A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small!
I’m sure you’ve all heard of the movie opening today, Horton Hears a Who, based on the book of the same name by Dr. Seuss. It is a rare occurance for our family to go see a movie full price at the theatre, but we have a special outing planned for this evening to go see it! Very exciting.
We’ve been talking about the simple theme of the book (which they’ve been listening to on CD a lot) with Elijah and Zeke - “a person’s a person, no matter how small” - for a while now…first in the context of standing up for the weak; those around them whose voices aren’t as loud as their own, but also in relation to abortion. We’ve explained to them, in very simple terms, what abortion is, and they are, of course, appalled and angered at the idea of it (as we all should be!).
This movie, we’re praying as a family, is going to start to bring change in the minds of a world that has decided that the unborn don’t matter. For this is the only way, I believe, that abortion will end…not through loud demonstrations, but through prayer that the Lord will awaken hearts. Awaken hearts to hear the cry of the unborn. And he is going to use The Church to do this; like Horton does for the Whos, we shall speak on their behalf.
I encourage you all to read the words below from Lou Engle, a man with a burning passion for the Lord, and a strong desire to see abortion end in our generation. Dave and I heard him speak once at IHOP in Kansas City, and were very blessed by him. Granted, it is a lot to read in one sitting, but it is very cool!…
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God is communicating His big dream of ending abortion in a most profound way through the dream stream story of Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss. In February 2005, one of our youth, a 15-year-old girl at the Justice House of Prayer, had a dream. In the dream she saw a large, beautiful building with the words “The Who” appearing over it. She and her sisters entered the house and began to look throughout the building until they found the attic where there was a series of old books from the past that they knew would be needed for the future. She shared her dream with the JHOP team. I knew the dream was from God, but I wondered, “What is ‘The Who,’ and what are these old books?”
The next morning while pondering the dream, I received a remarkable email from a man in Kansas City that included a sermon he gave several years ago on what must occur for abortion to end. He felt led to send it to me, even though he thought it was unusual that the analogy the Lord had given him was based on the Dr. Seuss book, Horton Hears a Who. When I read this, I instantly connected “The Who” in the dream with “The Who” in the book. I was immediately interested!
In this children’s book written in 1954, we find an elephant whose name is Horton. He is the prophetic Church with big ears and a large trumpet. He can hear what no one else can hear–the sound of these
little people called, The Whos, who live in the microscopic town of Who-ville.
In the book, we also find a kangaroo who wants to kill all the little Whos, because he cannot see or hear them. He doesn’t believe they exist. Immediately the thought came to me, “The kangaroo is the
kangaroo court!”–it stands for the Supreme Court who issued the death decree of ‘73 in Roe v Wade, and legalized abortion. Wow! I realized that what I was reading was a parable from the past that was now going to be used en masse, for the ending of abortion. The theme of the whole book amazingly is, “A person’s a person, no matter how small!” And the remedy for the crisis is that every voice must be raised loudly and urgently to rescue all the little unborn Whos. With the kangaroo’s death decree hanging over Who-ville, Horton implores the mayor “to CALL a big meeting, get everyone out, make every Who holler, make every Who shout!”
Graciously, The ElijahList blasted this story February 16, 2005. Amazingly, the next day I received an email from a woman who said she read The ElijahList article and received three confirmations the following day at her Day Care Center. One child came in with a Horton Hears A Who backpack, a second was carrying a Who-ville doll, but the third–a ten-year-old boy–came to her and said, “Ma’am, I had a dream last night. I dreamt of Horton Hears a Who, and all the little Whos were not saying YOPP; they were crying STOP!!!”
Oh, my God, there is a massive cry being raised up from the young ones of the earth, praying and prophesying, “STOP ABORTION, STOP! STOP! STOP!!!!!!!!!!” What are the chances of this divine confirmation? Those who read this are now held accountable. The whole Church must cry out now–STOP ABORTION!
Soon after, another man connected with me and said, “My ten-year-old daughter was reading Horton Hears A Who to her little brother.” She came to her father and said, “Dad, I think this book is about ending abortion.” That afternoon, he read The Elijah List article on Horton Hears a Who. This man now leads our Bound4LIFE ministry.
Again, amazingly, we found out that Fox Movies is doing a major motion picture in 2008, called, Horton Hears A Who, starring Jim Carrey (update, this movie opens up this Friday, March 14, 2008).
The Lord is SHOUTING to the nation! Will we have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying?
A great convergence is upon us. If the Church understands the times
and what God is seeking to bring forth, we can shout to the nation,
before the movie comes out, that Horton Hears a Who is about the
ending of abortion–so when millions of people watch the movie, they
will all be thinking, “A person’s a person, no matter how small–The
Whos are the unborn!”
Can you see it? This is God’s trumpet to the nation! God is marching
out, shattering ideologies, and moving His great Mind and Heart into
the earth. He moves the media and makes it His pawn. Oh, the brilliant
Wisdom of God! He takes a book out of the archives of history that
millions have read since 1954, pulls it out, and slams it into the
present through a movie. The light penetrates the lie, the armor of
the strongman is stripped away, the demon is named, and can now be
cast out!
Oh God, we need a national exorcism of this spirit of death that has
ruled over us for 34 years! Every voice must be counted. Buy the book!
Spread it around! Start children’s prayer meetings to end abortion!
Support crisis pregnancy centers! May your voice be heard in your
voting. Pray for Jim Carrey to be radically saved–he could shout to
the world, “This movie is about ending abortion!”
A young woman had a dream knowing nothing of the movie or Jim Carrey’s
involvement. She dreamt that Jim Carrey was a Christian and that he
was carrying a briefcase with two books in it. The first one was
called, Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting, by Derek Prince,
and the second one was a book called, Mobilizing The Army of God.
Could this man and this movie mobilize a pro-life army of young people
who will fast and pray for justice?
The front page of Time Magazine (last year, 2007) showed a hand with
four different-sized fetuses resting on it. The article is saying that
there are more crisis pregnancy centers than there are abortion
clinics in America, and that abortion is at its lowest rate since the
beginning years of when abortion was legalized. In the same magazine,
there is an article about Jim Carrey, and he is seeking spiritual
enlightenment, but doesn’t know Jesus yet. Save him, God!!!
“It is time for all the Whos who have blood that is red to come to the
aid of their country, he said.” Suddenly, Dr. Suess kicks out of
Who-ville and into national prophecy, not even knowing it. Christians
must come to the aid of America carrying the Blood of Jesus, which
alone can wash away our sins. It is not enough that Jesus died; the
Blood must be applied to the doorposts of our national guilt. Oh, that
millions of Christians would plead, “Jesus, I plead Your Blood over my
sins and the sins of my nation. God, end abortion and send revival to
America.” Go to www.Bound4LIFE.com to see how you can be a part of a
mass movement of pleading the Blood of Jesus over our nation.
The YOPPS Must Be Heard
The voices of Jo-Jos just bouncing their yo-yos must now be heard. The
Jo-Jos are Christians who are enjoying their comfortable careers, but
are oblivious to the crisis. They are the youth in our Church youth
groups who play with their iPods and who browse in their Windows.
While living for entertainment, they have no idea that they were meant
to be a part of God’s great movement to end abortion! Their voices
must be heard now!!! Let Myspace(R) and You Tubeâ„¢ become their
Eieffelberg towers from which they shout out their YOPPS and their
STOPS.
Why would God give this dream stream to a group of young people who
pray everyday in front of the Supreme Court calling on God to raise up
righteous judges who will reverse Roe v Wade? To encourage hearts and
release a movement through their prayers! So that it will be said:
“How true, yes, how true,” said the big kangaroo, “and from now on you
know what I am planning to do? From now on I am going to protect them
with you!”
Brothers and sisters, let us believe that the Supreme Court will
protect all the unborn little Whos, that God’s big dream will come
true, and that all the Whos’ dreams could come true too.
It is profound that in the dream, the young lady saw not just one
book, but a series of old books needed for the future. Read Horton
Hatches an Egg. It is about a bird who wants to go play, rather than
sit on her egg. So Horton, the elephant again, sits on the egg until
the egg hatches. When the egg hatches, out comes, not a little baby
bird, but an elephant with wings.
The moral of the story is this: he who cares for the unwanted
child–that child will take on the nature of the one who cared for it.
It is the spirit of adoption! God is calling the Church to adopt and
care for the unwanted children in the nation. We have got to be Jesus’
love answer. We can’t just be pro-birth we must be pro-life!
Let the prophetic Church arise and carry the heart of Heaven! Let them
hear The Call for united fasting and prayer on behalf of those who
have no voice! Let the prophetic Church hear what the world can’t
hear, and may they blow the trumpet once again, declaring, “God has a
dream, and we have His dream, and millions will be mobilized to become
the river of justice rolling down again…”
Lou Engle
TheCall
http://www.thecall.com/