Hallelujah! Praise God!
Now that the wonderful celebration of Christmas has come to an end, we have entered a season of rest during the winter holidays.
What kind of year was 2025 for you?
Perhaps there were good moments, and perhaps painful ones as well.
As for me, the year began right in the middle of a storm.
Family problems.
Problems with my partner.
No matter how much I prayed, the marital relationship only worsened.
By spring, we were both completely broken—
and everything exploded.
The marriage collapsed.
Separation… and then divorce.
Unbelievable.
A marriage that lasted only one and a half years.
Looking back, I still ask myself:
Was it the work of Satan?
Was it God’s training?
Or was it both?
Yet one thing I know for certain—
everything was in God’s hands.
Without faith, this would have ended as nothing more than failure, regret, and self-hatred.
But I had faith.
Because of that, I can now believe that every hardship has meaning.
I believe that God always has a purpose and a plan.
The Bible tells us to rejoice in trials and difficulties.
James 1:2–4
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
2 Corinthians 4:16–17
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”
Amen!
After the divorce, of course there were feelings of regret and loneliness.
But after that, I began to realize something important:
I was returning to my true self, and I could finally focus on my God-given mission.
I also came to repentance for the immaturity in the way we had been thinking.
I realized that God was removing impurities from within me.
I recognized the sin within me—
the tendency to make the person I loved dependent on me.
I understood that this had to be cut off.
At the same time, I realized that the same pattern had existed within my family relationships as well.
God revealed the root of every problem and purified me.
In the months that followed, I could clearly feel myself being increasingly set free and filled.
What an amazing grace—Amazing Grace indeed.
Now, I truly feel that I have received new life.
My theme Scripture for next year is this:
2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
The old has gone, the new is here!”
Next year, everything will be made new.
This is not only for individuals—
I believe Japan as a whole will be renewed.
The economy, politics, and the hearts of the people
will all be renewed according to God’s plan.
People who have never known Jesus Christ
will come to know Him.
Old cultures and habits will be laid down,
and people will come to know true love.
Even hearts hardened by stubbornness
will be softened and begin to seek love.
In particular, the world’s attention will once again be drawn to Japan’s technology,
and Japan will demonstrate its presence on the global stage.
The true dawn is near.
A Christian revival is also quietly but surely approaching.
Whenever revival comes, innovation always follows.
People’s hearts will become hopeful,
and unlike the former economic bubble,
they will be given a new life rooted in faith in God.
Above all, missionaries from overseas who carry the love of Jesus Christ,
together with Japanese young people,
will increase rapidly and generate tremendous spiritual dynamism.
The current spiritual boom in Japan may well be a sign of what is coming.
This is not about fortune-telling or superficial spirituality,
but about the restoration of a true relationship with God.
And the tangible experience of new life—
this will surely burst forth across Japan.
So what will I do personally in the midst of this?
I want to meet passionate and wonderful people!!
And for the sake of revival,
I want to support young evangelists and the younger generation who carry gifts of worship.
No one can stop the spiritual movement of God.
God will fix His eyes on Japan’s Heisei generation.
They will raise up a great movement
and transform this nation from its very roots.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!!!!
Japan—the land of the rising sun—
the final land of revival.
God’s plan is beyond anything we can imagine!
I am filled with excitement.
Thank you again for the coming year.
May God’s blessings and grace overflow upon each of you.
Amen!!
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