Blog categorized as Headline Prayer

I was blessed to get the assignment to write about President Trump's inaugural address for Intercessors for America: 

"President Trump's Inaugural Address"

Lord, we have hope that so many of our years of prayers are bein...

In 2024 Intercessors for America had 1.6 billion engagements! Joyce and I are so very blessed to be contributing writers and regular guests on Headline Prayer Live! 

We both had articles posted on their news feed (www.HeadlinePrayer.org) today, and we led Intercessors for America in praying over...

Joyce and I both had articles post today on www.HeadlinePrayer.org.

Here's Joyce's: 

Lord, help us to pray effectively about the deep state’s discrimination and political persecutions.

We have met the deep state. 

And it is FEMA.

And the CIA. 

And the FBI.

And the DOJ.

And— most likely — ever...

Here's my latest article on www.HeadlinePrayer.org: 

Lord, there are no perfect people or proposals on the ballot, so guide us in how to vote by Your Word and by Your Spirit!

Paul and the writer of Hebrews both refer to Scripture as a sword (Ephesians 6:17 and Hebrews 4:12), and we should wield t...

Joyce's article on this gathering was posted while we were in Wales, so we're catching up now that we're home and screened the short film we shot there. 

After Intercessors for America posted the article, organizers reported 300,000 were in attendance. ...

Here's our final report from this summer's trip to Holland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Germany, France, Scotland, and Luxembourg: 

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We're planning our next international trip, to bring Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself to Wales and Northern Ireland in June 2025. S...

Today Joyce and I both had articles post on www.HeadlinePrayer.org: 

"How to Deal with Disappointing News"

By Joyce

Lord, help us to stay close to you and avoid disappointment by setting aside our expectations of what You will do and allow and how You will work. In Jesus’ Name.

The result...

Here are the most recent articles Joyce and I have written for Intercessors for America in order of publication:

By Joyce

Lord, cause this amendment to be defeated by New York State voters. Block any confusion about these types of ballot initiatives that might allow enactment in any state.

Democrats in...

Joyce and I both had articles run today on www.HeadlinePrayer.org, and we didn't plan this balance, but mine is "A Nation Divided by Movies," and Joyce's is "How Unity Leads to Effective Prayer." 

I'll start by addressing division:

Lord, as our culture becomes more divided, in...

Joyce's article posted to www.HeadlinePrayer.org on Saturday:

Lord, teach us how to repent in the fullness this great gift allows. Change us into the image of Christ.

If you pick up a modern French dictionary — one sanctioned by the Institut de France — the government academy that arbitrates matters c...

Joyce and I both had articles post on www.HeadlinePrayer.org while we were in Paris. 

Here's Joyce's article on Smyrna, "Overcoming the Times We Live In": 

Lord, we live in increasingly hostile conditions. Teach us how to live in faith and not in fear. In Jesus’ Name.

During th...

Joyce wrote an excellent article inspired by the Off-Broadway play October 7, playing in New York City through June 16, and it includes videos we took before (of the playwright, Phelim McAleer, and two cast members, René Ifrah and Rebecca Lynn Goldfarb) and after (our responses to the play...

This morning my article about various ways New York City is honoring Jewish people ran:

"Honoring Israel in NYC"

Lord, thank You that New York City is hosting events to help its citizens respect and protect the Jewish people. May other cities honor Your Chosen People.

At least three events in...

Intercessors for America (IFA) ran an article on Saturday that was reposted today: "5 Ways to Pray About Antisemitic ‘Protests.’" They embedded a teaser with some footage we took at Sean Feucht's United for Israel March last Thursday, as we circled the campus of Columbia Unive...

Joyce's article for Intercessors for America on Tuesday was the lead article in their The Informer, and they used the article title for Tuesday's Headline Prayer Live. Here's Joyce's article:

Lord, help us stay faithfully in the fight — even though human government fails. Guide us in our prayers for ...

I wrote an introduction to our friend and colleague Keith Guinta's review of Eric Metaxas' book Letter to the American Church. Shortly after the movie based on the book was released Dutch Sheets mentioned it on his Give Him 15 program, so I embedded that at the end of Keith's article: ...

Praying Righteously for Politicians

Lord, help us pray for politicians as You desire: with infinite possibility and hope in their transformation into the image of Christ.

“He was a drug dealer. Then he shot someone. Then he got shot,” on...

While we were attending the 50th Anniversary of Intercessors for America I happened to overhear Zoraida Noratto telling about a song she'd written from the perspective of a pre-born baby. I interviewed her and Audrey Fryckenberg, the musician who brought Noratto's song to life, and IFA shared the in...

Originally Songs of Revival: Hungry After God Himself was titled Songs of the Welsh Revival. Then the Asbury Outpouring began. As I write we're one year after the 298th hour of continuous worship, testimony, preaching, Scripture reading, Salvation, and rededication. We kn...