The Sacred Charge is a seven-fold lifestyle commitment for those who desire to live as forerunners. The forerunner message emphasizes Jesus’ second coming, while proclaiming and manifesting the power of Jesus’ first coming, as forerunners win the lost, heal the sick, help the poor, and walk in love and holiness. In this hour, the Lord is preparing forerunners from many different streams in the Body of Christ worldwide and is now calling some to embrace a season of rigorous preparation that will equip them to more effectively proclaim the forerunner message in the midst of the coming pressures. Forerunners imitate the lifestyle of John the Baptist and the New Testament apostles, who rejected the professional robes of religion for a lifestyle of radical obedience to Jesus and walking in the power of the Spirit.
Being a forerunner involves embracing a lifestyle that includes much prayer with fasting as you seek to go deep in the Word. At the same time it also includes winning the lost, healing the sick, making disciples, church planting, and operating in the power of the Spirit to meet the needs of people. As forerunners proclaim the Word and do the works of the kingdom, they glorify Jesus, deliver the oppressed, and further prepare themselves to be used even more in the years ahead.
In light of the crisis that confronts our generation, forerunners embrace a biblical lifestyle that will prepare us to be part of the corresponding solution. For those with a calling to be a forerunner and to raise up other forerunners, these commitments are the starting point for living out the forerunner lifestyle. The seven commitments are:
- Pray Daily: connecting with God while changing the world by releasing His power.
- Fast Weekly: positioning ourselves to receive more from God by fasting two days a week.
- Do Justly: being zealous for good works of compassion and justice that exalt Jesus as we impact the seven spheres of society.
- Give Extravagantly: experiencing the joy of financial power encounters as we sacrificially give money to the kingdom and support the prayer movement.
- Live Holy: living fascinated in the pleasure of loving God that overflows to loving people.
- Lead Diligently: taking initiative to minister to others and make disciples by regularly leading in outreaches, prayer meetings, and Bible studies.
- Speak Boldly: being a faithful witness of the truth with allegiance to Jesus’ Word.
By joining Sacred Charge you are agreeing that you desire to make a heart commitment before the Lord to live out these seven commitments, asking Him for the power to do so and the grace to walk it out on a daily basis. If you are unsure about your commitment, we would encourage you to read Mike Bickle’s book 7 Commitments of a Forerunner and consider before the Lord whether you are ready to make such a commitment.
