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Authority in Prayer

By dutch sheets author & minister.

CBN.com – A few years ago I was given a double-billed cap with one bill pointing to the left, the other to the right. The words on the front of the cap, "I'm the leader, which way did they go?" are intended to prompt the obvious question, "Who, really, is in charge?" I loved the humor in spite of the not-so-subtle and obviously asinine aspersion it cast on my leadership skills.

That question in one form or another is asked throughout the world millions of times a day. I recall the day our dog, Mercedes--she's a Boxer, so ugly she needed a classy name--tried to assert her dominance over me. She was young, and the two of us were in a season of trying to establish who would rule our house. I was lying on the floor watching a football game, and she, very ceremoniously I might add, sauntered over and sat right on my chest. She then stuck her chest out, head up, and looked disdainfully at me out of the corner of her eye, glancing proudly at everyone else in the room. Easy to interpret: I'm in charge here; you will submit to me . (Maybe it was because I was wearing the cap.)

Mercedes is quite large, and at that time she was already full grown. Having her plop down on me was uncomfortable, not to mention humiliating. The guffaws of my wife and daughters didn't help matters much. Of course, girls do stick together. I took authority over the situation immediately, commanding Mercedes to get off of me. As I'm sure you'd assume, she obeyed her master--and within two or three minutes promptly removed herself! I won that power struggle and have been in charge ever since.

But it is not only people and their dogs that struggle with the "Who's in charge?" question. It is at the heart of all conflict on earth. The question was born in the heart of Lucifer when he tried to sit on God's chest in heaven, and it spread to earth when he passed the question on to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan spewed his poisonous deception, and our foreparents also tried to sit on God's chest. We humans have been wearing a double-billed cap ever since, thinking we're in charge, all the while stumbling around, wondering which way to go. It seems that at every level and in every arena of life, power struggles occur:

Everybody wants to be in charge!

Who is ruling your world? I'm not referring to the big one, as in planet earth. At least not yet. I'm talking about the world you live in every day, your personal world. I'm speaking of your home, family, job, health, dog--well, okay, maybe not your dog. God doesn't intend that any outside force dominate you. He has given you jurisdiction over your life.

God began dealing with me a few years back about governing my world. And He wasn't referring to Washington, D.C. He was talking about the gray matter in my cranium--my thoughts as well as my house, my finances, my health, and so on. In ever-expanding circles He began to teach me about governing the world around me. God did actually want to use me to influence cities, states, and nations, and has since sent me to Washington dozens of times, to all fifty states on an amazing prayer assignment, and on numerous other prayer journeys.

I want to share with you what He has taught me. I'm certainly not implying that I have full understanding of this or any other aspect of truth. In fact, much of my learning has come through paradigm-stretching assignments and frustration-prompted questions. Desperation often births inspiration, like the day at the airport ...

I was about to break out in hives I was so tense. It was during a prayer tour to all fifty states that Chuck Pierce and I conducted in 2003–2004.

I left my home early, as I frequently did, to fly to another state where I would speak and lead large prayer gatherings that evening and the following morning. That day I wasn't flying my normal airline with which I had special "go to the short line, receive preferential treatment, and get your upgrade" status.

As I stood in the long "NO preferential treatment and NO upgrade" line of this other airline, things became more chaotic by the minute. I don't know if the employees were learning a new system, their computers were malfunctioning, or just what was happening. But everything was in total confusion. I wanted to pass out double-billed caps to all the workers and sit on somebody's chest!

I was already running a bit late, and after waiting twenty minutes with the line not moving, I was getting pretty uptight. My stomach was knotting up, and my anxiety level was rapidly increasing.

I wasn't the only one.

People started pushing their way to the front. Others were shouting from where they stood about not wanting to miss their flight, for the workers to hurry up, etc. And, believe it or not, the workers were beginning to become unnerved and belligerent also! I had never seen anything like it. One lady began to shout about not missing her plane and then began pushing others out of the way as she bullied her way toward the counter.

I remembered a story about my friend and Bible teacher John Dawson, who once had a frustrated and obnoxious lady behind him in an airport line. He decided to witness God's love to her by giving her his place in line. I prayed to receive the "John Dawson anointing" but it didn't work. By this time the "Dutch Sheets anointing" was too strong--she wasn't getting my position! (I'm just as Christlike as John, it's just that God has given me a more intense personality.)

My next thought was to beat her up, but I could see the headlines: "Preacher on Way to Prayer Meeting Pummels Lady in Airport." Then I took a closer look and decided I couldn't have whipped her anyway. She was big and mean--looked like someone from the WWE! We all backed out of her way as she marched forward.

By this time I had decided I would miss my flight and Chuck would have to do the meeting alone. Then in great desperation but no real faith, I decided to pray. "Lord, do something to stop this chaos and get me on my flight," I whispered.

As clearly as I have ever heard Him, the Holy Spirit responded, "You know this is all about you, don't you?"

"I didn't do anything," I replied in surprise. "Don't blame me!"

"This is all about Satan trying to hinder your assignment," I heard.

Remembering 1 Thessalonians 2:18: "We wanted to come to you-- I, Paul, more than once -- and yet Satan hindered us," I realized the possibility. All this confusion and anxiety is about me and my assignment? I thought. No way .

Yet I knew I was hearing the Spirit as He said, Yes, it is .

"Well, do something about it," I quietly whispered.

But He was trying to teach me something. No, you do something about it. Move in the authority I have given you and command the demonic hindrances of your assignment to be ineffective. Declare that you have favor and will get to your meeting on time .

I did as instructed and then heard, "Now, go over to your right, to the end of the counter, and wait." This ticket counter was on the end of a row next to a wide thoroughfare. I stood at the end of the counter which, naturally, ticketing agents didn't even use.

Almost immediately, though, an agent walked over and said kindly, "Can I help you, sir?"

"Yes, I'm on flight number so and so." I handed her my driver's license, she checked my luggage, gave me a boarding pass, and I was off to my gate--where I was immediately upgraded to first-class!

I was pretty pumped. "Whatever you're teaching me, I sure do want to learn it," I told the Lord. "This is nice."

God has given you jurisdiction over your world--under His authority, of course. He wants you, not sin, demonic powers, negative circumstances, or any other outside force to govern it. I realize this was an extraordinary experience, and I, like Paul, have been successfully hindered a few times.

Even so, God doesn't want the devil or any of his agents ever to sit on our chests.

The question of who's in control is a governmental issue. We often think of government only in its civil sense, but Webster's defines govern as "to direct and control; to regulate by authority; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to steer or regulate the course of; to exercise authority; to maintain the superiority."

To exercise authority is to govern . Praying with authority, therefore, is "governmental intercession." So in essence, this is a book about government--not politics, but prayer! Politicians and government officials legislate through man-made laws and rulings. We legislate through spiritual laws, principles, and activities.

One of Scripture's primary themes is governmental authority. The primary biblical struggle is over the questions "Who will rule humankind?" and "Who will rule the world?" We will see as we progress that the answer to the first determines the answer to the second--yes, in many ways the war is about you and me and who we listen to-- we are going to help answer the question of who is in charge of the earth. In this earthly war over who is going to rule it, you and your double-billed cap are caught right in the middle!

Excerpted from Authority in Prayer: Praying with Power and Purpose. © Dutch Sheets. Published by Bethany House Publishers. Used by permission. Unauthorized duplication prohibited.

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Dutch Sheets is an internationally known conference speaker, senior pastor of Springs Harvest Fellowship in Colorado Springs, and author of several books, including the bestselling Intercessory Prayer and How to Pray for Lost Loved Ones. Dutch and his wife, Ceci, and their two teenage daughters make their home in Colorado.

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Everything You Need To Know About Dutch Sheets.

Dutch sheets was born to Rev. Lloyd Dean sheets and Jodie sheets on the 10th March 1954 which makes him 67 years, he has two siblings, a sister Deana sheets and a brother Tim sheets.

Dutch Sheets is a very popular pastor, public speaker and author. He is known nationally and internationally. He is popular for his “give me 15” program which he founded, he is the pastor of Freedom Church in Colorado Springs. Initially, pastor Dutch taught in bible colleges, he also taught in seminaries and because he is a great man with a lot of bible knowledge and more, he was a part of the directors of many organizations he is setting up gathering for the worshiping of God. Pastor Dutch sheets is also known for going around the globe and leading prayers, He was recently appointed executive director of Christ for the Nations Institute.

DUTCH SHEETS FAMILY

Dutch sheets is married to his wife Ceci Sheets , she is currently 64years old she was born on Oct 31, 1956 and they have been married for over 40years. Pastor Dutch sheets hobbies includes quiet walks in the woods and reading. One of his favorite sports is golf, he enjoys playing golf. He lives with his wife in South Carolina. Together, Dutch and Ceci have 2 grown daughters, and a wonderful grandson. They also own three dogs which they enjoy taking a walk with.

DUTCH SHEETS NET WORTH

According to https://peopleai.com/fame/identities/dutch-sheets Dutch sheets is worth two hundred and sixteen million United States Dollars.

DUTCH SHEET’S “GIVE HIM 15” DAILY

“The give him 15” is a form of prayer and devotional program, in which Dutch sheets teaches us on various topics that helps improves our Christian lives as individuals and as a community. He makes us understand that prayer is an important and powerful weapon for us Christian believers, he teaches us daily in the give him 15 how to use this weapon in overcoming the plots of the evil ones on your life and that of your family.

His teachings are an amazing source of inspiration to a lot of people and their families; it is also a great source of inspiration to the church.

The “give him 15” has an app suitable for iPhones, ipads, androids and many more.

DUTCH SHEETS SERMONS

-Don’t doubt it

-The master key

-He started it he will finish it

-Keys of authority

-It’s all going to happen

More sermons from Dutch sheets can be found on YouTube though https://www.youtube.com/c/DutchSheets22

DUTCH SHEETS BOOKS

• Intercessory Prayer
• Watchman Prayer
• The Pleasure Of His Company
• The Power Of Hope
• Role Away Your Stone
• Second In Command
• Authority In Prayer
• The River Of God
• Praying Through Sorrows
• Moving Heaven

  DUTCH SHEETS QUOTES

• It is possible to acknowledge weaknesses while walking in genuine faith.
• Our attentiveness to the Father is equally as important as the Father’s attentiveness to us.
• Don’t embrace any theology or creed that allows God to lose!
• God is eavesdropping on us, waiting for us to speak a few words to Him.
• God is never so preoccupied that He is not really listening to you.
• You were made to dream and you must dream—both for yourself and for God. God is the Author of your dreams, but you’re an outlet for His.
• Our actions and attitudes in the chronos times of preparing, sowing, believing and persevering are what determine whether G
• God wants us to be on such intimate terms with Him that it produces bold, confident and effective intercession
• Where there is no communication from God, the people perish.
• God helps watchmen by pointing out what needs to be seen and heard to aid the growth and health of a church.

DUTCH SHEETS CONTACTS

PHONE NUMBER: 803-580-2882

EMAIL: [email protected]

Twitter: @DutchSheets5

Instagram: @dutch_sheets

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/DutchSheets22?_rdc=1&_rdr

Dutch sheet organization: www.dutchsheets.org

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Meet the Apostle of Right-Wing Christian Nationalism

By Tim Dickinson

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Dutch Sheets stood behind Marjorie Taylor Greene , the palms of his hands held up to God.

Revered by followers as a modern Christian apostle, Sheets told a packed crowd at Gas South Arena, outside Atlanta, to pray with him for the GOP congresswoman, who touts herself as a Christian nationalist, and appeared onstage in a bright-red dress.

“We say she is covered by the blood of Jesus,” Sheets said. “She will not be taken out by evil forces,” he insisted, adding: “We take authority over that in Jesus’ name. And we cover her now with a shield of prayer and faith and say, ‘Be strong! Be blessed! You are highly favored! You will not fail,’ in Jesus’ name.”

Christian nationalism has long been an undercurrent of GOP politics. But with the rise of the MAGA movement and the Republican party’s lurch toward authoritarianism, its proponents have burst into the foreground. Representatives like Greene and Lauren “the church is supposed to direct the government ” Boebert have embraced Christian nationalism in Washington, while far-right-media figures like Andrew Torba — the CEO of the platform Gab.com — embrace it as the answer to conservative setbacks in the culture wars, insisting : “We are going to take power in this country, for the glory of God.”  

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Inside the arena, Sheets was soon leading the spirited crowd in a recitation of a new document he co-authored called the “ Watchman Decree .” It reads like a Christian nationalist pledge of allegiance. 

“As a patriot of faith, I attest my allegiance first and foremost to the Kingdom of God and the Great Commission,” Sheets began. (The “Great Commission” refers to the instruction by the resurrected Jesus to his followers to “make disciples of all nations.”) He then led the crowd in a series of theocratic declarations, including: 

“We, the Church, are God’s governing Body on the Earth.”  “We have been given legal power and authority from Heaven.”  “We are … delegated by Him to destroy every attempted advance of the enemy.”

The audience then read aloud, with Sheets, a list of 13 decrees, including that the three branches of U.S. government will “honor God,” “write only laws that are righteous,” and only “issue rulings that are biblical.” The congregation continued, in unison, “We declare that we stand against wokeness, the occult, and every evil attempt against our nation.” 

They concluded with Sheets’ trademark spiritual battle cry: “We decree that America shall be saved! ”

The Fight for “Dominion”

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Christian nationalism is on the rise among the religious right. Many among the fundamentalist faithful seek to live in a country where their biblical views are not just protected, but imposed on others, as a matter of law. The proposition that America should be remade as a theocracy is most popular, according to a 2021 Pew poll , among white evangelicals — that is to say the Republican base. More than a third of this group believes the federal government should “stop enforcing” the separation of church and state and “declare” the United States a Christian nation. A full 29 percent would like to see the federal government “advocate Christian values.” That these are minoritarian views is little obstacle in a Republican party that has grown increasingly contemptuous of democracy and comfortable with MAGA-style authoritarianism.

The NAR movement, in particular, dovetails with the far-right of the Republican party because it blames the nation’s problems on the same enemies — abortion providers, homosexuals, religious minorities, etc. — with the distinction being that NAR followers believe these disfavored groups are literally Satanic. “They use this language of spiritual warfare,” says Steve Snow, a professor of politics who published an academic paper on NAR in the Journal of Religion & Society . “It has inevitably moved over into the political realm — so that your political opponents are demon-possessed.”

The founding apostle of NAR was C. Peter Wagner, who didn’t look the part of a zealot. Wagner was a soft-spoken, avuncular figure with white hair and a Colonel Sanders goatee. Yet his theology was extreme: He infamously believed that the emperor of Japan had fornicated with the sun goddess — an embodiment of the shape-shifting Satan. This unholy union, Wagner maintained, disgusted (the one, true Christian) God, who then removed his protection from the island, precipitating the nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima.

For Wagner and his followers, the bible is the story of the struggle for “dominion” over the Earth. God granted Adam dominion over the world, which he promptly squandered to Satan, in the form of the serpent in the garden. Jesus, to NAR followers, is the “Second Adam” who granted his followers a new chance to wrest dominion of the world from demonic forces.

The NAR faithful take literally the command given by the resurrected Jesus to his followers to “make disciples of all nations.” They view Christianity as a missionary faith with a manifest destiny to conquer the planet. If that work won’t be fully completed until the second coming of Christ, NAR followers believe it’s their duty to prepare the planet in the meantime, making it as biblical as possible. “Jesus delegated establishing His kingdom to us — to you and to me,” Wagner preached in 2014. “We are the ones who are supposed to bring this about,” he insisted of the Second Coming, calling on his followers to “speak and act on Jesus’ behalf as if Jesus himself was doing it.” 

The New Apostolic Reformation doesn’t have a formal church structure. Rather it comprises a network of self-styled apostles who cultivate their own followings — and also lend one another an air of authority through mutual recognition of their divine gifts. “It’s sort of like al Qaeda in the sense that anybody can pop up anywhere and say that they’re al Qaeda,” says Snow, the Wagner University politics professor who has studied NAR. 

“An Appeal to Heaven”

Sheets is a first among equals in the world of NAR. He was Wagner’s top lieutenant and protégé . Wagner died in 2016, but in his late years, he touted “Apostle Dutch Sheets” for his “clear, practical vision” to lead America in “giant steps toward seeing our land reflect the kingdom of God.”

Sheets preaches — against the historical record — that America was founded as a Christian nation, and he views the United States as God’s essential weapon for advancing Christianity across the globe. And when Sheets speaks of warfare for Christ, he seems to want to bring the battle out of the spirit realm and into the physical world. (Sheets did not agree to speak for this story. His ministry stated in an email: “Dutch does not do interviews.”)

Sheets has a round face, close-cropped brown hair, and often sports a trim goatee. He preaches that the American Revolution was divinely guided, pointing to a war flag that featured a pine tree and the slogan “An Appeal to Heaven,” which was flown at times by George Washington and the Continental Navy.

There’s a secular history to the flag. Colonists were battling the Crown over a decree that the tallest timber pines in New England were reserved for British ships. The flag’s slogan, “An Appeal to Heaven,” was lifted from the philosopher John Locke, who argued that when governments abridge man’s natural freedoms it’s appropriate to fight and let God sort it out. “Where there lies no appeal on Earth,” the philosopher wrote, “they have just cause to make their appeal to heaven.”

But to Sheets, and other Christian nationalists, this flag has a secret biblical meaning. In a 2015 book An Appeal to Heaven, and a series of sermons on the same topic, Sheets contends that the pine tree, in fact, symbolizes an evergreen planted in Genesis and stands for an “everlasting covenant” with God. “I figured out that this symbol of the evergreen tree didn’t go back just to the founding fathers in America,” Sheets preached in 2019, “it went all the way back to Abraham!”

For America to be the nation God intended, Sheets insisted, it must end religious tolerance. “Lord we refuse to give this nation to another God; we refuse to give this nation to demons,” Sheets preached, citing “Hinduism” and a “pluralistic mindset” as examples of the evils he despised. 

“We decree over this nation that the spirit of Islam will not take over America,” he said. To the contrary, Sheets insisted, “We say that Christianity will invade Islam.” Darkly, Sheets implied that violence will be necessary: “We decree and declare that, though it may require the blood of many martyrs, [God] will have his way.”

In Sheets’ vision, Christians will take over Washington, D.C. “We believe you’re going to raise up constitutional judges,” Sheets said. “We believe you’re gonna put somebody in the White House that we’ll say, ‘Oh, yes, we are Christian nation!’”

While Sheets isn’t the only proponent of reviving the pine-tree flag, he’s certainly the most prominent. And this coopted symbol of Christian nationalism has been adopted by a host of Republican politicians. Few parade the flag as prominently as Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, who often sits in front of the banner during Facebook internet chats.

In the days after Jan 6. — an insurrection Mastriano attended — Mastriano posted the revolutionary symbol on Twitter, without comment.

pic.twitter.com/6VTuFVnX1r — Doug Mastriano (@dougmastriano) January 13, 2021

Mastriano did not answer questions from Rolling Stone . He was first linked to NAR by The New Yorker , which reported Mastriano attended movement events after winning a seat in the statehouse. Mastriano has denied working directly with the NAR. But he filmed a 2020 interview in his Harrisburg office with a NAR pastor, Abby Abildness, a close associate of Sheets who preaches that Pennsylvania was the “holy seed of a nation” and that founder William Penn was a prophet of “ His wisdom and principles of governance .” 

Decades of Influence

Sheets has kept a low national profile that belies his influence on our national politics, where his influence stretches back decades. Reflecting on her pivotal role in the 2000 presidential recount of Florida, former Secretary of State Katherine Harris told Charisma magazine that Sheets was a godly mentor to her, adding that “everything I do politically is animated by my faith,” because her “marching orders” come from God. 

Sheets has also shared stages with national, theocracy-minded Republicans, including an appearance with then-Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas in 2007. During the Obama administration, Sheets propagated lies about the first Black president. In one recording, Sheets insisted, “We have a Muslim president .” Sheets argued that “this is a part of the judgment” of God, who, in an effort to “discipline” America, had “turned our country over to our enemies for a season.”

Sheets has never soft-pedaled his theocratic beliefs . He told a crowd in 2012 that it wasn’t realistic for Christians to “take over everything and rule the Earth completely for the Lord,” but that “we’re supposed to try.” Sheets added, “Our assignment, until He comes, is to bring His kingdom rule into the Earth, so that our region looks like heaven again.” Sheets counseled followers to “divide and conquer,” calling on God to “raise up kingdom warriors who are willing to do whatever it takes to bring forth Your kingdom rule in the Earth.” 

That kind of divisive talk ingratiated Sheets to Newt Gingrich, who named Sheets to his “ Faith Leaders Coalition ” during his 2012 presidential run. 

In 2015 , Sheets shared a message about Christian nationalism he said was directly from God: “The Lord has confirmed to me that the door to the governmental arena — and to Washington, D.C., specifically — is again wide open,” he wrote, insisting that “this invitation … has not only been extended to me, but to the entire body of Christ.”

Preaching Christian nationalism is a boom business. Dutch Sheets Ministries is not a church, but a 501(c)3 nonprofit. In paperwork filed with the IRS, Sheets has declared nearly $9 million in revenue since 2016, and has assets approaching $4 million. (Sheets and his wife, the VP of the ministry, jointly earn nearly $230,000 a year from the operation.)

Sheets has cultivated a huge following. He has an Apple app called “Give Him 15,” where he offers short, daily sermons, often promoting Christian nationalism. The app, he’s bragged, has been downloaded more than 600,000 times. He cross-posts these videos to YouTube and Rumble, often gaining hundreds of thousands of views at a time.

“God Wants to Give Trump Eight Years”

Nonprofits like Dutch Sheets Ministries risk losing their tax exempt status if they enmesh themselves in electoral politics. But Sheets was all-in for Trump, going so far as to stage an “Appeal to Heaven” conference at the Trump Hotel in 2018. Despite Trump’s manifestly sinful life, Sheets saw him as a divine instrument, in particular for Trump’s stated opposition to abortion, which Sheets has characterized as “ blood sacrifice that empowers demons .”

In 2018, Sheets shared a prophesy that Trump was going to have “an encounter with God … that’s going to transform him ,” he said. “I believe He wants to make him a father in this nation.” Sheets continued, “He’s going to know God and he’s gonna realize this God put me here, and I’m gonna do everything possible to follow His leadership, His will, and do for Him what He wants for this nation.”

Sheets continued to use metaphors of war and violence through the runup to Jan. 6. On a Nov. 9 podcast titled “God Is Not Finished with President Trump,” Sheets asked his listeners, “Are we gonna fight or not? Is Trump God’s choice or not?” He exhorted, “We must make a stand right now,” and to “war and get God’s will and God’s person back in office.”

By late December , Sheets was invoking the Black Robed Regiment, a group of colonial preachers who were instrumental in the Revolutionary War, and asking God to “fight for us as you did our founders.” Sheets decreed that “there is coming a great partnership of the church and government,” and asked his followers to “war with me for our great nation.” 

In a Jan. 2 message to the faithful called “Why We Fight”, Sheets insisted that the coming war was for the “spiritual soul and God-given destiny of our nation” against two enemies. First and foremost, there was “Biden and those on the left who do not want biblical principles morals and ideals controlling America.” But Sheets also listed Republican foes who “are unwilling to stand up and fight in this battle.” He called them “self-serving cowards” with “no understanding of … God’s purpose for America” or the “God-given vision of our founding fathers.” These turncoats, he insisted, had “traded patriotism for privilege, and Christ’s cause for a career.”

By Jan. 3 , Sheets appeared on camera wearing a 1776 sweatshirt and seemed to have a clear vision of the unrest that was about to unfold. Citing the “thousands of patriots who will descend on Washington D.C.,” Sheets implored his followers to pray “that they’re kept safe,” warning: “It is likely to be a very tumultuous week.”

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The letter reserved judgment for the worst offenders. “We do not believe that a sincere prophet who delivers an inaccurate message is [necessarily] a false prophet,” they wrote. But the letter also offered a stark warning to fellow charismatics that the sword of fundamentalism cuts both ways: “Those wanting to use Old Testament prophetic texts to exercise influence or authority over their followers should remember,” they wrote, “that inaccurate prophecy under that same Old Testament standard was punishable by death.”

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Dutch Sheets: A Turnaround Is Coming That Will Save Billions of Souls

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WASHINGTON—Internationally-known evangelist Dutch Sheets is bringing word to the nation’s capital that a turnaround is coming that will lead to a worldwide harvest of billions of souls.

“We are about to see the greatest influx of souls in history,” Sheets told CBN News in an exclusive interview.

Just before the February 22-24 Turnaround Conference began at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, Sheets explained what's led to such an audacious prediction.

10 Months of Turmoil, 3 Years of Turnaround

He said his frequent ministry partner Chuck Pierce prophesied back in April, “10 months of turmoil before breakthrough came.  And then it’d be three years of turnaround for America.”

These last 10 months certainly have seen all sorts of turmoil — political upheaval, hurricanes, fires, floods and more.   But Sheets said now’s the time for God’s people to push for the promised turnaround.

“There’s another level of intercession, prophetic declaration, kingly intercession, making decrees for Him that is going to now launch us into what we’ve been asking for for 25, 30 years: a Third Great Awakening in America, another great awakening around the world.   And I believe the greatest harvest in history begins now,” Sheets asserted.

Time to Fly the “Appeal To Heaven” Flag Again

He spoke about the need to reignite the Appeal to Heaven movement: a time when the Founding Fathers acknowledged they couldn’t break away from Britain and become a free nation without God’s aid.   So they flew flags saying “Appeal to Heaven” during the Revolutionary War.

Sheets explained, “Our founders knew there was no way they could defeat the British unless God intervened: ‘if He’s in this, we can win.  If He’s not, this is laughable.’  So they said ‘we’re going to appeal to heaven.’  They actually put the phrase in the Declaration at the end.  They laid out their case and said ’so we appeal to the Supreme Judge of the universe.’” 

And during the war, Sheets said, “They put this flag — ‘Appeal to Heaven’ — over the battlefields, over the ships.  People don’t know it, but our nation was born under a prayer movement — Appeal to Heaven.  And, of course, we prevailed by the grace of God.”

Sheets believes God is now saying to the nation, “'I need to use what I used to birth you to re-birth you.   Because America needs a re-birth.’  We have to have an awakening and a restoration.  And I think He’s saying to us, ‘What I used then is what I’ll use now: prayer.  If you’ll appeal to me, you can turn this nation around.”

Well-known Christian leader Cindy Jacobs prophesied to Sheets it should start on Washington ’s Birthday in the city named after him.

Sheets recalled Jacobs said to him, “Holy Spirit said, ‘tell Dutch re-launch on 2-22 in Washington D.C.’ And she said it will re-launch the worldwide prayer movement.”

‘We Are an Apostate Nation’

Many people believe America certainly needs a spiritual re-birth.

“The turnaround is a reversal of the turning away from God in this nation.     We are an apostate nation.  We have rejected Him,” Sheets asserted.  

He continued, “Something has to happen in the hearts of people to where they will say internally and outwardly ‘what does God think about this?’   It’s a return to Him, it’s a return to His Word, it’s a return to His ways.  That’s what I think is coming."

Such a turn in enough American hearts can lead to change that permeates all society.

How to Rejuvenate a Whole Country

“Scriptures say ‘righteousness exalts a nation,” Sheets explained.  “It’s the inevitable law of sowing and reaping.  If we sow seeds of righteousness, we receive the blessing of heaven.  That means physically and spiritually.  Marriages are healed.  Lives get put back together.   Drug addiction goes down.  Disease is eradicated.  To me, once you turn to God, blessing comes at every level."

The evangelist told CBN News this certainly isn’t political.

“To me, the turnaround is not just prosperity, it’s not just ‘the conservatives win.’  The turnaround is spiritual.  It’s not Democrat.  It’s not Republican.  It’s a heart issue.  It’s a turning back to God.  And I think that’s about to happen."

Salvation for Billions

And Sheets expects from a re-born America, God will change the world.

“This is all about what God wants to do around the world.  I believe we’ll see more people saved in the next 20 years than we have in the previous 2, 000,” Sheets predicted.  "I think it’ll be in the billions.  Not the ‘m,’ but the ‘b.’ The billions.   I think Asia is about to get hit with a tidal wave of revival.  And I think it’s going right into the Middle East.”

He concluded, “I believe it’s this incredible harvest that has been prophesied for so long, we’re moving into now.  The best days of the Church are not behind us.  They are ahead of us.”

If you think all of this has nothing to do with you, Sheets wants you to know, if you can pray and intercede for your nation and your world, you can have a part in this turnaround.

About The Author

As senior correspondent in CBN's Washington bureau, Paul Strand has covered a variety of political and social issues, with an emphasis on defense, justice, and Congress. Strand began his tenure at CBN News in 1985 as an evening assignment editor in Washington, D.C. After a year, he worked with CBN Radio News for three years, returning to the television newsroom to accept a position as editor in 1990. After five years in Virginia Beach, Strand moved back to the nation's capital, where he has been a correspondent since 1995. Before joining CBN News, Strand served as the newspaper editor for More

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