And a trailer for the film:

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Have a blessed Resurrection Day! 

Yesterday Rich Swingle, IFA contributing writer and prayer leader, spoke with a man who had been a classmate of Jeannine Brabon, who was instrumental in the 1970 Asbury revival. The man made an interesting comment about the differences between the two outpourings: The 1970 revival was marked by testimony, usually focused on repentance, and then with worship: this current outpouring seems to be marked by worship, followed by testimony of repentance, healing, and deliverance.

Worship has always been central to spiritual warfare. Judah — the tribe whose name is linked to praise — was the tribe that disembarked first from the Israelite camp (Numbers 2:1–4). Joshua sent first the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, representing the very presence of God, into the Jordan when the Israelites began to take the land (Joshua 3). The Lord ripped open prison walls when Paul and Silas worshipped in the Philippian prison (Acts 16:25–40).

Further, the Bible tells us that the Lord is enthroned on the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3). That being the case, is not the heartfelt expression of worship going to bring the overwhelming power of the presence of the Lord into our environment, circumstances, and community?

And given that the days are increasingly evil — seemingly more evil than those of 50 years ago — the presence of the Lord in overwhelming abundance is even more necessary to the clearing away of demonic strongholds. As the love of most grows cold, the fire of His presence as He inhabits the praises of His people melts away the ice, burns away the demons, and creates a new ladder to heaven (Genesis 28:12).

The Lord is accomplishing His work today in Asbury and beyond, even as He did in the 1970s. Throughout the ages and across the globe, the Lord has visited His people to recover them to Himself through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. In His wisdom, He chooses the means and the expression of His visitations. We are left to revel in His goodness and rejoice with the saints.

As Joyce Swingle, IFA contributing writer and prayer leader, reflected on the Swingles' days in Wilmore, she told IFA that a spirit of humility is dominant. This was also emphasized by student body President Alison Perfater in an interview with Glenn Beck: "My generation struggles with pride, and what we've seen here is a radical humility. Students are standing up and confessing …  and they're opening their hearts up not only to the presence of God but to each other, and that is a very intimate thing. … There is that core of honesty that we are holding onto."

Radical humility. Is that something you want? Please post your prayer in the comments.

[Click here to read the whole string of articles throughout the Outpouring...]

Joyce and I are on Headline Prayer Live the second and fifth Tuesdays of each month. You can subscribe for email reminders at www.RichDrama.com/blog/post/Prayer. 

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If you're in or near Westchester County, start Passion Week with...

Find out more at www.RichDrama.com/blog/post/JourneyToTheGarden.

In the program we covered "Conservatives Work to Pass the SAVE Act, End the ‘Zombie Filibuster’," and promised that a site was being set up to urge our politicians to require voter ID, something 83% of Americans agree on. That site is now ready, and you can take action now. 

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Joyce and I were blessed to attend the third pre-release screening of I Can Only Imagine 2, and we both loved it! It's a story of struggles, redemption, and second chances. It is coming to theaters nationwide on February 20.

Pray for a great opening weekend (critical to the success of any film), and that it draws many closer and into the Kingdom of God. 

I recently realized that -- in a very busy fall -- I never posted this article here:

"Was Charlie Kirk a Racist?"

Lord, please put an end to the smear and fear campaign, twisting Charlie Kirk’s arguments to make him sound racist. Thank You that his friends are calling out the lies.

  

By the strained reasoning of some, one of the largest crowds for a single person in history, plus more than 100 million who watched Charlie Kirk’s memorials on most major television networks and online, must surely be racist, because, after all, Mr. Kirk was a racist.

Really?

[Click to read the whole article...]

Joyce and I were on Headline Prayer Live that day:

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My one-man play I Dreamed I Was Free exposes how the Church was divided over slavery. 

On the program I made reference to clips played by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Clicking here takes you directly to those clips.  

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I put together the latest Graceworks Inc. Big Bold News, which I'll send out only to the Swingles' Big News subscribers tomorrow at 

3:45 p.m. Eastern. 

The video cannot be embedded, so you will not be able to watch it unless you're subscribed. 

Joyce and I were blessed to close out the year with Intercessors for America's Headline Prayer Live:

Here's a clip they pulled:

We covered my latest article:

​​Tour a Pro-Life Pregnancy Center

Lord, thank You for CompassCare and other pro-life pregnancy centers that give resources to women when they’re considering ending the lives of their children. Preserve these centers in the face of considerable resistance from those who seek to dismantle them.

  

We covered how New York City Mayor-elect Zorhan Mamdani has vowed to “protect” New Yorkers from pro-life pregnancy centers. Here’s a closer look at one agency to keep in our prayers…

[Click here to read the whole article...]

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Join us in reading through the Bible in 2026, with daily prayers for America and key prayers and proclamations by our leaders over the past 250 years:

I've written about how reading the the entire Bible every year is my favorite spiritual discipline, and it gets more so, the further our culture drifts from biblical literacy. I'm using YouVersion to read the passages to me on days I don't have time to sit down and read it all. You're welcome to join me. That way you can also stay on top of the reading plan while waiting for your copy to arrive. 

I'll be performing "Something Leaps Inside Us All" for Westchester Chapellive and over Zoom on January 3.

We'll also be on the program December 30, the fifth Tuesday of the month. Sign up to get an email reminder at www.RichDrama.com/blog/post/Prayer.

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Thanks for your prayers for my performance of "Something Leaps Inside Us All" on Sunday! I'll post it with our Christmas eCard soon. 

Intercessors for America pulled a clip from the program:

I shouldn't have said .02%. It's .02 milligrams of carfentanil that will kill a person. 

If you know of someone who would be blessed by the article and/or videos you can send them to this page with this link:  www.RichDrama.com/blog/post/Cartels.

Our next appearance on the program will be December 9 at noon Eastern. Sign up for email alerts the morning that we're on Headline Prayer Live.

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I still have dates in December for my one-man play Views of the Manger. Let your pastors and chaplains know.