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October 8, 2026

Shaping the World on Our Knees

At a speech yesterday (October 7) in Athens, Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said:

“Today, we find ourselves at a crossroads. The next decade will write the story of the next century. The course we take will determine whether the West maintains its place at the head of the world, or resigns itself to a future of atrophy, servitude, and decline.”(1)

Those of us who have been declaring the significance of this season don’t find Secretary Rubio’s statement surprising. While it is confirming to hear this from a government official, it is also sobering. “The next decade will write the story of the next century.” What a profound and powerful statement.

Leaders like Rubio are doing their part governmentally to shape an outcome that assures freedom, but the church must do hers. We must do so through preaching the gospel, yes, but also by being a voice for truth in general. The gospel saves us spiritually, but truth preserves the freedom to preach Christ’s gospel and implement the principles of His Kingdom. One without the other becomes incomplete.

Jesus not only said He was “the way” and “the life” in John 14:6, but inserted “truth” as the centerpiece or bridge between the two. In His great commissions of Mark 16 and Matthew 28, He emphasized both - preaching the gospel in Mark 16 and teaching the principles of His Kingdom in Matthew 28. One saves, the other disciples. One rebirths the spirit, the other transforms the mind. Without both, our message is incomplete, and our assignment fails. Any congregation neglecting to emphasize both is derelict in its duty.

Each one requires boldness and commitment, fueled and empowered by Holy Spirit’s anointing; He uses prayer to generate these qualities in the church. The intercessor realizes he or she can change the world on his/her knees. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 ).

Informed believers know that God’s words on their tongues become swords, wielded through them by Holy Spirit (Ephesians 6:17). These decrees establish Christ’s Kingdom rule and enforce His will (Matthew 6.10). "A warrior filled with wisdom ascends into the high place and releases breakthrough, bringing down the strongholds of the mighty" (Proverbs 21:22 TPT). This passage was written for us both personally and governmentally.

In this decisive period of history, as Secretary Rubio so poignantly described, we must be diligent to do these things. Our prayers will empower their wise policies. Thank you for your participation.

Before ending this somewhat shorter post, let me remind you that we are conducting another nationwide prayer gathering of the Ekklesia on Friday, October 30th. My brother Tim will once again host it in Middletown, Ohio, and the same team that participated in the similar prayer event on August 14th will join us, along with a few more. We will livestream it, as always, and thousands will participate. Together, we will exercise our authority for Jesus and His Kingdom, releasing His influence into our nation. Don’t miss it!

Pray with me:

Father, what an amazing honor to partner with You in saving and discipling the world. We are one with Christ (1 Corinthians 6:17) in His great cause. Just as You sent Him, He has sent us (John 20:21). Holy Spirit is awakening a mighty company of Christ-followers to this, and we are responding to the call.

We ask now that these faithful ones be made fully aware of the seriousness of the hour. Allow them to feel the “for such a time as this” weight of this window in history. Remind them that they are history-shapers, and that this is not only a responsibility but an extraordinary privilege.

And lastly, I ask You to refresh them by the power of Holy Spirit. Infuse them with strength as you spoke of in Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—l am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace” (Amplified Bible).

In the mighty name of Yeshua, we pray. Amen.

Our decree:

We are ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses us with inner strength and confident peace! (Philippians 4:13)

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October 7, 2026

Introduction

Before I begin today’s post, I’d like to briefly comment on the meetings in D.C. this past Sunday and Monday regarding the Supreme Court. First, thank you to JAGF (Judicial Action Group Foundation) for the invitation to participate. I consider you to be one of the reasons the Supreme Court has changed over the last decade. Secondly, the meetings were outstanding, blessed with a very weighty presence of the Lord. Many thanks to those who attended, and thanks to those of you who prayed for this significant gathering.

Convergence and Boomerangs

America’s turnaround began years ago. God is way ahead of the times, seeing and declaring the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). He is the only one who doesn’t start at the beginning. God starts at the end, backs up to the beginning, and implements His plan. This means He is never caught by surprise or off guard. It also means He knows how He will solve problems…before they even manifest!

Yahweh is not taken aback or knocked off course by the failures of people and nations, knowing they would occur beforehand. When He calls a person - or a nation - to a purpose, God realizes He will have to navigate through their mess-ups, just as He did with Abraham and the nation of Israel. According to Hebrews 11:3, God has already decreed the aligning and realigning of the ages; a more literal translation of this verse is: “Through faith, we understand that the ages were put in proper alignment by the word [declarations] of God…”

Before Adam even fell, Jesus was the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8). That means the Incarnation, the Cross, and Christ’s Resurrection were planned before Adam’s fall ever occurred.

I share this to assure you that God has a plan for America’s turnaround. He knew the failures and sins our nation would commit before they occurred, had a plan for our recovery, and declared our eventual turnaround. Satan’s reactionary plans and schemes are no match for God’s omniscience and foreknowledge.

This foreknowledge also means God is moving on many fronts to accomplish His plan. While He is implementing His pre-planned works in America, He is doing so in other nations, in the church, and in individuals, preparing them for His plan. When all is ready, He shifts everything into a phase of convergence: ripe harvest fields; nations positioned; the church equipped; angels assigned.

This is all seen in the book of Esther. The Jews’ very existence was threatened when wicked Haman, one of King Ahasuerus’ trusted officials, manipulated the king into issuing a decree for the annihilation of the Jews. After learning of Haman’s decree, Esther, a Jewish woman chosen by Persian King Ahasuerus as his queen, exposed Haman’s plan. At the risk of her life, she broke strict protocol to appeal to the king in a courageous attempt to protect her people. The king granted Esther’s request and, instead of the Jews, Haman was executed. The day after Haman’s decree was reversed, the Feast of Purim was inaugurated.

The Hebrew word for turnaround is haphak: “to overturn, overthrow, turnaround, transform, be reversed.”(1) The following two verses from Esther 9 include this word:

“…when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.” (v. 1)

“Because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing....” (v. 22)

The Hebrew word haphak appears not only in the book of Esther, but throughout Scripture. Deuteronomy 23:5 uses the word to describe God turning a curse against the Jewish people into a blessing. Jeremiah 31:13 and Isaiah 61:3 use the word to describe turning mourning into joy.

The Message translation of Esther 9:25 uses an interesting analogy to describe the turnaround: “But when Queen Esther intervened with the king, he gave written orders that the evil scheme that Haman had worked out should boomerang back on his own head.”

God had planned ahead. Before Haman ever conceived his evil plan to destroy the Jews, God positioned people and events for His planned boomerang. The book of Esther is an easy and interesting read - check it out. You will find that God orchestrated events, timing, the choosing of a queen, sleep patterns, favor to individuals, the uncovering of evil plans, rescues, and more. The end result was the saving of the nation and the furthering of God’s plans on earth.

I believe Holy Spirit is doing for America what He did in Esther’s day: moving us into convergence and a time of divine reversals! The enemy is being exposed, overthrown, and his plans are boomeranging back on his own head!

This season’s turnaround will occur for individuals, families, regions, and nations. Unrest will certainly continue, and Scripture assures us that evil will, as well. But great harvest will also occur, and areas of unrest will give way to righteousness—even in the darkest regions. Awakening and revivals will break out in places where they have never existed. Partner with Him in releasing these supernatural boomerangs into the earth - you were born for such a time as this.

Pray with me:

Father, we exalt You as Lord, not only of the nations, but also as Lord over time. You declare the end from the beginning, change the times and seasons, and orchestrate events to align with Your purposes. We confidently declare that You are greater than the forces of evil on earth. Your wisdom is higher, and Your abilities are without measure. You have decreed the turnaround of America and how it will occur, and You have decreed a great outpouring of Your Spirit in our day.

Just as You turned around Haman’s attempt to destroy the Jewish nation, You will turn around satan’s attempt to destroy Your purposes in our day, as well. We accept the Esther decree: we were born for such a time as this. Help us now to rise to our calling and assignment, partnering with You and Your great plan.

We proclaim breakthrough to Your people, breakthrough in our nation, and breakthrough throughout the earth. Give us a turnaround in our government, education, and media. Release a deluge of Holy Spirit’s rain to flood over our land and other harvest fields of the earth.

Please give victory in the coming midterms to those who most align with You and Your plans for America. Motivate believers to vote, and to do so according to biblical principles. Help us, we pray!

And we ask for this confidently, in Christ’s name, amen.

Our decree:

We decree that satan’s plans will boomerang on him, and God’s plans will succeed.

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  1. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 2015.

 
 

October 6, 2026

Give It All You’ve Got

At the end of the weighty word in Tim’s GH15 post yesterday, I mentioned Queen Esther in the prayer. Esther was an orphaned Jew living in pagan-ruled Persia, whom God miraculously made queen. This special lady was used by God to save the Jews from annihilation by wicked Haman. I quoted from Esther 4:14, where Mordecai challenged Esther with the question: “Who knows whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” God had indeed placed Esther in her position for this significant time. She rose to the challenge and, at the risk of her life, saved her people. In the prayer, I prayed that the same urgency Esther felt would come on the Ekklesia at this time.

In the post, Tim shared a dream in which the Lord deployed His spiritual army. In a speech to inspire the Ekklesia, a general told the soldiers to remember their training, follow orders, fight for and care for one another. Then he said, “The enemy has crossed a red line that endangers our cause, the world order, and if not stopped, will affect our very way of life.” The General then raised his voice and said: “Fight for your children. Fight for your families. Fight for your heritage. And fight for your freedoms.” Then, with even greater urgency, he said, “Give it all you’ve got.”

As I read the dream, the words pierced my heart like a knife. If you haven’t read or watched the post, please do so.

Afterward, while pondering and praying about this word, the well-known phrase Mordecai spoke to Esther - “for such a time as this” - began weighing on me. The phrase carries weight, regardless of context, identifying a season as momentous, consequential, or weighty. These types of epochal times don’t roll around often. They’re the D-Days, the 9/11’s, the “now or never” times of history. Have we come to one? I believe so.

The same evil spirits that motivated Haman to destroy Israel in Esther’s day provoke radical, demonized Islamists in Iran and elsewhere today, desiring to destroy Israel, America, and Christians everywhere. I have no doubt that had Iran been allowed to possess a nuclear weapon, they would have used it. Communist regimes in China, Russia, North Korea, and elsewhere are bent on ruling the world and have no issue with killing millions of people in order to do so. History proves their willingness.

And even more weighty than these scenarios are the spiritual conditions of millions of people around the world. And satan is warring to stop the coming harvest. Millions of eternal souls hang in the balance. And the Lord determined that we would be alive today “for such a time as this.”

I find myself deeply moved by the fact that God chose this time for me to be alive. We should all be. I once heard the late, great Myles Monroe say, when teaching on destiny and the fact that God does nothing by chance: “The very fact that you are alive today means you have something the world needs.”(1) I believe this.

God placed us in this time (Daniel 2:21; Acts 17:26). Finding and fulfilling the “why” should be our highest priority. And please don’t wrongly assume that your “why” has to be something as visible as preaching to millions. He may need you to “preach” to millions on your knees! I firmly believe the intercessor is as important as the evangelist. Whatever the reason, your purpose is important to Him.

His intentions for our time will require an army of committed spiritual warriors. Your prayers matter; your prayer group matters; your congregation matters; your “yes” is vital to the cause. It wasn’t one of the 12 apostles that carried Christ’s Cross, the instrument He used to save the world. Just a humble “passerby” named Simon (Mark 17:21). Whatever your assignment may be - giving, going, preaching, praying - “give it all you’ve got”!

When thinking of those with seemingly insignificant assignments, I often think of Susanna Wesley. Amid her challenging circumstances and humble life, no one who knew her could have imagined that she, through two of her children, would change the world.

“Susanna was born in 1669, the last of twenty-five children. After marrying, Susanna gave birth to nineteen children, nine of whom died in infancy. Her life was turbulent, frequently unhappy, and filled with trials. Her husband, Samuel, was often gone from home, leaving her alone and almost penniless to care for her family. Unable to properly manage on his small salary, he was put in debtor’s prison for a time.

“At one point, their home burned to the ground. Susanna suffered from many illnesses and was often bedridden, requiring household help. Some of her children were so errant that they caused her considerable grief.

“But Susanna was an intercessor, and prayed faithfully for her family. It was said of her that in her small home, with ten children all around playing, reading, or studying, Susanna would pull her apron over her head and pray for an hour or two at a time. Her children knew not to disturb mom when she was in the “secret place” behind her apron. God heard all those prayers, and her sons John and Charles became two of the greatest evangelists of all time; their ministries shook the world.”(2)(3)

God’s purpose for Susanna Wesley was to prayerfully raise children who would change the world. All of us matter to Him. Please believe that. And in this incredible hour we live in, “give it all you’ve got.”

I’m sure you’ve heard of Charles Finney, one of history’s greatest evangelists. His incredible ministry was used to save entire cities and helped shape the Second Great Awakening. I would guess, however, that few of you have heard of Daniel Nash.

Often called “Father Nash,” he served as Finney’s primary personal intercessor. He and his prayer partner, Abel Clary, traveled to towns days or weeks ahead of Finney’s arrival in order to pray for the upcoming services.

They engaged in intense, hidden prayer, often fasting for days, in damp cellars or nearby rented rooms. This continued when the meetings began. Finney credited much of the amazing conviction, historical revivals, and thousands of conversions during the Second Great Awakening to their unseen labor.(4)

Whatever your role in the Kingdom may be, “give it all you’ve got.”

Pray with me:

Father, we are stirred by the dream in which You urged us to “give it all you’ve got.” Your passion bursts forth in this statement. It is sobering to realize that we have indeed been placed on earth “for such a time as this.” May the Ekklesia realize the urgency of this hour. As is sometimes said in sports, may we be able to say, when our lives are over, “we left it all on the field.” We want to give You our all.

Give us big hearts and small egos. Let the heart of our humble Savior be imparted to us, He who left His throne to suffer and serve sinful humanity. Our greatest joy will be to one day lay our crowns at His feet.

And at this strategic point in time, we pledge ourselves to the spiritual warfare You have called us to. We will fight spiritually for our families, freedoms, heritage, and the great harvest that is now ripe. We exercise our authority and bind every attempt to stop it - here in America, in Asia, the Middle East, and throughout the world (Matthew 16:18-19). We demolish strongholds that have been built by demonic forces to keep people blinded to the gospel (2 Corinthians 10:3-5). We declare that the veil of spiritual darkness over millions is lifting (2 Corinthians 4:3-6).

We pray and decree all of this in the glorious name of Yeshua. Amen.

Our decree:

We declare that we will “give it all we’ve got” for the great cause of Christ.

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  1. The late Dr. Myles Munroe frequently delivered this line during his global leadership and motivational lectures. It is most prominently featured in his widely viewed sermon, "Understanding The Purpose For Your Life." Destiny Image published his books. 

  2. Adapted from Sandy Dengler, Susanna Wesley, Servant of God (Chicago: Moody Press, 1987).

  3. https://faithgateway.com/blogs/christian-books/leaving-a-legacy-of-prayer-praying-example-susanna-wesley 

  4. There are many stories about Charles Finney and Daniel Nash. This is but one: https://davidyarborough.substack.com/p/the-hidden-hero-of-revival-meet-charles

 
 
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