08/06/2026
Harvest Church Family,
This past Sunday, our guest speaker, Selina Chavez, shared a prophetic word over me and Harvest Church. I believe this word deserves more than a momentary response during a church service. It deserves prayer, biblical discernment, and thoughtful consideration from us as a church family.
You can watch/listen to it here: https://youtu.be/_bxPdgIxKuI
Scripture tells us:
“Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good.”
—1 Thessalonians 5:20–21, ESV
We do not blindly accept every prophetic word, nor do we casually dismiss what God may be saying. We receive it humbly, test it according to Scripture, seek confirmation through prayer and wise counsel, and hold firmly to what is good.
I encourage you to watch or listen to the attached recording before reading the remainder of this email. I want you to hear the word in its original context and prayerfully consider what the Holy Spirit may be saying to Harvest Church.
The Heart of the Word
Although this word was spoken directly to me, it was not only about me. It repeatedly spoke about “this house,” the direction of our church, the church family coming alongside its pastor, and the laborers God intends to send and raise up.
The central message I hear is this:
God has protected Harvest through certain delays, disappointments, and closed doors. He is revealing His blueprint for the future of this house. He is calling us to move forward with courage, unity, discernment, and renewed strength.
The next season will not be built by one pastor carrying everything. It will be fulfilled through a church family that prays, serves, gives, builds, and says yes to God together.
Delays May Have Been God’s Protection
One of the strongest statements in the word was:
“But God has put a hold on those things on purpose.”
There have been things I believed could help Harvest move forward—opportunities, partnerships, people, ideas, and plans that appeared spiritually good and practically reasonable. Some did not happen. Others had to be released.
At times, those losses and delays have been difficult to understand.
This word caused me to consider that some of those closed doors were not God rejecting Harvest. They may have been God protecting Harvest.
There is a difference between something that could work and something that is truly part of God’s design. There are circumstances, complications, and hindrances we cannot always see. God can see what is behind every door.
Some things may not have happened because God was keeping us from becoming connected to something that would eventually delay what He desires to do through this church.
We should not spend the next season grieving what did not happen. We must prepare ourselves for what God is building now.
God Is Giving Harvest a Blueprint
During the prayer, Selina said:
“We thank You that You are giving him a new blueprint for this season.”
A blueprint is not simply an exciting idea. It is a design that determines how something should be built.
I believe God has already been revealing pieces of His blueprint for Harvest Church:
Our mission is to cultivate disciples who take root, bear fruit, and multiply the Kingdom.
Our vision is to become a thriving, Spirit-empowered, multigenerational church that transforms lives, mobilizes leaders, and advances the Kingdom through the power of Jesus in our region and to the nations.
This is more than language for a sign, website, or social media post. It is a declaration of the kind of house God is calling us to become.
We are not being called simply to recreate what Harvest—or First Assembly—was in a previous season. We are not being called to copy another successful church. We are being called to build according to God’s intention and design for this house.
I believe there is both a spiritual and physical dimension to this blueprint.
Spiritually, God is shaping our identity, discipleship, prayer culture, leadership development, Pentecostal witness, outreach, missions, and ministry to every generation.
Physically, we must continue seeking God concerning our building, property, ministry space, future growth, and the resources required to fulfill the assignment He has given us.
The physical must always serve the spiritual. We are not merely asking, “What opportunity can we make work?” We are asking, “What kind of house is God building, and what will be required to support that calling?”
Courageous Leadership Without Careless Leadership
The word included a picture of me making a decision and saying:
“No, we are going to go that way. I know not everyone is going to like it.”
I want to explain how I am receiving that portion.
I do not believe God is giving me permission to stop caring about people, ignore wise counsel, refuse accountability, or make careless decisions. Godly leadership must remain humble, biblical, prayerful, accountable, and teachable.
However, I do believe God is confronting the temptation to allow fear of people’s reactions to delay obedience.
There may be decisions in the future that not everyone understands immediately. There may be changes that challenge our preferences or require us to release what has become familiar.
Unity does not mean that everyone will immediately agree with every detail. It means we remain committed to Jesus, committed to one another, and committed to protecting the spiritual health of the house while we prayerfully follow God’s direction.
As your pastor, I will continue to pray, listen, seek biblical wisdom, receive counsel, and work with our church leadership. But when God makes the direction clear, we must possess the courage to move.
The Road May Be Different
Selina compared the calling to John the Baptist—a voice preparing the way of the Lord on a road that was not heavily traveled.
I do not receive that as a call for Harvest to become strange simply for the sake of being different. John’s mission was never to draw attention to himself. His purpose was to prepare people for Jesus.
That must remain our test.
Will the direction we take help people encounter Jesus?
Will it produce disciples?
Will it prepare people to live in the power of the Holy Spirit?
Will it mobilize believers to become witnesses?
Will it reach the lost, strengthen families, develop leaders, and multiply the Kingdom?
We may not always look like every other church in our region. We may be called to build ministries before the crowd appears, prepare leaders before every position exists, and make room for a harvest we cannot yet see.
The goal is not to be different. The goal is to be obedient.
God Sees the Weariness
The word also acknowledged that leadership can be lonely and exhausting.
I am deeply thankful for the privilege of pastoring Harvest Church. I remain excited about our future and confident that God called our family to this house.
But carrying vision, preaching, leading, caring for people, managing responsibilities, solving problems, and preparing for the future can become heavy.
This word did not condemn that weariness. It declared that God is providing new strength for this season.
I receive that personally, but I also believe this is a promise for our entire church. God is not calling us into a new season without supplying the grace, strength, wisdom, and resources necessary to walk through it.
The Promise of More Laborers
One of the most encouraging parts of the prayer was:
“He is not going to have to live in a reality where the laborers are few.”
Jesus said:
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
—Matthew 9:37–38, ESV
I believe God is going to answer that prayer in two ways.
First, He will send people to Harvest who carry gifts, experience, resources, and a desire to partner with what God is doing. Some may be local, while others may come from a distance.
Second, God will awaken gifts and callings within the people who are already part of this house.
Some of the laborers we have been praying for may already be sitting among us.
The next children’s worker may already be here.
The next worship team member, prayer leader, small-group leader, outreach coordinator, missionary supporter, administrator, builder, encourager, giver, or minister may already be in the room.
We should certainly pray, “Lord, send laborers.”
But we must also be willing to pray:
“Lord, show me whether I am one of them.”
What This Means for Harvest Church
This word cannot become something we celebrate while remaining passive. We each have a role in responding to what God may be saying.
Pray for Clarity
Pray that God gives me, our board, ministry leaders, and entire church family unmistakable direction. Pray that we recognize God’s timing, avoid unnecessary distractions, and possess the courage to obey.
Protect the Unity of the House
Unity does not prevent honest questions or healthy conversation. It does mean that we reject gossip, division, suspicion, offense, and private resistance.
When we do not understand something, we should pray, ask questions with the right spirit, and speak directly to the appropriate people.
We must refuse to allow the enemy to use personal preferences to hinder a Kingdom assignment.
Be Willing to Embrace Change
A new blueprint may require new ministries, structures, responsibilities, expectations, spaces, and methods.
We will never compromise biblical truth, but we must remain willing to change our methods in order to fulfill our mission.
We cannot ask God to do something new while demanding that everything remain the same.
Become a Laborer
Do not only ask what the church can provide for you. Ask what God desires to accomplish through you.
What burden are you supposed to help carry?
Where are you supposed to serve?
What gift needs to be developed?
Who are you supposed to disciple?
What ministry are you supposed to strengthen?
What resource has God placed in your hand?
What step of obedience have you been postponing?
The fulfillment of this word will not happen through spectators. It will happen through Spirit-empowered servants who decide to take ownership of the mission.
Partner With the Vision
During the prayer, Selina said:
“We partner with him and come alongside him as a church family to say yes and amen to the plans of God for Harvest Church.”
That statement does not mean simply agreeing with Pastor Taylor. It means saying yes to the plans of God.
Our loyalty is first to Jesus. Our authority is Scripture. Our dependence is upon the Holy Spirit. Our assignment is the Great Commission.
As we follow Jesus together, I am asking you to pray with me, discern with me, build with me, and believe with me.
How We Respond Together
Church family, I do not believe God gave us this word simply so we could become excited about what He is going to do. I believe He gave it so we could prepare ourselves for what He will require.
If God is giving us a new blueprint, then we must be willing to build according to His design.
If God is sending laborers, then some of us must be willing to become those laborers.
If God is calling us into a new season, then we cannot allow comfort, fear, preference, disappointment, or the opinions of people to keep us from moving forward.
This is not about building Pastor Taylor’s platform or accomplishing one man’s vision. This is about fulfilling the purpose of God for Harvest Church.
I believe we are moving from a season of proving that Harvest can survive into a season of defining what Harvest will become.
The first season required endurance.
The next season will require clarity, courage, unity, and participation.
I am not asking you merely to watch what happens next. I am inviting you to help build it.
Together, we will take root.
Together, we will bear fruit.
Together, we will multiply the Kingdom.
The best is not merely behind us. By the grace of God, the harvest is still ahead of us.
With love, faith, and great expectation,
Pastor Taylor
Harvest Church
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