A Word of Preparation for 2026–Hebrew Year 5786

As I have been sitting with the Lord and listening for the year ahead, His voice has returned to the same theme again and again—through dreams, the Word, and repeated signs. This word has been rising and circling in my spirit: “Seraph” (Burning one), The fire that flows from a life lived before Him.

I believe 5786 is a year marked by His fire.

Not rushed fire.

Not borrowed fire.

But holy fire — the kind that is formed by staying on the altar until you burn.

This is not a year of visiting moments with God. It is a year of remaining. A year of being so saturated in His presence that fire becomes the atmosphere you live and move from.

I sense the Lord saying:
“This is the year of the burning ones. Not those who stand at the edge of the fire, but those who step fully into it and allow themselves to be consumed.”

This is not a harsh summons, but a deep invitation from His heart, calling His people higher— Not through effort or striving, but through surrender and love.

There are things that will not move in this coming season unless they are met by a life consumed in prayer and fasting. Not as religious performance, but as a dwelling place. Not from discipline alone, but from a place of hunger. Not for obligation, but for the desire to remain in Him and Him alone.

This is the very lesson Jesus revealed when His disciples could not deliver the boy tormented by a deaf and mute spirit:

“When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and the scribes arguing with them… ‘Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit… I asked Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not.’” Mark 9:14–18

Jesus then rebuked the spirit, delivered the boy, and restored him completely. Later, when they were alone, the disciples asked Him why they had not been able to do it. He said to them:
“This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.” Mark 9:29

Jesus was not revealing a method; He was revealing a place of abiding. The disciples were present around holy things, but they were not yet living from a life fully saturated in the presence of God. Jesus, however, lived as one continually ascending— withdrawing to lonely places, staying awake in prayer, returning again and again to the place where His soul was consumed by the fire of His presence.

Our lives must be saturated with the presence of God through prayer and fasting in order to conquer the evil that is in the world and hiding in the hearts of man.

Authority flows from the place of intimacy, and Deliverance flows from our proximity to His fire.

Light overwhelms darkness when it is carried by those who burn with His presence. This is why Jesus walked in such authority. Yes it is because of who He is, but also because of where He lived— This kind of fire is formed only in the hidden place.

In Isaiah 6, the seraphim stand above the throne of God, crying day and night,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.”

They cover their faces in reverence, bow low in humility, and move only when He breathes. They are not sent until they have first burned. When the coal touches Isaiah’s lips, it is not punishment — it is preparation. The fire does not destroy him; it frees him and prepares him to speak.

I hear the Lord saying that He is touching mouths again in this hour. He is purifying what will be spoken. He is refining hearts, motives, and messages so that what comes forth carries the weight of heaven.

Fire in Scripture is the place where God meets His people. The bush burned, yet was not consumed. The altar burned, and heaven answered. The Spirit fell as fire, and the church was born.

“Our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:29

This fire is not for display. It is for transformation. It is for authority. It is so that the light of His presence dominates the darkness wherever His people go.

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭

I believe 2026 is a year where God is calling His people to stay awake, to remain before Him, to return again and again to the altar, and to live as the burning ones live. The Lord says that those who burn for Him will carry His authority, and those who burn with Him will speak with His voice.

This is the year of the seraphim.

The year of the burning ones.

The year of FIRE that dominates the darkness.

The year where mature believers are refined and commissioned!

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the fire of Your presence and the ministry of the seraphim. I ask now that You send Your burning ones to stand with us, to guide us, to refine us, and to empower us in every place at Your altar. May we walk in Your authority, speak with Your voice, and carry Your fire into every darkness we encounter. Surround us with Your glory, and help us live our lives fully saturated in Your holy fire, in Your name. Amen.

Kaylie Hollins