{"id":28578,"date":"2026-05-14T11:21:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=28578"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:21:46","slug":"god-stories-north-carolina-rededication-a-holy-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=28578","title":{"rendered":"God Stories: North Carolina Rededication \u2014 a Holy Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n              <span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 6<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brenda Jackson-Little has been connected and praying with IFA for over fifteen years, before she stepped into her role as the IFA North Carolina State Leader. Although also a Pastor and PK (Pastor\u2019s kid), her heart is burdened to see God move through our government. Her heart\u2019s cry for her state and our nation has been, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More Lord<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d And since the rededication, they are already getting praise reports.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h4>Find out when your state prays.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFA North Carolina rededicated their state to the Lord on Friday, April 24th, 2026, in the State Capitol city of Raleigh, in their legislative building. Senate and Congressional meetings, hearings, and conferences are held in this building.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brenda said that location is where all the decisions affecting North Carolinians are made. It was, rightly, the perfect place for the rededication of the entire state.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A prayer ministry that has functioned out of the Capitol for many years partnered with Brenda during the rededication event. Since Brenda lives five hours (round trip)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">away from the Capitol, they were essential in making connections and planning the event. In fact, many organizations were grateful to partner with IFA for this rededication. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were supported by Sharon Pearce<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the North Carolina Prayer Caucus, and the Billy Graham Library historian helped with the historical NC household of faith legacy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The NC National Day of Prayer Director and Frederick Douglass Foundation representative attended, just to name a few<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were senators, representatives, and we had one of our congressmen in Washington involved in getting things done,\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brenda said.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Carolina intercessors showed up ready. I have prayed with some of these intercessors for years. I was finally able to meet them face-to-face and connect. They came from all over the state. The room held a maximum capacity of 93, and it was full.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our event was set up with tiers. So first, we began by building a place for the Lord. We had such anointed worship from the House of Prayer team in Raleigh. We sang worship songs like \u201cHoly is the Lamb \u2018\u2018, \u201cHow Great Thou Art\u201d, and Agnes Dei.\u2019 People were singing with hands lifted, worshipping the Lord. At the end of the event, the whole room sang. \u201cThe Battle Hymn of the Republic.\u201d The second tier was repentance. The NC Prayer Caucus took up topics to pray about and ask for repentance for the shedding of innocent blood, covenant-breaking, immorality, and more.\u00a0 Repentance causes God to remove the reproach and gives us a heart of resolve.\u00a0 We went through repentance and renunciation. When they were done, you could feel the release in the room. The weight of the Lord came in and filled the place.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><br \/>\nIntercessors worshipping the Lord and declaring His name over North Carolina.\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After repentance, we broke into prayer pods of 7-8 people, and asked the intercessors to pray, and it was powerful. All this was building up to the moment when the proclamation was read. The senator came to read the proclamation and rededicate everything back to Him. At the end of the event, we made announcements about upcoming events and provided a place of communion for those who wanted to partake.<\/span> Everyone there agreed that this was a prophetic moment for our state<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This moment was sealed by God.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nIntercessors gather to pray for their state.\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI asked one of my state representatives whether anything like the rededication had been done before; he said he could not recall anything like it. It was a spiritually and historically rich moment for North Carolina. A rededication has never happened before. As part of the event, guests signed a witness document that has now become part of the official records,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d Brenda said.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For weeks leading up to this event, our IFA NC group prayed that God\u2019s glory would fill the place, and He did. I said, God, no matter what happens, all I want is for Your Presence to be there and you to be glorified. And He answered, the event was powerful, and the Presence of the Lord was manifest. <\/span>God was in it from day one, through the planning, on the day of the event, and since the event. God has been involved in all of it. It was a holy moment for North Carolina.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afterward, guests came by and thanked Brenda. One woman from a major organization in North Carolina emailed Brenda to thank her<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for putting the rededication together. She said it was phenomenal, complimenting the prayer group and worship. She received many praise<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">emails.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the event, it\u2019s only been one week. Brenda has seen answers to prayers. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On our IFA North Carolina State Prayer Calls, our number one topic is elected officials, followed by Pastors and churches, and other topics dealing with our state issues.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing has happened since rededication, May 2nd, hasn\u2019t even been two weeks. I got confirmation on something we have been praying about for the last four years. 1 Timothy 2:1:4 is foundational as we intercede for our elected officials. We include spiritual leaders. We get requests for prayer from pastors who are burned out and need prayer for their families, and other issues. One pastor from a large church<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the region said they are now seeing fewer pastors leaving the pulpit, and I thanked God because we have been carrying that one. When we come together as a prayer group, I always say we are casting a prayer tent across the state, as we cover many prayer points during that call<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Brenda said.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBecause of this event, I now have stronger connections and relationships with some of our senators and other elected officials to build on in the future. We have also received additional invitations from other organizations to participate. We have been contacted by other leaders of movements in North Carolina, some of whom are aligned with political candidates seeking to align with IFA for prayer. I believe we will see more of this for the next election.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am optimistic about the future. During that event, praying over our state and the key things we needed to pray for. I felt that God was saying out of this room today, a change will spring forth across the state. Even after repentance, I felt an opening in the atmosphere of the spirit realm. I see the opportunity even greater for a reawakening; <\/span>we have always been a Spirit-led state. I see a spiritual reawakening brought on by the rededication.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For our state, I see greater fruit coming in all parts of our state. I see a greater grace in North Carolina, reawakening in all aspects of the state, not just government, but churches, and families, a greater grace on all of that. Greater health and greater life flow come from the church.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Father, we thank you for the unity between intercessory streams and elected officials in North Carolina to rededicate their state to you. We thank you for Your great and precious promises in Your word. You said in 2 Chronicles 7:14, that if Your people who are called by Your name, will fast and pray and humble ourselves, turn from our wicked ways and seek Your face, You will heal our land. We thank you that North Carolina, as a state, seized this precious moment to do so, and we know that it will not return void. But it will accomplish what it was sent to do.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We agree that greater grace is coming to North Carolina, and Lord, do it in every state that is turning its face and state back to you. We agree that reawakening is coming to North Carolina, and it\u2019s beginning in Your church. Let it sweep throughout the nation. We pray for the connections made and that You will continue to open doors and partnerships, to see Your Kingdom come and Your will be done in America as it is in heaven, in Jesus\u2019 name, amen.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<h4>Share your prayers for North Caroline, as well as your own state, in the comments.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IFA contributing writer Gloria Robles is a passionate intercessor with a prophetic voice for today. For more from Gloria, go to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spotify<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anchor<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and listen to her podcast, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something To Share<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<em>Photo Credit: IFA NC State Prayer Leader Brenda Jackson-Little.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#13;\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 6 minutes Brenda Jackson-Little has been connected and praying with IFA for over fifteen years, before she stepped into her role as the IFA North Carolina State Leader. Although also a Pastor and PK (Pastor\u2019s kid), her heart is burdened to see God move through our government. 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