November 13, 2026

Introduction

I am releasing one more timely word of encouragement this week. Our friend, Gina Gholston, sent this very powerful word to encourage us as we stay the course. That is our title for today’s post:

Stay the Course!

Since the midterm election results were revealed, it seems that conflicting emotions have left many feeling that God’s plans and prophetic purposes have been halted or misunderstood. But the truth is, elections, or anything else, for that matter, have no power to stop what God has started. He said, “I will work, and who will reverse it?” (Isaiah 43:13 NKJV)

We must never doubt nor underestimate the power, ability, and faithfulness of our God! Regardless of what it looks like, God is still on His throne, and He is still working His plan! He once said to me, “Don’t count Me out. I won’t stop until I finish what I started, and even then, I will begin the next part of My plan.…So, I will never stop!” God has ordained the path ahead, and His instruction to us is: “Stay focused on Me, and stay the course.”

Over the last several days, the Lord has been drawing my attention to an urgent word He spoke through me on February 2, 2020, during a Sunday morning gathering. We had experienced a powerful moment as the Spirit of God hovered heavily in our midst. After several moments of reverently waiting in the presence of the Lord, Apostle Randy Lopshire asked me to come and speak whatever the Lord was giving me to say.

Awe and fear of the Lord filled that room; I wasn’t sure I should say anything, but then I felt the Lord prompting me to release what I had been seeing and hearing as He moved among us. It was urgent! God had something to reveal concerning the time we were about to enter as a people and as a nation. So, I reluctantly left my seat and made my way onto the platform. Literally trembling, I said, “I hear the Lord saying, ‘In the days ahead, I will remove the covering where evil has been hiding. And up from that will rise a stench. But I say to My Church, stay the course, for I am giving beauty for the ashes. This is MY time. I will come, and I will make things right again, but you must stay the course!’”

This word came after I had seen a vision at the beginning of the gathering. In the vision, I saw a fighter pilot in his jet, and a missile flying toward him. He could see it. Everything in him wanted to abort his path, but there was a voice saying through his headphones, “Don’t abort. Don’t you dare abort!”

All of a sudden, I saw the missile hit something that had already been set in place. It didn’t hit a physical structure, but more like some type of “movement” the missile couldn’t penetrate. When the missile hit this “movement” in front of the pilot, an explosion of fire, smoke, and debris erupted, and he had to fly through it. And that voice spoke again, saying, “Don’t abort. Don’t abort!”

I continued to release more of the word of the Lord, saying, “Because of what is coming in the days ahead, there will be a grand temptation to abort the mission, but I say to you, believe the love I have for you. My love will carry you through unscathed, IF you stay the course. The danger is when you get off the course. My peace is on the course. My mercy is on the course. My grace is on the course. Do not focus on what you see in front of you in these days. Stay the course! There are going to be things that seem to explode, and everything inside you will be saying, ‘Run away! Abort! It’s not worth it!’ But I say to you, keep going. Press on through because just on the other side, you will find the large place that I am making for My Church to rise with My authority and My power as I come and make things right again.”

In this vision, God showed us that His movement had already been set in place, and evil’s attempt to stop what God had already begun would be obliterated when it encountered God’s move. There would be an explosion, but God went on to instruct us, saying, “Don’t get focused on what the enemy launches against you. To focus on that will bring you to the point of veering off the course I have set for you. Focus on Me. Hear My voice. Stay the course! When you can’t see your way forward, and it seems hell’s attempts have prevailed, do not focus on that. Don’t abort! Submit your mind, body, and spirit to My peace, and you will emerge as My glory-carriers, and I will bring things back into alignment with My original intentions.” 

What unfolded in the days following this word was an unprecedented turning of events that shook the entire world [the 2020 elections]. The “lid was lifted,” and evil workings began to be uncovered and revealed. God knew, and He showed us ahead of time, that the “explosion” would be seen and felt, but He also revealed that if we would hold fast to Him and stay hidden in Christ, He would bring us through the shaking. His instructions to us then and now are: “Stay the course, and believe the love that I have for you.”

As we once again face what seems to be another shaking, let’s not forget that God’s promises never fail. He knows the plan He has woven over this nation and us, and He is still working it out. The prophesied redemptive movement has begun, and nothing or no one will stop what God has started. If we turn our focus and trust to Him, we can be confident that, in His time and in His way, He will use us as carriers of His glory, through whom He will work to make things right again. Our faith is in Him. We are not moved by what we see, and we won’t abort our mission. We are fully persuaded that God is faithful and that all of His promises are true!

Pray with me:

Father, thank You that You are steadfast and sovereign over times and seasons, and You have positioned us for such a time as this. As Christ’s ambassadors, we echo and hold fast to the decrees of Your heart. As the Ekklesia, we step into our spiritual authority and legislate Your purposes for this nation. We stand in agreement with Your determined verdict and declare that “America shall be saved!”

You have called us to humble ourselves to walk with You as You work through us to turn this land back to its godly roots and redemptive heritage. Even when the world around us seems to be shaking, we reject the spirit of fear. You have set our trajectory; we remain steadfast in faith, and we will not abort the mission You have entrusted to us. We will stay the course and keep our eyes focused on You. We trust and believe in the love You have for us, knowing it surrounds and empowers us to emerge from this moment as Your vessels through whom You will make things right again! In Jesus’ name, amen!

Our decree:

We are not moved by what we see. We won’t abort our mission. We are fully persuaded that God is faithful, and all of His promises are true! 

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Gina Gholston contributed today's post, taken from her book, Awakening the Church to Awaken a Nation. You can find out more about Gina at GinaGholston.com.