A call to radical commitment closes the address: the kingdom needs those willing to be “first in, last out,” prepared to fight, sacrifice, and minister with the authority learned in prayer. The gathered community is urged to make the main thing the main thing—separating the name of Jesus in year ahead, approaching God with expectancy, and living as a people formed by his anointing. Generosity and corporate dependence on God are affirmed as natural fruit when faith shifts from theory to faithful action. The closing prayer seals the teaching, asking God to put his name on every petition and to release signs, wonders, and provision for every need.

“It all starts with God.” The opening line from Genesis frames the entire year ahead: not advice, not commands—God. Before time existed, before chaos swirled, before life appeared, God already was—so every true beginning must start with Him. Creation does not explain God; God explains creation. Therefore, the wise starting point in 2026 is to assume God’s presence and initiative in everything, placing Him first and building from His sovereignty and power.

Anchored in Psalm 42, the call is to name discouragement honestly and then choose where to place hope. “Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember You” becomes a pattern for moving into a new year: lament without getting stuck, and praise God anyway. There is an acknowledgment that many questions do not get neat answers. Disappointment often reveals what was believed God “owed,” yet the invitation is to bring every “I don’t know” to the God who knows and to entrust outcomes to Him.