In Response To Cindy Jacobs’ Call To Prayer Pertaining to the Hurricane

Dear Cindy

Several broad points from this native Floridian for your consideration, separated by topic:

1. I think there are a number of principles we ha e routinely violated with impunity in this nation as believers. And identifying those principles that we have violated and coming in the opposites spirit to our patterns of behavior might help better than just saying, “storm, begone”. The Charismatic Movement has routinely violated the Principle of Authority and how we handle the larger Apostolic office

2. As a native Floridian, there is the matter of aquifers that do need the occasional hurricane to properly fill up. Hurricanes are a natural part of G-d’s larger system for drought prevention.

3. I am not sure Category 5 hurricanes were included in that design.

4. This may be tied up in part in the second head of Leviathan, which parallels the second day of creation, the Head of Weather. Meaning that we have violated the Principle that parallels the Redemptive Gift of Servant, the Principle of Authority. And one of the things we might do to effectively get freed of that negative Second Head, in order to really effectively handle hurricanes, would be to change how we relate to the Authority we wield as believers. Namely, have there been times when we have used our authority to fix problems that have violated our comfort instead of increasing and expanding G-d’s kingdom rule in the earth. If we have used authority with the aim of making our lives more comfortable rather than to uplift the glory and honor of our King, then we might consider how we can walk that process out better, beyond repentance and simple rebuke.

5. I think you are onto something especially with respect to the need of the intercessors to stand up and hear the voice of the L-rd in this situation. With that said, we need to be careful not merely to rebuke the storm because it threatens our comfort. Rather, we need to rebuke a storm if it threatens the advancement of His kingdom. This means, we meed to step up and hear if this hurricane is not the result of a curse or a legal right: a curse without a cause will not alight, or if this hurricane serves a larger purpose of G-d That is, with skill and humility we step into the courtrooms and find out precisely what Father’s design for this cyclone is.

6. And if we as a nation or as a church have stepped into covenants that were hasty or ill-advised, that we would hear from the Judge’s bench what we have done, and the process needed to undo the devouring that is happening.

7. While I do think asking Father to turn away unnecessary storms is wise, I rather think that we need to answer the question of whether or not this storm is in that category.

8. This is not about apostolic intercession as you define it, especially given most leaders in the Charismatic Movement do not understand or grasp the purposes of either the apostolic or intercession. Governing according to the old season of Ruler Protocol without the new spiritual authority of Intimacy and vulnerability that defines the Mercy Season is a sure way to alienate the church you and your colleagues seek to protect.

Mrs. Jacobs, we are done with the old command-and-control with edicts issued from the men and women at the top who are not vulnerably in the trenches with us in humility, or willing to be held accountable by other believers whose authority you do not recognize.

The latest debacle with Todd Bentley that remained hidden from the church until years after it happened is proof of this abuse.

I look forward to your response, while you and other leaders figure out what the apostolic and the prophetic truly mean.

Kindest regards from a brother in the L-rd,

David Michael MacNelley

The Paraclete’s Hammer