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We are reaching the end of the 95 county journey. Rep Monty Fritts started this journey on June 28 at Legislative Plaza and will complete his desire to pray in all 95 counties. You have been gracious to him in his journey. New friends have been made throughout by all in this amazing state. We have been so blessed with a beautiful state from forests full of magnificent trees, to pastures full of livestock, fields full of corn, cotton, soy, and even sunflowers, and rivers flowing across our great state of Tennessee that we harness electricity from them. But the true beauty is the people. You are the greatest asset of this state. We have met many of you face to face. Now it is time for Monty to return to his hometown and let you continue. Please don't let it end with just a prayer. Let's fully turn back to God who has blessed us in innumerable ways. Just start counting your blessings.... name them one by one. Let's take our heart of stone and let Jesus turn it into a heart of flesh ready and willing to be who we were designed to be. Walk out your Jeremiah 29:11 that you were formed for. Reach out to a lost world who is missing Jesus from their life and tell them all about the Savior. Reach out to the those who are struggling to make the paycheck last and offer more than a prayer. Never forget, we are to be Jesus' hands and feet on this earth, in this Tennessee, and in your counties. Jesus stopped along his journey to the cross to feed, heal, uplift, and befriend those along the way. So now let's move forward as one, The Church, transforming our Communities, our State, and our Nation. We as God's people already have the power to do it, we just needed to be reminded that the very Spirit of God lives in every believer. Don't hide the light of Jesus under cover, put it on a lampstand for all to see. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of sound mind." 2 Tim 1:7. We have watched denomination walls broken down. We are The Church and we are being transformed. We look forward to the future our Lord has in store for us. " Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever." Eph 3:20 My what a journey across the greatest state in the country, Tennessee. A journey that has changed us and we believe will forever change our course in history. We hope to see you on Wednesday, July 31 at 6:30 pm in downtown Nashville at Legislative Plaza to celebrate what The Lord has done across our state. Bring a chair, an umbrella, cold water, and your grateful heart to praise our Savior and Lord.

In Lewis County, one of the attendees came with the below prayer using the 10 Commandments as a template. With his permission I am posting. Also, please overlook my typos or grammatical errors in re-typing this. Lord, you are The Creator of The Universe and The Maker of all things. You own the cattle on a thousand hills. We are only the stewards of the things you have entrusted us with and we have not done a very good job of keeping those things well, including our State. Lord we call out to you today to repent and ask forgiveness for how we have lived as a people in our State and Country. In the 10 Commandments, you have given us instruction as to how we should live. In the First Commandment you said: That we should have no others gods beside you but many of us have many things in our lives that become as gods instead of You. We are to have no graven images but we have many things in our lives we worship and have turned them into images of our gods that have a higher place in our lives than You do. We are not to take Your Name in vain, but we do and say things every day that would make others think The Faith we confess is meaningless. We are to remember Your Day and keep it Holy. So, occasionally we go to church for an hour and think we have done You a favor and pleased You. Instead we have made a mockery of Your Name. We are to honor our father and mother and those in authority but instead we allow our children to live however they want and fail to discipline them in the name of self-esteem. We live the same way ourselves and wonder why the next generation has no respect for anyone or anything. Your Commandment says that we should not murder, so instead we called it choice and have taken the lives of 61 million innocent children in our nation since 1973, while at the same time we let murderers go free. Your Commandment says we are not to commit adultery but we have done more. We have made the marriage vow meaningless, we have redefined who is a man and who is a woman and desecrated the words "made in the image of God" by defiling our bodies with sexual immorality. Your Commandment says thou shalt not steal. We have done whatever it takes to get ahead at the expense of our neighbor and fellow man. We have allowed our government to waste, squander, and destroy our monetary system and steal from its people because government has become a reflection of what we have become as a people. Your Commandment says we are not to bear false witness. The biggest lie we tell before You, God, is when we try to convince ourselves that the way we are living, as a people, is OK and not offensive to You. Your Commandment says "thou shalt not covet", but all we want is more and more thing, including the possessions and labors of others. We are willing to sell our souls to the devil and do anything necessary for greater gain. We are overcome with greed. Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Lord, this is exactly what we have done and become as a people. Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Amen

The Lord God Almighty is moving across Tennessee. So, pour on more steam in prayer please. Throw more coal in the revival fire. Let's put the enemy on the run in our state. Please look at the schedule for prayer gatherings ahead. Pray over them. Please call anyone you know in the remaining counties. People are weeping. They are on their knees. Public officials are publicly professing sins of omission and acknowledging their need to repent. God is moving. Somebody in our churches is praying and the Lord must be inclining His ear. A County Executive in Lawrence County preached a concise and powerful message at their town square. They gathered there 30 minutes early just to get a seat close. When I got there 30 minutes early, a man was on his knees praying over the place before we all gathered. Rep. Capley and Sen. Walley brought powerful calls for repentance. Lake County, with a reported total population of approximately 5000 had 50 or more at the courthouse on Tuesday. Their state rep, Rusty Grills, was moved as he read the resolution then the pastors spoke and prayed for repentance. Wow. Rep Cepicky is captured in a CBN story video clip. Powerful reading of 803...God's people! In Madison County it was full on church Monday. Shouts of hallelujah and amen from those in attendance. The pastors there are calling "keep on praying". Full on street preaching there. A big CBN article mentioned this gathering. Claiborne County closed down the street and made t shirts to get the message out. Wow. Hawkins County laid hands on their public servants and prayed over them. This has not been rare in these gatherings. Cocke County was an intense on our hands and knees in the courthouse plea for God Almighty to move. Those ladies in Cocke County know how to pray. Wow. County Mayors who could not make the gatherings called and thanked us for praying over their county. Wow! Henry County pressed the rain aside and gathered. Tandy and I were taken by the move of the Spirit that day. Church leaders are offering their sanctuary for later meetings. Wow. Obion County powerfully praying at their courthouse. It seemed like church. Washington County closed down the street in Jonesborough and put up billboards and yard signs calling people to gather. Wow! Sullivan County closed down the street. State public servants spoke and people cried out to God Almighty. Wow! Marshall County the Sheriffs Office Chaplain brought a powerful word of repentance. State Rep Warner brought a powerful call for Jesus. A dear lady prayed and claimed Jesus over the county and state. Wow! Roane and Loudon County gathered at historic courthouses and prayed. Many pastors brought a word of repentance and prayed for our sin sick land. We met a second time in Lewis County. People seem thirsty for repentance and openly call for such. It only takes a remnant. A man prayed the 10 Commandments and our need to repent over our state. Hickman County had an impressive turnout in sweltering heat. A gentleman who had moved from New Zealand and others prayed powerfully. The County Exec issued a proclamation supporting this movement. Wow. Jefferson County in the blistering midday sun heard prayer from long time citizens and those who immigrated here. Powerful calls for a turn back to God Almighty. Grainger County Exec led the gathering in the courthouse due to the rain. A local pastor left vacation to be a part of the gathering. Good and gracious folks embraced the gathering. Every county has a unique personality in both their courthouse and their approach. ...and so much more. What a journey! Denominations haven't been an issue. Jesus has been the focus and repentance the objective. People have laid on hands and prayed over one another. There have been a couple enemy attacks. The Lord seemed to stop the first one it its tracks and only left the persons offering the apparent attack giggling at God's people as God's people lifted up cries to Him. We have identified a couple strongholds but are confident that the Lord will dispatch His troops. The moment is urgent, I believe. I am full of energy. Pray that God Almighty will send His words and Holy Spirit to loosen the stiff neck and soften the hard hearts. Start with me Lord! Thank y'all for praying. I will be back in Roane County for some of weekend and then back on the road next week. If we make it through the schedule we will have visited 43 counties by close of business this Saturday. We are praying that the Lord claim each of these counties and our state as His... and place them under His blessing again. Rep Monty

What was once an idea to go to all 95 counties and have HJR 803 read along with a time for prayer and repentance started on June 28 on Legislative Plaza in Nashville. Lots of planning, prayer, Zoom calls, phone calls, and emails came together as many people arrived in Nashville on Friday morning. 3 canopy tents along with speakers went into place in anticipation of who would arrive. We nervously believed people would come and they did. Believers in Christ Jesus came from across the state with expectant hearts ready to place a stake in the ground that we, the believers, would proclaim God Almighty as the only God. We would repent for our failure to be who God designed us to be. Because we, God's people, have compromised our State of Tennessee has suffered in many areas. We came to agree with the "Where As" statements in HJR 803. We came to agree that we could not expect the legislature to pass laws that would resolve our issues in the State of Tennessee. We came to agree that the State of Tennessee could not budget enough to resolve our issues. We came to agree that our State of Tennessee could not spend enough money to resolve our issues. We came knowing we needed a miracle to save our State and citizens. We needed a miracle from God Almighty. We came to repent and we came to declare our dependance on our Lord and Savior. How resolved were the people who came? They stood in the heat at 11:30. They stood on the marble tiles that permeated the heat through the soles of their shoes. They stood as the sun glared down. They stood as what appeared to be the breath of God blew across them. They stood when most people would have retreated, but they stood. They listened to every speaker. They cried out to our Lord for His Mercy for our corporate sins. They prayed hoping the Lord would grant their petitions. And they gained hope as they looked around at all the people who just kept staying and kept praying realizing God was watching and they wanted Him to see their broken heart and resolve. Drained because of the heat they left to take the word of repentance with them to their communities, cities, counties and churches. Their lives were changed and they were ready to keep moving forward not knowing what the full plan was but knowing they wanted a miracle from our Lord. Please Lord hear our prayers, see our fasting, see our broken hearts, and please Lord accept these as an offering to you, the I AM who was, is, and forever will be.

We are receiving many emails through the website. This is a message we received and I hope you find this encouraging and it causes your to do your own research. I hope you will grab your Bible and read each Biblical example. Listen to what God word says when His people humble themselves to Him and repent. I would then suggest researching the National examples given. Someone took the request of prayer, fasting and repentance to heart and did some research. Here is the unedited message. God is faithful! When people cry out to him - He responds. Look at this pattern of faithfulness: Biblical examples: Nineveh (Jonah 3): City-wide repentance and fasting; God spared them. King David (2 Samuel 12): Fasted after sinning; God forgave him. Ezra (Ezra 8:21-23): Fasted for safe journey; God protected them. Daniel (Daniel 9): Fasted and prayed for his people; received divine message. Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1): Fasted and prayed for Jerusalem; led to its rebuilding. Esther (Esther 4): Fasted with Jews before approaching the king; saved her people. National examples: George Washington: As Commander-in-Chief during the Revolutionary War, Washington called for days of fasting, humiliation, and prayer. In 1775, he issued an order for "a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, humbly to supplicate the mercy of Almighty God" for the success of the American cause. John Adams: During his presidency, Adams proclaimed national days of humiliation, fasting, and prayer. In 1798, he called for a day of "solemn humiliation, fasting, and prayer," urging citizens to confess their sins and implore God's mercy and forgiveness. James Madison: As president, Madison proclaimed days of public humiliation, fasting, and prayer during the War of 1812. Abraham Lincoln: During the Civil War, Lincoln proclaimed three national fasts. He called the nation to prayer and fasting for national peace and unity, recognizing the need for divine intervention during the nation's most trying times. Heavenly Father - we call to you even now! Help us to pray, fast and repent. Help us to see how desperately we need you! We thank you that you. are so faithful. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

Our Father who art in heaven, Examine me and lead me to repentance. I acknowledge I have not followed Your ways but my own. Your ways are right and pure. Lord forgive me for placing more importance on the things of this world rather than on You and Your ways. I come before You now to repent of all my sins. There are so many that I cannot count them. I hand over to You my heart infected with the evils of pride, envy, covetousness, deceit, strife, gossip, gluttony, vanity, lust, malice, slander, and unforgiveness. Free me from my sin that has enslaved me. Lord help me to live out the life You planned for me and to be a reflection of Jesus to those around me. Please draw nigh to me. Cleanse my hands and purify my heart. Lord I ask You to hear from heaven and heal not only me but I intercede for the people of my State. Place Your hand of protection and blessing over us. Help us to tear down the high places we have built. I ask You to be our God, the one true and living Almighty God. In the name of Jesus, my Savior, I ask all of this.

In July 2024, exciting and empowering events are set to take place. Throughout the month, gatherings will be held as part of this special time for the State of Tennessee, inviting individuals to join together to corporately repent before our God. The primary focus of this event is to provide attendees with a time to join together and pray together. The Bible tells us, "For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20

Let's change our State with the greatest source of our strength, prayer. God never sleeps. He hears His people when we pray. We have direct access to Him. We are asking Churches in Tennessee to read HJR 803 at your last morning worship service in June. Then allow the Holy Spirit to lead calling Christians into a time a repentance. We are guilty and the only hope we have to save our state is for God to heal us.

Are you concerned about out State of Tennessee? If so, we invite you to join your Christian brothers and sisters throughout the month of July to follow 2 Chronicles 7:14. Humble yourself before Almighty God, pray and seek HIS face, and turn from your wicked ways. God promises He will hear from heaven, and will forgive our sin and heal our land. Throughout the month of July 2024, we will be hosting gatherings in all 95 counties. We will start on June 28, 2024 in Nashville at Legislative Plaza at 11:30 CST. All Christians are invited to join together in corporate prayer to God.