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CRITICAL ADVICE FOR NEW PIONEERING VOICES

Nate Johnston

CRITICAL ADVICE FOR NEW PIONEERING VOICES

CRITICAL ADVICE FOR NEW PIONEERING VOICES

Do you believe you are a pioneering voice? 


I would never have called myself "a voice" back in the day. I still don't like titles or any form of label because I've spent so many years getting used to just being "a son" that they make me feel like I'm polishing myself up better than I am. 


But I've had to accept that I am a voice in order to deliver this to other voices out there who, maybe, like me, have never fit a particular box or popular preference. 


At the very least, I pray your takeaway from this letter is accepting that regardless of your doubts and insecurities or what others have said about you - you can't deny that you know in your spirit that you are called to be a voice, too. 


Not the kind of voice you see tickling the ears of the masses with their perfectly articulated verbiage and emotional tones that draw you in. 


Not the kind of voice that makes you feel tucked in for a bedtime story, tenderly and slowly appealing to your soul but they are trying to buy you into their narrative. 


Not the kind of voice that can speak to your comforts and sell you a story of false hope and aspiration. 


No, you aren't the Ted talk type. You aren't trying to massage the intellect of a generation. 


You are the voice crying out in the wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord!"


Just like John the Baptist, you are a bit of an oddball. Maybe your calling and passion have branded you as socially awkward and strange because it bursts out of you involuntarily.


But no, you aren't strange; you are just wired authentically. 


You don't have the filter they do. You don't have an assistant screening your words before you speak them or cutting out what could offend. 


You aren't politically correct. Not that you want to upset anyone, but your spirit connects to your mouth in a way that isn't acceptable in the world of proper - aristocratic prophetic ministry. 


Am I speaking to you? 


I don't tick all those boxes either and never have. 


BREAKING IT DOWN


So, how do you survive in a hyper-critical world where people constantly judge you, judging what you said and what you didn't say and assuming they know your heart? 


How do you begin to steward your voice and maintain being a voice without being cut down and thrown out in the trash in your first week? 


How do you stay true to what God is telling you to speak without compromising, cutting yourself down to fit, or suppressing yourself to walk the road of least resistance? 


How do you be a wild voice in this time of history?


How do you last the distance? 


Here are a few practical things God has taught me over the years that will hopefully help you keep being the unique "You" in this hour;


YOU HAVE ONE ASSIGNMENT. 

John's assignment was simple. He cleared the way for Jesus. If you don't know your message or assignment, ask God for clarity and begin. Too many voices get stuck in the hesitation stage when they just need to begin. Don't take on too many functions. Just speak what He gives you and let Him do the rest. 


START WITH WHAT YOU GOT. 

The other thing that stops voices from consistently speaking is feeling like they don't have what it takes. "I don't know how to get out the words right. I don't know how to say it like them. Don't let your lack of skillset stop you from obeying God. He will always increase your gifts as you step out. This leads me to the next one. 


YOU ARE A ONE OF A KIND. 

You have to quit comparing yourself to others on social media. I've done it and it's sabotage to your authentic flavor and message. Your anointing is greatest where you are true to how God designed you even if it is strange or unique. Trust the way God wired you and refuse to become like everyone else to be liked or to get followers. Just be you and entrust that to God. 


LET GOD GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT.

Stewarding a voice effectively does mean not hiding it, but it doesn't fall into the trap of thinking you need to be a marketer. Let God get your message out. You don't have to pay for ads or try network or rub shoulders to get your message out. Just be faithful in releasing it, and He will surprise you with where He takes it. I have seen far too many people pay and hustle their way into notoriety God didn't endorse, and it's a hard job to keep up the doors you push down. 


GET OVER YOURSELF.

Being a voice is not about you nor is it attached to your reputation. Of course, people don't see it that way, but you have to learn to see it as God's voice through you. When you do that it helps you speak what He gives you with greater confidence because it's NOT YOU. So be HIS VOICE in the earth knowing He backs you. 


LIVE IN THE SECRET PLACE.

Far too many emerging voices start off right. Their message erupts from their wilderness season and soon gains traction but instead of maintaining their lifestyle of intimacy they begin to shift into a lifestyle of being around other prophets instead and leaders instead of staying in the posture that launched them. Stay in the secret place so you don't run dry and burn out. 


HUNGER FOR FRESH MANNA.

While there is nothing wrong with keeping your message consistent, I do believe God wants us to build upon what we receive. Encounters and visitation lead us lot deeper revelation of what we received earlier. Like another layer of insight and anointing, fresh manna will keep you fresh and your oil burning. Don't be satisfied with the old and don't rely on old encounters til you run out of juice. Lean in for the fresh. 


KEEP YOUR VOICE HONEST & PURE.

People ask me, "How much of the revelation you receive from God do you release?" I would say 5 percent. Revelation is sacred and birthed out of intimacy. To share everything would be violating my relationship with God - or PROSTITUTING the gift. You keep your voice honest and pure by increasing in your ability to discern what is for the masses and what is for your history. 


TRADE IN THE ORPHAN SPIRIT.

I used to operate in a significant orphan spirit in my teens and early twenties, and it skewed my thinking. It made it impossible for me to work with others and be a voice for the Lord because everything He gave me was filtered through my Identity dysfunction. Many emerging voices wrestle with this, and it leads them into a parallel universe of the calling God has for them. It's a thief and robber. It will cause you to post for likes and share words for affirmation. It will cause you to compete and grab for moments in the spotlight. Pioneers, you need to be Fathered into a healthy identity. Seek this more than being heard. Seek this more than releasing your sound so that when you do, it will be pure and powerful to those who hear it. 


DON'T CAST YOUR PEARLS.

A big lesson I wish I learned early on is that only some are for you and your mission. In fact, many only want to get close to you so that they can steal from the fresh flow coming out of you! I remember being so excited when God started speaking through me that I wanted to tell everyone my deepest thoughts and weightiest revelations. I wanted to share all my dreams, now words fresh off the printing press of heaven, and projects and ideas. What happened? People stole them, used them, and trampled over them. Which leads me to… 


KNOW YOUR COMPANY.

Do you know who labors amongst you? Do you know their heart and motives? I don't need to elaborate on this one. I have almost thrown in the towel from not paying attention to the red flags which led me into multiple betrayals, slander seasons, and hijacks of my calling. If there is something to pray and fast on it's to know who your close circle and company are meant to be and who they aren't.


ALIGNMENTS ARE CONTRACTS.

Recently, I had a few amazing groups contact me, wanting to lock arms and run together. The sentiment is humbling, and I know their hearts were probably pure in their desire to run with us, but I have learned over the years that alignments are contracts. I have entered into covenants and alignments God never asked me to, and it's always shutting down my voice for long periods of time or diluting it. Supporting other movements is kingdom, but before you give your word or vow about anything deeper, take it into a season of prayer and fasting. 


Now for the ones you really need to hear;


A SAUL WILL ALWAYS BE WAITING…

When you begin stepping out as a voice I guarantee you that this will happen - a Saul will present themselves. Who is this Saul? A person normally a leader or more seasoned voice that sees what is on your life and either doesn't want you to exceed their level of success or a person who wants to use you to prop up their waning ministry. It happens like clockwork, and it's a deadly trap of flattery and ego-stroking to those new to the game. And when you have been a Lone Ranger for so long, you tend to see this sudden interest as favor and hand over the keys to them all too quickly. Please beware! Protect and guard your anointing. Don't appoint people who you don't know or God has not clearly spoken to you about. 


LONE RANGER SEASONS DON'T MAKE YOU ILLEGITIMATE.

Not long ago, I had a well-known pastor drag someone under the bus in front of me. He said these pastors were illegitimate because they had no cover from a major church or network. As he spoke, I saw into his heart the gaping fear of losing territory. He didn't like the favor they were getting and had to use the only card he had - to discredit this emerging ministry in a need to further validate his own. Let me say this clearly - God ordains Lone Ranger seasons. He uses them to purify and heal us before he launches us in a public way. Don't see them as a bad thing like many do. Covering has become an idol and way of bullying those who are carrying unique messages that the stickup clergy would never approve of in the religious club. If you are Lone Ranger, know that it's a season God has you in, but keep your heart ready for God to bring you to the right people at the right time instead of the wrong people just to appease their need for you to be legit. 


DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE PROPHETIC POLICE.

Another trap many fall into is listening to the prophetic police. I have spent so many years trying to breathe life and courage back into voices who have been through so much wounding from the mainstream, only to see the rise of pharisaical spirit coming from leaders who should know better. They write posts essentially telling the emerging voices to shut up because they don't know what they are doing. Does a child learn to walk in a day? Did you ride your bike perfectly the first time you rode it? Did the disciples become seasoned overnight? Please disregard the condemnation of these voices who should be stepping into their shoes as fathers/mothers but have failed to do so and have deviated from their calling. No matter what they say, be a voice anyway, and let the Father's words over you be the only voice you hear. 


YOU WILL ENCOUNTER JEZEBEL.

I don't want to beat around the bush. You will hit warfare. Regularly. You will have days that are funky and swirly and feel like you are wading through a thick marshland of confusion. Yes, you will face witchcraft, chatter, and chins wagging to pull you down. But the greatest attack will come from the Jezebel spirit. She hates your voice and will try to discredit you and make you feel stupid for speaking at all. She will make you wanna run and give up. And she will send her loyal assassins in to do her bidding. Just like the enemy will position a Saul to bring you into false covenant, she will send one of her representatives in to try to be your best friend and cheer squad but will be positioned there to steal your voice. Don't fall for her traps! 


YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO BREAK NEW GROUND.

You weren't given your calling to maintain your post but to extend the borders of the kingdom with it. One of the greatest traps many voices fall into is playing it safe and trying to uphold an image or reputation. Like I said earlier, this isn't about you. You are a dead man. Christ Jesus now lives in you. Please don't play it safe. Be bold. Break new ground. You have been given permission to carve new paths and write new language for the hour. You have been given permission to confront the oil and unveil the new, blow away the dross of the past era, and lead the church into something fresh. 


This is who you are.




SOW A SEED

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“SHE IS NOT DEAD - SHE IS SLEEPING!” A WORD FOR THOSE ON THE SURGERY TABLE

By Nate Johnston • March 14, 2025
I have a word for those who feel like maybe their fire has gone out. For those who feel like, Where’s my message gone? Where’s my prophetic voice? Where is my anointing? If it feels like in this season you’ve been waking up feeling void, empty, barren, and dry, like the YOU within is gone, the passion is gone, and the fire is gone, this word is for you. Maybe you’ve even begun to believe that God has left you, that the anointing has lifted. But that’s not the case at all. A Necessary Surrendering I truly believe this has been a season of necessary surrender. We’ve had to lay down everything we have operated in and walked in during past seasons. It’s as if the Lord has been asking us to place everything in His hands so He can touch it afresh and return only what is necessary for the next season. This is a remantling - a process where the jacket of the past season can only take us so far. To step into the new thing, we must be remantled. But that takes time. There is a process to it, and it’s not for the faint of heart. The In-Between Feels Like Death... In that in-between space, it can feel like death. You wake up breathing, but the passion is gone. The fire feels extinguished. God, have You left me? No, He hasn’t left you. He is doing a deep work in your heart as He remantles you. I often say that God does something spiritually in a moment, but our hearts and souls take time to catch up. It’s this heart and soul process that makes us feel like God has left us, even though He hasn’t. God has already begun to birth something new in your spirit, but your soul, your emotions, intellect, and understanding, needs time to recalibrate. This is why it feels like death. Many are in this place right now. It’s an interesting tension because you can sense that something is ripening, something is shifting. Yet, at the same time, you feel left behind. You don’t feel like you can fully step into the new because you’re still carrying the weight and burnout of the past season. If that’s you, know that you are not alone. Many are feeling this same tension. What Do You Do in This Season? This is the season to allow the presence of God to recalibrate and reconnect your soul, mind, intellect, and emotions to your spirit. The presence of God and the Word of God are the only things that will truly realign and restore you. In this process, there is healing. There is deliverance. There are deep conversations with the Lord that need to happen. You can’t rush this process. You can’t bypass it. You must lean into it. She Is Not Dead – She Is Only Sleeping My word for you today is this: In the story of Jesus and the girl who had died, Jesus spoke a powerful phrase: “She is not dead but sleeping.” – Luke 8:52 I know you’ve been through a season where it feels like you’ve had to cast everything down. A season where your seed has fallen into the ground and died (John 12:24). A season where you’ve surrendered, and in that surrender, it has felt like you’ve turned into mush. But hear this, your message, mission, purpose, anointing, calling, and destiny have not died. They are only sleeping. And while they are sleeping, God is performing a divine operation. You’re on the Surgery Table Right now, it might feel like you are on the operating table. That is where God is reinventing you. That is where He is repurposing you. That is where He is recalibrating you. You are not dead. You are sleeping. And God is doing a massive work in you right now. John 11:11 declares: “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.” You are stepping into a fresh awakening. This is a season where you will be fully operational and functioning at your optimum in spirit, soul, mind, intellect, and emotions. You are coming fully alive again in every area of your life. A Fresh Wind Is Blowing God is releasing a fresh wind upon you in this hour that will reinvigorate you. But that’s also why God has pulled you away from certain situations and removed you from places of drama. Remember in the story of Jesus and the little girl? Before performing the miracle, He removed everyone from the room (Mark 5:40). God has had to remove certain people from your life in this season because He is performing a miracle in you. He is protecting the sacred work He is doing in you. From Caterpillar to Butterfly A friend of mine called me about four months ago when we were in Colorado, praying about moving to California. He said we had been in a season like a caterpillar in a cocoon - a season of mush. We had expected to enter a butterfly season, but instead, God needed us to remain in the cocoon. Why? Because in the cocoon, the caterpillar turns to mush before it can transform. Many of you have been in that same place. God is reinventing you. He is turning you into what He has destined you to be. You Have Never Been More Called... So, this is not a moment to feel lost, scared, or abandoned. It is a moment to recognize that God is reinventing you. He is reconnecting you to Himself and to your true purpose. Lean in today. Lay in His presence. Surrender. Give Him your past season, your old blueprints—everything you’ve carried, and lay it at His feet. Allow Him to finish the work. Because you have never been more called. You have never been more chosen. You have never been more anointed. You are not dead. Your destiny and purpose are not dead. They have been sleeping. And God is waking them up. 

YOU ARE IN A COMEBACK SEASON!

By Nate Johnston • March 11, 2025
Recently, I had a vision where I saw a door in front of me. This door looked locked, and I noticed that there was some kind of timepiece on it. I instantly recognized that this door had been locked for a period of time. I felt frustrated that I couldn’t get in, that it had remained closed for so long. Then, I looked at my hand, and there was a key. Suddenly, I heard the words: “Try the door now. Try the door now.” As I turned the key in the lock, it opened effortlessly. Immediately, in the vision, I was taken into a scene from my own life, where it felt like I had been “kicking against the goads” (Acts 26:14) pushing up against areas of resistance, crying out, “God, why is this not working? Why is this not happening the way I thought it would?” I realized there was a timing to it. And I think, in many of our journeys with the Lord, it feels like “God, You led me this way, why does it seem like it didn’t work?” Have you ever gone through seasons where God led you to do something, but it seemed to crumble? And you were left asking, “Lord, what’s happening? You took me this way, yet it ended in shipwreck.” I believe there are many right now who are feeling the weight of hope deferred (Proverbs 13:12). Some even feel abandoned, thinking, “God, I truly thought I was hearing You, but I ended in shipwreck.” I know I have felt this way in many seasons of my pioneering journey with the Lord. It’s as if God led you to the door, but when you tried to enter, the key didn’t work. Right now, I sense the Lord releasing layers of healing over areas of deep disappointment, where people have felt, “It didn’t work.” Maybe it was in business, ministry, family, perhaps you’ve experienced deep loss and robbery. A COMEBACK SEASON - FOR YOU AND THE NATIONS Over the past few weeks, the Lord has been speaking so clearly: “My people are in a comeback season.” But this isn’t just about individuals, it’s about nations! With all the turmoil we’re witnessing globally, in America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the EU, and beyond, there is a war in the spirit. We see the shaking, the battle, the chaos, but God is breathing fresh life. He is raising up movers and shakers, you and I, in every sphere to bring divine order to nations and cities. But this is also happening on a personal level. So many have walked through intense battles and wilderness seasons, feeling like “God, You led me into this, but all I see is testing.” Remember that “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, was led by the Spirit into the wilderness” (Luke 4:1). The wilderness wasn’t a mistake, it was preparation. What if the wilderness was actually the safest route? Because the enemy has been on your tail, trying to assassinate your destiny in one of the most powerful and potent seasons of your life. The wilderness is often the safest road because, although it comes with testing, loss, and even moments of shipwreck, it is where God refines you. There has been much loss, much breaking, and yes, even trauma, but what if this season has actually been preparing you for something greater? “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14). What if your wilderness season has been setting you up for a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit? RECOVER ALL - THIS IS YOUR COMEBACK SEASON! The Lord is declaring: “My people are in a comeback season!” I felt so strongly that I needed to prophesy this over you: You are in a comeback season! Just like David at Ziklag, after his possessions and family were taken, the Lord told him: “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them, and without fail recover all” (1 Samuel 30:8). I believe this is a season of divine recovery. Not only will you come out of the wilderness rejuvenated in spirit, mission, and purpose, but everything that has been robbed and stolen is being restored. One more prophetic picture I see is from John the Baptist. He was called into the wilderness, a place of preparation. His food was locusts (Matthew 3:4), which are typically considered a devourer (Joel 2:25), yet for John, they became sustenance. I believe this is prophetic for us, the very places where the enemy has tried to devour you will become your nourishment. The giants will become your bread (Numbers 14:9). What the enemy used against you will become a weapon in your hands! Let me prophesy this over you: You are in your comeback season! Everything the enemy has sought to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10), God is now commanding you to repossess. The Lord is releasing a fresh wind upon you. He is pouring out His Spirit in a new and powerful way. Those places of hope deferred are coming back to life. You will experience the comeback of the Holy Spirit and a fresh infilling in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen!

“SHE IS NOT DEAD - SHE IS SLEEPING!” A WORD FOR THOSE ON THE SURGERY TABLE

By Nate Johnston • March 14, 2025
I have a word for those who feel like maybe their fire has gone out. For those who feel like, Where’s my message gone? Where’s my prophetic voice? Where is my anointing? If it feels like in this season you’ve been waking up feeling void, empty, barren, and dry, like the YOU within is gone, the passion is gone, and the fire is gone, this word is for you. Maybe you’ve even begun to believe that God has left you, that the anointing has lifted. But that’s not the case at all. A Necessary Surrendering I truly believe this has been a season of necessary surrender. We’ve had to lay down everything we have operated in and walked in during past seasons. It’s as if the Lord has been asking us to place everything in His hands so He can touch it afresh and return only what is necessary for the next season. This is a remantling - a process where the jacket of the past season can only take us so far. To step into the new thing, we must be remantled. But that takes time. There is a process to it, and it’s not for the faint of heart. The In-Between Feels Like Death... In that in-between space, it can feel like death. You wake up breathing, but the passion is gone. The fire feels extinguished. God, have You left me? No, He hasn’t left you. He is doing a deep work in your heart as He remantles you. I often say that God does something spiritually in a moment, but our hearts and souls take time to catch up. It’s this heart and soul process that makes us feel like God has left us, even though He hasn’t. God has already begun to birth something new in your spirit, but your soul, your emotions, intellect, and understanding, needs time to recalibrate. This is why it feels like death. Many are in this place right now. It’s an interesting tension because you can sense that something is ripening, something is shifting. Yet, at the same time, you feel left behind. You don’t feel like you can fully step into the new because you’re still carrying the weight and burnout of the past season. If that’s you, know that you are not alone. Many are feeling this same tension. What Do You Do in This Season? This is the season to allow the presence of God to recalibrate and reconnect your soul, mind, intellect, and emotions to your spirit. The presence of God and the Word of God are the only things that will truly realign and restore you. In this process, there is healing. There is deliverance. There are deep conversations with the Lord that need to happen. You can’t rush this process. You can’t bypass it. You must lean into it. She Is Not Dead – She Is Only Sleeping My word for you today is this: In the story of Jesus and the girl who had died, Jesus spoke a powerful phrase: “She is not dead but sleeping.” – Luke 8:52 I know you’ve been through a season where it feels like you’ve had to cast everything down. A season where your seed has fallen into the ground and died (John 12:24). A season where you’ve surrendered, and in that surrender, it has felt like you’ve turned into mush. But hear this, your message, mission, purpose, anointing, calling, and destiny have not died. They are only sleeping. And while they are sleeping, God is performing a divine operation. You’re on the Surgery Table Right now, it might feel like you are on the operating table. That is where God is reinventing you. That is where He is repurposing you. That is where He is recalibrating you. You are not dead. You are sleeping. And God is doing a massive work in you right now. John 11:11 declares: “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.” You are stepping into a fresh awakening. This is a season where you will be fully operational and functioning at your optimum in spirit, soul, mind, intellect, and emotions. You are coming fully alive again in every area of your life. A Fresh Wind Is Blowing God is releasing a fresh wind upon you in this hour that will reinvigorate you. But that’s also why God has pulled you away from certain situations and removed you from places of drama. Remember in the story of Jesus and the little girl? Before performing the miracle, He removed everyone from the room (Mark 5:40). God has had to remove certain people from your life in this season because He is performing a miracle in you. He is protecting the sacred work He is doing in you. From Caterpillar to Butterfly A friend of mine called me about four months ago when we were in Colorado, praying about moving to California. He said we had been in a season like a caterpillar in a cocoon - a season of mush. We had expected to enter a butterfly season, but instead, God needed us to remain in the cocoon. Why? Because in the cocoon, the caterpillar turns to mush before it can transform. Many of you have been in that same place. God is reinventing you. He is turning you into what He has destined you to be. You Have Never Been More Called... So, this is not a moment to feel lost, scared, or abandoned. It is a moment to recognize that God is reinventing you. He is reconnecting you to Himself and to your true purpose. Lean in today. Lay in His presence. Surrender. Give Him your past season, your old blueprints—everything you’ve carried, and lay it at His feet. Allow Him to finish the work. Because you have never been more called. You have never been more chosen. You have never been more anointed. You are not dead. Your destiny and purpose are not dead. They have been sleeping. And God is waking them up. 

YOU ARE IN A COMEBACK SEASON!

By Nate Johnston • March 11, 2025
Recently, I had a vision where I saw a door in front of me. This door looked locked, and I noticed that there was some kind of timepiece on it. I instantly recognized that this door had been locked for a period of time. I felt frustrated that I couldn’t get in, that it had remained closed for so long. Then, I looked at my hand, and there was a key. Suddenly, I heard the words: “Try the door now. Try the door now.” As I turned the key in the lock, it opened effortlessly. Immediately, in the vision, I was taken into a scene from my own life, where it felt like I had been “kicking against the goads” (Acts 26:14) pushing up against areas of resistance, crying out, “God, why is this not working? Why is this not happening the way I thought it would?” I realized there was a timing to it. And I think, in many of our journeys with the Lord, it feels like “God, You led me this way, why does it seem like it didn’t work?” Have you ever gone through seasons where God led you to do something, but it seemed to crumble? And you were left asking, “Lord, what’s happening? You took me this way, yet it ended in shipwreck.” I believe there are many right now who are feeling the weight of hope deferred (Proverbs 13:12). Some even feel abandoned, thinking, “God, I truly thought I was hearing You, but I ended in shipwreck.” I know I have felt this way in many seasons of my pioneering journey with the Lord. It’s as if God led you to the door, but when you tried to enter, the key didn’t work. Right now, I sense the Lord releasing layers of healing over areas of deep disappointment, where people have felt, “It didn’t work.” Maybe it was in business, ministry, family, perhaps you’ve experienced deep loss and robbery. A COMEBACK SEASON - FOR YOU AND THE NATIONS Over the past few weeks, the Lord has been speaking so clearly: “My people are in a comeback season.” But this isn’t just about individuals, it’s about nations! With all the turmoil we’re witnessing globally, in America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the EU, and beyond, there is a war in the spirit. We see the shaking, the battle, the chaos, but God is breathing fresh life. He is raising up movers and shakers, you and I, in every sphere to bring divine order to nations and cities. But this is also happening on a personal level. So many have walked through intense battles and wilderness seasons, feeling like “God, You led me into this, but all I see is testing.” Remember that “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, was led by the Spirit into the wilderness” (Luke 4:1). The wilderness wasn’t a mistake, it was preparation. What if the wilderness was actually the safest route? Because the enemy has been on your tail, trying to assassinate your destiny in one of the most powerful and potent seasons of your life. The wilderness is often the safest road because, although it comes with testing, loss, and even moments of shipwreck, it is where God refines you. There has been much loss, much breaking, and yes, even trauma, but what if this season has actually been preparing you for something greater? “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14). What if your wilderness season has been setting you up for a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit? RECOVER ALL - THIS IS YOUR COMEBACK SEASON! The Lord is declaring: “My people are in a comeback season!” I felt so strongly that I needed to prophesy this over you: You are in a comeback season! Just like David at Ziklag, after his possessions and family were taken, the Lord told him: “Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them, and without fail recover all” (1 Samuel 30:8). I believe this is a season of divine recovery. Not only will you come out of the wilderness rejuvenated in spirit, mission, and purpose, but everything that has been robbed and stolen is being restored. One more prophetic picture I see is from John the Baptist. He was called into the wilderness, a place of preparation. His food was locusts (Matthew 3:4), which are typically considered a devourer (Joel 2:25), yet for John, they became sustenance. I believe this is prophetic for us, the very places where the enemy has tried to devour you will become your nourishment. The giants will become your bread (Numbers 14:9). What the enemy used against you will become a weapon in your hands! Let me prophesy this over you: You are in your comeback season! Everything the enemy has sought to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10), God is now commanding you to repossess. The Lord is releasing a fresh wind upon you. He is pouring out His Spirit in a new and powerful way. Those places of hope deferred are coming back to life. You will experience the comeback of the Holy Spirit and a fresh infilling in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen!

NEED PRAYER FOR HEALING?

By Nate Johnston • March 10, 2025
In my last (very long) word I shared a prayer at the end but since many did not read that far i wanted to post the prayer on its own here. If you need prayer in your body, let me pray for you. In the mighty name of Jesus, be healed right now! I command your body to come into alignment with the Word of God, which declares: “… by His stripes, you are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) I command every demonic spirit of affliction that has been tormenting you to leave NOW in Jesus’ name! Every disease, every assignment of the enemy to keep you in sickness I break it now by the blood of the Lamb! If you have been experiencing oppression, torment, or any level of bondage, I want to pray for you right now. Lord, right now, I bind every assignment of oppression and demonic torment that has been coming against them. I command that spirit to leave NOW in the name of Jesus! For Your Word says: “… if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36) There is no distance in prayer. And as I pray, God, I ask that Your healing power would flow through the airwaves and touch their bodies right now setting them completely free! I command headaches to leave! I command issues of blood to be healed! Lord, I ask for terminal diseases to be reversed and healed completely! I ask for backs to be straightened, broken bones to be restored, and for metal implants to dissolve supernaturally! I ask for eyesight to be restored and hearing to be opened! Lord, I pray for teeth issues to be healed. I pray for deaf ears to open and for blind eyes to see! I pray for every person bound by affliction to be set free today! Every sickness, affliction, and infirmity that has warred against God’s people for too long be broken NOW in Jesus’ name! Lord, awaken Your people to the fullness of the finished work of the cross! Let the Church once again be a hospital, a place where the sick come and are made whole. And let our lives be the same. Lord, today, reveal to us the power of the cross that we carry. Give us boldness and courage to step into the finished work of the cross and the greater things that Jesus said we would do. In Jesus’ name Amen!

THE VOICE OF HEALING IS RETURNING TO THE CHURCH! (READ TO THE END IF YOU NEED HEALING)

By Nate Johnston • March 7, 2025
What I’m about to share with you is less of a prophetic word and more of an invitation, an invitation that I believe God is extending to the body of Christ right now.. It is something that has personally challenged me in this season, where I feel like the Lord is calling us to step into the fullness of the gospel, the fullness of the life of Jesus as modeled in the Gospels. He is inviting us to step out in faith and restore the areas where we are not yet seeing the full outworking of everything Jesus did on the earth. I’m talking about the ministry of signs, wonders, miracles, and healings. The Bible says that Jesus healed all who came in contact with Him: “And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.” ( Matthew 4:23, NKJV) Jesus brought deliverance to all who were bound: “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” (Acts 10:38, NKJV) Jesus brought freedom. Yet, in the last seven to ten years, we have seen a rapid decline in miracles, signs, and wonders in the church. Many are asking in the church today, why do we even need signs and wonders? We need them because they remind us of the greatness of God, and they expose the limitations of man. They remind us that God is all-powerful and sovereign, that He loves to break open the heavens and pour His power into the earth. We need healings because they are central to the gospel. When the disciples tarried in Jerusalem and the Holy Spirit baptized them with fire, they received a level of authority and dominion they had not even walked in during the days when Jesus was physically with them: “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8, NKJV) Yet, the church has drifted from this place, reducing the gospel to an intellectual Christianity, a gospel of talk, but not power (1 Corinthians 4:20). We have settled for goosebumps instead of the kabod glory of God, the weight of His presence that transforms lives, cities, and nations. ICHABOD IS OVER Let me invite you into this story for a moment. For the last year, the Lord has been speaking to me, saying: “The Ichabod church is coming to an end. The Ichabod church is coming to an end.” Ichabod means “no glory” meaning there is no outworking of heaven into the earth in any measure. This, in many ways, represents what we are facing and seeing right now in the current model of the church. We have leveled off. We have shut out the Holy Spirit because we are not willing to risk our reputations for the sake of pursuing what people are truly hungry and longing for. I wonder how many church services the demonized have walked into, only to walk out still bound. I wonder how many church services the sick and afflicted have walked into, yet were not set free. I pose this challenge even to myself. I know that in my life and in our ministry, I have seen incredible miracles over the years. I have witnessed remarkable signs and wonders break out. But I’ll be honest, there have been moments of deep challenge, moments where I have wrestled with continuing to go after healings and miracles when it seemed like there was such a recession of these very things. Yet, over the last year, something has been stirring. I have been having dreams where God has shown me mass miracles breaking out, but not because of a man, not because of a superstar celebrity preacher laying hands on the sick. No. These miracles were happening because a body was rising up, a body walking in the fullness of the kingdom of heaven, clothed in the mantle of Jesus, which we have inherited through the blood of the Lamb: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” (John 14:12, NKJV) A Challenge from the Lord When we moved to California, the Lord posed a challenging question to me. He said: “I want you to gather My people. I want you to unite My people. I want you to teach the church how to be the church again.” Then He said something that rocked me to my core and challenged me deeply. He asked: “Will you create a space for the sick and broken to come? Will you model the hospital church again?” I responded, “Yes, of course, Lord.” Then He asked: “Will you allow Me to perform signs, wonders, miracles, and healings again?” Again, I said, “Yes, Lord, I want that.” Then He asked me: “Are you willing to step out in faith to see the voice of healing return to the church?” And suddenly, it struck me what He was truly asking. He was asking: Would I step out of my comfort zone? Would I have the courage to pursue healings and miracles again in our meetings? Would I risk it all to see the fullness of the gospel manifest on the earth? THE ANOINTING OF A.A. ALLEN Instantly, I was reminded of a prophetic word that was given to us back in 2022 by the late prophet Jeff Jansen. At the time, I did not know Jeff personally, but one day he called me and said, “Nate, I have a word for you.” That year, we were wrestling with our visas. We had returned to Australia because of COVID and were facing a major decision: Would we relinquish our visas while we waited, or would we contend to steward both Australia and America? I can’t even tell you how many nights I lay broken before the Lord, asking Him for direction. “God, do You want us to give up America and just focus on Australia?” Then, Jeff Jansen called. He said, “The Lord told me to tell you, it is Australia AND America.” He continued, “Nate, you asked for the nations, and the Lord has given you Australia and America.” Then he shared a vision the Lord had shown him: He saw two large capital ‘A’ letters in the spirit, and they were joined together: A A. Then he said, “The Lord says your calling is to both Australia and America. And in this next season, the Lord is bringing them together.” This immediately reminded me of my recent dream of the Frisbee and the Boomerang, yet another confirmation of what God is doing in this season, moving both nations in synchronicity. But then Jeff said something clear and profound: “The Lord showed me two things: The Lord says you must claim both homelands, because He has called you to bring back the voice of healing to the church.” He continued: “When you begin your gatherings, when you begin to hold public meetings God says, "I will return the voice of healing to the church. It will be a sign and a wonder of My healing and saving power, which I will reveal through My end-time church.’” Then he said something that rocked me to my core: “Just like the two ‘A’s,’ the anointing and faith of A.A. Allen will come back upon a generation!” That word shook me. It riveted me. It convicted me. It drove out apathy and complacency in my heart, those places where I had wanted to level off. And in that moment, I said: “Okay, Lord. I don’t know what that looks like.” I had never considered myself a healing preacher. I had never considered myself any of those things. But this was never about me. It was simply about being willing to say yes to whatever God wanted to pour out. It wasn’t about a flashy healing ministry. It was about saying yes to inviting in the broken, the sick, and allowing God to bring healing once again to His church. For years now, I have been prophesying: The church will be a hospital again. The church will be a place for the broken again. So, what did I expect? Should I not truly expect that when God gives a word, He will back it up with His power? “And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs.” (Mark 16:20, NKJV) COMING OUT OF THE WILDERNESS This is God’s invitation to you, Church. This is me prophesying that we are about to see a resurgence of the voice of healing in the Church like in the days of the 1940s through the ministries of men like William Branham, but in greater measure. For Jesus said: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” (John 14:12, NKJV) I believe we are in an hour of divine restoration. God is bringing back the voice of healing because right now, when we look at the Church, we see brokenness, desperation, and hope deferred running rampant. The body of Christ has forgotten what power looks like. It’s like we’ve been walking in the dark and it’s been a long time since we’ve seen the light turned on. So what has happened? We have leaned into the comfort of profound statements and words, but words alone are not enough. People are over words. They want power. People are over statements and sound bites. They want to experience the glory of God. Right now, the Lord is inviting us into a season of the miraculous unlike anything we have seen before. He is inviting us into a season of experiencing heaven where the supernatural breaks into the natural again. He is calling us into days where we will no longer simply walk into a church service, hear a good message, experience a great time of worship, and leave unchanged. Instead, He is inviting us into realms of His glory where anything is possible again. Where God commissions His Church as brokers of the power of heaven. THE MISSING PIECE Recently, we had Lou Engle over, and Christy had just put up some photos of Jesus walking in the wilderness on our wall. On the last photo, the words of Luke 4:14 were written: “Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about Him spread quickly through the whole region.” (Luke 4:14, NLT) For about 40 minutes, we spoke about the connection between: Esther 4:14 – Born for such a time as this And Nehemiah 4:14 – God rebuilding His Church, the family As Lou walked around our living room, praying with us, his eyes landed on that photo of Jesus walking in the wilderness. He stopped, then he said: “That’s it. That’s the missing piece.” I believe we have been in a wilderness as a Church. God has been testing us. What do we truly want? What will we trade for? Will we continue to allow counterfeit miracles, signs, and wonders? Will we keep settling for the diviners and the showmanship of false deliverers? Will we continue to tolerate that which carries no power and no true transformation? Or will we be a Church that leans back into the mantle of the Holy Spirit, the anointing for power? Because I’ll tell you this, I am longing for the days when the power of the Holy Spirit will break out in the Church again and we will no longer just talk about the gospel but fully demonstrate it. The true and authentic. And the invitation is actually simpler than you think. It’s simply a YES to the Lord. THE RESTORATION OF HEALING Maybe you’re reading this, and it challenges you but at the same time, it excites you. Because you’ve experienced hope deferred. You’ve experienced robbery in this past season. Let me prophesy this over you: “I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten.” (Joel 2:25) God is restoring what has been lost. Maybe this is hard for you to read because you have endured sickness and affliction. Maybe it triggers something in you because you have yet to experience the power of God in this way. Let me declare this over you: The voice of healing is coming back to the Church. And even now, in the place where you are, will you say YES to the Lord? Will you say yes to being a conduit of His power? Will you say yes to stepping out, laying your hands on the sick, and watching them recover? Will you say yes to the fullness of the gospel? Because we must not forfeit the power that is needed to back up the talk in this hour. My friends, the voice of healing is coming back. The Ichabod days are over. The hospital Church is rising. And it’s time to see heaven invade earth once again. A PRAYER OF HEALING & DELIVERANCE I don’t want to talk about this without giving you an opportunity to receive prayer for healing, for deliverance, for breakthrough. So let me ask you: Do you have a sickness, infirmity, or affliction in your body right now? Are you battling something that has tormented you for far too long? If so, let me pray for you. In the mighty name of Jesus, be healed right now! I command your body to come into alignment with the Word of God, which declares: “… by His stripes, you are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) I command every demonic spirit of affliction that has been tormenting you to leave NOW in Jesus’ name! Every disease, every assignment of the enemy to keep you in sickness I break it now by the blood of the Lamb! If you have been experiencing oppression, torment, or any level of bondage, I want to pray for you right now. Lord, right now, I bind every assignment of oppression and demonic torment that has been coming against them. I command that spirit to leave NOW in the name of Jesus! For Your Word says: “… if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36) There is no distance in prayer. And as I pray, God, I ask that Your healing power would flow through the airwaves and touch their bodies right now setting them completely free! I command headaches to leave! I command issues of blood to be healed! Lord, I ask for terminal diseases to be reversed and healed completely! I ask for backs to be straightened, broken bones to be restored, and for metal implants to dissolve supernaturally! I ask for eyesight to be restored and hearing to be opened! Lord, I pray for teeth issues to be healed. I pray for deaf ears to open and for blind eyes to see! I pray for every person bound by affliction to be set free today! Every sickness, affliction, and infirmity that has warred against God’s people for too long be broken NOW in Jesus’ name! Lord, awaken Your people to the fullness of the finished work of the cross! Let the Church once again be a hospital, a place where the sick come and are made whole. And let our lives be the same. Lord, today, reveal to us the power of the cross that we carry. Give us boldness and courage to step into the finished work of the cross and the greater things that Jesus said we would do. In Jesus’ name Amen!
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