January 26, 2026

Introduction

It seems that many are hearing Holy Spirit say 2026 will be a year of increased glory. God will manifest Himself with greater authority and power through believers, making Himself known in greater degrees of revelation. Our friend Gina Gholston is also hearing God speak of this increased manifestation of glory. Her word will stir you to be part of this. Gina’s title is: 

A Fresh Awareness

As I have been praying about the year ahead, a phrase has reverberated in my spirit: “Here comes the glory of the Lord.” I heard the Lord say, “My glory will be manifested in unexpected and unusual ways and in unexpected and unusual places beginning this year. You must see and listen by the Spirit. Much of what I do will be overlooked and not experienced if you have an earthly perspective and focus. My glory will mean different things to different people. Be on the right side of My glory. Do not mishandle My glory, and do not misinterpret or reject what I do. Align yourself with My Spirit. Stay aligned with My Spirit. See things from My perspective, not through the lens of misguided emotions and traditions of men. My glory is coming. Expect the unexpected and don’t misinterpret or reject the unusual. 

The Hebrew word for glory is kabod.(1) One of its meanings is weight. When God says, “My glory is coming,” He is saying that the things that make Him “weighty”–His might, power, strength, wisdom, etc.—are going to be manifested for us to see, experience, and respond to. He’s coming to make Himself known.

The Lord revealed to me that the Church will experience times of His intense drawing. He is calling us back to Himself, beyond what we think we know about Him and into the realm of revelation that comes by experiencing Him. Intellectual knowledge of God is necessary, but if our intellectual knowledge outweighs our experiential knowledge of God, we will be controlled by form with no power, trapped within the boundaries of our own human abilities. Experience is humbling, eye-opening, life-changing, and empowering.

For several weeks, the Lord has had me reading the book of Job. We see within these chapters an attempt by Job and his friends to “counsel” God. For a while, God allows them to carry on with their foolish babblings, but in Job chapter thirty-eight, the Almighty demonstrates His awesome power and presence. Speaking to Job out of a whirlwind, Yahweh asks, “Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning My authority and wisdom] by words without knowledge?” (Job 38:2 Amplified) Then, throughout the remainder of chapter thirty-eight, all the way through Job 41:34, God released a flow of eye-opening revelation of His sovereignty that left Job speechless and changed. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you understand. Who determined the measurements? Surely you know...Or who shut in the sea with doors…when I fixed My limit for it…When I said, ‘This far you may come, but no farther, and here your proud waves must stop?’” (Job 38:4-5, 8-11 NKJV) On and on God revealed Himself to Job, and that encounter and revelation brought Job to this humbling conclusion: “I heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You” (Job 42:5). In other words, “God, I thought I knew You, but now I realize that I only knew about You. Now I have seen You, and that changes everything!”

Like Job, many of us in the Church today have been guilty of trying to figure things out on our own, and have perhaps even tried to “counsel” God as to what we think should—or should not—happen based on our human intellect and understanding. We have even, at times, been disappointed when He didn’t do things the way we thought He should have or when we thought He should have. But I believe we have entered a time of confrontation from the Lord, not for the purpose of condemnation, but to awaken us to the reality of His sovereignty.

The Lord has need of us in this moment. In order to accomplish what He is calling us to do, we must know and rely on Him. We are the vessels, but the power is His, and the wisdom to do the work comes from Him. He is almighty! He sees all, knows all, and is far above all. His ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts above our thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). We must have revelation of that truth and reality, and the depths of that revelation only come as we encounter Him.

So, in summary, Yahweh is coming in demonstration of His power and glory. The glory of the Lord will be revealed, and we will see it! (see Isaiah 40:5) Seeing Him will free us from the confinements and disappointment that often result from self-dependency. It will ignite within us a confident “knowing” that the accomplishment of His purposes for our times is not dependent on our might, strength, or intellect, but on our willingness to fully trust and obey Him. As we avail ourselves to Him, He will work through us to make Himself known. 

The Lord is saying, “You have not just crossed into a new year; you’ve entered a defining moment. This year, you will begin to walk in a greater demonstration of that for which I have mantled you. In the days ahead, I am going to make you aware of My intentions and My presence. A fresh anointing and a fresh awareness of who I am will be experienced. And as I work through you, those encounters will enable you to go forward with great authority, causing a great demonstration of My glory.”

This is a time of great awakening. The glory of the Lord is coming! Don’t reject what He does, but respond to His invitation. Be on the right side of the glory.

Pray with me:

Father, take us beyond the surface of all that we’ve believed You to be, into a deeper place with You. From that place, bring to us revelation we have yet to know, but must know, if we are to be part of the company that advances forward with You in this time! Take us beyond our “manageable” ideas of who You are, which have kept us content with simply knowing about You, but have not allowed us to go beyond the veil to really discover YOU. Forgive us for—and free us from—self-dependency that has contained us within the boundaries of our limited capabilities. Come in Your glory! Enlighten the eyes of our understanding that we may see and know You! 

Take us into deeper encounters with You. Mark us with the revelation of Your sovereignty, which will ignite within us confident faith. Align us more closely with You so that Your Kingdom purposes are accomplished! May we be transformed by You until the image and likeness of Christ is completely and permanently formed within us.

And release Your glory throughout the earth. Cause Your weighty presence and power to be known among the nations, manifesting Christ and overwhelming evil. Increase the harvest in Asia, the Middle East, and all of Europe. Invade Africa with Your love and grace. Release revival to all of North America, South America, and Australia. And do exploits through the church, confirming the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And in His name we pray. Amen.

Our decree:

We will respond to the Lord’s invitation, receiving greater revelation of Him, and move forward with increased authority and glory.

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Today’s post was contributed by Gina Gholston. You can find out more about her at GinaGholston.com.

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1. Strong, James, 1822-1894,  Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Hendrickson Publishers, 2007, ref. no. H3519.

January 23, 2024

The Creative Power of God’s Word

“And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” Ephesians 6:17 

I am constantly amazed at how many prayer meetings I attend where so little of the Word of God is implemented. The greatest weapon God has given us often goes unsheathed! If Christ, our greatest example, used the spoken Word as His number one weapon against satan (Matthew 4:4-10), shouldn’t we use it regularly? 

God’s Word is more than just a weapon, however–it creates. The Hebrew word asah,(1) translated “create” in the Genesis account of creation, also means “to accomplish, do, or perform.” It is used accordingly in the following verses, which reference God’s spoken Word/s:

• “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do [asah] it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19)

• “So shall My Word be which goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, without accomplishing [asah] what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11)

• “Then the Lord said to me, ‘You have seen well, for I am watching over My Word to perform [asah] it.’” (Jeremiah 1:12)

God’s Word “does”; God’s Word “accomplishes”; God’s Word “performs.” Yet, what most Christians fail to consider is that in these passages, humans were speaking the words God was using to do, accomplish, and perform! Let that sink in. I’m going to use My words to accomplish My purposes, He said, and I’m going to use people to speak them for Me. The Lord actually told Jeremiah in the verses leading up to Jeremiah 1:12, “I have put My words in your mouth. I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant” (verses 9-10). He then followed this by saying, “I am watching over My word to perform it” (v. 12).

There is absolutely no doubt Holy Spirit was saying to Jeremiah that He was going to perform the judgments of tearing down and overthrowing nations, followed by rebuilding them, through Jeremiah’s words! Speaking God’s words releases His authority. In Scripture, speaking God’s Word was used to:

• Activate our salvation (Romans 10:9)

• Release death and life (Proverbs 18:21)

• Remove mountains of adversity (Mark 11:23)

• Defeat spiritual forces (Ephesians 6:17)

• Heal the sick (Acts 3:6)

• And more.

I am not teaching that our words can create (asah) physical matter, nor that we have carte blanche authority to decree whatever we desire. Yet, when based on God’s Word and will, inspired by Holy Spirit, they certainly do create God’s desired results in human lives and situations. 

The literal meaning of the New Testament word for “confession” (homologeo) actually means “to say the same thing.”(2) Biblical confession is saying what God says. First John 5:14-15 tells us:

“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.”

We determine what the Scriptures teach about situations, then make our biblical confessions and declarations accordingly. We are then “saying the same thing” God says, which not only honors Him, but it also offers Holy Spirit a decree He can truly empower - a biblical declaration. This is a powerful facet of intercession. Hebrews 3:1 states that Jesus is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (which, again, means “say the same thing”). When we declare God’s words and will on earth, He can and will back them up from heaven, just as He did for Jeremiah.

We’ve been instructed to do this in order to close and open doors (Isaiah 22:22; Matthew 16:18-19). We are to close doors that have been opened to demonic activity in America and open doors of awakening and transformation. Let’s do so now. 

Pray with me:

Father, You are not a man that You should lie. What You have said, You will do. Your words do not return to You void, but accomplish everything You intend them to accomplish. We agree with Your prophets who have said a great awakening - in fact, the greatest revival ever - is now coming to planet earth. Therefore, we boldly declare that a billion souls will come into Your Kingdom.

And Lord, You have shown many what You want to do in the government of America. We come into agreement with that, as well, declaring that America is receiving a righteous government. The evil being propagated by some in Washington, D.C., will fail. We bind the demonic forces that oppose this, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Release these decrees with me:

• We decree that satan’s ability to devour and destroy America will not succeed; his door of access is closed! We declare our faith in the mercy and blood of Jesus - that God has heard the repentance offered up by millions of believers on behalf of America’s sins and is healing our land. We decree that people in government and business will no longer open the door of our nation to satan through sins, compromise, and unholy alliances. We decree that their evil will continue to be exposed, their funds will dry up, and their influence will end. We close the door to their control.

• We decree that those who promote violence, tyranny, murder, persecution of the church, insane laws and edicts, will no longer rule America. We close the door to the spiritual powers behind this destruction. We close the door to the destruction of our children, our families, our homes, our cities, and our nation.

• We speak to the door of awakening and the transformation of nations, commanding you to open. We call forth revival, refreshing, remodeling, and reformation in America and the world. We prophesy to the wind of God: blow on the dry bones of America and the world. Reconnect our scattered bones, breathe life into us, and make us a great army. Salvation, healing, purpose, and destiny are in this wind - we decree its release NOW!

In the mighty name of Jesus!

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1.)  “Strong's Hebrew: 6213. (asah) -- accomplish, make, do, perform.” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6213.htm. Accessed 12 May 2023.

2.) “Strong's Greek: 3670. (homologeó) -- to speak the same, to agree, publicly declare, of one mind.” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/greek/3670.htm. Accessed 15 May 2023.

Today’s post was taken from our Give Him 15 - An Appeal to Heaven Devotional, Volume 2.

January 22, 2026

Tremendous Power Is Available

I have received 3 credible alerts from prophets/intercessors within the last week concerning President Trump’s safety. It seems many are receiving urgent promptings from Holy Spirit to pray diligently for his protection. 

We know Iranian leaders have publicly threatened to assassinate Trump, as mentioned in yesterday’s post. No doubt others would love to end his life. 

One of the prophetic words included the summons, “All hands on deck. Call the watchmen to position!” Warnings of this nature are not to frighten, but to alert us. We can be part of stopping what the enemy has planned assisting the Secret Service and intelligence agencies through our prayers. They are outstanding in what they do, but God and the angels are infallible. Psalm 127:1 tells us, “except the Lord keep [protect] the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” This is no doubt also true of protecting a President. 

We should also diligently pray for the safety of Trump’s team, members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, and local leaders. This is a very “perilous” season (2 Timothy 3:1), filled with many angry, violent, and unprincipled people. Praying for the safety of our leaders would be a great way to spend your minute of prayer each evening…“A Minute to Win It!”

Another Important Assignment 

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, this week I am partnering with others who have prayer ministries and have recently launched important prayer initiatives. My good friend, Clay Nash, leads a prayer call every weekday to intercede for our nation. He has done so faithfully for over 5 years now, with thousands joining him. God is using The Josiah Company in a huge way. 

Clay and his team have received instructions from Holy Spirit to begin praying for the mid-term elections NOW. They started this week. 

Clay was given a dream highlighting Isaiah 35:8, which speaks of a highway of holiness. He was told that “35 days of prayer would establish a Holy Highway of movement.” 

Clay says: “Beginning January 19th, our focus for the Josiah Company Prayer Calls will be the Mid-Term Elections coming up in November. Please join the daily calls or listen to them, to add your declarations and faith. We must keep our hands to the plow this year (Luke 9:62) and not be moved by anything we see or hear in the news media or world around us. We must speak the word of the Lord with authority and faith, staying focused on what God is saying. 

“The first 20 days, we will focus daily on one state, as well as on Washington, D.C. We have prayerfully arranged these 20 states in a particular order and believe we can facilitate a time of declaration and decrees to shift each state. Each day, we will intercede over the chosen state’s elections, as well as D.C. The following 15 days, we will focus on the remaining states, 2 or 3 per day” (for a total of 35 days beginning January 19th).

You can use this LINK to a page on Clay’s website where you can find the schedule and prayer focus for each state. 

You can access the call at 719-718-6038. The times of the calls are:

• Monday 2:22pm ET

• Tuesday 9:00pm ET

• Wednesday  2:22pm ET

• Thursday 2:22pm ET

• Friday 2:22pm ET

I probably don’t need to tell you just how important the midterm elections are. The party of the current President almost always loses the midterm elections that follow. If this occurs and the Democrat party retakes the House of Representatives, not only will they impede further progress in reforming our nation, but they will work to reverse all of the positive changes Trump and the Republicans have made. AND they will immediately begin another impeachment proceeding against the President. Their hatred of him is feral. If, God forbid, the Republicans were to lose both branches of Congress, all positive change would stop, and they would succeed in reversing many of those we have accomplished. (For a refresher on their ideals and goals, do a search of what the newly elected, woke, liberal governor of Virginia and her legislature have begun. I can assure you, they do not share our ideals.)

We must not lose ground in reforming our nation. To prevent this from happening, we must pray for the elections NOW, not wait until November. The Left will never give up on their quest to fundamentally change America from a God-honoring nation to a globalist, secularist, and Godless country. 

As the budding revival and reformation grow, they will increase the momentum for righteous change, but they have not yet reached critical mass. We must continue to fuel these movements and righteous changes with prayer. Remember, and remain confident that “tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a godly believer!” (James 5‬:‭16‬ ‭TPT‬‬) May it never be said of us that we grew weary in our praying and lost by default. Never. 

Pray with me:

Father, first, we want to thank You for the incredible number of people here and around the world now praying in agreement. It will not be said of us, “They have not because they asked not” (James 4:2), or that “they asked amiss, thinking only of their personal desires.” (verse 3). You have raised up a selfless, determined company of believers, intent upon seeing “Your Kingdom come and Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).

We join our hearts and faith now, praying for protection over President Trump and his team, our members of Congress, and the Justices on the Court. We focus especially on our President today because of the warnings we have received from Holy Spirit. We ask You to thwart every plan conceived to take his - or one of his family members’ - lives. Expose the plans, and stop them. Please do the same for these other members of our government. Send your angels to encamp around them and keep them safe (Psalm 34:7). Give supernatural help to those assigned to perfect them.

We ask that You move on the hearts of many believers to join Clay and his Josiah Company of intercessors. Lead them very strategically as they pray; give them great success regarding the midterms. Break the pattern in our nation of the current President’s party typically losing the next midterm election. Give wise strategies to those running for office who would lead our nation righteously and with wisdom. Foil the efforts of those who would not. We ask for Your help.

And motivate many believers to implement the simple plan of praying for one minute every night at 9 PM. It seems so simple and insignificant that many believers could ignore it, yet a small effort could make a huge difference. Cause the slogan to resonate: A Minute to Win It. All of these things we pray in the powerful name of Jesus. Amen.

Our decree:

First John 5:14 assures us that we WILL experience God’s will for America.

“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.” (1 John 5:14-15 NASB)

“Since we have this confidence, we can also have great boldness before Him, for if we ask anything agreeable to His will, He will hear us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we also know that we have obtained the requests we ask of Him.” (1 John 5:14-15 TPT)

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You can find out more about Clay Nash and the Josiah Company at ClayNash.org.