1. Are we winning or losing the culture war? Os Hillman 2. New problems created by new technologies 3. Visit resource table or www.TGIFbookstore.com 4. Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 5. Spiritual Snapshot of America and the World 6. How are we doing? 7. Where are we winning? Where are we losing? 8. WORLD EVANGELIZATION: 1900: 1 in 27 were Christians. 2013: 1 in 3 - 2.6 billion 300,000 a day or 100,000,000 a year 9. Global Media Outreach 200+ websites globally 133,641,698+ decisions 10. China: 1950 = 1 million Christians. 2013 = 100 Million (China 30,000 a day) 11. 1990: 1 in 3 (33%) in Extreme Poverty. 2013: 1 in 5 (20%) 12. LOGO 13. God is moving in Hollywood 14. God is Using A&E to Awaken the Army vimeo 15. Where are we losing? 16. 56 million abortions 17. Losing our Christian liberties 18. Making conservative values hate speech The devil always twists truth! 19. Our nations motto is In God We Trust but we cannot pray at public events 20. ood evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Wh Isaiah 5:20 21. Were going to remove God from this society! 22. "How is it that 1 million gay activists can bully the rest of the country into their agenda? How is it that 70% of the population who do not agree with this lifestyle (those who identify as Christian) can be bullied to accept the gay lifestyle?" -Rush Limbaugh Answer: Organized, united, sold out to their message, well funded with a strategy Christianity is not doing any of this. 23. Media and the Gay Agenda 24. Gay Central Issue Born gay? Civil Issue Civil Rights Entire premise built on a lie Its a Choice? Want us to accept and endorse alternative lifestyle that contradicts moral beliefs Who has such a right? 25. 42% say upbringing/environment 37% say born that way 26. Born Gay? We argue that, for all practical purposes, gays should be considered to have been born gay, even though sexual orientation, for most humans, seems to be the product of a complex interaction between innate predispositions and environmental factors during childhood and early adolescence. 27. The bigger question is what will turn this trend the other way? Lower divorce rates 3%? Healthier families Changed & healed hearts A new attitude/strategy from the church 28. How Social Conservative are being Demonized 29. We must engage the culture to influence it. 30. Harvard 31. The Intolerance of anti-conservative movement 32. LOGO Anti-God policies Homosexuality Socialism UnGodly Leadership Americas Moral Slide Redefine Marriage New God of Tolerance 33. Gay marriage before our Supreme Court Potential Consequences: Churches required to marry gay couples. Churches will close. Businesses sued and closed down. Nominal believers fade away. (Consequence to other nations not the same as for America due to our Christian heritage). Persecution of Christians is coming! 34. LOGO Understanding the Times We Live In the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do 1 Chronicles 12:32 35. The Perfect Storm US Economy/ Debt Liberalization of America Euro Debt Crisis Middle East reset Iran/Nuclear weapon Christian Liberties Moral Crisis/ Gay issue Worldwide Judgment on Mammon Leadership Crisis 36. If the Foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Ps 11:3 37. Lack of Moral Leadership in America 38. 1998 survey: Belief in God 93% believe general population Military: 90% Business owners: 70% Politicians: 50% Arts + Entertainment: 3% Media: 2% 39. 19% Christians in U.S. have a biblical worldview. The Barna Update, Americans Worldview," 2009. 40. Our founding fathers would cringe! In Denial of Our Heritage 41. Judgment One of the ways we see God exercise judgment on a nation is He gives a nation a leader that is reflective of the moral condition of the people. We have begun our period of judgment. 42. George Barna May 2014 Council on National Policy Conservatives Poll 84% concerned about the future 99% country is headed in wrong direction 99% govt is doing too much 90% angry about the state of America 94% morals and values are declining 71% ready to engage in creating significant change 43. Bill Bright, CCC Loren Cunningham, YWAM 1975 44. LOGO 45. Abraham Kuyper, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1901-1905 Oh, no single piece of our mental world is to be hermetically sealed off from the rest, and there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: Mine! 46. Mountains are Controlled by Small % of Leaders and Networks US culture has been defined by less than 500 intellectual cultural philosophers who influence 7 gates and supporting networks since our birth as a nation. Randall Collins, a sociologist and author of Discovery of Society 47. Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 48. Why was Jesus Influential? He solved Problems!! 49. He solved Peters fishing problem He solved Peters tax problem He solved feeding 5,000 when there was no food He solved the blind mans seeing problem He solved the prostitutes problem & kept her from being stoned 50. Why did Daniel, David, Joseph have influence? They solved a major problem for their employer! 51. Can you be trusted with a problem? 52. Jesus was one with the Father & He had spiritual authority. But He never reached for earthly power 53. Humility leads to unity; unity leads to (spiritual) authority, authority leads to influence 54. LOREN CUNNINGHAM Use your authority and you will lose your influence 55. use your influence and you will gain authority. - Loren Cunningham 56. How do we turn our nation back to God? 57. SAMARITAN WOMAN Culture change should be a fruit, not a goal! 58. How Daniel Transformed a government mountain 1. Problem Tell me my dream! 2. Supernatural God told him the dream! 3. Solved the kings problem 59. How Paul transformed culture And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:4-6 60. Conclusion Culture is transformed when the presence & power of God is released through His people supernaturally in every cultural mountain. It begins with prayer. HE MUST SHOW UP! 61. Zechariah 4:6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD Almighty. 62. 1. Prayer & His Presence 2 Chronicles 7:14 Repentance Dt 8 Spiritual warfare Ezekiel 22:30 2. Solving Problems Jesus solved problems supernaturally! 3. Collective Leverage & Unity 30%-35% of the population claim to be Christians. Jn 17:21-23; Joel 3:9-11 4. Small % of Elites Controlling 7M Gates Arts & Ent, Media & Education defining values, controlling messages 4 factors to Cultural Influence LOGO 63. The greater the influence of the cultural mountain, the greater the warfare. because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me. 1 Cor. 16:9 64. Is it a top down or bottom up strategy? 65. The Holy Spirit never needs majority! Jeremiah Lanphier 66. 1857 Jeremiah Lanphier It began with 6. Stock broker. Began w/ a financial crisis. Repentance & power of God touched people Within 6 mos 30k meeting for prayer. 2 million came to Christ 67. Understanding the Sin of the Amorites Judgment & catalyst to the promised land. Great awakening. Genesis 15: 13&16 In the same way God is incubating a people in the womb of this world who will dispossess the rulers of this world and rule and reign with Christ. 68. What will it take to return America to its greatness? 69. Go Love PrayUnity Act ? And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:37-39 Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Mathew 6:8 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. John 17:21 If my people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14. 70. LOGO The Lord will raise up a Joels army through you. July 21, 2013 www.theJesusAlliance.org Jan 2014 March 2014 71. Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there , O Lord. Joel 3:9-11 Dream and prophetic word March 2014 Small group February 72. Unifying Christian Leadership & Media Strategy TheJesusAlliance.org 1 Billion Messages 73. What is it going to take? 74. Lets continue the conversation free TGIF Devotional www.TodayGodIsFirst.com