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February 23, 2026

My Thoughts Regarding Iran

The radical government of Iran is unquestionably one of the most evil in the world. The leaders hate America - “the great satan,” as they call us - and Israel, “the little satan.” They are ruthless in their quest to promote radical Islam and were ultimately behind the October 7, 2023, massacre in Israel, as Hamas is under their control. They recently killed over 30,000 of their own citizens who are fed up with their barbarism and oppression, and were protesting for change. 

President Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu have warned the Iranian government that they will not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. This is non-negotiable. Trump put teeth to the warning in June of last year, destroying a large degree of Iran’s nuclear capabilities in perhaps the most impressive display of military power ever. Undeterred, the insane Iranian leaders are working to rebuild it. In response to this, Amanda Macias, reporting for Fox News, reports that:

“For weeks, the U.S. military has quietly amassed what President Donald Trump has described as an ‘armada’ in Iran’s backyard. Mapped out across the Persian Gulf and beyond, the deployment tells its own story — one of calculated pressure backed by credible capability…

“The buildup coincides with indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. Trump has warned that the regime must fully dismantle its nuclear infrastructure — or face consequences.”(1)

Summarizing America’s huge military buildup, the article states: “Taken together, the air and naval deployments create overlapping strike capability, missile defense coverage, and control over major maritime routes. For Iran, it means U.S. forces are not concentrated in a single vulnerable location — they are distributed, layered, and positioned to operate from multiple directions at once.”(2)

President Trump has clearly demonstrated in many ways and on numerous fronts that he means what he says. What will he do if Iran stays the course? Undoubtedly, only a few people in leadership know the answer, but of one thing we can be certain: Iran will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. 

Today’s Iran is referred to as Persia in Scripture. Regular GH15 readers have heard me refer to “the prince of Persia,” mentioned in Daniel 10:13, 20. This was a demonic principality warring against the restoration of Israel, for which Daniel was interceding. Michael, the great archangel, was sent to deal with him. 

It is clear from this passage that satan assigns his high-ranking assistants to specific regions of the world to carry out his plans. The principality mentioned here in Daniel was not referred to simply as “a” prince, but as “the prince of Persia.” That was the region this principality had been assigned to. 

Spirits don’t die. The same spirits operating in Daniel’s day are alive and functioning today. There is no reason to believe that “the prince of Persia” who opposed Daniel is not influencing Persia/Iran today. In fact, I’m sure it is. Satan has controlled much of that region for millennia, and this spirit is certainly one of his key players. It is also without doubt why the leaders of this wicked regime, controlled by this principality, hate Israel and America so much. Israel gave us the world’s Redeemer, and America was raised up to trumpet His gospel, making these two nations despised enemies of satan and his kingdom.

Many spiritual leaders, myself included, believe the strong hold of this spirit over the region is ending. This can be seen, among other reasons, by the great number of people coming to Christ in Iran. The spiritual harvest occurring there is believed by some to currently be the greatest in the world. The “prince of Persia,” and the leaders he controls, are furious…and no doubt very nervous, as well they should be. The Ancient of Days is unseating them! 

It is important that we see the connection between the spiritual realm and the political and military developments in Iran today. Trump and his team are not simply dealing with radical Islamist leaders there; they are opposing the kingdom of darkness and its hierarchy. They are opposing the spiritual enemies of the greatest harvest God has planned. This means our President is on the front lines of the highest level of spiritual warfare on planet earth. Let that sink in. If this doesn’t motivate you to pray for him and his team, then your discernment and motivation must be questioned. 

As one who understands spiritual warfare somewhat, I cannot imagine the intensity of the warfare around our President. He needs a strong and mature prayer shield. Pray for him and his cabinet every day. Be mature enough to look beyond any personality traits you don’t like, past sins that he has committed, colorful language -- or “discolorful,” any other weaknesses you may disapprove of, and realize that God placed him as our President for other reasons. AND PRAY FOR HIM. 

Pray with me:

Father, we bring our President and his team before You today, asking You to be for them all that they need in this season. Fulfill Your purposes through them. Give them wisdom as they deal with the Iranian government; do not allow them to make any wrong moves. Dismantle the influence of the prince of Persia in the Middle East, and open the way for the gospel to have its greatest influence ever. 

We pray over the President and his cabinet from Psalm 91. Download wisdom to them; think through their thoughts. Give them heaven’s unfailing strategies for to evil forces (verse 8). Draw the President and his team to You. Do not allow references or interactions with You to be only “religious,” but move in such a way that there is a true connection with You. Draw them to YOU! Speak with them (verses 14-16). 

And we ask for protection over them and their families. Place a protective shield around their spirits, souls, and bodies. Let no evil befall them, nor any plague come near (verse 10). Give Your angels charge concerning them, to guard them in all their ways (verse 11). All of this we pray in the name of the Most High God, Jesus. Amen. 

Our decree:

We decree that the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7:9, 13, 22) has defeated the prince of Persia (Daniel 10:13, 20), and this victory is being enforced by His Ekklesia (Ephesians 3:10, 6:12).

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February 20, 2026

The Importance of Faith and Action

“The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, but the earth He has given to the sons of mankind” (Psalm 115:16; NASB). Moffatt translates the latter part of the verse, “The earth He has assigned to men.” His use of the word “assigned” communicates with greater accuracy the contextual meaning of the Hebrew word nathan(1) in this verse. God didn’t give away ownership of the earth; He assigned the responsibility of managing or governing it to humans. The Passion Translation says He has “put us in charge” of the earth. God’s gifts are often also assignments, an example being our children.

Holy Spirit uses this word nathan no less than six times in the first chapter of Joshua to remind Israel that He had “given” them the land of Canaan (verses 2, 3, 6, 11, 13, 15). Canaan was the land He had promised (“given”) their forefather, Abraham (Genesis 12:7). They were now being assigned the task of conquering and taking possession of what God had given. Someone once asked, “Well, which was it; was God giving, or were they taking?”

The answer is, “Yes.”

Another word in this passage also aligns with this concept. Verse 11 uses the phrase, “The land the Lord your God is giving (nathan) you, to possess (yaresh)(2) it.” The word yaresh has different shades of meaning. It means “legally an heir,” but also “military invasion in order to seize or possess.” In other words, God was telling Israel, “I have given it to you legally; now, I’m assigning you the task of militarily taking possession of it.”

Joshua 1:3 also alludes to this. The Lord said to Joshua, “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses.” The word “tread” is darak, and means more than just stepping on something. It is a term of war used to describe “bending the bow” before shooting an arrow. It is still used today in Israel for the command, “Load your weapons.” God wasn’t telling Israel that everywhere they simply walked or stepped would be given to them. He had already marked off the perimeters of their inheritance. He was saying, “Every place that I have promised, and where you are willing to ‘load your weapons’ and possess, I’m going to give you.”

So, one last time: Was God giving, or were they taking? YES!

And to prove my point, I remind you that the previous generation in Israel was fearful and unwilling to darak(3) - load their weapons - and fight. And they did NOT possess what God said was theirs. 

These things happened to Israel as types, shadows, or examples for us (see 1 Corinthians 10:6, 11). Our inheritance must be possessed, also. That which our Joshua - Jesus - has given to us will not automatically come to us simply because we are now born again. We, too, must darak and yaresh!

The truth that we must “seize” or “lay hold of” by faith what God has already “given” us is not understood by many Christians. They believe that what God wills for us to possess or experience - from that which Christ’s redemption provided - will sovereignly manifest for us. But this is not so. Most believers have never been taught what it means to “fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life“ (1 Timothy 6:12). “Lay hold” could be translated as “seize.” Thayer says the word (epilambanomai) means “to take what is one’s own, to take possession of, to take to one’s self, to make one’s own; to claim, procure for one’s self; that which when taken is not let go; to seize, to lay hold of, to apprehend.”(4 & 5)

Obviously, this verse is NOT telling us to “take” or “wrestle” provision from God. But we ARE being told to use our faith to “take possession of” what God has given us through Christ; to “seize” it, and “don’t let go.” Sin’s curse operating on the earth, opposing circumstances, demonic opposition, and more, will attempt to steal or keep from us what God has “given.” Paul was telling Timothy, “I know it is a fight, Timothy, a fight of faith. But you must use your faith and lay hold of that which God has given you.”

Jesus told us we would have to bind and loose (Matthew 16:18-19). He said we’d have to use the “weapons of your warfare” (2 Corinthians 10:4), and “wrestle” against spiritual powers of darkness (Ephesians 6:12). He put our enemies under our feet legally, but we would have to move in His authority in order to experience the manifestation of that victory. What He accomplished, we would have to enforce. This is why Romans 16:20 says, “And the God of peace will soon crush satan under YOUR feet” (v. 20, emphasis added). 

We have been doing so for America, and we will continue to do so. 

Pray with me:

Father, as we move toward revival and reformation, You are reminding us of the picture You gave through Israel. You told them to prepare their weapons; they were going to possess the land. They would have to “possess” militarily what You were “giving” legally. Their enemies were physical; ours are spiritual. 

Jesus defeated these spiritual foes, and You have given us authority and spiritual weapons with which to overcome them. And yet, they have influenced our nation for decades and controlled other nations for centuries. This must end. The spoils we’re after are people’s salvation; we want millions to be freed from the curse of the Fall and their separation from You. We want them delivered from sin and freed from oppression. We want our children to know You and Your ways, and to be passionately pursuing a relationship with You. You want this, as well.

We want our nation to once again embrace its calling and destiny. We desire to serve Christ and other nations by taking the gospel of Jesus to them. We want You to be honored - from the highest levels of authority in our land, to every home and person. We want to help You accomplish the great revival You’re planning, being Your voices, Your hands, Your feet, and especially representing Your heart. You have said You would restore America to this purpose if we humbled ourselves and prayed, turned from sin, and sought Your face. A remnant, a representational intercessory army has done so, and will continue to do so. We know You will honor what You have said. So we command for You once again, “Kingdom of God - rule of Yahweh, victory of Christ, life of God, breath of Holy Spirit - COME! Will and desires of King Jesus, BE!” We pray and decree these things through His authority, Father, and thank You in advance. Amen.

Our decree:

We declare that we WILL lay hold of that which God is giving.

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  1. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 5414.

  2. Ibid., ref. no. 3423.

  3. Ibid., ref. no. 1869.

  4. Ibid., ref. no. 1949.

  5. Ibid., ref. no. 2983.

 
 

February 19, 2026

Introduction

Our good friend, Phillip Jauregui, president of Judicial Action Group, serves all of us in a very significant way. Though living in Alabama, he spends substantial time in Washington, D.C., reviewing, researching, and working to place only the best judges and justices in our federal courts. Phillip has worked on hundreds of judicial nominations over the past 20 years, including eight of the nine current United States Supreme Court justices.

Not only is Phillip an attorney, but he is also a man of prayer. For years, God has motivated him to pray for the Supreme Court’s transformation. However, in 2017, the Lord began speaking to Phillip in a unique way regarding the Court, comparing it to the prodigal son in Scripture. That download from heaven has now become an incredible book - written in layman’s terms, not legalese - filled with insights regarding how we can pray for the Supreme Court. It was my great honor to write the foreword to this book, The Parable of the Prodigal Court. I’m sharing that foreword with you today. The title of today’s post is:

How to Pray for the Supreme Court

Thirty years ago, I visited the Supreme Court for the first time. On the way, I heard Holy Spirit speak as clearly as I’ve ever heard Him: “Now I am going to show you where the strong man over America lives.” The words “strong man” were taken from the passage of Scripture in Mark 3:27: “But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.” (NASB) 

This statement did not mean that the Justices or the institution itself were evil. It meant that satan had established a stronghold there from which to implement his plans and control our nation. Since that day, part of my assignment has been to see this stronghold broken. Many others have been assigned this task, as well, and not just through prayer. Numerous people have worked tirelessly to liberate the Court from unrighteous control. 

Most Americans are unaware that Thomas Jefferson, while not referencing the “strong man” of Scripture, warned of the potential for the judiciary to become a despotic branch of our government. A despot is a tyrant ruler with absolute, unlimited power. Despotism, then, is absolute power or control; tyranny. With these definitions in mind, consider the following statement from Jefferson on September 28, 1820:

“You seem...to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy…Our judges are as honest as other men, and not more so...and their power [is] the more dangerous, as they are in office for life and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control…The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots.” (Stated in a letter to William Jarvis, Sept. 28, 1820)(1)

Unfortunately, Jefferson’s warning proved to be all too accurate. Sixty-plus years ago, the progressive, liberal left in America decided the best way, possibly the only way, to impose their will on the American people was not at the ballot box or through the Legislative Branch of our government; it was through the Supreme Court. To do so, they would only need five of the nine members. The inappropriate belief that the Supreme Court had supreme power over all government decisions would allow only five unelected people to impose and enforce their will over 300,000,000 Americans! And their actions invited in the “strong man.” No entity or group has allowed more evil into America than the Supreme Court.

As Phillip Jauregui points out so clearly in this critical book, only five individuals were needed to remove God and His principles from American schools, our government, and the public square. They trampled on constitutional rights, made the right to murder babies the law of the land, and overruled the will of the people in thirty states, who agreed with God that marriage was between one man and one woman. 

On June 26, 2015, five Justices decided they had the right to redefine a 6,000-year-old definition of marriage–a definition clearly given by God, mind you–and redefine this covenant He instituted! Just let that sink in: five people (two of whom had participated in gay wedding ceremonies, yet refused to recuse themselves), arrogantly granted themselves the “authority” to overrule God…and the American people. The deception and arrogance of this was mind-numbing.

Regarding this usurpation, Justice Alito said:

“Today’s decision usurps the constitutional right of the people to decide whether to keep or alter the traditional understanding of marriage...

“All Americans, whatever they’re thinking on that issue, should worry about what the majority’s claim of power portends.”(2)

The late Justice Scalia stated, regarding this:

“I write separately to call attention to this Court’s threat to American democracy... Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court...

“This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied [as it is today] by extravagant praise of liberty, robs the People of the most important liberty they asserted in the Declaration of Independence and won in the Revolution of 1776–the freedom to govern themselves…To allow the policy question of same-sex marriage to be considered and resolved by a select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine is to violate a principle even more fundamental than no taxation without representation: no social transformation without representation.”(3)

Despotism, indeed. 

My journey of prayer for this out-of-control Court took a decidedly different turn in 2023 when speaking with Phillip. He shared with me regarding what he believed the Lord had told him a few years prior: “Begin seeing the Court not as your enemy, but as a prodigal that I love.” Then he said to me, “I believe it is time to consecrate the Court to God. What do you think about this?”

I was somewhat taken aback, and my tongue-in-cheek response was, “I need to think about what I think about all of that!” I did think, and prayed…and agreed! To say that Phillip’s insights launched me into a new way of praying for the Supreme Court would be an understatement.

Due to the work and prayers of many, I now believe the “strong man’s” control over the Supreme Court has been broken. This means we can now pray as Phillip urges us in this outstanding book, for the “prodigal” Court to return to the Father’s influence and blessing. 

Pray with me: 

Father, we in America have defiled many of the blessings You gave us. Like the prodigal son, we have squandered Your prosperity, using it to satisfy our lusts. We have used our liberties and freedoms to satisfy unrighteous desires. We have distorted and twisted the great Constitution You inspired, turning it into a meaningless piece of paper. And we have abandoned the purpose for which You created America: partnering with You to redeem the world. Many Americans have repented of these things, and we continue to humble ourselves before You in repentance.

We turn our attention today to the Supreme Court of America. Through this institution, we have rejected You, the right to life, the covenant of marriage You established, and more. We have arrogantly made rulings that defied You, and we have paid for this arrogance and rebellion with the loss of tens of millions of Americans. Today, we repent and ask for Your mercy. The blood of Jesus was sprinkled on a “Mercy Seat,” and we ask for this mercy.

YOU birthed America and our government. YOU instituted the principle of government. We call the Supreme Court back under YOUR plans, purposes, precepts, and laws, asking that You change all that needs changing in this branch of our government. Turn hearts that need turning, and bring Your presence into the Supreme Court building once again. We ask all of this in the holy and all-powerful name of Yeshua. Amen.


Our decree:

We decree that the Supreme Court of the United States is rejecting the rule and influence of darkness and is returning to God’s light of truth.

You can find The Parable of the Prodigal Court on Amazon and Kindle.

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