Tony Alamo, September 8, 2026

Tony Alamo How To Have God's Life Living In You Part 155, The Shield of Faith and Letters From Nigeria and Ghana Tony Alamo devotes program 257, part 155 of his teaching series, to prayer as a shield of faith, walking through Moses's intercession over the golden calf, reading listener letters from Nigeria, Ghana, and Elizabeth, New Jersey, and leading two calls to salvation with co-hosts Jean and Sharon. Opening Prayer and Extra-Biblical Books Tony Alamo opens the broadcast by identifying it as part 155 of his series How to Have God's Life Living in You, program number 257, and tells listeners that Sharon will explain how to receive a free tape or CD of the message. He builds his message around the shield of prayer, recalling how Moses intercedes with God after Aaron and the people of Israel build a golden calf and fall into idolatry while Moses is on the mountain. He argues that Moses uses scripture and God's own promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to plead for the nation rather than simple pleading. He then turns to what he considers extra, authentic books of scripture, including the Book of Enoch, the Book of Adam and Eve, and Solomon's Book of Wisdom, which he says the Catholic church removed from its version of the Bible even as it retained others, a claim he presents as his own understanding rather than settled fact. A Prayer Against the Ministry's Enemies Alamo leads an extended prayer asking God to strengthen believers and to deal with those he describes as enemies of soul-winning churches, people he believes were once saved but have turned away and now fight ministries doing the Lord's work. He compares this opposition to the Apostle Paul before his conversion, recalling how Jesus asked Paul on the road to Damascus why he was persecuting him, and argues that anyone who fights a true church is really fighting God. He asks that these people repent and return, but if they will not, he asks God to pour coals of fire on their heads, a plea he repeats more than once, and to stop them from, in his words, cumbering the earth. He frames the request as following Moses's example of using scripture, rather than mere emotion, when interceding with God. Jean answers with an emphatic amen as the prayer closes. Gospel Music and Letters From Abroad With the prayer finished, Alamo introduces Swing Down Chariot, a recording he made with J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, and the program plays an extended performance of the song. Afterward he turns to listener mail with co-host Jean, who reads letters from people reached through Alamo's literature, radio broadcasts, and website. A reverend named Mbekera writes from Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria, describing how the ministry's booklets helped a friend leave decades in the occult and asking how to distribute the literature locally. A caller from Elizabeth, New Jersey, a school security guard, praises the newsletter and asks for copies to share with Bible study groups in his schools. A third letter, from a man named Samuel in Ghana, thanks Alamo for his own conversion through the literature and requests fifty booklets and ten Bibles. Alamo responds to each by tying salvation to prayer, calling it the believer's shield against opposition and family pressure. Exodus and the Golden Calf Alamo then turns to Sharon for scripture, opening to Exodus chapter thirty-two, verse eight, where God describes Israel's idolatry after Aaron casts the golden calf. As Sharon reads verse by verse, Alamo comments that the calf could not speak, breathe, or walk, and warns against modern people worshiping money, pleasure, or anything besides God as breaking the first commandment. He explains God's warning to Moses, "let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot," as evidence that intercessory prayer can genuinely move God's decisions, since Alamo teaches God will not act against a person who stands on scripture and covenant promises. Jean interjects that of roughly three million Israelites delivered from Egypt, only Joshua and Caleb survived the ensuing forty years in the wilderness. Alamo also recalls the story of Sennacherib's army, wiped out overnight by a single angel, offering it as further proof that God intervenes decisively for and against nations depending on their obedience. The Armor of God and Conditional Prayer Sharon continues reading from the apocryphal Book of Wisdom, where Moses is described as bringing forward the shield of his ministry, even prayer, to overcome the destroyer sent among the people. Alamo builds on this to describe the full armor of God, listing the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, and the belt of truth, and insists that none of these are automatic; each depends on conditions such as asking, seeking, and knocking, citing Matthew chapter seven and chapter twenty-one on prayer being answered. He tells listeners that faith without such works is dead. The discussion turns political when Alamo insists that the disputed land belongs to Israel rather than the Palestinians, and criticizes efforts to install democracy in Iran and Iraq as, in his view, dictatorship directed from Rome, framing these as his own interpretation of prophecy rather than settled fact. He closes by leading listeners through a spoken salvation prayer inviting Jesus into their hearts. Salvation Prayer and Closing Blessing Alamo leads the salvation prayer to its conclusion, telling listeners who have prayed along that their sins are washed away and their souls saved, and asking them to raise their hands in thanks. Sharon then gives four ways to request a free tape or CD of the broadcast, postage included: through the website alamoministries.com, by writing to Tony Alamo Christian Ministries at its Texarkana, Texas post office box, or by phone or fax at the ministry's Arkansas-area numbers. Alamo closes with a reminder that only those who continue to the end will be saved, signs off as World Pastor Tony Alamo, and urges listeners not to grow weary despite hardship. A prerecorded announcer follows with a statement about Christians facing persecution and institutionalization, declaring, 'Arise, Christian America, the King is coming,' before the broadcast ends with a musical performance of Onward Christian Soldiers, closing out an hour built around prayer, testimony letters, and scripture.