Morning by Morning, September 19, 2025 – “Valley Forge. Forged in the Valleys of these Dark and Challenging Days to Climb Up and Take the Mountains of Our Destiny!”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your leading, as I begin my day centered in Your Presence and grounded in Your Word (John 10:27). ...
As I wait, I hear in my heart: “Valley Forge.” ...
Now the picture comes to mind of the famous painting of General George Washington kneeling in the snow in prayer at Valley Forge before crossing the Delaware River in the surprise attack that changed the course of the American Revolutionary War. ...
Now this: “Valley Forge. Forged in the Valley. Forged in the valleys of these dark and challenging days to climb up and take the mountains of our destiny.” ...
The Scripture comes to mind to confirm what I believe I’m hearing in my heart:
“We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed, always carrying around in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. For we who are living are always being handed over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal flesh” (2 Corinthians 4:8-11).
Valley Forge was a “turning point” for America. And for the Body of Christ in our nation and in our world, we are at a “turning point” again.
You will take these dark and challenging days and turn them around into an awakening in our hearts to arise and shine and take the mountains of our destiny. This awakening in our hearts may even be the Third Great Awakening in our nation we have forever longed to see and fervently prayed to experience.
Even as I write out this prayer, words of inspiration from apostolic and prophetic leaders like Dutch Sheets and Jonathan Cahn, Chris Reed and Rick Joyner come to mind about a coming Third Great Awakening in America if we embrace both humility and boldness. “Not be might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6).
These Words of God now arise in my spirit:
“Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!” (Ephesians 5:14)
Now the prophetic Exhortation and Promise of Isaiah being fulfilled in us in the generations of the last days:
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth and thick darkness the peoples, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. Nations shall come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather together; they come to you; your sons shall come from far away, and your daughters shall be carried in their nurses’ arms. Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice” (Isaiah 60:1-5).
Lord, open our eyes to see! Arise in our hearts to shine and be radiant with the Light of Your glory shining through Your people. “Christ in (us), the hope of glory!” (Colossians 1:27).
At Valley Forge, the turning point came with the heart of a warrior on his knees. At this turning point in our hearts and in our nation and in the hearts of the nations, may we have the heart of a warrior as the Army of the Lord. Your heart is full of mercy and love (1 John 4:16). And at the same time, You’re also a Warrior who stands up and speaks out to fight for all that is right and true:
“The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is His name!” (Exodus 15:3)
May we also “Fight the good fight of the faith (and) take hold of the eternal life to which (we) were called for which (we make) the good confession in the presence of many witnesses” (1 Timothy 6:12).
As the Body and Bride of Christ, as disciples of Jesus going and making disciples of all nations, as the Army of the Lord in the earth, may we bend our knees and bow our hearts in humility before You, that Your Spirit may arise and shine within us. May we humble ourselves in Your sight that You may lift us up (James 4:10). In the power of Your might, may we awaken and arise to take the mountains of our destiny in You that Your kingdom may be made manifest here on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:10).
May we envision in our hearts the Promise of the day to come when “The kingdoms of the world have become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever!” (Revelation 11:15) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you bend your knees and bow your heart before the Lord, to be forged in the valleys and be lifted up to take the mountains of your destiny in Christ, as He extends His kingdom in you and your nation and the nations of the earth, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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