As the year draws to a close, there is a stirring that happens in the heart of every believer who has walked with God long enough to recognize His patterns. You begin to become discerning and sensitive to the knowlege that seasons matter. Endings matter. Finishing matters. Finishing well matters. 

This is the reason why most churches have a period of spiritual emphasis in the period of transition to a new year. Because how you end a season is often how you enter the next one. And one of the most important spiritual disciplines for finishing a season well is bringing to remembrance what God has said.

Throughout Scripture, we can see that God leads His people by prophecy; He speaks words, promises, instructions, and declarations that serve as directions to His children. 

Before Israel became a nation, God spoke prophetic words over Abraham. Before David became king, God sent prophetic promises through Samuel. Before the Messiah came, God spoke through prophets across generations. And before the early church launched into ministry, God gave instructions through the Spirit.

Prophecy has always been part of God’s pattern of leading His people!

One example of this is seen in 2 Samuel 7:12-16, where God speaks to David and reveals what will unfold in his lineage:

2 Samuel 7:12-16
New King James Version
12 When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

15 But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.”

This prophecy shaped not only David’s life but the entire trajectory of Israel’s future. If a believer forgets what God has said about a season in their life, alignment becomes hard because you cannot walk with what you have forgotten. You cannot pursue what you no longer remember. You cannot align with a word you have allowed to fade from your heart.

This is why Paul charged his son Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:14 saying: 

1 Timothy 4:14
New King James Version
14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

Timothy had received giftings of the Spirit and Paul’s instruction to him was to remember! It was that he should not neglect it! Because forgetting makes a man passive about what God has commanded him to be active about. It makes what was once sharp become dull and robs a believer of strength and boldness to do God’s will. This is why bringing prophecies to remembrance is a spiritual responsibility.

James describes the danger of forgetting in his letter.

James 1:23-24
New King James Version
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

James uses the image of a man forgetting his own face, something that should be impossible, to show how dangerous it is to lose sight of what God has revealed. 

And this happens more often than we like to admit. When life gets busy, things get loud, responsibilities multiply, doubt tries to whisper, or when what God said sometimes seems delayed, we tend to forget all that God has told us prior. 

But you cannot finish strong if you finish forgetful because prophetic instruction requires consistency. 

You cannot enter a new year asking God for new direction while ignoring the previous directions He already gave you. God is faithful to speak, but are you faithful to  remember?

God instructed Israel repeatedly to recall what He had spoken. The book of psalms is filled with calls to remember. The prophets often began their messages by reminding the people of God’s earlier words. Even Jesus told His disciples that the Holy Spirit would bring to their remembrance all He had taught them and said.

This shows us that remembering is important and is part of spiritual maturity.

And so today, the Lord calls you back to the prophecies spoken over you, over your life, over your family, over your assignment, over your destiny. Prophecies from camp meetings, personal times of prayer, hands laid on you, Scriptures laid on your heart, words spoken over you throughout the year.

Because remembering prophecy is not emotional nostalgia, it is spiritual alignment.

And, how do you remember?

First, go back to what God said. Restream the meetings where you received impartation, revisit prophetic clips, open old camp notes, and dust your journals. Go back to all those places where you wrote down words and visions and read them again, remind yourself of them.

Some of the direction you are praying for has already been given, it’s just waiting for you to remember it.

Second, write them down. Scripture repeatedly emphasizes writing. God told Habakkuk to write the vision, He instructed prophets to record His words. Writing preserves what memory may mishandle. Document prophecies, impressions, Scriptures, and instructions. Write what God highlighted to you in 2025.

Third, pray with prophecy. Paul told Timothy to wage good warfare with the prophecies spoken over him. Prayer gives prophecy momentum.

Sometimes the clarity you seek for in the coming year is hidden in the words God spoke months ago. 

So today, before you ask God for a new word for 2026, pause and return to what He already said in 2025. Let your heart be receptive. Let your spirit be discerning. 

Ask yourself:
What instruction did I forget?
What word did I postpone?
What prophecy did I treat lightly?
What revelation did I allow to fade?

Write them again. Pray over them. Acknowledge them before God. Let them rise again in your spirit.

Because to finish strong is to remember faithfully.

Prayer Point
Lord, open my eyes to remember every word You have spoken. Bring back to my heart the prophecies, instructions, and directions I have forgotten. Strengthen me to align with what You have already said. As I finish this year, let every prophecy be awakened, every instruction remembered, and every grace stirred. I choose to finish strong.