John the Baptist Generation: Bold Voices Preparing the Way of the Lord Online

I’m calling out to the remnant to rise up into your identity and your calling and stop being afraid. If you’ve felt like the Lord wanted to use you, if you felt like He had a plan for your life, if you sense something deep inside you trying to get out and that the Lord wants to do something new in your life—a new work that He wants to raise up within you—friend, today this is for you. The Lord is raising up people like never before. This is a season of revival. It is a season of awakening, and for those things to continue to come to fruition, the people of God, the remnant, must step into the places and callings that God has for their lives.

Let me begin with Scripture.

Mark 1:2-3 NKJV—As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” [3] “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’”

We know this speaks of John the Baptist, whom Jesus referred to. John the Baptist was a prophet prophesied by Isaiah, destined to come before Jesus walked the earth. When John baptized people in the river, he cried out for repentance and for fruits of righteousness. He proclaimed many truths that paved the way for Jesus to come on the scene and preach the Kingdom of God.

Friend, I believe that in these last days, God is raising up those same kinds of people again—ones in the spirit and essence of John the Baptist, who will prepare the way of the Lord.

Let me just say this: every person has a place of influence. Every person has an opportunity to be part of the remnant. Everyone can help prepare the way of the Lord. You just need to be open, fearless, and bold to do your part.

The Lord wants to mobilize thousands of His remnant online to reach people that will be reached in no other way. Refuse to give into fear on this. Make that video. Post that word from the Lord. Share that reel.

You are part of a movement of God’s Remnant Warriors. Your voice will ripple through the waters of the online space and land in the ears of those intended by the Holy Spirit. While many decry the use of social media, the Lord refuses to be held back by religion and the entanglements of past methods. To reach a billion soul harvest means multiplied voices are needed to give voice to the message.

This is you.

If you have felt that tug and pull from the Holy Spirit, give in.

Cast out your fears and speak in faith. To have a voice, you have to be a voice!

There are some of you right now who have had a desire in your heart to create a video. You have had words coming to your heart that you think, “I’ve never experienced this before.” But here you find this word in your heart and mind, and you believe it’s from the Holy Spirit. What should you do? Many of you desire to create a reel on Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok, and the people around you may decry those things, saying, “God could never use that.”

But I tell you, around the earth right now, God is raising up bold voices who refuse to be held back by what everyone else is saying.

They are posting those videos and sharing those words from the Lord, and they are reaching people. The reason that’s in your heart right now, friend, is that God, the Holy Spirit, put it there. He put it there so you would reach a person that nobody else could reach. He has a plan for your life. He has a plan for your voice.

I want to speak to those who feel insignificant or think they don’t have a vast audience. As I’ve said before, I don’t have a huge audience, but I will be faithful to speak to the one that God puts in front of the screen or allows me to speak into their ears through their earbuds, AirPods, or headphones. I will be faithful to speak into that person’s spirit through the word of the Lord. God is trying to get a word of encouragement, release, revival, power, and victory to them.

The same is true for you. You have a word from God. If you have any desire at all, you have a word from God.

Let me also say that for some, that desire will be a calling. It will be something they are supposed to do on an ongoing basis.

I feel like that’s part of my calling. Not only am I a pastor, but I am someone online called to spread the gospel, share the good news of Jesus, and help raise up and encourage the remnant. I’m going to be faithful to do that, waiting on the voice of the Lord for clarity and direction.

For some, that will be a calling. For others, you will have moments of divine inspiration. In those moments, you will feel something rise up inside you, and you will have a word that you feel needs to be spoken.

Friend, the word in that moment is from the Lord, and He is using you as a voice for His Kingdom.

You need to be bold, courageous, and fearless enough to release the word and speak it. Or maybe it’s a video. Maybe you’ll only do it a few times. Whatever it is, be obedient to God. Be obedient to God because the Lord desires to use you.

Now let me get to the word that the Lord spoke into my heart just this morning as I was coming out of a time of prayer. As a sidenote , I step out in faith every time I do this, just as I’m calling you to do something like this. I’m stepping out in faith because the Lord has been speaking to my heart over the course of several years, encouraging me and preparing me to give the words He would speak. This is something that is still very new to me. But I’m stepping out with boldness, and I’m going to encourage you to do the very same thing.

Here’s the word:

“I am raising up a new generation of John the Baptists. They will carry an anointing to speak and proclaim My word. They will be bold and without fear. My fire and Spirit will penetrate to the core of their being, and they will run with My word, declaring, ‘Make room and make way for the Kingdom of God.’ King Jesus will be their rally cry. These bold ones will be totally sold out to Jesus, and no fear will overtake them. They will cry out in wilderness places and see their environments begin to respond. They will arise with a word of My spirit and see the anointing break the yokes. Long-held territory will begin to fall back into the hands of the Kingdom of God as these rise up into their callings. With effectiveness, they will run and not become weary, for even now I am calling them to rise up into their places and putting them into position. They will encounter doors they were never qualified to open, yet the doors will open. These bold ones will stand before the kings of their day in every realm of influence. Though they are unknown to the world, they are known to Me. I see their hearts and respond to the cry and hunger I placed in them. Many have been under the direct pressure and hiding of My hand, but they are springing forth now. I am loosing the forerunners who will prepare the way for the move of the Kingdom of God. They will not be quiet but will raise a voice in their generation. This will result in many coming into the Kingdom for such a time as this.”

Friend, I am telling you that word burns in my heart, and I am so excited to see a bold and fearless remnant of people begin to rise up. I can’t wait to see it. There are already so many people on social media and online, making videos, creating reels, posting words and writing books.

In fact, I just talked to someone in my church the other day who said, “God is calling me to write again,” and He had just dropped a prophetic word into their heart in a way that He hadn’t in a while. I was so excited to hear that, and I’m thrilled to see those voices begin to step into their callings.

This is no competition. Every single person who rises up and becomes the voice God has called you to be has a sphere of influence that no one else may reach. Those people will listen to YOU; they will hear the word God has placed in YOU. YOU have an anointing for that group of people.

Friend, this is your hour. This is your day. Don’t be held back by religion. Don’t be held back by what people think. Don’t be held back by their voices. Boldly become who God has called you to be.

I was just reading the other day in Scripture, Jesus had gone out and was teaching, and His family thought He was crazy. Even His mother thought something was going on with Jesus. This was the same Mary who was visited by an angel, who said, “Your son is the Son of God. Your son will be the king of the highest.” She held those prophetic words in her heart. Yet when it came time for Jesus to step into His calling and anointing in a fuller capacity, even Mary thought something was wrong with Him.

The scripture says they thought He had gone crazy. Mary did change her mind and understand who Jesus really was, as the Holy Spirit had told her years earlier, but Jesus, in that moment, was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, calling for you.”

The Bible says Jesus looked around at the crowd in the house and said, “Who are My mother and brothers?” He pointed to those around Him and said, “Those who do the will of My Father, these are My brothers and sisters and mother.” In that moment, Jesus had to choose the identity of the Son of God, the King of the world. He had to walk in that identity with boldness and courage. He did it as God in the flesh, laying aside His divinity and picking up our humanity. He walked that same road, depending on the voice of the Holy Spirit within Him, believing the word of God over Him, and stepping into it.

If Jesus did that, friend, that’s exactly what you and I will have to do.

So I want to encourage you: don’t worry about what you hear from people. Don’t worry about their discouraging voices. Don’t worry about the naysayers. Don’t worry about those who talk about your words or decry your videos. Don’t worry about those who may speak ill of you.

You do what the Holy Spirit has prompted you to do, and you be obedient to the voice of Jesus.

Jesus will open those doors for you and create a path for you. You’ll stand before the people God has intended for you to stand before, and He’ll put a word in your mouth. Whenever you feel that word in your mouth, friend, open your mouth and let the Holy Spirit come out. Let the Holy Spirit energize you and anoint you with a word that you have no wisdom to give on your own. God will use you to bring down strongholds. That is the remnant Jesus is raising at this very moment, and you’re part of it.

If you are one of those whom God is speaking to, if He’s giving you a prophetic word, if He’s calling you to make a video, write an article, start a blog, or go live on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok—do it. Do it. Press in and do it. Don’t give in to the fear of man or the pressure from any source. You may be one of those the Lord is speaking about, preparing the way of the Lord, and God will multiply the message of the Kingdom by millions, reaching a harvest of souls for the Kingdom of God, and you’re part of that.

Let me pray for you:

“Lord, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, I pray for my friend right now. I pray You release upon them a new anointing, a new grace, a new fervor, a new desire they’ve never had. Open up their heart with expectancy for things they could never do on their own, but through You they can, because we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Holy Spirit, pour out with fire and unction in their heart, and give them a spirit of obedience to rise up into the new calling of God You’re placing upon them now. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

Be blessed.

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