Watch Focus May 8th, 2026, Fire, Wind, and Rivers of the Holy Spirit
 
In this Pentecost month approaching our Nation’s 250th birthday we pray the fresh fire, wind and rivers of the Holy Spirit permeate every part of America.
 
We pray for national repentance, refreshing, and rededication, according to Acts 3:19, “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord...”
 
President Trump released a Proclamation for May being ‘Jewish American Heritage Month.’ An excerpt:
“This Jewish American Heritage Month, we honor the countless contributions of Jewish Americans throughout our Nation’s 250 glorious years of independence, and we celebrate their unwavering commitment to the values that make our country great — faith, family, and freedom. In his letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1790, President George Washington beautifully said, “May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.” Throughout this historic year, we rejoice in the triumph of the American spirit and rededicate ourselves to the cause of liberty and justice for all.  In special honor of 250 glorious years of American independence and on the weekend of Rededicate 250 — a national jubilee of prayer, praise, and thanksgiving — Jewish Americans are encouraged to observe a national Sabbath.  From sundown on May 15 to nightfall on May 16, friends, families, and communities of all backgrounds may come together in gratitude for our great Nation.  I call upon Americans to celebrate the heritage and contributions of Jewish Americans and to observe this month with appropriate programs, activities, and ceremonies. I further call on all Americans to celebrate their faith and freedom throughout this year, during this month, and especially on Shabbat to celebrate our 250th year.”
–President Donald J Trump
 
We pray for a national deliverance from every vestige of antisemitism and prejudice against the Jewish people and State. We pray divine protection for Jewish schools, businesses, institutions, and synagogues.
 
We pray America remains a true and steadfast friend of Israel. From the Watch we bless Israel in 2026.
 
We pray our Nation would enter its own time of rededication, Sabbath, and rest.
 
We reject unbelief.
We embrace full faith.
We repent of disobedience.
We commit to fresh obedience to God.
 
We devote ourselves afresh to God and His purpose for our lives and nation.
We rededicate ourselves, our families, and our nation to God and to His Christ in the year 2026.
 
Acts 2:1-4, “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
 
Isaiah 43:19, “Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
 
Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
 
Deuteronomy 5:12, “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you.”
 
Hebrews 3:18-4:11, “And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? So, we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. Now we who have believed enter that rest… For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.” Therefore, since it remains for some to enter that rest, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.”
 
We pray “Come Holy Spirit! Fall afresh on us, on our families, on our land and government.”