A month ago while in my prayer closet (I.E. my truck, my truck is my office) I was meditating on the word and just worshipping the Lord. When I shut my eyes I began to see some really dark, rich soil and in the middle I started seeing a little plant beginning to sprout up from the dirt. As I was just watching this the Lord began to speak to me. He said, “What you are seeing are the prayers, the prophetic words and even prayers prayed over decades, the prayer walks, the spoken decrees over your city, families, and communities, the anointing of oil on buildings, houses, and businesses, and the dreams that My children have dreamed that came from heaven sprouting up beginning in 2024 and throughout the next 5 years. This will be a time of birthing and a time of witnessing what you’ve believed and held on to in your hearts for years and years.”
As I began to weep and thank Him for His goodness He spoke to me again and said, “It’s time to shift your prayers to Me from these things to, bring those who’s hearts are dedicated to stewarding what is being birthed well. You must begin to expand your thinking and limitations to welcoming the things I am birthing. Just as a woman is pregnant with a child, they begin to prepare for the coming of their blessing by purchasing a crib, a car seat, clothes, bottles, diapers and the necessities to care for that child well. Just as those parents prepare well for the birthing of their child so you must begin to prepare well for the harvest of souls, the miracles, signs and wonders, the prodigals coming home, the job advancements, the growth in your churches, and the workers that will sacrifice of themselves in labor to walk besides you in this great endeavor.”
We are entering a season in which we must shift our priorities from prayer to preparation in the expectation of receiving what we’ve prayed for. We must now pray that we steward this awesome move well and holy. I must clarify because people will always seem to find the one thing to criticize, that, I am in no way saying to stop praying. God forbid! I am saying it’s time to shift our focus from those prayers to how can we steward the manifestation of these prayers well. We must pray for wisdom, pray for strength, pray for grace and empowerment in our co- labor-ship with God in seeing this move cared for with reverence and fear!
Then I believe God said this after He showed me all this. He said, ”I Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
This entire movement must, must, must be founded upon love! For this is how we will truly reveal God to the broken, hurt, and lost. Love is what will soften the hearts and welcome in the gospel of Jesus.
I am so excited about 2024 and can’t wait to celebrate with like minded people at Dream City Church tomorrow night. I am expecting a mighty outpouring of God’s presence and glory to overwhelm us and usher us into this new year transformed, with a new perspective and openness to the new, fresh thing God is doing!
God bless you!
Pastor Jerry Jr.