[Editor's note:Â Below is a word for the year, which Jane Hamon shared during her recent interview on ElijahStreams. We encourage you to read through it prayerfully and watch Jane's interview here for full context.]
Each year, as a prophetic voice to the Body of Christ, I try to take time to seek the Lord regarding what He has in store for the upcoming year. This is not just about being predictive, but rather so that we might position our hearts and our faith to fully cooperate and facilitate all God desires to do personally, corporately, and in the earth.
For example, last year, 2025, I heard the Lord say we had entered a Golden Age of Awakening and a Renaissance of Righteousness. If you have been paying attention, you will know we have entered one of the greatest times of revival and spiritual awakening of our lifetime.
Barna Research publishes an annual paper entitled "State of the Church." In early 2025, they marked a twelve percent increase in Americans who identify as followers of Christ since 2021. Several other metrics have recorded a 41.6 percent jump in Bible sales since 2022, a 79.5 percent increase in spiritual app downloads since 2019, and a 50 percent increase in Christian music downloads on Spotify since 2019. There has been an incredible surge in people attending church for the first time and those who returned to church after decades of absence.
We are, in fact, experiencing an awakening explosion of faith throughout our land and, I believe, in other nations as well. Two hundred and fifty years ago, our nation was born through revolution. On this anniversary, America will be reborn through a spiritual revolution that will turn the world upside down. (More on this later.)
Yet as glorious as this all is, 2025 was one of the most faith-challenging years for many Believers, Tom and I included! It was a year of testing on many fronts: personally, practically, professionally, politically, prophetically, and even prayerfully. But in the midst of storms, we have encouraged people to keep their eyes fixed on Jesus and His faithfulness and goodness towards us.
Don't Get Stuck!
I have sensed the importance of keeping a Kingdom perspective, recognizing our journey is not about achieving personal comfort and ease but about advancing God's Kingdom in the earth. To be clear: God desires to do miracles for us that will blow our minds... exceedingly, abundantly, beyond what we can ask or think. The struggle of the past season is producing a breakthrough faith to see God do more than ever before: more miracles, more family members saved, more prodigals coming home, more financial release, more dreams coming true. But we must keep moving forward and not get stuck in any of the places of contending.
Living Water
We must be people who know how to access God's anointing, power, glory, and sustaining grace, regardless of what we face. In Scripture, we find the analogy of water representing the flow of Holy Spirit in our lives. Ancient people did not have life-giving water delivered through pipes into their homes but rather had to be proactive about accessing it.
They did this in three main ways:
1. They built cisterns.
Cisterns were giant holding tanks that captured the rain for use in later times of drought or scarcity. Rain is likened to that which falls from Heaven in times of anointing, outpouring, and the presence of the Lord. Spiritual rain is when we encounter the Lord in one season and that builds a spiritual reserve to carry us through future times. When we hear the voice of the Lord, it can empower us to face much of what lies ahead. We have a saying at Christian International: "Never doubt in the dark what you heard in the light!"
In Biblical times, empty cisterns that had no reserve were called pits. Joseph was thrown in a pit and sold into Egyptian slavery. Yet he carried an internal cistern of the word of the Lord that sustained him in future times of trial. Again, at CI, we like to say the word "PIT" stands for "Prophet In Training"! Yikes! The word of the Lord will try you, but it will also preserve you in times of drought.
2. They lived by the river.
The river gave access to fresh water, but people had to be willing and responsible to haul the water. They also had to be sure the water remained pure and untainted by anything flowing down from upstream. (Photo via Unsplash)
Jesus spoke of the water He gave as a fountain of water springing up into eternal life (John 4:13–14). He also encouraged us that when we believe in Him, Holy Spirit becomes an internal, continuous source of living water that flows out of our innermost being. (John 7:38). This year we must haul water from that river of living waters into every area of our lives, stirring the waters by praying in the language of the Spirit.
3. They dug wells.
Wells accessed the hidden waters flowing under the surface. When it was a dry time of no rain, if river water was not enough, wells brought a sustaining supply into the land. Again, the well must be dug, then maintained, and then water drawn up to water crops, flocks, and families.
Wells dug in one generation were used for many generations, if maintained. There are wells that were built in the time of the Patriarchs that are still in use today. Wells represent a deep spiritual source of survival, encounter, inheritance, and continuity. They symbolize access to the life-giving resource of Holy Spirit's flow and the diligence with which we must keep the wells open.
I believe God is digging spiritual wells in families and nations that will set the course of spiritual awakening for generations. In some regards, He desires to redig old wells of faith that have been filled in by the dirt of life and culture and restore spiritual inheritance. In other ways, He wants new wells of destiny dug that bring a whole new era of sustainable spiritual awakening into the earth.
Redigging old wells is about restoration. Digging new wells is about reformation.
Well Diggers Arise!
This brings me to what I am sensing Holy Spirit is requiring of us in 2026. As I prayed, the Lord kept having me read Genesis 26 for 2026. It's the story of Isaac living in Gerar in the time of famine. He heard the voice of the Lord instructing him to live in the land and even plant crops there during a time of famine. God blessed him so abundantly, it says he began to prosper and continued prospering until he became very prosperous (Genesis 26:12–13). This means he gained influence, positive reputation, and power in his community.
When this happened, his Philistine neighbors became jealous of him, and eventually the king asked him to leave. So he moved forward to the Valley of Gerar, where his father Abraham had once lived and dug wells. But because the Philistines were so hostile, they had filled in all the wells from the previous generation and claimed the land as their own.
So Isaac redug the wells of his father and claimed new ownership in the land. As we will see, it was not an easy process but one that secured generational continuity. He didn't just redig wells in the ground, he dug wells for his future. You see, wells also indicated ownership; they functioned as land titles. He who controlled and maintained the well owned and controlled the land. Redigging the wells gave him a lawful presence in the land, securing economic legitimacy and territorial recognition. Redigging the wells gave him the right to stay in the land and expand his influence.
As we become well diggers, God is going to establish His people in their land on a whole new level.
Isaac: A Prophetic Example
Isaac's life is a significant prophetic picture for us this year. Remember, he was the son of promise, born to Abraham when he was one hundred years old and Sarah when she was ninety years old. His life encourages us to continue to believe the word of the Lord will come to pass, regardless of how much time has passed, as long as we keep our faith active.
He was also a clear prophetic picture of the Messiah, Christ, who was to come. God tested Abraham, asking him to sacrifice Isaac, his son of promise. God was asking him if he loved God even more than his prophetic promise. It's a good question for us to ask ourselves this year as well, putting our complete trust in the God of our promise. Isaac obeyed his father (just as Jesus did) and climbed up Mt. Moriah (just as Jesus climbed Calvary) to willingly become a sacrifice.
Some Rabbinical scholars say that Isaac was approximately thirty-seven years old at the time. This was not a picture of Abraham forcing Isaac to get on the altar, but rather him willingly laying his life down. He even carried the wood for the sacrifice just as Christ carried His own cross. For Isaac, God provided a ram to be a substitute. Christ became the Lamb of God, becoming the substitute for our sin and death.
So, when we read about Isaac in Genesis 26, we can see a clear prophetic picture of God's promises of supernatural blessings in a super-abundant fashion, but also how God desires us to establish His authority in our land through the authority of Christ and through digging wells of living water everywhere we go.
Wells: Places of Divine Encounter
Wells also represented places of divine encounter, like when Hagar met the Lord (El Roi—"The God Who Sees Me") at a well. They were also places of divine appointments and Kingdom connections: Eliezer found Isaac's wife Rebekah at a well, Jacob met Rachel at a well, and Moses met Zipporah at a well. Jesus encountered the Samaritan woman at a well, which resulted in an entire city hearing God's message! Get ready for a time of divine encounter and divine appointments in 2026! (Photo via Flickr)
Calling All Well Diggers!
God is calling all well diggers—reformers who are willing to do the hard work of dealing with the dirt that has stopped up the wells of revival, miracles, and breakthrough. Well diggers will know how to press past resistance, past the very real challenges and circumstances that want to distract us from Kingdom purpose, and the enemy who wants to interfere with us on every hand. Well diggers will know how to keep moving forward, past the spiritually dry places, when we may not even feel like Heaven hears our prayers.
Well diggers just keep digging! We are willing to dig past the hard places that want to discourage us, breaking through the hard rock to establish something new, lasting, and at a deeper level of covenant life than we have experienced in the past.
We have to dig until encounter happens. We have to dig until water flows, knowing a well is not successful until the water flows. It will not be won by surface-level faith or by performance. The water will only flow when we break through to the deeper place of God's presence and power. When we dig a well, it changes us but also transforms the land in which we live. Our families, our schools, our businesses, and our communities are impacted and can be transformed.
Will you answer the call to be a well digger?
Redigging Prophetic and Apostolic Wells
First, Isaac redug the wells his father Abraham had dug. He honored the work of the previous generation and made it functional for the new generation. Sometimes before we dig a new well, we need to redig the wells of the past and maintain them.
Those of us who helped dig the well of the prophetic movement back in the 1980s and the apostolic movement in the 1990s may find we need to redig these wells so that the waters can flow on a new level with the new generation that is rising. Christian International has been busy updating all the prophetic training materials we have used for almost forty years to make them more effective and relevant for the new generation coming up. We have established training conferences and even an online School of the Prophets to keep these wells open and flowing.
The Body of Christ needs the water from the wells of the prophetic and apostolic to advance in this new season. They need to be taught how to hear the voice of God, how to war in the spirit, how to properly discern, how to interpret dreams and visions, how to bring the voice of God into their marketplace environment, how to cast out devils, how to release healing and miracles, and how to function with integrity and walk in proper alignment with spiritual authority. Without these foundations, we cannot move forward to dig new reformation wells for our future.
Redigging National Wells: A Year of Revolution
In the U.S., we are redigging the wells of the spiritual foundation of our nation. This year we celebrate 250 years of the founding of the United States. Our nation was born in a natural revolution. This year we will be reborn in a spiritual revolution. We will have to contend and dig some old wells as well as some new to secure our future as a nation.
We redig, reminding modern culture who we were born to be as a nation. We were born to be a Christian nation, born to spread the Gospel to the ends of the earth. We must redig the wells of righteousness and overthrow the dirt of corruption, globalism, perversion, racism, antisemitism, and the antichrist agenda in the land. We must allow the spiritual waters to flow over our land once again. We are going to keep digging spiritual wells through a very contentious mid-term election season. We need to hear the voice of God as Isaac did in Genesis 26.
People are going to be repositioned for greater Kingdom influence, and new prophetic, righteous voices will have access to the president and the highest offices of the land, and within states and communities. God is sending Daniels and Josephs, Deborahs and Esthers to Washington, D.C., and to the places of government and power within the states. These leaders will carry the word of the Lord that confronts the Philistine spirit of opposition. Prophets will gain private access to President Trump and Melania.
As we explore the meaning of the names of the wells, we will gain strategies to contend for the nation in the coming days. God is moving us past continuous arguing, past the demonic agenda against the nation, and bringing us into a time when we can see the righteous cause prospering in the land. (Photo via Unsplash)
The dirt of the agenda of antisemitism is boomeranging back on the enemy's evil head. Though 2024 and 2025 were difficult years for Israel and the U.S. Jewish community, there is a groundswell of support that will rise in 2026, and it will prepare the way for a new visitation for salvation among the Jewish people.
The dirt of the evil agenda of Islam in the nations is being exposed. People are waking up to the plans and strategies of the enemy to take nations captive through this demonic push. We will see a further disempowering of the prince of Persia spirit that has held nations captive.
The dirt that has filled up the wells of righteousness in the nations is being exposed and removed. The evil and perversion that was once popularized and sanctioned, pushed, and promoted is suddenly tasting like the dirt that it is. There will be a growing distaste in culture for wickedness and evil agendas. We are living in a day when men call evil good and good evil. Yet, some things are getting ready to flip because of the prayers of the saints!
God is raising up national well diggers to bring new Kingdom authority into the land. Let them boldly arise and take their place!
Four Wells: How to Contend and Move Forward in 2026
Isaac redug three wells and moved forward each time until he also dug a new well. As we examine the names of these wells, I believe we will have a blueprint for overcoming in 2026.
1. Esek (Genesis 26:20)
This well's name means "argument," and also, from its root meaning, to "strive with," "to press upon," "to oppress."
Both the Hebraic and Gregorian calendar years end with the number six this year, which Biblically is the number of man—this means people! We must move past the spirit of strife and contention with people and dig until we acquire a strategy that brings peace. People are not our greatest problem, our SELF is! This year we must come to a place of overcoming the arguments of our flesh. We have to get past the "whys," the doubt, fear, unbelief, bitterness, compromise, apathy, and disappointment that becomes the dirt that stops up the wells of miracles in our lives.
Isaac's name means laughter. This year we will need to silence the internal arguments that keep us striving. We do this by stirring up and releasing the joy of the Lord. Isaiah 12:3 declares, "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." It's a time to allow God's joy to empower us, heal us, and bring us into new dimensions of creativity.
Isaac completed the assignment of redigging this well and then moved forward. He didn't get stuck. Don't get stuck in strife with people. Don't get stuck in internal battles. This is a time to get the dirt out of your well and move forward. Stir up joy and let it become your strength!
2. Sitnah (Genesis 26:21)
This well's name means "enmity," "hostility," and "opposition." It comes from a root (which is actually the word "satan") that means "accusation," "adversary," to "resist," and "to attack."
This is where we will need to deal with demonic opposition and engage in spiritual warfare. We are in the decade of peh (80) on the Hebraic calendar, which means "mouth," signifying both voice and sound. It is a decade of "Voice Wars," and we must be aware that the battle is over the narrative—what is being said.
We must dig by releasing our voices of authority and never agree with our enemy. Isaiah 30:31 declares that the voice of the Lord shatters the enemy! We must dig by releasing God's voice over every place of opposition and resistance.
At Sitnah, Isaac kept digging even though the enemy resisted him. He knew his assignment and was not deterred. We must be equally discerning regarding our assigned battles, realizing not every battle is ours to fight. But when we recognize our spiritual prophetic assignment and the enemy that withstands us, our greatest victory will be to accomplish our mission. Isaac didn't get bogged down fighting the enemy, going in circles again and again. No, he just pressed through and did the job. (Photo via Pexels)
Years ago, God said to me we needed to shift our focus from battling to survive to battling to possess. This will be a year of spiritual battles but also the victory of accomplishing our assignments.
How do we dig? We dig through persistent weaponized prayer (Ephesians 6:18). Pray in the Spirit. Sing in the Spirit. Make decrees releasing the authority of the Word. Open our mouths with authority. Stand our ground.
Once the well was dug, Isaac moved forward. Keep moving! Don't get stuck going around the same mountains of spiritual opposition. Stay focused on what God has called you to do; get it done and move forward. We are battling to possess!
3. Rehoboth (Genesis 26:22)
This well's name means "broad places," signifying open spaces and spaciousness (Strong's H7344). This was Isaac's breakthrough well. Genesis 26:22 says he named it Rehoboth, declaring, "At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper in this land" (NLT). The word "prosper" means to become "fruitful," "grow," and "increase" (Strong's H6509).
We should all decree this over our lives: "God is creating enough space for me to prosper in my land!" This will be a time of breakthrough against all internal pressure, against the tactics of the enemy, and against the hard, dry places of sickness, infirmity, oppression, and difficulty. Finally, a place of peace and prosperity!
Yet here is another place we can get stuck! We can get stuck in the place of breakthrough, believing we have arrived at our goal. This is the place where we are tempted to settle rather than advance. We must remember, breakthrough is not the end of a matter, it is the beginning of a new place of Kingdom influence and advancement. Use your breakthrough to advance the Kingdom. Use your healing or miracle to release miracles to others. Use your financial breakthrough to platform others' breakthroughs. Use your encouragement to give courage to others. Use your fulfilled dream to empower others' dreams.
Isaac dug this well of prosperity, and then he moved forward and advanced!
4. Shibah (Genesis 26:33)
This well was the new well dug in Beersheba; Abraham had dug a well there a generation before. It was there that he planted a tamarisk tree and made covenant with El Olam, the God who is outside of time, the God who keeps covenant from generation to generation. When Isaac went there, he did not redig Abraham's well; rather, he dug a second new well, a double portion well. He was digging to establish the covenant in the new generation.
This well digging will result in a manifestation of a double-portion season! Remember, it was Isaac's wife Rebekah who conceived twins after twenty years of barrenness. It's time for all barrenness to give way to double-portion blessing! Decree it! Believe it! Receive it!
When Isaac arrived in Beersheba, Yahweh spoke to him and reaffirmed the Abrahamic covenant.
"I am the God of Abraham your father. You will never need to fear a thing for I am with you and I will greatly bless you. Your children will flourish and succeed because of the promises I gave My servant Abraham. So Isaac built an altar, prayed, and worshiped Yahweh there. He pitched his tent there, and his servants started digging another well." (Genesis 26:24–25 TPT)
God is declaring a similar blessing over His reformers, His well diggers. We do not need to be afraid as we advance, for God is with us. He will bless us. Our children will flourish and succeed because of His covenant. Our response should be as Isaac's—to build an altar through sacrifice, to pray and have covenant relationship, and to worship with our whole being.
Right after Issac dug the last well, the Philistine king came acknowledging that it was obvious God was with Isaac and that he didn't want to be in an adversarial position with him any longer. While Beersheba was the place where Abraham made covenant with God, it was also the place where Isaac made a peace covenant with his enemies.
This year we can expect to see some people who have positioned themselves as persecutors of the cause of Christ become propagators of the Gospel message. It will be a time where Sauls become Pauls! It will be a time when God moves on the hearts of those who have resisted and opposed us to suddenly come and desire to make peace with us. For some, these will even be family members who have broken relationship or cut you off. God is moving on hearts to bring a new and fresh place of covenant.
Spring Up, O Well!
The wells we dig this year will never run dry! They will provide the foundation for future generations to experience God's glory, miracles, freedom, and power. So, dig... and keep digging past resistance until Holy Spirit water flows. Keep moving forward in 2026. Do not get stuck! Advance and expand God's Kingdom in a new way.
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Bishop Jane Hamon
Vision Church @ Christian International
Email:Â vcci@visionchurchci.org
Website:Â www.visionchurchci.org
Bishops Tom and Jane Hamon are the senior pastors of Vision Church @ Christian International in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Their ministry together is an example to the Body of Christ of a husband and wife team working in tandem and unity to accomplish God's purposes. Their ministry is characterized by a rich deposit of God's wisdom to provide apostolic covering for the Church, prophetic teaching and ministry, and demonstration of Kingdom anointing and power. They travel as an apostolic/prophetic team to the nations, imparting both the spirit of wisdom and revelation to establish the Church and break open territories through spiritual warfare for the Kingdom of God to be experienced in a powerful and practical way. Jane has also written several books, including her very practical work on Dreams and Visions, her call to marketplace ministers called The Cyrus Decree, and her proclamation over women in the Church to arise and be The Deborah Company.
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