to the finish line completing a half-marathon. 13.1 miles was a remarkable achievement—upon completion, the runner received a medal, a sweatshirt, snacks and lots of cheering from those waiting at the finish line. If you ran to the right, you committed to the full marathon. I will never forget that moment, 90% of the runners went to the left with only 10% choosing to go to the right. Karen and I looked at each other shocked at the flood of runners who turned to the left, racing to the finish line. To the right, and for at least a mile, we only saw five or six people. We stopped at the fork, looked both ways and ran to the right. We spent the next mile laughing what-were-we-thinking-type laughs, but as time went on, the race went from physical training to a test of our mental and emotional endurance. When we finally crossed the finish line, our family was there, but the crowds were almost gone, only volunteers and those waiting for their loved ones remained. The snacks were gone, we received our sweatshirt, but they were out of medals… We limped to our car relieved we survived, but something happened in that last 13.1 miles. We gained an understanding of what it means to press through with the 10%, those who understand what it means to “Know No Bounds” and push their mind, body, and spirit as close to the edge of their breaking point in order to finish the race set before them. Those who were not in it for the glory, but to finish the race.

We are just four weeks away from the Kansas, Gathering of the Eagles, 2017. There is so much to pray through in this Gathering, and we need your help to do so. There are major issues, and while God's choice is sitting in the White House today, he's there because of prayer. He is what this Nation needs today. The responsibility of the intercessor is to seek and pray for what our Nation needs for her future. We need to press through on every front--tackle everything in this Nation that stands in the way of bringing true healing to our land. We must press through to the eternal my friends. We cannot stop short because we are tired or prefer to flow with the 90%– we cannot stop at “we got God’s choice into office, let’s let him take it from here…” We must press through, strive to see laws change, atrocities against the innocent cease, fight to see deep healing between the races, and witness the birth of reformation in our Nation. This is the call of the intercessor, the force of the 10%, the drive of those who live a life where they “Know No Bounds” because they believe God’s best for Nation truly has no boundaries. They’ve learned (or are striving to learn) to live out the book of Acts because that’s when the move of God poured out upon the land in an unprecedented manner.

Let’s look at Acts 1 for a moment: before Jesus ascended He instructed the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the promise. He told 500 to wait, and only 120 came. But, they fasted and prayed until the answer came. When the Holy Spirit entered, He flowed in with power unlike anything the masses experienced before. Peter exited and delivered the most powerful sermon to date, bringing 3000 into the Kingdom that day. Peter Knew No Bounds, and this is the power he flowed in the rest of his days.

Consider Acts 3: when Peter came upon the lame man outside the temple, the man held out his hand and asked for alms, what did Peter do? He reached out his hand and declared, “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk!” The man asked Peter and John for ‘alms’ –that day's provision; Peter gave him what he needed for his future. He would never have to beg again. Peter was the 10%; he was a man who reached beyond the temporal and sought to see the eternal. He Knew No Bounds!

This is the power that is coming my friends, the ability to see beyond today and experience the fullness of what God has for His children tomorrow! Let’s fight for a body of people to experience what it means to flow at this level. Repentance, forgiveness, intercession, faith...are the foundation of what it takes to give birth to reformation. These are the requirements to expand our faith and begin to walk as a child of the living God – the 10% who look to tomorrow and live a life of a believer who “Knows No Bounds!” Are you among the 10%? Join us at the Kansas, Gathering of the Eagles in March and let's pray for the Nation to have what she needs for her future!

Blessings & love,
Ricci Wilson

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