Good morning,
I was reminded of something that took place years ago, something I felt fitted perfectly into what I wanted to share with you today.
I remember a Sunday night in California early in my ministry. Marsha and I were young, and I was praying for people at the altar, and as I was praying, a woman stepped forward, about 30 years old.
I had no idea she was bound in deep darkness.
As I reached out to pray, she fell backward, and her long nails shot toward my eyes.
Instinctively, I caught her hands and commanded her to be set free in the name of Jesus. In that instant, the Spirit of God moved with undeniable authority. The chains shattered. Freedom came suddenly, powerfully, and completely.
Years later, I returned and saw her again. She was different. Whole. Alive in a way only God can produce. When I asked if she remembered that night, she paused and said, “It feels like a dream… almost like a nightmare I can barely understand.”
That is the work of the Spirit, the movement that turns darkness into light, bondage into liberty, past into distant memory.
That movement is momentum. And momentum is not something we manufacture. It is initiated by God and carried out by the Holy Spirit.
For 2 Corinthians 3:17 says, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
He awakens what has grown quiet: our hearts, our awareness of God, our sensitivity to His voice. What seemed distant suddenly feels near. Hunger returns. Clarity returns.
Then, He shakes.
Not to destroy, but to remove what cannot endure His presence: fear, compromise, comfort. What can be shaken falls, leaving only what is rooted in Him.
Finally, He loosens.
Patterns that repeat, weights carried so long they feel normal, struggles managed but never broken these release. Freedom comes not by effort, but by surrender. Chains fall in encounters. The Spirit does not expose to shame; He frees.
Awakened. Shaken. Loosened.
This is the momentum of God today. The world feels unsettled. Hearts are searching. But in the midst of it all, the Spirit is moving. And when He moves, nothing remains the same.
This week, the prayer is simple but expectant:
“Holy Spirit, awaken what has grown quiet. Shake what has been tolerated. Loosen every chain that has resisted breaking.”
This is not just a week. This is a moment. A moment to respond. A moment to experience the Spirit’s movement.
This is momentum.
Blessings,
Mike
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