2026: The Year of God’s Promises Coming to Fullness
The final gathering of 2025 brought all congregations together in Jerusalem, the City of the Great King. It was a sacred moment – a time to look back on the journey with grateful hearts and press forward into the new year with faith, anticipating the fulfillment of God’s promises. An atmosphere of worship filled the sanctuary as the Holy Spirit touched hearts, reminding us that it is His touch alone that transforms and renews us.
The service opened with the weekly Torah portion, Vayigash – the forty-fourth chapter of Genesis, where Joseph prefigures Yeshua. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1) – this is the bedrock of our faith. Yeshua was born of the Holy Spirit and of a virgin; He is the Son of God, yet He is also God Himself.
Following a profound time of worship and praise, Pastor Oren Lev Ari released the prophetic word for 2026. The central theme was “the fullness of time.” 2026 is the year when the fullness of time arrives for specific promises to be fulfilled in our lives. We have prayed for our children, for the salvation of loved ones, for financial breakthroughs – and even if someone has felt trapped in a pit of despair, their fullness of time is arriving.
The Apostle Paul unveils this truth: “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” (Galatians 4:4-5). God has appointed times and seasons. For many of us, 2026 will be the moment when prayers are answered and promises fulfilled.
A servant works for wages; a son serves because everything the Father has already belongs to him. We are sons and daughters of God, the Holy Spirit dwells within us, and everything God has promised will be fulfilled in 2026. We must greet each day of this year with expectation and praise – this is the year of fullness for our work, our businesses, our families, and our ministries.
When God releases a word, it does not return to Him empty but accomplishes the purpose for which He sent it. It is vital to believe this word and to add expectation and patience. “For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise” (Hebrews 10:36). Everything has been paid for by Yeshua’s blood. When we believe, miracles happen – what is impossible for man becomes possible with God.
Following the proclamation of the word for the new year, Pastor Wayne Hilsden shared a profound message on thanksgiving, grounded in Ephesians: “Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:20). To give thanks always and for all things is not merely a suggestion – it is a commandment.
One of the best ways to step through a new door is to turn back and say, “Thank You, Lord.” After victory, the prophet Samuel set up a stone and named it Ebenezer – the stone of help: “Hitherto hath the LORD helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12). The commandment tells us to give thanks “for all things,” even for trials.
Pastor Wayne shared three principles of thanksgiving from the life of the prophet Daniel, who was taken from Jerusalem to Babylon as a youth, torn from home, family, and native tongue.
First principle: You may be far from home, but God will bless you even there. God granted Daniel understanding and wisdom. “Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me” (Psalm 139:10). Just as God was with Daniel in Babylon, so He is with you here and now.
Second principle: Daniel gave praise to God even in danger. When the king ordered the execution of all the wise men, Daniel prayed: “Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his” (Daniel 2:20). He thanked God before receiving the answer – that is faith. Praise drives out fear. Thanksgiving must come before the miracle, not after.
Third principle: Daniel made thanksgiving his way of life. When a decree was issued to throw anyone who prayed to another god into the lions’ den, Daniel “kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime” (Daniel 6:10). This was not a one-time act of courage – it was his lifestyle.
When life becomes unstable, your habits stabilize you. How do we make thanksgiving a way of life? “Be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you will be able to give God glory in any situation. Pray each morning that God would fill you anew with fresh oil of the Holy Spirit – not once, but daily.
The pastor called the congregation to thank God for 2025 – both for the blessings and for the trials that taught us. We learn more through testing than on the mountaintop of blessing.
The service concluded with a powerful time of prayer and worship. The congregation declared 2026 as the year of fullness for families, ministries, and every sphere of life. Brothers and sisters prayed for one another, anointing with oil those who needed healing and breakthrough. Faith always releases thanksgiving.
We step into 2026 with gratitude for the road traveled and expectation for the fulfillment of God’s promises. What is impossible for man is possible with God. We are sons and daughters of God, heirs through Yeshua the Messiah. May this be the year when the fullness of time arrives for all we have prayed for through the years.
