1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,920 The Lord is releasing the sound of freedom, 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,440 a sound of answered prayer for 2025. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,080 There's gonna be a transition where you're gonna have 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,960 a mindset of plowing to a mindset of reaping. 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,160 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,840 Chris Garcia, thank you so much for joining us today 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,240 to share what God has put on your heart 8 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:23,840 for this new year of 2025. 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,900 And I know you and I talked just a moment ago 10 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:29,440 before we hit a record that whenever I first asked you 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,240 or reached out to you and asked you, 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,520 what is God saying about 2025? 13 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,380 You had an interesting story about that. 14 00:00:35,380 --> 00:00:37,140 So let's start with that. 15 00:00:37,140 --> 00:00:38,960 Yeah, first of all, thank you so much, John, 16 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:39,860 for having me on. 17 00:00:39,860 --> 00:00:40,700 It's been a pleasure. 18 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:43,840 It's awesome just to connect again. 19 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,460 Yeah, you were asking me like, hey, you know, 20 00:00:46,460 --> 00:00:49,440 would you like to be on the podcast interview? 21 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,240 I said, sure, yeah. 22 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,680 And you're like, we're just seeing what the Lord would say 23 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,140 for the year 2025. 24 00:00:57,140 --> 00:01:01,280 And the knee-jerk reaction that I got was like, 25 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:02,440 I don't have anything. 26 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,440 So I just told the Lord, I was like, 27 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,200 I don't really have anything today, Lord. 28 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,400 But this morning in prayer, I was just in my shed 29 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,440 and I was just sitting back there and I was just like, 30 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,340 Lord, if you have something for the people, 31 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,300 I would like to share that. 32 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:23,160 And I wish I can tell you that a booming voice 33 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,160 came from above or I was elevated out of the rooftop 34 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,400 of my shed, but I got nothing. 35 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,920 And when I started my live stream this morning, 36 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:39,760 we were worshiping and suddenly Psalm 126 came to me. 37 00:01:41,340 --> 00:01:44,840 And I was reading it just by myself, just to myself, 38 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,800 but I felt led in my heart to share it like on the stream. 39 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:52,040 And when I did, it's like, 40 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,060 it's amazing how the Holy Spirit does things 41 00:01:54,060 --> 00:01:57,360 because He leads us in scales. 42 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,760 Or you ever seen that old Indiana Jones movie 43 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,560 where it's like, He has to walk across nothing. 44 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,800 He takes a step, then another step shows up, 45 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:08,640 then another step. 46 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:09,820 That's kind of like how it was with me. 47 00:02:09,820 --> 00:02:13,320 It was like, I really genuinely, legitimately 48 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,720 got nothing at all. 49 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,880 So then I started worshiping 50 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,960 and just doing my fresh oil stream like I normally do. 51 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,640 And then this verse came to me and I said, 52 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:26,420 let me read it to myself. 53 00:02:26,420 --> 00:02:28,800 But then I felt, read it out loud. 54 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:29,980 And then when I read it out loud, 55 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:31,240 that's when it came to me. 56 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,560 So I'll read it to you. 57 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,680 Yeah, please. 58 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,980 And it's Psalm 126. 59 00:02:36,980 --> 00:02:39,960 And it says as follows, it says, 60 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:44,040 it's thanksgiving for the return from captivity. 61 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,920 When the Lord brought back the captive ones of Zion, 62 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:50,840 we were like those who dream. 63 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,600 Then our mouth was filled with laughter 64 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,600 and our tongue with joyful shouting. 65 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,300 Then they said among the nations, 66 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:01,280 the Lord has done great things for them. 67 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,920 The Lord has done great things for us. 68 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:06,340 We are glad. 69 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:09,640 Restore our captivity, O Lord, 70 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:12,240 as the streams in the south. 71 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,880 This is the part that really got to me right here. 72 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,880 Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. 73 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,920 He who goes to and fro weeping, 74 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:25,880 carrying his bag of seed, 75 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,080 shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, 76 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,920 bringing sheaves with him. 77 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:34,920 And as I released that word, 78 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,080 I kept feeling in my spirit that there's a transition, 79 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,280 obviously, from one year to another. 80 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,880 We go from glory to glory or faith to faith. 81 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:51,080 And what I felt was as this year is shifting 82 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,080 and we're moving into 2025, 83 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,280 the word that I got was that we were going to enter 84 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,320 into many people, 85 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,600 we're going to enter into a time of harvest, 86 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,360 a harvest time. 87 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,040 There was a season of tears. 88 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,360 There was a season of weeping. 89 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,720 But the scripture says, 90 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,720 though morning comes at night, joy comes in the morning. 91 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:23,800 And it felt like the Holy Spirit was telling me to share 92 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,800 that there is a season that we've been in of tears, 93 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,360 sowing in tears. 94 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,600 But not to be discouraged because every tear that was shed 95 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,160 was a reaping of a harvest for later. 96 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:45,160 And transitioning from this year into a time of Jubilee, 97 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,440 is what I would refer to it as Jubilee. 98 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:48,760 Now, what is Jubilee? 99 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:53,000 Jubilee is the time during Israel's history 100 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,560 where I think it was like every 49, every 50th year, 101 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:02,560 the land would go into a season of blessing, 102 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,240 a season of great harvest. 103 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,800 Those who were in captivity were released. 104 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,600 Those who owed debts were forgiven. 105 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,040 Those who were hungry were nourished 106 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,760 by the produce of the increase of the land. 107 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,760 It was a year of Jubilee, a year of great expectancy. 108 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,200 As I was 12 years old, 109 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,960 one of the first Christian songs I've ever heard 110 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,320 was Behold He Comes, Writing on the Clouds, 111 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,200 with the trumpet sound, Lift Your Voice, 112 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,920 it's the year of Jubilee and out of Zion's Hill, 113 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:39,040 salvation comes. 114 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,840 And I believe that's what the Lord is saying, 115 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:46,840 that this is going to be a year of Jubilee for many of you, 116 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,640 that you've been sowing in tears, 117 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:54,640 that 2024 has been a time of grieving, 118 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,560 of mourning for many, a time of, does God see me? 119 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,080 Does God see what I'm going through? 120 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:05,400 And there's been many tears that have been shed, 121 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,000 but the response from the Lord 122 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 is that those tears are not in vain. 123 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,880 They're seeds that are being sown to the ground 124 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,040 that will reap a harvest of blessing. 125 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:21,040 And I think about harvest time, seed time and harvest time. 126 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:24,920 There are moments where the seed needs to drop 127 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,720 to the ground and that seed dies. 128 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:33,720 There's a unfolding of events that unfold, 129 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,720 that take time to unfold. 130 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,960 But when that death comes, that seed breaks open, 131 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,560 it breaks through and releases new life. 132 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:48,560 And many people are like someone who sow a seed 133 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,720 on the ground and they're yelling and screaming 134 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,720 and shaking their fist to God and they're saying, 135 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:56,720 there's no tree here, there's no tree here, 136 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,720 there's no tree here, I just planted it. 137 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,720 But the reality is there's a timing, 138 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:06,720 there's an unfolding that there's a progression of time. 139 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,280 And I believe that there is an appointed time 140 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,320 that God is wanting to release harvest. 141 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:19,320 Now that I believe can be a lot of things, 142 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,240 but I believe it's like a time of harvest 143 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,200 and a time of fulfillment. 144 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,840 Some people have been really praying for fulfillment 145 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,880 in their lives, fulfillment in their ministries, 146 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:31,800 fulfillment in their jobs. 147 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,160 They're believing God for things that haven't happened yet. 148 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,800 They know God has spoken to them, 149 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,560 but there's been a season of silence. 150 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,040 And I believe prophetically that the Lord is releasing 151 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:49,040 the sound of freedom, a sound of answered prayer for 2025. 152 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,440 Every time I see them, I'm kind of weird. 153 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:58,440 So with me, when I see things, when I hear things 154 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,960 or think about things, I see them very vividly. 155 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,920 So every time I see 2025, I just see fruit. 156 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:07,800 I see a lot of fruit. 157 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,200 I see abundance. 158 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,960 And that sounds so cliche, right? 159 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:14,600 It's like, oh yeah, this is the year of favor and abundance. 160 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,880 But I really do, I really do believe that though. 161 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:19,680 Like, I'm not just saying that. 162 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,880 There's something that God is wanting to do. 163 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,520 This is what I shared this morning 164 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,000 on the stream as well, is this. 165 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,640 There've been many people that are so used to plowing 166 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,720 and sowing, plowing and sowing, weeping tears, 167 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,080 plowing, pressing through. 168 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,080 But now there's gonna be a transition 169 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,520 where you're gonna have a mindset of plowing 170 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:44,680 to a mindset of reaping. 171 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:47,360 And so when God does something new, 172 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,720 it's often funny that he asks a question. 173 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,120 Or when he's rebuking the children of Israel, 174 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,680 he'll say something. 175 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:57,600 And like, for example, I've been reading Malachi 176 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,560 and like God is saying something 177 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,040 and then the response is, well, how have we done this? 178 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,040 How have we done that? 179 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,360 And then God gives the holy response. 180 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,400 Well, in Isaiah 43, he says, 181 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,600 behold, I shall do a new thing. 182 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,880 Now it will spring forth. 183 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:19,600 Then he asks the question, shall you not perceive it? 184 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,440 Shall you not hear it? 185 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,440 Shall you not see it? 186 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,080 And there are moments that God wants 187 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,680 to release something to us, 188 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:31,480 but our minds are not believing that. 189 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,640 It's like God wants to give you a new wine, 190 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:37,800 but you got an old wine skin thinking. 191 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:40,520 And that's what I believe he's doing. 192 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:42,560 This is a time of fulfillment. 193 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:45,040 It's a time where the plowing is going to transition 194 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,440 from plowing to sowing to reaping and blessing. 195 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,480 Blessing for many people who have been praying for things. 196 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,040 And I'm not saying that it's gonna be a bed of roses. 197 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,360 I have no idea what the year is gonna unfold. 198 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,120 And there've been some really weird stuff 199 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:03,560 that's been happening. 200 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:04,400 Oh yeah. 201 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,080 Yes, you know, like really weird stuff. 202 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,160 It's a time of like, what's going on? 203 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:12,160 This is strange, uncertain times. 204 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,080 Yes, there's uncertain times. 205 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,760 Yes, there's strange things. 206 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:20,640 Yes, there are what appears to be moments of crisis, 207 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,360 but even when God transitioned the Israelites 208 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,120 out of Egypt, the favor and the glory of God 209 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,960 was resting on them even in the middle 210 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,000 of all the crazy stuff. 211 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,840 So I'm not saying this because I'm discerning 212 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,400 the circumstances around me. 213 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,040 Like if I really would want to, I would say, 214 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,040 yeah, there's weird things, uncertainty, 215 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,680 and we're gonna enter into, that's easy to predict that. 216 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:46,520 You know what I'm saying? 217 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,600 Just look outside and see what's going on. 218 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,440 But many times when God is doing something, 219 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,160 it's counter intuitive of what's around you. 220 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,600 You know, like in Jeremiah, they say all the prophets 221 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,080 were prophesying blessing and Jeremiah was saying, 222 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,680 no, it's another thing. 223 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,880 Or in elsewhere, all the other prophets were saying doom 224 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,320 and other portions of the major and minor prophets, 225 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,960 but the God was saying something else. 226 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,680 Yes, I think there's a lot going on. 227 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:21,000 There's a lot of weird things happening, 228 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,400 but in the middle of that, there's gonna be Jubilee 229 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,480 for many people spiritually, personally. 230 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,040 And so that's what I got in my spirit. 231 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,160 Psalm 126. 232 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:37,000 And when I said that, John, I was like, well, 233 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,680 I'm just gonna say this in faith 234 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,960 because I felt the presence of the Lord on it. 235 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,000 And I can't tell you how many times I got in comment 236 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,200 after comment after comment after comment on the stream. 237 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,720 I just read that. 238 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,920 Or this bears witness with my spirit. 239 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,080 Or God just said that to me a few days ago. 240 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,800 So I believe God is speaking collectively to people. 241 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,720 And I'll also say this, you know, 242 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,280 spiritual things are a lot like natural things. 243 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:10,280 There are natural seasons where things affect everything. 244 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,920 You know, you have a season of fall, all the leaves fall. 245 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:15,440 It affects everyone. 246 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,680 I believe that there are also spiritual seasons 247 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:20,480 where God is trying to do something 248 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,560 in the church as a collective. 249 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:26,520 And I believe that we're going to see many testimonies 250 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,400 of fulfillment and blessing. 251 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:29,880 Amen. That's a good word. 252 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,160 Many testimonies of fulfillment and blessing 253 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,240 in this year of Jubilee. 254 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:36,600 I mean, I love the fact that you were saying 255 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,760 every time that you see the year 2025 written out in numbers, 256 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:45,760 you just see mentally or spiritually in your spiritual vision, 257 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,680 fruit, much fruit. 258 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:49,520 Yeah. 259 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:52,120 And, you know, as you started that story, 260 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,960 I want to kind of go back to that moment there. 261 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:55,800 There was something that you said 262 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,240 that really stuck out to me. 263 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,200 And you said, I've got nothing. 264 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,920 But first thing you did was you went into worship. 265 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,760 Yes. 266 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,520 Can you talk briefly about when you have nothing 267 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,040 going into worship? 268 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,200 Yeah. 269 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:16,200 Yeah. So like for me, what I do is I never try to get a word 270 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:18,240 just to get a word, you know? 271 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,760 I did ask the Holy Spirit because, you know, 272 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,320 this was brought up. 273 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,000 So I just said, Holy Spirit, I've got nothing. 274 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,000 If there's anything that you'd like to share with my heart, 275 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,320 then I'll release that. 276 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,200 So I literally just kind of left it alone. 277 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,280 I just put it on a shelf and I just laid it 278 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,680 at the feet of the Lord and I began to exalt 279 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:41,760 the presence of God. 280 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:45,840 And when I was worshiping, I went from nothing to something. 281 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,760 You know, I went from no word to a word, you know? 282 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,160 And there is something so powerful, 283 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,800 even prophetically, about worship. 284 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:01,240 I'm reminded of the scripture in 1 Samuel 10, 285 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,160 where Samuel prophesies to Saul. 286 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,560 And he says, when you turn your back on me, 287 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:08,160 the Lord's gonna give you a new heart, 288 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,760 but you're gonna go to the garrison of the Philistines 289 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,640 and you're gonna see the prophets coming down 290 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,280 the mountaintop worshiping. 291 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,280 And they're worshiping from the high place 292 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,640 with the salter and the lyre and the lute. 293 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,800 And as they come down from the high place, 294 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:27,320 the Spirit of God will come upon you suddenly 295 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,680 and you'll prophesy among them. 296 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,880 And that's exactly what happened during the time of Saul. 297 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,920 And in 2 Kings, you have the story of Elisha, 298 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,200 the son of Shaphat, and the troops of Jehoshaphat 299 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,720 wanting a word. 300 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,240 And Elisha was like, I'm not gonna give you any word. 301 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,800 And I don't got anything, you know, just go with her. 302 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,720 So then, but they're like, no, we know Jehoshaphat. 303 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,200 And he says, as the Lord lives, 304 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,720 I would not even look at you, 305 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,640 but because Jehoshaphat is a friend, he says something. 306 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,160 Look what he says, John, he says, 307 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,800 he doesn't say, thus saith the Lord. 308 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,800 He says, bring me the musician, 309 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,840 bring me the minstrel player. 310 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,320 And the Bible says that as the minstrel player 311 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,680 was playing unto the Lord and worshiping, 312 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,720 the Bible says that the hand of the Lord fell on Elisha 313 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,560 and the word of the Lord came to Elisha. 314 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:28,560 And for me, worship opens up the spiritual eyes 315 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,720 and the ears to hear words, you know, from the Lord. 316 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,880 And, but how it's so funny is like, 317 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,880 I don't look for a word, I worship the word of God. 318 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,440 You know, I worship Jesus. 319 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,080 Jesus is the word made flesh, right? 320 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:53,320 And so if we worship the word made flesh 321 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,600 and we adore the presence of almighty God, 322 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:58,720 because we're in the presence of the word, 323 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,120 we receive a word, we receive the word 324 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,520 because he is speaking, you know? 325 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,000 And, you know, how does God sound like? 326 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Well, you know, it could be anything from peace 327 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,520 to an injection of joy, to an inward vision, 328 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,960 to a certainty, you know? 329 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,880 But I find it so fascinating that I completely forgot 330 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,560 about your request, John. 331 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,320 I just laid it in my shed and I just forgot about it. 332 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,520 And then I just started worshiping 333 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:33,280 and then it was like, boom, you know, here it is. 334 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:34,720 So how do we receive a word? 335 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,320 I would say, I would say for me, I'm just saying for me, 336 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,760 I would stop looking for the word 337 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,400 and just worship the word of God, worship Christ, 338 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,520 exalt him, let him lead you to the rock 339 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,640 that's higher than I. 340 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:53,200 And when we exalt the Lord, when we exalt his presence, 341 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,400 there's something that happens where, 342 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,560 as we're lifting him up, he lifts us to himself 343 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,200 and we begin to hear from him. 344 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,280 We begin to discern from him. 345 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,840 It's a very powerful reality that God is inviting us to. 346 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,160 It's a life of worship. 347 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,400 One of the words for prophecy in the Hebrew, 348 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,120 there's many, there's like at least seven words, 349 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:18,600 but one of them that strikes a chord in my own heart 350 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,280 is the Hebrew word nataf, nataf. 351 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,160 And in the Strong Son coordinates, 352 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:26,160 when you study that word nataf, 353 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:31,160 it's literally translated as a drip or a drop 354 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,600 or a distillation. 355 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:38,240 So I like tea, for example, before I go to bed, 356 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,360 I'll take some water and I'll boil it. 357 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:46,360 That boiling process, the water starts to become active 358 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,960 and then it rises, it becomes distilled, 359 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,040 it rises, it evaporates, and then you see, 360 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,040 it kind of touches the ceiling. 361 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,240 If you have one of those things that are close to the pot 362 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,440 and it starts to drop back, 363 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,160 that's that word for prophecy there 364 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,520 where it's like worship goes up, the word comes down. 365 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:12,040 Praise goes high, praise is exalted, you praise the Lord. 366 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:17,040 And then there's this heavenly condensation 367 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:21,280 where the atmosphere of worship goes to God 368 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:26,280 and it returns back as a word from heaven. 369 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:28,080 And so that's what I would say, 370 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,280 that worship and the word 371 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,680 and how to receive a word in worship, how that works. 372 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,560 I can't tell you how many times 373 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,200 the Lord has given me words for people 374 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,760 in moments like that, and it's unrehearsed. 375 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,840 It's not like I'm looking, it's not like I'm like, 376 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:45,120 all right, God, what do you got for me today? 377 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,520 It's not like that, it's just like, 378 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:50,080 Jesus, you're beautiful, you're absolutely lovely. 379 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:51,720 There's none like you in all this earth 380 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:53,160 and you just fall in love with the King 381 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,880 and it's like, he can't help but to share. 382 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,960 Beautiful, he shares space with us. 383 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:00,840 Amen, amen, that is so good, Chris. 384 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,520 That's very practical too. 385 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:03,560 I know there's so many times 386 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,200 where it feels that God isn't speaking. 387 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,320 There's so many times that it feels 388 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,760 that you're just out in the wilderness, 389 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,680 but turning your attention to worship, 390 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,320 turning your attention to worship the word 391 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,320 and the word of God, Jesus, 392 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,440 as opposed to searching for a word, 393 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,200 looking for the word by worshiping Jesus. 394 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:28,280 And you will see amazing things come from that 395 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,640 and just get yourself in a place 396 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,920 where you can have some of that fresh oil 397 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,640 that God wants to pour out on you. 398 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:36,480 Yeah. 399 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,440 So Chris, I can't end this without asking you to pray 400 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,680 for everybody that is about to go into 2025, 401 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,920 that they would receive this word, 402 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,000 that this Jubilee, that this time for reaping, 403 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 turning into time of sowing, 404 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 that they would really walk into this, 405 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:59,480 that those that sow in tears will reap in joy. 406 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,480 Yeah, absolutely. 407 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,600 Heavenly Father, I just pray for everyone right now 408 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,800 that's listening to the sound of my voice. 409 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,800 Lord, I just pray, Holy Spirit, first and foremost, 410 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,560 you strengthen your saints. 411 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:14,840 You strengthen those who are seeking after you 412 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:17,440 and those who are not seeking after you. 413 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:21,440 I pray that you woo them into your presence, Lord. 414 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,120 I pray for strength in their spirit, 415 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:27,160 a discernment to come into their hearts, 416 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,600 into their eyes, into their ears, 417 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:34,120 that they see, that they hear, that they know. 418 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:38,280 Lord, I thank you for those who are listening. 419 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:42,360 I pray for a season to come over them 420 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,440 as you have shared this with me, 421 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,520 that you would fill their mouths with laughter, 422 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,680 that they would be like those who would dream, 423 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,040 that they would be reminded that the tears 424 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:58,120 that they have sown will in turn reap joy, 425 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,320 that what they're praying for, 426 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:03,680 what they're believing you for, 427 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,440 what they've sown in anguish and in tears 428 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:12,440 would be reaped upon them and heap over into greater harvest. 429 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,880 Holy Spirit, I pray that you would remove 430 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,040 old patterns of thinking, 431 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,800 that when it's time for harvest time, 432 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,120 that we're not in plowing time, 433 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:23,720 that we would discern the time. 434 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,600 And I just pray, Holy Spirit, 435 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:31,600 that you would not just affirm this word, 436 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,040 but you would confirm this word. 437 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:40,120 You would confirm it by the inward witness of the Spirit 438 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:44,280 within your people, but you would also confirm it 439 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,280 with fulfillment and with promises of blessing. 440 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:50,600 And I thank you for that in Jesus' name, 441 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,720 even in the time of uncertainty, 442 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:57,720 even when things go south and weird and uncertain, 443 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:03,080 I pray for your Spirit to reign supreme in their hearts. 444 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:05,680 And I thank you, Holy Spirit, 445 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,640 that they would walk in a harvest of jubilation 446 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:13,640 jubilant, that they would be set free. 447 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,520 They would no longer have the captive's mindset, 448 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,680 but they would be free to relish in the promised land 449 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,360 that you have for your people. 450 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:27,080 And I thank you this, for all of this, 451 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,640 in Jesus' name I pray, amen. 452 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,240 Amen and amen. 453 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,240 Chris Garcia, thank you so much for taking the time 454 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,840 to share what God has been sharing with you for 2025. 455 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,040 Thank you so much, John.