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September 28, 2026

Appealing to Heaven with the Secretary of War

As we begin this week, we have 5 weeks until the important midterms. I, along with other prayer leaders, am asking for a united thrust of intercession between now and then, asking for God’s grace and favor. Our great friends at Intercessors For America have prepared a thorough prayer guide we can all use, creating efficiency and agreement. I’m reading their points today as our post.

For today’s prayer, I’ll be reading the powerful prayer offered at the recent White House Governors Dinner by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. I give thanks to the Lord that we have godly men and women serving us in this administration!

IFA Midterm Prayer Guide

“God has most certainly been answering prayers for this nation through the current administration. Since then, we have witnessed rapid changes addressing many of the issues afflicting the soul of this nation. We have seen political prisoners set free, the defunding of harmful institutions, stronger protection of our borders, the arrest and deportation of dangerous criminals, and renewed protection for religious freedom. We have also seen President Trump and his administration openly praying to Jesus, along with many other blessings and answered prayers.

“As we look ahead, we must continue to pray that the midterm primaries and the November midterm elections result in godly leaders being elected, so that the plans that God has for this nation may be fully realized and not suddenly halted or reversed:

  • Pray that deceptive media and advertising tactics would fail miserably. (Ps. 21:11)

  • Pray that conservative messaging would be truthful, honorable, and compelling to the people—that it would be heard clearly and powerfully, and that truth would ultimately prevail. (Psalm 15:1–3)

  • Pray that God’s candidates get on the ballot. (Phil. 2:4)

  • Pray that radical candidates who oppose God’s will are seen for the true agenda they have and are not appealing to American voters. (Jer. 22:13)

  •  Pray for massive voter turnout for the conservatives and that Christians overwhelm the voting polls and exercise their biblical citizenship. (Jer. 29:7)

  • Pray for honest elections, renouncing fraud and any infringement on free and fair elections. (1 Peter 2:13-14)

  • Pray that any attempt at fraud is exposed and thwarted prior to the close of election day/polls. (Luke 8:17)

  • Pray that only legitimate U.S. citizens vote in the elections. (Rom. 1:18)

  • Pray that the financial support for radical leftist organizations that promote evil and ungodly candidates and agendas would dry up and come to an end. (Prov. 13:22)

  • Pray that funding for godly candidates would be abundant. (Ps. 5:12)

  • Pray that pastors would boldly preach the full gospel, addressing the evils our nation faces and explaining how godly governmental leadership can help confront and restrain them. (1 Pet. 2:9)

  • Pray that pastors teach their congregations that it is vitally important that they vote and to vote from a Biblical worldview. (Deut. 1:13)

  • Pray that the church provides voter guides for their congregations. (Hosea 4:6) 

  • Pray that churches would encourage faithful believers to run for public office and stand firmly beside them as they campaign and are elected to serve. (Acts 6:3)

  • Pray against running out of ballots, machine malfunctions, and any other interference that would prevent people from voting.

  • Pray for all election officials to count and register the votes accurately and honorably. (Deut. 10:17)

  • Pray against delays in counting of votes and for timely reporting of results. (Prov. 16:11)

  • Pray that only and all legitimate mail-in ballots are counted.

  • Pray for safety and security at every voting precinct. (Prov. 16:11)

  • Pray that every Christian would actively participate in the voting process by volunteering on campaigns, serving at voting precincts, acting as poll watchers, volunteering at phone banks and texting trees, funding candidates by donating, knocking on doors, and helping however they are able.

  • Pray that there is no violence or retaliation against any person(s) over the results, such as riots.

  • Pray that God’s will be done in this and every election. (Matt. 6:10)

  • Pray for wisdom and discernment for God’s choice of candidates. (Matt. 6:33) 

  • Pray that the lethargy and complacency that have infected so many people be lifted, and that a new fire of passion for turning this nation back to God be lit in every heart and spirit. (Amos 6:1)

  • Pray for safety and protection for the candidates and their families. (Ps. 91:1-2) 

  • Pray against any violence that may be attempted on candidates and their families. (2 Thes. 3: 3)

  • Pray that truthful information about all candidates would be readily available, enabling voters to arrive at the polls well informed and confident in their choices. (Prov. 2:6)

  • Pray that God would be glorified in our nation through our choice of leaders.”(1)

Pete Hegseth’s Prayer

Father, we thank You for believers like Pete Hegseth who boldly stand for You. We agree with his prayer today:

“Dear Heavenly Father, King Jesus, we come humbly before Your throne, praising You for all the providence You’ve bestowed upon this nation for over 250 years. From George Washington to President Trump, we have dedicated this nation as ‘One Nation Under God.’ And certainly ‘In God We Trust.’ And as we think back to 250 years ago, when George Washington, on bended knee in Valley Forge, appealed to heaven on behalf of his troops in this young nation, we’ve appealed to You from the beginning, and may we continue to appeal to You.

“And tonight we pray for our president, President Trump. Give him safety. Give him wisdom. Lord, we pray for our Vice President, our First Lady, our Second Lady, the cabinet members here, all the governors assembled here as well, our civil magistrates. Lord God, I ask that You give them the wisdom to see what is right and the courage to do it. Wisdom is defined as the fear of the Lord, the fear of the Lord being the source of all knowledge and wisdom. Lord God, Your eternal truths, may they rule.

“So this evening also, I would be remiss if I did not pray for our great troops, our men and women all around the globe, defending our great nation as they have for 250 years. Lord God, watch over them and protect them. It is in Your holy name, the Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, that we pray. And we bless this food, too. Amen.”(2)

Click on the link below to watch the video.

 
 

September 25, 2026

The All-Important Life-Long Journey

The concept of glory is fascinating. The Hebrew word (kabowd)(1) means heavy or weighty, with derived meanings of majestic, esteemed, influential (one who carries the weight of authority and power), and more. The Greek word (doxa)(2) is enlightening as well. It involves the concept of recognition. More precisely, it is that which causes something or someone to be recognized for what it really is.(3) When we read in Scripture that humankind carries, or was “crowned with,” the glory of God (see 1 Corinthians 11:7; Psalms 8:5), it is telling us God wanted to be recognized in humans. Why? So that humans could accurately represent Him and His authority. When creation looked at Adam, they were supposed to see God. And they did! That is, until Adam sinned and fell short of God’s glory (Romans 3:23). God is no longer recognized in fallen humankind. We must be changed back into God’s image “from glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18) for this recognition to be realized again.

When we are born again, we instantly receive God’s nature in our spirits (2 Corinthians 5:17). Our souls - our minds, emotions, and wills - are then transformed progressively, enabling us to manifest outwardly who we already are inwardly in Christ (Romans 12:1-2). We “become” who we “are.” This is why 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, even though we’re already a new creation, that we must be “transformed” into His image - from glory to glory. Based on the above definition of glory, we progress from one stage of manifesting Christ to another, looking more like him in each stage. This is to be a never-ending process of change, occurring as long as we live on this earth.

“Transformation” in this verse is the Greek word metamorphoo. It’s easy to see our English word metamorphosis in it, which is a process of change from one form or state to another. For us, like the butterfly, this process happens from the inside out. The metamorphosis of a caterpillar is simply the process of it becoming what it has already been created, wired, and programmed to be. It is destined to be a butterfly.

Our inherent destiny is to be like Christ. His nature is programmed into our spirit, our spiritual DNA (John 1:16); we are one with Him in the spiritual realm (1 Corinthians 6:17). Unlike the butterfly, however, our outward transformation is not a one-time process, but a lifelong journey. We go from image to image, glory to glory, looking more like Him to looking more like Him.

That’s a lot of theology in four paragraphs. My purpose, however, is not to weigh you down with a lot of theology, but to point out that we should be ever-changing; the process must never stop. If it does, we become what Jesus called an “old wineskin” (Matthew 9.17). What does this mean?

When wineskins are filled with new wine, the fermentation process causes them to expand, and even take on slightly different shapes and forms. When empty, they dry out, become rigid, and can even maintain those shapes - a bulge here, a lump there. They must then be “renewed,” accomplished by a soaking process that transforms them back into their needed flexibility. They can then flex with another period of fermentation from “new wine” and its associated expansion.

By using this analogy, Jesus was warning the disciples of John that they, as the Pharisees had done, were in danger of hardening and remaining in a previous season of glory. They had become rigid in their “shapes, forms, methods and traditions,” which was keeping them from receiving the new wine, the next season of glory.

The warning for us is clear. We must be flexible in order to receive the next outpouring of Holy Spirit (the wine). Regardless of how glorious the last season was, there is more. Regardless of how mature we think we are, there is a deeper level. Regardless of how much truth we think we know, there is more. And the doses of this “new wine” will stretch us, expanding our understanding, changing our thinking and ways. If we are not flexible enough to embrace these changes, we are officially an old wine skin–still part of God’s family, but unable to move to the next level of representing Christ on earth.

I’m sharing this because the entire earth is entering another season of change and transformation. This will include the church. Not only will individual believers have to change, but movements, organizations, and congregations will need renewal. The way we think, analyze, and conduct Kingdom business will be stretched. Past forms and shapes must flex as the new wine is poured out. For those unwilling to be transformed yet again, the old wine and glory will have to be enough. The time to prepare our wineskin is NOW.

This need for change includes government leaders. I feel that we must pray especially for President Trump. He has changed dramatically in the last several years. But I believe God wants to take him into yet another phase of transformation, enabling him to reach the ultimate level of his destiny–helping transform the world. I believe God wants to do this in the President quickly, and I feel our prayers can help facilitate it.

Pray with me:

Father, we humble our hearts before You now and acknowledge that we need another phase of glory. We must experience another level of transformation, enabling us to reveal Christ on earth more effectively. As this greatest of all Holy Spirit outpourings takes place, we want wineskins that can receive the new wine.

We invite You to change our thinking, our methods, our programs, our forms, and our traditions. We all become set in our ways. Give us the revelation needed to bring about the changes we need. We refuse to become like the church in Sardis, having a name or reputation that we are alive, when in reality we’re dead (Revelation 3:1).

And we pray for President Trump. He is a man of action and an out-of-the-box thinker. As strong as these gifts are, however, they are not enough on their own. May he have encounters with You in this season, meetings that shape his nature even more into what You want and need. Meet with him more powerfully than he has ever experienced You. Cause him to know You in ways he has never known You. Transform him yet again.

We pray all of these things in Jesus’ name.

Our decree:

We declare that we are a flexible, moldable, shapeable people, becoming renewed wineskins, for the glory of Christ.

Click on the link below to watch the video.

  1. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3519.

  2. Ibid. ref. no. 1391.

  3. Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, p. 1826.

 
 

September 24, 2026

Policies vs Personality

We all know President Trump is a fighter. He refuses to back down when people lie about him or attack him, and he refuses to back down when it comes to standing up for America’s interests. The obvious truth is that America needed someone with his stubbornness and determination at this time in history. A Mr. Nice Guy could never have accomplished what Trump has in the last 20 months; they wouldn’t have even survived the onslaught of attacks. You may or may not like President Trump’s personality, but you should judge him by his record and policies, not his personality.

Here are some of his accomplishments in less than two years:

  1. Achieved the most secure border in history - ZERO illegal aliens admitted to the United States in the past 16 months. Biden allowed millions into our nation, including drug smugglers whose product killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.

  2. Signed the Laken Riley Act to get dangerous criminal aliens off our streets. The Left fights him over this policy.

  3. Achieved the largest drop in the murder rate EVER recorded, to the lowest level in 125 years - since 1900. You’d think even the Dems would love this.

  4. Signed the largest tax cuts in American History - the Great Big Beautiful Bill - including no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors. The Left fought this vehemently.

  5. Secured commitments for $19.2 trillion dollars of new investment in the United States. That’s trillion, with a T.

  6. Imposed historic tariffs to bring back American Manufacturing - including 50% tariffs on foreign copper, aluminum, and steel, and 25% tariffs on foreign automobiles. Predecessors in the White House and Congress gave away our manufacturing - and the jobs associated with it. Trump is bringing it all back and strengthening our blue-collar workers.

  7. The stock market has set 80 all-time record highs since the election.

  8. More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. Bet you haven’t heard that on the news.

  9. Made the largest-ever investment in the United States Armed Forces - $1 trillion dollars this year, and hopefully $1.5 trillion next year. America is strong again and, consequently, a deterrent to evil forces. Peace through strength is in play again. 

  10. Captured and brought to justice the outlaw dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, through Operation Absolute Resolve. Trump is cleaning up America’s “neighborhood,” from Panama to Cuba to Venezuela to Mexico’s cartels. And he just secured a military presence in Greenland, something America desperately needed.

  11. Obliterated Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity with Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Epic Fury to ensure Iran will NEVER have a nuclear weapon.

  12. Cartel strikes. Fentanyl across our border is down by a record 60%, saving hundreds of thousands of lives.

  13. Secured Most Favored Nation agreements to reduce the cost of many prescription drugs by price differences of 300, 400, 500 percent and more.

  14. Terminated the Green New Scam, declared a National Energy Emergency, and began to “Drill, Baby, Drill.”

  15. Ended the insane Electric Vehicle Mandate and other crippling regulations on American Automobiles.

  16. American exports have soared to the highest level in American history - we are on track to export an unprecedented $2.5 TRILLION dollars in goods this year alone. Staggering!

  17. Abolished all discriminatory “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion” (DEI) policies throughout the federal government and private sector. Some organizations still try to sneak it into curriculum and policies, but huge strides are being made.

  18. Banned MEN from playing in women’s sports. Can you believe this was even necessary?

  19. Banned transgender ideology and critical race theory in our schools.

  20. Launched Trump Accounts - tax-free investment accounts for every American child, starting with $1,000 for every newborn child.

  21. Settled 8 wars with historic peace deals in his first 12 months, including the War in Gaza.

  22. Got all hostages returned to their families, both living and dead.

  23. Halted all refugee admissions to the United States, including from Somalia and other dangerous places.

  24. Deployed the National Guard to restore Law and Order to Washington, D.C., Memphis, and New Orleans. He offered to do so for other cities such as Chicago, but they prefer the violence over Trump’s help.

Please continue to pray for President Trump. He is working very hard for the American people and the world. And as I have been saying for several days, please pray for God’s intervention in the upcoming midterm elections. We need godly, conservative leaders in Congress. If those on the Left take control of the Legislature, much of what the Trump Administration could accomplish in the next two years will stall.

Pray with me:

Father, You formed our nation. When the Framers were trying to write America’s Constitution and hit what seemed like an impassable stalemate, You used 81-year-old delegate Benjamin Franklin to get things back on track. Referencing Scripture, he stated, “God governs in the affairs of men” (from Daniel 4:17); “If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without [H]is aid?” (from Matthew 10:29); and “Except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it" (From Psalm 127:1). Franklin urged that Your help be sought; this was agreed to, and You gave the needed wisdom and agreement.(1)

We are still in great need of Your assistance. Only You who formed us can keep us. Our President, Legislators, and Justices desperately need Your wisdom and guidance. Through the coming midterm elections, give us more leaders who know this. Cause the appropriate information to be released that will result in godly candidates winning elections. And secure the election process, whatever this might require.

Please give President Trump, Speaker Johnson, Majority Leader Thune, and Justice Roberts wisdom as they lead our three branches of government. Where they may not be aligned with You in their thinking and plans, please change this. And please remove government leaders who resist Your attempts to change their thinking. As Franklin spoke of, rule in our affairs!

In Christ’s name we ask, amen.

Our decree:

We agree with the words of Scripture and our Founders: “God governs in the affairs of men.”

Click on the link below to watch the full video.

  1. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, PA, June 28, 1787.

 
 
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