“Family is God’s strategy for the restoration of the earth.” - Pastor Darren Stott One thing that we all have in common, no matter our vocation, our gifting, or even our age, is that we are all in a family. To a great degree, we are where we are in life because of this, though we often think it is exclusive to the choices that we make in life. But what is meant by “family” in this context is the family that we’ve surrounded ourselves with, regardless of whether or not they are biological. The truth is, we were meant to live in recognition of the royal DNA that knits us together as sons and daughters of God through the work of Jesus on the Cross, and as family, we are called to bring restoration to cities and nations through the love and power of Jesus together. This is God’s strategy for the restoration of the earth. In this episode, Liz connects with Darren Stott, Lead Pastor of Eden (formerly Seattle Revival Center) about the fulfillment of Jesus’ prayer in John 17 that we would be one family, and the fruit of that on the earth. As we step out of isolation and our separateness, and stand against attacks of the enemy to keep us there, we will see authority and power to prepare the world for the return of Christ and the New Earth He will bring. Change is catalyzed when we realize that we are a family knit together by blood. This is a longterm revelation into the Bride. We are not individual streams with an ethos that binds us, we are knit together by royal DNA, as Jesus prayed for in John 17. The same Spirit is inside of all of us, and as we walk in this, we’ll see power and authority flow from this. Since the very beginning, all that God has ever wanted was a home. And since the beginning, all God has ever wanted was a family. Family is the thread that ties all of the Scriptures together. This may mean that the prophetic words that we have been given may not simply just be for us—they may be words that we steward for your descendents to come. In this hour, we’re gaining the divine perspective to who we actually are, stepping out of our isolation and separateness, and into the revelation that we are all His home; all holy ground. The Lord wants to unfold something on the earth that may take some time. But, what if we could think 100 years out, and dream for this planet and for the people in it to know that we were all created to belong to the family of God, that salvation has come through Jesus and His work on the Cross, and that God has called us to greater things together, as a Body? The future’s bright because we co-create it together. So we must ask ourselves—what is our mandate? How do we posture ourselves? How do we implement heaven’s strategy…together? Our time closes with a powerful prayer from Pastor Darren, releasing an invitation to receive revelation about the family of God, and the divine strategy that God has for it in the earth. May you be blessed as you listen to this inspiring, transformative time!