Barbara J. Yoder

I want to invite all of you to this strategic gathering around one of the key things. God has said to us about this year. Alignment! Our alignments are key; first of all with God and secondly with people. How we are aligned will affect our future either positively or negatively. I was so struck by how much Alignment affected me when I first of all aligned with Bishop Bill Hamon, secondly years later I added Peter Wagner. My life was turned upside down. I began to flourish in ways. I’d never flourish before, doors opened that I didn’t even know were there, and it even affected finances. I learned through that experience how important it is to align not only with God, but also the leader or leaders that God instructs us to align with.

We are so blessed to have Bishops Tom and Jane Hamon as well as Ed Watts with us July 10-12. The amazing Steve Swanson will be doing worship. Come join us, it’s going to be off the charts. And each of these speakers carries a unique message for alignment. It’s one of Ed Watts marker messages. He walks in alignment. His life is a message of alignment. So don’t miss out, sign up today.

Alignment - Shekinah Church AlignmentJULY 10-11, 2026HOST: Apostle Barbara YoderSPEAKERS: Bishops Tom and Jane Hamon, Prophet Ed WattsWORSHIP: Steve Swanson  Bishop Tom and Jane Hamon will be staying over to speak in the Sunday morning service, July 12, 2026.SESSION TIMES:Friday, July 10th, 2026     7:00PM....

It’s been a different kind of a week, I haven’t posted anything in terms of personal thoughts or observations. I’ve been pretty busy. However, something significant happened yesterday. It may sound a bit strange to you, it was a bit strange to me, in terms of being unusual, yet necessary.

For years, I traveled week in and week out. I’ve been on every continent in the world that we live in. I’ve been in some very unusual situations, extremely basic. I remember preaching in a remote place in Africa, in a tin building, not bigger than a two car garage if that large, with just a lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. No chairs to sit on, just logs. It was nowhere. I mean nowhere. The only chair that was there was the one they gave me to sit on. And it was a very basic chair. The people began to come, the place filled up, people packed that tiny tin building, shack, and somehow over 100 people piled in there. I’ve preached to the rich, I’ve preached to the poor. I’ve preached to the sick. I’ve preached to the well.

In all these travels, I’ve collected items from all over the world, most of them gifts. Precious items. Items that contained memories of people and events. And the items began to overtake my home. My house was cluttered, and clutter disrupts my peace. I knew I needed to part with them. It felt that I was throwing people and memories away. It’s taken me a long time to hold those things in my hand, bless the people and the memory, and then let them go. I’ve been doing this since Covid. 

Finally yesterday, a team came in and deep cleaned my home. Oh, I have been cleaning it all along. But all this clutter needed to be removed so that the deepest cleaning could take place. Yesterday was deep clean day. And finally, now I can get my carpet cleaned.

I can’t tell you the feeling of peace that settled over me. Counters cleaned off, things either given away, found a new home or discarded. I sat down in the midst of my very clean home and sighed a huge sigh of relief, accompanied by great peace. It had been a huge monumental task. Oh there’s still a few things left, but they are now extremely minor. And I can see clearly now.

Sometimes that’s what our lives are like, we let little things stack up on the inside until the emotional and mental clutter constantly distracts us with irritation, worry, trauma, negativity, fear, anger, maybe even rage, and certainly a lack of peace. A serious lack of peace. Then all we can think about are demons, “the demons are after us” when really it’s because we’ve allowed internal clutter to overtake our emotional and mental space. We just need to start cleaning the space until that final deep spiritual cleaning can take place.

It’s time to start dealing with those things piece by piece. All those little pieces keep us from seeing the whole, the hope, the future. They distort our reality. They keep us in dark places, places of internal harassment, negativity, depression, suspicion, all sorts of things.

Our homes are meant to be places of the presence of God and His hosts of angels. My home has always been that. A place where I can retreat, find rest and peace in the midst of a challenging world. And now it’s even better, it’s amazing, deeply satisfying because all or at least most is gone, and even greater peace now surrounds me. This relates to our personal home also, our bodies, our minds and emotions. It’s time for restoration, reformation and revival.

Clean out the clutter and then let GOD do that final deep cleaning. There is a place of contentment in the midst of a crazy world!

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many remarkable people—great leaders, outstanding individuals, and even those who are well-known and highly respected, some very famous people. I’ve appreciated and learned something from almost all of them.

Yet I’ve noticed one defining difference.

Some people remain untouched by notoriety, while others spend their lives pursuing it.

The ones who leave the deepest impression on me are those who are secure enough not to need recognition. They are content to serve, to love, to obey God, and to let Him determine their level of influence. Their identity is not rooted in who they know, who knows them, or how visible they are.

The Apostle Paul wrote that we are to humble ourselves and allow God to do the lifting. True significance is never something we grasp for; it is something God entrusts.

At the end of the day, life is not about what we do, who we are seen with, how many people know our name, what platforms we appear on or how much influence we appear to have.

The real question is this: ARE WE KNOWN BY GOD?

If we are, He is more than capable of taking care of the rest.

I love the Lord, I love the Holy Spirit, I love moves of God. But I’ve continued to have a sense on the inside that there’s something we’re still missing. It’s not a criticism, it’s not a judgment. It’s a looking around, listening, looking to God asking God what is it? I know that this is a year where the revival is to be kick started on a much larger scale. I know that with revival comes reformation. Let me spell it this way, re-formation. But deep in my heart there’s an unsettledness, I haven’t quite landed on what I believe is the key thing for right now. I do know that we’re in Ezra and Nehemiah. I do know that we’re in an Esther time. I know that we’re in the prophetic books of Zachariah, Haggai and Malachi. But there’s a substance that seems to be missing at least in me. Someone sent me this, this morning. And all of a sudden, I said that’s it. And I can’t take the credit for it, it belongs to Brian Simmons. Here’s what he said this morning. And my heart said yes yes yes, that’s it! So here’s what Brian posted about three days ago.

The Body of Christ does not just need another movement, another conference, or another debate—we need a baptism of love. A fresh immersion into the love of Jesus that melts cold hearts, heals old wounds, and silences the need to compete, compare, and criticize one another.

The early church turned the world upside down not simply because they had power, but because they carried a love that looked like Jesus. A love that washed feet. A love that forgave enemies. A love that restored failures. A love that carried burdens. A love that refused to give up on people. I have preached many sermons and spoke at many conferences. I have pursued gifting and sought revelation. But now the Spirit is calling me (us) deeper into love.

Not shallow or sentimental love. But the fiery, holy, transforming love of God that baptizes us until we become tender again. The baptism of love teaches us to see people through the eyes of mercy instead of suspicion. It breaks the orphan spirit and awakens us to sonship. It removes the fear of rejection and fills us with bold compassion. It causes truth to flow with tears instead of stones.

Jesus never said the world would know us by our platforms, our denominations, or our arguments.

“They will know you by your love.”

Holy Spirit, baptize Your Church again in the love of Christ until we become a living expression of His heart in the earth. Let our gatherings become love feasts. We lay our cold hearts before you and ask for a baptism of love. In Jesus Name.

Part 2: Pentecost

Pentecost was also about the harvesting of nations. It was never meant to remain confined to one people group, one city, or one geographic region. It was the launching of God’s redemptive plan into the nations of the earth. Jesus made this clear before the outpouring of the Holy Spirit when He told the disciples:

“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” — Acts 1:8

Pentecost was the divine empowerment for global harvest. The Holy Spirit was poured out not merely to create spiritual experiences, but to release supernatural power for the reconciliation of nations back to God.

In the book of Acts, we watch this unfold in real time. The apostles move outward from Jerusalem into Judea, Samaria, throughout the Middle East, Asia Minor, Greece, Rome, and according to historical tradition, even into Spain and beyond. Nation after nation began to hear the gospel. Barriers were broken. Territories once trapped in darkness were confronted by the Kingdom of God. Through Pentecost, God was reclaiming peoples and nations that had been alienated and disqualified through rebellion and idolatry.

This was part of the power of Pentecost: the gathering of nations into one Kingdom under one King.

At Babel, humanity attempted to build its own kingdom apart from God. Genesis 11 reveals man striving for unity independent of heaven, seeking to exalt himself. The result was confusion, division, and scattered languages. But at Pentecost, God reversed what had been fractured at Babel—not through human ambition, but through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

The disciples were filled with the Spirit and began speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gave utterance (Acts 2:4). Jews and proselytes from many nations heard the wonders of God declared in their own languages. Heaven introduced a new language—the language of the Kingdom of God. It was not merely natural speech; it was a supernatural governmental expression declaring that God was forming one new people under His authority.

Babel divided nations through pride.
Pentecost united nations through surrender to Christ.

What man could never achieve through self-exaltation, God accomplished through the cross and the Spirit.

Through Pentecost, the door was thrown open not only to the Jews, but also to the Gentiles. Ruth prophetically foreshadowed this reality. A Gentile woman was grafted into covenant relationship with Israel and ultimately written into the lineage of Jesus Himself. At Pentecost and throughout Acts, that prophetic picture exploded into fulfillment as Gentiles were brought into the household of God.

Paul became one of the great apostolic witnesses of this reality. City after city, nation after nation, he advanced carrying the gospel of the Kingdom. The Spirit kept pushing outward. Pentecost was never static. It was movement. Expansion. Harvest. Nations being discipled and reconciled to God.

And now, once again, we are living in a time when God is dealing with nations. He is shaking, reordering, exposing, and realigning them according to His purposes. Scripture repeatedly reveals that nations are accountable before Him. He raises up and brings down kingdoms. He weighs leaders, governments, and peoples according to how they align with His truth and His covenant purposes.

The issue of Israel is again central in the earth because God’s covenant purposes are still unfolding through history. Nations are being confronted with the question: Will they align themselves with the one true God and His purposes, or will they build modern Babel systems rooted in rebellion, self-rule, and human exaltation?

Pentecost reminds us that God’s ultimate vision has always been global:
“Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance.” — Psalm 2:8

This feast is not merely about personal renewal. It is about Kingdom advancement. It is about the empowering of believers through the Spirit and the Word to bring the reality of heaven into the earth until every tribe, tongue, and nation has had the opportunity to encounter the King.

Pentecost Part 1:

The Feast of Pentecost is one of the three major Feasts of the Lord, and there is so much more to it than many of us have been taught or have realized.
It is far greater than simply remembering and celebrating the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. Pentecost carries layers of revelation, covenant, restoration, empowerment, and divine inheritance.

It is the celebration of the giving of the Torah—the first great release of the Word of God to His people. It is also a time of harvest—of abundant harvest—and connected to the story of Ruth and Naomi, a profound picture of restoration through two widows: Naomi, a Jewish mother-in-law, and Ruth, a Gentile woman who entered into covenant relationship with her. Through that covenant, Ruth was woven into the lineage of Jesus Himself.

Pentecost reveals the Spirit and the Word coming together.

It is the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, empowering and endowing believers with miraculous ability to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. It is also prophetic of the reconciliation of Jew and Gentile through Jesus Christ—where the Gentiles were brought into covenant and received the inheritance of the Jews through Him.

Pentecost is about divine endowment. It is God giving us everything we need to fully become who He has called us to be—the power of the Holy Spirit and the grounding of the Word of God working together as one.

This is not just another day.

This is not merely a holy observance.

This is a supernatural invitation into revelation, empowerment, restoration, and transformation. It is a fresh endowment of power from on high. It is a day of renewed awakening, renewed covenant, and renewed commissioning. It is a day of reconciliation between Jew and Gentile. It is a season of restoration—not only of quantity, but of quality. It is the story of redemption and the revelation of our Kinsman Redeemer.

What a powerful season we are in.
At Passover, God delivered us out of bo***ge and brought us through what held us captive in the last season. But at Pentecost, He empowers us to become.

This is why I love this time so deeply. There is so much to unpack in Pentecost. Its significance reaches far beyond what many have understood. It is greater than Azusa Street alone. And when we begin to understand Pentecost from both the Word and a revelatory perspective, it electrifies us, empowers us, awakens us, and propels us into an entirely new level of faith and purpose.

Do not take this season lightly.

God has been so good to us. He has opened up so much revelation, so much access, and so much opportunity through what Christ has done for us. Through His Spirit and His Word, we can become everything He has called us to become and transform the world we have been assigned to impact.

RECALIBRATION

A friend of mine received this word this morning: Recalibration.

The moment I heard it, I knew it was significant.

Recalibration is more than adjustment.
It means bringing something back into alignment with the correct or desired standard.

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WHAT IS RECALIBRATION?

Recalibration happens when something has slowly drifted off course—not necessarily because it is broken, but because over time pressure, fatigue, disappointment, success, distraction, trauma, striving, or even routine have shifted its accuracy.

And I believe many are experiencing this because we are entering a new season that requires a different level of alignment.

What once functioned precisely no longer measures correctly or hits the mark.
The system still works—but it is no longer fully aligned with heaven’s reality for this season.

To recalibrate is to restore proper alignment so something functions again with clarity, precision, and effectiveness.

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RECALIBRATION PRECEDES ACCELERATION

Spiritually, recalibration is often what God does before acceleration, expansion, or greater responsibility.

Before He entrusts greater weight, influence, authority, or momentum, He adjusts what has drifted from what is needed now.

He realigns:
• vision
• motives
• priorities
• relationships
• rhythms
• language
• focus
• direction

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PAUL’S LIFE OF RECALIBRATION

The apostle Paul experienced repeated recalibrations:
• his conversion on the Damascus Road
• the shift from “Barnabas and Paul” to “Paul and Barnabas”
• theological recalibration through revelation
• geographical repositioning into places like Ephesus

New ways for new days.

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WHY RECALIBRATION CAN FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE

Recalibration can feel uncomfortable because it exposes subtle misalignments:
• where emotion overtook wisdom
• where striving replaced grace
• where activity replaced presence
• where fear distorted perception
• where fatigue clouded discernment
• where old paradigms can no longer sustain a new season

But recalibration is not punishment.
It is mercy.

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HEAVEN’S REALIGNMENT

It is God lovingly bringing people, churches, leaders, ministries, and even nations back into sync with:
• heaven’s timing
• heaven’s priorities
• heaven’s design

Sometimes recalibration is dramatic.
Sometimes it is almost imperceptible.

But even a small degree off course can eventually lead miles away from the intended destination.

That is why recalibration matters.

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WHAT MANY ARE SENSING RIGHT NOW

This is a season where many are sensing:
• a rearranging
• a refining
• a resetting of priorities
• a redefining of assignment
• a sharpening of discernment
• a renewed call to simplicity, purity, and focus

God is recalibrating people internally so they can move externally with greater authority and precision.

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WHAT RECALIBRATION RESTORES

Recalibration restores:
• accuracy
• true north
• clarity of sound
• clarity of vision
• clarity of movement

It is the removal of internal interference so heaven’s frequency can be heard clearly again.

And often after recalibration comes unusual momentum—because once alignment is restored, movement becomes more effective, more fruitful, and less forced.

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THIS IS THE SEASON

This is not merely a season to move faster.
It is a season to move rightly.

Because right alignment produces sustainable advancement.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” — Proverbs 3:5–6

We are in a time when discernment has never been a more critical attribute. People confuse a gift of discernment with discernment. Biblically, the writer of Hebrews states that the mature discern between both good and evil. That’s not a gift, that’s a characteristic of mature Christians. Don’t confuse it with the gift of discerning of spirits.

Biblically, discernment is not merely the ability to detect evil.
It is the ability to:

* rightly divide,
* accurately perceive,
* judge wisely,
* distinguish between things.

Hebrews says mature believers have their senses trained: “to discern both good and evil.” (Hebrews 5:14)

Walls embody that principle physically. Nehemiah saw rebuilding the walls as an imperative responsibility to re-secure Jerusalem.

A city wall says:

* this territory is protected,
* access is intentional,
* entry is examined.

Discernment creates healthy spiritual walls—boundaries:

* emotional boundaries,
* relational boundaries,
* doctrinal boundaries,
* moral boundaries,
* cultural boundaries.

Without discernment, a person, group, organization or company becomes spiritually porous. They become unprotected, people and things have access that shouldn’t. They do not vet, evaluate, examine the people or things allowed to enter. This is an invitation to confusion, chaos, division, strife, ultimately total breakdown of both identity and ultimately destiny. Basically it’s saying we need to grow up to squelch all the nonsense.

ROCK: Position yourself in the Omer Season

During this season of counting the Omer—moving from Passover to Pentecost—Rabbi Curt Landry released a powerful acronym or framework: ROCK.

R — Remember
Remember God’s faithfulness and His blessings throughout your life. Rehearse His goodness. Recall the moments He broke through, made a way, restored what was lost, and carried you when you didn’t think you would make it.

O — Observe
Observe what arises in this season that seeks to undermine your confidence. Be discerning of thoughts, pressures, or circumstances that attempt to exploit weaknesses or destabilize your identity and faith.

C — Confess
Confess who God has called you to be. Why, this is a time when the enemy will attempt you into negativity through any means he can. If He has called you, He has graced you. You will not fail or flounder. Declare His Word over your life and your situation. Align your voice with heaven’s perspective.

K — Keep Your Focus
Keep your focus. This is not a season to drift—it is a sequence of advancement. At Passover, you were repositioned. Now you are called to hold that ground and move forward intentionally toward Pentecost.

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My Thoughts: The Power of Remembering (also meditating on which means muttering—verbal)

This season is profoundly activated through remembrance.

When you rehearse God’s goodness, something shifts internally:

* Your perspective realigns
* Your faith strengthens
* Your expectation rises

Even if you don’t feel His goodness in the present moment, look back:

* Look at how He has come through before
* Look at the breakthroughs you’ve already experienced
* Look at the fact that you are still standing

Gratitude becomes a gateway. As you bless the Lord, your heart opens—and you become positioned to receive what He is releasing next.

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From Seed to Fullness: The Journey to Pentecost

This Omer journey is not passive—it is active and progressive.

Pentecost represents:

* Fullness after process
* Harvest after sowing
* Empowerment after positioning

It is deeply connected to the story of Book of Ruth, where loss was turned into restoration, and faithfulness opened the door to unexpected redemption. What began in emptiness for Ruth and Naomi culminated in provision, legacy, and divine alignment.

This is the pattern:
God restores. God redeems. God fulfills.

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The Nature of God: Creator and Restorer

From the very beginning in Book of Genesis, God revealed Himself not only as Creator—but as Restorer.

When the earth was without form and void, He didn’t abandon it—He reordered it.

This establishes a foundational truth:

God is continually working to recreate, restore, and redeem what has been marred.

Fear-based religion tries to control and contain.
But God’s nature is to restore, renew and release.

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A Call to Expectation

Carry expectation in this season.

The same God who has been faithful before will be faithful again.

As you count the Omer:

* Count His faithfulness
* Count His provision
* Count His breakthroughs

Count your blessings—and you will step into your harvest.

The best is not behind you.
It is before you.