Posts by Helen Joy Duperree

Top 3 Global Prayer Targets for Aglow International

Following our National Conference in Washington, DC, “Lift the Standard,” let’s begin October with some prayer targets that were generated at our conference. These cover our Aglow mandates. Stir up the anointing to pray for the Aglow mandates. Use your authority.

Do you have a favorite Scripture? I have many, but one that continually inspires me is Ephesians 3:20: Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches us to pray, ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ (Matthew 6:11). That means we come to God each day with fresh dependence, trusting Him to provide what we need for today, just as He provided manna in the wilderness—bread from Heaven given day by day (Exodus 16:4, 15–21).

Recently, Nancy McDaniel was speaking to a congregation, and I had the joy of listening in through webcast. She referred to a circumstance that took place suddenly. Out of the clear blue, it landed, and one moment she was okay and the next moment she wasn’t. She prefaced her story by saying that she is not one who thinks that everything that happens is from the enemy.

Nancy shared in a recent post about a thought she was pondering. The thought came from a longtime friend of Aglow and speaker, Graham Cooke. Graham, at the time, was relaying the story of David and Goliath.

One of the beautiful Core Values of Aglow International is Freedom — “Standing firm against everything that enslaves” (Galatians 5:1). This value doesn’t just sit on a page; it moves us. It compels us to open our eyes to injustice, to lift our voices in prayer, and to believe boldly that every person held captive—physically, emotionally, or spiritually—can be restored to wholeness.

While there are different interpretations of ‘lift up a standard,’ just picture this with me for a moment! What if the standard is the Lord’s banner – His flag to claim and mark His territory in the earth? And what if that banner is us?

Thank You that You are the answer to whatever they are going through personally and in their nations.