nateandchristy2018

“LOOK! I AM UNCOVERING WHAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN, REVEALING WHAT HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION, & OPENING DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED!”

nateandchristy2018

“LOOK! I AM UNCOVERING WHAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN, REVEALING WHAT HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION, & OPENING DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED!”

“LOOK! I AM UNCOVERING WHAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN, REVEALING WHAT HAS BEEN IN PREPARATION, & OPENING DOORS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED!”

I believe that February is a strategic month of GRACE (Divine help, enabling power, strength, and favor) to begin to SEE what has been UNSEEN and hidden revealed. A few weeks ago as I was praying into February I had a dream containing three revelations that all painted this same picture - that whatever it is that God has been planning, preparing, & strategizing, He is about to LAUNCH & MANIFEST it through you! 

02/02/2020 - FROM RESET TO THE REVEALING, FROM CLOSED TO OPEN DOORS! 

After I had this dream I began to write it down when I suddenly felt a strong impression from the Lord not to share this particular revelation for a while or until I felt the release. It felt strangely out of timing yet this morning when I woke up on 02/02/2020 suddenly I knew in my spirit that this word was ready to be released. But why now? What’s the significance of today compared to a few weeks ago? 

The last few weeks and months have been a time where God has been dealing with tired hearts, burnt out, cynical, hurting, weary, and longing hearts, and so our focus has needed to be on Him while He readied our hearts for what He was about to REVEAL. It was the RESET & recalibration of those who were still rehearsing the wilderness, living in survival, and clinging desperately to the last threads of a finished era. To see through the eyes of the spirit effectively you need to be clear and in fact... empty. This emptying has been God preparing you to be filled with his understanding and not expecting we can walk this season out the same way we did the last.  The significance of today is that we have stepped into an open door (02:02) in this 2020 year. 

Isaiah 22:22 “I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.”

I believe that today onwards God is beginning to REVEAL the doors the enemy desperately did not want you to see or ever enter. This will be a time of joyfully advancing and CROSSING OVER the threshold of the new territory many long-awaited promises and walking into the doors God has prepared for you. 

This will be the time where crucial directions and strategies will be released that will TRANSPORT you where you need to go, where the dots will connect and you feel the favor and ease on moving forward. Also for those who have been making major, risky, adventurous faith steps, THIS will be the month you see the fruit of daring to believe God at His word. 

THERE’S BEEN A RUMBLING IN THE DEEP - IT'S YOUR 3RD TRIMESTER!

In the first part of the dream, I simply heard the Lord say “This is the third trimester for those who have walked through a year of major opposition of what I have given them to birth. This is where they will stare their promise in the eyes!” then I was handed a calendar that had this scripture written on it;

“Rejoice with singing, you barren one! You who have never given birth, burst into a song of joy and shout, you who have never been in labor! For the deserted wife will have more children than the married one,” says Yahweh” Isaiah 54:1

Many have been in a relentless season of opposition because of the spiritual baby God has given them to birth. The enemy has seen something growing and increasing in you and has been trying every attempt to delay, frustrate, and abort the delivery. But the good news is that God is saying over you today that for EVERY DAY you were delayed and opposed God has only increased the size, the impact, and anointing of what’s about to be birthed through you! 

The third trimester of a natural pregnancy is the last trimester of carrying a child before birth and is the most crucial time for both mother and baby to prepare for that delivery day. This is the time that the mother must really know how to prepare for what is to come and how to physically bring about what has not been yet seen. This is also the last trimester of development for the baby where the baby opens its eyes and begins to get into position for birth. In the same way, I felt this dream was the Lord saying that we must prepare for the greatest birthing of ministries and movements we have ever seen sweep the body of Christ. 

This is where you will SEE what has been hidden and increasing in the dark. People have only seen your mess and have judged you by the barrenness of what they see on the surface, and maybe even you have become numb to what Is inside of you, but there has been a rumbling in the deep and God has not forgotten what He gave you to bring full term, and now it’s time and no opposition can stop it!

You must get ready and into position to bring forth what has been delayed. You must shake off the discouragement, frustration, fear, and constant distractions you have been entertaining and begin to SEE with heavens eyes what God is about to do. You must get ready to step into the FULL TERM call of God upon your life. 

I AM RAISING UP MY EAGLE-EYED PIONEERS!

In the second part of my dream, I kept seeing an eagle hovering over and brooding over the earth, surveying the new land and LOOKING for those who would dare to SEE  through the eyes of the spirit in this season to know what God was about to unfold. In particular, I was drawn to the eagle's eyes and the way it was looking with such focus and intensity and I knew this was symbolic of the awakening of God's people to see things not through the eyes of the natural but those would see things through the eyes of the spirit.

These are those who deliberately and intentionally choose to be more focussed on what Is doing over what chaos they see on the news or in surrounding circumstances. These are those who are dedicated to living according to heaven instead of the natural so that they can make earth look like heaven! God is calling the church higher right now especially in this time in history where unless we ascend higher we will begin to be subtly influenced by what is below and become ineffective to dispense the kingdom realm at all. 

“This is a generation of pioneers!” I heard the Lord say. “A generation will ascend the heights with me and SEE how I see. They will not live with the limitations and small-minded thinking of the wise but they will soar in unison with my spirit and SEE how I see and SPEAK what they see me doing. They will be the bell ringers and announcers of a new day, the linguists of new language and themes on my heart, and the carriers of movements that carry my Glory!”

THE TEN YEAR TELESCOPE & THE SEER ANOINTING FALLING UPON A GENERATION

The last part of the dream felt the most significant to me or maybe I just relate to it the most, but I was handed a telescope and as I looked through it I saw time speed up and it was like I was watching a Montague of the next 10 years. (I’ll have to share more on this in another word) Then in the dream this passage from Joel 2:28;

“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions”

When I woke up a few things came to mind;

  1. Ten years ago last month I encountered the Lord in such a powerful way that for two weeks whether awake or asleep I was constantly receiving revelation from the Lord about the years 2010-2020. 
  2. This encounter activated prophetic dreams and visions in my life that have been crucial to my hearing from God. 
  3. For the first time hearing this scripture in Joel 2, it felt like more of a commissioning & responsibility than just a prophetic indication of what was to come. 

I believe that right now God is pouring out His spirit and in its wake is activating a seer anointing in dimensions and depths we have not yet seen. We are about to see a generation of seers arise that don’t just have spiritual experiences they write in their diaries but powerful encounters that they can act upon and transform the earth with! The prophetic has been boxed up way too small and the charismatics have been the main stewarder of this office and gifting but we are about to see a greater wave of prophets rise from all spheres, streams, and denominations in the years to come as God pours out His spirit on ALL people. Prophets of accuracy, sharpness, and the boldness like Elijah who live from the throne-room. 

TAKE OFF YOUR OLD GLASSES

One morning as I was talking to the Lord about what He had shown me I was out for a walk and my sunglasses kept fogging up even though it wasn’t overly warm or humid yet. After a few times of cleaning them, I heard “Now take your glasses off”. I laughed out loud knowing what He was referring to, and maybe you do as well. 

Right now God is beginning to reveal the path forward that was once hidden, open doors that seemed locked and closed, and birth new and unheard things through you, but let me ask you, what lens are you looking through? Are you still looking through the pain of the season you barely made it through? Are you still debilitated from the hurt and betrayal you experienced? Have you encountered so many robberies and bad breaks that you are still seeing your future with that same expectation? Sounds like foggy glasses to me and it’s time to take them off and let God give you his new latest range fog-free sunglasses. 

“NOW WHAT DO YOU SEE?” PRAYER TO SEE IN THIS SEASON & THE ACTIVATION OF YOUR SPIRITUAL EYES

As I am writing this I was reminded of a word I received from a general a year ago who told that one of my life’s graces was to pray for people to SEE & HEAR, and one of my mandates was to open the door for others to experience dreams and visions. I feel strongly that I am supposed to pray right now and activate your God-given inheritance and ability to SEE in this season. Remember you don’t have to be a prophet to prophesy and you don’t need to be a seer to see.

So maybe you have never seen in the spirit before at all, maybe you used to but it’s been less and less, maybe you used to dream but haven’t in a long time or you only seem to have warfare dreams, visions, and experiences. Maybe you don’t ever get visions or impressions, or maybe you do but you don’t know what they mean. I feel like the Holy Spirit wants to IGNITE this in your life so in the days to come it can be a powerful communication line and revealer of what God is saying and doing. 

There are three passages of scripture I want to pray and prophesy over you today to activate this; 2 Kings 6:17, Ephesians 1:18, and John 20:20;

“Holy Spirit I pray that every person reading this would first ENCOUNTER YOU & SEE YOU like the disciples did 2000 years ago, and that they would intimately know you and your heart for them daily because without seeing through the lens of righteousness and through eyes of love they will never be able to understand or comprehend what they see in the spirit. Holy Spirit give them the mind of Christ and the vision of Jesus, the love of Jesus, and His immense mercy for a world that doesn’t yet know him. If they have lost the purity of the simple gospel then right now Lord restore it in Jesus name. Also I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of his calling, so you would be able to see what is not seen by your natural eyes and perceive with all your senses what is unable to be be accessed by natural means. Lastly I pray for your spiritual eyes to be OPENED right now, that you would no longer be blind or foggy in your view your of life, your circumstances, your future, your destiny, towards others, and the world in Jesus name! I pray for your dreams to begin NOW, for visions to begin NOW in Jesus name and that just as Joel 2:28 says you would have dreams, visions, and PROPHESY in Jesus name! 

We are in the beginning of the greatest move of God that this planet has ever seen since Jesus and when God asks you “I am doing a new thing, do you SEE it?” I prophesy that you will reply “YES I CAN!” 

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By Nate Johnston April 26, 2025
To the pioneers and forerunners who carry the Lord’s heart. To the remnant who are no longer following where man is leading, but are constantly seeking the Lamb - This is a word for you. This is a reminder of what God is speaking to us right now as we step into the new. The Lord keeps saying to me: “Build differently. Build differently. Follow Me. Build differently.” And He is persistent about this because we have been so used to building a certain way. Our mindsets have been shaped by old paradigms, and old blueprints of how we’ve done kingdom and ministry. But as we step into the new things God has placed in our hands, the challenge we will face is confronting the old mindsets. We will wrestle with old patterns, old methods, and old cycles, the ways we previously approached the kingdom, and God is asking us to break new ground and step into a whole new mindset and focus. The word over you is simply—birth differently. And here’s the difficult part; When you birth differently, many around you will say you’re doing it wrong. They will think you are being rebellious, foolish, or unwise. But unless we build His way and steward His mission His way, we risk birthing an Ishmael - something man-driven and powerless. We must build according to the blueprint of God’s heart, not according to proven systems and methods that have lost the wind of His Spirit. “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” (Psalm 127:1) That has been the trap for many in the past seasons. John the Baptist built differently. He birthed his ministry outside of the city walls. He rejected the religious systems and Pharisaical traditions (Luke 3:2-6). He did what looked simple, grassroots, even foolish, something many would have dismissed as just a momentary uprising, yet it caught fire. John was preparing the way of the Lord. He was awakening people to the transition between old and new wineskins, between old and new covenants. It says, “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12) John ignited a holy hunger for true kingdom realities that had been buried under religious systems. You, remnant, were not called to tame. You were not called to maintain the status quo. You were called to lead the Church into her truest expression of relationship, intimacy, and becoming the true Ekklesia (Matthew 16:18). This is why we must build differently now. Because as we build, we are also unbuilding. As you establish what God is birthing through you, you are simultaneously dismantling what has been unhealthy, dysfunctional, and demonic. As you build healthy communities, you are unbuilding years of conditioning where the Church was a clubhouse or a hierarchy. As you build healthy leadership, Davidic leadership, you are unbuilding years of Saul-like leadership marked by control, fear, and intimidation. As you build healthy mothering and fathering, you are unbuilding years of Jezebelic influence that has sat at the tables of our ministries. As you build healthy prophetic culture, you are unbuilding the orphan spirit and celebrity-driven ministry. As you lead people to behold the Lamb, you are unbuilding the false idols, false gospels, and false “Jesuses” that have captivated the Church’s gaze. This is why birthing differently takes courage. It takes faith. It takes complete surrender. This week, I felt strongly not just to deliver this word, but to pray for you that God would begin giving you clear dreams and divine redirections. He is going to show you where you need to build differently. Where you must not fall back into the familiar patterns of the past. He will give you dreams, conviction, clarity, and specific next steps. And as you step out in obedience, you will feel the wind of the Holy Spirit behind you. And I prophesy that He will surround you with the right people, resources, and everything you need to walk into the fulfillment of this promise, In Jesus’ name! 
By Nate Johnston April 26, 2025
Many right now are in a deep healing moment but while it’s intense and consuming, God is not punishing you - He is healing you. He is restoring you from years of suppressed soul trauma and pain from your pioneering journey. This is what it looks like: • Pain is coming to the surface - pain you forgot was even there. • Your dreams are stirring up old topics, old wounds, unresolved memories. • God is bringing back to mind things you had buried long ago. You feel like you are in a midlife crisis but it’s just a mid - calling shift. Out of the old and into the new. You feel deeply resentful of people and people from past seasons—forgive! • You feel discontent and frustrated with everything you once tolerated. • Your emotions feel out of control - volatile, raw, and unpredictable. • You have no patience for meaningless conversations and time-wasting activities. • Surface-level relationships feel intolerable - you crave real connection or none at all. • You feel like you lost your purpose and passion - but it’s not lost. It’s being reshaped. • You are in a deep, holy reset. • Your mind feels messy, unanchored - like you’re not who you used to be. • You don’t know how to “connect with God” the old way anymore and that’s okay. • You need to talk, to vent, to release and you’re not apologizing for it anymore. • You are done putting a religious spin on pain. • You just need to do normal things without feeling guilty. • Kingdom activities that once excited you feel empty and dry. • Old betrayals, mistreatment, and buried anger are rising - the toxins are being purged. • You have no capacity left for anything fake, performative, or superficial. This is not backsliding. This is healing. God is not calling you backward - He is calling you deeper. You are shedding old survival mindsets. You are shedding old wineskins. You are making space for a new move of His Spirit in your life. It’s messy because it’s real. It’s heavy because it’s holy. It’s painful because it’s working. You are being healed and re-formed for a new chapter of healing and WHOLENESS. Stay in the process. Let healing do its work. Let the HEALER do His thing. New life is coming. 
By Nate Johnston April 26, 2025
To the pioneers and forerunners who carry the Lord’s heart. To the remnant who are no longer following where man is leading, but are constantly seeking the Lamb - This is a word for you. This is a reminder of what God is speaking to us right now as we step into the new. The Lord keeps saying to me: “Build differently. Build differently. Follow Me. Build differently.” And He is persistent about this because we have been so used to building a certain way. Our mindsets have been shaped by old paradigms, and old blueprints of how we’ve done kingdom and ministry. But as we step into the new things God has placed in our hands, the challenge we will face is confronting the old mindsets. We will wrestle with old patterns, old methods, and old cycles, the ways we previously approached the kingdom, and God is asking us to break new ground and step into a whole new mindset and focus. The word over you is simply—birth differently. And here’s the difficult part; When you birth differently, many around you will say you’re doing it wrong. They will think you are being rebellious, foolish, or unwise. But unless we build His way and steward His mission His way, we risk birthing an Ishmael - something man-driven and powerless. We must build according to the blueprint of God’s heart, not according to proven systems and methods that have lost the wind of His Spirit. “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” (Psalm 127:1) That has been the trap for many in the past seasons. John the Baptist built differently. He birthed his ministry outside of the city walls. He rejected the religious systems and Pharisaical traditions (Luke 3:2-6). He did what looked simple, grassroots, even foolish, something many would have dismissed as just a momentary uprising, yet it caught fire. John was preparing the way of the Lord. He was awakening people to the transition between old and new wineskins, between old and new covenants. It says, “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” (Matthew 11:12) John ignited a holy hunger for true kingdom realities that had been buried under religious systems. You, remnant, were not called to tame. You were not called to maintain the status quo. You were called to lead the Church into her truest expression of relationship, intimacy, and becoming the true Ekklesia (Matthew 16:18). This is why we must build differently now. Because as we build, we are also unbuilding. As you establish what God is birthing through you, you are simultaneously dismantling what has been unhealthy, dysfunctional, and demonic. As you build healthy communities, you are unbuilding years of conditioning where the Church was a clubhouse or a hierarchy. As you build healthy leadership, Davidic leadership, you are unbuilding years of Saul-like leadership marked by control, fear, and intimidation. As you build healthy mothering and fathering, you are unbuilding years of Jezebelic influence that has sat at the tables of our ministries. As you build healthy prophetic culture, you are unbuilding the orphan spirit and celebrity-driven ministry. As you lead people to behold the Lamb, you are unbuilding the false idols, false gospels, and false “Jesuses” that have captivated the Church’s gaze. This is why birthing differently takes courage. It takes faith. It takes complete surrender. This week, I felt strongly not just to deliver this word, but to pray for you that God would begin giving you clear dreams and divine redirections. He is going to show you where you need to build differently. Where you must not fall back into the familiar patterns of the past. He will give you dreams, conviction, clarity, and specific next steps. And as you step out in obedience, you will feel the wind of the Holy Spirit behind you. And I prophesy that He will surround you with the right people, resources, and everything you need to walk into the fulfillment of this promise, In Jesus’ name! 
By Nate Johnston April 26, 2025
Many right now are in a deep healing moment but while it’s intense and consuming, God is not punishing you - He is healing you. He is restoring you from years of suppressed soul trauma and pain from your pioneering journey. This is what it looks like: • Pain is coming to the surface - pain you forgot was even there. • Your dreams are stirring up old topics, old wounds, unresolved memories. • God is bringing back to mind things you had buried long ago. You feel like you are in a midlife crisis but it’s just a mid - calling shift. Out of the old and into the new. You feel deeply resentful of people and people from past seasons—forgive! • You feel discontent and frustrated with everything you once tolerated. • Your emotions feel out of control - volatile, raw, and unpredictable. • You have no patience for meaningless conversations and time-wasting activities. • Surface-level relationships feel intolerable - you crave real connection or none at all. • You feel like you lost your purpose and passion - but it’s not lost. It’s being reshaped. • You are in a deep, holy reset. • Your mind feels messy, unanchored - like you’re not who you used to be. • You don’t know how to “connect with God” the old way anymore and that’s okay. • You need to talk, to vent, to release and you’re not apologizing for it anymore. • You are done putting a religious spin on pain. • You just need to do normal things without feeling guilty. • Kingdom activities that once excited you feel empty and dry. • Old betrayals, mistreatment, and buried anger are rising - the toxins are being purged. • You have no capacity left for anything fake, performative, or superficial. This is not backsliding. This is healing. God is not calling you backward - He is calling you deeper. You are shedding old survival mindsets. You are shedding old wineskins. You are making space for a new move of His Spirit in your life. It’s messy because it’s real. It’s heavy because it’s holy. It’s painful because it’s working. You are being healed and re-formed for a new chapter of healing and WHOLENESS. Stay in the process. Let healing do its work. Let the HEALER do His thing. New life is coming. 
By Nate Johnston April 23, 2025
I have a prophetic word for those who have grown up under the demonic agenda of Jezebel, and for those raised in narcissistic environments and battled it their entire lives. Yes, the spirit of Jezebel has always had a target on your back because of who you are... Like Agent Smith from The Matrix, Jezebel keeps showing up, manifesting through different people, personalities, seasons, assignments, and alignments to take you out. It’s been the greatest battle of your life: figuring out how to steward your calling, how to be a voice in the midst of relentless attacks and constant attempts to cancel your calling. This spirit has tried to silence you, shut down your voice, reject you, belittle you, isolate you, and keep you in a cave. She’s tempted you to sugarcoat your words, dilute your message, and shrink your fire so you didn’t keep getting in her cross fire. I know the price many of you have paid for pioneering through this—for choosing health for your families, your marriages, and your future. I know the cost of refusing to tolerate her, season after season, and what you’ve walked through for the sake of not giving up on your calling. But in the hardest moments, you chose legacy again and again, yet it’s been costly. Recently, I was praying into this, especially in my own life, because I’ve battled this spirit for as long as I can remember, I asked the Lord, “Will it always be this way? Will I always have to fight Jezebel?” As I was reading through 1 Kings 19 - 2 Kings 10, the Lord highlighted the story of Jehu, the one who took out Jezebel (2 Kings 9:30–37). And the Lord said: “You are the Jehu. This generation is the Jehu generation, rising to confront and take out this spirit.” But here’s the thing: Jehu overthrew Jezebel, but he didn’t reform the land. “But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord… he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam…” 2 Kings 10:31 He overthrew the person, but not the pattern. He tore down the idol, but didn’t restore the altar. He left a void, and that void became an open door. Right now, the test of our generation isn’t just about calling out what’s wrong. It’s about restoring the priesthood, rebuilding the altar, and leading the Church back into true worship. Because without worship, Jezebel returns. I’ve seen it in dreams repeatedly, Jezebel overthrown, only to be welcomed back through broken, unhealed, and unprotected spaces. Because where there is no priesthood, no purity, and no presence, she comes back to rule. So I asked the Lord, “What is the key?” He said: “Joash.” The name Joash means “The Lord has given.” The Lord said: “The generation of Joash and Jehoiada is now upon you.” Here’s what that means: Jehu may have exposed Jezebel but it was Joash and Jehoiada who removed her legacy. Athaliah, Jezebel’s daughter, rose to power in Judah after Jezebel’s death (2 Kings 11:1–3) . She was a generational extension of her mother’s spirit. But Jehoiada the priest preserved Joash, hiding him in the temple for six years. When the time was right, they overthrew Athaliah in the temple (2 Kings 11:13–16). That was so prophetic because they didn’t just confront the fruit of Jezebel they killed it in the place of worship, as a declaration: “We are taking this place back for the Lord.” They then led a revival of covenant and worship in the land (2 Kings 11:17–18), restoring God’s people to their true identity. And this is the battle we have today. We are not just confronting Jezebel, we are confronting her legacy, her influence, her strongholds in families, marriages, churches, and systems. But we can’t stop at exposure. We must rebuild the altar, restore the presence, and model the priesthood again. But here’s the word for you overcomers - the pioneers, the forerunners, the ones who refused to bow: You are not doomed to fight Jezebel your whole life. God is raising up a Joash generation, sons and daughters the Lord has given who will see and walk in the fruit from your persistence in battle, because you refused to tolerate Jezebel and have prevailed! Now because of you the next generation won’t face what you faced, because you confronted it, took it down, and established healthy! But here’s the key: You must restore your home, your marriage, your inner world into a lifestyle of worship and the right affections. You must refill the void with presence and priesthood. When we do that, we not only evict Jezebel, we close the door for good. And that’s Joash - living in the fruit of victory with no landing pads for the enemy. No more idols. Compromise. Other lovers. Just Jesus again. So the promise over you is this: You’re stepping out of the weariness. You’re stepping out of the endless fight. You’re stepping out of the cave. And you’re stepping into the fruit of obedience. You’re about to see legacy break forth in your children and those around you. You’ve walked through rejection, isolation, intimidation, and endless assassination as this spirit that tried to shut you down at every turn. But you didn’t bow. You didn’t break. And you prevailed. And now the Lord says - You’re stepping out of the fight and into the fruit. Because you chose wholeness over generational dysfunction. Because you confronted what others tolerated. And because you refused to shut down and be walked over. Your children will know peace where you knew warfare. They’ll grow up in safety, freedom, and peace because you tore up the contract you were born into and started a new bloodline. You were the target, but now you have become the testimony.  You’re going to watch a generation walk in peace where you’ve known warfare. Because you chose to fight, they will be free. So in the days to come watch as you begin to see FRUIT where you only encountered the FIGHT because the tide is shifting mighty ones and you have overcome! “You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world” —1 John 4:4
By Nate Johnston April 22, 2025
I want to release a word of faith and authority over you as we begin this week. As I was praying over this week, I kept seeing this image in front of me of a person that was stuck in a corner with no way out, and arrows were flying at them from all sides. I instantly discerned that what I was seeing was someone who had been in a season where they felt very much like their calling had somehow made them feel like they’ve just been through constant assailing by the enemy, with constant arrows from all sides. Thats where you have felt exposed. That’s where you have felt bombarded. You felt like you’ve just been attacked from every single angle. Then I began to really feel like it was similar to the scripture that says: “But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, ‘Restore!’” — (Isaiah 42:22, NIV) I began to feel authority rise up in my voice. I began to feel an authority saying, “No! This is injustice. This cannot happen. This must turn around now!” Then I began to prophesy: “Restore in the name of Jesus! Restore in the name of Jesus! Restore in the name of Jesus!” As soon as I said that, Deuteronomy 23:5 came to mind, where it says that every curse turns into a blessing. So I began to prophesy: “Lord, every curse will turn into a blessing. Every curse will turn into a blessing. Every single assignment of the enemy will turn into a blessing. Every area of robbery, every area of financial hardship, every area where the enemy has come after finances, after health - God is going to turn it all around.” And that’s when it hit me - THIS IS UNCTION OF A TURNAROUND! It’s the sensing that things had to shift! I began to prophesy: “Turnaround now in the name of Jesus! Turnaround now in the name of Jesus!” As I began to declare this, I began to see things beginning to shift in the atmosphere. Then suddenly I began to hear all this chatter in the spirit of people who had been worn down mentally to the point where they no longer believed that God could turn these situations around. And I suddenly realized the key: God is wanting to shift and turn around situations right now, but the enemy has worn down your authority and your faith to the point that you no longer believe He can do it. Hope deferred has crept in to such a degree that it’s made it feel impossible that God could move. And so I feel that even right now, God is coming against those mindsets. He’s coming against the fear. He’s coming against the intimidation of the army. He’s coming against the hope deferred that constantly makes you feel like nothing will be able to shift or turn around. He is restoring in you a boldness and authority to begin to speak to the things around you and cause them to be removed and those mountains around you to be cast into the sea. And that’s what God is doing this week. He is hitting up against your mind and the foreboding keeping you captive. You’ve been looking at the obstacles you’re facing right now in your finances, health, marriage, and everything else, and they look like mountains. The Lord says, “Where has your faith gone? Where has your authority gone? Where has your boldness gone? I am your protector. I am your provider. I am looking after you and watching over you. Yes, the war has been constant against you. Yes, the enemy has been trying to wear you down. But He says to you “this week, I want you to do what David did - and strengthen yourself in me!” “I want you to step out of the place of faithlessness and cowering, out of begging for the crumbs under the table” “I want you to shift your mindset, and as you shift your mindset, I’ll shift your circumstances!” “Even right now, begin to break every agreement with fear” “Break every agreement with hopelessness and despair that’s caused you to stop dreaming” “It’s caused you to drop your vision in the dust” “It’s caused you to stop wearing your mantle and slip back into survival mode in a time where I want you to thrive and dream with Me” Then I was reminded of something so special to us. Over the years we’ve experienced this strange but beautiful phenomenon in our lives. Whenever we’re in the thick of spiritual warfare, when we feel like we’re being preached at by our circumstances - that’s when God brings us a sign of His nearness. It happens like clockwork. But it’s so simple that you could miss it if you aren’t childlike. We see ducks in twos and they show up in odd places, at odd times. It’s always just when we’re beginning to feel overwhelmed or discouraged. It’s God’s subtle reminder: “I see you. I’m with you. It’s not over.” But this year, on our anniversary, it was different. Two doves appeared on our back fence and they stayed for a full week. It was as if God was saying: “Watch ME turn this around! Not by night nor by power!” And even though we were still in the middle of the storm the breakthrough hadn’t come yet His goodness showed up as a downpayment. Sometimes, the sign isn’t the full breakthrough, but it’s the reminder that He hasn’t forgotten you, and that the turnaround is closer than you think. There are many right now trying to ask God, “Where are my next steps?” but you’re not thinking with faith, you’re thinking with fear. And the Lord says: “It’s time to break that off. I’m reversing everything that’s come against you, and I’m turning it. And some would say, ‘Could this turn in a day?’ Yes, it can turn in a day. And the Lord says “you will watch in this season, as you partner with Me again not with the accuser, not with fear, not with lack but as you choose to partner again with Me, “You will see every single obstacle and every mountain around you crumble into the sea” But you need to partner with Me again. Will you partner again with My Spirit and reject the patterns and mindsets of this world? It is time to step back into a mind-renewal season that actually brings about the shifting of circumstances. Because the fruit of worry is actually causing that which you fear to come to you. But as you shift out of that, It will cause the fruit of your renewed mind to be that you see the kingdom of heaven invade your world, your lifestyle and you’ll see things shift around in a short period of time.” So give me your heart and mind and I’ll turn around the things around you that have tried to do in your strength and failed, and silence the storm”