When I step into cities or nations, the Lord often almost immediately speaks to my heart about what He thinks and feels. Last week, I traveled to our nation’s capitol to speak at the convocation for Potus Shield, a council of prophets and other spiritual leaders—including Cindy Jacobs, Rick Joyner, Lou Engle and Lance Wallnau—assembling to raise up a spiritual shield in Washington, D.C.

As I sat in the cab passing by the Washington Monument, the Lord began speaking to my heart about this epic city:

Washington, oh Washington, I am doing a work in you. I am working to restore the foundations and return you to your former glory. I am rooting out corruption and I am calling you back to the integrity that once marked you. I am calling for truth and righteousness. I am calling you back to your roots by rooting out that which has defiled you. I am doing this little by little but I am doing it. I am raising up Nehemiahs that will repair the breaches and I am raising up Daniels who will interpret the signs. I am raising up those who know My heart and My will for the nation to speak into the heart of America. I am raising them up to expose, to root out, to rebuild and to restore. I am raising them up.

During our morning prayer calls for my devotionals—Mornings With the Holy Spirit and now the brand new Evenings With the Holy Spirit—the Lord often speaks prophetically to the hundreds of people on the call. This prophetic word helped a lot of people, and I wanted to share it with you.

God has need of your voice but you’re waiting in the wings, you’re standing in the shadows, you’re sleeping in the cave. And God would say to you, “Come out of the cave, in Jesus name.” Come out of that cave that Obadiah put you in, surviving on bread and water and hiding from Jezebel. Come out of the cave, says the Lord, and be strong and courageous. Just as I told Joshua to be strong and courageous as he began to enter into a new season of his life, I would say to you today be strong and courageous.

Don’t look upon their faces, but look to Me. Look upon My face because I will give you an anointing that breaks the yoke. I will give you the strength to battle through. I will give you the strategy to conquer every enemy that stands in your way. But you must emerge from the cave.

When I was driving to Orlando for Christmas, I heard the Lord say, “Next.” I started meditating on that word “next.” I looked it up on the dictionary. In other words, I pressed into what the Lord ways saying. The Lord showed me next level assignments, next level warfare and next level blessings. Our cry this year is going to be, “Next!”

Here’s what the Lord spoke to my heart: “Those who are seeing first the kingdom of God this year are going to see an acceleration. You are going to advance faster than you’ve ever advanced. You will find angelic assistance on your journey, and you will need it. One assignment will come after another. At times, you’ll have more than one assignment at the same time. The warfare will also be next level but you will defeat one enemy after another after another after another. And the blessings will come in rapid succession. Each time you finish an assignment, each time you conquer your spiritual foe, you will see new level blessings in your life. You will see it as you stand your ground, as you obey My leading and as you seek My heart.”

It’s time to step out of the ordinary into the extraordinary. It’s time to step out of our comfort zone and into the abundance zone. It’s time to step out of the past and into the next! Let’s unpack this “next” word so we can cooperate with the grace of God as the Lord releases the angels of abundant harvest.