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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.

 
 

Introduction

This week on Give Him 15, I am sharing calls to prayer issued by other ministry leaders. Holy Spirit is obviously calling for us to increase prayer at this time. Monday, I released a word from Jon Hamill regarding believers pausing every evening at 9:00PM (in your time zone) to offer just one minute of prayer for our nation. England did this in World War II, releasing God’s mercy and grace over the nation, calling it the Big Ben Minute. A minute doesn’t seem like much, but every 100,000 people participating totals almost 1700 hours of prayer per day. That adds up fast! Today’s post is a follow-up from Jon, pointing out specific areas for which we should be praying at this time. The title of the post is: 

A Minute to Win It

Prophets, politicos, market forecasters, and military analysts are all issuing similar warnings. Their spheres of expertise may be different, but their conclusions are virtually the same: America is at a historic crossroads. And heaven is calling for prayer to be increased for America. 

Of course, that’s what “Give Him 15” is all about! Our friend and mentor, Dutch Sheets, invited us to write a post conveying this call after Lynnie Harlowe prophesied to us about a “Big Ben moment for America.” In Lynnie’s own words: 

“I saw a vision of Big Ben, and I heard the phrase ‘Big Ben Minute,’” Lynnie said, referring to a nightly minute of prayer engaged in by citizens of Great Britain during WWII, which helped turn the course of the war. “I knew right then the Lord was saying we are now in a ‘Big Ben moment’ for America. We are at a tipping point for America, where we can go one way or another.”

Since then, calls to engage in fervent prayer have come from across the spectrum of the Body of Christ. Even evangelist Franklin Graham has called for a minute of prayer for America. A Spirit-breathed groundswell of intercession is needed, and as we respond our prayers will move the nation in the right direction.

As ministry leaders in Washington DC, Jolene and I are beyond grateful for the godly turnarounds that have defined Trump’s administration this first year—the dethroning of “woke” ideology in America, the securing of our borders, fundamental gains towards sustained economic recovery, the opportunity for freedom granted to Venezuela with the extraction of narco-terrorist dictator Nicolas Maduro, and more. Countless longstanding prayers have been answered before our eyes. Overall, it’s been a great decade this year! 

And let’s not forget the preservation of Israel, America, and even Sunni muslim nations against existential threats from Iran’s nuclear program, one of Trump’s greatest achievements. But we must stay engaged in prayer.

One of the urgent prayer points at this time is protection for our leaders. Iran’s rulers have just threatened President Trump with assassination. The nation’s brutal tyrant, Ayatollah Khamenei, laid the blame for his nation’s million-people-strong uprising, resulting in the slaughter of an estimated 16,500 citizens by his own army, squarely on President Trump and America. 

“This time (the bullet) won’t miss the target!” That was the message broadcast a few short days ago by Iranian state television, alongside the iconic photo of President Trump with fist raised after he survived the 2024 assassination attempt.

Let’s intensify prayers for God’s continued protection for President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary Rubio, Secretary Hegseth, DNI Tulsi Gabbard and others in his administration. Pray for the Secret Service, tasked with protecting them. [Our 2020 book White House Watchmen can provide you with secrets to prayer for the protection of those serving in our nation’s highest office. The book is available on our website.]

On the international scene, there are many questions our prayers can help answer. Will Iran’s people continue to contend for regime change? Will America intervene on their behalf? How will President Trump’s continued push for Greenland affect NATO, and our relationships with European nations? Will Greenland become our 51st state? What about China? Russia and Ukraine? 

And on the homefront, will the election success of 2024 extend to the House and Senate again in the midterm elections? [I, Dutch, will address this tomorrow.]

All of these prospects should spur us to intercession. Let’s resolve to engage in “Give Him 15” at an even higher level. Please add “A Minute to Win It” each night at 9:00PM with the American Minute of Prayer. Give Him 16 - lol!

A Word About the Times

In March of 2024, the Lord spoke to me clearly about the coming administration. At the time, the prospect of a Trump election victory seemed tenuous. Whereas in 2016 the Lord had given me clear direction regarding Trump winning the presidency, this time around, I had little prophetic direction. I began seeking the Lord fervently for breakthrough. 

When the breakthrough came, what the Holy Spirit showed me was completely unexpected. “In 2025 man is inaugurating a president. But I am inaugurating a new era of history, which will accelerate My purposes on earth!” 

I was reminded of how the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln also corresponded with the inauguration of a defining season of American history. Heaven had mandated that our foundational premise of legitimacy as a nation—that all men are created equal—be upheld, with America’s constitutional freedoms extended to every tribe, language, people, and nationality. Tragically, this mandate was ultimately fulfilled by Civil War, and cost President Lincoln his life. 

And back in March 2024, my sense from the Lord was that the next inheritor of America’s highest office would usher in a similar window of time as Lincoln for our nation and world. A new era was literally being inaugurated—an acceleration of God’s end-time freedom movement, both in its glory and its challenges.

It may be hard to imagine the White House as a portal for prophetic revelation. Yet early in Lincoln’s administration, a song was composed across from the White House, which came to define God’s intentions for our land to generations of Americans. Abolitionist Julia Ward Howe was in D.C., lodging in the nearby Willard Hotel. One night, she awakened with prophetic phrases running through her mind, forming the stanzas of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” 

“As I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to twine themselves in my mind,” Howe recalled. “I said to myself, I must get up and write these verses down, lest I fall asleep again and forget them!”

With this, the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” was born. The stanzas formed an astonishing picture of Jesus—at war, providing freedom, securing His original intentions for America. Instantly, the imagery became iconic. And ever since, our nation has been mentored by her words: “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored! He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible, swift sword. His truth is marching on!”(1)

I don’t believe it was a coincidence that the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” was the first song performed for President Trump after his swearing-in ceremony. As it was in the days of Lincoln, so it is today - a new era of freedom is being defined - both for our nation and many others across the world. The Lord needs us not only to recognize the moment we are in but also to partner with Him through prayer. 

Pray with me:

Father God, we pray for the continued protection of America and her leaders. And given the very real threats, we pray especially for the protection of President Trump and his administration. Please move through the Secret Service, our intelligence, and law enforcement communities to expose all plots against their lives. Release Your angels to have charge over them, to watch over, protect, and defend against all the schemes of darkness. According to Isaiah 28:18, we plead the blood of Jesus against all demonic powers set against President Trump and his administration. Shut the gates of sabotage!

And Father God, on the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, we commit to You the year to come. Please make Yourself known to President Trump in unmistakable ways. Show him Your love. Impart to him grace to stand even more effectively as a true father for the nation. And if he moves in any direction You deem detrimental, grant him wisdom to realign with Your heart and priorities.

And Father, on the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, we ask You to take the lead! Move again with a freedom movement for America, and for the nations of the earth. Help us to be minutemen for this movement - move upon many to participate in the nightly minute of prayer. In Jesus’ name, amen. 

Our decree:

We declare that a new era of history has begun, here in America and around the world.

You can find out more about Jon and Jolene Hamill and Lamplighter Ministries at jonandjolene.us.

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Introduction

Yesterday, I shared a post written by Jon Hamill regarding a simple but powerful plan to increase prayer for America. Today’s post is also regarding prayer, but for Israel and the Middle East, and was written by my friend, Tom Schlueter, leader of the Texas Apostolic Prayer Network (TXAPN). TXAPN is, without question, one of the most effective prayer networks in the nation, impacting not only Texas but the entire nation. Tom’s title is:

The Lynchpin

It seems the Lord has a special place in His heart for Jerusalem. 

“I was overjoyed when they said, “Let’s go up to the house of the Lord.” And now at last we stand here, inside the very gates of Jerusalem! O Jerusalem, you were built as a city of praise, where God and man mingle together. This is where all the tribes of Yahweh are required to come and worship him. This is where the thrones of kings have been established to rule in righteousness; even King David ruled from here. Pray and seek for Jerusalem’s peace, for all who love her will prosper! O Jerusalem, may there be peace for those who dwell inside your walls and prosperity in your every palace. I intercede for the sake of my family and friends who dwell there, that they may all live in peace. For the sake of your house, Yahweh our God, I will seek the welfare and prosperity of Jerusalem.” Psalms 122:1-9 TPT

In April 2019, I had my first opportunity to attend the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast. It was held in San Antonio, Texas, and was hosted by legislative sponsors Congressman Gohmert, Congressman Babin, and Congressman Wright. The event was a powerful time of prayer and policy, mixed beautifully to bring an awareness of God’s command for us to bless Israel and to pray for Jerusalem.

When we were invited to attend this year’s Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Lord immediately informed me that my wife and I needed to attend, and this was confirmed by the congregation I serve here in Arlington, Texas. Upon arrival, it was made clear that we were not going to simply attend, but that we were there to release a word from the Lord. I will get to that word in a moment.

What is the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast? 

The Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast is a prayer movement initiated and chaired by Knesset Member Robert Ilatov and co-chaired by former U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Each year, the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast brings together government leaders and influential Christian leaders from all walks of society for gatherings in cities across the United States, the world, and Jerusalem.

There are few faith-based organizations that engage in both policy and prayer, but one man, Albert Veksler, global director of the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast, has met the challenge of combining these two powerful elements on a truly international scale. The Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast is approaching its 10th anniversary, having held 9 annual breakfasts in Israel and 27 outside the country.

On January 12-13 of 2026, the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast held its event at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.

The Word I was Given

The word God gave me was a single word on the first evening of the gathering. I wrote the following in a text regarding it to personal intercessors:

“We are here at Mar-a-Lago for the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast. Last evening, as Michele Bachman was speaking regarding the situation in Iran, the Lord spoke the word lynchpin to me. I knew I needed to share it, and I tried sharing it with Michele that evening, but could not get to her. The Lord kept waking me throughout the night, repeating the word lynchpin and telling me that this Prayer Breakfast gathering is a lynchpin moment regarding Iran. The Lord is pulling the pin. He told me I had to get the word out!” 

I reminded Him that it was 2:00 in the morning, but went ahead and texted what He had shared to three friends at the event! The next morning during breakfast, they confirmed the word, strongly agreeing with it. After we ate, I saw the opportunity to approach Michele Bachmann. I shared the word with her, and she strongly confirmed it. We also agreed that as this pin is pulled, it will unlock and shatter the shackles that are rooted in Iran, and traverse from there to the nations of the earth - especially here in the United States. In agreement, we declared together: “Pull the pin! Free Iran into its destiny!”

A lynchpin is a locking pin inserted crosswise (as through the end of an axle or shaft). It can also serve to hold together parts or elements that exist or function as a unit.(1)

Dismantling the Prince of Persia

For millennia, demonic strongholds have held millions spiritually captive in the Middle East region, causing untold violence and death there and throughout the world. One of the principalities leading this was identified by Holy Spirit in Daniel 10:13 as “the prince of Persia.” Persia is today’s Iran.

This is not to disparage the people of Iran, the Persian people. It is identifying the spiritual powers of darkness operating there, just as they attempt to do throughout the world. God loves the people of Iran, while hating the evil controlling and oppressing them. Lately, Holy Spirit has been emphasizing prayer to break the hold of this and other spirits’ control in that region. A great spiritual harvest will be the result.

Now that this pin has been pulled, the demonic structures that are holding together the root systems of tyranny in Iran will be dismantled. Certainly, we must continue to pray and decree that this dismantling and disengaging takes place, not only in Iran, but in all its operations across our nation and the other nations of the earth. But the dismantling has begun!

As a confirming word, during a regional prayer gathering being held at our congregation, KingdomGate, the Thursday before the breakfast, we sang the song Build My Life. The song states that God’s love is an unshakable firm foundation upon which we can build our lives. 

As the song continued, the Lord gave me a word and decree: “And the Lord says you indeed will not be shaken. But I am shaking the earth. Those things that have held it captive, the shackles of chains that have held people and places far from their destiny, I am now shaking those things. Even as I shook loose the shackles of Paul and Silas (Acts 16:26), so I will now shake loose the shackles over this nation and the nations of the earth. Know today that I am releasing My power, My ‘earthquake-word,’ over those shackles and they will be shattered.” 

Pray with me:

Father, we come before You as Your sons and daughters through Jesus Christ, and joyfully fulfill Your command to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. We pray that the city will prosper. We ask that You pour out Your glory upon them, upon all of Israel, and the entire Middle East. We pray for the Iranian/Persian people to come alive spiritually, and into their God-given destiny. We are decreeing that the lynchpin has been pulled, and the demonic structure of the ancient Prince of Persia is being dismantled and pulled down in the mighty name of Jesus.

And Lord, we continue to lift up America in our prayers, knowing it is perhaps the greatest influencer of worldwide affairs. Please give President Trump and his team great wisdom and insight as they interact with the nations. Cause their decisions to be sound and righteous. And we ask for the same as they work to reform America. Keep them reminded that as they do, they are to do so as representing You.

And we ask that the outpouring of Your Spirit here and around the world would intensify. We believe this is happening, but we will continue to ask daily, as we are instructed in Your Word. Multiply this outpouring, we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Our decree: 

We declare that the demonic structure over Iran is being demolished and the shackles are being removed.

Today’s post was contributed by Tom Schlueter, director of TXAPN. You can find out more about Tom, including his books, at TomSchlueter.com.

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  1. “Lynchpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/lynchpin. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

 
 
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