Homestretch Promise Guide · Make Room · Real Life Church Sacramento

A Word From Our Pastors

Dear Church Family,

Pastor Dean and Pastor Amy Deguara — Pastor Dean & Amy Deguara · Lead Pastors

For years, God has been speaking to Real Life Church about our future.

Different voices
Different seasons
Different circumstances

Yet remarkably similar themes:

A new season. A new path. Greater capacity. Builders rising. Unexpected provision. People far from God coming home. And a courageous church willing to follow God into territory we have never occupied before.

How We Hold This

Prophetic words do not replace Scripture, and our faith does not rest on prophecy alone. We test everything by the Word of God and hold firmly to what is good, but prophetic encouragement can remind us of what God has been stirring in our hearts and invite us to respond again with faith.

As we enter the homestretch of the Make Room Initiative, these seven days are an invitation to pray together, believe together, give together, and prepare together.

This is about more than finishing a campaign. It is about preparing ourselves for the future God has called us to build.

With Faith & Expectation

Pastor Dean & Amy

Day One

A New Season

We Declare That We Will Follow God Forward

The Promise

“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!”

Isaiah 43:18–19

“You have never been this way before.”

Joshua 3:4

The Prophetic Word

“An exit into a whole new season. A new season is coming to this house.”
“I’m about to take you to a place you’ve never been before.”
“I’m moving you out of the ruts and you’re beginning to cut a new path. There’s a pioneering anointing coming upon you.”

God is faithful in every season, but He never promised every season would look the same. Sometimes following God means leaving behind something that was good because God is leading us toward something new. Israel had never crossed the Jordan before. Joshua had never led the people this way before, but the unfamiliarity of the path did not mean God wasn’t leading.

Today We Declare

We will not become so attached to where God has been that we miss where God is going.

We honor yesterday.

We remember God’s faithfulness.

But we refuse to live in yesterday.

God is laying a new path before us.

We don’t need somebody else’s model.

We don’t need somebody else’s story.

We don’t need to reproduce what God has done somewhere else.

We want what God desires to do here.

We declare that Real Life Church will have the heart of a pioneer.

We will follow the presence of God into territory we have never occupied before.

When God moves, we will move.

When God speaks, we will listen.

When God opens a new path, we will have faith to walk it.

This is a new season, and we are ready to follow God forward.

Let’s Pray

Father, give us discernment to recognize what You are doing now. Keep us grateful for yesterday without allowing yesterday to limit tomorrow. Give us faith for unfamiliar territory and courage to follow Your presence wherever You lead. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Day Two

Make Room

We Declare Expansion for the Harvest

The Promise

“Enlarge the place of your tent. Lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left.”

Isaiah 54:2–3

“Then God stirred the hearts to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.”

Ezra 1:5

The Prophetic Word

“Get ready for expansion.”
“This building is not big enough.”
“There is a place God is preparing for you that’s going to fit your needs better.”
“The Lord wants to take the lid off.”
“There are tens of thousands of people within twenty minutes of here that will be drawn to this place.”

We don’t Make Room simply because we need more square footage. We Make Room because there are more people, more sons and daughters, more families, more people far from God, more people needing healing, community, discipleship, and the presence of Jesus.

Today We Declare

We are making room for the harvest.

More SalvationsMore BaptismsMore DisciplesMore Children More StudentsMore FamiliesMore LeadersMore Ministry

We believe God can remove every unnecessary limitation that has restricted the assignment of this house.

We declare that the lid is coming off.

We will stretch our faith.

We will enlarge our capacity.

We will strengthen our stakes.

And God will stir willing hearts throughout this church to pray, serve, give, lead, and participate.

Expansion is not ultimately about a building.

It is about making room for people who have not yet come home.

Let’s Pray

Father, enlarge our capacity for the people You are sending. Stir our hearts as You stirred the hearts of Your people in Ezra’s day. Give us willing spirits and generous hearts. Help us build not for ourselves, but for generations we may never meet. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Day Three

Builders of a New History

We Declare That Legacy Is Being Built

The Promise

“Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.”

Psalm 127:1

“Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will raise up the age-old foundations.”

Isaiah 58:12

The Prophetic Word

“I’m calling together the builders.”
“God is calling builders to build a whole new history at Real Life Church.”
“There are people God is inviting to become builders of a new legacy.”
“A genesis of a whole new history.”

There are moments when God allows one generation to build something another generation will inherit. That is legacy. Make Room is not merely about what we will experience. It is about what our children will inherit. What their children will inherit. And what people who haven’t even walked through our doors yet will one day call home.

Today We Declare

We are builders of a new history.

Cycles can be broken.

Family stories can change.

Wandering can end.

Generational dysfunction does not get the final word.

God can write a new story through surrendered people.

We declare that builders are rising in this house.

Builders of FamiliesBuilders of MinistriesBuilders of Businesses Builders of DisciplesBuilders of CommunityBuilders of the Kingdom

We refuse to spend our lives merely consuming what somebody else built.

We will build something worth handing to the next generation.

Lord, build through us what will outlive us.

Let’s Pray

Father, make us faithful builders. Give us the wisdom to build according to Your plans and the humility to remember that the house ultimately belongs to You. May our obedience today become someone else’s inheritance tomorrow. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Day Four

Help Is on the Way

We Declare Supernatural Provision

The Promise

“As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance.”

2 Chronicles 31:5

“Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left.”

2 Chronicles 31:10

“And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times you will abound in every good work.”

2 Corinthians 9:8

The Prophetic Word

“You’re going to have exactly what you need.”
“Meet the opportunity with faith and finances.”
“Be open to unconventional methods.”
“The ravens are about to feed you.”
“Help is on the way. The field is too big for you to plow alone.”

God’s provision is not limited to the methods we can predict. Elijah was fed by ravens, Israel gathered manna, Cyrus supplied resources for rebuilding, and in Hezekiah’s day, God’s people responded so generously that their offerings accumulated in heaps.

Today We Declare

Where God guides, God provides.

We declare that generosity will rise in this house.

God will stir willing hearts.

His people will respond freely, joyfully, and abundantly.

We will prepare wisely.

We will give generously.

We will steward faithfully.

And we will trust God completely.

God can use expected sources and unexpected sources.

He can send people we haven’t met.

He can open conversations we haven’t initiated.

He can create collaborations we haven’t imagined.

He can provide resources we could never manufacture.

And He can send the right people to help carry the weight.

The field may be too large for us to plow alone, but we will not plow alone.

Help is on the way.

God stirs hearts. His people respond generously. God supplies abundantly.

Let’s Pray

Father, You know exactly what is required for the assignment You have given us. Give us wisdom, generosity, and faith. Send the right resources, relationships, opportunities, and people. We trust You to provide what we need when we need it. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Day Five

Fresh Hearts, Fresh Oil, Fresh Legs

We Declare Grace for Realignment

The Promise

“He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work.”

Ephesians 4:16

“The work is very spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.”

Nehemiah 4:19

The Prophetic Word

“Don’t fight the realignment.”
“God is making room for fresh and new.”
“Fresh hearts, fresh oil and fresh legs are moving to the front.”
“The field is too big for you to plow alone.”

Growth changes relationships. Growth changes responsibility. Growth requires more leaders. Sometimes people who once stood shoulder to shoulder eventually have to spread out along the wall because the assignment has grown. That doesn’t mean something is wrong. It may mean something is growing.

Today We Declare

We have grace for the realignment.

We will not confuse change with rejection.

We will not confuse distance with disconnection.

We will not build our identity around proximity, position, title, or recognition.

There is room on the wall for everyone.

We honor those who have carried the work faithfully.

And we welcome those God is raising up next.

Fresh HeartsFresh OilFresh LegsFresh LeadersFresh IdeasFresh Strength

We declare that God is sending trained help.

Experienced help.

Unexpected help.

Even wounded and overlooked people whom God restores and raises up for Kingdom purpose.

We release yesterday without dishonoring it so we can faithfully steward tomorrow.

God is aligning His people for His purpose.

Let’s Pray

Father, put every person where You desire them. Give us secure hearts, humble spirits, and open hands. Raise up leaders and strengthen those already serving. Send the help necessary for the harvest ahead. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Day Six

This Is Home

We Declare a Harvest of People Far From God

The Promise

“Go out and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.”

Luke 14:23

“For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

Luke 19:10

The Prophetic Word

“People far from God are coming.”
“The broken can be made whole. The lost can be found. The dysfunctional can find their purpose again.”
“People will walk into this place and immediately know: I am loved. I am accepted. I am home.”
“Wounded and broken people who have been discarded and cast off are going to become part of the inner circle of the vision.”

This is the heart behind Make Room. There are people who haven’t arrived yet. Some are successful but empty. Some are wounded. Some have been discarded by religion. Some don’t know how to spell the word Bible. Some have never imagined themselves walking into a church, but Jesus is looking for them.

Today We Declare

This house exists for people who are not here yet.

Sons and daughters are coming home.

People far from God are coming near.

The wounded are coming.

The skeptical are coming.

The overlooked are coming.

The addicted are coming.

The successful but empty are coming.

Families are coming.

Young people are coming.

And people whom others overlooked will discover that Jesus still sees purpose in them.

May they encounter more than a church service.

May they encounter Jesus.

May love be felt at the door.

May grace be heard from the platform.

May the presence and power of God fill the room.

And may people discover:

I am loved. There is grace for me. My life still has purpose. There is a place for me. I am home.

Let’s Pray

Jesus, give us Your heart for people far from You. Keep us from becoming a church that exists for ourselves. Prepare us for the harvest and give us the grace to love, disciple, restore, and empower the people You send. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Day Seven

We Are Well Able

We Declare Holy Boldness for the Future

The Promise

“We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

Numbers 13:30

“Be strong and courageous, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1:9

“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”

Acts 4:31

The Prophetic Word

“There is Holy Boldness coming to Real Life Church.”
“There is a resurgence of courage.”
“We can believe God for anything. We can reach people nobody else is reaching. We can do things that have never been done.”
“Take your dream off the shelf. It’s time.”
“The courage to say: We’ll be next. I’m next.”
“You are well able.”

Every promise eventually presents a decision. Israel reached the edge of the Promised Land and twelve people saw the same giants. Ten concluded: “We can’t.” Two declared: “We are well able.” The difference wasn’t their circumstances. It was how they saw God.

Today We Declare

Fear will not determine our future.

The grasshoppers are leaving our thinking.

Discouragement will not define this house.

Tentativeness will not determine our obedience.

We declare a resurgence of courage.

Holy BoldnessCourage to Dream AgainCourage to GiveCourage to BuildCourage to Pioneer

Courage to reach people nobody else is reaching.

Courage to attempt what we have never attempted.

When God says move, we will move.

When God says stretch, we will stretch.

When God opens the door, we will walk through it.

God can give us strength, but He will not take our steps for us.

So we choose to step.

We contend in prayer.

We prepare with wisdom.

We move in unity.

We give with generosity.

We follow His presence.

And we declare:

We Are Well Able.

Not because of our strength.

Not because of our finances.

Not because of our strategy.

But because our God is well able.

Let’s Pray

Father, fill this house with holy boldness. Break discouragement, fear, hesitation, and small thinking from us. Give our leaders courage and our people faith. When You tell us to move, may we be ready to move together. We believe You can take us places we have never been before. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Final Word

The Homestretch

For years, God has been preparing us.

A new season. A new path. A new history. Greater capacity. Unexpected provision. Fresh people. A coming harvest. And holy boldness for the future.

Now our responsibility is to respond. We cannot manufacture the promise, but we can prepare ourselves for it.

We Can PrayWe Can FastWe Can GiveWe Can BuildWe Can Make Room

And we can courageously take the next step God places in front of us.

So throughout this homestretch, we declare:

God is leading us forward!

We are making room for the harvest!

We are builders of a new history!

We will have everything we need!

Help is on the way!

People far from God are coming home.

And we are well able because our God is well able.

Dear Church Family,

Seven Days, Seven Declarations

A New Season

Make Room

Builders of a New History

Help Is on the Way

Fresh Hearts, Fresh Oil, Fresh Legs

This Is Home

We Are Well Able

The Homestretch

The Homestretch