Blessings for the Hebrew Month of NissanNissan 5786—The First Hebrew MonthMarch 19–April 17, 2026 Crossing Over into the New—Breaking Leviathan

Blessings for the Hebrew Month of Nissan
Nissan 5786—The First Hebrew Month
March 19–April 17, 2026
Crossing Over into the New—Breaking Leviathan
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 1), the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nissan 15–22/April 2–9), and the Feast of Firstfruits (Nissan 16–17/April 3–4).

Every Nissan is about crossing over from the old into the new, and it requires a miracle. The Israelites had to cross over the Red Sea at the first Passover, and that was a huge miracle. Forty years later, also at Passover, they had to cross over the Jordan River, which itself was another incredible miracle (Josh. 4:19; 5:10–12).

Both the crossing of the Red Sea and the Jordan River show us that we need the Lord’s power to cross over into the new things He has prepared for us. Why? Because the devil doesn’t want us to leave the old and enter into any part of our destiny. From scripture, we see the devil uses the Leviathan spirit to try and stop us. When the Red Sea opened, you could say the Lord smashed the heads of Leviathan. Psalm 74:14 states, “You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.”

He will do the same for us. All it takes is our decision to follow Him—leaving behind the old and crossing into whatever new things He has for us in 2026. Isaiah 27:1 declares, “In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong, will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.”

Leviathan uses twisting, confusion, and discouragement to try to get us into unbelief, sin, and discouragement—as well as to stop us from moving forward. But Jesus died so that we have forgiveness of sin. All we have to do is ask. Luke 24:46–47 (ESV) says, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.”

Our repenting and obedience in faith results in a punishing of Leviathan. Each response of faith on our part actually becomes additional “food” for our faith. Psalm 74:14 states, “You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness” (emphasis added).

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]).

Declare: “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]).

Be sure to praise and sing: “Lord, thank you for the weapon of praise. I choose to praise you each time an issue or problem arises.”

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].) 

Declare that His light is shining brighter and brighter, and that He is helping you understand mysteries and heretofore hidden things.

4. Month of Passover (starts on Nissan 14, April 1). 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). This is definitely a year of change for advancement and harvest.
• Reproach is being rolled away (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 (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.

Declare that the time of “eking out”—of “gleaning” is over. You are now like Ruth after her marriage to Boaz—now a person of position and 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.

Declare: “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.

8. The annual renewal of God’s hei plan. Every year, the spirit of God needs to blow on you during this month. The day before I wrote this, someone prophesied and ministered to me declaring the breath of God was blowing on me and removing every bit of unbelief regarding the present and future. Ask Him to blow on you.

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.

Declare: “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. Kings also make decrees. Use the authority and position God has given you to make decrees.

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].)

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

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].)

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.” 

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



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).