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I hear the Lord shouting over you, “SEIZE the spoils of war!”

Christy

I hear the Lord shouting over you, “SEIZE the spoils of war!”

I hear the Lord shouting over you, “SEIZE the spoils of war!”

Part 1. By Christy Johnston

I woke up this morning with these words burning in my heart: “Seize the spoils of war.” I was instantly reminded of a story from 2 Kings 7:1-11. As I read the story, I was overcome with anticipation as I caught the heart of His Spirit that this is a time of reclaiming territory. I felt compelled to share this word with you, and I encourage you, don’t just skim over this word, don’t just read it as a nice and uplifting word, actively seize it and take hold of it for your own life, your family and for your Nation. I believe there is an invitation within this revelation to step out of a place of ‘battle weariness’ and into ‘celebration and feasting.’ I believe there is a unique window of opportunity to advance upon enemy territory and take back what rightfully belongs to the Kingdom of God. I believe the Father is teaching us in this hour, how to move from a ‘battle-minded’ warfare into ‘victory-minded' warfare, where we aren’t always overwhelmed by the opposition that may surround us, but rather, we stand high above it and turn the tide of the battle using His strategies and perspectives. He is teaching us how to win the battles from His heavenly heights as opposed to being beat-down in the dust. 

From famine to plenty.

The narrative within 2 Kings 7:1-11 follows on from a story where there had been a severe famine in Samaria, and to make matters worse, there had been drawn out conflict with Arameans, and a vast army of their soldiers had surrounded Samaria and were holding the people hostage under a siege. Elisha the prophet had been standing with God’s people through this siege and in verse one, he prophesies to the King of Samaria that they were about to see an overnight breakthrough, saying:

“Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel  and two seahs  of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

2 Kings 7:1

As I studied this verse, I discovered that God’s people in Samaria (a part of Ancient Israel) had been suffering so severely in famine, that they were buying the vilest and blandest of food for six times the price of what Elisha was prophesying. Elisha was essentially saying to them, ‘by this time tomorrow, you will be able to buy the best of the best for a sixth of the price you are paying today, for the worst. In verse 2, it goes on to say that ‘The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” I felt this is significant for you and I right now, for I hear God saying over you, ‘the famines you have endured, the hardship you have walked through, the battles and warfare that have besieged you are at an end. By this time ‘tomorrow’, you will see an impossible shift and breakthrough.” I believe God is saying that the people of God are going to see ‘overnight breakthrough’s and victories.’ I hear in my spirit that many will be saying by this time tomorrow, next month and next year, “Look what the Lord has done.” The warning here is, don’t be like the officer who questioned the prophecy. Because of his questioning, Elisha tells him that he will see with his eyes the spoils of war, but will not taste with his mouth. I believe this is a time of setting your faith to the impossible. If God has said it, He will do it. It is remarkable to me that the King was ‘leaning’ on this officer of doubt. It speaks to me loudly that we need to consider where we are leaning our faith on. Are we leaning it on the arm of the voice of doubt, disappointment, fear and past hardships, or are we leaning our faith onto the arm of the Faithful One, our Defender, our Promise giver and Promise Keeper? I want to encourage you today, lean away from defeat, and lean heavily onto the arm of the One who is faithful and true to His promise. Lean on His Words today: “Help is on the way. Victory is coming, for tomorrow you shall taste of the spoils of war.”

The Siege is Lifting.

I love that the heroes of this story are not the valiant soldiers, nor the King or his vast army. The heroes who saved the people of God in this chapter, were four lepers who sat at the gates of the city. The word for leprosy in Hebrew is derived from a root word which means, ‘to scourge.’ You could say that these men had been through endless scourging and hard-ship. It is significant to note that lepers were typically outcast in Ancient Hebrew times. By law, they were not allowed to be around other people and were cast out of society, so the fact that these four lepers were sitting at the gates of the city, a prominent place where important business transactions were made, court was convened, public announcements were declared and even prophetic words of the Lord were made by His prophets, tells me that these ‘outcasts’ should not have been there. I get the feeling though, that a courageous spirit rose up within them to face any resistance so that they could draw close to the important conversations that involved the fate of their own destinies. I believe the Spirit of God caused them to overcome the adversity that had plagued them, and drew them to be in the right place at the right time. By being at the city gates, they likely overheard Elisha making that profound prophetic declaration to the King. In fact, I believe they did indeed hear it, for in the next verse it says, they said to one another, “why stay here until we die? We can’t go back into the city where there is famine, so let us go over the camp of the Arameans… if they spare us, we live, if they kill us, we die.” The prophecy ignited courage within them.

I believe God is speaking to those who have endured many years of ongoing hardships and ‘scourging’ in seasons past, and for those who have found themselves isolated and cast out as a result of the intense suffering. I believe this is also for those who have been cast out of the church, so to speak, whether by choice or by the opinions of others. God is drawing you back, for He is uniting His bride in this unique hour of history. For those who have lost the ability to believe that God would or could do anything through you, the Holy Spirit is drawing you into a place where He will cause you to be in the right place at the right time and fill your heart with courage, similar to these men. I hear Him saying to you today, “NOW is your time! I am calling you to come in close and be a part of the conversation again. I am calling you to be a significant part of My deliverance and answers. I am calling you into a place of prominence and importance in the gates of the spirit.” Courage will rise up within you as He places you at the gates of His Kingdom and gives you the strategies of His heart to advance upon the sieges of the enemy over your life, your families lives and even the Nations of the earth.

Small steps of faith will be rewarded with supernatural advancement of His spirit.

In verse five, it tells us the four lepers got up at dusk and went to the camp of the Arameans. Consider the implications of this for a moment. These four leperous men had no army. No weapons. Nothing to defend themselves. They had endured many years of hardship, and as a result, were probably weak in stature and energy. Yet, because they would have heard the prophetic word of the Lord from Elisha, what they lacked in strength and manpower, they well and truly made up for in faith and courage. How many times do we hear a prophetic word of the Lord, and rather than acting on it, we sit and wait for God to do something? God is speaking loud and clear right now: “You need to move. Put your faith to the impossible and take the prophetic step of faith that I guide you into. As you move, I will move. ” All too often, we talk ourselves out of the very breakthroughs that God wants to release on our behalf, all because we convince ourselves that we aren’t qualified, fit enough, ready enough, equipped enough or strong enough. We receive the prophetic word, but then wait on another one to confirm it. God is shouting from the heavens to you today: “The breakthroughs you desire are on the other side of simple steps of faith and obedience. You don’t need all the answers right away, listen to my prophetic word and respond. Put one foot in front of the other, and I will cause your feet to sound like the hooves of many armies and scatter your enemies before you.”

Plunder the enemy – SEIZE your spoils of war.  

As the four lepers walked towards the enemies camp, it says in verse six that the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!” So they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.” By the time the four men arrived at the outskirts of the camp, all they found was an abandoned military camp, full with the spoils of war. They began to eat and drink, taking for themselves gold, silver and clothes and then they returned to Samaria and told the King the news. The Gatekeepers of the city then proclaimed the news of the victory at the city Gates. God caused the feet of four men to sound like a mighty army. Imagine what He can do through your steps of faith and obedience? God used the faith of these four men to not only end the siege, but to end the famine. Their faith affected the lives of the entire city of Samaria. Their act of faith fulfilled the prophetic word of the Lord from Elisha, and just as he had said the day before, the people bought the finest of grains for a sixth of the price they had paid for the worst of grains just one day earlier.

I hear the Lord is saying to those of you who have been weary, beat down, cast down, rejected and cast out… “This is your day of deliverance. This is your day of breaking through, for I will cause your feet, your steps of faith, to plunder the camp of the enemy that has besieged you and you will take the spoils of war. This victory will affect not just yourself, but all of those around you. Now, arise. Get up off your bed of disappointment and walk. As you walk, I will go before you, for I have called you this day to plunder the enemies camp. Stop looking to the vast impossibilities, let me take care of all your questions and doubts, your job is to simply walk in response to where I am leading you. Then, you will get to taste of the spoils of war, you will get to eat of the spoils of victory. The very weapons that the enemy used against you, will be in your hands to set others free. The very ground he inhabited, will be overtaken by My people. The very wealth that the wicked paraded in, will be given to you to advance my Kingdom. Now, arise and GO as I have told you. You are destined to reclaim territory for yourself, your family and your Nation. For though today you have eaten of famine, tomorrow you will eat of plenty.”

 As You move, He will move.

I believe this ‘go’ is a step of faith into the calling of God that many have been sitting on the sidelines of. I’m not suggesting to leave your job, but rather, take the step of faith in the direction of His leading. As you go, doors will open. For some, that will mean you need to step into courage and dream the big dreams of His heart for you again, for others, He may be calling you into realms of government. Wherever He is leading you, I know this: He is calling you and I to take back territory and OCCUPY the places on the earth that have been in the grips of the enemy. Many have been too fearful to even take one step of faith, but I believe that the breakthrough, victories and the spoils of war that you have been waiting for, are on the other side of simple obedience. Notice the four lepers could not stay where they were any longer, they couldn’t go backwards, they knew they had to put action to the prophetic word they had heard. I am here to prophesy over you today: ‘There is a quickening of breakthrough and upgrade available to you, the wars you have endured have spoils awaiting you, if you will simply lean your faith onto Him and follow where He is leading you. Now, GO and SEIZE THE SPOILS OF WAR!’

It is time that the people of God occupy the territory that belongs to us, as we move, He will move.

He is scattering our enemies before us.

 

Part two coming soon.

 

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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. 

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”