ABOUT UNITE AUSTRALIA
U N I T Y
Isaiah 43:19, “Behold I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
John 12:32, “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
John 17:21, “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.”
Division has always been a constant threat facing the Body of Christ as well as something the enemy has continually used against the Church in an attempt to weaken and destroy us. However, ironically, over the last twenty to thirty years, the Church, especially in Sydney, despite the fact there is practically a church on every street corner today and many churches actually do work together, has been more divided than it’s ever been. I’ve always thought about how there are more Churches in Sydney and Australia than any time in history yet not only is the nation not being transformed, but is actually getting worse. Why? Even though there are many Churches who actually work together, the body of Christ is not actually, truly united as we see in the book of Acts and as the Lord truly intends.
For far too long, the Body of Christ, especially in Sydney, NSW and Australia, has been divided, disjointed and fragmented. Most pastors, churches, ministries and denominations, only seem to be concerned about their own interests including building their own ministries rather than working together to build the Body of Christ and kingdom of God collectively. A spirit of jealousy, covetousness and competition has infected the Body of Christ, eroding the very unity necessary to see the Church effectively and successfully preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, see the revival God promised and bring in the end times harvest of souls.
Especially recently, with the emergence of covid, this has made matters far worse, dividing the Church even further in many ways and areas. This is one of the main reasons we are not seeing the power of God, move of God, revival and harvest of souls we are supposed to be seeing and so desperately need here. Why? Because for that to occur to the degree the Lord intends, the Church must be truly united.
The enemy knows this and is constantly using this against the Church to render us ineffective.
Matthew 12:25-28 (NKJV), “But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.”
If we truly want to be effective for the Lord and His kingdom, see the revival He promised and the end time harvest of souls before the return of Jesus, this issue must be rectified now, the Lord is moving to do so and one of the ways is through this movement. However, for this to work we all must get involved and do our part to make it possible.
V I S I O N
Proverbs 29:18 (KJV), “Where there is no vision, the people perish...”
Habakkuk 2:2-3, 2 “Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets (communicate it), that he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” (Parenthesis added).
Amos 3:3, “Can two walk together unless they are agreed?”
Unite Australia is a unification, prayer and revival movement whose vision is to initiate and encourage true, biblical, impacting and lasting unity in the Body of Christ as a foundation and catalyst for united prayer and intercession that will usher in the coming move of God and revival in Sydney, Australia and the world.
Psalm 133:1-3, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing—Life forevermore.”
Unite Australia is a call to the Body of Christ, especially in Sydney, not just to unite in prayer and intercession but to work together, support and build one another up in the love of God. You can unite geographically or for a season and not truly be united. So it’s more than just being united in a certain place or for a season. You can be united geographically or for a season and be divided as the North is from the South and the East is from the West. How are we truly united? First and foremost, by the Holy Spirit. True, lasting unity is impossible without the Holy Spirit. Paul wrote in Eph 4:3, “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” However, we must choose to keep, maintain or sustain the unity of the Holy Spirit, not destroy it. Acts 2:44 states, “Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common.” And Acts 4:32 states, “Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.”
The word of God throughout reveals unity (among God’s people), always precedes a move of God and revival.
In Exodus 19:1-25, before the Lord manifested His presence on Mt Sinai, He commanded Moses and the Israelites to unite, consecrate themselves for two days and only then, after they obeyed Him, on the third day, manifested His presence on the mountain in a cloud of glory.
In 2 Chronicles 5:11-14, When God’s people united to praise and worship Him, His presence manifested in the temple so powerfully, the priests literally could not stand to minister.
In 2 Chronicles 20: 1-30, when King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah, after discovering a great army had assembled against them, united to fast, pray and seek the Lord, He spoke to them through a prophet who gave them specific instructions to defeat this army, which was to confront them in battle, not with their best army, but with praise and worship. When God’s people obeyed Him to unite in praise and worship on the battlefield, He moved to directly intervene and throw the enemy armies into confusion so that they turned on and completely slaughtered each other.
In Acts 1:12-14 and Acts 2:1-4, when the apostles, believers and Mary the mother of Jesus united in the upper room to pray, the Holy Spirit then moved on the day of Pentecost in a mighty way to bring the very first revival through the Church.
The Old Testament also confirms there is power and victory over the enemy when God’s people are united. Deuteronomy 32:30 states, “How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had surrendered them?” and Leviticus 26:8, “Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before.
Disunity produces the completely opposite results.
In Genesis 11:1-9, when the people of the world united to build a city and tower (the tower of Babel) they succeeded to such an extent, it concerned God Himself. Why? Because their intentions were selfish, evil and demonic. So God Himself came down and confused their language so they couldn’t communicate to complete the tower. Now, if godless, sinful, evil people can succeed in doing such a great thing for godless, sinful, evil purposes, how much more will the Church succeed when we unite to pray, intercede, praise, worship and do what God has called us to do.
When the Lord started Light of the World Ministries Church in July 1997, one of the first things He said to me was, “This ministry will be established upon prayer and intercession.” And “Nothing significant will be done in and through this ministry unless through prayer and intercession.” Not long after, He told us to commence our monthly intercessory meetings at Toongabbie hall every first Tuesday of the month. Sometime after, He told me about the revival coming to Sydney/Australia and this monthly intercessory meeting becoming a catalyst for or means by which He will prepare the atmosphere, people’s hearts and the nation for this coming move of God and revival – in other words, prayer and intercession must precede and be the foundation of this revival and will actually help bring it. He revealed to me as we obey Him to continue holding these meetings and praying and interceding, He will be faithful to bring the people and will continue to bring more people until there are so many, we will have to hold these meetings in a stadium (stadiums).
Then I saw a vision of the stadiums filled with people (pastors, leaders and believers) praying and interceding for the city and nation and as they did, God released the revival and visited the nation in a similar way as, and in an even more powerful way than He did in the book of Exodus and book of Acts. Then I saw those same stadiums filled with the lost being saved, delivered, healed, restored and transformed. I saw so many people, the stadiums became too small for the multitudes who then flowed out onto the streets where the meetings continued.
The Lord revealed to me this coming revival will occur in three key stages. Unite Australia is the first stage of this process, raising a call for the body of Christ to unite in prayer and intercession and commencing with a prayer and intercession movement to pray in this revival. Within this first stage we will also see three key stages, as I mentioned above, firstly, the stadiums will be filled with pastors, leaders and believers filling the stadiums to pray and intercede for this revival. Secondly, as a result, the stadiums will be filled with the lost being saved, delivered, healed, restored and transformed and thirdly, the stadiums will become too small to accommodate the numbers which will flow out onto the streets. In addition, not only will we need to concentrate on getting people saved but to disciple them once they are. Which means directing them to the different churches and ministries all over Sydney to work together to disciple each of these precious souls. We will then see the Body of Christ multiply greatly again as we see in the book of Acts and churches filled again to capacity.
Basically, the Lord is raising this prayer movement to prepare the way – the atmosphere, people’s hearts, the Church, the nation and the world for the coming move of God and revival.
A P R A Y E R M O V E M E N T
Unite Australia is a prayer and intercession movement whose intention and goal is to encourage the Body of Christ and the various prayer and intercession groups and movements within the Church to unite in prayer and intercession to pray in the coming move of God and revival in Sydney, Australia.
When we (the Church) agree in prayer and intercession in the name of Jesus for revival, reformation and harvest, He will hear and answer us.
In Matthew 18:18-20, Jesus reveals the prayer of agreement is extremely powerful. 18 “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
The Old Testament confirms this. Deuteronomy 32:30 states, “How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had surrendered them?” and Leviticus 26:8 states, “Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.”
You cannot have true, genuine, lasting revival without persistent, Holy Spirit anointed prayer and intercession.
The Lord also said He is raising the greatest prayer movement in Sydney it and the world has ever seen, which will usher in the greatest revival in Sydney and Australia it and the world has ever seen.
On the second day of February 2011, while on holiday at the Central Coast with my family, as I prayed at the beach early in the morning, the Lord spoke to my heart about Sydney, NSW and Australia and said,
“I have chosen Sydney (NSW) as a prayer and intercession capital (centre). I have, am and will raise armies of mighty prayer warriors and intercessors from you”
The Lord continued,
“That is why no natural disasters have come upon you with the same severity and frequency as the other states and cities of Australia because as these natural disasters occur in different parts of Australia and the world, I require a people to be praying and interceding in Sydney, NSW and anywhere a praying people can be found. Every time a disaster comes, if My people here rise in prayer and intercession, the situation will be changed. It will be through such I will change the course of these disasters, thwart the plans of the enemy and bring the new move of My Spirit and revival that’s coming. You will be to Australia as Abraham and Lot were to Sodom and Gomorrah” (Genesis 18:16-33, Genesis 19: 1-29, 2 Chronicles 7:1-16, esp, Vs. 1-3 and 12-16).
The Church is called to be and should be a house of prayer (and intercession) Matthew 21:13, “And He said to them, “It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer.’ But you have made it a den of thieves”
2 Chronicles 7:13-15, 13 “When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 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. 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.”Isaiah 43:9, “Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
John 12:32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
John 17:21, “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.”
T H E C H U R C H O F T H E B O O K O F A C T S: A M O D E L F O R R E V I V A L
When the early church (the church of the book of Acts) was united in spirit, mind, vision, purpose, prayer, intercession, praise and worship, the Holy Spirit moved through them to bring the first, greatest revival to Jerusalem, Israel and the world.
Acts 2:44 states, “Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common.” And Acts 4:32 states, “Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.”
The Lord said His perfect will for the contemporary, New Testament church is to be like the church of the book of Acts and greater still. He is now moving to bring this to pass and some of the ways He is doing this is through unity and (united) praise, worship, prayer and intercession.
God led the early Church through a four level process of growth and prosperity which included multiplication greatly;
Addition: (Acts 2:47) “And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.” (Acts 11:24) “And a great many people were added to the Lord.”
Increased addition: (Acts 5:14) “And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.”
Multiplication: (Acts 9:31) “Then the Churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.”
Multiplication greatly: (Acts 6:7) “Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.”
Why did this occur? Because they were united and had all things in common.
The Lord revealed to me the book of Acts is a model or blueprint for revival. Certain things the apostles and believers did in the book of Acts, which, if we follow and also do in the Church today, will not only bring revival, but the greatest revival we will see so far.
A C A L L T O A C T I O N
With every calling, there is a call to action. With every movement, there is a call to move. The Lord said to me, “It’s time for the Church to mobilize again.”
Strategies
Unite Australia is not only about encouraging the Body of Christ to pray together but to be truly united as the early Church was and as the Word of God tells us to be – to collectively and pro actively address, deal with and resolve issues that divide us while acting on, focusing on, and implementing what unites us.
A place we can start is, in addition to the current UNITE AUSTRALIA monthly intercessory meetings, hold combined meetings seasonally, that is, every four months or more often. To encourage pastors, leaders and churches to converge at a specific venue for praise, worship, prayer, intercession, etc. And encourage the different churches, ministries, pastors, leaders, ministers and believers to be more actively and directly involved in different ways.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. There is so much more we can do together to see revival in Sydney, NSW and Australia and bring in the harvest of souls we are going to see in this nation.
All that’s left is to UNITE and work together to do so.