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Chapter 19
“The Call” Kansas City
Intercession for America
On New Year’s Eve 2002, my three-year-old son Stephen and I
attended a prayer gathering in Kansas City called “The Call.” It took
place during the middle of a four day “young adult” conference at the
downtown Kansas City Bartle Hall Convention Center. “The Call”
lasted from 12 noon until after 12 midnight and the focus was prayer
and fasting for revival in America. I was very encouraged at how God
spoke and moved during this youth conference.
The prayer focus for this particular gathering was from Revelation 5:8,
about “filling the bowls of intercession” through intimate Bridal
worship, Nazarite fasting, and prophetic proclamation. We asked God
for forgiveness and reconciliation from racism and slavery in our
nation. An African-American brother named Will Ford brought a large
iron kettle that was handed down to him from four generations in his
family. His ancestors used to prostrate themselves on the ground and
pray into this kettle so that their oppressive slave owners would not
hear them. During the meeting, the leaders “poured out” this huge
kettle on stage as a prophetic sign of Revelation 5:8 which speaks of
the “bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.” On the
same day of this prayer and worship gathering, the “USA Today”
newspaper headlines read “The Bowls Runneth Over” (referring to the
football bowls). This was just a confirmation of what God was already
speaking and doing.
After asking the Lord to forgive us for our sins and the sins of our
forefathers, we raised our hands together towards the north, south, east
and then west and cried out to the Lord to send revival to our lands.
The 20,000 people who were in attendance prayed from the
geographical center of America that God would have mercy on us and
pour out His Holy Spirit like He did at Pentecost. A seven year old boy
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