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9PM NIGHTLY—Take a minute to pray! America’s Big Ben Minute

VIDEO—“AMERICA’S BIG BEN MOMENT!” With Tom & Lynnie Harlow, Jon & Jolene. Vital prophetic word launching “The Big Ben Minute.” YouTube direct link: https://www.youtube.com/live/jKEsKPFDbnQ?si=2IC-PJUrOu6Z8X2o

VIDEO—“A MINUTE TO WIN IT!” With Chris Mitchell, Jon & Jolene. YouTube direct link: https://www.youtube.com/live/33xakVDiMZw?si=SbEKVOJNErOY3whu

DEAR FRIENDS,
“A MINUTE TO WIN IT!” Nine months ago, we launched into 2026 with a call from Holy Spirit to pray. One minute. Nine pm sharp. 

The shofar alarm is sounding. The prayer chimes are now sounding. The travails of new birth are again shaking us. And the Big Ben moment for America that the Spirit of God conveyed to us is now at our gates. 

LAMPLIGHTER FAMILY, PLEASE REDOUBLE YOUR EFFORTS to pause and pray for our nation at 9pm nightly. If you’re starting again, begin tonight. With hell’s forces on display, there’s no better moment to shine the light. 

Below is the posting we wrote for Dutch Sheets and Give Him 15. We have also included links to videos that will ignite your heart to engage. It is amazing how prescient they are. 

AMERICA’S “BIG BEN” MOMENT
By Jon & Jolene Hamill | Lamplighter Ministries, Washington DC

Our nation stands at an historic crossroads. Here in Washington DC, my wife Jolene and I sense prophetically that in 2026, our nation must choose which “spirit of America” will ultimately direct our future. 

Which spiritual influence will prevail? This is a vital question to answer. Because only through the Spirit of the Lord will our liberties be preserved (2 Corinthians 3:17). Yet many of our fellow Americans have already embraced a steady decline into socialism, totalitarianism and idolatry. 

Here’s some good news. Recently the Lord showed us a vital strategy to direct America’s course towards freedom. The sheer simplicity honestly took us by surprise. 

We were visiting with our longtime friends Tom and Lynnie Harlow when Lynnie suddenly asked us to pray.

“I saw a vision of Big Ben,” Lynnie recounted. “And I heard the phrase ‘Big Ben Minute.’ “I knew right then the Lord is saying we are now in a ‘Big Ben moment’ for America. We are at a tipping point for America, where we can go one way or another.” 

Lynnie and Tom went on to share that during World War II, a minute of nightly prayer helped shift the trajectory of the war. We had never heard this story before. 

“They saw the tide turn,” Lynnie explained. “Now America needs to see the tide turn. And Jon and Jolene, I believe God wants you to help birth this movement.”

A movement—to pray one minute for America? How’s that going to turn a nation? How’s that going to protect anything?

Especially if you’re a seasoned watchman, your response might be a lot like mine. But history has proven there is great power in a groundswell of simple, consistent intercession. Even if it’s only for a minute. 

And whether you’re a veteran warrior or you’re totally new to prayer, everyone can take a minute out of their evening to simply pray for America.

The Big Ben Minute
The backstory of the Big Ben Minute is amazing. During World War II, nightly blitzkriegs brought London to her knees. Each night at 9pm, British society would come to a standstill at the sound of Big Ben’s chimes—to pray for at least one minute for their land. Millions of people would intercede for the protection of their besieged nation, for their leaders, soldiers and loved ones, and for the defeat of the horrific Nazi regime. 

Winston Churchill soon endorsed the effort, and the chimes of “Big Ben minute” were broadcast nationally by the BBC—night after night, beginning precisely at 9pm. 

Against all odds, Britain persevered—and gained a victory that preserved not only their freedom, but western civilization itself. Many credited this nationwide moment of prayer with turning the tide of the war. Under interrogation, one German intelligence officer even confessed:

“During the war, you had a secret weapon for which we could find no counter-measure, and which we did not understand. But it was very powerful. It was associated with the striking of Big Ben each evening. I believe you called it ‘the Silent Minute.’”

America’s Big Ben Moment
Can’t make this stuff up. But you have to ask—how is America in a “Big Ben Moment” at this time? We still have our struggles, but we’ve gained a lot of ground. Is America facing a similar existential threat?

Here are a few facts. Divisive midterm elections are just ahead which could unravel many of the godly gains we have achieved. Antisemitism continues to surge. AI continues to replace jobs. Economic downturns continue to paralyze many Americans.

And despite assurances, trusted prophetic voices continue to warn that this freedom movement called America could actually be dangerously close to derailing. 

Factor in the prospect of war with Iran, or even a covert cyber war with Russia or China, and it’s easy to understand why God’s call for a Big Ben Minute is actually His kindness in action. 

Midnight Hour—Big Ben and the Armageddon Clock
But though volatile current events may be unsettling, they do not adequately convey the whole picture. Something is missing—a God-shaped hole, actually in the shape of a clock. We must gain a Spirit-empowered, biblically accurate understanding of the times. As our newest book conveys, “End Times in Real Time!”

With this at heart let me share with you a remarkable experience recounted in our new book. A prophetic experience my wife Jolene had on the summit of Tel Megiddo, otherwise known as Armageddon. 

The date was December 9, 2022. Jolene was seeking the Lord in prayer when she saw a vision of a grandfather clock hovering over the Armageddon Valley below. In Jolene’s vision, the hands of the clock were set at ten minutes to midnight. And she instantly “knew” that a midnight hour was coming to both Israel and America. 

Ten minutes to midnight. Maybe it’s not a coincidence that exactly ten months later, almost to the day, on October 7 Israel was thrust into a desperate midnight hour.

Given the weightiness of Jolene’s vision at Tel Megiddo, maybe it’s not a coincidence that the Lord recently used the imagery of BIG BEN—essentially a giant grandfather clock—to speak to Jolene and me once again. This time to call Jolene and me, and somehow even our nation, to nightly prayer. A Big Ben Minute for America.

Maybe this nightly prayer is preparation for a midnight hour. If so, the good news is that the midnight hour can become our finest hour. A special ops commander named Gideon discovered this fact when his army lit their lamps, blew their trumpets, and scattered the armies that had penetrated their borders. 

As recorded in Matthew 25, Jesus appointed the midnight hour as the time of His return. “But atmidnight there was a cry: ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps…” 

In more recent times, like last year, an extraordinary military operation called “The Midnight Hammer” took out Iran’s existential threat to both Israel and America. 

And on the 250th anniversary of the America’s independence, let’s not forget the midnight cry from a midnight ride which awakened an army to engage in the American Revolution, forever securing America’s freedom. 

Due to their quick response, these soldiers soon became known as “Minutemen.” A rapid-deployment force that turned the tide of war. 

I hope you catch God’s irony. Because He is now raising up “Minutemen” once again! A million men and women who will take just a minute of their evenings to pray.

A minute to win it! Please set your alarms for 9pm nightly. Pray. And lets engage together in a “minuteman movement” to turn the tide of America once again.