Nissan : Blessings for the Hebrew Month

Nissan—The First Hebrew Month of 5785

March 30–April 28, 2025

A New Beginning—The Lord Is Using Us to Do Miracles!

I love this month, Nissan, because it’s the first month of the Hebrew year and is the beginning of the redemption cycle. Nissan contains Passover (Nissan 14/April 12), the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nissan 15–22/April 13–20), and the Feast of Firstfruits (Nissan 16–17/April 14–15).

Every Nissan is a time of leaving the old and crossing over into a life of walking with the Lord—just like how the Israelites were set free from the old (Egypt), and were released into a new life walking with the Lord. I believe this year more than ever is about miracles. God wants us to choose to walk expecting Him to do miracles through us. In other words, He wants us to be miracle workers. It may not be easy, but He will help us press ahead. We know the Israelites saw many miracles, but never learned from them. They somehow stayed in complaining and unbelief. May it never be that way for us!

Yes, we too will encounter trials when we will want to slip into the old default of complaining or negativity. We must remember Nissan is also the month of the tribe of Judah, which means “praise.” Recently, the Lord has been showing us to sing prophetically to Him daily. I feel that as we sing the “song of the Lord,” new things—and new power—will begin to be released to us. Below, you will note that instead of “Declare,” I have used the word “Sing.” Be sure to sing the declarations. It will help us advance in prophetic singing, which is such special worship to the Lord.

Blessings for Nissan (sometimes referred to as Aviv)

1. This is the first of the months and the beginning of the redemption cycle (see Exodus 12:1–2 [1]).

Sing: “Lord, thank you that I can walk with you and that now is the beginning of you taking me to a new level in you.”

2. The month of the tribe of Judah. Judah goes first—first into warfare (see Judges 1:2 [2], 20:18 [3]), and also first when moving to a new place. Judah was the first tribe in the order of procession when Israel moved in the wilderness (see Numbers 10:14 [4]).

Sing: “Lord, thank you for the weapon of praise—singing prophetically to you daily. You will use my singing the song of the Lord to unlock many things. Choosing prophetic praise will shift me into walking with you in your power.”

3. The month in which spring often starts; the beginning of the month of direct light. Declare your light is getting brighter. (See Isaiah 60; Luke 2:32 [5]; Isaiah 49:6 [6]; Acts 26:18 [7].)

Sing: “The light of the Lord is shining and giving me understanding, and is helping me to walk in the Spirit.”

4. Month of Passover (starts on Nissan 14, April 12). Passover is designed to help us enter into a richer experience of our great salvation in Jesus. We do this by examining the first Passover. Note the following things:

• Deliverance. Israel was set free from Egypt. We need to remember and thank the Lord for where we came from. Peter was delivered from prison during Passover week (see Acts 12). Expect a new level of deliverance.

• A time of crossing over (first the Red Sea in Exodus 14, and then the Jordan River in Joshua 4–5). I believe this year we’ll cross over into a harvest like something the church has never seen before.

• Reproach is being rolled away (see Joshua 5:9 [8]). Any old sense of failure that is still a part of our identities that is allowed to remain will hinder us. Jesus wants to roll that off of us. Remember, praise is the key. As you praise Him, old reproaches will roll off and away.

• New provision (see Exodus 12:35–36 [9]; Joshua 5:10–12 [10]). Each Passover is a time when the Lord wants to bless us with new provision. Look for it. Expect it!

5. The month of redemption. A price has been paid for you to be set free from all of your “prisons.” Read Ruth and see how Boaz bought back the property that had been lost for Ruth and Naomi, and how this brought Ruth into her destiny.

Sing: “Lord, you already redeemed me. I am not an outsider in the place you have planted me to live. Like Ruth after her marriage to Boaz, I have suddenly become a person of substance.”

6. The month of the beginning of miracles. See Nehemiah 2:1 [11], and Esther 3:7 [12]. In both cases, the miraculous chain of events was set into motion during Nissan.

Sing: “I declare the Lord wants to work miracles through me, not just for me. This is a new beginning.”

7. The month that sets the course for your future. Make the choice to be God’s miracle worker and expect Him to advance you.

Sing: “As I declare that daily you want to do miracles through me for others, you will lead me further and further.”

8. The annual renewal of God’s hei plan. Every year, the spirit of God needs to blow on you during this month.

Sing: “I need the fresh breath of the Holy Spirit. This changes my identity to one who is greatly fruitful. Miracles through me will be a part of this.”

9. Linked to the constellation Aries (the ram or the lamb). Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (see John 1:29 [13]). God provided a ram for Abraham to sacrifice instead of Isaac. He is Jehovah Jireh and will provide (see Genesis 22:14 [14]). Expect unusual sources of provision.

Sing: “Just like the stars can’t be hidden but are visible to all, I declare that increasingly the whole world will begin to see Jesus is the lamb of God. God’s miracles through me will help others see Jesus, the only one who can take away the sin of the world.”

10. The month kings go to war; the new year for kings. God wants to “expand” you.

Sing: “I am a king. I will follow the Holy Spirit and win warfare over miracles becoming a daily part of my life.”

11. The month of speech. If you speak negatively during this month, it will adversely affect you three to four months later. The seeds of negativity take root and will pull you backward. Conversely, your positive confessions should “grab the wind” and change the atmosphere. (See 1 Peter 3:9 [15]; 1 Samuel 1:17 [16], 2:20–21 [17].)

Sing: “I choose to daily declare often that I am yielded to God as His miracle worker.”

12. The “controller month.” Put your best foot forward. You need to assess both where you are at and where you are going.

Sing: “I am not remaining in the old. I declare I am walking in His miracles.”

13. The month where you need to “learn to fish.” If you can’t pay your taxes, pull a coin out of a fish’s mouth. Let the Lord give you new and unusual means of supply. (See Matthew 17:27 [18].)

Sing: “This month the Lord will help me see unusual and unexpected supply.”

14. You must step forward. Don’t wait and hold back. Move ahead confidently in God. Numbers 33:3 (AMP) says, “The Israelites went out [of Egypt] with a high hand and triumphantly.”

Sing: “I choose to daily make joyfully bold declarations. God wants to work miracles through me.”

(Although I have made many changes over the years, this material is based on my 2006 notes taken from a series of lectures given by Chuck Pierce [Glory of Zion]. I highly recommend his website for more materials and more in-depth explanations. —Ron Sawka)

References

[1] “Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, ‘This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you’” (Exod. 12:1–2).

[2] “And the Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand’” (Judg. 1:2).

[3] “Then the children of Israel arose and went up to the house of God to inquire of God. They said, ‘Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?’ The Lord said, ‘Judah first!’” (Judg. 20:18).

[4] “The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their armies” (Num. 10:14).

[5] “A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel” (Luke 2:32).

[6] “I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, that You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth” (Isa. 49:6).

[7] “To open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light” (Acts 26:18).

[8] “Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you’” (Josh. 5:9).

[9] Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians” (Exod. 12:35–36).

[10] “Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho. And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year” (Josh. 5:10–12).

[11] “And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king” (Neh. 2:1).

[12] “In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot)” (Esther 3:7).

[13] “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, ‘Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!’” (John 1:29).

[14] “And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, ‘In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided’” (Gen. 22:14).

[15] “Not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing” (1 Pet. 3:9).

[16] “Then Eli answered and said, ‘Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him’” (1 Sam. 1:17).

[17] “And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, ‘The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the loan that was given to the Lord.’ Then they would go to their own home. And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord” (1 Sam. 2:20–21).

[18] “Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you” (Matt. 17:27).