Happy New Year, friends! I hope you embrace the first week of the New Year well. A new year is always the right time to start something new. You can realign old habits into constructive new habits. Of course, it is a great way to start the year right with the Lord.
Yesterday, I received an invitation. The event was organized by ACTS Agapetos Christian Training and Services. I thank the organizers for inviting me; I believe it was a divine meeting. As I was preparing for the session, the Holy Spirit led me to share my own journey of my dream. I was moved to share my faith journey in the online Zoom Seminar.
Do you all have a dream? Or do you all have a vision the Lord revealed to you some time ago? I believe 2025 is a season where the Holy Spirit rekindles some new things in our lives. The good news is that the Lord is never late, never early, and right on time. He is an On Time God.
Let me share with you what I shared with the group yesterday.
In a journey of a dream, there are six seasons. A person goes through these to manifest a particular dream. It is pretty ironic. A decade passed since my book was published and then now I was invited to share my writing journey with the Lord.
The first season is where God places the desires in our hearts. The birth of the Vision.
Realizing God-given desires or goals in a person’s heart is the “birth of a vision.
Psalm 37 4 (NIV); Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart
If you are someone here who is passionate about making a difference, don’t stop what you are doing. If you sing, continue singing. If you preach, continue preaching. If you play the instrument, continue playing. If you serve, continue serving the Lord. If you are working in the marketplace, work like how you serve God.It makes all the difference in how you conduct your work.
The second season is Provision for the Vision.
Whatever the Lord has called you to do, the Lord provides. It can be a business idea. Or you struggle to move into the next phase of your business idea. The good news is that he provides once you dedicate your idea to the Lord. This is true if you are serious about the expansion of the Kingdom. I have also learned that provision is not just monetary. The Lord connects you to the right people at the right time and place.
The third season would be a season of Stagnation.
You feel nothing is moving. Well, for me personally, after my book launch, I felt there was a season of stagnation. There was fear and insecurity about taking the book to another level. I was not confident enough to move ahead, and insecurity ran through my mind. Who would read my book? Who would help finance the book? Who would market the book? So many questions ran through my mind. Hence, I did not move forward.
During this period of stagnation, I stepped away. There was a season of isolation, fear, and insecurity. But it is the same season where the Lord built my maturity. It was a season where I only relied on the Lord. It has helped me grow in the Lord. The Lord also worked on my character and attitude. The season, I thought I was stagnant, but He was doing something behind the scenes. He made me finish my postgraduate studies during this season. When I look back, I know it is the work of the Lord.
Yet, one thing I did not give up during this season was to continue posting notes on my R.J.JOHN page. I didn’t know who was reading the note, but I posted it.
I wanted to do my best to reach the public with the notes. I was browsing through my R.J.JOHN page. I was amazed to see 90 notes posted on this page alone. This number excludes Facebook. I am grateful for this journey.
I also would like to encourage my readers today. If you are in a season of stagnation, now is the best time to move ahead. It is the perfect opportunity to transition to the next season of your life. The correct response to this season will help bring you through. I encourage you all to speak to your stagnant season right now.
Ezekiel 37 3-5 (NIV) : He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.
The 4th season is when God reaches out. This season, there would no longer be a struggle. You have experienced the grace of God, and you know He will carry you through.
The 5th season is Equipping. We must equip ourselves by worshiping and spending time with the Word of God this season. At the same time, the Lord would not leave us alone. He would connect us to faith-like believers to grow our faith.
The last season would be Acceleration. We can only accelerate when there is overflowing grace. I believe this year is a year of Acceleration. There is overflowing Grace in anything you touch and do for 2025. If you believe God for something beyond your human abilities, start prophesying into your situation. Speak to your situation and just know deep in your Spirit. The Grace of God will carry you through.
2nd Corinthians chap 9 : 8 (ESV) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Dear friends, you and I are all in this journey called faith on earth. The good news is the Lord has reached out to all of us today. Have faith. This year is your year of Acceleration. There will be overflowing grace everywhere you go or are connected to. As you do the Work of God, the Good Lord will take care of your loved ones. He will also attend to your most profound desires. I would like to encourage each of you to listen to this YouTube song below and be blessed.The On Time God.
Say this today: I thank you, Lord, for 2025.My Year of Acceleration/Overflowing Grace.–R.J.JOHN
Prayer for today: ”Abba, I thank you, Lord, for 2025. I speak and prophesy to each and every reader. As they read this note today, they see LIFE in their situation. I speak the Life of God into their situation right now. I rebuke demonic strongholds and plans that captured their minds and situations long enough. I speak the Breath of God into the dead valleys right now. Thank you, Lord, for reaching out into the situation. A season of acceleration and overflowing grace will occur in their lives today. I thank you, Lord, for your testimonies in their life. All I ask and pray in Jesus’ name. Amen
Partnership: If you have been blessed with this note, I encourage my readers to share it with their loved ones. Please subscribe and keep me in prayer as I continue writing for the Lord. It is my desire to fulfill God’s call in my life. It is a journey of a dream. A journey dependent unto the Lord alone. Please contact me if you want to partner with me in bringing these writings to translate, publish, or edit. If you have a testimony after reading the note, please feel free to email me at r.j.john25@gmail.com
If you have been moved to partner financially, feel free to invest in this journey of writing for the Kingdom. Not my writings.His writings. He is using me as a vessel to bring His writings to Judea, Samaria, and the earth’s ends.
I am a simple girl from a small town with simple faith, wanting to do big for the Lord. I know with God on my side, nothing is impossible. Allow me to move to my next level of faith. If you believe in this dream, I invite you to partner financially with me .Thank you. God bless you.
– R.J. John.
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Thank you, readers, and stay blessed.
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