Today, I am releasing a new song written just a few months ago, entitled “A New Day Dawning.” I sensed it was time to release it during this beautiful Passover and Resurrection (Easter) season—when Jesus made a new covenant with His people by the shedding of His blood and rose from the dead, giving us victory over death. It’s a song of incredible joy and encouragement.

The song began to unfold in late November of 2024, when I received the first verse in the night. I literally woke up singing:

“I feel the Spirit rising up within me, releasing freedom and liberty. I feel the Spirit blowing winds upon us, healing sickness and disease.”

Whenever this happens, I record it in my Voice Memos on my phone so I won’t forget it.

The chorus and the second verse came on December 20, 2024, also during the night.

Before I went to sleep, I had been pondering a beautiful vision I received in the spring of 2024. It happened during one of our church services at Shepherd’s Heart. Right before heading out to lead worship, my husband Mike said, “I think God is going to give you a word of encouragement tonight for the people.” And that indeed happened.

While I was leading worship, I saw this beautiful scene before me—an open vision. I saw the Bride of Christ in a tattered dress, humbly bowed before Jesus. Then I saw Jesus bend down and lift her chin to look into His eyes. She rose up, and as she did, she was covered in His blood and clothed with a beautiful white gown, with a train so long I couldn’t see the end of it. What happened next was even more beautiful: she stepped into Him and turned around. She was in Him, and He was in her. They became one, like two transparencies coming together. However, her train remained stretched out in front of her, because she had turned inside Jesus, facing outward. When people looked at her, they saw Jesus.

Finally, I saw people from every tongue, tribe, and nation walking on her train, moving up toward the mountain of the Lord. I heard the words: “This is the pathway to holiness.” Her train had become that pathway.

This vision came during a time when Jesus is cleansing His house. Last spring, I had been very aware of the corruption being exposed in some major ministries within the body of Christ. Indeed, judgment begins at the house of the Lord. He is dealing with our own hearts, purifying His Bride in a major way in this hour. As we reflect His glory through repentance and intimacy, we will begin to reflect His glory to the nations of the earth.

This ties into the final verse of the song:

“I see the Spirit shaking our foundations, releasing boldness for Gospel Truth. I see the Spirit cleansing all the nations, the Church made ready, a new rebirth.”

And it obviously connects with Isaiah 60, which is referenced in the bridge of the song:

“Arise, shine, for my glory has risen upon you. Arise, shine, for the darkness tries to hide us.”

A year ago, after I shared the vision and the word given at church, I sat down. One of the pastors preaching that Sunday was sitting next to me, and he bent over and said, “The vision goes with Micah 4,” which happened to be one of the passages he was going to be preaching on that day. I didn’t know that. We were both so blessed.

Be encouraged by this new song: “For the Lord is preparing a Bride who has made herself ready.” (Revelation 19:7–8)

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