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https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-12-2026 October 12, 2026 Makin’ A Difference Over time, the verb “make” has evolved from a word indicating basic action to forming numerous idiomatic expressions representing success, survival, and other activities. For example, “making ends meet” means having enough income to meet all needs/pay all the bills, and “making money” means earning it. In the southern half of the country, many people dropped the “g” and shortened “making” to “makin,” as in “makin’ ends meet.” Southerners actually drop the “g” in many words, such as eatin’, goin’, learnin’, etc. Southern Ohio, where I was raised, was overtaken by Kentucky and West Virginia, so I, too, say “makin’.” (Southerners actually adapted much of the English language to their tastes, makin’ it much more user-friendly.) Here are a few more “makin” phrases: “makin’ a fuss” means to complain profusely “makin’ off with” means stealing “makin’ good time” means one is right on schedule, or perhaps even ahead of schedule “makin’ it work” means one is adapting to a situation, using whatever is at their disposal “makin’ it worse” means you’re really messin’ up “makin’ it plain” means tellin’ it like it is Now that you northerners are educated on the fact that “makin’ - the correct spelling of this verb - has various uses, we can discuss a couple of truly significant ones. (We’re makin’ progress.) During the last great national and international outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the primary goal of Christians became “makin’ it to heaven.” Many Christians began their relationship with God based on this goal; I certainly did. It’s a worthy goal, by the way. Spending eternity in heaven, rather than hell, should be on every person’s bucket list! And the first question Christian’s were taught to ask when evangelizing someone back then was, “Do you know for certain where you will spend eternity when you die?” This was the bait. Unfortunately, baiting people with the prospect of going to heaven rather than hell often led to a “what’s in it for me?” gospel message. Biblical repentance, making Jesus the Lord of our life, taking up our cross daily, and following Him were often left out. The exaltation of “self” at Adam’s fall - our knowledge above God’s, our will and desires above His - isn’t adequately addressed in this incomplete gospel. That’s why it resulted in many ministries focusing more on makin’ it big than on promoting the Kingdom of God. Nevertheless, makin’ it to heaven is a worthwhile goal. Another important goal that fell by the wayside through this inadequate message was “makin’ a difference” right here on earth. Heaven was simply a future goal, not something we could bring to earth. “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10) somehow failed to compute. Christ’s analogy of being the “salt” of the earth (Matthew 5:13) meant being a good enough person to give others an appetite for heaven, not being a preserver of godliness here on earth. Being a “light” (same verse) meant pointing people toward heaven, not releasing the enlightenment of truth, enabling them to implement God’s life-giving Kingdom principles right here on earth. In short, we Christians tolerated and avoided the culture around us, rather than changing and shaping it. But a constant defensive mindset eventually fails. It erodes the ability to withstand the opposition. Professional football teams talk about “keeping the opponent’s defense on the field”; they know this will wear down the defense. The same is true with societies and cultures. Jesus didn’t say “hold the fort till I get back.” He said, “occupy until I come” (Luke 19:13). Since He said to pray for the release of His Kingdom and will here on earth, then they can be experienced on earth. My life became complete when I transitioned from makin’ it to heaven and makin’ it big, to makin’ a difference. Don’t waste your life living in the incredibly small world of “self.” There is so much more available. Find out why your Creator created you, why you were born at “such a time as this,” and partner with Him to “make” history. One of my all-time favorite songs is "History Maker," written by Martin Smith and recorded by the worship band Delirious. Here are some of the words: “Is it true today That when people pray Cloudless skies will break Kings and queens will shake Yes it's true And I believe it I'm living for you “Is it true today That when people pray We'll see dead men rise And the blind set free Yes it's true And I believe it I'm living for you “Well, it's true today That when people stand With the fire of God And the truth in hand We'll see miracles We'll see angels sing We'll see broken hearts Making history Yes, it's true And I believe it “We're living for You”(1)(2) Make some history with Jesus today! Pray with me: Father, remind believers today that they are called to be difference-makers. Help those who have not yet discovered this, break out of their self-imposed limitations and small dreams. Impart revelation of Your audacious plan to partner with humans, filling them with Your Spirit and enabling them to represent You on earth. Encourage them by assuring them of their great worth to You. And as Your ambassadors here, we pray for the ongoing transformation of America. Send the fullness of revival and the Third Great Awakening. Lift the veil of darkness, rend the heavens, and COME DOWN! Clean up our government, reform our schools, and let the fires of revival burn in our streets and homes. We bind opposing demonic forces in Jesus’ name. We pray also for the increase of the “cloud the size of a man’s hand” in the Middle East. Like Elijah, we have heard You speak of rain, and we can hear the sound. Unlock the heavens over Iran and that entire region. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done! And there, too, we bind every spiritual force of opposition in Yeshua’s name. Father, again today we ask You to involve Yourself in America’s upcoming midterm elections. We realize You aren’t political, but You are very governmental. It matters greatly to You who holds positions of power. We ask You to give wise, fruit-bearing strategies to those promoting righteous candidates. Give the candidates themselves wisdom and understanding. Cause candidates who promote evil to be exposed, make mistakes, and find disfavor with voters. Give us a breakthrough, we pray, in Jesus’ name. We pray and declare all this in the all-powerful name of King Jesus. Amen. Our decree: We declare over our lives today that we live to make a difference! ************************** Do yourself a favor and click this LINK to hear Martin Smith and Delirious sing “History Maker.” Click on the link below to watch the full video. ------------------------------------------------- Martin Smith/Delirious Band, “History Maker” from the album “King of Fools,” Furious? Records, 1997. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Maker

https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-9-2026 October 9, 2026 GH15 family: This month you may hear a post or two that sounds familiar. Some have written or called our office, knowing this is a heavy travel month for me, and have asked to hear some favorite reruns. Today’s post is indeed a favorite. A Heart of Courage Encouragement is an important subject. Paul frequently spoke of encouraging others and of receiving encouragement. A believer in the early church named Joseph was actually nicknamed Barnabas by his fellow believers - which means “son of encouragement” - because of his encouraging heart and nature (Acts 4:36). Moses was twice told by God to encourage Joshua regarding his future ministry (Deuteronomy 1:38 and 3:28). When we hear the word “encouragement,” we often think of lifting someone’s spirits, motivating them to press on, or giving a compliment that helps them feel good about themselves or their performance. These aspects of encouragement are good and significant. The deeper meaning of this word, however, is even more significant. In its etymology, the word [encouragement] literally means “to put in courage.”(1) The “courage” portion actually comes from the Latin word for heart.(2) Think about that: Courage is a force that originates in the heart. Emotions will fail you in times of crisis or trouble; the mind, invaded by numerous scenarios and “what ifs,” will often flounder in times of uncertainty, fear, and indecision. “Heart courage” is the only safe source of strength in times of trouble. David said, “My heart is fixed,” meaning that it was immovable. (Psalms 57:7 and 108:1). In Psalm 112:7, he stated about one who fears the Lord and delights in His commandments: “He will not fear bad news; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is firm, he will not fear, But will look with satisfaction on his enemies” (NASB). Courage emanating from the heart will never fail you. And to think we can actually put this courage into another’s heart with our words, incredible! The Greek word translated as “encourage” (also translated “comfort”) is parakaleo.(3) Interestingly, in one of its different forms (Paraclete), it is used as a name of Holy Spirit, usually translated as “Comforter” or “Helper.” Holy Spirit doesn’t simply want to give us pep talks to lift our emotions; He wants to put an immovable force of strength into our hearts, our “courage center!” And He often wants to use us to do so. Holy Spirit “...comforts (parakaleo) us in all our affliction, so that we will be able to comfort (parakaleo) those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God” (2 Corinthians 1:4 NASB). Amazing! The Holy Spirit wants to strengthen others’ hearts through us! Our freedom today may, in part, be due to a 20th-century “Barnabas.” Winston Churchill didn’t look like much of a fighter, but he was one of the Allied Forces’ greatest warriors during WW2. He fought with his words, giving heart to Britain when the odds against them seemed impossible to overcome. At times, it seemed all they had left was heart. Here are a couple of examples: Another example of Churchill putting courage into the hearts of his people was through the following: Put courage in someone you know today. “Lay hands on” their heart with your words, and impart strength and fortitude. Tell them they are strong in Christ! Tell them they have great value and are needed! Tell them they are more than a conqueror through Christ who loves them, and that the greatest power in the universe dwells in them through Holy Spirit! Tell them their feet are on solid rock that will never crumble! Pray with me: Father, thank You for sending the great heart doctor, Holy Spirit. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for infusing strength into us, making us steadfast and immovable. Through You, we have “heart courage!” And thank You, Jesus, for transforming our hearts and being our Rock. As we “put our faces to the coal,” motivate your Ekklesia to walk in “Barnabas anointings.” Remind us that we can put courage into the hearts of our brothers and sisters as we war for the soul of our nation. Encourage them to encourage others. We declare today that with Your strength, we will not yield to the forces of darkness in the world. We will not grow weary in our well-doing, our prayers, and decrees. We mount up with wings like eagles - running without getting tired, walking without fainting. Your strength empowers us; Your wind lifts us. We are like trees planted by water; our roots are deep and strong. With hearts like David, we run to the battle. With vision like Caleb, we ask for our mountain. With faith like Abraham, we hope when it seems there is none, and believe in the face of the impossible. With determination like Paul, we press toward the mark. We are “of God” and will overcome the forces of darkness. In Christ’s name and authority, Amen. Our decree: We decree that we have heart, and will persevere in every situation. ******************************* Click on the link below to watch the full video. ------------------------------------------------ https://www.etymonline.com/word/encourage Ibid. James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3870. Larkin Spivey, Battlefields and Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II, (AMG Publishers: Chattanooga, TN), p. 38 and The Churchill Centre, www.winstonchurchill.org. From sermons by Bill Hayes (http://RevBill.Wordpress.com) and Norman Lao (http://JLRCM2008.Wordpress.com). Larkin Spivey, Battlefields and Blessings: Stories of Faith and Courage from World War II, (AMG Publishers: Chattanooga, TN), p. 259. https://hymnary.org/text/my_hope_is_built_on_nothing_less

https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-8-2026 October 8, 2026 Shaping the World on Our Knees At a speech yesterday (October 7) in Athens, Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: “Today, we find ourselves at a crossroads. The next decade will write the story of the next century. The course we take will determine whether the West maintains its place at the head of the world, or resigns itself to a future of atrophy, servitude, and decline.”(1) Those of us who have been declaring the significance of this season don’t find Secretary Rubio’s statement surprising. While it is confirming to hear this from a government official, it is also sobering. “The next decade will write the story of the next century.” What a profound and powerful statement. Leaders like Rubio are doing their part governmentally to shape an outcome that assures freedom, but the church must do hers. We must do so through preaching the gospel, yes, but also by being a voice for truth in general. The gospel saves us spiritually, but truth preserves the freedom to preach Christ’s gospel and implement the principles of His Kingdom. One without the other becomes incomplete. Jesus not only said He was “the way” and “the life” in John 14:6, but inserted “truth” as the centerpiece or bridge between the two. In His great commissions of Mark 16 and Matthew 28, He emphasized both - preaching the gospel in Mark 16 and teaching the principles of His Kingdom in Matthew 28. One saves, the other disciples. One rebirths the spirit, the other transforms the mind. Without both, our message is incomplete, and our assignment fails. Any congregation neglecting to emphasize both is derelict in its duty. Each one requires boldness and commitment, fueled and empowered by Holy Spirit’s anointing; He uses prayer to generate these qualities in the church. The intercessor realizes he or she can change the world on his/her knees. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58 ). Informed believers know that God’s words on their tongues become swords, wielded through them by Holy Spirit (Ephesians 6:17). These decrees establish Christ’s Kingdom rule and enforce His will (Matthew 6.10). "A warrior filled with wisdom ascends into the high place and releases breakthrough, bringing down the strongholds of the mighty" (Proverbs 21:22 TPT). This passage was written for us both personally and governmentally. In this decisive period of history, as Secretary Rubio so poignantly described, we must be diligent to do these things. Our prayers will empower their wise policies. Thank you for your participation. Before ending this somewhat shorter post, let me remind you that we are conducting another nationwide prayer gathering of the Ekklesia on Friday, October 30th. My brother Tim will once again host it in Middletown, Ohio, and the same team that participated in the similar prayer event on August 14th will join us, along with a few more. We will livestream it, as always, and thousands will participate. Together, we will exercise our authority for Jesus and His Kingdom, releasing His influence into our nation. Don’t miss it! Pray with me: Father, what an amazing honor to partner with You in saving and discipling the world. We are one with Christ (1 Corinthians 6:17) in His great cause. Just as You sent Him, He has sent us (John 20:21). Holy Spirit is awakening a mighty company of Christ-followers to this, and we are responding to the call. We ask now that these faithful ones be made fully aware of the seriousness of the hour. Allow them to feel the “for such a time as this” weight of this window in history. Remind them that they are history-shapers, and that this is not only a responsibility but an extraordinary privilege. And lastly, I ask You to refresh them by the power of Holy Spirit. Infuse them with strength as you spoke of in Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—l am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace” (Amplified Bible). In the mighty name of Yeshua, we pray. Amen. Our decree: We are ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses us with inner strength and confident peace! (Philippians 4:13) ********************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. --------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/10/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks/

https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-7-2026 October 7, 2026 Introduction Before I begin today’s post, I’d like to briefly comment on the meetings in D.C. this past Sunday and Monday regarding the Supreme Court. First, thank you to JAGF (Judicial Action Group Foundation) for the invitation to participate. I consider you to be one of the reasons the Supreme Court has changed over the last decade. Secondly, the meetings were outstanding, blessed with a very weighty presence of the Lord. Many thanks to those who attended, and thanks to those of you who prayed for this significant gathering. Convergence and Boomerangs America’s turnaround began years ago. God is way ahead of the times, seeing and declaring the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). He is the only one who doesn’t start at the beginning. God starts at the end, backs up to the beginning, and implements His plan. This means He is never caught by surprise or off guard. It also means He knows how He will solve problems…before they even manifest! Yahweh is not taken aback or knocked off course by the failures of people and nations, knowing they would occur beforehand. When He calls a person - or a nation - to a purpose, God realizes He will have to navigate through their mess-ups, just as He did with Abraham and the nation of Israel. According to Hebrews 11:3, God has already decreed the aligning and realigning of the ages; a more literal translation of this verse is: “Through faith, we understand that the ages were put in proper alignment by the word [declarations] of God…” Before Adam even fell, Jesus was the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8). That means the Incarnation, the Cross, and Christ’s Resurrection were planned before Adam’s fall ever occurred. I share this to assure you that God has a plan for America’s turnaround. He knew the failures and sins our nation would commit before they occurred, had a plan for our recovery, and declared our eventual turnaround. Satan’s reactionary plans and schemes are no match for God’s omniscience and foreknowledge. This foreknowledge also means God is moving on many fronts to accomplish His plan. While He is implementing His pre-planned works in America, He is doing so in other nations, in the church, and in individuals, preparing them for His plan. When all is ready, He shifts everything into a phase of convergence: ripe harvest fields; nations positioned; the church equipped; angels assigned. This is all seen in the book of Esther. The Jews’ very existence was threatened when wicked Haman, one of King Ahasuerus’ trusted officials, manipulated the king into issuing a decree for the annihilation of the Jews. After learning of Haman’s decree, Esther, a Jewish woman chosen by Persian King Ahasuerus as his queen, exposed Haman’s plan. At the risk of her life, she broke strict protocol to appeal to the king in a courageous attempt to protect her people. The king granted Esther’s request and, instead of the Jews, Haman was executed. The day after Haman’s decree was reversed, the Feast of Purim was inaugurated. The Hebrew word for turnaround is haphak: “to overturn, overthrow, turnaround, transform, be reversed.”(1) The following two verses from Esther 9 include this word: “…when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.” (v. 1) “Because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing....” (v. 22) The Hebrew word haphak appears not only in the book of Esther, but throughout Scripture. Deuteronomy 23:5 uses the word to describe God turning a curse against the Jewish people into a blessing. Jeremiah 31:13 and Isaiah 61:3 use the word to describe turning mourning into joy. The Message translation of Esther 9:25 uses an interesting analogy to describe the turnaround: “But when Queen Esther intervened with the king, he gave written orders that the evil scheme that Haman had worked out should boomerang back on his own head.” God had planned ahead. Before Haman ever conceived his evil plan to destroy the Jews, God positioned people and events for His planned boomerang. The book of Esther is an easy and interesting read - check it out. You will find that God orchestrated events, timing, the choosing of a queen, sleep patterns, favor to individuals, the uncovering of evil plans, rescues, and more. The end result was the saving of the nation and the furthering of God’s plans on earth. I believe Holy Spirit is doing for America what He did in Esther’s day: moving us into convergence and a time of divine reversals! The enemy is being exposed, overthrown, and his plans are boomeranging back on his own head! This season’s turnaround will occur for individuals, families, regions, and nations. Unrest will certainly continue, and Scripture assures us that evil will, as well. But great harvest will also occur, and areas of unrest will give way to righteousness—even in the darkest regions. Awakening and revivals will break out in places where they have never existed. Partner with Him in releasing these supernatural boomerangs into the earth - you were born for such a time as this. Pray with me: Father, we exalt You as Lord, not only of the nations, but also as Lord over time. You declare the end from the beginning, change the times and seasons, and orchestrate events to align with Your purposes. We confidently declare that You are greater than the forces of evil on earth. Your wisdom is higher, and Your abilities are without measure. You have decreed the turnaround of America and how it will occur, and You have decreed a great outpouring of Your Spirit in our day. Just as You turned around Haman’s attempt to destroy the Jewish nation, You will turn around satan’s attempt to destroy Your purposes in our day, as well. We accept the Esther decree: we were born for such a time as this. Help us now to rise to our calling and assignment, partnering with You and Your great plan. We proclaim breakthrough to Your people, breakthrough in our nation, and breakthrough throughout the earth. Give us a turnaround in our government, education, and media. Release a deluge of Holy Spirit’s rain to flood over our land and other harvest fields of the earth. Please give victory in the coming midterms to those who most align with You and Your plans for America. Motivate believers to vote, and to do so according to biblical principles. Help us, we pray! And we ask for this confidently, in Christ’s name, amen. Our decree: We decree that satan’s plans will boomerang on him, and God’s plans will succeed. ************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. ----------------------------------------------- James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 2015.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-2-2026 October 2, 2026 Introduction I asked my good friend Ken Malone to write today’s post, and what an important word it is. I was convicted as I read it; you may be, as well. Ken’s title is: The Power of Giving Thanks Each morning at the office, my staff and I pray together. We pray for our nation, President Trump, the United States Congress, and the Supreme Court. At times, the Lord leads us to pray specifically for individual justices or members of Congress. We pray for Governor Ron DeSantis and his family, the Florida Legislature, and, at times, the Florida Supreme Court. We regularly pray for our church, for the lost, and for prodigals to come home. We cry out for awakening and revival in Florida. As Holy Spirit leads, we also pray for specific cities throughout our state and for pastors with whom we have a relationship. Over the years, we’ve learned to release the governmental authority of Christ, functioning as His Ekklesia (Matthew 16:18-19). There are times when rather than simply asking God for something, we make decrees based on what He has revealed in His Word and by His Spirit. Job 22:28 says: “You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you.” The Hebrew word translated as “thing” is omer—a word, utterance, promise, decree, or command.(1) When we know what God has said, we can come into agreement, declare His promises, and align our prayers with what Heaven has spoken. Obviously, we also bring our needs and the desires of our hearts before the Father. Something Was Different Today’s prayer time went in an unusual direction, however. As I opened my mouth to pray, something different gushed from my heart. Almost immediately, I sensed the pleasure of the Lord upon it. What was it? Thanksgiving. My prayer began by simply thanking Yahweh for our relationship with Him. “Father, I thank You that we have a relationship with You. You are the desire of our hearts. Lord, I want to know You—to know You in the power of Your resurrection and the fellowship of Your suffering.” As I prayed, thanksgiving continued to swell within my heart. I wasn’t asking Him for anything. I wasn’t focused on what we needed. I wasn’t decreeing. This moment was about Him. I began thanking Him for who He is, for our relationship with Him, for what He is doing in me, for what He is doing in Florida, and for what He is doing in America. There was something refreshing about simply saying: “Father, thank You. I began thanking Him concerning the governmental leaders who will serve following the November elections. I thanked Him for Florida’s government, America’s Congress, the Speaker of the House, and our President. Instead of filling my prayer with requests, I found myself filling it with thanksgiving. And I was genuinely grateful. What About the Supreme Court? As I write this, I am convicted about something else. I’ve prayed many prayers concerning the United States Supreme Court. Some of those prayers have probably sounded more like complaints. But how often have I simply stopped and thanked Yahweh for what He is doing on the Court? So I want to do that now Lord, I give You thanksgiving for working in the nine justices serving on the United States Supreme Court: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Father, I thank You for encountering each one of them. I pray that Your wisdom would guide their hearts and decisions. May Your purposes be accomplished in our nation. Thank You, Father. Have We Made Prayer Too Much About Us? How many times have we missed something in prayer because we made the entire prayer about ourselves? “Lord, I need this.” “Lord, give me that.” “Lord, change this.” I know I’ve done it. Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:10: “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” What if we sometimes prayed that from a posture of thanksgiving? Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving Praying with thanksgiving does not mean we stop asking. It does not mean we stop decreeing. There is a biblical place for asking, intercession, supplication, declaration, and decree. But there must also be a prominent place in our prayer life for THANKSGIVING. This changes the posture of our hearts. Psalm 100 says: “Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.” First Thessalonians 5:18 tells us: “In everything give thanks…” Thanksgiving and praise turn our attention from ourselves to the goodness, faithfulness, and greatness of our Father. Remember to Thank Him As we walk through this election season in America, let’s pray, ask, intercede, and decree according to God’s Word. But let’s also not forget to thank Him.= Pray with me: Father, we thank You for what You have done in our lives. Thank You that we can know You personally and walk in relationship with You. Thank You for working in our families. Thank You for our nation and for those entrusted with positions of governmental responsibility. We pray for President Trump, his family, his administration, Congress, the Supreme Court, our governors, state legislatures, and all those who serve in authority. And thank You for what You are doing in America. Teach us to not only ask You for what we need, but to recognize what You have already done. Teach us to enter Your gates with thanksgiving and Your courts with praise. May thanksgiving become more than something we do occasionally. Let thanksgiving become the posture of our hearts. We pray all of this in Yeshua’s name. Amen. Our decree: We decree the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24–26 over our nation (do so for Your nation, as well): “The Lord bless America and keep our nation; the Lord make His face shine upon America and be gracious to us; the Lord lift up His countenance upon America and give America peace.” ************************ You can learn more about Ken Malone on his Facebook page by clicking here. I’ll be speaking for Ken tonight, Oct 2, in Satellite Beach, FL. You can find more information about this event on our website calendar. Click on the link below to watch the full video. ----------------------------------------------- James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 6016.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-1-2026 October 1, 2026 Introduction First, I’d like to thank Give Him 15 readers and listeners and share a praise report. Over 3,000 of YOU (our GH15 family) have signed up and committed to over 93,715 letters through the Write Now America campaign. That’s incredible! What an army you have become. I thank you and commend you from the bottom of my heart. You can still participate by visiting their website WriteNowAmerica.org. Today’s post is another word that, in many ways, can be attributed to your faithfulness. The title is: A Deluge Is Coming In recent weeks, the Lord has been emphasizing His “river of living water” (John 7:37–38; Revelation 22:1–2; Ezekiel 47). My brother, Tim, has said a good bit about it, even doing a conference on the theme. Gene Bailey of Flashpoint is having a gathering called River at the Ranch this month, and I’ve released a few posts on the subject from myself and others, including yesterday’s by Larry Sparks. This past Tuesday, I was reminded of an interesting dream I received about “the river” some time ago. This fascinating dream was given to my friend, Kenny Price. Here is his account: “You, Ken Malone, and Greg Hood were holding a meeting. Before it started, Ken and Greg stated that it was time for you to ‘feed the river.’ So the three of you, joined by Ceci, walked down to the river. You and Ceci walked a short distance away from them to sit together by the river. You were just relaxing, and Ceci rested her head on your shoulder, enjoying the river. Your appearance made it seem as though it was the best day ever. “After a while, Ken and Greg approached you and repeated that it was time to ‘feed the river.’ They brought you buckets to do so. I couldn’t see what was in them. You stepped into the water and began walking through the river; every once in a while you dropped a bucket into the water, then kept walking. You dropped what seemed to be an endless supply of buckets into the river. “Along your walk, you would pass areas where camps had been set up, and people from them were on the banks fishing. When you walked by dropping the buckets, they would shout, ‘Thanks, Dutch, for feeding the river. We are going to catch some big ones.’ “When you released the last of the buckets, you stepped out of the water and joined Ceci, Ken, and Greg. As you were walking back, you said, “Now we can start the meeting.” End of dream. My Thoughts It struck me as significant that in the dream, God chose not to show us what was in the buckets, what I was “feeding the river.” When Holy Spirit gives us only portions of a revelation or insight, while withholding others, He is doing so for a reason. He wants us to seek Him for further insight, knowing that revelation received in this way often impacts us more powerfully than had He just stated it. Jeremiah said, “Thy words were found, and I DID EAT THEM; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts,” (Jeremiah 15:16). Jeremiah “ate” and “digested” the word of the Lord. As he did, the words went from his mind into his innermost being. This is the process through which revelation increases in our hearts. I “ate and digested” this dream back when it was given to me. Then, on Tuesday of this week, when Kenny reminded me of it, I began doing so again, asking Holy Spirit for further insight. Here is what I believe He showed me. First, it seems obvious, based on the words of the people fishing along the riverbank, that whatever was being placed in the river related to the great spiritual harvest on the horizon. They said, “Thanks for feeding the river. We are going to catch some big ones.” Then, as I prayed and pondered further what “feeding the river” might relate to, I believe Holy Spirit reminded me of a word He released to my brother Tim recently (September 17, 2026). In the word, Tim used the phrase “atmospheric rivers,” a phrase meteorologists sometimes use to describe massive amounts of water in the atmosphere. These “rivers” carry so much rain that they can literally flood entire regions. Tim said the Lord told him a move of Holy Spirit is coming from heaven, a spiritual “atmospheric river,” that will be greater than any in history. Holy Spirit then prophesied through Tim: “You will now advance into the most supernatural movement I have ever led. I am anointing afresh, blending and synergizing the purposes, plans, and gifts birthed in all My previous movements. They will intersect with Godhead plans now activating in the great reformation. “They will merge and function with the new purposes, plans, and ministries for this supernatural Kingdom era. In the heavenly realm, atmospheric spiritual rivers have been forming. Rains from Heaven will now fall, causing torrential flows throughout the earth realm. It is the era when the river of God begins its flood stage.” As I reread Tim’s words, I knew what the Lord meant by “ feeding the river.” When we declare God’s words into the spiritual realm, the spiritual “atmosphere,” His words function like seeds. In the parable of the sower (Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8), and also in 1 Peter 1:23, God actually refers to His words as “seeds.” The Greek word used in these passages is also the word for spores and sperm. The idea conveyed is obviously that of reproduction, the ability to reproduce and multiply. God is telling us His words create, bringing forth “after their kind,” just as Genesis states of natural seeds (Genesis 1:11-12). Seeds of the gospel reproduce salvation. Seeds of healing reproduce healing. Seeds of hope reproduce hope. And seeds of awakening reproduce awakening. I have said many times and in many ways over the years – although, sadly, some people seem to have difficulty grasping it – that speaking God’s words releases God’s life and power! When explaining to Mary how she would conceive the Messiah, Holy Spirit literally said to her: “No word spoken by God is without power” (Luke 1:37). Nothing is as powerful as SPEAKING God’s words over our lives, situations, health, and locations. Nothing! When we do, we are releasing God’s power to “seed and feed” our lives, cities, and nations with His life. As we persevere, we nurture these “seeds” into fullness. As we have declared God’s words over our nation and the nations these past few years, we have been feeding the atmospheric river of the Spirit. This has been preparing the greatest harvest in history. Now, “we can start the meeting,” as the dream said at its conclusion. I believe this refers to evangelism meetings, harvesting the spiritual “fish.” Just as I finished writing this post, I received a text from my friend, John Kilpatrick, asking to talk for a few minutes. John led the great Brownsville Revival from 1995 to 2000 in Pensacola, FL, joined by evangelist Steve Hill and worship leader Lindell Cooley. In this great 5-year outpouring of the Holy Spirit, 4.5 million people attended from around the world. John said they stopped counting the salvations after 2 years because so many people flooded the altars that it was simply impossible to get an accurate count. It is safe to say that hundreds of thousands came to Christ! Call me “super-spiritual,” but I am just prophetically motivated enough to believe John’s call was a sign to me that it is indeed time for this next great spiritual harvest to begin. Pray with me: Father, millions of believers have been seeding the atmosphere with Your words over the last several years. We know Your words are “spirit and life” (John 6:63), “alive and powerful” (Hebrews 4:12), and NEVER without power (Luke 1:37). You told us they have created a spiritual “atmospheric river” that will release great rains of revival throughout the Earth. We believe this and are preparing our hearts to receive it. Our decree: We “seed” and “feed the river” again today, declaring: “America shall be saved! This has begun on campuses among young people, and will multiply greatly. Revival and reformation have begun and will not be stopped.” “Revival is coming to Iran and the Middle East. The billion soul harvest is beginning.” “Signs and wonders will increase dramatically, giving witness to the resurrection of Jesus, just as was stated in Acts 4:33. This will include creative, ‘extraordinary’ miracles and deliverances (Acts 19:11).” “Nations will be born again in a day (Isaiah 66:7-9). Governments will be transformed.” “The greatest outpouring of Holy Spirit in history has begun!” *************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-6-2026 October 6, 2026 Give It All You’ve Got At the end of the weighty word in Tim’s GH15 post yesterday, I mentioned Queen Esther in the prayer. Esther was an orphaned Jew living in pagan-ruled Persia, whom God miraculously made queen. This special lady was used by God to save the Jews from annihilation by wicked Haman. I quoted from Esther 4:14, where Mordecai challenged Esther with the question: “Who knows whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” God had indeed placed Esther in her position for this significant time. She rose to the challenge and, at the risk of her life, saved her people. In the prayer, I prayed that the same urgency Esther felt would come on the Ekklesia at this time. In the post, Tim shared a dream in which the Lord deployed His spiritual army. In a speech to inspire the Ekklesia, a general told the soldiers to remember their training, follow orders, fight for and care for one another. Then he said, “The enemy has crossed a red line that endangers our cause, the world order, and if not stopped, will affect our very way of life.” The General then raised his voice and said: “Fight for your children. Fight for your families. Fight for your heritage. And fight for your freedoms.” Then, with even greater urgency, he said, “Give it all you’ve got.” As I read the dream, the words pierced my heart like a knife. If you haven’t read or watched the post, please do so. Afterward, while pondering and praying about this word, the well-known phrase Mordecai spoke to Esther - “for such a time as this” - began weighing on me. The phrase carries weight, regardless of context, identifying a season as momentous, consequential, or weighty. These types of epochal times don’t roll around often. They’re the D-Days, the 9/11’s, the “now or never” times of history. Have we come to one? I believe so. The same evil spirits that motivated Haman to destroy Israel in Esther’s day provoke radical, demonized Islamists in Iran and elsewhere today, desiring to destroy Israel, America, and Christians everywhere. I have no doubt that had Iran been allowed to possess a nuclear weapon, they would have used it. Communist regimes in China, Russia, North Korea, and elsewhere are bent on ruling the world and have no issue with killing millions of people in order to do so. History proves their willingness. And even more weighty than these scenarios are the spiritual conditions of millions of people around the world. And satan is warring to stop the coming harvest. Millions of eternal souls hang in the balance. And the Lord determined that we would be alive today “for such a time as this.” I find myself deeply moved by the fact that God chose this time for me to be alive. We should all be. I once heard the late, great Myles Monroe say, when teaching on destiny and the fact that God does nothing by chance: “The very fact that you are alive today means you have something the world needs.”(1) I believe this. God placed us in this time (Daniel 2:21; Acts 17:26). Finding and fulfilling the “why” should be our highest priority. And please don’t wrongly assume that your “why” has to be something as visible as preaching to millions. He may need you to “preach” to millions on your knees! I firmly believe the intercessor is as important as the evangelist. Whatever the reason, your purpose is important to Him. His intentions for our time will require an army of committed spiritual warriors. Your prayers matter; your prayer group matters; your congregation matters; your “yes” is vital to the cause. It wasn’t one of the 12 apostles that carried Christ’s Cross, the instrument He used to save the world. Just a humble “passerby” named Simon (Mark 17:21). Whatever your assignment may be - giving, going, preaching, praying - “give it all you’ve got”! When thinking of those with seemingly insignificant assignments, I often think of Susanna Wesley. Amid her challenging circumstances and humble life, no one who knew her could have imagined that she, through two of her children, would change the world. “Susanna was born in 1669, the last of twenty-five children. After marrying, Susanna gave birth to nineteen children, nine of whom died in infancy. Her life was turbulent, frequently unhappy, and filled with trials. Her husband, Samuel, was often gone from home, leaving her alone and almost penniless to care for her family. Unable to properly manage on his small salary, he was put in debtor’s prison for a time. “At one point, their home burned to the ground. Susanna suffered from many illnesses and was often bedridden, requiring household help. Some of her children were so errant that they caused her considerable grief. “But Susanna was an intercessor, and prayed faithfully for her family. It was said of her that in her small home, with ten children all around playing, reading, or studying, Susanna would pull her apron over her head and pray for an hour or two at a time. Her children knew not to disturb mom when she was in the “secret place” behind her apron. God heard all those prayers, and her sons John and Charles became two of the greatest evangelists of all time; their ministries shook the world.”(2)(3) God’s purpose for Susanna Wesley was to prayerfully raise children who would change the world. All of us matter to Him. Please believe that. And in this incredible hour we live in, “give it all you’ve got.” I’m sure you’ve heard of Charles Finney, one of history’s greatest evangelists. His incredible ministry was used to save entire cities and helped shape the Second Great Awakening. I would guess, however, that few of you have heard of Daniel Nash. Often called “Father Nash,” he served as Finney’s primary personal intercessor. He and his prayer partner, Abel Clary, traveled to towns days or weeks ahead of Finney’s arrival in order to pray for the upcoming services. They engaged in intense, hidden prayer, often fasting for days, in damp cellars or nearby rented rooms. This continued when the meetings began. Finney credited much of the amazing conviction, historical revivals, and thousands of conversions during the Second Great Awakening to their unseen labor.(4) Whatever your role in the Kingdom may be, “give it all you’ve got.” Pray with me: Father, we are stirred by the dream in which You urged us to “give it all you’ve got.” Your passion bursts forth in this statement. It is sobering to realize that we have indeed been placed on earth “for such a time as this.” May the Ekklesia realize the urgency of this hour. As is sometimes said in sports, may we be able to say, when our lives are over, “we left it all on the field.” We want to give You our all. Give us big hearts and small egos. Let the heart of our humble Savior be imparted to us, He who left His throne to suffer and serve sinful humanity. Our greatest joy will be to one day lay our crowns at His feet. And at this strategic point in time, we pledge ourselves to the spiritual warfare You have called us to. We will fight spiritually for our families, freedoms, heritage, and the great harvest that is now ripe. We exercise our authority and bind every attempt to stop it - here in America, in Asia, the Middle East, and throughout the world (Matthew 16:18-19). We demolish strongholds that have been built by demonic forces to keep people blinded to the gospel (2 Corinthians 10:3-5). We declare that the veil of spiritual darkness over millions is lifting (2 Corinthians 4:3-6). We pray and decree all of this in the glorious name of Yeshua. Amen. Our decree: We declare that we will “give it all we’ve got” for the great cause of Christ. ************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. ---------------------------------------------- The late Dr. Myles Munroe frequently delivered this line during his global leadership and motivational lectures. It is most prominently featured in his widely viewed sermon, "Understanding The Purpose For Your Life." Destiny Image published his books. Adapted from Sandy Dengler, Susanna Wesley, Servant of God (Chicago: Moody Press, 1987). https://faithgateway.com/blogs/christian-books/leaving-a-legacy-of-prayer-praying-example-susanna-wesley There are many stories about Charles Finney and Daniel Nash. This is but one: https://davidyarborough.substack.com/p/the-hidden-hero-of-revival-meet-charles

https://www.givehim15.com/post/october-5-2026 October 5, 2026 Introduction Today’s post is a powerful word from my brother, Tim Sheets. His title is: The Battle Cry There are moments in God’s timeline when what has been prayed, declared, prophesied, and contended for begins converging with its appointed time. I believe we are in one of those moments. Holy Spirit is awakening the church to recognize what He is doing and rise to the moment with faith, boldness, and spiritual authority. In recent months, I have felt an unusual and intense stirring within me. Holy Spirit was alerting me to pay attention, pray deeper, listen more carefully, and see beyond what was happening naturally into what He was doing in the spirit realm. So I began praying about what I was sensing, asking Him to show me what He was preparing me to understand. As I listened, Holy Spirit spoke a word that brought clarity to the stirring I had been sensing: “The cup of iniquity has been declared full, and the King has decreed to drain it. Sever iniquitous roots in government, culture, and wicked ideologies that are resisting our plans of global revival. Engage My Ekklesia. Prepare her for spiritual battle with hell’s kingdom, warfare that will shift natural realms for reformation and great revival.” Then I heard something in my spirit that I had never heard before, the sound of a vast host of angel warriors responding to the King’s decree with a resounding shout: “Let it be done! Let it be done now!” I knew with unmistakable clarity that great hosts of angels were part of this divine plan. I also knew they were eager to engage - ready warriors, positioned and prepared to carry out their assignment. Holy Spirit continued speaking, “I will now baptize the Ekklesia and committed remnant with great boldness. I will anoint them with a warrior’s mindset, a warrior’s mentality. I will anoint them with aggressive warrior dispositions. I’m preparing and anointing the King’s Ekklesia to battle for your nation, and for global world revival. I am preparing My ruling and reigning ones to engage systemic evil, with the assistance of angel armies, and prevail as defined by King Jesus. A binding-and-loosing campaign will begin. Doors will be opened. Doors will be closed. The preparations have been made, and the call of heaven is sounding forth: ‘It is time! It is time! It is time!’ The angels are in place. It is time. Portals are open. It is time. As Joshua heard and declared to 40-year wilderness wanderers, so hear and declare into your times, raising expectations, desire, and passionate commitment. Declare, ‘we have compassed the mountain long enough’. Sanctify yourself and possess the land. “Move forward into promised inheritance. It is time for giants and strongholds to fall. It is time for entrenched enemies to be removed. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God is with you. It is time! It is time! It is time!” This was a clear declaration that a prepared people are being brought into an appointed moment. Three times I heard Holy Spirit say that He is preparing and anointing the true Church and the righteous remnant to confront the dark agendas that have resisted His purposes. He also said: “We will prevail.” His use of the word “we” stood out to me. Heaven is moving, angelic hosts are being positioned, and the Ekklesia is being called to respond in faith, obedience, prayer, and spiritual authority. I believe this campaign is now being activated, specifically before the midterm elections. It will continue into what I believe will be a magnificent era of Holy Spirit activity and greater glory. We are living in a defining moment, and defining moments are shaped and controlled by who defines them. King Jesus expects His Church to rise and bring biblical definition to a world filled with confusion and competing voices. This will require our voices, prayers, time, energy, resources, engagement, and our votes. Voting is one very important way we participate in our nation’s governing process, exercising our civic responsibility. For believers who understand influence as part of their stewardship, the ballot box becomes a place where convictions are expressed, and choices are made. Holy Spirit has been preparing a different kind of Ekklesia for this hour, building faith, courage, discernment, endurance, and spiritual authority. The prayers and anointings of generations past are converging with what He is releasing now, creating a generational synergy for this hinge moment. I believe we are seeing a people rise who will stand with courage, engage with wisdom, and advance into the greater glory He has promised under the leadership of King Jesus. Then I received a dream that confirmed what I had been sensing and hearing: I was a soldier, and a declaration of war had been issued. All branches of the military were activating, and I was one of thousands of soldiers being deployed. Everything was chaotic. I could feel the concern and worry of those around me, who were also being deployed. They were on their phones calling their loved ones and friends. The seriousness of the moment was unmistakable. It was almost as though I was an observer, watching everything unfold around me. Then my phone began to ding, and I started receiving text messages from Dutch and other ministry friends, all asking me the same question: “Are you being deployed?” Of course, I answered yes. Their responses were all the same: “So am I. I’m being deployed.” Then the scene in the dream changed. I was standing on a parade ground in a long line of soldiers. There were many more of these lines. As we stood there, a general came out onto a platform, and began a pre-battle speech to inspire courage. He challenged us to remember our training, follow our orders, fight for and care for one another. Then he said: “The enemy has crossed a red line that endangers the world order and, if not stopped, will affect our very way of life.” Then the general raised his voice: “Fight for your children. Fight for your family. Fight for your heritage. Fight for your freedoms.” I have said similar things many times, as have others. I wasn’t hearing anything new. Yet somehow, it seemed new. It seemed more real. The way this general said it carried such urgency that it gripped me. He finished by saying: “Give it all you’ve got!” I knew Holy Spirit was giving me a very clear message, and the weight of it was profound. I felt the responsibility of answering a kingdom assignment settle heavily upon me: The enemy has crossed a red line, and heaven has declared spiritual war against what is resisting the purposes of God. Follow your training. Follow your orders. Give it all you’ve got. As I pondered the dream, I kept hearing the general’s words as a battle cry. Then I asked the Lord, Is Holy Spirit issuing a battle cry? As I prayed, I knew the answer was yes. I heard a battle cry, and I was being called to agree with it, align myself with heaven, and add my voice to the cry. Throughout history, great conflicts have often been preceded by a call that awakened courage and summoned warriors to their assignment. Ours is being issued. Heaven is sounding the call, the warriors are being awakened, and the Ekklesia is being summoned to its assignment. Pray with me: Father, we, like Esther, have surely come into the Kingdom for such a time as this (Esther 4:14)! Cause this reality to settle on Your Ekklesia with the same weight felt by this matriarch. Release a sober-mindedness, a laser-like focus, and a steadfast resolve. May we feel the intensity of our General, King Jesus, as He says, “Give it all you’ve got." Father, we will say yes to Your call! You have prepared Your Ekklesia, giving them boldness, courage, and fresh anointing. Let the battle cry of Heaven now rise within them in every nation. Strengthen them to stand, speak, pray, and advance wherever You send them. We present ourselves for Your assignment. Fill us with Your passion and give us grace to stand firm. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen. Our decree: The warriors of the Ekklesia are rising! We hear the King’s battle cry, and will advance in authority, declaring that His Kingdom will prevail! ****************************** My brother, Tim, contributed today's post. You can learn more about him at TimSheets.org. Click on the link below to watch the full video.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-28-2026 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. -------------------------------------------- https://ifapray.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Midterm-PG-1.pdf https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2025376178278989908

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-25-2026 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. ------------------------------------------- James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3519. Ibid. ref. no. 1391. Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, p. 1826.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-25-2026 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. ------------------------------------------- James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3519. Ibid. ref. no. 1391. Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, p. 1826.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-24-2026 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: 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. Signed the Laken Riley Act to get dangerous criminal aliens off our streets. The Left fights him over this policy. 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. 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. Secured commitments for $19.2 trillion dollars of new investment in the United States. That’s trillion, with a T. 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. The stock market has set 80 all-time record highs since the election. More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. Bet you haven’t heard that on the news. 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. 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. Obliterated Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity with Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Epic Fury to ensure Iran will NEVER have a nuclear weapon. Cartel strikes. Fentanyl across our border is down by a record 60%, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Secured Most Favored Nation agreements to reduce the cost of many prescription drugs by price differences of 300, 400, 500 percent and more. Terminated the Green New Scam, declared a National Energy Emergency, and began to “Drill, Baby, Drill.” Ended the insane Electric Vehicle Mandate and other crippling regulations on American Automobiles. 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! 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. Banned MEN from playing in women’s sports. Can you believe this was even necessary? Banned transgender ideology and critical race theory in our schools. Launched Trump Accounts - tax-free investment accounts for every American child, starting with $1,000 for every newborn child. Settled 8 wars with historic peace deals in his first 12 months, including the War in Gaza. Got all hostages returned to their families, both living and dead. Halted all refugee admissions to the United States, including from Somalia and other dangerous places. 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. ----------------------------------------------- Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, PA, June 28, 1787.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-25-2026 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. ------------------------------------------- James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3519. Ibid. ref. no. 1391. Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, p. 1826.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-25-2026 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. ------------------------------------------- James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 3519. Ibid. ref. no. 1391. Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible, p. 1826.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-22-2026 September 22, 2026 You Can Make a Difference “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people. ‘You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.’” (Matthew 5:13-15 NASB) Sad to say, most Christians make very little impact on the world around them. Most never even consider the possibility. They are content with impacting their own private world by generating income, caring for their own, and perhaps building for their own future. Making it big, or even just making ends meet, motivates them. Making a difference is nowhere in the equation. This is one reason the world is in such a mess. Those whom God ordained to be salt and light have lost their savor and hidden the light. This has happened for various reasons: 1) selfish ambition certainly controls some; 2) many have never been trained and challenged to think that they can make the world a better place; 3) far too many have a skewed understanding of the sovereignty of God, believing “if He wants to change things, He’ll do so,” and there are certainly other reasons. The last group mentioned - the “leave it up to God” segment - has no understanding of the partnership God intended with His earthly family. Sadly, “the mass of men lead lives of quiet abdication.” (I know Thoreau is probably turning over in his grave!) Another significant reason, however, why many believers do very little to change the world around them isn’t selfishness, bad theology, or abdication of responsibility. They simply aren’t afforded many opportunities beyond praying, donating money, or, when it comes to impacting the culture around them, voting. These activities are certainly important, but I have very good news for those who want to do more. And it’s easy. Awakening Your Fellow Believer Shockingly, approximately half of evangelicals aren’t registered to vote, and half of those who are still don’t vote. This is mind-boggling. It is an accepted fact that if all evangelical Christians voted and did so according to biblical values, we could control every national election, positioning godly, Bible-believing leaders in office. This means that in one election cycle, Christians could initiate radical change in our nation. Today, I’m sharing how you can help! Thousands of you who watch Give Him 15 participated in this effort a few years ago and helped make it successful. Here is an opportunity to do so again. Write Now America has created a simple, yet very impactful method to influence conservatives who aren’t actively participating in important elections. Many of our followers here at Give Him 15 have worked with them successfully in the past (under the name My Faith Votes). You can contact them via the following link to their website, Write Now America, where they will provide you with current names/addresses of several registered voters who are pro-life, pro-traditional family, and who either don’t vote or are inconsistent in doing so. They have thousands! Many of them simply need a nudge. So WNA provides a free digital packet with complete, easy-to-follow information, including a letter they have written for you to use. You simply supply the printing of the letter, envelope, and stamp; that’s it. They also provide a return address to use in order to maintain your privacy. Records show that 30% or more of those who receive these letters are motivated to vote! Think about that - you will have a positive effect on 30-50% of the recipients of the letters you send. Nationally, they have helped generate thousands of biblically influenced votes, helping turn elections. That’s a great return on your investment - with a couple of hours of your time and a few dollars, you can help elect godly, righteous leaders. With Election Day just around the corner, please consider participating in this today! Who would have thought that a person could sit at his or her desk or kitchen table and save babies, protect the future of children, end human trafficking, stop antisemitism, keep Communism out of America, ward off globalism, protect our borders, stop billions of dollars in fraud, end the voices of America-haters, and save our republic. But you can. Let’s get on board! Pray with me: Father, we thank You for the awakening occurring in the body of Christ. The sleeping giant is stirring. Make the alarm clock louder and louder. Make it impossible for Christians in America to silence the alarm or override it with other activities and thoughts. Our hearts, though breaking over many issues, are filled with faith that You are changing things dramatically. The conscience of a nation is being brought back to life. The heart of a complacent and passive church is, and will continue to be, awakened. Thank You for Your grace and Your mercy. And Father, as believers awaken from complacency and lethargy, motivate them to action. Give organizations like Write Now America great success and participation as they implement creative ideas. Lead many people to participate in their efforts. Use this to give righteous candidates success in their elections. Thank You for turning this nation around. We are very grateful that You did not give up on America. And since You didn’t, we won’t. Your verdict has been rendered: America shall be saved! So be it. And we, Your family, will do our part to see this occur. In Christ’s name, we pray this. Amen. Our decree: We declare that we, the church, will involve ourselves at every level and in all facets of government, releasing the authority and blessing of God into the earth through our prayers and actions. **************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-23-2026 September 23, 2026 We the People “We the people” - three words that changed the world. These opening words of the United States Constitution made a strong and radical declaration. They fundamentally shifted how people understood political power in the modern world, asserting the premise that the legitimate authority of government derives solely from the consent of the governed. Before the American Revolution, political thought largely relied on what was considered the “divine right of kings,” where power flowed downward from monarchs to the subjects. Influenced by philosophers like John Locke, from whom the Founders also borrowed the phrase “appeal to heaven,” America’s Framers inverted this hierarchy. By asserting that “We the People” established the Constitution, they were stating that the government possessed no inherent rights of its own. Instead, citizens held inherent (and God-given) rights to create their government, for the purpose of protecting their peace, safety, and liberty. Many power-hungry American politicians, not born to royalty in a monarchy, now resort to a myriad of loopholes and misapplications to retain power and force their will on citizens. And, of course, many of them do so to gain wealth. It is incumbent upon “we the people,” therefore, to remain vigilant and oversee them, something we haven’t always done well. Ben Franklin’s statement that the Framers had created “a republic, if you can keep it,” has never been more frighteningly appropriate. “We the people,” of course, becomes unavoidably broken down into people groups: conservatives, liberals, leftists, and recently, Marxists and communists. And let’s not forget “we the evangelicals,” the so-called Bible-believing Christians, said to still be the largest voting bloc of Americans, potentially, that is. Sadly, many evangelicals no longer believe in “we the people.” They have been taught by their leaders that “we the church” are too holy and “set apart” from this somewhat defiled political system to get involved. And the theologies of many – their belief that “God is in control of everything, He’ll determine who is in power” – insulate them from any responsibility for the outcome. (I’ve never really figured out why this group is allowed to speak derogatorily of governmental decisions, policies, and consequences, since that would be criticizing God’s performance and decisions.) Even though many church leaders simply won’t embrace the “we the people” concept and speak up to help create a righteous government, we evangelicals are not without recourse. We have influence in the lives of our friends in the pews. And these believers are open! Many are desperate for change in our nation, truly appalled by the level of evil and corruption in our land. They don’t want children trafficked and abused, Islamists taking over our cities, and kindergarten children groomed by drag queens, nor do they believe God has chosen to “allow” this. They realize man’s free will is the culprit. With a nudge from a friend or family member - not condemning words and insults - they would vote to change it. Some might even spread the word to others. Believers actually WANT input and advice from the silent pastors regarding the issues our country is facing. A few years ago, George Barna conducted a poll entitled, “What Would People Like to Hear About in Church Sermons?” The poll showed Christians’ broad interest in topics related to governance and social issues. When asked about interest in these topics, a clear majority of Christians expressed a desire to learn more: Abortion - 91% Beginning of life, right to life, contraception, adoption, unwed mothers Religious persecution/liberty - 86% Personal duty vs. government duty, church response, global conditions Poverty - 85% Personal duty vs. government role, church response, homelessness, hunger, dependency Cultural restoration - 83% Appropriate morals, law and order, defensible values and norms, self-government Sexual identity - 82% Same-sex marriage, transgenderism, marriage, LGBT Israel - 80% Role in the world, Christian responsibility to Israel, US foreign policy toward Israel and her enemies Christian Heritage - 79% Role of Christian faith in American history, the church's role in U.S. development, modern-day relevance Role of Government - 76% Biblical view, church-state relationship, personal responsibility, limitations Bioethics - 76% cloning, euthanasia, genetic engineering, cryogenics, organ donation, surrogacy Self-governance - 75% biblical support, personal conduct, impact on freedom, national sovereignty Church in politics/government - 73% separation of church and state, legal boundaries, church resistance to government Islam - 72% core beliefs, response to Islamic aggression, a threat to U.S. peace and domestic tranquility. According to Mark Burrell in his book Rediscovering the American Covenant, people in the pews were asking for biblical guidance on these issues, which are certainly some of the most relevant and important of our time. The survey also asked pastors whether they planned to discuss these topics from the pulpit. The results? Only 14% answered “Yes.”(1) Is this last question’s response not one of the most appalling reports you’ve heard? It isn’t that the people don’t want to hear it; it’s that the pastors are too afraid – or too uninformed – to discuss it! But if your pastor won’t speak up, you can. Yesterday’s post mentions a good way to do so. You can also encourage them to tune in to Flashpoint, or perhaps read/listen to the Give Him 15 posts. Other biblically based voices are speaking out for involvement in government; help connect them. And especially encourage them to vote, and to do so for biblical values. It’s time for “we the church” to realize we are also “we the people.” Pray with me: Father, we agree with Founder Sam Adams, who declared when America was born that Your sovereign will was being released; You “to whom alone men ought to be obedient.” He continued by adding, “Our God reigns in heaven, and…from the rising to the setting of the sun, His Kingdom will come.”(2) We agree with John Quincy Adams, who declared that “the highest glory of the American Revolution was that it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.”(3) We ask You to help us restore these truths back into the core of American life and thinking. We ask for fire to return to America’s churches, the fires of revival. We ask for bold, fearless, biblical preaching and teaching to be resurrected. We ask that passion for You and Your presence would return, an insatiable hunger for You and Your Word. Convict us where we have bowed to an unbiblical government, the culture around us, unrighteous education systems, and mooringless courts and judges. Forgive us for allowing these and other things to steal the seed of Your Word, causing it to be unfruitful. Release Your river here and around the world. We pray these things in Christ’s name, amen. Our decree: We declare that the church of America will awaken to her responsibility of helping reshape America back to her God-given purposes. *************************** Click on the link below to watch the video. ------------------------------------------- Adapted from Rediscovering the American Covenant, Mike Burrell (Washington, D.C.: Ballast Books, LLC, 2022), pp. 28-29. William J. Federer, America’s God and Country (Coppell, TX: FAME Publishing, Inc., 1994), p. 23. Ibid. p. 15.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-21-2026 September 21, 2026 Big Plans for October I feel that October is stacking up to be a strategic month for our nation. Massive amounts of prayer, through various events and networks, are being planned. Many tuned-in believers are sensing just how strategic the present season is. I try to limit my travels to once or twice a month because of the tremendous challenge of writing daily Give Him 15 posts. I will be out five times in October, however, and that is likely to increase. Days off will be few and far between. But, as the familiar saying goes, desperate times call for desperate measures. (Prayers for strength appreciated.) A couple of those trips will be to D.C. for prayer gatherings. The first will be focused on the Supreme Court, a gathering hosted by my friend Phillip Jauregui, October 4-5. I join him annually for this very strategic event, which this year will take place at the Museum of the Bible. It is my honor to be the keynote speaker at the dinner on Monday night, the 5th. Many key leaders will also participate in this significant event, including my good friend Chuck Pierce. On my first visit to the Supreme Court 30 years ago, I heard Holy Spirit say, as clearly as I have 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 Matthew 12:29 and Mark 3:27. This did not mean that all of the Justices were evil, or that the institution itself was evil. It meant that satan had established a stronghold there from which to implement his plans to control our nation. Part of my assignment since that day has been to see the stronghold broken. I believe the Lord told me last year that the “strong man” has been bound and the stronghold is being dismantled. That does not mean, however, that all of the mindsets and ideologies represented on the Court have changed. It means satan no longer has the ability or right to rule our nation from there; his seat of authority has been removed. We must now do as these passages of Scripture instruct us and take “the spoils.” I believe this means praying fervently until constitutionally based (and biblical) ideologies fully control the Court’s decisions, as our Founders intended (which will include replacing some Justices). This has begun, but it is certainly not finished. As I stated in a recent post, I realize an event like this is not as exciting as one with tens of thousands of people on the Washington Mall. But I assure you, it is just as important. The decisions made by the Court will impact our nation for decades, perhaps centuries. Some of the current Justices on the Bench are in their 70s. Resignations and replacements will no doubt take place soon, making this a very critical season! I also realize this gathering is coming up rather soon; there is little time to plan, and trips to D.C. are not cheap. Nevertheless, I am once again urging some of you to consider joining us. Churches, send a “delegate.” Prayer groups/ministries, send an intercessor to help us. Not only will you/they help shift the Court, which will shift the nation, but participants will grow in their understanding of the High Court and what it takes to change it. And everyone, whether you can attend or not, please pray for this event. (Visiting and touring the amazing Museum of the Bible is worth a trip to D.C., in and of itself.) Let’s continue the prayer siege to consecrate America’s Supreme Court back to the Lord. (Go to JAGF.org and click on EVENTS for tickets and more information. Tickets are required.) Let’s Ask For Lightning One of the primary meanings of the Old Testament word for intercession (paga)(1) is “strike the mark.” Job 36:32 describes God filling His hands with lightning and commanding it to “strike the mark” or target. When Israeli soldiers hit a bull’s-eye in their target practice, they still shout, “Paga!” This analogy is used again in Habakkuk 3:4 (NASB): “His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.” Holy Spirit draws on this analogy yet again in the book of Revelation, when the prayers of God’s saints, stored in golden bowls, are used to release lightning into the earth (Revelation 8:3-5). A lightning bolt can be hotter than the surface of the sun! When God begins releasing His judgments and justice into the earth as bolts of lightning, He is very serious! We need spiritual lightning strikes, flashing from the very throne room of God, to hit the mark from now throughout the month of October. Let’s ask for His glory and light to be released into our nation, dispelling darkness and releasing His power, especially into our government and the upcoming elections. The impact on the Supreme Court could very well be one of the most significant aspects of this election. If one or more Justices resign while Trump is still president, he will, of course, nominate the replacement/s. But if Democrats take over the Senate, it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to confirm a conservative replacement. The stakes are high. Pray with me: Father, thank You for the breakthroughs that have occurred in the Supreme Court. We call on You, once again, the Ancient of Days and Supreme Judge of the earth, adding our prayers to the many that have been offered to shift the Court. YOU birthed America and our government. YOU instituted the concept of government. We ask that YOU bring the Court back under YOUR plans, purposes, precepts, and laws. You know who needs to go; please remove them. Change ALL that needs changing. Fill this branch of government and its headquarters with Your presence once again. Oversee the timing and decisions of all resignations and replacements to the Court. We ask that You do what Your Word says in Isaiah 1:26 (NASB): “I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: After that you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city." Release Your lightning strikes into our nation. Hit the mark in D.C.; strike all three branches of our government with Your commands - Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Judge the arrogant plans of those who oppose You, dismantling their evil systems, schemes, and networks. Make it clear that You are still Lord over the earth. Also strike in the statewide elections, bringing forth the miracle we need regarding our Legislature. And Lord, strike the strongholds of principalities and powers in the Middle East. Strike the wicked regime in Iran. Throw them into turmoil. Do it in a way that all Iranians know that Yahweh and His Son, Jesus, freed them from their oppression. Turn their hearts to You by the millions. We ask all of this confidently in the holy and all-powerful name of Yeshua. Amen. Our decree: We decree that the Supreme Court of the United States is being rededicated to Almighty God, Creator and Owner of all the earth. ************************** Click on the link below to watch the video. -------------------------------------------- James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 6293.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-17-2026 September 17, 2026 A Sign in the Skies In early January 2025, the following happened three times. Meteorologists on TV talked about a phenomenon occurring out West, over the ocean. I suppose I may have heard of the phenomenon over the years, but I don’t remember ever hearing of it. The news reporters said a massive “atmospheric river” was building and would produce downpours, causing streams and rivers to rise and flood entire states. When I heard this, I thought, atmospheric river? That must be new terminology they’re using. It wasn’t. The term was actually coined in 1994 to describe these “atmospheric rivers,” which have always been a part of Earth’s weather system. An atmospheric river is massive and carries a vast amount of rain, though you can’t see it with the naked eye. It is a very real river in the atmosphere, so full of water it can flood states and nations. And it did, just as predicted. A Word from heaven A few months later, the Lord followed this up with a divine encounter. As I watched another weather forecast, I felt the Lord’s presence surrounding me, like I often feel when He’s giving me a prophetic word. It was as though I was wrapped in the Lord’s presence, and I knew He was showing me that a move of Holy Spirit is coming from heaven, a spiritual atmospheric river, and it will be greater than any in history. The river of God is being filled by this river and beginning to flow. Holy Spirit’s massive atmospheric spirit river is filling the heavens, and will begin releasing spiritual rain. It will swell the river of God and flood states, regions, and nations - the entire earth. I heard this from Heaven, and I felt the Holy Spirit prompting me to prophesy it to the nation and the world, which I began to do two weeks later, at our Prophetic Summit. I only gave part of the prophetic download at the Summit that night, and I have been waiting to give the rest of the word when I felt it was time for the outpouring to begin. I absolutely believe this is the time. The river in the atmosphere has begun to move. The flow will reveal God’s plan for the days ahead, and we must steward this with prayers and our decrees of faith. We must declare that the greatest ever move of God is now underway; that springs, streams, and Spirit rivers are building. This is part of the outpouring the Lord promised through the prophet Joel long ago: “After this I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity; then your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions. I will even pour out my Spirit on the male and female slaves in those days.” (Joel 2:28–29; CSB) Prophetic Word: Grace Winds Holy Spirit says to the Ekklesia: “You will now advance into the most supernatural movement I have ever led. I am anointing afresh, blending and synergizing the purposes, plans, and gifts birthed in all My previous movements. They will intersect with Godhead plans now activating in the great reformation. “They will merge and function with the new purposes, plans, and ministries for this supernatural Kingdom era. In the heavenly realm, atmospheric Spirit rivers have been rising as rains of Heaven have swelled them into torrential flows throughout the earth realm. It is the era when the river of God begins its flood stage through the Ekklesia. “For I declare, My remnant warriors will rise in great might in the ‘movement of My movements’ [greater than previous moves or God]. It will be seen in the ‘movement of My movements’ that it is the era for demons to tremble, not My heirs. “The Lord says, know and be confident, Ekklesia: Great winds of heaven will surely blow upon you as they did upon My first Ekklesia. Pentecost winds are stirring in the atmosphere. The mighty winds are building, historic winds. Holy Spirit winds will begin to blow upon the sons and the daughters. The winds will come and keep coming, one after another, wave after wave, each one stronger than the last, until full-blown power from heaven, ordained for your time, is experienced, until the full effects are felt all over the earth. “The outer bands are upon you. The sons and the daughters will be carried forth, borne on Holy Spirit winds. Their sails are filled with sustaining winds, prevailing winds, guiding winds, and refreshing winds. “They are not destructive winds. They are winds of grace blowing across harvest fields, ripened to harvest. They are grace winds carrying good news and the redemptive power of the King’s forgiveness. They are winds of great deliverance blowing away hell’s bondage, blowing away confusion, blowing away addictions. “Some who are addicted will find that, amazingly, the spring of God is springing up within them, and they’re free. Some have been plagued with disease for years, and suddenly, the spring of God is coming, and they’re healed. “My wind will blow away addiction, sin, brokenness, fears, and hopelessness; it will clear the mind of prodigals, lighting the way back home, lifting the demon fog. These are grace winds, carrying angel hosts for the time of reaping. “For the angel hosts, by the multiplied thousands, are in Holy Spirit’s atmospheric river. They are riding the winds of Holy Spirit into your times. They are grace winds, carrying angel hosts for the time of reaping; grace winds blowing in the harvest rains.” This is where we are. The winds are blowing in another season of the “latter rains” promised in Joel. We’re there. Pray with me: Father, we thank You for the atmospheric river of Your Spirit building over our nation and our world. We steward this word with prayer and with decrees of faith, and we ask You to cause the grace winds to blow across every harvest field You have prepared. Blow away addictions, blow away brokenness, blow away hopelessness, and light the way home for every prodigal. Cause the angel hosts to ride these winds into our cities. We ask for the greatest move of Holy Spirit the world has ever seen. And we declare, we are ready! In Jesus’ name, amen. Our decree: We declare that the atmospheric river of Holy Spirit is flooding the nations with grace, deliverance, and harvest — and we are in this moment now! **************************** Today’s post is taken from my brother Tim Sheets and Rachel Shafer’s new book, Glory River, and used with permission. You can find this book on his website or Amazon. Click on the link below to watch the full video.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-16-2026 September 16, 2026 What Is The Latter Rain? The prophet Joel prophesied of Holy Spirit’s latter-day outpourings. Historians say the latter rains are seven times greater than the former rains. The latter rains were the harvest rains that ripened what had been planted, causing the harvest to mature. For many years now, a billion-soul harvest has been maturing and ripening. The time is now. James wrote of this same rhythm of Heaven’s rain: “Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.” — James 5:7 (ESV) The early rain broke ground and caused the seed to sprout. The latter rain ripens the harvest and brings it to full maturity—and that is exactly where we stand now. Here is Joel’s promise: “Rejoice in the Lord your God! For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness. Once more the autumn rains will come, as well as the rains of spring. The threshing floors will again be piled high with grain, and the presses will overflow with new wine and olive oil. The Lord says, ‘I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts...’” — Joel 2:23–25 (NLT) Restoring What the Locust Has Eaten The Apostle Peter quoted this prophetic word on the Day of Pentecost, saying, “This is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel” — Acts 2:16 (KJV). The King James Version states verse 25 of Joel’s promise above as follows: “And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm...” — Joel 2:25 (KJV). The cankerworm, caterpillar, and palmerworm are grub worms that eat the potential harvest. But Joel said that Holy Spirit’s rains are coming as downpours. This will cause the river of God to flow into the earth in such life-giving, massive flows that our lost harvests–stolen by hell, difficult times, or by other people–will be restored supernaturally for those who believe. Through this outpouring, supernatural restorations will come. It will activate supernatural, rapid redemption (as my daughter Rachel shares in our Glory River book). I don’t know how many harvests have been lost over the years, but it has to be a lot. In your own life, perhaps an expected harvest was devoured by misfortune, adversity, a person, or through demonic attack. Hear the promise of restoration now unfolding in this supernatural era. The Lord made a similar promise through the prophet Malachi: “Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way, says the Lord of Armies. See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure. I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit” — Malachi 3:10–11 (CSB). Rapid, Supernatural Restoration How encouraging that this era is about supernatural, rapid turnarounds! Holy Spirit is moving to restore what the enemy has devoured. Resources, inheritance, health, and relationships are now being restored in miraculous ways. We are being individually and corporately positioned for divine recovery, and we will flourish at new levels. Miracles of restoration and harvest will activate. Many of God’s faithful remnant will find themselves restored from devastating times and moving forward from years they thought were lost. God says no; they are not lost. “Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy” — Isaiah 61:7 (ESV). The river of God is rising and rushing to heal and restore wasted years. With supernatural accelerations of power, deliverance, and restoration, we are moving into awesome days of promise. Artesian Wells Artesian wells and springs will burst forth in and through believers, and in gatherings of the King’s Ekklesia. Why artesian? Why do I use that term? Artesian means a deep source of pure water that bursts or springs forth, without having to be pumped. It surfaces, or erupts, because of the power within it. Holy Spirit is releasing bursts of living water through His power. The faithful remnant, the King’s Ekklesia, will find themselves receiving victories and deliverance in their lives that surface supernaturally. They will appear by the Lord’s miraculous power. These springs will be “suddenlies” of Holy Spirit coming forth from the great outpouring. Pray with me: Father, thank You for the latter rain that is falling. We receive Your promise of rapid restoration – that whatever has been lost, stolen, or eaten by locusts will be restored. We thank You for restored years, restored resources, restored relationships, restored bodies, and restored harvest. We receive this rapid, supernatural restoration and step forward into the flourishing You have promised. And Father, You restore not only individual lives but nations as well. Our nation has been ravaged by plagues released from hell, allowed by our sin and rebellion. Our faith, however, is in Your declaration that the blood of Jesus produces forgiveness and cleansing “from ALL sin and unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Thank You for grace greater than our sin! And as You prepare the world for this restorative rain, we persevere in releasing the power of Holy Spirit into Iran and the Middle East. Release Your grace and salvation into that region; shock the world with the revival that erupts there. And the world needs a strong America. Continue to bring restoration in our government and across the land. Please give victory to righteousness and truth in the coming midterm elections. Stop all planned fraud! We pray all of these things in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Our decree: We decree that the years the enemy stole are being restored, and Holy Spirit’s latter rain is bringing the harvest to full maturity! *********************** Today’s post is taken from my brother Tim Sheets and Rachel Shafer’s new book, Glory River, and used with permission. You can find this book on his website or Amazon. Click on the link below to watch the video. --------------------------------------------- Tim Sheets and Rachel Shafer, Glory River: Waters to Swim In (Shippensburg, PA: Nori Media Group, 2026).

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-14-2026 September 14, 2026 Introduction Today, our friend Gina Gholston shares a kairos(1) word with us. Holy Spirit has given her a challenge and an invitation we all need to hear. He Is Blowing on the Embers In 1 Kings 19, the Lord revealed to Elijah that he must obey His command to anoint the one who would succeed him. This man was a farmer named Elisha. As Elijah walked into the field, Elisha was plowing with a yoke of oxen. As he was minding his own business and leading his normal life, Elisha had no idea things were about to change. Locked inside this farmer were seeds of prophetic purpose that God needed. Seeds that had been reserved and preserved for a specific time now entered their kairos season and were about to be awakened to bear fruit. In verse nineteen of this chapter, we see Elijah walk by Elisha and drop his mantle on Elisha’s shoulders. As he did, a prophetic identity Elisha did not even know he carried was instantly awakened. Recently, as I was reading this biblical account, I heard the Lord say, “You have entered a pivotal moment of awakening.” I was then reminded of something I once heard Holy Spirit say, and I knew it was a word for now. He said to me, “I am releasing a flow of My power that will awaken and commission My called-out ones, My for-such-a-time-as-this ones! It is not an awakening as though they are asleep, but I will awaken that which I have placed in them! I will now breathe on and activate the seeds of purpose that I placed into this ‘called-out’ company. They will rise, and I will send them out with power and strategy to fulfill my purposes.” I sense we are now in a season when God is focusing on the Ekklesia. The seeds of purpose which have lain dormant are now becoming necessary. Holy Spirit is breathing on these seeds, awakening them to produce a harvest. As with Elisha, so it is with many of us. Some things are being awakened that we didn’t know we were even carrying. However, I sense that it’s time, and our response must be obedient trust as God positions us for the future. I recall a dream from Holy Spirit where God illustrated how His Spirit has moved through time, and how each generation has a specific piece, a necessary part of His plan. In the dream, I saw a lady explaining what we were seeing and experiencing. We felt a wind stirring around us, and she became very excited! She then began saying, “The wind is blowing again! Hold out the embers that you carry! Let them be reignited by the wind!” The wind grew stronger, and each one of us reached inside ourselves and pulled out an ember. We held it in front of us, and the wind quickly reignited it. The ember grew hot in our hands, but each of us held on, determined not to let it fall to the ground. Each was committed to doing our part and fulfilling His purpose assigned to us. Some ladies came to us, and like seamstresses with measuring tapes, they began measuring us. I asked what was happening, and the lady said, “You are each being fitted for the new garments you will wear in the days to come.” Then she said, “And your time . . . begins . . . now!” I believe this is our time on the timeline, and the wind of Holy Spirit is blowing. The Lord is “dropping His mantle” upon us to awaken the gifts we need so He can launch us into our destinies. To all who will allow Christ to ignite and activate that which He has entrusted us to carry, I hear Him saying: I believe we are stepping through a door into a major kairos moment. It’s time for us, the Ekklesia, to wear the garments He gave us. God knows the gifts we carry; He put them in us. He now requires us to step beyond the familiar and move forward into what He has prepared. Hear Holy Spirit as He declares to us: “Hold out your ember. . . . The wind is blowing!” Pray with me: Father, in this critical moment, we come boldly before Your throne of grace to receive divine wisdom and instruction from You that will enable us to rightly navigate the future. We yield our lives to You, and we declare that the seeds You sowed into us will now spring forth and bear fruit of Your purposes! We rise above the noise of the chaos surrounding us—and even above the influence of our own emotions—and we place our focus on You. We listen for Your instructions, and we will obey You swiftly. We breathe in Your resurrection life, and we are revived. Jesus, be glorified through Your awakened body! Amen. Our decree: The wind is blowing upon our embers! We declare, “Ignite us, Lord, and we will burn for You!” You can learn more about Gina at GinaGholston.com. ************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. ------------------------------------------------ James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 2540

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-11-2026 September 11, 2026 A New “Day of Infamy” Twenty-five years ago today, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists conducted a series of attacks on America in what remains the deadliest single terrorist incident in world history. Using hijacked planes, they flew them into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City at 8:46 a.m., the South Tower at 9:03 a.m, and the Western facade of the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. A fourth plane crashed into an open field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:03 a.m., after brave passengers fought back against the hijackers to regain control of the plane, preventing it from striking its intended target in Washington, D.C. (believed to be the U.S. Capitol or White House). Both 110-story Twin Towers collapsed within less than two hours of impact, causing massive destruction across the World Trade Center complex and taking thousands of lives. In total, the attacks by the radical Islamist terrorists claimed 2977 innocent lives that Tuesday morning. What many Americans do not know is that more people have now died from illnesses related to 9/11 than died during the attacks. An estimated 8,200 people have died from 9/11 related illnesses, primarily cancers and respiratory or digestive conditions. While 343 firefighters were killed on 9/11, over 360 additional firefighters have since died from toxic exposures incurred that day. An estimated 410,000 first responders, cleanup crews, residents, and office workers were exposed to over 400 tons of pulverized dust, asbestos, heavy metals, glass, and jet fuel combustion products. Official death tolls continue to rise each year as illnesses progress. The attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, a day President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to as “a day that will live in infamy,” met its match on September 11, 2001. The world changed forever that day. I remember it well, as do many Americans. It seemed surreal as we watched it unfold on our TVs., like watching a horror movie made in hell. A dust cloud descended over New York, and a cloud of shock and depression settled over our entire nation. Confusion, gloom, anger, and despair spread from coast to coast, followed by a deep resolve to see justice come to those responsible. I was scheduled to fly to Boise, Idaho, that upcoming weekend for a conference, but all air travel was immediately halted, and it seemed unlikely I’d make it. Planes resumed flying on Friday, though, and I made it to Boise that afternoon. I didn’t really want to be there. Like everyone else, I was in mourning and had no idea what to say. It seemed as though the only appropriate message would be that of a funeral. I wasn’t the only person not yet ready to travel. The large plane was empty, except for the crew and two or three of us passengers. Very few words were spoken; no one knew what to say. My conversation on the plane was with the Lord and revolved around what I would say in my message later that evening. An it’s-gonna-be-okay pep talk would not only have been fruitless, but completely inappropriate; a general teaching would’ve been crushed by the weight of oppression I knew would be in the room; and I certainly had no prophetic word regarding the future. My prayer was very simple: “Lord, please help me. I have no idea what to say to these people tonight. I am as confused, angry, and distraught as any of them.” To my surprise, the building was full. I suppose I should not have been - everyone was looking for answers. I began my message still wondering what to say, and I have absolutely no recollection of how I began or what I was saying. Nor does it matter, because very shortly into the message, Holy Spirit took over. In an open vision, I saw the hand of God writing in large neon letters on the back wall of the church, which, of course, I was facing. He wrote: “Acts 3:19.” I knew what this verse said: “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, and the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.” Startled, I remember thinking: Holy Spirit obviously wants me to go to this passage. (I know - that was very discerning!) So, I will finish this thought - whatever it was! - and then refer to this verse. The writing on the wall began flashing on and off. Interpretation: I don’t want you to finish your thought. Go there now! I stopped what I was saying, told them what I was seeing, and quoted the verse. I commented on the Greek word for refreshing, which literally means “the blowing of breath or wind, again.” It is speaking of the wind or breath of Holy Spirit being released, just as occurred on the day of Pentecost. After saying this, I went into another vision that lasted several minutes and was very detailed. I saw fires of revival sweeping through America’s campuses. The revival I saw was intense, producing thousands, if not millions, of salvations, miracles, and deliverances among the students. It was student-led, uncontrolled, and unstoppable. It was messy… and it was glorious. I narrated the vision as I saw these things happening; the people simply listened, spellbound by what Holy Spirit was saying. The message was clear: America would experience further repentance, but at some point, God would begin releasing His breath, pouring out His Spirit in our nation, beginning with the young people. Many high school and college students in the room ran to the altar and began crying out to God for this revival. The grief of 9/11 was not erased, but we left the service with hope. As you listen to speeches today and remember the losses of that horrible day, remember also that the evil actions were not the final word. The revival I saw that day has begun. I thought of this as I watched the entire Ohio State football team kneel in prayer on the field before last Saturday’s opening game. Over the past couple of years, thousands of students on college campuses have come to Christ and been baptized, publicly declaring their faith. This is only the beginning. America shall be saved… and it is beginning with our young ones. Pray with me: Father, as we remember today those who fell on 9/11/2001, we pray for the families that still grieve and the individuals who still suffer physically. Heal the painful memories and help those with diseases overcome them. Bring healing to spirits, souls, and bodies. And we thank You that the revival You announced that week has begun! Increase its momentum, we pray. Release the wind! Prayer Regarding Iran Lord, we know evil will continue to exist on earth until Yeshua returns and eradicates it once and for all. Until then, wicked rulers sometimes become so evil and demonized that they have no regard for life, even that of their own people. Their lust for dominance and power becomes all-consuming. Such is the case in Iran. The radical Islamist regime is happy to sacrifice millions of Iranians in order to stay in power, dragging out the conflict as long as necessary in order to remain in power. But we are not looking to physical weapons alone to end their rule. We stand in faith, asking for and believing that supernatural power is being released to end their reign of terror. We decree that the evil government will fall, millions more Iranians will be saved, a beachhead for the gospel will exist there, and millions of Middle Easterners will come to Christ. The Midterms We also pray that You confound the experts in the coming midterms; do not allow this war and the temporarily high gas prices to generate victory for the godless left. Rise up and scatter Your enemies. Awaken Americans to the bigger picture; remind them that the long term consequences of these elections far outweigh any temporary inconvenience. Give us supernatural help to keep Congress in the hands of those who honor You and are transforming America for the better. We ask all of these things in Jesus’ name. Amen. Our decree: We declare that the breath spoken of in Acts 3:19 is being released in America, and will not be stopped. **************************** Click on the link below to watch the video. ------------------------------------------- 9/11/2001 statistics: https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/911-investigation

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-9-2026 September 9, 2026 He Gives Strength to the Weary While listening to a high-ranking, conservative, national government leader speak for a few minutes on Monday night, I could sense the weariness he and those alongside him were experiencing. He was not complaining, mind you; he was just reporting on things in our nation and government. As I listened, Holy Spirit brought to my memory a phrase in Judges 8, verse 4: “...weary, yet pursuing” (NASB). Before we expound on this, let’s look at the context of this verse. It is the story of Gideon and his leadership in delivering Israel from the oppression of the Midianites. Because of Israel’s rebellion against Yahweh and their worship of Baal, they had been oppressed by Midian for seven years (Judges 6:1-7). The seven-year period of time is significant. In Scripture, the number 7 is uniquely related to covenant. Why? Because this number symbolizes completeness or fullness, and when entering into covenant, both parties are swearing full or complete allegiance to the covenant. In fact, the Hebrew words “oath,” “swear,” and “seven” all come from the same Hebrew word (shaba), because the oath being sworn to is completely binding. Because of this symbolism, the oath was often repeated 7 times and referred to as “sevening oneself.”(1) This connection between covenant and the number seven is why God often used the number when releasing judgments against Israel for breaking covenant with Him and aligning themselves with false gods: seven years here in Judges 6, seventy years in Jeremiah 25, for example. In doing so, He was demonstrating the reason for the judgment: “You broke covenant with Me and sevened yourself to other gods.” The number seven also appears in Scripture at times when Israel repented and God could re-covenant the nation to Himself. Such was the case later in this passage, as we will see in a moment. Gideon’s Calling In chapter 6, God commissioned Gideon to lead the effort to end the seven years of judgment and oppression coming from Midian. But before doing so, God gave Gideon an important and significant assignment: “And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him.” (Judges 6:25-27 KJV) The village shrine to Baal was in his father’s backyard! God told Gideon that the breakup with Baal would have to begin by tearing down this altar. And notice the specific instructions the Lord gave him. “Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of SEVEN years old…and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.” A seven-year-old bull! God was clearly saying to Gideon, “Break the covenant with Baal and re-establish covenant with Me!” Gideon did so, then with an army of only 300 men, soundly defeated the large Midianite army. And as he and his men were driving this enemy from their land, Judges 8:4 tells us the Israelites were “weary, yet pursuing” - the phrase Holy Spirit gave me Monday night. America Today This is an amazing picture of what is happening in America today. We are being delivered from our agreement, our covenant with Baal, and restored to covenant with the Lord. Christ’s followers have - and continue to - tear down the spiritual altars of Baal in our land, and rededicate our nation to Him. And although we are winning, many on the front lines of this battle are indeed weary - understandably so. The battle for the soul of America is very intense. Some are being required to lay their lives down for this cause, giving of their time, energy, and strength. This is true of government leaders, as well as many intercessors who faithfully war in the spirit to turn our nation back to God. They all need supernatural empowerment. And God wants to do this! As I listened to this government leader on Monday night, sensing his weariness, Holy Spirit reminded me of Daniel 10:18-19, when an angel was sent to impart strength to Daniel. In Luke 22:43, the same thing occurred with Jesus in Gethsemane; an angel came and ministered strength to Him. I’m confident I heard the Lord say, “Ask Me to do this for leaders and intercessors today.” Then He gave me Isaiah 41:10-13 (KJV): “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.” He will do this today! He also took me to the previous chapter, Isaiah 40:28-31 (KJV): “Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of His understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Pray with me: Lord, we are told we can do all things through You, who strengthens us (Philippians 4:13). The Psalmist said that when we trust in You, You help us (Psalm 28:7). As we pursue restoration for America, our bodies sometimes grow weary. But we place our full trust in You and accept Your supernatural impartation of strength. We ask for strengthening angels to be sent to those of whom so much is required. We ask this for President Trump, Speaker Johnson, Secretaries Rubio, Hegseth, and others. You know who needs this, Lord. And now we decree the two passages from Isaiah You gave me regarding this. (Isaiah 41:10-13 and 40:28-31) “‘Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them; those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent. For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’” (Isaiah 41:10-13 NASB) “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly. Yet, those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary.” (Isaiah 40:28-31 NASB) ********************************* Click on the link below to watch the video. ------------------------------------------- 1. Spiros Zodhiates, Hebrew-Greek Key Study Bible - New American Standard, rev. ed. (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1990), p. 2063, note 7650.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-8-2026 September 8, 2026 A New Book! According to a study reported in the May 2010 issue of Atherosclerosis, participants who were persistently depressed had a twofold increased risk of narrowing of the arteries. The study took place over a period of ten years, with participants being assessed for depression symptoms at least three different times during that ten-year period.(1) This is the same magnitude of increased risk that one sees in comparing a pack-a-day smoker to a nonsmoker.(2) Incredible. Hopelessness, if not checked, destroys lives. A recent study in the British Medical Journal confirms this, reporting that people with serious depression were two-thirds more likely to die prematurely; even those with mild depression had a 16 percent higher risk of dying compared to individuals who were distress-free.(3) We can die from sorrow! God told us this long ago. Proverbs 13:12 says, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Most of us think only of our emotional or spiritual heart when we read this, but science is now proving that the verse is true of physical hearts as well. Hope deferred creates a diseased heart, both emotionally and physically; and with a diseased heart, no one can run life’s race effectively. “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,” we are exhorted in Hebrews 12:1. Lack of endurance, however, is one of the first results of heart issues. We may run, but we won’t run far. The loss of hope is crippling, making us little more than spectators in life. “Run in such a way that you may win,” the Lord urges us through Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 9:24. You’ll never do that with a diseased heart. When hope deferred sets in, we’re not only unable to win; sometimes, we can’t even finish the race. There’s no doubt about it: hope-deferred “heart disease” is a killer. Consider the following shocking statistics: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young adults between the ages of twenty and twenty-four, with approximately sixty-six hundred lives lost each year.(4) Approximately 20 percent of high school students seriously consider suicide each year, 16 percent have a suicide plan, and 9.5 percent attempt suicide.(5) Twenty-five percent (61.5 million) of Americans suffer from mental disorders or substance abuse problems each year.(6) Thoreau’s famous quote, “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation,”(7) has never been more apropos. But the Lord doesn’t want the pain, frustration, or disillusionment of hope deferred to affect hearts in such a way. He wants all of us to run the race of life enthusiastically, effectively, and with pleasure, enjoying the journey. That’s why I wrote the book, The Power of Hope: Let God Heal Your Heart, Restore Your Faith, and Unlock Your Dreaming Nature. My heart breaks for those today who feel trapped in an endless maze of despair. Whether it be from the death of a loved one, a failed marriage, a business that went under, rejection, betrayal, or even the death of a dream, the grip of hopelessness destroys many lives. I actually wrote the book several years ago, but sensed Holy Spirit stirring me to revisit it as I watched our Millennial and Gen Z generations become so disillusioned with life. I knew He was telling me that, with His help, I could make the book better: a little shorter - hurting people don’t want a long book; more powerful stories of healing from discouragement and depression - hurting people need a spark of hope; very clear and easy-to-understand steps to full recovery. I analyzed every word, every sentence on every page, and made this one of the best - if not the best - books I have ever written. My prayer is that it helps millions of hurting people. And I know it can. Frankly, everyone could benefit from this small book. Everyone. In it, I refer to hope-deferred as “the common cold of the soul.” No one can go through life without experiencing this emotional virus. But it does not have to damage our hearts. God placed within them the ability to heal. Several years ago, my brother Tim was allowed to witness an open-heart surgery, standing right at the patient’s head! During the procedure, they stopped the patient’s heart. When it came time to restart it, the medical staff tried repeatedly but couldn’t get the heart to beat again. Finally, as a last resort and although the patient was obviously unconscious, the surgeon leaned over and spoke into the patient’s ear, “We need your help. We cannot get your heart restarted. Tell your heart to start beating.” Boom! Incredibly, in that instant, the patient’s heart began to beat again!(8) Every spiritual and emotional heart can also beat again. It just needs a little help. This book can provide that. Get one for yourself; buy one for a family member or friend. You know someone who needs it. Right now, during our new book launch, you can buy two, and we’ll give you a third. Perhaps some will purchase several and sow them into other lives. I want this book to help restart many hearts. You can get the new book through our online store at dutchsheets.org. If you prefer reading it on your device, you can download it on Kindle or Apple Books, or listen to it on Audible. Pray with me: Father, we thank You for Your willingness and ability to heal people from hope deferred. Many are in seasons of disappointment; some have abandoned hope and lost faith in You, allowing circumstances to determine how they see and relate to You. We ask You to break off their disillusionment, hopelessness, confusion, and fear. Heal their hearts, adjust their perspectives, and bring them into a strong relationship with You. You are good, faithful, and have a plan to bring them into a hope-filled future (Jeremiah 29:11). I ask You to breathe favor on this book. Please get it into the hands of those who need it, and use it as part of their healing process. Use it to heal individual lives, marriages, dreamless hearts, and depressed minds. Help them once again find the anchor of hope (Hebrews 6:19). And pour out Your Spirit in America and other nations, once again. Hope is in You, the God of hope (Romans 15:13). To connect with You is to connect with hope. We pray that this outpouring comes powerfully and quickly. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Today’s decree: We declare that hope is being restored in our land. **************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Hamer, Mika Kivimaki, Avijit Lahiri, Michael G. Marmot, and Andrew Steptoe, “Persistent Cognitive Depressive Symptoms Associated With Coronary Calcification.” Atherosclerosis 210, no. 1 (May 2010); 209-213, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877780/ (accessed October 1, 2023). New York Times, “Despair and Risk of Artery Disease,” September 3, 1997, http://wwwnytimes.com/1997/09/03/us/despair-and-risk-of-artery-disease.html (accessed October 1, 2013). Tom C. Russ, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Mark Hamer, John M. Starr, Mika Kivimaki, and G. David Batty, “Association Between Psychological Distress and Mortality: Individual Participant Pooled Analysis of 10 Prospective Cohort Studies,” British Medical Journal 345 (July 31, 2012): e4933, http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4933 (accessed October 1, 2023). “Facts About Suicide.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025, www.ccgov/suicide/facts/index.html. Accessed 2 March, 2026. “Mental Health and Suicide Risk Among High School Students.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October 2024, www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7304a9.htm. Accessed 2 March 2026. “Mental Health and Suicide Risk Among High School Students.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October 2024, www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/su/su7304a9.htm. Accessed 2 March 2026. https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10264.Henry_David_Thoreau Dutch Sheets, The Power of Hope, (Leesville, SC: Dutch Sheets Ministries, Inc., 2026), p. 47.

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-7-2026 September 7, 2026 Today is Labor Day, and we are giving our wonderful staff the day off. Therefore, we are replaying a great post sharing a summary of what President Trump has accomplished through March of this year. We think you’ll enjoy it. Be safe and have a wonderful holiday! Remarkable Progress President Trump is on his way to being one of the most consequential presidents in U.S. history. He and his team are changing the landscape of America and the world for the better. I often find myself reminding people in the Christian world that President Trump’s policies, not his language and personality, are what make him the President we need. I don’t want that statement to be interpreted as criticism of the President’s character or personality, just a factual reminder. Frankly, I mostly ignore the personalities of government officials and focus on their actions. (I have seen some pretty lousy government officials over the years with appealing personalities.) Based on the current war with Iran, I have heard a few Trump supporters question his honesty, reminding people that he campaigned on not getting America into more unwise and unnecessary wars. “Has he changed in this regard?” they ask. I don’t believe he has. My GH15 posts this week make my position clear: I support the President and Israel regarding what is being done in Iran. Today, I’m going to share some accomplishments by Trump and his team to demonstrate that he is keeping his promises and striving to make America (and the world) better and safer. Here are a few of the Trump Administration’s accomplishments in their first year, most of them taken from “365 Wins in 365 Days.”(1) And some of them are observations I have made. Spiritually and Morally America is turning around spiritually. President Trump is very God-honoring. He allows and promotes regular prayer and worship in the White House and begins cabinet meetings with prayer. He established the White House Faith Office to protect Americans’ religious liberty. On May 17, 2026, he plans to hold an event at the Lincoln Memorial to re-dedicate America as “One Nation Under God.” President Trump has removed woke policies and teachings from our schools and universities, and made the fact that there are only two sexes the official policy of the U.S. government. He officially began the process of closing the Department of Education and returning education to the states. He is pro-life, and pardoned pro-life Americans wrongly targeted by the Biden administration. (In his first term, he gave us the justices that overturned Roe v Wade.) He has ended federal funding for chemical and surgical gender procedures for minors through executive action and regulatory enforcement, working to end these harmful procedures for minors at health systems across the country. He ordered U.S. strikes against ISIS leadership in Nigeria in order to protect Christian communities. Safety and Protection America is safer. President Trump has closed our borders to illegals and is deporting millions of those who entered our nation illegally. He has all but stopped the flow of illegal drugs from coming across, including the abominable fentanyl. He dismantled Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other transnational gang-related criminal networks, and has designated more than 10 major Latin American cartels as terrorist organizations. He and his team have delivered the largest one-year decline in homicides in U.S. history, while overseeing a 25% decrease in the number of on-duty law enforcement officer deaths. He has captured a record number of criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list within one year – outpacing the number captured under Biden in four years. He barred COVID-19 vaccine mandates for our children in schools that receive federal funding, and is cleaning up America’s poisonous foods. Economically America is more prosperous. President Trump has brought $18-$20 trillion in new investments to America and reestablished fair trade for Americans worldwide. He is exposing and ending fraud to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars. Some estimates are as high as half a trillion a year. He has tamed inflation to 2.4%, down from its highest in a generation during Biden’s presidency. He has begun allowing oil drilling and coal mining, and has ended Biden’s foolish bans on fossil fuels. He has ended the waste of billions of dollars on unwise Green Energy subsidies. The American economy is roaring back and will continue to do so despite the unavoidable hiccups caused by the war in Iran. Militarily America is stronger. Trump and his administration have restored and exceeded necessary military recruitment and strengthened our military. They have removed DEI policies from the military and barred transgender individuals from enlisting in our armed forces. They’ve fired disloyal, woke, and unpatriotic military officials. Trump supports our troops…and our veterans. He has revoked more than 100 security clearances of deep state actors responsible for weaponizing and politicizing intelligence, including: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Alvin Bragg, Jake Sullivan, Hillarious Clinton, Leticia James, Liz Cheney, John Bolton, Adam Kinzinger, Anthony Blinken, James Clapper, and Fiona Hill. Internationally America is stronger on the world front. Trump has ended 8 wars around the world and secured an agreement from NATO member nations to raise their defense spending from 2% to 5% of their GDP. (Most of them weren’t even spending the required 2%, but were simply allowing the U.S. to foot the bill.) He has built friendships with most Middle Eastern nations, creating alliances that most believed were completely impossible. He has essentially taken back the Panama Canal, which had more or less fallen into the hands of China. He ended the evil regime in Venezuela, taking the unelected dictator from his bed… and the oil from Russia and China. He blew up Iran’s bunkers that contained most of its nuclear capabilities. He has greatly crippled China and Russia’s strengths and economies, and made America the world’s respected leader again. This president, who took a bullet for all of us and stood to his feet, shouting “fight, fight, fight“; who has endured 10 years of evil lies and false accusations against him; who has experienced 2 ridiculous and unfounded impeachments; who has personally spent hundreds of millions of dollars fighting unjust lawfair; and who works for free, taking no salary, can be trusted. He says what he means and means what he says. He is working tirelessly and bringing America back at an unbelievable pace. Please pray for this President and his team. Pray with me: Thank You, Father, for the turnaround that has begun in America. You have given us a president who is unencumbered by political ambitions and isn’t indebted to a political party. He is bold, decisive, fearless, and honors You. You have given him a capable team, and they are making a remarkable impact around the globe. It is obvious that You are helping them. We ask for this to continue. We ask You to give him and his team wise strategies and noble plans. Keep them focused, strong, humble, and lion-hearted. When they pray and worship together, flood the room with Your presence. Teach them Your ways, and give them a love for Your Word. We ask for success for our and Israel’s militaries in Iran. Overthrow the evil powers in that nation that steal, kill, and destroy. We ask for protection over innocents, and over our soldiers. And most of all, we pray that millions of people in the Middle East come to You. Break the hold of radical Islam in that region and bring the revelation of Yeshua and His salvation. We pray all of this in Yeshua’s name, amen. Our decree: We decree that He who has begun a good work in America and around the world, will finish it! ***************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. ---------------------------------------------- https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/01/365-wins-in-365-days-president-trumps-return-marks-new-era-of-success-prosperity/

https://www.givehim15.com/post/september-4-2026 September 4, 2026 Should Christians Vote? When standing before Pilate, Jesus made the following statement: “My Kingdom is not of this world: if My Kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is My Kingdom not from hence,” (John 18:36). Many people misunderstand Christ’s words. If you interpret His statement as meaning His Kingdom: doesn’t originate here on earth, isn’t governed by or doesn’t operate based on earthly laws and principles, isn’t physically visible, doesn’t have an earthly king, doesn’t force its rule on people with armies and physical might…then you are correct. If, on the other hand, you believe Christ’s: Kingdom doesn’t exist here on earth, yet, kingly authority isn’t to be recognized here on earth, as yet, authority isn’t to be exercised by his church on earth, as yet, the church should stay out of politics or government, Kingdom refers only to a 1000 period when He returns to earth and rules here…you are mistaken. Very simply stated, a kingdom is the realm over which a king rules. God’s Kingdom is everywhere - every place in the heavens, the earth, and even under the earth. There is nothing anywhere that doesn’t belong to Him; He even possesses the keys to death and hell. While here on earth, Christ spoke of His Kingdom more than any other subject. More than heaven, hell, the church - any other subject. In doing so, He certainly wasn’t teaching us how operations on earth would be conducted several thousand years from then. How utterly ridiculous. Rather, Christ was re-introducing the guiding principles of how His Kingdom operates. Given that He spoke of this more than any other subject, it makes one wonder why we hear so little in churches today about the Kingdom of God. In our opening verse, if Christ had been stating that the authority and principles of His Kingdom were not to operate here on earth at this time, Scriptures like Matthew 3:1-2 would make no sense: “In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Then Jesus began preaching about His Kingdom. “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel (“good news”) of the Kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people” (Matthew 4:23). The message of Christ’s Kingdom rule on earth is, indeed, good news. Some would have us believe that the only means by which Christians should endeavor to release God’s life-giving Kingdom principles into society is through preaching, serving, and living godly lives, all of which are certainly essential. They don’t believe we should endeavor to do so through government. This makes no sense. Every law should be based on truth and morality, the basis of which is found in Scripture and emanates from God’s Kingdom. This was the belief of our Founders and the belief held by every generation of Americans until the last few decades; if you don’t believe me, just read our currency. Proverbs 29:2 tells us: “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Sadly, the stay-out-of-politics group adds: “But don’t involve yourself in any political process that could influence this; just hope for the best.” Some even add, “And whatever you do, don’t talk about the process when gathered as God’s people. His Kingdom is not of this world” God, however, wants His people to speak and promote truth, regardless of the context, including government. And if they have rights - as we do in America - that allow them to influence who is in government, those who make decisions that control nearly every aspect of life, He certainly wants them to do so. Teaching and implementing God’s Kingdom principles on earth is how we sprinkle the preserving and flavoring salt Christ spoke of (Matthew 5:13). The alternative, as Proverbs 29:2 above tells us, is ungodly rule, which produces mourning. Interestingly, the Hebrew word for mourn in this verse also means “to groan from pain or grief; to gasp.”(1) I sometimes gasp nowadays when I watch the news. Seeing innocent people stabbed to death on our streets causes me to gasp. Hearing politicians say that drag queens dancing for and grooming kindergarteners is okay makes me gasp. Hearing of trafficked children makes me gasp and mourn; knowing that many of our leaders in government don’t care enough to rescue them or stop it makes me angry and causes me to grieve. Seeing them clap for joy over killing full-term babies makes me gasp…and mourn. And knowing that an awakened and involved church could change all of this if we all simply voted, and did so according to biblical values, makes me weep. The midterms are coming soon. Please vote. Give. Speak up. Sprinkle some salt. Our Prayer and Decree: Father, again today we ask You to involve Yourself in America’s upcoming midterm elections. We realize You aren’t political, but You are very governmental. It matters greatly to You who holds positions of power. We have allowed wicked people to rule our nation, and consequently, mourn the loss of our children to abortion, human trafficking, and drug-related deaths. We also mourn the extensive covenant-breaking, immorality, violence, and wickedness in our land. But we believe the powerful leaven of Your Kingdom is spreading in our nation and throughout the world. Your Kingdom rule is good news. It brings freedom, fulfillment, and wholeness. Awaken the church to be Your voice in every arena of life. You have taught us to partner with You, and that You work through us. Therefore, we ask You to move upon the hearts of Christians in America to vote, and to vote for those who represent biblical values. Motivate leaders to be a voice of truth to those whom they influence. We ask You to give wise, fruit-bearing strategies to those promoting righteous candidates. Give the candidates themselves wisdom and understanding. Cause candidates who promote evil to be exposed, make mistakes, and find disfavor with voters. Give us a breakthrough, we pray, in Jesus’ name. And we pray again regarding Iran. We declare Your words that Jesus has been given all the nations as His inheritance (Psalm 2); the earth is His and the fullness thereof (Psalm 24); the government of Your Kingdom is on His shoulders (Isaiah 9:6), and all authority in heaven and on earth belongs to Him (Matthew 28:18). He defeated principalities and powers at the Cross (Colossians 2:15) and gave us authority to exercise that victory through His name (Matthew 16:18-19). We do so now, binding the spiritual powers of that region in Jesus’ name, and declaring that they have no right to further rule and control it. Please give our leaders wisdom as they finish dismantling the ability of the Iranian regime to terrorize, and perhaps even decimate people with nuclear weapons. Free the people of Iran, send a powerful outpouring of Holy Spirit, and make that region a beachhead for the gospel into all of the Middle East. Let this begin the billion-soul harvest. This, too, we pray in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen. ****************************** Click on the link below to watch the full video. ------------------------------------------------ James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 584.