God paid my taxes! And our sushi dinner!

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (Matthew 6:31-33)

When Jesus said those words, He meant it. Jesus has never once lied and being God cannot even be tempted to lie. He is perfect in every way and has never let me down.

Yet earlier this year I was seriously struggling to believe that God really is who He says He is.

The reasons were simple: In April of this year I needed about $2,000 to pay my taxes, while people I respect and love had recommended that I get a paying job and leave YWAM (making me doubt God's call and provision), and I didn't have time to work on my own to get the money I needed in time. I was stuck, and all I could do was cry out to God and be faithful to what I thought He told me to do.

The clock was ticking, and the IRS needed their money.

Wednesday before tax day on the following Monday: I slept most of the day, didn't do anything about the financial situation, and felt hopeless and discouraged.

Thursday before tax day: I made two phone calls to my faithful supporters and within an hour those two people committed to give me $2,400 total. It was a miracle. I felt the affirmation from Heaven that God would not only provide for me in all of my daily needs, including paying taxes to the government, but even more that my specific mission by backed by God. 24/7 prayer in Washington DC really is on God's heart and this financial provision was a huge testimony to me of that.

My God is faithful to His promises and has never let me down, especially in the area of finances. I'm still debt-free and have been primarily supported by others while volunteering with YWAM for the last three years.

Another delicious layer to this testimony came a few weeks ago while I was eating sushi with my friends.

It started out as just another night eating dinner, with casual conversations dispersed throughout our table of 9. Then the question came: who has a testimony?

After waiting a few moments, I piped up and began to tell the story you just read about my taxes. Right after I got done telling the story, my friend Gabriel said that the Lord showed him in a vision this exact scene earlier this year. (Gabriel is a very gifted friend who has this kind of thing happen on a regular basis). Basically God showed him ahead of time that he would be in that exact place at that exact time, hearing my testimony, and it came to pass! Gabriel said that when he gets visions showing the future like that he really pays attention when they come to pass because it's a confirmation that everyone involved is where they are supposed to be.

So here in our group we had an amazing testimony that Gabriel was shown would be told earlier that year. Then another girl said she recently had a dream from God in which the message was John 6, which includes the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 miraculously. Then we really paid attention because God was clearly speaking multiple times about His miraculous provision. With many of us urgently needing financial provision we were very encouraged.

Then to top off this amazing night of encouragement, our waitress came up and told us that our check had been paid for, and she didn't even know who paid for it. I think it may have been an angel, but I can't prove it. I just know that God was really speaking to us that we were truly following Him, He really saw us and that He really cared for all of our needs like the greatest Father we could ever imagine.

He knows the hairs on our heads, he knows every longing in our heart, he knows us on our good days and on our bad days, and He loves us the same. How great is our God!

Thanks for all the prayers and support that God uses in my life, and may you be blessed with the assurance that if you seek first His kingdom He will supply your every need.

For the Lamb to receive the reward of His sufferings,
Nathan Uttley

Prayer request: David's Tent and health

Hey everyone!

It's with so much joy in my heart that I can say in two days we are officially starting David's Tent, 40 days of nonstop worship right in front of the White House! Thank you all so much for your amazing love and support that has gotten me this far. I was just reflecting on the fact that I didn't have money to pay for my taxes earlier this year, and I didn't have the time to get a job and raise the money myself. But God provided more than I needed through two of my amazing supporters and now I'm still on staff with YWAM and here in DC to be a part of David's Tent! The Lord is so faithful!

Another amazing testimony that I heard is that until David's Tent 2012 the longest permit ever granted for events on the White House Ellipse was 14 days. But God made a way so that this wild crew could put a tent on the White House Ellipse for 40 days just to worship Jesus! It was unprecedented and totally a work of God!

So it's with great faith in my heart that I humbly ask you to join with me in prayer to our great God for us and this event.

Please agree with God's desires in the following ways:

1. Ask God to pour out His Spirit upon in unprecedented ways. Our greatest desire is His presence with us. A part of this is that we would be filled with boldness to preach the Gospel with those that have yet to follow Him, and that they would be saved and filled with Holy Spirit as well!
2. Ask God to release all the finances we need. We need $15,000 to get on the Ellipse, and then we need at least $35,000 to sustain us through the whole duration of the tent. If you feel led to give, please go to http://www.davidstentdc.org/donate/
3. Ask God to strengthen us to worship Him wholeheartedly the whole time. We would also appreciate more worship leaders, especially throughout the night. If you or anyone else is interested in leading worship for David's Tent, please go to http://www.davidstentdc.org/worship-leaders/
4. Ask God to cause the message of David's Tent to spread all throughout the Earth. We really want to see more and more people getting together simply to worship Jesus and enthrone Him on our praises. You can go to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DavidsTentDc or just share the website davidstentdc.org with your friends.
5. Ask God to send the media to share the message, and spare us from any unnecessary controversy. We believe God wants to use the media to spread the fame of Jesus all across the Earth!
6. Ask God to move in our President and our government like never before, that all of our government would follow God wholeheartedly.

Also, please pray specifically for me, that the Lord would supernaturally heal me. I've been sick for about 4 weeks and really ready to be done with it :)

Thank you so much!

David's Tent 2012 Documentary

Hey everyone! I just wanted to share an amazing documentary that was made about David's Tent in 2012. There was 40 days of nonstop worship to Jesus from the White House Ellipse! If you or anyone you know is interested in leading worship, donating financially, or just being a part of the nonstop worship, please visit davidstentdc.org for more information.

Enjoy!

Circuit Riders recap

Thank you all so much for praying for us as we went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a week of training, called Circuit Riders. It seriously was one of the best weeks of ministry I've ever seen or heard of! Here are some highlights:

• about 500 students enrolled for the whole week to get trained up in saving the lost, reviving the saved and training them to go and do the same
• At least 320 salvations on the street within one week, which included 4 hours of scheduled evangelism
• one of our deaf students wrote on a paper back and forth with a person, eventually leading them through praying to follow Jesus!
• Some of the students went to talk to someone on their front porch. After praying the sinners' prayer together, they looked up and saw their neighbors praying to receive Jesus as well!
• Two girls had appointments to get abortions. But, after encountering one of the students at our conference, and receiving prayer, they immediately canceled their appointments and decided to keep their babies!
• The lost were so hungry for Jesus! One of my friends was on her way to the bathroom, and someone approached her and said: "Can you pray with me, I want to know God." While she was sharing with her, 4 more people showed up. All 5 people were led through repentance, received Bibles and got connected to local churches all because one girl was so hungry to know God and approached my friend!
• One of the student in our DTS had a specially favor filled week. He name is Bruce, and he just became a Christian about 6 months ago. During this whole past week he personally led 6 people to the Lord! This first day of evangelism we talked on the phone and he told me, "We just led 4 people to the Lord, we need more Bibles!" and my jaw just dropped!
• There were so many people coming from the community for our nightly free sessions that we kept adding more chairs but more people were coming that we had about 1,500 people at the most, and 300 of them had to sit on the floor! Our meeting hall was seriously packed out!

We are all walking from the past week more encouraged than even. God has given me faith for all of America to be saved like never before. Please join with me in pressing in for that reality!

Prayer Request: Circuit Riders

This whole next week, both DTSs (The American Sign Language DTS and David's Tent DTS) will be gone in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to do an intensive school called The School of the Circuit Rider. The three main goals are to save the lost, revive the saved, and train them all! Please be praying for us, as we will probably be doing daily evangelism on the streets and hope to see God do amazing things. Thanks!

Enjoy this amazing video, and click here for more info!

God still heals!

One of my favorite verses of the New Testament is Acts 14:3: “So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.” (ESV)

And of one of my favorite things in life is when God shows up in miraculous ways to confirm his word! While I could try to explain what happened, I'll let Brooke tell you! She is on an outreach team that spent their three month lecture phase in Kona, HI and spent about 4 weeks in DC with us and will soon be leaving for the Middle East.

"As our time in Washington DC comes to an end, I can’t help but to smile as I think about all that the Lord has done in this city as well as what He has done in my life. Ever since watching Darren Wilson’s “Finger of God” a few months ago, I’ve had an itch to see God show off before my own eyes. This brings me to my favorite moment out of the four weeks we have been here. Every night our team travels out to DuPont Circle, a popular hang out spot for both locals and tourists. To paint a picture for you, just imagine a park with a pretty fountain in the center surrounded by restaurants galore, embassies, shops, and lots of traffic. A large portion of the homeless community call this place their home. The first night our team decided to evangelize in groups of two. With that being said, Grant, his ukulele (aka companion for life), and myself were off. At this point I’m thinking to myself okay lets take a lap around the park and scope out our bait, but Grant just goes for it.

We walk up to a group of four homeless people hanging out on a bench and begin talking about life. Grant takes Mitch who is a universalist and I take Bree, Kevin, and Brett who gives me every reason not to believe in God. Bree has a past of rejection, abuse, and confusion so it was a challenge getting her to open up. Kevin deals with self worth, oppression, and fear that causes him to remain silent. Brett grew up with no stability, love, or acceptation. After nearly two hours of conversation, my hunger to see God move is out of control. It’s like waiting for your favorite meal at your favorite restaurant. All the sudden Brett moans and complains about the pain in his leg. My ears perk up and I realize my favorite meal at my favorite restaurant is about to be served. Brett can barely walk, even with his cane because he was hit by a car which caused a serious meniscus injury. I asked if I could pray over his leg and he said yes! After praying I asked him to stand up without his cane. His reaction is one I will remember for the rest of my life.

Standing in awe, his jaws hit the ground and he says, “There is no pain in my knee.” Still limping, I insist we keep praying that God will completely restore his entire leg back to its original design. Grant walks over and we both pray for full healing. Brett stands up once more and exclaims, “I feel like I have a new leg! Lets walk to California! What the....” Completely dumbfounded at what just happened, Brett tells us that he’s going to share with his mom (who is an atheist), this miracle of how God healed his leg! Bree insists that we pray for her dad who has cancer and Kevin was willing to receive prophetic words, affirmation and prayer too. The atmosphere shifted in that moment, a moment I will never forget. Time and time again I will hear various people from the homeless community speak about how Brett doesn’t walk with his cane anymore. They say he uses that cane as a testimony of how God healed his leg. And that my friends, is the beginning of an awakening in DuPont Circle."

New location and 24/7 prayer!!!

Our new house on Massachusetts Ave. (aka Embassy Row)

I am so delighted to announce that we have moved to an amazing location on Embassy Row, on the same street with embassies from all nations in the Earth except for 5. There are about 30 people staying here, and it has been such a joy living here. When we're not in the classroom or prayer room, we're probably playing chess, ping pong or out on the streets telling people about Jesus.

Brandon & Kari playing chess

I am also so delighted to announce that ever since about 7:00 pm Wednesday, July 3rd, we have committed to establish a specific prayer room that is filled with some sort of prayer 24/7, day and night, night and day, without ceasing. It has been so much fun as we constantly seek to fill the time, and keep that reach in our hearts, that above all else we just want to know God as He can be known and love him as he can be loved. Many of the students have been stepping out and singing on the mic, and many new songs have been written on the spot as we simply lift up a love song to our beautiful God. We believe that it is pleasing to God, and that He will bring about a great awakening in America because of the prayers of His people.

Jason Hershey casting vision for 24/7 prayer on July 3rd

There are many reasons to keep 24/7 prayer going, but two reasons have been at the forefront of my mind. One is that Jesus is simply worthy night and day of worship and praise. In Revelation 4-5 we see this constant reality in heaven. They just can't stop worshiping God in Heaven, so why not establish heavenly worship on Earth? God is simply worthy of unending praise!

Our glorious prayer room!

The other reason is that we are constantly in need in prayer. Without God's intervention, every human is on a path towards hell. We need God to intervene! All of the greatest awakenings in history have been birthed in prayer!! Read on for a short summary of the 100 year, 24/7 prayer watch that went on in Herrnhut, Germany and ended up impacting the world. This is an excerpt from http://www.ihopkc.org/prayerroom/history/:

"August of 1727 is seen as the Moravian Pentecost. Zinzendorf said August 13 was “a day of the outpourings of the Holy Spirit upon the congregation; it was its Pentecost.” Within two weeks of the outpouring, twenty-four men and twenty-four women covenanted to pray “hourly intercessions,” thus praying every hour around the clock. They were committed to see that, “The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out” (Lev. 6:13). The numbers committed to this endeavor soon increased to around seventy from the community. This prayer meeting would go non-stop for more than one hundred years and is seen by many as the spiritual power behind the impact the Moravians had on the world.

From the prayer room at Herrnhut came a missionary zeal which has hardly been surpassed in church history. The spark initially came from Zinzendorf’s encounter in Denmark with Eskimos who had been converted by Lutherans. The count returned to Herrnhut and conveyed his passion to see the gospel go to the nations. As a result, many of the community went out into the world to preach the gospel, some even selling themselves into slavery in order to fulfill the great commission. This commitment is shown by a simple statistic. Typically, when it comes to world missions, the Protestant laity to missionary ratio has been 5000:1. The Moravians, however, saw a much increased ratio of 60:1. By 1776, some 226 missionaries had been sent out from the community at Herrnhut. It is clear through the teaching of the so-called father of modern missions, William Carey, that the Moravians had a profound impact on him in regard to their zeal for missionary activity. It is also through the missions-minded Moravians that John Wesley came to faith. The impact of this little community in Saxony, which committed to seek the face of the Lord day and night, has truly been immeasurable.”

God is truly raising up a movement of night and day prayer all across the Earth. Please pray for us that the fire on the altar here would never go out, and may God bless you with a greater expression of prayer in your area as well. Thank you!