RichDrama - Blog #Commanding the ForewordRichDrama - Blog #Commanding the Forewordhttps://www.richdrama.com/blog/tag/commanding-the-forewordThu, 09 Apr 2026 17:21:33 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[Mission Accomplished!]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/commanding-the-foreword...This morning IFA posted my third article about the Command the Foreword initiative: Lord, thank You for inspiring and empowering your people to anoint every state border before our deadline.]]>

All State Borders Covered!

This morning IFA posted my third article about the Command the Foreword initiative: 

Lord, thank You for inspiring and empowering your people to anoint every state border before our deadline. We praise You for the many ways Your people are commanding the foreword from coast to coast, declaring our founding documents to You Who inspired them! Hear our prayers for protection, healing, and revival!

“The Paint Your State/Command the Foreword assignment has now been completed,” Dutch Sheets announced in the September 1 Give Him 15 post. IFA has been reporting on this initiative, and we’re so blessed by how many of you have taken part! All state borders have been covered, and intercessors have gone above and beyond the assignment to pray at every border county line, except for eight in the remotest parts of Alaska. 
[Click here to read the full article…]

Here’s the latest map of how many county borders were prayed over: 

Here’s the video embedded in the article of me praying through some southern states:

And here’s a photo of the snake the three women mentioned in the article found dead: 

I had to ask if the photo was actually of the dead snake since it looks so alive! Carol Kemp assured me that was how they found it, but it was dead. 

Check out all of my updates on the Command the Foreword initiative at www.RichDrama.com/blog/tag/commanding-the-foreword.

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]]>Sat, 02 Sep 2023 17:17:16 -0400<![CDATA[Final Days of Commanding the Foreword]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/final-days-of-commanding-the-forewordThis article ran on www.HeadlinePrayer.org on August 26... Lord, thank You for the many ways your people are commanding the foreword from coast to coast, declaring our founding documents to You Who inspired them! Help us finish the task! Hear our prayers for protection, healing, and revival!]]>

Only Nine Counties to Go!

This article ran on www.HeadlinePrayer.org on August 26...


Lord, thank You for the many ways your people are commanding the foreword from coast to coast, declaring our founding documents to You Who inspired them! Help us finish the task! Hear our prayers for protection, healing, and revival!

We reported on how intercessors are fulfilling the commission by Dutch Sheets and Gina Gholston to command the foreword, and after it posted I reached out to Pam in Georgia, who has been tracking which county lines have been anointed in the 50 states, through www.GiveHim15.com/groups. I asked her if she had an estimate of how close we are to finishing the assignment. Her response came swiftly, in the form of a map and a list of some border counties that still need to be covered.

[Click to read the whole article...]

Since the article ran reports have come in that several other borders have been anointed, dropping the count of what's left to nine counties: Tooele in Utah and the rest are in Alaska: 

    • Aleutians West
    • Lake and Peninsula
    • Dillingham
    • Bethel
    • Wade Hampton
    • North Slope
    • Yukon-Koyukuk
    • Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon

Here's the current map: 

Here's are my prayers around the Broadway Box:

I prayed over the Belasco, Vivian Beaumont, Al Hirshfeld, and the Nederlander theatres.

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]]>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:10:09 -0400<![CDATA[Painting Our Borders]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/PaintingOurBordersAfter  Intercessors for America ran my piece about praying over our borders, “Circumnavigating Manhattan with Prayer," I reached out to  ]]>

Only 25 Counties Left!

After Intercessors for America ran my piece about praying over our borders, “Circumnavigating Manhattan with Prayer," I reached out to Pam in Georgia, who I quoted in the article. She's been tracking the prayer in all fifty states. After the article posted I reached out to her to let her know I’d love to know a general percentage of how close we are to finishing the assignment, and she immediately sent back something much more specific: 
Here’s how she wrote up the border counties that have yet to be prayed over: 

Technically, only Alaska (9 counties), Hawaii (5- 4 islands and 1 county), and Dukes Island in Massachusetts are all that remain uncovered. The national borders for the contiguous states are covered and 6 individual states remain:

1) Oregon- Sherman, Gilliam, Walkway, Baker counties
2) Nebraska- Thrusting, Burt, Washington counties
3) Utah- Tooele County
4) Washington- Wahkiakum County
5) Idaho- Lemur, Franklin counties

Branch County, MI, is marked undone on the map , but nine minutes after sending it she reported: "

She said, “There are some interior counties that need to be painted, but that was not the mandate.”

She’s updating this list as people post reports to their states on www.GiveHim15.com/groups. Please encourage any intercessors you might know in or near those counties to help finish the task, and then sign up for your state and post if you were able to pray at any of these borders. 

Also, I’ll be writing a follow-up story for this coming Saturday, so if you or someone you know has a story about helping complete this assignment, please write it up and send it my way. I’ll consider including it. The article will post to www.HeadlinePrayer.org. 

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]]>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:08:28 -0400<![CDATA[Painting our States]]>https://www.richdrama.com/blog/post/CircumnavigatingManhattanMy article "Circumnavigating Manhattan with Prayer" posted yesterday on www.HeadlinePrayer.org, and it includes highlights from our 32 miles of cycling around Manhattan.]]>

Circumnavigating Manhattan with Prayer

My article "Circumnavigating Manhattan with Prayer" posted yesterday on www.HeadlinePrayer.org: 


Lord, thank You for the many ways your people are commanding the foreword from coast to coast, declaring our founding documents to You Who inspired them! Hear our prayers for protection, healing, and revival!


The Lord is omnipresent. A.W. Tozer wrote in his book My Daily Pursuit: “God fills heaven and earth just as the ocean fills a bucket which has been submerged in it a mile down. The bucket is full of the ocean, but the ocean surrounds the bucket in all directions.” And yet, the Lord wants His people praying in every location in which He places us. We see this quite clearly in Jeremiah 29:7, where the Lord says to the people of Israel: “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” 


We shared Dutch Sheets’ post that lays out Gina Gholston’s dream and call to “command the foreword,” and we wanted to keep it on your radar as our final weeks to complete the assignment in August are upon us.

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Friends and I set out to circumnavigate the borough of Manhattan by bike, praying for New York City (all five boroughs), the state of New York, and New Jersey. We finished about 22 of the 32 miles before we needed to return to the pier to join those who chose not to do the ride. There, my bride, IFA contributing writer Joyce Swingle, led us in praising, praying some more, and worshiping the Lord of all the earth. We finished the prayer ride on another day. Here are some highlights of both days:  

Read the whole article by clicking here, and watch for part 2 of this report on Saturday at www.HeadlinePrayer.org. 

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