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August 25, 2026

The President’s New Strategy

President Trump and his team have moved from negotiations and physical war, at least temporarily, to a new strategy regarding Iran. They are still determined to end the maniacal Iranian regime from continuing its terrorism, nuclear ambitions, and oppressive control in the region, but with a new approach. I mentioned in a post last week that Victor Davis Hanson referred to this strategy, which is now gaining momentum.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently outlined the aggressive strategy, referring to it as an “Economic D-Day,” which is aimed at isolating Iran’s economy in order to severely weaken and collapse the ruling regime.

Bessent speaks of the campaign as a “one-two punch,” combining a physical blockade with unprecedented economic sanctions. Naval and port blockades will shut down exports of Iranian crude oil and halt the movement of cargo into and out of key ports.

The Treasury Department also intends to deploy enforcement mechanisms beyond traditional sanctions, seeking to eliminate Tehran’s remaining financial resources and cut off the Iranian government’s lifelines. The U.S. will impose economic consequences on foreign entities, institutions, and nations that facilitate trade with Iran. This targets buyers and transporters of Iranian oil, international ship registries, front companies, and regional exchange houses.

The administration aims to shut down Iran’s trade, offshore monetary transfers, and foreign bank accounts that help the regime evade standard banking blockades. The strategy also places immense economic leverage on major importers of Iranian energy, such as China, signaling that maintaining trade ties with Tehran risks total exclusion from the U.S. financial system.

Bessent stated that the ultimate goal of this maximum-pressure offensive is to completely isolate the regime until its internal economy collapses. Obviously, this would deprive it of the funds necessary to operate internally, as well as maintain control or finance foreign proxies, such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. It would also end the ability to pay their vicious, cruel enforcement agency, the IRGC. Up until now, although the people of Iran are suffering, those loyal to the regime are still paid and supplied.(1)

Through this comprehensive campaign, the strategy plans to drive Iran’s currency to historic lows, dismantle its financial networks, and force the leadership into political capitulation or total domestic failure.

If this succeeds, not only will it save many lives, but it will also eliminate the use of the surrounding Muslim Brotherhood states - some of whom still hate Israel - from the process of negotiating. Some of the “deals” they have negotiated have not been good.

As I have stated recently, we the church must do our part in dealing with Iran. We should be diligently praying that this plan works, and quickly. I think it is likely that at some point there will be further military action needed to completely eliminate the actions of this wicked regime. But the weaker they become, the easier this will be if it indeed becomes necessary. And it also furthers the ability of the Iranian people to at some point, rise up and gain their freedom.

The President’s Family

On another note regarding Iran, they are now putting out hits on the President’s family. Newsmax reported:

“Iranian media linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has escalated its threats against President Donald Trump’s family, airing a video on state TV that purportedly tracks the movements of his 20-year-old son, Barron Trump.

“Separate reports also claim a $10 million bounty has been placed on his head.

“The video, reported Sunday by news outlet Al Bawaba, appeared on IRGC-linked media and Iran’s state-run Channel 3 and carried the title, ‘Where to Kill Barron Trump?’

“According to Al Bawaba, the production purported to reveal information about Barron Trump’s location and movements, presenting the president’s youngest son as being within reach of potential attackers.

“The outlet also reported claims of a $10 million bounty. The official status of the purported bounty could not immediately be independently confirmed. The latest threat follows an earlier IRGC-linked propaganda campaign against first lady Melania Trump.

“In July, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency distributed a video titled ‘Where to Kill Melania?!’ that discussed locations she frequents in New York and her shopping habits.

The video alleged details about her Secret Service protection.

“It encouraged would-be attackers to exploit supposed vulnerabilities.”(2)

I know America’s security forces do a great job of protecting our leaders, but as is often said regarding terrorists, “We have to be right every time; they only have to be right once.” I encourage you to pray daily for the protection of the President and his family. We should also be doing so for other leaders and their families: members of Congress, judges, and don’t forget those at the local level. Pray that every plot is exposed, and evil doers are discovered and brought to swift justice.

Pray with me:

Father, we thank You for breaking the influence that principalities have held for centuries over Iran and the Middle East. We know this control is being dismantled to prepare for the great harvest You are bringing. We continue to declare Jesus’ decisive and eternal victory at Calvary, removing their right to rule. We declare the authority of the Prince of Peace over the region. He is coming to save!

We thank You for a President who refused to keep kicking the can down the road while the evil government in Iran continued its diabolical plans. Thank You for the great success that occurred in the military aspect of the campaign. We now pray that You give our leaders favor and wisdom as they cut off the regime’s resources. May these efforts work quickly, bringing this evil system to its knees. If and when more military operations are needed, show the President and his advisors exactly when, where, and how.

And we pray for safety to the President and his family, his entire team and their families, and our congressional leaders and judges. Give success to the Secret Service and other agencies assigned to protect them, not only through their training and excellence, but through Your supernatural help. Uncover every plot, expose every terrorist, and give Your angels charge over our leaders and families to keep them safe. Let no weapon formed against them prosper. In Jesus’ name.

Our decree:

We declare that the plans of the wicked will fail, and the plans of God will succeed! (Psalms 21:11; 33:10)

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August 24, 2026

Calling All Calebs

Caleb is one of my favorite characters in Scripture. He was a different breed. If his fellow Israelites had listened to him and Joshua instead of the 10 fearful, unbelieving spies, the nation would have made it into their “promised land” a generation earlier. The Lord said:

“Because all those men which have seen My glory, and My miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted Me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice; Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it. But My servant Caleb, because he has had another spirit and hath followed Me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it,” (Numbers 14:22-24).

One of the things overlooked by many in the account of the 12 spies is that they were “rulers” or leaders in Israel, “heads” from each tribe (Numbers 13:2-3). Ten weak leaders, two strong; ten unbelieving, two faith-filled; ten fearful, two courageous. We can assume the 10 were relatively knowledgeable and respected men, since they were considered rulers and leaders of their respective tribes. But weak, fearful, and doubting leaders, especially when cloaked in respect, are hazardous to giant-conquering and mountain-taking. Their words were listened to, their fear was contagious, and their unbelief spread like a cancer.

Spiritual inheritances, especially when they have to do with harvesting eternal souls into the kingdom, do not come easily. Principalities and powers – forces of the kingdom of darkness – fight to keep people enslaved. When the war rages, the fearful cower. Joshua’s and Caleb’s, however, are undeterred, believe the promises of God, and dispossess the dark forces through Christ’s victory and authority. This takes time and effort, of course, but these believers know the outcome is assured as long as they fully follow the Lord.

God has raised up a remnant of Calebs on the earth, women and men who are determined to take the inheritance promised them. This is the type of person who joined us on August 14 as we warred for the souls of millions in the Middle East. I am blessed and inspired as I observe their faith, dedication, and boldness.

A number of them have asked those of us leading the prayer meeting that night: “When are we going to do it again? Please give opportunity for the Ekklessia to pray corporately more often, so we can do what we are called to do.”

Those who were on the leadership team have felt the same stirring and prompting from the Lord. While we are cautious of responding only to emotions and of possibly creating a man-made plan, we are now convinced Holy Spirit is behind this stirring. We believe He is leading us to convene another gathering on October 30 [2026] to pray against the strongholds trying to destroy America, and to pray for the increase of revival and awakening.

Whether it be Marxism, socialism, communism, Islam, or other ideologies and movements endeavoring to undermine God’s plans and purposes for America, we must not allow them to succeed. We know that our battle is not against flesh and blood. We will pray for people’s salvation, while also praying for the dismantling of the systems and strongholds working to destroy America. With the midterm elections approaching, we will also pray about this.

The evening will again be at The Oasis in Middletown, Ohio, and structured similarly to August 14, except that this night will not include praying personally for those needing healing. We will focus solely on prayer for our nation. The same leadership team has said they want to be part of this gathering. We do not know as yet how often we will convene these gatherings - we are taking it one step at a time - but we do believe there will be more. Please put October 30 [2026] on your calendar and make plans to join us, either in person or by livestream.

Conclusion

God has raised up a company of believers in this hour who have determined to operate in the spirit of Caleb. They refuse to be as the tribe of Ephraim in Psalm 78:9. It was said of them: “The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.”

Though well-equipped and well-trained, these soldiers lacked heart; we have determined that this will not be said of us. We will not yield to intimidation, indifference, selfish agendas, or the threats of giants. By the grace, strength, authority, and anointing of God, we will take the spiritual mountains assigned to us in our day.

Pray with me:

Father, the great leader of Israel, Deborah, gave praise to You, saying, “The leaders led, and the people volunteered. Bless the Lord!” (Judges 5:2). Many of us who participated on August 14 are still echoing those words. You found a willing people, willing leaders, and worked through them. We give You praise for this.

As we do it again on October 30, we ask for Your orchestration of all that occurs. Give us wisdom and revelation. Give us a company of Caleb’s to join with us as we dismantle the strongholds of darkness in our nation through prayer. We ask for the right mix of humility and boldness, focus and flexibility, zeal and wisdom.

Like Caleb of old, our hearts are filled with righteous indignation as we see the evil that has entrenched itself in our land. We have allowed this through sin and compromise, but in Your grace, You are helping us reverse it. Heal and restore our land as You have promised. America shall be saved!

And we pray that the erosion of strength will continue for the evil regime in Iran. End their reign of terror and send great salvation to that land. Break the bow, the military strength, of Elam (Iran) and set up Your throne there just as You said You would (Jeremiah 49:35, 38). We pray all of this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Our decree:

We declare that our inheritance, a great harvest in the nations of the world, will be reaped in our day.

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August 21, 2026

The Dome of Doom is Collapsing Over Iran

An Update On Iran 

President Trump has decided to end the meaningless negotiations with Iran and put an additional squeeze on them financially. It is easy to see that Iran’s purpose in the negotiations is simply a stall tactic to get us to the midterms, hoping Republicans will lose control of Congress and Democrats will end funding for the war. The President is not only tightening the screws on Iran’s economy but will now severely sanction all who try to do business with them.

In a recent interview with the Daily Signal, the brilliant Victor Davis Hanson pointed out that: “We are witnessing really the most successful blockade, embargo, freeze, sanctioning, and debanking of any modern nation.

“…Iran cannot export oil. It cannot import through rail or by sea, and increasingly not through the air, material goods, industrial parts, replacement weaponry from abroad. It has no financial access to the world’s economy or to the world’s currency.

“It can’t convert its domestic currency into dollars or euros and buy things on the open market. You can’t get out of Iran and travel. You can’t have your bank accounts in Bank of America or Citibank open for check writing. You can’t bring in any foreign currency.

“So, it’s estimated they’re losing $400 million or $500 million a day, a half-billion dollars a day, in economic output revenue.

“And this is in addition to the enormous half-century, one-half-trillion-dollar military-industrial nuclear complex they’ve lost.

“So, they are being squeezed in an anaconda-like plan that we’ve never seen before.”

Hanson added, “Their military is shrinking as we speak. It doesn’t have parts. It can’t get fuel, and it doesn’t have an air force to provide air cover. Anytime almost any of the Gulf States or the United States wants to take out facilities in Iran, they can do so, and they have done so. And they’ve done so to such a degree that it doesn’t really have a maritime component in their military.”(1)

Hanson’s brilliant assessments of history and the current war efforts make those on the left, who ridiculously claim that Iran is winning the war, sound pathetically ignorant–or political. One would think the progressives, liberals, and those on the left want Iran to win.

Mr. Hanson points out that what POTUS is doing is similar to the “Anaconda Plan” implemented by the North during the Civil War. The plan, named after the huge snake that squeezes the life from its victims, cut off the South from industrial cities in the North, as well as the ability to export its cotton or import goods and weapons from other nations. Eventually, the South ran out of supplies and weaponry.

Hanson also states that the leverage the Iranian regime believes it has through creating problems in the Strait of Hormuz is quickly becoming irrelevant. Nations in the region are rapidly rerouting oil through other methods. In short, the power of this evil regime is being cut off, and this must continue.

We can and will pray that the American people realize the existential threat of this incredibly wicked regime far outweighs the temporary inconvenience of higher gas prices and certain products.

The Exposure of the Left Continues 

Just as my brother, Tim, spoke of in yesterday’s post, the cleaning up of the Left’s messes in America continues. Purging of this nature must begin with exposure. The tremendous exposing of evil and insanity in America began in earnest approximately five years ago. At that point in time, individuals on the right had to expose it. Now, those on the left brazenly expose themselves.

They boldly promote: no borders, no ICE, no deportations, no voter ID, fewer police, no more Senate, no more Electoral College, no more capitalism, free everything, freeze rent costs, raise taxes, government-owned or controlled everything, cripple the military, destroy Israel, more drag queens for kindergartners, free gender mutilation, and much more.

The liberal and leftist media refuse to report the rapes and murders committed by illegals allowed into America during Biden’s 4-year debacle, but the news is getting out. Most of those committing the crimes have been previously arrested and, rather than being turned over to ICE, released back onto the streets by the open border fanatics. You’ll never hear that from the liberal media. (Since they’re so proud of their positions, perhaps we should place the pictures of those governors, mayors, or judges on billboards next to pictures of the deceased victims.)

Islamists are now marching in our streets, beating their chests and threatening U.S. citizens, enforcing sharia law, threatening Jews, celebrating October 7, and finally admitting their intent to take over our nation, just as they have much of Europe. Revealing their motives and intentions is helpful.

The good news is that in all of these contexts Americans are increasingly seeing the motives, and sometimes the stupidity, of those who want to destroy the America we have known. Like a cocky playground bully, they are now pushing hard and boldly declaring, “What are you gonna do about it?” Peace-loving Americans have taken it for a while, too long, actually. But they now realize the bullying won’t stop unless it’s dealt with aggressively, and the true American spirit is being aroused. In the words of Toby Keith’s great song, Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue: “This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage.”(2)

No, I don’t want war in the streets, and I’m not espousing violence against fellow Americans. But believe me when I say that the complacency of many Americans is coming to an end, and they are declaring, “Stop the stupidity, and stop trying to take over America.”

May the exposing and the “deep cleansing” Tim spoke of yesterday continue.

Today’s prayer and decree is adapted from a prayer released at the gathering on 

August 14th.

Father, You’re activating an angelic host to go forth with the sword of the Lord and release the power and expression of Kingdom authority, Kingdom power, and Kingdom revelation on the land of Iran. You’re releasing a tsunami of glory that will, wave upon wave, upon wave, upon wave, upon wave, truly penetrate, activate, and stir the hearts of people to walk effectively in the strength and power of I Am.

Father, let the turnaround season be unlocked, that the people of Iran may walk effectively in the revelation of Your heart, and see the purpose and plan of Your hand prevail upon the land. King Jesus, You are the Ruler of the nations. Your Psalm 110 scepter of authority is being extended over the nation of Iran tonight. Your Word declares that Your people will volunteer and will arise in the day of Your power. With kingly and priestly mantles, they will take their place in the nation of Iran, all over America, and in the nations of the world.

We, the church, hear Your clarion call to come fully into our Kingdom authority. In this hinge moment, we declare what Obadiah the prophet spoke: an envoy has been sent, an envoy of angels, an envoy of intercessors, an envoy of sons and daughters arising in this generation to turn this battle at the gates (Obadiah 1:1).

Tonight, we agree with the psalmist that Your word comes to the earth, and it runs swiftly. May Your Word be the prophetic arrows anointed for breakthrough. May they be driven by the wind and fire of Holy Spirit that is unstoppable.

We declare that the dome of doom is collapsing over Iran, and Your banner, Jehovah Nissi, is rising over the nation with a declaration of freedom, freedom, freedom, in Jesus’ name.

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