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August 14, 2026

    Let’s Do This

    A few days ago, Holy Spirit gave my friend, Steven Springer, a dream. The dream spoke of the season of intensified intercession for Iran and the Middle East, in which many have been engaged. It makes clear that our prayers and spiritual warfare are not against flesh and blood; God loves the people of Iran and the people of the Middle East. His desire is for salvation, freedom, awakening, and the revelation of Yeshua, the one true living God. Here are a few details:

    In the dream, Steven saw a group of people warring and contending spiritually, focusing primarily on Iran, the Middle East, and the spiritual powers at work there. It seemed at this point like a spiritual standoff was taking place, pushback after pushback, resistance against resistance. Their battle was intense in the heavenly realm.

    Then another contingent of the Ekklesia entered the dream dressed as spiritual warriors. Steven knew they represented both the grace and authority of God. Suddenly, one of the leaders shouted:

    “LET’S DO THIS! THIS IS OUR TIME! THIS IS OUR HOUR!”

    Immediately, some of the group took an Appeal to Heaven flag that was fastened to a pole, lifted it, and forcefully struck the ground. The flag obviously represents prayer, appealing to heaven, as does “striking” the ground. Striking is actually one of the literal meanings of the Old and New Testament words for intercession. We were there to pray.

    The moment the pole struck the earth, a tremendous bolt of lightning shot upward into the heavens, even reaching the throne room of God. This pictures heaven and earth agreeing, working together. Decrees went forth, and as they did, Steven saw the Lord manifest His authority and execute righteousness. From heaven came lightning, fire, and a massive hammer, like a great war hammer. As it moved through the heavenly realms, a bolt of lightning struck the forces of darkness across the Middle East, removing them from their places of rule.

    There was a tremendous upheaval throughout Iran, rising above the chaos and releasing the sound of freedom and awakening. People who had been held under spiritual deception and an evil tyranny began to awaken and cry out: “Truly, the One True and Living God, Yeshua, has saved us and brought us freedom!”

    Fire fell from heaven and consumed everything that had been hindering the presence of God. Then, the hammer of the Lord struck the ground, releasing a tremendous earthquake. Lightning flashed across the heavens, followed by deafening claps of thunder throughout the skies of the Middle East, symbolizing God’s power, and silenced the voices of evil. Every competing sound was silenced before the voice and majesty of the Lord.

    What happened in Iran began creating tremors throughout the broader Middle East region, as deception was exposed and truth was unveiled concerning the identity, power, love, and majesty of the One True God. People began to encounter the power and authority of God and His Word. The nations of earth seemed to stand still, people somehow knowing that something had shifted in the realm of the spirit.

    Suddenly, Steven saw an enormous banner stretched across the nations of the earth. Written upon it were the words: “YESHUA IS GOD, AND HE IS LOVE!” The banner waved over the entire planet.

    Then the scene shifted back to the gathering of the Ekklesia. We were still standing together holding the Appeal to Heaven flag. The voice of the Lord thundered: “Your appeal and your decrees have done this. Well done!”

    Then God announced: “I AM READY TO PERFORM MY WORD!”

    Steven concluded his recounting of the dream by saying:

    “Demons will tremble. Principalities will be shaken. Spiritual giants will fall. Strongholds of deception will be broken. And a great harvest will come forth, marked by LOVE, GRACE, TRUTH, and POWER.

    “My takeaway from the dream was unmistakable: YESHUA IS GOD, AND HE IS LOVE!”

    Dream # 2

    Also, within the last few days, Gina Gholston had a dream which relates to tonight. She actually had the first portion of the dream four nights in a row, then was given the final scene in the last occurrence.

    August 11, 2026, Gina dreamed that there were many people on the deck of an aircraft carrier. She recognized some at the front of the ship as leaders of prayer ministries. The people on board were all in a single line down the right side. She instinctively knew they were looking eastward and that the ship was in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Obviously, it was facing toward Iran.

    It was early morning, before daybreak. The wind was blowing strongly, and she could hear the sound of the wind, which obviously refers to Holy Spirit. 

    Then a loud voice was heard, saying, “You have been carried here by the Holy Spirit of Yahweh. The enemy has not detected you and will not interfere with your mission.”

    Then the voice said, “Ready, aim, FIRE!”

    Each person was holding a bow and arrow at their side. The arrows were nocked on the bowstring, pointed downward. Each person had their hands positioned on their bow and arrow, ready to shoot. When the voice said, “Ready, aim, FIRE!” each one simultaneously lifted their bow and shot their arrow into the sky. The arrows went high like rockets, filling the entire atmosphere! These arrows obviously represent the prayers and decrees of the church.

    She then noticed an enormous, flat-screen television on the ship. On the screen, we could see the arrows flying through the air, penetrating this dark dome-like structure. When they hit, the structure began to completely collapse. In a matter of minutes, the whole sky lit up, as if it were suddenly the middle of the day. These arrows obviously represent the prayers and decrees of the church, piercing the darkness and releasing God’s light.

    As the TV continued to show the breaking of that structure, a major news network reporter came on the screen announcing, “The strike has been successful! The dome of oppression has been broken, and a great light has shined on the people of this region! There is great rejoicing! It’s like the people can see again. It’s like they have come alive! All I can say is, ‘What a difference a day makes!’”

    The people on the boat began rejoicing, and then they were gone from the carrier.

    This dream is an obvious confirmation that God has planned this night of prayer (and the ensuing intercession that will continue). He is encouraging us that our prayers are powerful and will strike the mark, breaking strongholds of darkness and releasing His light.

    As I have stated previously, those of us leading this gathering are not approaching it glibly or lightheartedly. Nor are we doing so with arrogance and confidence in our own abilities. We are posturing ourselves humbly before the King of Kings, representing Him, and operating in His authority alone. Our hearts are filled with love for the people of Iran and the Middle East, and we believe God is about to embrace them in a marvelous way. Please join us if you can.

    Our prayer today is a prayer and decree Steven sent along with his dream.

    Prayer and Decree:

    We declare that YESHUA IS GOD! He is King of kings and Lord of lords! We declare that every dark kingdom must bow before the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, and that deception, bondage, intimidation, and spiritual darkness are broken. The fire of God’s Word is being released, and the hammer of the Lord is breaking spiritual fortresses into pieces. We declare freedom over Iran and throughout the Middle East. We decree that the glory of the Lord shall be revealed throughout Iran, Persia, Israel, and the nations of the Middle East! Father, let the light of Yeshua pierce every darkness. Let freedom and salvation break forth. Let dreams, visions, signs, wonders, miracles, and supernatural encounters reveal Yeshua as Lord. We declare: YESHUA IS GOD, AND HE IS LOVE!

    Let the fire of Your presence fall, and let the Sword of the Spirit cut through generations of deception. Dark kingdoms will fall, captives will be set free, and a great harvest will arise throughout the Middle East. From Iran to the nations, let the sound of salvation arise: YESHUA IS LORD! And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together!

    Join us tonight in Middletown, Ohio at 7:00 PM ET. You can find more information HERE, including how to join us online.

    You can find out more about Steven Springer at GlobalPresence.com. 

    You can find out more about Gina Gholston at GinaGholston.com.

    Click on the link below to watch the full video.


     
     

    August 13, 2026

      Unleashing the Sword

      There are several words for “time” in the New Testament. Chronos means time in general, the ongoing process of time. It can even be a unit or season of time.(1) We get our English word chronological, meaning arranging things in the proper order of time, from chronos. The word chronicle also comes from this word, which is recording what occurred over a process of time. For a farmer, the entire season of preparing, sowing, and reaping is a chronos season.

      But during that season, there will be a critical, opportune time for harvesting. The window of opportunity. That is a kairos time. Kairos means strategic, significant, opportune, or right time.(2) Wuest, in his great Expanded Translation of the New Testament, even uses the word “epochal” to translate it (Acts 19:23). Whereas chronos is the general time something is done, kairos is the strategic time it should or must be done. “Good timing” is kairos. “Well-timed” is kairos.

      In the parable of the sower (Luke 8:1-13), Jesus compares His words to seeds. He says satan comes to try and steal God’s words/seeds from our hearts before they can grow and mature, bringing forth harvest. Verse 13 tells us some people “hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.”

      “Time” in this verse is kairos. What Jesus was saying is that satan’s temptations are often well-timed, not just haphazardly presented. His fiery darts can be well-timed, coming at “times” of vulnerability. One of Thayer’s [Concordance] definitions of kairos is “the time when things are brought to crisis.”

      At satan’s temptation of Jesus, after failing three times, Luke 4:13 tells us, “And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.” “Season” is kairos, not chronos. The New American Standard translation rightly words it “He left Him until an opportune time.” Satan’s thinking was that he would back off, watch, and wait for the right time.

      Another important passage that uses the word kairos is Ephesians 6:18: “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” The word “always” is kairos.

      The verse is not telling us to pray all the time, but at all kairos, strategically timed attacks of the enemy. The context of this verse is spiritual warfare. Verse 12 describes our enemy and his spiritual forces; verses 13-17 describe our spiritual armor. Then verse 18 tells us to be watchful and alert for one another; when we see or discern that a kairos attack of spiritual warfare is taking place against someone, pray for them!

      In Luke 22:31-32, Jesus had discerned that there would be a well-timed, kairos temptation of Peter. But He stated that He had prayed for him that his faith would not fail, that he would survive this test. And Peter did make it through the ordeal because of Jesus’ intercession. That is Ephesians 6:18 in action.

      Iran and the Middle East have entered a kairos season. Satan sees it as a kairos time to attack and thwart God’s agenda; God sees it as a kairos time of breakthrough and harvest. Satan wants to create further chaos, destruction, and terrorism in the region, and expand radical Islam. But God is saying He has created a time when the powers of darkness in the region can be overthrown, and His Kingdom of light break through for millions.

      The physical war in Iran is the fruit of the spiritual war. While the physical war must and will be won, this will not determine who wins the spiritual war. That must be determined by the church as we hear what God is saying, pray, and wage war spiritually. The spoils will be millions of people freed and born again.

      How do we fight this kairos battle? The above-mentioned passage on spiritual warfare, Ephesians 6, and Christ’s temptation in Luke 4, both show us how. Ephesians 6:17 tells us to use the “sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” “Word” is the Greek rhema, meaning “spoken words.”(3) Declaring the Word of God against the works and powers of darkness is the single greatest weapon we have. The literal meaning of the word “confession” in Scripture is actually “saying the same thing.”(4) Thinking and meditating on God’s Word is important. It allows the seeds of truth to grow within us and increases our faith. But it isn’t a sword until we say it!

      In satan’s temptation of Jesus in  Luke 4, Christ didn’t argue with the devil, and He didn’t shout insults at him. Three different times He simply said, “It is written!” Then He quoted a verse of Scripture. There is no more powerful weapon against satan than the Word of God.

      Tomorrow night at the prayer gathering in Middletown, Ohio, we will unleash the sword, declaring what God says in His Word about Christ’s victory over the powers of darkness. We will wield the sword of the Spirit. We will decree what Holy Spirit has been declaring to us prophetically regarding Iran, the Middle East, and the powers of darkness that have controlled the region for centuries. We don’t need to scream at demons, and we won’t. We will petition the Lord Himself and declare His Word…and the sword will do its work.

      Pray with me:

      Father, Your words are alive and powerful, sharper than any earthly two-edged sword. They form a spiritual sword that is devastating to Your enemies (Revelation 1:16; 2:12; and 19:15, 21). With them You will one day smite nations! The powers of darkness tremble at Your words.

      And almost shockingly, You have told us we are authorized to release them. With them we bind and loose, forbid and allow, open and close, bless and curse, release Your Kingdom authority and declare Your will.

      Guide us as we do so tomorrow night. Fill our mouths with Your words. Release through us the authority of King Jesus. Make “on earth as it is in heaven” a reality. Cause our words to be so heaven-echoing that they release angels and seraphim into the Middle East. May Michael and Gabriel once again deal with the Prince of Persia. Rend the heavens and come down! (Isaiah 64:1) “Break the bow of Elam” (Iran), “set Your throne” there (Jeremiah 49:35, 38), and liberate the people. Send revival!

      These things we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

      Our decree:

      We declare that “The voice of the Lord is powerful, The voice of the Lord is majestic…The Lord sat as King at the flood; yes, the Lord sits as King forever.” (Psalm 29:4, 10)

      Join us Friday night [August 14] at 7PM ET. You can find more information HERE.

      Click on the link below to watch the full video.

      1. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 5550.

      2. Ibid., ref. no. 2540.

      3. Ibid., ref. no. 4487.

      4. Ibid., ref. no. 3671.

       
       

      August 12, 2026

        From Middletown to the Middle East

        There is much evil in the world. That will not end until Jesus personally deals with it fully. Dictators and their regimes kill and torture people, demonized individuals kill and maim others, and power-hungry people oppress others for personal gain. Just this week, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a law allowing babies to be killed in the womb up until full term.(1) In a heinous act of moral depravity, the entourage of 20 or so around her clapped gleefully along with hell as she signed it. They should all be made to watch several fully grown babies be butchered while writhing in pain. Maybe they would find some heart.

        We will be joining together this upcoming Friday night, praying against evil in Iran. I appreciate the President’s hesitancy to unleash a full-scale war against Iran, not wanting to kill innocent people. The reality is that the wicked Islamist regime holds millions of Iranians hostage, using them as leverage while they kill “infidels” and spread their oppression. They know America does not want to destroy innocent people, so they hide among them, using them as shields, just as they’ve done in Gaza, Lebanon, and elsewhere. Those overseeing these actions epitomize evil. They’re the Hitlers of our day.

        Trump took action to keep Iran from finishing their nuclear program, which would have enabled them to kill millions with the push of a button and spread their wicked ideology. With nuclear weapons, they could hold not only their own people hostage, but much of the world. This could not be allowed, so he took action.

        Now they hold the world hostage, to a degree, in the Strait of Hormuz. Though their military is crushed and their economy in shambles, they don’t care as much about this as they do their evil agenda. And like dictators everywhere, they certainly don’t care about the suffering of their people, as long as they themselves have plenty to eat.

        But again, I respect President Trump’s desire not to see millions of innocent Iranians killed. There seems to be no good natural solution, which is why we must pray. The conflict is spiritual at its core. The regime in Iran doesn’t even deny this. Their desire is to spread their ideology, whatever it takes. And, of course, they are led by the “principality of Persia” (Iran), mentioned in Daniel 10.

        In spite of the evil, be encouraged that our all-wise God is always ahead of satan and his plans. He uses even the evil of the wicked to bring about good. I have been told by very credible sources that the underground church in Iran is exploding. At the time this wicked regime took the nation over in 1979, there were 75,000 mosques in Iran. It is now down to 25,000; 50,000 of them have closed! There were 500 known believers in all of Iran when this takeover occurred in 1979; now there are several million. Most Iranians are completely disillusioned with Islam and are seeking answers elsewhere, especially the young generation, which is the majority of the population. God has already begun the great harvest there.

        I believe, as do many spiritual leaders, that the revival in Iran will multiply exponentially, and then it will become a base from which the gospel goes to the entire Middle East. I believe this will be the beginning of the great billion-soul harvest in the Middle East and around the world.

        This is why we are praying this Friday night. Yes, it is to ask God for wisdom for the President, to help him deal with the overall conflict. But even more importantly, it is to see the back of the strongholds of darkness in that region broken. We know that God can do what armies cannot. And He works through prayer. The Ekklesia is rising to her calling, authority, and partnership with the Lord. As my spiritual father Jim Hodges said, “The Ekklesia is going from Middletown to the Middle East this Friday night.”

        My posts for the remainder of this week will be a little shorter than normal, as I spend much time preparing my heart for this gathering. Tomorrow we will talk about the nature of the prayer that will take place. It will not be a night of shouting at principalities and powers. It will be a night of petitioning the Lord and releasing Spirit-led, biblical decrees over the region. Then on Friday, I will share a couple of encouraging dreams that members of the team have had during the last few days.

        Pray with me:

        Father, our hearts break over the suffering that has and continues to take place in Iran and other parts of the world. But our hearts also rejoice in what You are doing. You are ushering millions of people into Your family, transferring them from the kingdom of darkness to Your Kingdom of light. This will not be stopped; it will increase and multiply. The victory of Calvary will be felt around the world, and Your Kingdom will advance.

        Give us wisdom and understanding as we plan for this Friday night. Lead us in our prayers and decrees. Mobilize many to be a part of it live, and many more later as they watch the recording. We are asking You for millions of believers around the world to agree in prayer regarding Your plans for the people of Iran and this great worldwide harvest. Change the world that night.

        Please continue to give our President and his advisors great wisdom. Do not let them be late or early in any decisions they make. Do not let them be deceived by lying negotiators, or bow to inappropriate pressure from other leaders. Protect them, their families, and staff. We pray that You’ll protect all who come and go from this gathering Friday night. All of this we ask in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

        Our decree:

        We decree that the advance of the gospel throughout the world will not be stopped.

        Join us Friday night [August 14] at 7PM ET. You can find more information HERE.

        Click on the link below to watch the full video.

         
         
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