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January 23, 2026

The Creative Power of God’s Word

“And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” Ephesians 6:17 

I am constantly amazed at how many prayer meetings I attend where so little of the Word of God is implemented. The greatest weapon God has given us often goes unsheathed! If Christ, our greatest example, used the spoken Word as His number one weapon against satan (Matthew 4:4-10), shouldn’t we use it regularly? 

God’s Word is more than just a weapon, however–it creates. The Hebrew word asah,(1) translated “create” in the Genesis account of creation, also means “to accomplish, do, or perform.” It is used accordingly in the following verses, which reference God’s spoken Word/s:

  • “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do [asah] it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” (Numbers 23:19)

  • “So shall My Word be which goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, without accomplishing [asah] what I desire, and without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11)

  • “Then the Lord said to me, ‘You have seen well, for I am watching over My Word to perform [asah] it.’” (Jeremiah 1:12)

God’s Word “does”; God’s Word “accomplishes”; God’s Word “performs.” Yet, what most Christians fail to consider is that in these passages, humans were speaking the words God was using to do, accomplish, and perform! Let that sink in. I’m going to use My words to accomplish My purposes, He said, and I’m going to use people to speak them for Me. The Lord actually told Jeremiah in the verses leading up to Jeremiah 1:12, “I have put My words in your mouth. I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant” (verses 9-10). He then followed this by saying, “I am watching over My word to perform it” (v. 12).

There is absolutely no doubt Holy Spirit was saying to Jeremiah that He was going to perform the judgments of tearing down and overthrowing nations, followed by rebuilding them, through Jeremiah’s words! Speaking God’s words releases His authority. In Scripture, speaking God’s Word was used to:

  • Activate our salvation (Romans 10:9)

  • Release death and life (Proverbs 18:21)

  • Remove mountains of adversity (Mark 11:23)

  • Defeat spiritual forces (Ephesians 6:17)

  • Heal the sick (Acts 3:6)

  • And more.

I am not teaching that our words can create (asah) physical matter, nor that we have carte blanche authority to decree whatever we desire. Yet, when based on God’s Word and will, inspired by Holy Spirit, they certainly do create God’s desired results in human lives and situations. 

The literal meaning of the New Testament word for “confession” (homologeo) actually means “to say the same thing.”(2) Biblical confession is saying what God says. First John 5:14-15 tells us:

“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.”

We determine what the Scriptures teach about situations, then make our biblical confessions and declarations accordingly. We are then “saying the same thing” God says, which not only honors Him, but it also offers Holy Spirit a decree He can truly empower - a biblical declaration. This is a powerful facet of intercession. Hebrews 3:1 states that Jesus is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession (which, again, means “say the same thing”). When we declare God’s words and will on earth, He can and will back them up from heaven, just as He did for Jeremiah.

We’ve been instructed to do this in order to close and open doors (Isaiah 22:22; Matthew 16:18-19). We are to close doors that have been opened to demonic activity in America and open doors of awakening and transformation. Let’s do so now. 

Pray with me:

Father, You are not a man that You should lie. What You have said, You will do. Your words do not return to You void, but accomplish everything You intend them to accomplish. We agree with Your prophets who have said a great awakening - in fact, the greatest revival ever - is now coming to planet earth. Therefore, we boldly declare that a billion souls will come into Your Kingdom.

And Lord, You have shown many what You want to do in the government of America. We come into agreement with that, as well, declaring that America is receiving a righteous government. The evil being propagated by some in Washington, D.C., will fail. We bind the demonic forces that oppose this, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Release these decrees with me:

  • We decree that satan’s ability to devour and destroy America will not succeed; his door of access is closed! We declare our faith in the mercy and blood of Jesus - that God has heard the repentance offered up by millions of believers on behalf of America’s sins and is healing our land. We decree that people in government and business will no longer open the door of our nation to satan through sins, compromise, and unholy alliances. We decree that their evil will continue to be exposed, their funds will dry up, and their influence will end. We close the door to their control.

  • We decree that those who promote violence, tyranny, murder, persecution of the church, insane laws and edicts, will no longer rule America. We close the door to the spiritual powers behind this destruction. We close the door to the destruction of our children, our families, our homes, our cities, and our nation.

  • We speak to the door of awakening and the transformation of nations, commanding you to open. We call forth revival, refreshing, remodeling, and reformation in America and the world. We prophesy to the wind of God: blow on the dry bones of America and the world. Reconnect our scattered bones, breathe life into us, and make us a great army. Salvation, healing, purpose, and destiny are in this wind - we decree its release NOW!

In the mighty name of Jesus!

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1.)  “Strong's Hebrew: 6213. (asah) -- accomplish, make, do, perform.” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6213.htm. Accessed 12 May 2023.

2.) “Strong's Greek: 3670. (homologeó) -- to speak the same, to agree, publicly declare, of one mind.” Bible Hub, https://biblehub.com/greek/3670.htm. Accessed 15 May 2023.


Today’s post was taken from our Give Him 15 - An Appeal to Heaven Devotional, Volume 2.

 
 

January 22, 2026

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.

 
 

January 21, 2026

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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