318 Days Till Midterms

 2 more days of Hanukkah 2025, and 318 days until the midterm elections.  The fall of each year seems like a great time for the Lord to return unexpectedly, but He reserves the right to come back at any time on any day.  We are not talking about the "second coming" but rather the unexpected return of the Lord that is so secret that not even our Lord Jesus Christ knows when it will take place.

Matt 24:36

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

If the Lord Father wants it to be a surprise to everyone, you can bet its going to be a surprise.  That said, we are still in the prime time window for this year over the next two or so days.  What happens after that?  We continue to watch in prayer.  We continue our readiness through service and preparation for His return.  We can do this, and we will do this for as long as it takes or until the Lord God "graduates" us off this earth.  While we are here we continue to do our job.  We have been empowered with a unique set of talents, skills and abilities to serve our King on this earth.  We are to level that skill set up into its highest, best form.

The most important thing is love.  And these three remain: faith, hope and love but the greatest of these is love.  This is how we finish.  Faith is super important as is hope but love sits at the top.  We bind everything else together with it.  Love is the glue that holds everything together.  It is also the final ingredient in our recipe for success.  It is at the beginning and end of everything we do.  Love is the dividing line between us and those who hate us.  We love and pray for our enemies, "they" hate.  We see this with the purple haired fanatics on the left screaming at the world with the veins popping out of their necks full of hate.  They call it love but their "love" is really hate.

Nobody gets into Heaven without love.  Our God told us He is love:

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.

We are to align, and agree with Him in that ^^^ love.  If the Lord tarries we are headed into the midterms 2026.  This servant believes the Lord has provided a roadmap for the journey ahead.  We are to pray for the great spiritual awakening of 2026 and repentance and revival within the Church.  This lays the spiritual groundwork for further restraint of the enemy until the time of Jacob's trouble.

Yes, everything the Lord said would happen, will happen.  The million dollar question is not "if" its "when?"  We know according to the book of Ecclesiastes there is a time and a season for everything.  For now, we sit at another cross roads.  The stage is set for the Lord to come back at any moment while at the same time He holds out the possibility of more Restraint over the enemy so more souls can be saved in this age of grace.  We must be ready for whatever.  We are ready to stay and ready to go at a moments notice.  We maintain this watchfulness and readiness through intention and preparation in prayer.

This servant is praying for you and with you and your families.  Please pray for your servant (this writer) David and his family as well.  We have been given a vision and a mission that does provide a hope and a future:

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.

Prov 29:18

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Christmas and New Years are close at hand and this servant prays that you and your family are blessed with the best holiday season ever. 🙏 💕

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

Glory to God

grace and peace

Clear Minded Prayer

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. 

Sober: 1. not drunk 2. marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor

The Lord would have us in our right mind, gravely, earnestly thoughtful in our minds so we can pray.  Why?  Prayer calls in the calvary.  Prayer changes things, alters things.  We have to be able to think thoughtfully, deeply and carefully so we can call in what we need.  This ^^^ brings us back to the roads set before us leading into 2026.  This servant believes there are 3 distinct possibilities before us:  1.  The rapture/harpazo of the Church, 2. The great awakening of the population, and repentance/revival in the Church, and 3. the alternative to #2. which you can imagine is not good.

While we are here on this earth we are to be active participants in the restraint on the spirit of anti-Christ that is our Biblical mandate per Matt 5:

13“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

14“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

and 2 Thess 2:7

For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.

Salt restrains rot and decay and light restrains darkness.  We do this together with Him, in Him, and through Him as He lives in us.  Therefore it is no mystery that when Holy Spirit filled individuals around the world (the Church) are pulled out of the earth-restraint is removed.  Today, the Church is on the earth which means we have a job to do.

The Lord God has provided a mission and a vision for the immediate term future out to the mid-term elections.  This vision and mission is not about politics as much as it is about the Church doing its job on earth.  One of the big ticket items on the prayer target list is eradicating communism from the face of the earth.  Venezuela is a communist nation, who under the Trump administration is under pressure.  China is another and they have pressure coming down on them as well.  North Korea we dont read about much but their communist dictatorship must be cracked open like a clam shell.  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 has about 1% of its population exposed to the gospel because open evangelism is impossible.  Now, re-read Matt 24:14 and tell me who wins, the Word of Almighty God or the communists in North Korea?  Its not just North Korea, its all of the communist nations and the fall of communism is just one of many prayer targets we are to engage daily in prayer.

When hitting a boulder with a hammer, initially it seems like nothing will ever happen but under the surface microfractures are being formed which when developed will crumble the entire rock.  Just because initially we see no apparent results does not mean "nothing is happening."

leads to this:

Eph 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

The enemy has been on a rampage for decades but this servants understanding is now is the time of counter-attack.  We know that we are in the midst of a large scale war that our Lord and Kingdom win in the end, however in between there are battles that go back and forth.  The answer to "why?" and "why now?" have not been provided explicitly to this servant however we can figure out some of it based on what the Lord already told us (like Matt 24 vs. Communism and North Korea).  

There is no time to kick our heels up on the table in apathy and complacency.  There is alot of work to be done with the short time we have left before our Lord returns.  How long that time is, only the Father knows.  What we know is there is alot of work to be done and we have been given everything we need to do that work.  We have also been instructed in how to do that work.  We are to do it with excellence, as the highest/best versions of ourselves.  We are to bring our "A-game" to this fight.  And we do it all standing hand in Hand with Him and each other.  He never told us to do it all alone.

Its kind of exciting to think about the possibilities ahead.  Our eyes and focus need to be on our Lord Jesus Christ.  He is the solution to our problems-one way or another.  Most if not all of the answers to the prayer targets will require miracles which again means the Lord has to do the heavy lifting.  While that is true, we have to do our part.  He expects us to learn and grow as we do this stuff together.  Tackling big problems is our basic training for an eternity with Him.

He has provided us with a hope and a future:

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.

We just have to put one foot in front of the other and walk into it with Him.

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

Glory to God

grace and peace

Faith, Hope, Love

 In faith, hope and love is how we finish our race.  It is how we "finish strong."  That said there are some tough bits in there that we need some detail on like loving our enemies and those who spitefully use us, etc.  How do we love our enemies?  We do not do it in our own strength or power thats for sure.  We do it by carrying our cross, denying and dieing to ourselves.  We do it with Christ, in Christ, through Christ.  We yield our will to His Will.  He never told us to do all this stuff we have to do on our own.  That approach is doomed to failure-there are too many tall orders in the way.

We do it by making a decision to do it.   We de-cide which means at its root to cut off other possibilities.  We decide to do things His way and not our way.  We decide to walk like Jesus did on this earth.  Only way to do that is with Him, in Him, through Him, hand in hand.  He wants to be part of the process with us.  Thats how we are going to rule and reign with Him in eternity-all this we are going through now is just basic training.

We have to do things His way because even just a little deviation over the course of eternity can lead one to be light years off course.  Faith, hope and love is how we finish and the greatest of these is love.  If we are in the final laps of this race we need to get this right.  1 Cor 13 and 1 John 4 will tell you most of what you need to know about all this.  All the other "works" are garbage without love which is how we can read this without fear now:

Matt 7

21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

People can do this stuff ^^^ for alot of different reasons: wealth, status, power-we see it around us every day.  What all these ^^^ self proclaimed Christians were missing was love.  This servant is not judging individuals we are trying to understand the Word of God here in the now, not when we are all standing before Him (which is too late).

This also has alot to do with the coming months going into 2026 and the mid-terms.  What we are praying and believing for is a spiritual awakening for the public and repentance and revival in the Church.  We do all this in faith, hope and love.  We need to see multiple, manifold miracles in short order to turn the tide from where things are headed at the moment.  The Spirit of the Lord counsels that we are not to fear or despair but to pray, fast, and stand in agreement over all the things we are asking for and crown them all with faith, hope and love.  Thats how we get to where we want to go while we remain here on planet earth.

We pray over the prayer targets daily, standing in agreement with the Lord God and each other.  We pray for an end to the corruption and rot relating to the war in Ukraine.  Both parties just voted for another 800 million dollars for Ukraine without blinking an eye.  Trump did not want that funding but congress overwhelmingly supported it.

The republicans have alot of problems, however right now the gospel has an open lane to go where it wants when it wants under this administration.  As long as we have flawed humans in charge we are going to have these problems.  Right now, the Church is wrapping up loose ends on earth in preparation for the final act which is the all eyes on Israel show also known as the time of Jacob's trouble.

We do not know whats in store for this world, the Lord could come back at any moment.  Or, we could be working into 2026 and beyond.  We need to be ready for either possibility.  The way we maintain our readiness for the unexpected return of the Lord is at least in part by doing our job.  We do our job the best we can which means we as servants need to level up our game, be the best versions of ourselves so we can serve our King at the highest level possible, centered in His Will.  When He comes back, whenever that ends up being, He will find us doing our job while maintaining watchfulness.

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

Glory to God

grace and peace

Psalm 83 War

 The servants of the enemy continue to provoke the bear in order to start WW3 and drag us into it.  Mr Trump is partially to blame for not stopping this in its tracks sooner.  The solution is very simple-cut off all support to the most corrupt country on the planet right now (Ukr) and stop WW3 in its tracks.  Billions are unaccounted for.  

We are in the Hanukkah window of 2025 which is prime time rapture watch season.  Are we predicting anything?  No.  Are we watching and ready?  Yes.  Predictions are a waste of time and energy.  Preparation is a great use of time and energy.  How can we be prepared and ready?  Pray, fast, spend 1 on 1 time with the Lord, and do our job.  This particular fall season has been almost surreal in many ways.  We really need to be watching and ready for whatever comes next.

While we watch and wait for the Lord, we continue to do our jobs.  The Lord has impressed upon this servant the possibilities that lie ahead.  The first obviously is the return of the Lord Jesus Christ for His Church.  The other possibility is we stay here and pray for the great awakening of 2026, and repentance/revival in the Church.  We, the Church remain on the face of the earth for a reason.  This world has not yet been completely handed over to the enemy.  Restraint exists because we exist here on earth.  We vessels made of clay carry around the presence and power of the Most High God within us.  We shine light into dark places.  We hold back the rot and decay, death and destruction.  So, while we are here we must do our job.

Part of doing our job is getting out of the way so the Lord can shine through.  We do this by yielding our body, soul, spirit, present, future and past to Him on a daily basis.  We offer ourselves up as a living sacrifice-daily.  We yield our will to His Will and we step out of the way.  What this world needs is more of Him, not more of us.  Yes, we do our part.  We maximize the fraction of 1% that we bring to the fight because were told to and we are expected to do our part.  However, we also realize that 99% of the heavy lifting is done by the Lord our God so we need to position ourselves accordingly. He wants us to be part of what He is doing.  That is great news.  He does not have to have us involved but He wants to have us involved.  So let it be done according to our Lord's wishes.

It "feels" like something big is about to happen.  Nothing could be bigger than the rapture of the Church.  That said, this servant has heard from the Lord regarding next year and the prophetic pathways that are possible.  So, that leaves us with our eyes on Christ day by day to see and understand what He wants done, when He wants it done.  No man knows the day or hour of His return, least of all your brother d.  So, lets do our job.  Lets do the things we know we should be doing because He told us to do them.  Let us shine the Light and Life of our Lord into this world while we remain here.  Let us up our game to a 10/10 by leveling up to the best versions of ourselves centered in His Will.  Let us finish strong!

(one of the items on the prayer target list is preventing war-lets emphasize that today since war seems to be an enemy priority).

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

Glory to God

grace and peace

Hanukkah 2025

 We have reached Hanukkah 2025 which is the primary rapture window bookend.  Rapture "season" is between Feast of Trumpets and Hanukkah. That is not to say we have any information at all that would suggest the Lord cannot come back on any random day of the year.  It is this servant's understanding that He absolutely can.

One of the purposes of the Feast days is to help us remember what the Lord has already done and what He still plans to do.  It is natural that the fall feast days which have not yet been fulfilled would be a high watch target for us, however we caveat that with our Lord's own Words which tell us to always be watching and ready.  Not just on Feast days, times or seasons, always...

Well brother D, why extend a high watch window from the Feast of Trumpets to an entire season?  Because as the time of the actual event draws nearer, it seems wise that we increase our readiness posture.  We spend even more time thinking about what the Lord promised He would (and will) do.  All the groundwork has been laid in.  The rapture of the Church could take place at any moment.  We have to be watching and ready for that.  We also have to be ready to stay here and do our job indefinitely.

Here is the Lord's counsel for us today:

James 5

7Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. 8You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. 9Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!

10Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

We see this message from our Lord time and again, His return linked with patience.  The key Words from His counsel to us above are patience and perseverance, which are linked to His compassion and mercy.  We see the same message in Revelation 3:10

Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

His command ^^^ is to endure patiently.  Why?  James 5 answers that with love and mercy.  And on that subject of love and mercy it is the crowning achievement, the final "level" of our process of leveling up into the highest, best versions of ourselves.  It is love that ironically will separate many keeping them out of the Kingdom of Heaven.  1 Cor 13, and 1 John 4 spell this out for us.  Love is the key that unlocks the door which is slammed shut in many people's faces.  It answers the troubling issues we see here:

Matt 7

21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

and here:

Matt 25

1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

6“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

7“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

9“ ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

10“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

11“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’

12“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

13“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

"They" had not love...

1 Cor 13

1If I speak in the tongues ^a of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, ^b but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

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

Our heads up display has faith, hope and love on it:

The Lord has impressed this servant your brother with a mission/vision for 2026.  We are to pray over all of the prayer targets with the next time target being mid-term elections.  The big ticket items for 2026 are: 1. mass spiritual awakening across the population of America. 2. repentance and revival in the Church, 3. a financial/economic miracle and 4. the demon-crats not taking the house or senate which from our point of view right now will take Divine Intervention, a miracle.  All of these big ticket items will require miracles.  All of it requires the Lord's direct intervention but He is not going to do it alone.  We are to snap out of our apathy and complacency and take His Hand to march forward into the future together.

We are to once again stand in the gap for this land that it will not be destroyed.  We are to stand in agreement first with our Lord, then with each other.  We are to walk in faith, hope and love.  We are to "level up" into the highest, best versions of ourselves-centered in His Will.  We are to finish strong.  Each and every one of us must have a direct line of communication with the Lord our God.  Each one of us must have loving, close, intimate relationship with the Lord our God.  Everything else comes second, third, etc.

"How" we do all this is simple.  We pray, we fast, we stand in agreement, we believe we have already received what we ask for in prayer.  We are patient and persistent.  This is not rocket science.

Prov 29:18

Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.

We have been given revelation, all we can handle.  Look at the prayer target list, there is plenty to do.  We have been given a version of the future to pray over.  Its going to take the best versions of ourselves in order to see the best versions of the future.  Many prophetic pathways lay before us.  The Lord God has shown us which path He would have us travel.  Now we hold His Hand on one side and each others hand on the other side and we march forward.  We were never told to do all this alone, in fact its impossible to do alone.  We will do this is one big Family, the Family of the Most High God which is THE Royal family above all others.  This gives you a glimpse into why the enemy hates us so much.  

Last note before we close this out.  Mr Trump and his administration are not perfect but they are generally headed in the right direction.  That is to say there are alot of good things (for us) taking place under this administration.  Yes, the Revelation timeline continues to move forward at the same time but we know that Trump is God's man for God's plan.  Trump would not be here today without the saving Hand of our God watching over him.  We do not have to figure everything out, we just have to do the job that has been set before us.  We have plenty of work to do, all we can handle over the next 11 months or so between now and the mid term elections.

This servant is very encouraged both by the possible soon return of the Lord AND the hope and future He has set before us for 2026.  This servant writes to you to encourage, motivate and lift you up so you can do your job at the highest level.  Its time to work ♡

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

Glory to God

grace and peace

In President Trump's Defense: Report Card

 It only takes moments to destroy things, it can take years to rebuild.  The previous demonic administration started tearing down this nation on day 1 and they continued with the throttle buried in the floorboard for 4 long years.  If we take a ratio of 4:1, it takes 4 times longer to rebuid than it does to tear down, Mr.  Trump should be given 16 years to restore what was broken.  As it is, 11 months in major strides have been made to undo the damage but he has only had 11 months to do it.

Housing prices went through the roof because Joey diapers and friends invited millions of invaders into our country and paid them cash to take our houses, and drive up the prices of rent, food and everything else.  Inflation went through the roof because the leftist Fed chair claimed there was no inflation problem until it got out of control then they raised rates the highest in such a short rate of time ever and that inflation is just now coming back under control.  Don't mistake inflation with high prices, yes they tend to travel together but stopping inflation does not mean prices go lower it just means the rate of change of prices increasing comes under control.  Now we have inflation coming under control and the prices of some things coming down but its a process and its going to take a tad more than 11 months to bring things back to "normal" (whatever that is).

Trillions of dollars of investment in US manufacturing has been pledged which is going to bring in higher paying jobs.  Building factories, supply chains, power grids etc takes time.

Maybe the biggest fault of the Trump administration has been poor messaging.  How the epstein stuff was handled was abysmal.  Its also true that nobody in the white collar criminal class has gone to jail yet.  That said, there are a millions and one battles taking place at the same time right now and sending billionaires to jail isnt going to lower your rent and food prices in 2026.  That doesnt mean justice isnt required: it is but that is not a license to vote back in the demonic class of politicians represented by todays left.  The republicans have many problems however when push comes to shove they will be the only ones assisting the Trump and by extension restore America agenda.

What does all this have to do with Christianity?  Our job is to rebuke, restrain and bind rot, decay and darkness.  That rot, decay and darkness if primarily represented by the Demon-crat party.  The Lord God Himself preserved Trump through an assassin's bullet in Pennsylvania and that was done for a purpose.  We are to assist in that purpose which is to use this season of grace to spread the good news of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This servant believes we are not going to make the same mistake made during Trump 1.0.  By faith we believe we receive a spiritual awakening, repentance and revival that forms the foundation of a new America.  How long that new America lasts and the implications of that are beyond this servant's sightline.  We can see what is immediately before us.  The Lord has set before us life and death, prosperity or famine, freedom or Islamic Communistic oppression.  We, the Church get to choose.  Let us choose wisely.

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

Glory to God

grace and peace

329 Days Till Midterms

 Before the American revolution that set America free from tyranny, there was the first great awakening:

The First Great Awakening: A Pre-Revolutionary Religious Revival

The Christian spiritual awakening you're referring to is known as the First Great Awakening, a widespread religious revival that swept through the British American colonies from roughly the 1720s to the 1740s (with echoes into the 1770s). It was a reaction to perceived spiritual decline and marked a shift toward evangelicalism, personal conversion experiences, and emotional preaching that emphasized individual salvation over institutional religion. This movement not only revitalized Protestant Christianity but also laid cultural and ideological groundwork that influenced the American Revolution by fostering ideas of personal liberty, resistance to authority, and colonial unity.

Causes and Context

By the early 18th century, many colonists felt that established churches—such as Congregationalists in New England, Presbyterians in the Middle Colonies, and Anglicans in the South—had grown too formal, rationalistic, and materialistic. Puritan zeal from the 17th century had waned, leading to "arid rationalism" and neglect of pastoral care. Broader European influences, like Pietism (a focus on personal piety) and early Methodism, crossed the Atlantic, creating fertile ground for revival. The Awakening primarily affected Calvinist denominations (e.g., Dutch Reformed, Baptists) but spread trans-denominationally, democratizing faith by making it accessible beyond elite clergy.

Key Figures and Major Events

The revival was driven by itinerant preachers who traveled widely, drawing massive crowds—sometimes tens of thousands—to outdoor "field preaching" since churches couldn't hold them. Central figures included:

• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758): A brilliant theologian and pastor in Northampton, Massachusetts, Edwards ignited the Awakening in New England with sermons like "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741), which vividly depicted hellfire to spur conversions. He emphasized the "new birth"—a profound, emotional transformation—and used Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke to rationalize spiritual experiences. His revivals in the 1730s led to widespread conversions but also divisions, as critics like Boston's Charles Chauncy decried the "excessive emotion."
• George Whitefield (1714–1770): Often called the "Grand Itinerant," this Anglican evangelist from England arrived in 1739 and became the movement's superstar. A master orator with a booming voice, he preached to enormous open-air audiences from Georgia to Massachusetts, raising funds for an orphanage in Savannah and converting thousands. Influenced by John Wesley (Methodism's founder) but staunchly Calvinist, Whitefield's tours in 1739–1740 and later visits amplified the revival but sparked controversy for bypassing church hierarchies and stirring "enthusiasm" (emotional fervor).

Other notables included Gilbert Tennent, a Presbyterian who preached fiery "jeremiads" against "dead" ministers, and Samuel Davies, who extended the revival to Virginia's enslaved and free Black populations. Events peaked in the 1740s with "camp meetings"—prolonged gatherings of prayer, singing, and preaching that foreshadowed later frontier revivals. By mid-decade, however, enthusiasm waned; Edwards himself noted the Holy Spirit's "withdrawal" from Northampton around 1745.

Impacts and Legacy, Including Ties to the Revolution

The Great Awakening transformed American religion by boosting evangelical denominations (Baptists and Methodists grew rapidly) and promoting religious toleration amid church splits ("New Lights" supporters vs. "Old Lights" opponents). It spurred education, founding colleges like Princeton (1746), Rutgers (1766), and Dartmouth (1769) to train ministers. Socially, it empowered women, the poor, and enslaved people through direct access to scripture, challenging hierarchies.

Its influence on the American Revolution (1775–1783) was profound but indirect: By emphasizing personal accountability to God over human authority, it cultivated a rhetoric of liberty and moral resistance that echoed in revolutionary pamphlets. Revivals fostered inter-colonial networks (e.g., shared preaching circuits) and a sense of unified American identity against British "corruption," much like the later push for independence. Historians argue it stemmed Enlightenment skepticism among the masses, blending faith with democratic ideals that made colonists more receptive to ideas of self-governance. In Virginia, for instance, it disrupted Anglican dominance, sowing seeds of dissent.

Overall, the First Great Awakening wasn't just a spiritual event—it was a cultural earthquake that made religion more experiential and egalitarian, setting the stage for the political upheavals to come.

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The first great awakening set the stage for the American Revolution, shedding the shackles of tyranny. We have been called by the Almighty for another great awakening across America. Awakening, repentance and revival. This spiritual movement is to move and shake both inside and outside the Church. Alot needs to happen over the next 329 days. 2026 is going to be a very big deal and we the Church stand directly in the center of it.

We have been given a very big "heads up" before it happens. The Church needs to get its work boots on and hustle. If the Church were to keep its feet up on the table, whistling tunes of apathy and complacency, the results will be worse that Joey Diapers and Cackling Hyena Harris-much worse. The Islamic Communist elected to office in New York was/is the harbinger of that danger.

The Lord has set before us both life and death:

Deut 30

11Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 13Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 14No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

15See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

17But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

19This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

This is no less serious than the election of Trump 2.0. The job is not over, its just begun. Trump cannot do everything on his own. The Christian Body of Christ which is the Church must stand in the gap, support and assist, pray and fast, cheerlead, motivate, encourage, uplift and inspire. We must yield our body, soul, and spirit to the Spirit of the Most High God so He can shine through our vessels to light up this world and drive the darkness out. We are to do all this together, us with Him (our Lord God) and with each other.

Time to work

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

Glory to God

grace and peace

Hanukkah 2025

 It is this servant's understanding that the prime window for the Lord's return was and is Feast of Trumpets 2025 through Hanukkah 2025 which is just 7 days away.  Interesting notes about this Hanukkah: 1.  Comet 3I atlas will reach its closest point to earth on December 19 (Hanukkah is 12/14-12/21). 2.  Hanukkah has an anti-Christ nexus, directly related to the temple:

Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a Seleucid Greek king who ruled from 175–164 BCE, is the historical figure widely regarded as the "Antichrist" archetype who desecrated the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, an event central to the origins of Hanukkah.

Our Lord could come back at any moment.  It could be today.  Yes, its a big secret.  So big in fact that even our Lord Jesus Christ does not know but only the Father, when it will take place.  It is this servant's understanding that we are to be watching and ready for our Lord's unexpected return and in a sense it should take us by surprise because we do not know the day or hour.  Not knowing the day or hour does not exclude the season which the Lord did say we should at least be aware of:

Matt 16

1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

2He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. ^a 4A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Jesus then left them and went away.

What is extra interesting about this ^^^ is the sign of Jonah is mentioned which is exactly what was given repeatedly over the X over America, crossroads, great American eclipse in 2024.  This year we have had more than enough of predictions and "confirmations" that all-100% proved false.  The Spirit of the Lord's follow up, corrective action to all that is preparation over prediction.  Preparation over prediction should not be new news to anybody, its what we were told to do.  Nowhere, not once in the Bible does it tell us to predict the day and or hour of the Lord's unexpected return.  In fact trying to do so goes directly against His Will.  He meant for this to be a "pop quiz."  He meant for there to be some element of surprise.

The parable of the virgins illustrates the dual nature of what we are to do.  On one hand, the virgins took their lamps with oil out to meet the Bridegroom which indicates they knew His arrival was soon.  On the other hand, they also took extra oil because they did not know exactly precisely when He would arrive.

Mark 13

32“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33Be on guard! Be alert ^e ! You do not know when that time will come. 34It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

35“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ ”

First we highlight:

each with their assigned task

then this:

and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

"Each with their assigned task" means each one of us has a job to do.  It is the parable of the talents which is also in Matt 25.  Our Lord is very clear He expects some kind of return on His investment in each of us.  The parable of the virgins shows that we must be ready to leave the moment the Bridegroom shows up and we must be ready to wait.  We have done this in the past, we will continue to do this until our Lord arrives.

We "watch" for our Lord's return in prayer.

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

and

Luke 21

34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

The Lord is clear, while we wait we are "in charge" each with our assigned task.  When He arrives, we are to be doing what we were put here to do.  It is this servant's belief that we are in "rapture season" right now between Feast of Trumpets and Hanukkah.  We are predicting nothing but are prepared for anything.  If the Lord comes back over the next week or two-great.  If He waits, we continue to do our job.

An added benefit to this approach is it completely kneecaps the mockers and scoffers who come out each and every year.  Predicting nothing takes all their perverse joy away.  This servant has backed off of news and video consumption going into the final weeks of this year and the recent post on the Manhattan Prayer Project was the result.  This servant believes we have more than one prophetic pathway laid out before us.  Which way things go ultimately rests with the Lord however He is looking at us directly while He makes His decisions.  The fact that we are here on the face of the earth right now means there is work yet to be done.

Going into 2026 (if we make it that far) we know what's on our plate to get done.  The prayer target list is extensive and each of you need to add to it whatever the Spirit of the Lord directs you to.  What that indicates to this servant is yes, there is a possibility we are here at work all the way through 2026.  Possible does not mean probable, it just another possibility.  Time will tell what the Lord has decided.  As good servants we will continue to do our job as we wait in joyful expectation for His arrival (however long that takes.)

Time to work

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

Glory to God

grace and peace