132 - The 2025 Jehu Fast
Letter from the Editor:
After decades of mass prayer and fasting for the nation, we have come to a critical juncture for America to turn back to God. We stand now in a window of historic opportunity for governmental reform and national revival, but we must see it through in prayer. As President Trump prepares to take office in 2025, we urge you to join us for a 21-day Daniel Fast as we govern in prayer over the government. Today’s briefing lays out prophetic vision for Trump’s second term, along with clear prayer directives from Lou Engle to unify our intercession. Let’s shape history together through prayer and fasting!
– Cheryl Amabile
The 2025 Jehu Fast
As we approach the start of 2025, we are in a prime moment for intercession. We’ve sensed a shift in the nation since the Day of Atonement and experienced a breakthrough in the elections with President Trump being elected. Now it’s time to pave the way for God’s agenda to be accomplished through his administration. For this purpose, we are launching a 21-day fast led by Lou Engle, in partnership with Matt Lockett, Executive Director of Bound4Life International and the Justice House of Prayer, in Washington, DC.
From January 1st through the 21st, we are calling the nation to a Daniel Fast to win the battle of the heavens in prayer over the government leading into the inauguration. During Daniel’s 21-day fast, he shifted Cyrus’s mindset and prevailed over the powers of darkness, changing the whole Persian public policy. We believe right now we have an opportunity to see the government of our nation impacted, the deep state removed, and ideologies shifted. However, for this to happen, we believe the church needs to get into the chariot of Jehu.
Jehu was anointed king by the prophet Elisha during the reign of Ahab. King Ahab was one of Israel’s most infamous leaders, who allowed the idolatries of his wife Jezebel to infiltrate the nation and corrupt the culture of God’s people. God’s purpose for Jehu was to destroy the house of Ahab and eradicate Baal worship from the land of Israel. Rabbi Jonathan Cahn recently prophesied to President Trump at the Inaugural National Faith Summit, declaring that his life and calling followed a similar template to Jehu’s. Other prophetic leaders have sensed the same.
Lou Engle was stirred a few weeks ago while reading 2 Kings 9–10, noting that it was during Jehu’s second ride that Jehonadab, the conservative leader, got into his chariot. Jehu then exclaimed: “Come watch my zeal for the Lord.” Lou has sensed from God a strong exhortation that in Trump’s second term, the church must get in his chariot by supporting this man in prayer. Let us intercede for God to put a hedge about him, that the right cabinet members would be put in place, and that the president and his administration will sweep away the “house of Ahab” that has been seeking to destroy this nation.
Along these lines, Matt Lockett had a fascinating dream back in September of 2022 that we believe paints a prophetic picture of our responsibility in prayer for Trump. In the dream, Matt and his team from JHOP were with Donald Trump and other intercessors standing outside a fast-food restaurant. They were standing in a single-file line waiting to go through the drive-thru that hadn’t yet opened. It was understood in the dream that they were to keep Trump “in line” and “drive him all the way through” when the window opened. Matt’s team literally prayed through this dream on a regular basis for the past two years
Just after the A Million Women prayer gathering on the National Mall in October, something happened that caught their attention: President Trump surprisingly showed up at McDonald’s to work in the drive-thru window. For most of the nation, this was just a human-interest story and a photo op for the would-be president. However, for those who had been praying Matt’s dream, it was a sign that the “window” was now open to drive Trump through the election.
Then, just about a week later, President Trump was pictured in another window—this time in the window of a garbage truck! Once again, the images were all over the news. It suddenly struck Matt with prophetic clarity that his original dream was not just about driving Trump through the election but about driving him through an ongoing agenda to “take out the trash,” so to speak, in Washington, D.C. We resonated with Matt’s insight, recognizing once again God’s intent to use President Trump to address the wickedness, idolatry, and corruption in the nation's high places and policies. But the reality in the spirit is that our prayers must drive this agenda.
Another prophecy that has shaped our intercession for the president-elect is a word given by the late Kim Clement in 2007. Clement had specifically prophesied that Trump would become a trumpet. He went on to speak of a president fitting Trump’s description who would have “hot blood” and would raise the walls of protection around the nation. He acknowledged that this leader would rapidly change the economy. In the same prophecy, Clement declared of this man: “God says, ‘I will put at your helm for two terms a president that will pray, but he will not be a praying president when he starts. I will put him in office, and then I will baptize him with the Holy Spirit and My power.’”
We have often pondered Donald Trump’s spiritual legacy. His great-aunts were instrumental in intercession leading up to the tremendous move of the Spirit in the Hebrides Revival. (See The Briefing 088 - The Promised Revival.) What if God has ordained for that holy stump to sprout again in this day and time? It may be that President Trump is a sign and a symbol of an outpouring that God desires to spread across America and beyond.
Therefore, as we head into these 21 days of a Daniel Fast, let us pray daily, first and foremost, for the Jehu anointing to rest upon President Trump, his Cabinet members, and all those in leadership. Pray that they would sweep away the "house of Ahab" and its ungodly ideologies that have taken root in America. Ask for grace to empower them to accomplish what God desires - not their own agendas - but God’s purposes in this second term of President Trump.
Secondly, let’s pray daily for President Trump to be filled with the Holy Spirit while in office, as was spoken in the prophetic word. Let us also be praying for all the men and women in the Cabinet, that they would be filled with the wisdom of God to fulfill their responsibilities according to His plan. In Daniel 2:21, the prophet writes: “He changes times and seasons; He deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.” Therefore, let us pray that God will grant divine wisdom and heavenly favor to these leaders as they navigate complex decisions.
Lastly, we have always recognized that transforming government alone is not enough. We must have a Third Great Awakening - a spiritual revival - in the hearts of men, women, and children alike. This aligns with a prophetic dream we received in 2020, in which there was a massive gathering and fervent cries of "Revival, revival, revival." May this be our ongoing prayer until our communities are swept up in the fire of God’s Spirit.
Let’s move in faith and dare to believe that God is able and willing to do immeasurably more than we even ask or imagine for the glory of His name’s sake. Who knows but for such a time as this, we’ve been brought into the kingdom?
