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There Is a “Right Time”

“There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven— 

A time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. 

A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. 

A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. 

A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. 

A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. 

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to keep silent and a time to speak. 

A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace. 

What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors? I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end. I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live; and also that every man should eat and drink and see and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 AMP)

The Lord uses two Hebrew words to describe times and seasons in verse 1 of Ecclesiastes 3: zeman(1) and eth.(2) They are similar in meaning. The Message Bible translates the verse: “There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth.” I believe Holy Spirit repeats Himself in order to emphasize the importance of what He is saying: “Don’t forget, there really is a right time for all these things!”

He compiles each occurrence in the list of “right times” with its opposite. By doing so, He is informing us that life must be understood based on a broad spectrum of seasons and occurrences. If we are to successfully navigate our time on earth, our responses must be dictated, in part, by discerning these times and seasons. The tribe of Issachar is an example of successfully doing so: “They had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do,” (1 Chronicles 12:32). Verse 11 above also affirms this, “He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time.”

Daniel 2:21 tells us: “And [God] changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.” Again, successfully navigating life involves discerning the changing times and seasons as the Lord shifts them. 

Daniel also gives us another factor in the equation, however: satan tries to alter these God-appointed times (Daniel 7:25), doing so by working against those the Lord uses, His “saints.” The verse further tells us he attempts to “wear them down.” The word used for this weariness(3) is only used in the Bible for mental or emotional weariness, not physical. This would be the mental strain that caused Israel to retreat from the giants in Canaan. It would be the emotional “weariness” Abraham and Sarah experienced when waiting for Isaac to be conceived. They yielded to the hope deferred and devised a different plan to give Abraham a son through Sarah’s maid, Hagar. All of us have experienced this type of mental and emotional fatigue. Daniel tells us satan uses it to move us out of God’s timing. Don’t grow weary and fall prey to this trap.

A Time for War

While many people don’t want to acknowledge it, this passage in Ecclesiastes tells us there is an appropriate time for war. It states that there is a right time to root up and tear down, just as God told Jeremiah to do in chapter 1, verse 10, and a time to tear apart. It even tells us there is a time to hate. 

Psalm 97:10, Proverbs 8:13, and Romans 12:9 all instruct us to hate evil. God tolerates evil for a time, giving people the opportunity to repent and change. But there comes a time, if this doesn’t occur, when their cup of iniquity is full. In Genesis 15:16, God told Abraham that there would come a point when the “iniquity of the Amorites” would be “full” or complete, at which time he would give their land to Him. This occurred years later.

We should hate what the evil regime in Iran stands for, the oppression, suffering, and death they have caused. We also love and pray for the general population of Iran, while wanting to see their oppressors defeated. We should pray that God gives success to those overthrowing the murderous, oppressive regime in Iran, brings peace and stability to the region, and breathes on the people of the Middle East with Holy Spirit. 

Pray with me: 

Father, we align ourselves with Your heart, desires, and timing. As much as we deplore war, Your Word informed us that there would be times when it was appropriate. We believe this is one of those times. We ask You for success in destroying wicked leaders and systems in Iran. We pray that You would give ours and Israel’s forces a supernatural ability to avoid killing innocent people, and render unsuccessful the attempts of those in Iran who ARE trying to kill innocent people. End their evil efforts.

I sense that efforts to attack Americans here at home through terrorists who have entered our nation will now be implemented. We pray against this. Please give supernatural help to our government agencies responsible for finding and stopping them. And give the same to citizens - expose the evil before it can manifest. Protect our land. We ask the same for Israel. As You instructed us, we bind the strategies of demonic forces that bring death and destruction, in Jesus’ name.

Give our government/military leaders great wisdom, planning, and foresight. Defeat the voices opposing them and attempting to inappropriately influence the American people. Keep our soldiers and their resources safe.

Continue to turn our nation around. Increase Holy Spirit’s outpouring here and abroad. All of this we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Our decree: 

We decree that we will discern the times and seasons which the Lord establishes, and we will act accordingly.

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  1. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 2165.

  2. Ibid., ref. no. 6256.

  3. Ibid., ref. no. 1080.

 
 

Remarkable Progress

President Trump is on his way to being one of the most consequential presidents in U.S. history. He and his team are changing the landscape of America and the world for the better.

I often find myself reminding people in the Christian world that President Trump’s policies, not his language and personality, are what make him the President we need. I don’t want that statement to be interpreted as criticism of the President’s character or personality, just a factual reminder. Frankly, I basically ignore the personalities of government officials and look at their actions. (I have seen some pretty lousy government officials over the years with appealing personalities.)

Based on the current war with Iran, I have heard a few Trump supporters question his honesty, reminding people that he campaigned on not getting America into more unwise and unnecessary wars. “Has he changed in this regard?” they ask. I don’t believe he has. My GH15 posts this week make my position clear: I support the President and Israel regarding what is being done in Iran. 

Today, I’m going to share some accomplishments by Trump and his team to demonstrate that he is keeping his promises and striving to make America (and the world) better and safer. Here are a few of the Trump Administration’s accomplishments in their first year, most of them taken from “365 Wins in 365 Days.”(1) And some of them are observations I have made. 

Spiritually and Morally 

America is turning around spiritually. President Trump is very God-honoring. He allows and promotes regular prayer and worship in the White House and begins cabinet meetings with prayer. He established the White House Faith Office to protect Americans’ religious liberty. On May 17, 2026, he plans to hold an event at the Lincoln Memorial to re-dedicate America as “One Nation Under God.” 

President Trump has removed woke policies and teachings from our schools and universities, and made the fact that there are only two sexes the official policy of the U.S. government. He officially began the process of closing the Department of Education and returning education to the states. He is pro-life, and pardoned pro-life Americans wrongly targeted by the Biden administration. (In his first term he gave us the justices that overturned Roe v Wade.) He has ended federal funding for chemical and surgical gender procedures for minors through executive action and regulatory enforcement, working to end these harmful procedures for minors at health systems across the country. He ordered U.S. strikes against ISIS leadership in Nigeria in order to protect Christian communities.

Safety and Protection

America is safer. President Trump has closed our borders to illegals and is deporting millions of those who entered our nation illegally. He has all but stopped the flow of illegal drugs from coming across, including the abominable fentanyl. He dismantled Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other transnational gang-related criminal networks, and has designated more than 10 major Latin American cartels as terrorist organizations. 

He and his team have delivered the largest one-year decline in homicides in U.S. history, while overseeing a 25% decrease in the number of on-duty law enforcement officer deaths. He has captured a record number of criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list within one year – outpacing the number captured under Biden in four years. 

He barred COVID-19 vaccine mandates for our children in schools that receive federal funding, and is cleaning up America’s poisonous foods. 

Economically

America is more prosperous. President Trump has brought $18-$20 trillion in new investments to America and reestablished fair trade for Americans worldwide. He is exposing and ending fraud to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars. Some estimates are as high as half a trillion a year. He has tamed inflation to 2.4%, down from its highest in a generation during Biden’s presidency. He has begun allowing oil drilling and coal mining, and has ended Biden’s foolish bans on fossil fuels. He has ended the waste of billions of dollars on unwise Green Energy subsidies. The American economy is roaring back and will continue to do so despite the unavoidable hiccups caused by the war in Iran. 

Militarily

America is stronger. Trump and his administration have restored and exceeded necessary military recruitment and strengthened our military. They have removed DEI policies from the military and barred transgender individuals from enlisting in our armed forces. They’ve fired disloyal, woke, and unpatriotic military officials. Trump supports our troops…and our veterans.

He has revoked more than 100 security clearances of deep state actors responsible for weaponizing and politicizing intelligence, including: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Alvin Bragg, Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton, Leticia James, Liz Cheney, John Bolton, Adam Kinzinger, Anthony Blinken, James Clapper, and Fiona Hill.

Internationally

America is stronger on the world front. Trump has ended 8 wars around the world and secured an agreement from NATO member nations to raise their defense spending from 2% to 5% of their GDP. (Most of them weren’t even spending the required 2%, but were simply allowing the U.S. to foot the bill.) He has built friendships with most Middle Eastern nations, creating alliances that most believed were completely impossible. He has essentially taken back the Panama Canal, which had more or less fallen into the hands of China.

He ended the evil regime in Venezuela, taking the unelected dictator from his bed… and the oil from Russia and China. He blew up Iran’s bunkers that contained most of its nuclear capabilities. He has greatly crippled China and Russia’s strengths and economies, and made America the world’s respected leader again.

This president, who took a bullet for all of us and stood to his feet, shouting “fight, fight, fight“; who has endured 10 years of evil lies and false accusations against him; who has experienced 2 ridiculous and unfounded impeachments; who has personally spent hundreds of millions of dollars fighting unjust lawfair; and who works for free, taking no salary, can be trusted. He says what he means and means what he says. He is working tirelessly and bringing America back at an unbelievable pace.

Please pray for this president and his team. 

Pray with me:

Thank You, Father, for the turnaround that has begun in America. You have given us a president who is unencumbered by political ambitions and isn’t indebted to a political party. He is bold, decisive, fearless, and honors You. You have given him a capable team, and they are making a remarkable impact around the globe. It is obvious that You are helping them. 

We ask for this to continue. We ask You to give him and his team wise strategies and noble plans. Keep them focused, strong, humble, and lion-hearted. When they pray and worship together, flood the room with Your presence. Teach them Your ways, and give them a love for Your Word.

We ask for success for our and Israel’s militaries in Iran. Overthrow the evil powers in that nation that steal, kill, and destroy. We ask for protection over innocents, and over our soldiers. And most of all, we pray that millions of people in the Middle East come to You. Break the hold of radical Islam in that region and bring the revelation of Yeshua and His salvation. We pray all of this in Yeshua’s name, amen.

Our decree: 

We decree that He who has begun a good work in America and around the world, will finish it!

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Introduction

In February of 2022, I wrote that a great turnaround, a divine reversal, pictured by the story of Esther and the Feast of Purim, was coming to our nation. I reshared some of that post yesterday. Six months after I released it, Jane Hamon, a seasoned prophet and teacher, shared in a GH15 post that she had heard something very similar, also from Esther. In light of what is occurring in Iran, her words from 2022 are very timely today. The title of the post is: 

The Tables Were Turned

Jane shares:

I awakened from a dream and heard the spirit of the Lord say, “Tell the body of Christ that it’s time for the hanging of Haman’s ten sons.” I got up and wrote it down. I knew the biblical context, but really had no idea what it fully meant for today, only that it was a time of demarcation in the body of Christ. 

This statement comes from the book of Esther, at a time when God was releasing judgment and justice in Persia. A wicked leader in the Persian empire,  Haman, had falsely accused the Jewish people of insurrection. As a result, he was allowed to write an evil decree of death and destruction against the Jews (Esther 3:8-9). This decree designated a specific day on which all Jews were to be killed and their property taken (verse 13). 

The demonic “prince of Persia,” mentioned in Daniel 10:13-20, was no doubt motivating Haman. Never forget that violence implemented by rogue nations throughout the world is demonically orchestrated. And God uses other nations to judge and stop these actions. 

In Esther, God reversed satan’s plans through a series of sovereign, supernatural events, including favor being given to a Jew named Mordecai and the elevation of his cousin Esther as queen. The victory still required risk and selflessness on Esther’s part, however, as she went before the king uninvited. Her bravery can be seen in her words, “If I perish, I perish” (4:16). But the king granted her favor, and Haman’s lies and plot were exposed, including the fact that he was plotting against the queen herself. The king ordered Haman’s death, sentencing him to be hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai! I believe that we’re in a season right now where God is giving the enemy enough rope to hang himself. 

These events in the book of Esther speak to the modern-day church. God’s people are rising up to answer the call, just as Esther did. They picture a church awakening, realizing that we've come to the Kingdom for such a time as this (Esther 4:14). We are learning that we can go before the throne of the King and have His scepter of favor extended to us, enabling us to release decrees that actually shift a nation. This is producing an overturning of demonic decrees and evil plans that satan has set in motion.

We’re told in Esther 9:24 that satan, through Haman, was trying to generate panic among the Jews. “Haman, son of Hamadatha the Agagite, the archenemy of all the Jews, had schemed to destroy all Jews. He cast the lot to throw them into panic and destroy them.” Fear and panic combat our faith and keep us from taking righteous action. Do not panic! God is up to something. Don’t freak out - God is up to something. He hears our prayers. He hears the decrees. God’s ear is not deaf, and His arm is not too short to save. When Haman tried to throw God’s people into panic and destroy them, God caused the evil scheme to boomerang back on him!

Purim, the holiday born of these events, is also called the holiday of reversals. About seven years ago, in 2015, the Lord started speaking to me about a season of divine reversals. I believe we are in a season of seeing reversals that God actually set in motion several years ago. 

And He is by no means finished. Even though Haman had been exposed and hanged on the gallows in chapter 7, there was still a problem: the evil decree against the Jews was still on the books. Esther went before the king to inform him that the decree still needed to be reversed. 

The king’s response to Esther was: “I give you the authority to write a new decree! Write it in my name, and I’ll seal it with my signet ring.” (My paraphrase) Persian law said that whatever was decreed in the king’s name could not be revoked by another. That is such a great picture of King Jesus and the authority He has given the church! “Write a decree in My name, and I’ll seal it with My signet ring” (See Matthew 16:18-19).

Esther called cousin Mordecai, and together they wrote a decree, as the king had instructed. The decree authorized the people of God to fight back against all the works of darkness launched against them, and was dispersed throughout the land. Esther 8:17 shares the result: “In each and every province and each and every city, wherever the king’s command and his decree arrived, the Jews celebrated with joy and gladness.”

The Jews held a holiday feast celebrating these reversals, and Purim was born. 

Another amazing result of the turnaround in the book of Esther was that, “Many of the people in that land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews and their God had fallen upon them” (Esther 8:17). That is revival! Just the day before, the Jews were in fear of being killed. Now, not only did the people of the land no longer want to kill them, but they wanted to become one of them! That’s amazing! What an incredible turnaround. 

But God’s great turnaround STILL wasn’t over. Chapter 9 tells us that the ten wicked sons of Haman were killed, hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai, just as Haman himself had been. Verse one summarizes the outcome, “This was the very day that the enemies of the Jews had planned to overpower them, but the tables were now turned: the Jews overpowered those who hated them!” (The Message). The reversal was so profound that all the officials in all the provinces, the chief rulers, the governors, and all who attended to the king’s business - the entire government - turned and supported the Jews in defeating their enemies. The fear of the Lord, and of Mordecai, had fallen on them. The demonic prince of Persia fell, and the Prince of Peace arose. 

I believe we are going to see the fear of the Lord come upon our land, including on government leaders. We will see miraculous reversals in the coming days. Blinders will come off people’s eyes, and they will say, ”We need to be on God’s side…on the side of saving a nation…on the side of revival…on the side of turnaround.”

Many in the church have been warring spiritually, contending, praying, and decreeing. But these actions are the means, not the end. The goal isn’t just to war spiritually. The goal is to see the answer: awakening, revival, souls saved, the great harvest. 

The gospel message, from start to finish, is a message of reversal, of seeing curses turned into blessings, of breaking strongholds and bondages. The thief wants to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10), but we are breaking his influence off a people, and off our land. 

Pray with me:

Father, thank You for bringing to my remembrance what You said in 2022. Thank You for this word You gave Jane Hamon, encouraging us that great turnarounds were in the works. And thank You for orchestrating current events in the Middle East to take place during Purim, confirming to us that You are involved. The turnaround in the Middle East is not just for Israel and America; it’s also for the Iranian people. 

We ask You to continue orchestrating the reversal of evil decrees and the liberation of people from demonic oppression. Most of all, we ask that what is occurring in the Middle East be used to open the hearts of millions to Yeshua. We decree, with King Jesus’ authority, that the prince of Persia’s hold over Iran and the Middle East is broken. We prophesy to the winds of heaven, as Ezekiel was also told to do, telling them to blow upon the dry bones of the Middle East. Breathe upon them and give them life. Shower the Middle East with your incredible love and grace. In Yeshua’s name we pray, amen. 

Our decree:

We decree that Haman’s plans are failing, and the purposes of God are being fulfilled in the Middle East.

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You can find out more about Jane Hamon at TomandJaneHamon.com.

 
 
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