Have you ever wondered how a nation can be changed? I saw these 3 prophetic pictures at a 3 day prayer gathering. God began to speak to me about how to heal a nation. There are 3 stages:

Stage 1

The heart is the heart of the nation. The words in Portuguese translated mean “Love, peace, grace, faith, goodness, forgiveness” and other similar words, that is the Word of God. Allied with prayer, and targeted at all areas of the life of the nation, they begin to penetrate and drive out the sin and sicknesses that clog up the heart.

So there needs to be declaration of the Word in prayer and preaching against all the ills and sicknesses in a nation. As this is done God begins to heal it. This happened in the 18th Century Great Awakening, when the Methodist itinerants preached throughout the whole land.

Stage 2

There is a germination period when we must wait for the Word of God to act and go deeper, supported by continued prayer. More Word and more prayer leads to deeper roots. The deeper the repentance of the believers and non-believers, the deeper the healing of the nation. This happened in the Great Awakening which took until the next century to begin to heal and affect the nation in a deep way.

Then the plant breaks the soil and can now be seen But we must still wait and pray for God to water the plant. He is the one who brings the increase.

Stage 3

As God waters the plant by the Holy Spirit, the plant turns into a prosperous tree that bears good fruit. The leaves of this tree that has come form the healed heart of the nation, are leaves for the healing of other nations (Rev 22:2). In the Great Awakening, the preaching of the Gospel eventually led to the formation of many mission societies, which then sent missionaries all over the world, changing other nations too.