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July 20, 2026

Introduction

My brother, Tim Sheets, preached a powerful message recently from the lives of Mary and Joseph, the earthly parents of Jesus. Tim pointed out incredibly important principles to remember as we move from the conception of a miracle to completion. You can hear the entire message on his YouTube channel, but here are portions of it in nugget form. His title is:

Miracles Are Growing

I want to share an insight from Luke chapter one that I believe speaks to our times. In verses 26–38, the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary with an astounding announcement: she had found favor with God and would supernaturally conceive His Son, who would be the Savior of the world. Though Mary did not fully understand how this could happen, her response became one of the greatest declarations of faith in Scripture: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord! Be it unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38 KJV). And the miracle of our redemption began.

It took 33 years, however, for the purpose of Christ’s miraculous birth to reach its miraculous conclusion. His journey reveals an often-overlooked truth: some miracles are conceived, but then must grow over time.

Whether they be personal miracles or those involving churches, regions, or Kingdom assignments, the principle remains the same: some miracles must grow into their fullness, progressing from conception to completion.

The greatest Biblical example of a miracle growing over time is Christ’s birth, His earthly life, and His redemption of the human race. His conception was unquestionably miraculous, but the miracle of our salvation was not complete at His birth. The One who would become the Savior of the world had to grow and mature for thirty years before completing the miracle at Calvary. From His birth to His resurrection, the incarnate Christ was a miracle that developed from seed to fullness.

Growth is a process that requires time, something rarely associated with miracles. We want and expect miracles to occur instantly, not realizing that they often unfold over time. When an instant miracle doesn’t occur and time passes between the conception of God's promise and its fulfillment, doubt often creeps in. Unbelief whispers that nothing is happening, nothing will change, and the promise isn't working. Circumstances, emotions, and hope deferred begin to speak louder than God's promise. If those thoughts are not resisted, they can hinder what God is doing. We can abort the process! More miracles in the making are abandoned because of this waiting process than for any other reason.

The key to preventing this tragedy is simple yet essential: keep your faith focused on what God has said. Believe until you receive. The miracle Mary and Joseph were entrusted with required thirty years before its ultimate purpose was accomplished. Joseph died somewhere along the way, but the promise of God rested in Mary's heart for three decades.

In much the same way, many in the Church have carried the promise of a great move of God for decades. During this time, God has been preparing the Earth for unprecedented numbers of individual and corporate miracles. For over thirty years, I have declared that the greatest outpouring of God's Spirit is still ahead. I have proclaimed it repeatedly because I believe God is still growing that miracle. The seeds have been planted, and He has been nurturing them towards harvest.

How challenging Mary’s wait must’ve been. At its beginning, Gabriel personally appeared to her and announced God's promise. Elizabeth confirmed the promise while Jesus was still in Mary's womb (Luke 1:40-45). Angels sang and celebrated His birth with a dramatic light show, and the wise men later affirmed His identity, as did Simeon and Anna at His dedication (Luke 2:25-38). But beyond those moments, Scripture records no additional angelic promises to Mary. No yearly reminders. No fresh prophetic visitations reinforcing the original word. Only silence…for 30 years! Mary waited and simply believed, holding tightly to the word God had spoken.

And the miracle grew.

The lessons from Mary’s and Joseph’s journeys can be applied to both personal and corporate miracles. Not only will we need to persevere to receive personal promises, but their story reminds us of another important truth: extraordinary moves of God often require extraordinary perseverance. The miraculous birth of Christ introduced a completely new era for humanity, but the miracle would include decades of preparation before its fullness could be revealed.

Delays

Some delays in receiving miracles are demonic, of course,  and must be confronted with spiritual warfare. Others result from human activities, including a nation's sin and rebellion. Those obstacles must also be addressed. HOWEVER, some delays are simply the necessary passage of time while God grows the miracle to completion. Remember: Preparation is not the absence of a miracle; it is often part of the miracle itself!

Promises from God often require time for people, circumstances, and other alignments to come into place. He must position individuals, open doors, develop character in people, or arrange events, much of which cannot happen overnight. This process does not mean God is inactive; it means He is preparing.

The miracle that began in Mary’s womb was still growing when Jesus was 10, 20, 30 years old. The miracle never stopped growing. Most of the time, its progress was invisible, and Mary and Joseph couldn’t see what God was doing, but Heaven was continually preparing for the fulfillment of Christ’s miraculous purpose.

Sometimes our personal growth is part of what is necessary for the miracle’s growth. As Jesus was prepared, He grew in wisdom and stature (Luke 2:52), progressing toward the fulfillment of His earthly assignment. Likewise, there are times when we must grow before the miracle God has prepared for us can be completed.

“Fight the good fight of faith” for your personal miracle (1 Timothy 6:12). Keep believing. Keep learning. Keep listening to Holy Spirit. Perhaps there is a key He still needs to reveal. Perhaps He is leading you to the right person, the right place, the right counselor, physician, advisor, or opportunity. Perhaps He is opening a way you cannot yet see. Wherever He leads, continue to follow. Continue declaring what God has said. Faith continues believing while the miracle is growing. Mary’s journey reminds us just how important this is.

And we must do the same for national and regional miracles. We must believe and persevere from conception to completion. Holy Spirit is calling the Ekklesia to rise into greater faith as we stand at this prophetic moment of fulfillment. For decades, many have carried promises of revival and harvest. Now is not the time to become passive or allow unbelief to abort what God has been growing.

Just as Jesus’ life seemed ordinary for thirty years before a sudden eruption of miracles changed history, God has been working behind the scenes today, preparing for His greatest era of signs, wonders, healings, and harvest. Our promise is still growing. Trust the God who cannot lie. Strengthen your faith, refuse doubt, and believe that God’s seeds of promise are coming to full term.

Pray with me: 

Father, even when we cannot yet see the fulfillment of Your promises, You are working. Encourage the church to stand with unwavering confidence from conception to completion, guarding their hearts from doubt, discouragement, and hope deferred. Teach us to trust Your timing, follow Your leading, and remain faithful as You bring every promise to full term. By Your grace and empowerment, we refuse to grow weary, become passive, or abandon what You have spoken. Release Your glory to the church, causing signs, wonders, miracles, revival, and a great harvest to break forth.

We also pray for those in Texas, who have been ravaged again this year by devastating floods, and those in various parts of the country who have experienced terrible wildfires. Comfort those who have lost family members, friends, and possessions. Give grace and wisdom in the recovery and rebuilding efforts.

And as always, we pray for our government officials who are working to protect our election process, eradicate fraud, and steer our nation back to strength and stability. We also continue to pray for Your divine intervention with Iran and the Middle East. We continue to declare that the “Prince of Persia” operating in that area is losing his hold and influence.

All of this we pray in Jesus' Name, amen.

Our decree:

The promise of a world-changing revival is coming to full term and will fill the earth with God’s glory, as the waters cover the seas.

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Today’s post was contributed by my brother, Tim Sheets. You can learn more about Tim here.

 
 

July 17, 2026

Principles to Guide Our Praying

Matthew 6:9-10: “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.”

These two verses, of course, are from what we typically call The Lord's Prayer. It is helpful to remember that when Jesus gave this “teaching”–for it was certainly a model prayer meant to teach us–He was responding to the disciples’ request: “teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1).

Christ certainly wasn’t giving us a sweet religious prayer to recite in church services or before going to bed. He was giving us principles to guide our praying, and the above portion was related to how His family and ekklesia would represent His Kingdom on earth. Don’t just recite the prayer; use it as a launching pad.

The Greek word for “kingdom” is basileia.(1) It refers to the dominion, reign, or rule of a king. Jesus was telling us to pray: "Father, let the rule of Heaven manifest in this earthly realm." God has chosen to partner with His family, bringing us into His plans and activities on earth; this was His desire from the very beginning. When we pray "Thy kingdom come," we are acting as His legal representatives on the earth—His Ekklesia (a ruling, legislative assembly) — releasing His rule into our circumstances. We’re declaring, “God, bring Your kingship into my neighborhood, my family, my city, my workplace, and my life!”

Then Jesus says, "Thy will be done." The Greek word for “will” is thelema,(2) which means determination, choice, desire, wish, and even pleasure. Think about the fact that God’s “desires” do not automatically take place on the earth just because He wants them to. If they did, Jesus wouldn't have commanded us to ask for them! They are realized when we partner with Him in intercession to birth His thelema, pulling His desires out of the spiritual realm and anchoring them into our families, our cities, and our nations.

God never asked us in Scripture to pray for what was predetermined to happen automatically. He never told us to pray that the sun would rise in the morning and set in the evening, for water to be wet, or for gravity to do its work. But He did ask us to pray for His Kingdom authority to be released and His will to be done in our lives and communities. He asked us to pray for laborers to be sent into His harvest fields (Matthew 9:38). He asked us to pray for others' health and safety, and against the works of satan’s kingdom (Ephesians 6). And He urged us to pray for government–those in positions of authority (1 Timothy 2:1-3).

How amazing it is that God has so determined to work with and through His earthly family. We are indeed His co-laborers, bringing heaven’s will, heaven's atmosphere, heaven’s order, heaven’s righteousness, and heaven's peace to earth.

And finally, the Greek word from which “be done” is translated is important: ginomai.(3) This New Testament word essentially means “cause to be or become.” It is used to describe God’s creation of all things (John 1:1-5; Hebrews 11:3). It is also used in reference to a person being “born” (John 8:58). Most English words beginning with “gen” come from this word and carry the concept of producing, reproducing, or becoming: genes, gender, generate, generation, etc. The New Testament word for “born again” (gennao)[4] actually comes from this word. And the tense of this verb Jesus used, ginoma (aorist imperative), indicates a command. Simply stated, Christ said we are to command or declare His will to be, to be generated, to be birthed in situations. Obviously, we aren’t commanding Him, but commanding FOR Him.

I am going to such lengths in defining these Greek words and tenses to make sure we grasp the depth of Christ’s instruction to us. This model prayer and teaching Christ gave us is not to be a religious, perfunctory, memorized recital. It is an instructive exhortation to declare Christ’s rule and authority. It is instructing and authorizing us to call forth His will, opening a portal for heaven's government to override the chaos of earth!

Obviously, the broader the scope of our prayers, the longer it can take to “generate” God’s will in situations. We have total authority (under God) in our personal lives and can accomplish things more quickly. When praying concerning nations, as we typically do in the GH15 posts, it usually takes much longer. God will not force His way into people's hearts, but He does work to change their thinking and desires. He will not simply overlook the sins of a nation, but as His people humble themselves and pray, seek His face, and turn from evil, He cleanses, heals, and redeems. This takes time.

We are working this process, and the process is working. As we persevere in our efforts, continuously releasing the power of the Holy Spirit through our prayers and decrees, God’s Kingdom rule is manifesting. His power and light are flowing, and will increase exponentially as revival increases, multiplying the fruit.

Stay the course.

Pray with me:

Father, You alerted us that it would require faith and patience to inherit our promises (Hebrews 6:12). You also told us we would need endurance and perseverance to receive these promises (Hebrews 10:35-36). Our faith gives substance to what we cannot yet see (Hebrews 11:1), and as we persevere, Your provision manifests. We ARE people of faith, and we have the fruit of patience; we will NOT grow weary in our hearts and give up. We WILL possess this land for You.

We call forth Your Kingdom rule throughout America. As a mighty army, we command Your will and pleasure to manifest in our government, our churches, and our society as a whole. We release the power of the Holy Spirit into our cities and towns, our streets and homes. We ask for His light to convict of sin, and His delivering power to lift the veil of darkness. And we persevere in our intercession for a Third Great Awakening.

We also pray for our government. Hover over the White House, enveloping President Trump and his staff in Your presence and power. We pray the same for Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, Secretary of War Hegseth, and all of the cabinet members. On this Thursday, as I write and record this, I can sense an urgency in the Spirit; something significant is about to take place. We ask for Holy Spirit’s superintending will to oversee all that occurs. And we ask all of this in Jesus’ powerful name. Amen.

Our decree:

The rule and authority of God's Kingdom are manifesting on the earth, producing the will and pleasure of King Jesus.

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  1. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 932.

  2. Ibid., ref. no. 2307.

  3. Ibid., ref. no. 1096.

  4. Ibid., ref. no. 1080.

 
 

July 16, 2026

The Path to America’s Recovery

The concept of debate was an important part of the founding and shaping of America, and was intended to play a significant role in the function of our government. Though debate can be challenging and does not always achieve the desired goal, hearing others' opinions and insights, then sharing our own, enables us to arrive at the highest level of wisdom. This is healthy and wise. No single person has all the needed wisdom for complex and uncharted situations. Church leaders in the book of Acts, like America’s Founders, modeled this spiritually in Acts 11 and 15, asking for Holy Spirit’s help and guidance as they did so. “It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us…” was the outcome in Acts 15:28.

Wholesome and productive debate, however, works only when both sides share the same core convictions, ideals, and goals. When this is not the case, the process becomes contentious, divisive, and non-productive. America has now reached a point where the process fails most of the time.

It has almost become a cliché to say that “This is not your father’s Democratic Party.” And the leftward movement has not stopped. There is now even a significant foothold of socialism and Marxism in the party; to them, capitalism is abhorred. Some would actually say they are taking over the party. Also, many on the Left no longer want God’s guidance or biblical influence in our country. It is abundantly clear that many in the party hate the America we have been for 250 years and want us to be a fundamentally different nation. The process of debate for the Left of our day is not about finding wisdom or reaching a consensus, but about reaching a compromise that moves our society another step leftward.

They are now growing bolder and more determined, willing to do whatever it takes to reach their goals: add states to the nation, seats on the Supreme Court, illegals to the election process–anything to gain greater control and accomplish their goals.

One might be tempted to ask, “Why don’t they just go someplace else if they don’t like America?” Or for some who have arrived in our nation in just the past few years, such as Mandami or Omar, “Why did you come here if you don’t like it?”

Obviously, moving to another country is impractical for most of them, but there is another reason, especially for the leaders of the efforts to transform us. Their motivation goes beyond merely disliking America as it is. The U.S. stands in the way of the world order they prefer, and therefore, must be destroyed–or at least weakened and fundamentally changed–in order for them to attain their goals. The lower-level “echo-ers” of the philosophies–those holding their signs, blocking traffic, chanting mantras, singing silly songs–are simply ignorant and naive pawns in the game. Other pawns of the kings and queens are simply the lazy and entitled people who want to “level the playing field,” which, when translated, means they want everything given to them. (One of the goals of the Democratic Socialist Party is actually a 32-hour workweek! Some of us surpass that by Wednesday!!! Many in America today are unaware that the American Dream requires hard work.)

Regardless of how we got here, or the various motives of those who now despise America, satan has conducted a successful campaign to weaken, divide, and conquer America. So much so that our nation can no longer be restored and healed only by well-meaning and competent government officials in Washington, D.C. Nor can it be done by our educational system. Wise, competent, and honorable leaders are absolutely necessary, and many of them are doing admirable work. But God alone can heal a society that has become as sinful, weak, ignorant, ill-informed, and divided as America. Our condition can only be healed from the inside out.

When I contend, as I have for 30 years, that America’s only hope for survival is a Third Great Awakening, I am in good company. Ronald Reagan said, during an interview with journalist John Bass while he was preparing his run for the presidency against Jimmy Carter, “The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America–our country is in need of and ready for a spiritual renewal."(1)

When asserting that this great awakening is our only hope, I am not naïvely stating that Bible studies and church services will fix all of America’s problems. I am reminding us that America’s connection with God is her lifeline. I’m saying that a return to Him will bring a return to truth, morality, common sense, love, wisdom, and stability. Jesus said that building structures on the foundation of His words was the equivalent of building on a rock; not doing so was like building on sand - the structure will not survive (Matthew 7:24-27). The Psalmist told us, “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it” (Psalm 127:1). Benjamin Franklin quoted this verse as a warning when calling for prayer during the Continental Congress in 1787.(2) We would do well to remember it today.

As the praying church, the Ekklesia, continues to do her part to pray in this great awakening, God will do what only He can do. And as this heaven-sent great awakening unfolds, millions of people will receive transformed hearts and minds, and will want God's will and ways to be restored in America. Righteous government leaders will then be able to lead in ways that reconstitute strength and healing. This is the path to America’s recovery; it will lead us home.

There is no other.

Pray with me:

Father, we humans have been thinking we know more than You since Adam ate the forbidden fruit. And we Americans are prone to forgetting that it has only been with Your help and support that this nation has been so blessed. As Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, stated many years ago:

“…we have forgotten [You]. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own."(2)

These words are as true today as they were then, perhaps more so. We repent of this pride and arrogance, and humbly come before You today, acknowledging our desperate need of You.

Please pour out Your Spirit on this nation once again. Rain down righteousness and cleansing fire. Save millions, fill them with Your breath, write Your words and laws in their hearts, and restore truth in our land. Cleanse our government, revive our churches, and heal our land. All this we pray in Yeshua’s name. Amen.

Our decree:

We are firmly anchored and sustained by the knowledge that grace and mercy triumph over judgment, and God’s life is stronger than death. America shall be saved!

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