Leveling Up, 1/9/26

 A few important points to make this morning:

1.  The Lord has bigger plans than an American awakening, its for the whole world.  We who live in America need to pray for our country, its awakening as should people from other countries pray for theirs.  We also pray over the entire world.

2.  One of the daily prayer targets is the prayer to bind, restrain, rebuke the satanic blindness that is over the people of the world.  We speak sight to the blind, so they can see how ugly, hypocritical, distasteful and wicked the evil is, turn and be saved.  This works hand in hand with number 1 above.

3.  We must die to ourselves every day and live in, with and through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Luke 9:23 (also in Matthew 16:24 and Mark 8:34): "Then he said to them all: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.'"

Galatians 2:20 (NIV): "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

Why?  Leveling up in 2026 requires us to live in love which includes loving our enemies, people who irritate, agitate and provoke us etc.  "The flesh" cannot love such people, its impossible.  Which means the flesh must be put to death with the cross:

Galatians 5:24 (NIV): "Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."

We love our enemies, those who irritate and annoy, as well as everyone else, in, with and through our Lord Jesus Christ.  He never told us we had to do everything by ourselves.  In fact, we cannot do anything as we are supposed to without Him:

John 15:5 (NIV): "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

The highest level for each of us, the best versions of ourselves exist in this space: faith, hope and love:

1 Cor 13

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

We are in the process of aligning ourselves with our Lord Jesus Christ:

1 John 4

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

This is the end game ^^^.  This ^^^ is why the wicked completely utterly strike out.  This ^^^ is why doing "good" deeds is not enough.  It all has to be done in love or it is utterly worthless:  the ultimate test (1 Cor 13). 

We are going to change the world while we are here by walking like Jesus did.  He walked in love first, then in signs wonders and miracles.  We are to walk in all of these things:

John 14:12

Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

We are praying these ^^^ things into existence.  We are believing these things into existence:

Heb 11:1

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

We believe we have already received everything we are asking for in prayer.  How can we do that?  Our faith is the substance and the evidence of it.  Its not some wish list or theoretical construct.  Our faith is the thing, is the substance, is the evidence of existence.  Everything in existence was created twice.  First in the unseen world, then in the physical world.  Every product on every sheld in every store around the world was created in the unseen world of the mind/heart/spirit first.  Then it came into the physical world.

This year of 2026 we are bringing our A game to the fight.  We are praying peace over the enemy riots in Minnesota.  We bind, rebuke, restrain the enemy's plans to create unrest in our streets in Jesus Name we bind every plot, plan, agenda and narrative of the enemy.  We stand in agreement with the Lord our God and each other on all these things.

One last point today.  We are standing in the gap for our nation:

EZ 22:30

I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.

We stand in the gap for our land that it will not be destroyed.  We speak peace, prosperity, righteousness, godliness and holiness over our nation in Jesus Name.

The enemy wants to provide despair, slavery and death.  The Lord our God wants to provide a hope and a future for us.

Jer 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

The enemy is repeating their Trump 1.0 playbook hoping it will work during Trump 2.0.  This time the Church will not be sleeping.  We are bringing our A game to the fight this time, resisting, binding, rebuking every plot plan agenda and narrative of the enemy.  We loose the angels who serve the Lord our God to wage war upon those who wage war upon us.  We have been given the keys to the Kingdom so we can use them, not watch them collect dust by our front door....

Matthew 16:19 (NIV): "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

Our A game means we are using every tactic, technique, tool, talent and ability to the fight.  Our primary war is against complacency, then the enemy.  The fight is over the souls of mankind.  In all of these things, seek the Lord's Counsel.  We do all of these things with Him by design.  We are in basic training now for an eternity walking with our King.  How glorious :).

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Praying Over the Targets 1/8/26

 Some prayers have been added to the target list:

1.  The enemy plans to repeat the playbook from Trump 1.0 of creating unrest in the streets, this time over the deportation of violent illegal invaders.  We are praying restraint, suppression and dissolution of all their plans, power and resources.

2.  The Lord has bigger plans than just a great awakening for America.  China is getting the wake up as well.

Acts 2:17

“’In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

One thing that most if not all of us agree on is we are in the last days.  Also notice this ^^^ is not limited to a one time event.  So, it does not limit itself to just the last of the last days etc.  We are standing in agreement with the Lord God, with His Word, and with each other as we pray in this great awakening.  

Some highlights from Coach Saban's "process" to help us out on our journey as well:

Wage a tenacious battle against complacency (this is THE answer to sustained winning)

Complacency is the silent killer — fight it every single day

You get better or you get worse every day — there is no staying the same

If we had to list one word that submarined the Trump 1.0 presidency it was the complacency of the Church.  This must not happen again.  With all his faults, all his problems, Trump is the man for God's plan in this season.  If the Lord wanted to flush the United States and the rest of the world down the sewer drain right now He could have allowed the demonic hyena with her most corrupt governor in America (Waltz) to win and by now it would have been close to game over for America and the world.  That did not happen.  In fact, our Lord saved Mr. Trump from the ass@ssins bullet to do all the things he is doing now.

Trump does not have to be perfect to do his job.  Cyrus the great was not perfect when he saved Israel from Babylon which resulted in the building of the second temple in Jerusalem.  Mission accomplished in both cases without perfect people.  We, the Church are on this earth as part of the restraint on evil that prevents the spirit of anti-Christ from incarnating to its chosen vessel.  We are salt and light in this world restraining the rot, decay, death and evil that the enemy would pour out on all humanity given a sliver of a chance to do so.

We are upping our game in 2026.  We are being called upward in every sense imaginable with the goal of literally, physically being called up into the clouds with our Lord Jesus Christ at some point.  The witches, warlocks, demons, fallen angels, powers, principalities etc do not get to have their way with the world until the Church is gone...Which means we are in a state of active restraint, binding and loosing etc until we leave.  All of this should make it clear why complacency is the silent killer.  We, the Church must be praying out, speaking to everything that is taking place in the world.  You can be sure the witches and warlocks are "doing their duty" for their master.  We must do our job as well on the other side of that equation.  

Nothing is a foregone conclusion for the enemy while there is prayer, faith and belief involved on our side.  "They" want riots in the streets again, with our cities burning down again just like during Trump 1.0.  How about this time we say NO.  We actively resist every plan, plot, narrative and agenda of the enemy through prayer, faith, belief and whatever other actions the Spirit of the Lord may direct us to.  

We have no idea how much time we have left on this earth but we know that if we are here now, we have a job to do.  We have been given our mission, and a vision of prophetic pathways forward.  We play an active role in which pathway this world takes.  The Lord God, as an act of His Will chose to make us part of the program.  We get to influence, we get to decide what happens:

2 Chron 7:14

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

This ^^^ is an "if/then" logical statement above.  If we do our part, the Lord God will do His.  We need to be putting prayers on target on a daily basis.  We must be relentless, with persistent suppression on the enemy in every way possible.  For those who think the enemy will just "leave them alone" if they bury their head in the sand-think again.  The enemy is out to kill, steal, enslave and destroy all of God's creation starting and especially anyone who even remotely is associated with Christianity.  Then "they" are coming for everyone else.  So, you might as well fight and resist now while it is possible to turn the tables on the enemy during this age of Grace.  

Strap on that armor that our Lord told us to put on in Eph 6 and get to work.  Stand in agreement with the Lord God over all He promised and every prayer the Spirit of the Lord has confirmed with your spirit.  Stand in the gap for this nation which will work its way out to the rest of the world.  Its already happening.  The stranglehold of demonic satanic communism leftism is taking mighty blows on a daily basis now.  We have them on the ropes, its time to finish the job.  We have alot more work in addition to ridding the world of leftist ideologies.  Lets get to work.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

The Peace of Venezuela

 Now that the communist tyrant has been removed, we pray for the peace and prosperity of Venezuela.  Under the satanic communist maduro regime 80%+ of the population lived in poverty.  Thats what the enemy wants for people, poverty, slavery, depression and despair.  Our Lord has plans for us to provide a hope and a future.  We pray that hope and future over Venezuela today.  We pray that the light and life of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ sweep that nation from east to west and north to south.

We pray that the other communist nations of the world, their governments will fall-opening the door to peace and prosperity alongside the good news of the gospel.  Our Lord's Will be done on this earth, just as it is in Heaven:

Matt 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Remember to pray out loud today.  Speak the change we want to see into this world today.  Give thanks out loud for the things we are asking for as though they are all already ours.  We are raising/improving our game this year.  There is alot that needs to be done and we are doing our part by laying the spiritual foundation for change.  We are praying in the great spiritual awakening of 2026 as well as repentance and revival in the Church.  We are praying and believing the Lord will pour out His Spirit across America from one shore to the other, and from north to south.  Our Lord has given us a vision and mission, a hope and a future.  He wants us, He insists on us playing a part in it all.  We are declaring war on apathy and complacency in 2026.

This year we bring our "A game" to the fight.  We are not doing it alone.  We stand in agreement with the Lord God our King and with each other.  We stand in agreement with each other and we stand in the gap for this nation.  Our Lord has not finished His work here yet which is why the Church remains on the earth today (His Body).  We do not know (nobody does) when the Lord will return unexpectedly but we are preparing (not predicting) for His return by doing what it is He sent us to do.

When He returns it will be a surprise because He intends for it to be a surprise:

Luke 12:40

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

our job is to be watching and ready so when He does show up we can leave with Him like the wise virgins of Matt 25 who brought extra oil for their lamps in preparation (not prediction) to wait.  While we remain on the earth we have work to do.  This is a note of encouragement to do your job, up your game, and fight the good fight of faith today.  Let us bring a higher level of faith, hope and love to this world than it has seen before.

We can do this.  We will do this. 💕

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

China, Iran, Venezuela

 China, Iran, Venezuela-all three started 2026 with some big problems.  Both Iran and Venezuela have been Chinese proxies to wage war against us.  China has seen major protests to start the new year as has Iran and Venezuela just had there dictator removed.  Major problems for communism is good news for the good news (the gospel).  The communist countries need to be cracked open which means communism removed.  Why?

Matt 24:14

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

North Korea for example has less than 1% gospel penetration because it is a hard core left wing communist dictatorship.  1% is not going to work which means the communist dictatorship has to go.  

Why are we talking about this today?  Communism getting sidelined and eliminated is a major prayer target.  We have been praying for this and continue to pray for this as long as the Spirit of the Lord leads in that direction.  We mention this to encourage the Church to pray.  Our prayers make stuff happen.  Standing in agreement makes stuff happen.

We are proceeding into 2026 in faith, hope and love.  We are believing for the great awakening of 2026 which is a spiritual revolution that will precede the reclamation of our freedom from the globalist satanist tyrants.  At the same time we are praying, believing and working toward repentance and revival within the Church.  There is alot going on at the same time here and not alot of time to get it done.  So, today matters.  Getting down on your knees today before the King of Kings-matters.

Let's begin or continue a habit of speaking out loud what we are asking for, and give thanks over it out loud with our mouths as if we have already received what we ask for in prayer per Mark 11:24.  Our prayers, spoken into this world have the power of life and death:

Prov 18:21The tongue has the power of life and death,

and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Ps 34

1I will bless the Lord at all times
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

There is power in the spoken word which means we have to be careful what comes out of our mouths (see prov 18 again).  This idea of speaking out blessing, praise, prayer and thanks is one more avenue of us upping our game in 2026.  The big challenges facing this world require the best versions of ourselves , centered in His Will.  We are leaving no stone unturned, working on 1% incremental improvement daily.  We are at war with complacency.  This is the path or roadway to the hope and future planned for us by our Lord and King.  

This year we reformat our minds with faith, hope and love.  We redirect our minds back to this kind of thinking any time our minds drift off someplace else:

Phil 4

4Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5Let your reasonableness^d be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9What you have learned^e and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

1 Th 5

16Rejoice always, 17pray continually, 18give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

This ^^^ can be somewhat easy when things are going well but its not so easy when we are facing trials and tribulations of all kinds.  And those challenges are inevitable as we were promised in this world we will face troubles.  So how do we do this as a matter of practice?  We embrace a process that redirects our thoughts after trial/tribulation triggers back to Phil 4 and 1 Th 5.  Its okay to acknowledge the problems we face exist, however we are response-able (responsibility) or able to choose our response to what we face in life.  As a matter of process we choose to respond with faith, hope, love and rejoicing.  Its a simple concept but not always easy to implement.  This is part of raising our game, leveling ourselves up into the highest/best versions of ourselves.

Our prayers have consquences, so do our words.  We are like our Lord in this world which means our words have power similar to His.  We have been called to finish strong.  Nobody has any idea exactly how much time we have left on this earth but if we suspect the Lord could be arriving soon for His unexpected visit, we want to be found at the top of our game-doing those things that please Him.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Prayers Answered in 2026

 Overnight, the premier communist country in our hemisphere had its president captured.  Venezuela has been a communist, oppressive regime.  Communism is anti-Christian and anti-human.  Now that the communist president has been removed we pray for a free, open Venezuela where the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ can travel freely.  We pray daily for the end of communist oppression across the world.

We pray for the great spiritual awakening across America in 2026 with repentance and revival in the Church.  We pray that the Spirit of the Lord is poured out across this nation from east to west and north to south.  We bind, rebuke and restrain the satanic blindness that is over the people so they can see with their eyes and understand with their hearts how wicked, terrible, hypocritical and ugly the evil is-turn and be saved.  The spiritual foundation for more time on earth must be laid first.  No house can be laid on a rotten foundation.

There was a spiritual awakening before the first American revolution and there must be a spiritual awakening before the second one.  America must once again shed the shackles of the globalist satanic tyrants who wish to enslave humanity under a one world demonic system.  The spiritual revolution must come first.

In order for us to do what needs to be done in prayer and otherwise, we must up our game.  We must level up into the best versions of ourselves possible this year-centered in His Will.  We must do what we were created to do.  We must put faith, hope and love on as a heads up display.  We must take up our cross, die to this world but live in and through our Lord Jesus Christ.  We offer ourselves body, soul, spirit, present, future and past to our Lord as living sacrifices.  We yield our will to His Will then we step aside to allow Him to shine through us into this world.

A dying world is looking for hope.  Hope can and will be found in Jesus Christ, through Whom this world was made and saved.  In addition to faith, hope and love we need to reformat our minds to redirect to this kind of thinking throughout the day-every day:

Phil 4:8

4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

In a world where the media pours toxic sludge onto the minds, hearts and spirits of the masses 24/7, we must counter with the above faith, hope, love and Phil 4:8.  "They" want us demoralized and depressed.  The Lord on the other hand wants to provide us with a hope and a future.  That starts from the inside out with each individual.  We are praying as if we have already received it-that the leftist democrat tyrants will lose seats in both the house and senate in the midterms 2026.

We believe we have already received what we have asked for in prayer per Mark 11:24. We give thanks for what we have received, and we protect it with our faith.

2026 has started out with a bang, literally and necessarily as there is much to be done and little time to do it all.  November 2026 and the mid terms will be here in the blink of an eye which means we must press daily on those things we are believing for.  We must continue to exert pressure on the enemy 24/7, 365 from every direction possible.  The alternative is slavery, oppression and death.  That's what the enemy is offering humanity.  So how about-NO.

Romans 12:2

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Upping our game in 2026 will require some renewing and transformation in our minds in closer harmony with the Word of God which is the Will of God.  We all need to get down on our knees today and get right, stay right with our Lord and King.  We must align ourselves with Him and each other in agreement of Will and Purpose.  We agree with Him first, then with each other by extension down the same path.  We are putting all the tools together now as we walk into the future.  We stand in agreement, we put to use the keys of the Kingdom we have been given by binding and loosing:

Matt 16:19

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

This year we also up our game by praying for our enemies daily.  Some high level defections from the enemy camp are anticipated and welcomed.  We are bringing our A game to 2026, that is what we have been prepared for.  We are to finish strong, and finishing starts today.  While all of this is going on, we remember to be watchful in prayer for the unexpected return of the Lord.  The stage is set, the Lord could come back at any time now.  He said it would be unexpected so it will be unexpected.  

For now, though we remain on the earth with a Biblical mandate to restrain the rot, decay and darkness.  Thats what salt and light do.  Our goal is to be found doing our job in a watchful state of readiness when our Lord returns for us.  And we are not just doing our job; we are doing it at the highest level possible for the great God we serve and the Kingdom that is our inheritance in Him.  

Matt 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

This right here ^^^ is our call to elevate our game, to level up into the highest/best versions of ourselves.  It requires us to be getting better every single day.  The high level challenges in the world require the high level versions of ourselves-our best.  Thats the goal, thats the path forward, that is the mission and vision set before us.  He has a hope and a future planned for us but we do not get there with our feet kicked up on the table in apathy and complacency.  We must declare war on complacency daily.

Thats enough for today.  Be encouraged, the Lord is working.  We must be relentless.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

New Year 2025/2026

 This writer is glad to see 2025 in the books, now we lean into 2026.  The Lord has given us a mission and vision for this year.  We are to continue to pray over all of the prayer targets.  We are to continue to watch for the unexpected arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ.  And the new arrivals to the game are praying in a great spiritual awakening from east to west, north to south across America then the world.  We add to that repentance and revival in the Church.  Last is how we do all this, and it is in faith, hope and love.

How do we finish strong?  In faith, hope and love.  That's how we do business as Christians.  It is our calling card and what will draw outsiders to the faith.  There is plenty of hate to go around in and through the other religions of the world.  Our God is love, re-read 1 John 14.  In addition to leveling ourselves up into the highest/best versions of ourselves, centered in our Lord's Will-thats all 100% meaningless without love (re-read 1 Cor 13).

The way we transform the world around us is by starting with ourselves.  We need to step aside, and let our Lord shine through us.  We yield these vessels made of clay to our Creator.  We offer ourselves as living sacrifices to Him every day.  This world needs more Jesus, we are the delivery vehicles.

There are plenty of fear peddling "prophets" out there because fear "sells."  We have not been called to that.  We are to proceed forward in faith, hope and love.  Yes, we are aware of what the enemy wants to do and as we become aware of more we pray that down under restraint as well as everything else they are trying to do.  We are aware of it but not fixated on it.  We spend our time broadcasting faith, hope and love which is what this world needs (desperately).

Phil 4:8

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Let us pray with each other and for each other for the best new year ever.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Merry Christmas 2025

 This time of year we remember the love our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ has for us.  Our Lord Father sent His only Son our Lord Jesus Christ to die for us.  An important distinction here is our Lord Jesus Christ did not die for some faceless, nameless mob.  He died for you personally.  The Lord God has abilities mortals do not have.  A day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day.  What that means is time is relative to Him.  What does that mean in the context of Him dying for us?  It means on that day that He died for us time slowed down and was like a thousand years.  Why?  What for?  Being God, He was able to see each and every one of us by name.  He saw every wicked, terrible, evil thing each of us would ever do, and then-only then in love and mercy He decided to die for us.  Think about that.

In love and mercy our Lord died for us so that we will live for Him.

We have talked extensively about leveling up into the highest/best version of ourselves.  The very top level is where faith, hope and love live.  We have been called up to the mountain top.  Our Lord would have us living, eating, breathing faith, hope and love at all times, in every circumstance.  That means, yes-especially when times get tough and we face adversity.

As we move into 2026, the road ahead is one of awakening, repentance and revival.  The road ahead has signposts along the way that say "faith," hope," and "love."  Thats how we know we are headed in the right direction is those signposts.  We travel along the road ahead in the center of our Lord's Will for our lives.  We travel while continually pressing upward on our talents, skills and abilities.  We live in a never ending process of improvement for the sake of our great King and the Kingdom we all belong to.

We are being called higher in every way imaginable.  One day we will literally be taken higher, snatched out of this world by our Lord.  Until then, we climb the mountain-higher and higher every day.  Held out before us is a hope and a future.  Yes, this world is headed for trouble but they are to see the light of our faces and our countenance radiating the light and life of our Lord Jesus Christ so they can ask us "how do I get some of that?"  An ark of safety has been provided for us.  Nobody in the history of the Church, not one single soul up through this very day ever went through "the" tribulation and neither will those today who watch and pray for the escape promised to us.

While we remain here we have a job to do.  We hold out life and light to a dying world.  We step aside and let our Lord shine through us.  We offer ourselves to our Lord as living sacrifices day by day so the world can see our Lord in us, and through our jars of clay.  

Our Lord would have us encouraged today.  He loved us enough to die for us by name.  His Will for us is to finish strong.  So let us run this race with endurance while we are still here on the face of the earth.  Lets finish in faith, hope, and love.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 💕

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace