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Asymmetrical Warfare in America’s Revolution—Military and Spiritual

Heaven’s edge in the fight for America’s future.

Pray American DNA newsletter

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Kingdom Watchman, thank you for standing on your post. Your resolve is shaking things in the unseen.

This issue … we reclaim the bold, upside-down strategy of Kingdom Asymmetry. It still wins battles today.

⬇️ P.S. — How the “Spirit” helped protect Israel (30 sec. video)

America’s Revolution used asymmetrical warfare—both military and spiritual—and why it matters for prayer and winning today.

👆️ Asymmetrical warfare. On Christmas night, 1776, Washington led the Continental Army across the Delaware River to launch a surprise attack on 1,500 Hessians—skilled German soldiers hired by the British—stationed in Trenton, New Jersey. Turning point in the Revolutionary War.

Asymmetrical Warfare in America’s Revolution—Military and Spiritual

America’s birth was anything but conventional.

When the Continental Army faced off against the world’s most dominant military power—the British Empire—they didn’t fight on the same footing. They couldn’t.

⚔️ So they embraced asymmetrical warfare: guerrilla tactics, ambushes, agility, and a deep knowledge of the land. They refused to play by the rules of empire.

And that uneven, unpredictable, underestimated edge was key to their survival and eventual victory.

But this wasn’t just a battle of musket balls and bayonets. There was another conflict raging. Unseen and even more real.

Many of America’s founders and colonists understood they were contending for more than independence. They were FIGHTING FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE. For calling. Covenant. And they fought on that plane with asymmetry too.

They diligently sought heaven’s help with prayer and fasting. They opened public assemblies with Scripture and repentance. They framed their cause in spiritual terms, believing that history turns on the favor of God more than the strength of armies.

They fought a physical battle with guerrilla tactics … but they also fought a spiritual battle with Kingdom Asymmetry.

This dynamic is everywhere in Scripture. We could nearly say it’s a modus operandi of God. It’s a pattern for us today.

Gideon’s 300 took down a massive Midianite army. David ran toward Goliath with nothing but a sling and some stones. Jehoshaphat sent worshipers ahead of the warriors. And battered Paul said, “When I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12.10).

As God’s people align with his heart and purpose, small becomes strategic. Weakness becomes weaponized. Winning comes through the unexpected.

This is part of America’s founding legacy and DNA. And today, when the odds seem stacked against us again, we’re being invited into the same.

In truth, we carry the winning edge with Kingdom Asymmetry.

P.S. And what about Kingdom Asymmetry in your personal life and work?

🗝️ Kingdom prayer key

Victory doesn’t depend on size, strength, or status. Heaven responds to faith-filled weakness and strategic prayer. When the odds seem lopsided, remember: God loves to win through the unlikely and overlooked. Align with his heart. Watch things shift.

Here’s Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV): “For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

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Pray American DNA

America’s Revolution used asymmetrical warfare—both military and spiritual—and why it matters for prayer and winning today.

Each generation needs to rediscover America’s DNA.

We can draw on America's founding prayers, covenants, documents, and early experiences as "prayer architecture" for today. Adapt the prayer language below to your prayer voice as the Holy Spirit leads.

Kingdom Asymmetry

⚔️ Kingdom asymmetrical edge. Lord of Hosts, you empowered the outnumbered in 1776. Empower us now. The odds “appear” stacked, but you still move through the unlikely. Align us with your purpose for America. Make us bold in prayer and sharp in spirit. Teach us to fight with courage in the seen, and authority in the unseen. We carry the Kingdom Asymmetrical Edge. You fight with us. Amen.

🌏️🏛️ A new day for Iran and Israel. God of the Nations, grant our leaders wisdom higher than politics or power plays. We ask for heaven’s strategy to help establish lasting peace between Israel and Iran. Let diplomacy be shaped by truth and justice. We pray for a new day for the Iranian people—awakening and freedom. Move hearts. Shift nations. Bring extraordinary success in this issue of global consequence. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

🦅 As you pray, tune in to the Father’s heart. Watch for the sharp prayer edges He brings to the surface in the Spirit. Leave “white space” in prayer for improvisation.

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Brian Del Turco
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P.S. — How the “Spirit” helped protect Israel