Nate Johnston

FOR THOSE FEELING A DISCONTENT

Nate Johnston

FOR THOSE FEELING A DISCONTENT

FOR THOSE FEELING A DISCONTENT

(This is an excerpt from the Letters to the Pioneers found at www.letterstothepioneers.com)


Dear Pioneers,


I wrote this last May as the first chapter to the book but not realizing its significance not just for back then but especially for 2024 and beyond. 


Many stepped into this year feeling this letter to a T, the deep sense of holiness around what God was doing, the caution not to just continue with the “run sheet” so to speak. 


We just can’t. This is a holy moment and we don’t want to miss it. 


I can’t even tell you how many times this month I have surrendered every one of my plans and activities to the Lord. I just don’t want it if it’s not Him. 


It’s a deep longing inside me for more of Him above all else and an undeniable DISCONTENT for anything else. 


It’s the uncomfortable RAW moment that feels awkward but it is there to reveal the new ROAR waiting to burst out of you. 


Have you felt it? 


This discontent is a gift from the Lord to you because He doesn’t want you to stay stuck in an old pattern and rhythm that produces no fruit. 


It’s a sign of the Lord leading you out of the season of deep grief and Sheol and into fruitfulness. 


I pray this speaks to you and leads you on the low road that leads to the mountain of the Lord in 2024;


To those feeling a deep discontent,


It starts with discontent. It starts with a sudden discomfort, dissatisfaction, frustration, and feeling like something is off or missing. It starts with a deep crying out to deep, a longing for more. 


It starts with a grief that sits in the very recess of your soul that is telling you that something is out of alignment and you need to pay attention to whatever it is or you’ll keep feeling this sorrow overtake you. 


It's the epiphany of the vast unknown that needs to be explored and the incredible discontent that you have with your current surroundings. 


It's the realization that unless you move, shift, break out of where you are, you'll no longer be fulfilling the call of God upon your life in the way that you are meant to. 


DAVIDS DISCONTENT 


I believe David lived with the same discontent. A boy whose sole job was to shepherd sheep in the wilderness. A boy that was overlooked, unseen, invisible, and outside the system. When Samuel came to the house of Jesse to look for a king, he was so overlooked that even his father said, these, all my sons, and David was not one of them, yet God saw him. When david was anointed by Samuel it’s like he was suddenly commissioned with a holy discontent that would lead him out of his season of minding sheep and into a season of stepping into the greater calling upon his life. 


I believe this discontent is what caused David to see Goliath not as a problem or an obstacle or a mountain in front of him, but an opportunity. 


David saw Goliath as his responsibility to take care of because he was driven by a discontent that was not his own, but the Lords. He knew that this Goliath had his name on it and unless he took this Goliath down, he just wouldn't be fulfilling the call that was upon his life and would be falling into disobedience.


He knew this giant was made for him and him alone even though by outward appearances he was unqualified, not equipped, too small, and didn’t have the right armor. Yet against all odds this discontent was what drove him into his destiny and secure the victory for his people. 


So many times we've felt this over the years, and I believe many men and women of God, leaders, pastors around the world have felt the same discontent too. But we have seen it as a sin saying “There's something wrong with me. I must be ungrateful. There must be something wrong with my heart. I better ask for forgiveness. I better repent!”


But what if God placed that upon your life to shift you out of the stagnancy you've been in and used it to lead you into something you did not even know you were created for? 


This discontent is not the fruit of a heart that is complacent, but a life that is surrendered. 


This discontent is the sign and the symptom of a person who has said yes to the Lord, and God has said, “okay, here is your next assignment, but it's going to be uncomfortable. Here is your next assignment, but you are gonna move against the grain. Here is your next assignment, but you're gonna have to forsake all to follow it. It's gonna cost you everything”


THE TEARING OF DIFFERENT CLOTHS


It could be said that this discontent feels like a tearing away. It feels like God is literally detaching you from every place of comfort or area you placed your trust in that was shakeable or sinking sand. 


It's a sovereign act of the Lord to begin to close doors and lead you out of things that would only cause you to be stuck or stagnant and tethered to the old move and the old thing. And right now, God is shaking up the church and he's making us feel a discontent for what no longer carries his glory. 


He's making us feel a dissatisfaction to keep eating the old manna of yesterday. We can't keep reheating the old moves frozen meals. We can't keep snacking on the party food of the kingdom of God when we're called to hunt and find the meat - the new thing that God is doing. 


We can't keep licking the last drops of the old wine when we're called to tap into the new and usher it into the earth. 


Ever heard the phrase “You are made from a different cloth?” Pioneer that is you. You are literally fashioned in heaven with a dna and language for a time yet to come. 


“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” Matthew 9:16-17


Recognise in this moment that you are not a rebel. You are not against the church. You just don't fit that mold. You don't fit the old thing because you're called usher in the new. 


You are no longer fed by something that no longer carries the fullness of glory because you are called to tap into the unlimited flow of a new spring bursting up. 


THE TEARING AWAY OF THE FAMILIAR


Pioneers, this is is a time that you are feeling the tearing taking place right now in assignments, in relationships, and alignments, where God is literally causing you to feel the tearing of wine skins and bringing you into a season of having to choose to keep going along with the old, or to lean into the new and being a part prototype for it. It a call to stay fruitless or be the first fruits of the new thing. 


It a call to move away from the familiar and tried path and to lean into the unfamiliar and that which has not be walked or road tested. It’s a road few say yes to easily. But this is the hour. 


It's a time where it'll be unpopular to move with the Holy Spirit, but you know that you will just not feel like you are being your authentic self unless you do, 


It’s a time that you may feel that tearing taking place with some that you have been in alignment with, and you'll have to just lean into the Lord even deeper as you say yes to that process. 


It’s a time where you'll have to lay down those assignments that you've been running with for a long time and step into the new and a time of surrendering to the new blueprints, themes, and plans that the Lord is revealing to you. 


A NEW CYCLE OF PIONEERING


I believe we're in a new cycle of pioneering, which always starts with this great discontent and holy fear. It's like where you feel a red light or a caution, or a holdback or momentary stop sign. There's just this moment of reverential warning that you cannot move forward without him. 


Like Moses said, “unless your glory goes before me, I will not go” In your spirit, you've just been sensing this reverential fear and this cry deep within you of, “Lord, unless your glory goes before me, I'm done with what I have been putting my hand to”


Like Elisha who knew he couldn’t go back after Elijah threw his mantle on him, you know that you just can’t go back to the old plow and old activity you were involved in. 


You know that your name has to be changed and your role has changed and you have to let go of what you were doing to embrace whatever is coming. 


THE CALL TO THE PURE THING


The discontent is a call to purity because pioneers have a calling to that which is genuine, untainted, and uncompromised. The Lord uses the pioneers to experience and encounter this first, so then they can lead the church out of stagnation and into that which is fresh, flowing, and pure. 


Right now across the body of Christ, God is stirring up discontent in the hearts of pioneers and a remnant that have not bowed their knee to culture and not allowed themselves to fall prey to the appetites of this world. 


God is right now stirring up discontent in those within the institution who who cannot be lulled to sleep like others around them nor are they impressed by the achievements and accolades of man that is valued in the western church. They just can’t be like others who have fallen into apathy and weariness in their faith. 


They just can’t be sold for celebrity status or the praises of man.


God is stirring up a discontent in a people that would break the church free from her chains of bondages and lead her into her next chapter and her best days. 


This is why you are feeling what you are feeling right now. This is why you've been feeling unsettled with the current state of the church. Why you can't seem to even sit through a service the way you once did. 


Is why you've been frustrated with the buzz words and the cliches. You can't go back. You can't go back to the Christianity you once knew. 


Pioneers, there’s nothing wrong with you. You are the bell ringers of a new day and new hour in the body of Christ. 


THE GREAT DETOUR


God is right now leading you away from movements that are no longer moving. He's leading you away from messages that no longer carry the freedom they once did, and he's leading you away from the path that is going to cause you to fall asleep like the many others who have fallen asleep before their time. 


He is putting a bad taste in your mouth for the ministry machine and the career Christianity model. He is breaking your longing to be seen and popular. He is instead giving you a voice and influence that transcends the status of man. 


You are in a detour that is reshaping your affections and desires. You will find that you can no longer feel the synergy and peace you once did for Christian activities and projects you once held dear, but you’ll sense the pulling away to build that which has not be done before. 


Right now God is also awakening those who have been in a season of decommissioning, a season of being on the sidelines, those that people counted as the fallen, the compromised, those who crashed and burned and shipwrecked. God is awakening them as he's remnant, as his pioneers. You'll feel as if overnight you woke up to a fresh wind and a fresh fire burning in your spirit, and the longing to break free at all costs for whatever lay ahead of you.


CANA & THE VOID


Pioneers, just as in the story of Jesus at Cana, where the wine that was used for the feast ran out. We are in that moment right now in the body of Christ. Can you see it around you? 


Can you see the evidence of the drought that has been upon the church where people are scrambling for the last drops of an old way?


There’s been a desperation, a struggle, a fight, and a wrestle. 


People desperately trying to grasp on to the memories of something powerful yet past. Movements that have become monuments and museums, void of anything living and a power that is no longer present. 


We have traded the Holy Spirit for intellectualism. We've begun to be opinion fueled protestors Instead of powerfully postured revivalists carrying the torch of truth and justice. We have begun to rely on her own understanding.


This is all the signs of the void, the tearing and the crossover and you pioneers are called to usher in the new, to be the new, to lean into the new. 


The Lord today is wanting to affirm that what you've been feeling Is not rebellion, but it is holy. This detour is him leading you on a new pilgrimage with him. This longing is a sign of being marked for a move that has not yet even begun. 


It is a calling and a branding of a people that have been assigned to a to the future and right now been given the task of walking out a journey so others can follow in it. 


THE VALLEY OF DECISION


Pioneers right now you are in a valley of decision and before you lay two choices. Will you choose to lean in to this discontent or will you run from it? 


Will you surrender your heart to the Lord afresh? 


Will you lay down your methods, your blueprints, everything you thought you knew? Will you lay them down today? 


Will you say “yes, Jesus, I choose you over my denomination. I choose you over my theology. I choose you over the opinions of man, over the teachings of man. I choose you even above being accepted by my community, above the people I'm trying to stay connected to. Above my reputation”


Will you choose him above all else? 


Will you stop fighting the discontent and begin to step into it so you can see the fruit of it? 


We're in the void and the hallway of eras and this is the moment not to hide and to wait for it to pass, but to grasp it with both your hands and choose this moment to give your life, and to follow him wherever it leads. 


Pioneers, this is your brand new day and first step on a new adventure with God. Will you say yes? Only time will tell. 


Sow a seed

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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! 

SIGNS THAT YOU ARE HEALING

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. 

WE HAVE TO BIRTH DIFFERENTLY RIGHT NOW

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! 

SIGNS THAT YOU ARE HEALING

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. 

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BATTLED & SURVIVED JEZEBEL

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

IT'S TURNING AROUND!

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”