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NOMADIC FORERUNNERS, GET READY FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF CRAZY FAITH!

Nate Johnston

NOMADIC FORERUNNERS, GET READY FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF CRAZY FAITH!

NOMADIC FORERUNNERS, GET READY FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF CRAZY FAITH!

I was in worship when I felt the Spirit of God come upon me ferociously like the response of heaven intervening in the middle of what looked like the summit many people’s crisis’ and personal battle. 


Wondering who I was feeling this for I then saw a huge multi-lane highway with many cars traveling upon it. I instantly knew these were the pioneers, the nomads, and forerunners of this season who stepped out of their comfort zone to follow Gods leading. 


A THREE YEAR WINDOW

As I saw the cars I felt like I was peering into a timeline where for these pioneers the call had Intensified and become very real, the steps costly, the risk tangible, and the movement forward into the unknown life-changing. 

I saw a calendar before me and I saw the long journeys many had embarked on but I heard “3 years” and knew this 3 years was where the call had become very real and the faith steps became more like faith jumps and a series of faith jumps ever since. 


What I sensed was that this three year period of time was like a pressure cooker, full of trial and errors, giants in the land, testing, strength training, and feeling no closer to the finish line than when they started. 


These pioneers had lived a lifestyle of faith jumps for this time without any respite or break from the journey of extreme risk and had laid down everything for the Lord and now had come to a place of tension. A place where either they are either broken and dashed or they experience breakthrough. 


Many started out with wonder, an excitement, and adventure but instead of supernatural outcomes and fulfillment had been experiencing delays, loss, hope deferred, and closed doors. 


Then I saw the months of March - July and how in these months there was a boiling point that had been reached in the spirit full of even further increased hardship, stops signs, and the overwhelming pressure to give up. Then I heard the Lord speak;

“I AM GIVING EYES TO SEE!”


“Do you see this season for what it really is? Can you look you the smoke and fog to see what is really unfolding?” 

“Do you see the door of hope or the door of death and finality?”

“Do you see the tension and pain or the birthing that is happening?”

“Right now I am releasing eyes of faith to see this moment the way I see it so that those pursuing the uncommon promise do not lose hope!”


“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope” - 1 Thessalonians 4:13


IN THE BOTTLENECK OF BREAKTHROUGH


The reality is we are in a moment of extreme tension right now between the hopelessness and hope deferred the enemy is wanting you to buy into and the fresh hope God is revealing. 


We are in the tension of the battle that we see raging around us and the promise of God and it’s fulfillment. 


We are in the place of extreme contention where the warfare seems to have increased because delivery is just around the corner! 


This is the bottleneck of breakthrough. It’s where everything you have been standing for and all the pieces of transition seem to converge into one moment of time. We are in that moment. Do you have your eyes fixed on the breakthrough or the pressure? 


THE SEED DYING & THE CLOSURE


The other tension of this moment for pioneers is that we are in the difficult process of “Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies”(John 12:24) where many have been experiencing the pain of the death of what didn’t come and what didn’t work out.


You have been experiencing the grief of what has felt like a death to dreams and promises because they have been delayed and the waiting season has been crushing. 


It’s felt like a season of burying and laying to rest personal promises and things that you never imagined you would have to say goodbye to. 


It’s been a time of your heart having to reconcile areas of closure that you have been trying to hold on to and surrendering deep places of devastation to God that you have been soul-sick over. 


But you have only seen the end but not the new beginning. You have only felt the pain of letting go of the difficult road and the not the glorious revealing about to take place. 


Now watch what begins to come up from the ground, from the place of death, from your place of painful grief and loss. Watch what God brings back to life. Watch what He does through your surrender. 


This is not the end pioneers but a transfer checkpoint in the road where you must lay down the pain, the questions, the grief, trauma, and burdens you have been carrying. They must fall to the ground. 


ITS A FOUR WINDS RESURRECTION MOMENT


Many have said in this season “After everything I have done it still looks lost” but there is something coming that you can’t orchestrate or have anticipated. 


You’ve done what you can do now this is where you watch God do what only He can do. You tried everything to keep that old thing alive and breathe life into dry bones but to no avail. 


Now watch as the four winds of God blows upon your life, cleansing you, healing you, and resurrects something brand new. 


You will realize that the death to the seed was needed so that the new life could come forth and the burying of the old had to be done so that something new could emerge. 


THE SEED MULTIPLIED & THE GREAT RESTORATION


Then I heard the Lord say “Now it’s time to MULTIPLY!” and I realized that the seed dying was for the purpose of the harvest that had to come. The blessing God wanted to pour out was in the ending to what had limitations upon it. 


This is where you see what you faithfully stewarded suddenly multiply and increase right before you. This is where you see what you surrendered turn into something you couldn’t have imagined and your small mustard seeds of faith to follow Gods leading become sturdy trees in the nations.


This is where what looks hopeless and lost and dead suddenly begins to blossom and bloom into something beyond what you could have ever envisioned. 


You may not see it and you may not be able to see how but God is going to use what has come against you to multiply you. The words and accusations, judgements, and slander are being shut down and buried and in their place God is springing forth redemption and favor you couldn’t have imagined. 


“Will I not vindicate the road behind you?” says the Lord. “Will I not restore what the locust ate, what was robbed from you, and deal with injustice? For right now now I am bringing restoration to your house!”


I hear for some that this is your “do over” season. Where the enemy said you failed and threw shame at you - you are going to be given a blank slate and a pen to write this new day with the Lord, clutter free, shame free, and with hope for the future again. 


It’s an hour of consecration where the battle worn and weary, the ones who have been through hellfire and storms are running to the altar for fresh oil and for resurrection life to revive them from the long road they have walked and the rescue them from the clutches of breakdown and death the enemy prescribed them. No this is not that day. This is not the end. This is your new beginning in Jesus name! 


A HALLMARK OF FAITH MOMENT 


Then I heard the Lord say “This is a hallmark of faith moment” but I didn’t know what that meant. A hallmark is a stamp marking somethings genuine properties of purity and many have been through a season of blind faith and obedience and God is stamping them with His hallmark.

The hallmark is the branding of heaven upon Gods faithful who have been through the refiners fire and through the valley of darkness. It’s the mark of those who have navigated never ending wildernesses, loss, isolation, persecution, and pressed on despite only seeing the opposite of the promise they had believed for. 


This is a moment that I believe all of heaven is celebrating those who have continued to press through for their families even though the journey has been rough and unforgiving and it’s a moment of graduation and transition from believing to seeing and from pursuing to beholding. 


THE FULLNESS OF FAITH - YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES! 


Hebrews 11 is known as “The hall of faith” because it speaks of the heroes, the pioneers, and forerunners that have gone before us. They were the ones that moved, migrated, and left all on a word from the Lord and God calls them the heroes of faith. 


"Faith motivated Abraham to obey God’s call and leave the familiar to discover the territory he was destined to inherit from God. So he left with only a promise and without even knowing ahead of time where he was going, Abraham stepped out in faith. He lived by faith as an immigrant in his promised land as though it belonged to someone else. He journeyed through the land living in tents with Isaac and Jacob who were persuaded that they were also co-heirs of the same promise. His eyes of faith were set on the city[h] with unshakable foundations, whose architect and builder is God himself. Sarah’s faith embraced God’s miracle power to conceive even though she was barren and was past the age of childbearing, for the authority of her faith[i] rested in the One who made the promise, and she tapped into his faithfulness" Hebrews 11:8-11


What has been stirred in my spirit for the pioneers in this pinnacle moment is that you are about to SEE the fulfillment with your own eyes! People have called you foolish and stupid for holding on beyond hope but why do you hold on? Because God has deposited a rare quality in you, a stubborn faith that can’t be moved even in times when you wanted it to, and now you will see it established!


Read what HeBrews 11:40 says;

“But now God has invited us to live in something better than what they had—faith’s fullness! This is so that they could be brought to finished perfection alongside of us”


MIGRATING PIONEERS, THE WAY IS GOING TO APPEAR


I saw that the rest of the year was going to be a shifting time for the pioneers. 


There are held up outcomes and decisions that will be released in this time and Pivotal decision making revelation and insight that will come that is necessary to know how to move and when to move. 


There will be the final release of delayed legalities and red tape that will be unlocked and there will be loopholes and ways to move forward in areas that have looked shut. 


The convergence of hardship and promise simultaneously is going to produce not just a new beginning and way forward but a breakthrough that is going to be like a sonic boom that clears the air and settles the road behind you. 


These months will be very important shifting months for those who are still living up in the air and haven't known where to settle and to plant. 


Nomads and wanderers buckle up just a little longer because all your transition has not been in vain but this is the time that for all your moving around and back and forth God is going to lead you to the land that you will be able to put down roots.


In the next few months give him the frustration of not belonging and the pain of feeling not grounded in this process because you are being led to your Nexus. 


This is the place where everything you have been stewarding will begin to unfold and be built. 


The warfare against you in this convergence moment is to cause you to shut down instead of pursuing the final stages of this grand adventure with God. But resist it! Keep moving forward! 


This is where migration begins to increase because God is moving you into position for this phase of your journey. 


This is where God opens the way where if feels like there has been no way forward and no clarity and direction. 


Even right now as you are reading this i pray for maps to open in the spirit and for you to see what you have been too clouded to see. I pray that you would suddenly receive GPS navigation to this place God has been preparing for you. 


MOVEMENTS MULTIPLYING & NEXT LEVEL VISION PLANS 


In the months to come God is going to stir you in a way you haven’t felt in years. It will feel like a river is beginning to swell and break the banks of your heart and you won’t be able to contain it. 


It will be like a fresh mighty wave building on the inside of you that you cannot hold back or hide. It’s the wave of the spirit of God that He gave you at the beginning of this journey to run with. Once just a tiny swell now through agitation and the process has become a formidable force for the kingdom. 


It’s your movement.


Maybe small and insignificant at first but it’s building and something has shifted in the battle.


Your movement has multiplied too and soon you will see it impact the earth publicly and globally and go beyond what you could have done with it. 


Your raw faith steps have produced this. Following Jesus has created this. 


You said yes and He poured out the bowls of heaven upon it and now you will see what has looked hidden and foolish to the world become a mighty giant for the kingdom of heaven. 


Your movement is about to MULTIPLY.. 


Even now God us downloading new plans, fresh vision for it, and establishing connections and pathways you couldn’t have orchestrated. Soon it is going to burst the banks and you’ll need to know what to do with it because God knows He can trust you with it. 


Like a puzzle God is using you as a major player and piece for this time of history and for the harvest at hand. Soon you and others will see the full picture and measure of what this looks like. 


You once moved with it obediently but you are about to move with it strategically. You once saw it as an overflow of your worship but soon you will see that your worship has created an apostolic movement that is going to impact nations. 


Get ready for fresh downloads and visions that will confront the outdated methods and starting to expire ways you are operating. God is giving you the building plans to the next 5 years and vision that will require another huge jump of faith to step into it. But it’s already in you and God has already cleared the way. 


Pioneers this is what you were born for.

You aren’t alone.

Keep trekking forward because your life will be a sign and a wonder of Gods goodness to all who see


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I heard the Lord say, “I’m extracting the poison of your last season.”

By Nate Johnston • January 10, 2025
When you go through seasons of witchcraft, slander, and constant entanglements around you that are toxic, when you experience betrayal, become involved in other people’s messes, sin, and areas of compromise—without realizing it, you’ve entangled yourself and your soul in something that can feel difficult to shake off. This entanglement can create and produce situations around you that are toxic. You often wonder, “Why, God? Why is this happening to me? Why am I going through this situation? Why am I waking up feeling anxious, tired, worn out, burnt out, scattered, and frustrated? Why does it feel like I have creative block? Why have I lost my vision? Why am I feeling this sudden heaviness, not wanting to wake up, not wanting to step into my purpose and calling?” Many of these are signs that we’ve been through a season where slime and poison have been slung at us, and inadvertently, they have entered into our spiritual bloodstream. This has affected our emotional state, our soul state, and even our mental state. I believe this month the Lord is extracting that poison. He’s been doing this for a few months now, but I believe that this month, it’s coming to a head. The last two nights, I’ve had very similar dreams. In the first dream, a snake was trying to bite my hand, and as I grabbed the snake to prevent it from biting my other hand, venom began to drip down its teeth. In the second dream, I placed my hand on a tree when a spider crawled down and began to shoot out some kind of poison that landed on my leg. I began to feel the burning sensation until I washed it off. These two dreams only confirmed what the Lord has been showing me. We must wash off the poison. We must extract the poison. We must step out of situations and circumstances where poison and venom have been entering the bloodstream of our lives and calling, poisoning us for what is ahead. That is the ultimate plan of the enemy. If he cannot assassinate you just as you’re about to step into something powerful, then he will try to poison you. If he can’t stop what God has for you, he will try to poison you so that you enter into your next season weakened, without the mental, emotional, or spiritual capacity to handle what is coming. His plan is to weaken you bit by bit until you are in your sickbed. His plan is to get you in the wrong headspace, heart space, and spiritual space so you actually run from the new day dawning rather than embrace it. It’s this interesting space where the very breakthrough you’ve been praying for, when it finally comes, becomes difficult to seize because of the poison you’ve endured. That is why, right now, the Lord is saying, “Look away from the distractions and look to Me. Untangle yourself from the swirl leading you into decay and fragmentation. Come back to My face. Come back to My presence.” Because in His presence is the healing and deliverance you need to extract the last bits of poison that have been wreaking havoc on your system. Now, I know there are many out there who are facing even physical symptoms, and you’re probably wondering, “Does this include me as well? I’ve literally had toxins, parasites, and other things wrong with my blood, my body, my system.” I believe in many cases what is taking place in people’s bodies right now is connected to what is taking place in the spirit. It’s not all the time, but it can happen. What occurs in the spiritual realm often creates effects in our physical bodies. As I’m sharing this word, I want you to grab this by faith that the Lord would not only cleanse you spiritually, emotionally, and mentally, but He would cleanse your body as well. He will extract the poison, the heavy metals, parasites, disease, and issues affecting your body, and remove the parasites of this past season. Amen? I love the scripture where Jesus said to the leper; Be clean!” (Matthew 8:3) And I believe that right now, He is saying this over the church: “Be clean! Be made whole! Come out from the poison!” Many of us have spiritualized being involved in messes, but not all messes around us are ours to engage with. When God leads you into places where there is poison or venom, He anoints you for it. But when He has not given you the instruction, you will only reap the effects of being involved in something there is no grace for. So God is untangling you from those places right now. So be made whole. Be cleansed in the name of Jesus. I command all venom and all poison that have been in your system, affecting you emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically, to be broken off your life now, in the name of Jesus! 

THE WILDERNESS WASHING

By Nate Johnston • January 7, 2025
Can you hear the sound of water flooding desert plains where the weary and tired have gathered in their season of deep detox and religious exodus? They are no longer the wise. They are no longer the arrived. They are no longer adorning gold-studded garments and speaking the eloquent words that cause people to marvel. They are broken. They are on their knees, desperate for the living water once again. For they tried to drink the water of the Pharisee for many years, but it only left them sick and parched. And now, here we are in a season of the wilderness washing, the deep cleansing that can only come from departing from the shores we’ve become accustomed to. The shores of convenience and comfort. The shores of our ambition and the American dream. Once green, then we ripened, and then the rot began to set in because we grew fruit apart from the Vine. We looked for a savior in ourselves instead of the Savior. We built monuments to our achievements instead of constantly looking for ways to give Him every part of ourselves, constantly emptying, constantly dependent for every breath. We have been full. We have been fat. We thought we knew everything. And then we leveled out because we lost Him in the process. But now, here we are in the season of the wilderness washing. Many are departing and leaving the place of man’s towers and breath-taking babels. The place we crashed for the sake of building kingdom. Burning ourselves out. Leaving ourselves spent. Cutting ourselves up for the masses like manna. “Look at God’s anointed” we said. “Look at my crowns” All the while, blocking out the Son. But we are in the days of great humbling and coming back to the place where it all started, the brokenness, the repentance, and the washing. And I can hear it now. I can hear the water rippling like a ravine filling to overflow. The river of the Lord is looking for the people who are parched and dry just as much as they are looking for Him. And it’s time for a fresh baptism of repentance and cleansing once again. (Acts 3:19) Because we need it. We’ve all felt like Naaman, leprous, covered in sores, feeling like our own decisions and vain ambitions have led us to this point. “God, why would You rescue me? Why would You show me mercy?” Yet in His mercy, He’s leading us to the washing. “Go down to the river and wash.” He is saying (2 Kings 5:10) Nine times, up and down. “But It’s not doing anything, Lord.” “Go down again.” Then we emerge cleansed, pure, wholly set apart once again. We’ve all felt like Peter, who denied Him. Yet Jesus still calls, “Peter, feed My sheep.” The Lord is restoring us back to our first encounter, to the place where it all began. The church is headed for a wilderness washing. We’re not going to see it in the synagogues. We’re not going to see it where the cameras can broadcast it, where we can yet again marvel at our cleverness. There is a grassroots movement beginning, leading the church out from the whitewashed tombs, festering with dead manna and maggots. And He’s leading us back to sonship. Back to the voice of the Dove declaring: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) So right now, if you’re looking at the wilderness your path leading into the wilderness and not understanding why you’re being led here again, it is because He’s delivering us. It’s not because you were lost but because you are on track. It’s the road to Emmaus where you feel like crying, “Jesus, where are You?” (Luke 24:13-35) Not knowing He was there with you the whole time. He’s leading us back to the beginning. This, my friends, is the wilderness washing. Are you ready?

I heard the Lord say, “I’m extracting the poison of your last season.”

By Nate Johnston • January 10, 2025
When you go through seasons of witchcraft, slander, and constant entanglements around you that are toxic, when you experience betrayal, become involved in other people’s messes, sin, and areas of compromise—without realizing it, you’ve entangled yourself and your soul in something that can feel difficult to shake off. This entanglement can create and produce situations around you that are toxic. You often wonder, “Why, God? Why is this happening to me? Why am I going through this situation? Why am I waking up feeling anxious, tired, worn out, burnt out, scattered, and frustrated? Why does it feel like I have creative block? Why have I lost my vision? Why am I feeling this sudden heaviness, not wanting to wake up, not wanting to step into my purpose and calling?” Many of these are signs that we’ve been through a season where slime and poison have been slung at us, and inadvertently, they have entered into our spiritual bloodstream. This has affected our emotional state, our soul state, and even our mental state. I believe this month the Lord is extracting that poison. He’s been doing this for a few months now, but I believe that this month, it’s coming to a head. The last two nights, I’ve had very similar dreams. In the first dream, a snake was trying to bite my hand, and as I grabbed the snake to prevent it from biting my other hand, venom began to drip down its teeth. In the second dream, I placed my hand on a tree when a spider crawled down and began to shoot out some kind of poison that landed on my leg. I began to feel the burning sensation until I washed it off. These two dreams only confirmed what the Lord has been showing me. We must wash off the poison. We must extract the poison. We must step out of situations and circumstances where poison and venom have been entering the bloodstream of our lives and calling, poisoning us for what is ahead. That is the ultimate plan of the enemy. If he cannot assassinate you just as you’re about to step into something powerful, then he will try to poison you. If he can’t stop what God has for you, he will try to poison you so that you enter into your next season weakened, without the mental, emotional, or spiritual capacity to handle what is coming. His plan is to weaken you bit by bit until you are in your sickbed. His plan is to get you in the wrong headspace, heart space, and spiritual space so you actually run from the new day dawning rather than embrace it. It’s this interesting space where the very breakthrough you’ve been praying for, when it finally comes, becomes difficult to seize because of the poison you’ve endured. That is why, right now, the Lord is saying, “Look away from the distractions and look to Me. Untangle yourself from the swirl leading you into decay and fragmentation. Come back to My face. Come back to My presence.” Because in His presence is the healing and deliverance you need to extract the last bits of poison that have been wreaking havoc on your system. Now, I know there are many out there who are facing even physical symptoms, and you’re probably wondering, “Does this include me as well? I’ve literally had toxins, parasites, and other things wrong with my blood, my body, my system.” I believe in many cases what is taking place in people’s bodies right now is connected to what is taking place in the spirit. It’s not all the time, but it can happen. What occurs in the spiritual realm often creates effects in our physical bodies. As I’m sharing this word, I want you to grab this by faith that the Lord would not only cleanse you spiritually, emotionally, and mentally, but He would cleanse your body as well. He will extract the poison, the heavy metals, parasites, disease, and issues affecting your body, and remove the parasites of this past season. Amen? I love the scripture where Jesus said to the leper; Be clean!” (Matthew 8:3) And I believe that right now, He is saying this over the church: “Be clean! Be made whole! Come out from the poison!” Many of us have spiritualized being involved in messes, but not all messes around us are ours to engage with. When God leads you into places where there is poison or venom, He anoints you for it. But when He has not given you the instruction, you will only reap the effects of being involved in something there is no grace for. So God is untangling you from those places right now. So be made whole. Be cleansed in the name of Jesus. I command all venom and all poison that have been in your system, affecting you emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically, to be broken off your life now, in the name of Jesus! 

THE WILDERNESS WASHING

By Nate Johnston • January 7, 2025
Can you hear the sound of water flooding desert plains where the weary and tired have gathered in their season of deep detox and religious exodus? They are no longer the wise. They are no longer the arrived. They are no longer adorning gold-studded garments and speaking the eloquent words that cause people to marvel. They are broken. They are on their knees, desperate for the living water once again. For they tried to drink the water of the Pharisee for many years, but it only left them sick and parched. And now, here we are in a season of the wilderness washing, the deep cleansing that can only come from departing from the shores we’ve become accustomed to. The shores of convenience and comfort. The shores of our ambition and the American dream. Once green, then we ripened, and then the rot began to set in because we grew fruit apart from the Vine. We looked for a savior in ourselves instead of the Savior. We built monuments to our achievements instead of constantly looking for ways to give Him every part of ourselves, constantly emptying, constantly dependent for every breath. We have been full. We have been fat. We thought we knew everything. And then we leveled out because we lost Him in the process. But now, here we are in the season of the wilderness washing. Many are departing and leaving the place of man’s towers and breath-taking babels. The place we crashed for the sake of building kingdom. Burning ourselves out. Leaving ourselves spent. Cutting ourselves up for the masses like manna. “Look at God’s anointed” we said. “Look at my crowns” All the while, blocking out the Son. But we are in the days of great humbling and coming back to the place where it all started, the brokenness, the repentance, and the washing. And I can hear it now. I can hear the water rippling like a ravine filling to overflow. The river of the Lord is looking for the people who are parched and dry just as much as they are looking for Him. And it’s time for a fresh baptism of repentance and cleansing once again. (Acts 3:19) Because we need it. We’ve all felt like Naaman, leprous, covered in sores, feeling like our own decisions and vain ambitions have led us to this point. “God, why would You rescue me? Why would You show me mercy?” Yet in His mercy, He’s leading us to the washing. “Go down to the river and wash.” He is saying (2 Kings 5:10) Nine times, up and down. “But It’s not doing anything, Lord.” “Go down again.” Then we emerge cleansed, pure, wholly set apart once again. We’ve all felt like Peter, who denied Him. Yet Jesus still calls, “Peter, feed My sheep.” The Lord is restoring us back to our first encounter, to the place where it all began. The church is headed for a wilderness washing. We’re not going to see it in the synagogues. We’re not going to see it where the cameras can broadcast it, where we can yet again marvel at our cleverness. There is a grassroots movement beginning, leading the church out from the whitewashed tombs, festering with dead manna and maggots. And He’s leading us back to sonship. Back to the voice of the Dove declaring: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) So right now, if you’re looking at the wilderness your path leading into the wilderness and not understanding why you’re being led here again, it is because He’s delivering us. It’s not because you were lost but because you are on track. It’s the road to Emmaus where you feel like crying, “Jesus, where are You?” (Luke 24:13-35) Not knowing He was there with you the whole time. He’s leading us back to the beginning. This, my friends, is the wilderness washing. Are you ready?

PROPHETIC INSIGHT – 01/06/25: TRANSITION, SOUL-HEALTH, & EAGLE EYED CLARITY

By Nate Johnston • January 6, 2025
THE CALL TO FASTING & PRAYER The first area I want to encourage you in this week is the importance of fasting and prayer. This is not just a seasonal focus but something I believe the Lord is emphasizing for all of 2025. God is seeking a people of prayer. Historically, every revival and reformation in the earth has begun with a praying people. As the scripture declares, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations” (Isaiah 56:7). I believe the Lord is restoring this mandate for His people. As a prophetic community, we are called to intercede. When you see chaos and brokenness around you, your response should be to pray, not to gossip, criticize, or react in judgment. Our call is to legislate spiritually through prayer and fasting. As Jesus declared, “This kind can come out only by prayer and fasting” (Mark 9:29). Prayer is what breaks strongholds, shifts atmospheres, and brings breakthroughs in families, communities, and nations. Ask the Lord what He is calling you to fast and how to dedicate yourself to this lifestyle of intercession in 2025. RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD The Lord is restoring the priesthood in this hour, much like in the days of Eli and Samuel. We are living in a time where the spirit of Eli’s house—compromise and corruption, has monopolized much of the Church. Yet, God is raising a Samuel Generation, a people who will minister unto the Lord with purity of heart, even in a barren spiritual landscape. “Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind.” (1 Samuel 2:35) This generation is called to lay down in His presence, posture themselves to hear His voice, and remove every idol or distraction that has drawn them away from true intimacy with the Lord. Return to your first love and minister unto Him alone. BRING YOUR PLANS BEFORE THE LORD As you step into 2025, bring your plans before the Lord. Seek His wisdom on what you are meant to be doing and what you are not. This is not a year to be overwhelmed or scattered in a million directions. The Lord is calling His people to steward well the few assignments He has given, rather than spreading themselves thin. “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” (Proverbs 16:3) He is rebuilding you, and as He does, He will also call you to build and rebuild. Pay attention to what He reveals. Some projects will need to be laid down, while others will require your full focus. Trust the process and avoid comparison or pressure to overcommit. NEW RELATIONAL ALIGNMENTS This month, new alignments are forming. These connections will be pure and will strengthen you instead of robbing you, as in the past. The Lord is realigning people with divine partnerships that will bring support, encouragement, and true heart knitting. Trust the Holy Spirit to highlight the relationships that will propel you forward and help you fulfill your calling. LET GO OF OLD BAGGAGE The Lord is calling His people to lay down unnecessary baggage that has hindered their progress. This includes mindsets, daily fears, cycles of bad thinking, and anxieties that have weighed heavily. It’s time to surrender these burdens at His feet. “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7) Release the burdens you’ve carried from the past season and walk in the freedom Christ has given you. You can’t operate at the emotional intelligence level you did in 2024. A MONTH OF MOVEMENT & TRANSITION January is a month of significant movement and shifting. This can feel overwhelming, especially if you’re still recovering from the weight of the previous year. However, this shift is necessary. It’s a wind of change that will move you from places of stagnation into new clarity and purpose. As you navigate this movement, here are two keys for clarity: Unusual Instruction: Be attentive to unusual guidance from the Holy Spirit. The Lord often breaks patterns by giving instructions that seem unfamiliar yet are marked with peace. Peace as Confirmation: Follow the peace of God as your guide. Even when the instruction feels challenging, divine peace will accompany it. “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” (Isaiah 26:3) A MAJOR FOCUS ON SOUL HEALTH The Lord is delivering His people from emotional and spiritual fragmentation. Many have been operating under a “shroud” a false covering that has limited their identity and purpose, much like when David attempted to wear Saul’s armor (1 Samuel 17:38-39). This year will be marked by soul restoration. The Lord is calling His people to prioritize their emotional health and wholeness. It’s a year where you will need to say no to many things in order to protect your well-being. The days of being the “savior” for everyone else while neglecting your own health are over. “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” (3 John 1:2) SINGLE MINDED FOCUS The Lord is bringing His people back to singular focus. The body of Christ has been scattered and double-minded for too long. But now He is simplifying and refocusing His people. “If your eye is single, your whole body will be full of light.” (Matthew 6:22) A single focus on the Lord will bring clarity, peace, and a return to the original vision God gave you before distraction set in. DREAMS WILL GUIDE YOUR PATH The Lord is releasing prophetic dreams like never before, aligning with Joel 2:28: “Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.” Pay close attention to these dreams as they will give divine direction, strategy, and confirmation for your next steps. Write them down and seek the Lord for their interpretation. TAKE THE HIGHER ROAD This is a season where the Lord will lift you to a higher vantage point. He is calling His people to rise above the battles and limitations of 2024 and see from His heavenly perspective. “The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to tread on the heights.” (Habakkuk 3:19) The Lord is positioning you for victory by taking you higher. DISCERNING GLOBAL SWIRLS I believe the Lord is releasing a governmental grace upon His people in this season. He is giving divine wisdom, prophetic clarity, and strategy to navigate the complex and shifting global landscape. There are many unusual signs, strange events, and chaotic narratives swirling in the world right now. This atmosphere has left many believers feeling unsafe, unsure, and disoriented. However, the Lord is calling His people to rise above the confusion and discern with clarity what is truly happening. The Holy Spirit will serve as a lie detector, helping the body of Christ distinguish truth from deception. This prophetic insight will not only expose the tactics of the enemy but also reveal heavenly strategies on how to respond effectively. God is not a God of confusion but of peace (1 Corinthians 14:33). He is providing supernatural understanding to help His people stand firm and not be shaken by the instability of the world. Trust Him to guide you with wisdom and boldness as you pray and act in alignment with His purposes. I pray this word blesses and strengthens you In Jesus’ name!

THE NEW BEGINNING

By Nate Johnston • January 1, 2025
Right now we are in a new beginning. Both macro and micro. The church. Nations. You and I personally. The world we once knew is gone. Something else has begun. The clock ticked over. The old epoch expired. The guard changed. The old wine ran out. Your seed fell to the ground the last few years. 2024 was a year of death and burnout to the old thing. Old methods. Thinking. The hamster wheel fell off its hinges. Sandcastles crumbled. Hearts of stone are becoming hearts of flesh again. Desperation and brokenness are leading us back to the source. Man’s regime found itself outdated. Irrelevant. Powerless. We left the pews and began longing for the upper room again. “Rubble! I’m surrounded by rubble and ruin!” many cried out. Steeped in seeming failure and painful years of pioneering, we have come to the end of the road and yet a new unmarked path has begun. But now watch for what comes next. For in the midst of so much coming to a painful end, something new is erupting. Grassroots. Honest. Pure. Without guile. Thrones falling. Our eyes are back on the manger. That’s right. A manger season is upon us. Unexpected birthing in places no one imagined. And an unexpected timing. We had to die so we could experience what is it like to truly live again. Old mantles falling. Scales being wiped away. Hearing the beat of the lion of Judah once again. The parade and the fanfare of man’s movements are already becoming the sideshow and noise we are blocking our ears to. We don’t want shiny. We want desert dust if it comes with throne-room fire. We will eat locusts if it means we taste honey once again. Baptized and cleansed. We can hear the page turn awkwardly and slowly yet it’s music to our ears and lifting grief and hope deferred with it. A blank slate? Back to the beginning? Yes we have to. We have to become small and He greater. On our pilgrimage back to the still small voice and the good news that has been lost in the years of the machine age. Back to the narrow road and uninterrupted visitation. So while you are feeling the discomfort of this moment. Let deliverance come to anything and everything you are grieving behind you. For this is not a death but a new beginning. let the last few feet of grave clothes fall to the ground. Shake off the lies that you have let settle into your heart like a poison. And lean in. For life is ahead of you. The unknown calls you. What you are really born for is in the years ahead of us. This is a birthing.. War eagles are being hatched as we speak. For this new beginning is going to be the tension of peace and chaos. Revival and reformation. Establishing and movement. Greater glory and the clashing of kingdoms. But is what we were created for. Well done for making it through the crucible years and welcome to the days of kingdom occupation. A laid down people and a big God. The Acts 2 church and the greatest move of God we have yet seen. Let’s turn the page together.
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