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Three Waves Of A Coming Baby Boom

nateandchristy2018

Three Waves Of A Coming Baby Boom

Three Waves Of A Coming Baby Boom

And strategies for preparation.

I don't say this often, but this is a VITAL word for right now. Please take the time to read it, let it penetrate your heart, share it around and then ACT upon it.

I keep hearing in my spirit, 'A BABY BOOM is COMING! A BABY BOOM is COMING! A BABY BOOM is COMING!' As I sat down to write this word, I saw a vision in my spirit that I was standing at the edge of the ocean. As the water lapped at my feet, I was looking out across the seas before me that were quite rough and violent, and it looked as though there was a storm in the distance. I felt a little unsettled by the storm, but I decided to remain at the water's edge and pray. As I stood there praying in tongues, suddenly the ground beneath me began to rumble. A gentle rumble at first that grew and grew until it was a violent shaking like an aggressive earthquake. As I remained there, the water at my feet began to recede and I looked out towards the horizon and saw three tidal waves gathering in the distance. They were quickly gaining force, momentum, and speed as they suddenly and unexpectedly were hurtling towards me. As the three tidal waves propelled towards the water's edge where I was standing, they cut through the storm that was in the middle of the ocean like a hot knife through butter, and though the violent seas were still raging, it did nothing to stop their momentum.

I felt no fear as you might expect, but rather, excitement because I knew it was the Spirit of God stirring up these momentous waves. I then heard those words again, thundering across the skies in unison with the roaring waves, “A BABY BOOM is COMING! A BABY BOOM is COMING! A BABY BOOM is COMING!” I am physically feeling the thick and heavy presence of God as I write this, as though I can feel His heartbeat behind this declaration. He has shown me that these three waves represent a three-fold movement of a coming baby boom that is currently on our horizon. It is closer than we realize.

THE FIRST WAVE

The Holy Spirit showed me that the first wave represents the lost, the prodigal sons and daughters who have been out in the world and enslaved by the enemies lies. They are those who have been unaware of who Jesus is and what He has done for them, but they are going to COME HOME to Him SWIFTLY. I saw a picture of their hearts like ripening fruit on a vine, and the Holy Spirit said to me, there are MILLIONS whose hearts are ripening to know Him right at this very moment. The scripture says that NOW is the time of harvest, and I saw the endless seas of those that will come to know Jesus in a fast and rapid movement. The Holy Spirit is awakening hearts to know Him and we are going to see the lost come to know Him in unexpected ways. It is going to shock you and surprise you as the family and friends that you have been long contending for will suddenly and unexpectedly come home and tell you how they have found Jesus.

THE SECOND WAVE

I saw that the second wave represents a physical boom of babies being born who would otherwise have been aborted. I firmly believe we are on the precipice of witnessing the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Never have I witnessed MORE movement in the awareness of the unborn in my lifetime, and I can feel the presence of God moving in momentous and sheer force in response to the cries of His precious little ones. This wave is a wave of justice that will obliterate not only the evil inception of Roe v. Wade, but it will wash over the minds of those who have been blinded to the truth. The Father’s ears are responding to our prayers to see JUSTICE restored to the voiceless and defenseless. His heart is moving in response to the mothers who have been robbed of their children, and He is coming in an unstoppable wave. Though the enemy wishes to stop this movement, like the storm in the sea, nothing will be able to stop the justice of the Father to overturn this wrong. Psalm 8:2 (tpt) says, ‘You have built a stronghold by the songs of babies. Strength rises up with the chorus of singing children. This kind of praise has the power to shut satan’s mouth. Childlike worship will silence the madness of those who oppose you.’ There is a SONG coming through the mouths of the babies born in this boom that will release a SOUND that the enemy cannot withstand, and it is integral to the latter rain harvest.

THE THIRD WAVE

Thirdly, I believe this baby boom involves those who have suffered from infertility and miscarriage. I saw the Spirit of God breathing over wombs in this season, the wombs of mothers who have been aching for a child, the wombs of mothers who have endured much loss, and the Spirit of God is breathing NEW LIFE into their wombs. There is fresh hope, healing, and restoration for the heart-ache that His daughters have suffered in grief. I hear the Father saying, “Arise, HANNAH! ARISE! It is time to HOPE again! It is time to BELIEVE again! I am FAITHFUL to MY promise! Watch as the WAVE of my refreshing, hope and new life washes over you. Believe again, Hannah. It is your time to CONCEIVE!”

I saw the Holy Spirit brooding over your wombs and causing healing to past trauma involving infertility and miscarriage. He is bringing REDEMPTION to the WOMB.

A HISTORICAL BOOM

I decided to research the history of past baby booms and I came across something prophetically significant. The most well-known baby boom occurred immediately after World War 11. Wikipedia states that The U.S. birth-rate exploded after World War II. From 1944 to 1961, more than 65 million children were born in the United States. Concerning abortion, over 56 million babies in the U.S alone have lost their lives since the establishment of Roe v Wade in 1973. As I read these historical facts, I heard the Father speak again to my heart saying, “This coming baby boom, involving all three waves will see an EXPLOSION of new believers and physical babies born that will OUTWEIGH the loss of life through abortion.” I don’t see this as God replacing those lives, but rather, giving those precious lives redemption through an explosion on the earth of this three-fold baby boom. That means we are going to see well in excess of 56 million babies born AND people coming to know Jesus in a SHORT period of TIME.

As I saw in my vision the storm in the ocean, I believe this represents the war that has surrounded the lost, the unborn and the wombs of mothers. However, it is significant to me that the birth rate in the United States exploded following World War II. I believe we are standing in that same position now, where we will see an explosion in birth-rate, both physical and spiritual.

It is going to be historical and it is going to be MORE than we could possibly imagine.

PREPARE THE NURSERIES

As I have been writing this, I also keep hearing, “PREPARE THE NURSERIES! GET THE ROOMS READY IN ADVANCE.” I immediately thought of an expectant mother awaiting the arrival of her newborn baby. She prepares a room for the baby, she gets ready with excitement in advance for her babies clothes, their diapers and their every need. She lovingly prepares a space for the awaited child and sits in that space as she dreams about the coming day she will soon hold them in her arms. Likewise, I believe the Father is speaking a word of PREPARATION to us to PREPARE for this coming baby boom. I wanted to highlight these three areas and three strategies of preparation for each that the Holy Spirit has revealed to me for each wave.

STRATEGIES FOR PREPARING FOR EACH WAVE

The first wave:

  1. I believe gatherings, churches and individuals alike need to begin PREPARING THEIR NURSERIES, so to speak. I saw in my spirit, preparations being made for discipleship programs, looking into ways of raising up new disciples and teaching them more effectively.
  2. Equipping the entire church to action, not just leaders. This is an ‘all-hands-on-deck’ movement and now is the time of preparation and equipping, teaching our ‘fishermen’ how to cast their nets and bring them in.
  3. I also saw an explosion of home-group type connections. I believe this coming wave is going to be BIGGER than our buildings capacities. Churches and gatherings need to begin preparing the extensions of their ‘room’ so that people can connect in a real and relatable way outside of the church building in family type-environments. After all, each wave represents a movement of family.

The second wave:

  1. I saw adoption forms being filled out and I saw the hearts of many who have been impressed to adopt but have been withholding their forms due to fear of rejection, difficulty, or fear of financial inability. I heard the Father say, “Send in the forms. I will provide the way.”
  2. I heard the Father say, “Look for the one.” I believe He is going to cause expectant mothers to come across our paths and we are to keep our eyes open for these women as He is going to use us to come alongside them and support them through their pregnancy and the raising of their children. I believe this is going to be a ‘sister movement,’ where He is connecting sisters to sisters to help raise up the next generation and be a shoulder of support for one another.
  3. I saw churches, gatherings, and individuals crying out in increased prayer, contending with the Father to see Roe v Wade finally overturned across the Nations. I then saw them surrounding pregnancy centers and asking them, ‘How can we support you more?’ I believe the Father is awakening the church to prepare for this coming baby boom in practical ways as He answers our prayers to see abortion overturned.

The Third Wave:

  1. I literally saw soon-to-be pregnant mothers preparing their nurseries. I felt the hesitation in their hearts but I felt the love and compassion of the Father over them as He whispered to their hearts, ‘Prepare the nursery in faith. Your faith activates the promise.’
  2. I saw these mothers-in-waiting becoming a pillar of support for teen mums, single mums or destitute mothers. What would seem like a painful situation to surround themselves with women with children, actually worked to bring the promise to fruition more swiftly as sowing into the needs of others watered the seeds of their promise.
  3. I saw these mothers-in-waiting in worship in the throne-room, just as Hannah was, and I saw their hearts intertwined to the Fathers in this season. I believe worship is the key to your joy as you wait, and it is also the key to the healing of past trauma. But more than that, as you wait in expectation of your fulfilled promise, I see the Father drawing you closer to His heart than ever before. This is a time of encounter for you, just as much as it is a time of fulfillment.

COMMISSIONING OF MIDWIVES

I felt to finally commission the midwives in this season. You are the midwife that God is calling to ACTION. I pray that this word would not just be a word you gaze over, but that it would be one that would penetrate deeply into your heart and awaken you into the response to His spoken declaration. The groaning’s of the tidal waves delivering the baby boom is on the horizon, and I pray that you would respond. Respond with PRAYER. Respond with ACTION. Respond with PREPARATION. This is no time to ignore what God is doing, we are living in the greatest days of history, and you and I get to play an integral part of delivering these children into the hands of a loving Father. You and I get to partner with heaven and be the hands of feet of Jesus as we cry out, ‘DELIVER THEM, Father. Deliver the lost. Deliver the unborn. Deliver the broken wombs. IT IS TIME!’

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