PROPHETIC WORDS

GET UP AND GO AGAIN

by Alistair Simmons

This prophetic word was given at the NZ Council of Prophets gathering and Behold Conference in Christchurch, March 2024.

This is the year of get up and go again!

It is the year of the New, and the Renew – the mark of the New Era.

Too much has been put down, put off, put on hold. It is time now to go again. This is the year of turning over a new leaf, for both believers and Churches.

In the 16th century the pages of books were referred to as leaves, so turning over a new leaf meant that one was turning to a new blank page, a fresh beginning. This is not a time to live in obligation to last season's tasks, but a time to dream again, to set dreams in motion, and know that everything you lost will be replaced with something better.

This year will see:

• New ministries emerging

• New ways of the Lord revealed

• New books

• New leaders emerging

• New teams breaking through in churches to bring fresh life

Watch for the new; many new things will arise this year. Nurture these things as you would a seedling; nurture and they will grow, but these new things of God will grow fast, much faster than they have ever grown in the past.

These words of invitation came…"Will you break new ground with Me?”

Isa 43:16-19
“This is what the Lord says—He who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness.””

To the daughters of God – “I am bringing you higher, arise and decide to apprehend those things that I have promised you.”

LOUDLY the words were spoken to me, “DO NOT TOLERATE IT ANY LONGER! – Depression, Doubt of your call, Being pushed around by the enemy – the Battle isn’t with the flesh; principalities are mine to take down!”, says the Lord. “It's by being seated with Me in heavenly places that you are victorious. It is time to increase prayer, petition, and intercession. It's through the finished work of the Cross and My Blood that you are undefeatable. DO NOT tolerate what has held you down any longer. What has shaken you around, stolen from you, and kept you bound?

I am releasing my life and FIRE OF CHANGE over you. Pray, and stand firm. Jehovah Nissi is over you, the God who fights your battles surrounds you.

Will you break new ground with Me?

Many in My church have been lost in the swirl of culture, battling with their hands and intellect, instead of by My Spirit. Second heaven battles have worn many down because I never called you to battle there. Come up higher and learn to wage war from the mountain of the Lord!”

It is time to step into the new era, a new way of moving, a new way of operating. A world revival will begin to emerge and flourish among the great shakings of the nations. Political turmoil will weigh heavy in the air this year, but it will not move you if you keep your vision on Him.

News and media have affected the hearts and minds of many. This can only happen when an alter to these influences has been consciously or unconsciously built. It is time to tear down these altars; turn to Me, and Me only. It is time to return to your first love.

On the horizon, revival is rising. An ever-increasing revival that will mark the status of this new era, a revival that will not be stopped or hampered.

"Will you break new ground with Me?”

A vision of two trees

I saw a vision of two trees. One tree was severely storm damaged, with many branches broken away. It was fruitless, its bark was gone, it was not identifiable, and I could not work out what type of tree it once was.

The second tree I saw in this vision appeared untouched. It was huge, almost overgrown. It had massive leaves, and thick, strong branches, but again, I couldn’t see what type of tree this was. I couldn’t see buds, nuts, or fruit of any type.

Then the Lord said, “Do you know how to fix both trees?”

I hesitated and thought about this, then the Lord spoke in my mind and said, “You prune them. Both trees need pruning to see the fruit I have called to come forth again.”

This is a year of get up and go again. This new era will be marked by pruning – for some it will be pruning back to life after the storms of life have damaged them; for others, the pruning will involve the removing of the fear that has held you back from producing fruit.
God's pruning will lighten your load this year for the weight of His fruit to come.

Some will say, “Pruning is the last thing I need. I have been pruned enough!” But to those who say this, I feel that you haven’t been pruned; you are the storm-damaged tree. You were never pruned by the Lord to enter this current state; the enemy came and killed, stole, and destroyed, and tried to convince you that it was the Lord's pruning.

You will know the Lord's pruning – it will lighten your load, you will feel prepared for the season coming, and you will see buds appear and fruit will come, and come more bountifully than you could have imagined.

If the enemy is doing something big, then God has something HUGE on the horizon!

Welcome to the year of dusting yourself off and going again – the time of the new era.

BIO