Now Is the Time
- Chris Rhinehart

- Nov 25, 2025
- 3 min read
This month has felt like a shift. As I prepared to release the Save the Date for Restoration Speaks Women’s Conference 2026, I sensed a fresh alignment in my spirit. I was not nervous or unsure. I knew God had called me to this work, and I stood confident in His direction.
My first conference in 2022 was an awesome move of God. I had recently met my now husband, who ministered in song, and the presence of God met us in such a powerful way. Women were healed, delivered, and made whole. I felt like I was finally making an impact in women’s lives through Restoration Speaks. It was beautiful to see the vision God placed in me come alive.
So when God told me after I got married to set all my ministries and business aside and focus on being a wife, it shook me. Not because I doubted who I was, but because I felt like the momentum was building. I could see the fruit. Yet God said, “Pause.”
I obeyed Him. I stepped back and honored the assignment of being a wife. Three years later, God said, “Now is the time,” and He confirmed it through my husband. That moment showed me that God had not closed the door. He was positioning me. He was strengthening the foundation for what was coming next.
What surprised me this month was the weight of significance I felt when I posted the Save the Date. It was as if God highlighted that moment and said, “This is the beginning of something greater.”
I have always moved forward when God speaks. I do not wrestle with whether I am called. I know who I am. But this time, there was a new level of expectancy. A deeper awareness that God is building something beyond what I can see.
This conference is not just an event.
It is a continuation of what God has already been doing.
Faith Turning Point
The turning point was recognizing that this season is not about starting over. It is about stepping into the next phase of what God has already established. I felt God shifting me from preparation into activation.
There is a confidence that comes when you know you are in the right place, doing the right thing, at the right time.
When I shared the announcement, I felt God say, “Now move. I am breathing on this.”
There is something powerful about God’s timing. When He says move, it is because He has already gone ahead of you.
What I Had to Unlearn
I did not have to unlearn fear or doubt.
What God showed me was that wholeness is not just about healing. It is about movement. It is about responding when God speaks and trusting that His timing is right, even when life is still unfolding.
God reminded me that obedience is about alignment. When He says move, it means He has already prepared the way. Wholeness is learning to respond to God’s voice with confidence, knowing He never calls without purpose.
Wholeness requires understanding:
• God’s timing carries authority
• Movement unlocks momentum
• Obedience positions you for increase
God moves in His timing, not mine.
What Restoration Taught Me
Restoration has taught me that God builds momentum. Every step I have taken has prepared me for this one. Every yes has carried me forward.
Restoration is not just recovering what was lost.
It is walking fully in what God has restored, strengthened, and matured in you.
Stepping back to focus on being a wife did not stop the vision. It strengthened me for it. God was grounding my identity, my marriage, and my capacity so that when I stepped forward again, I would do it with stability and authority.
This month reminded me that alignment with God brings clarity and confidence. When God releases a thing, He also releases the grace for it.
Restoration Reminders
• You can move boldly when God speaks
• Obedience releases momentum
• Alignment brings clarity• God prepares before He reveals
• Your pause may be God positioning you
Mirror Moments
Where do you sense God giving you permission to move forward?
Heart Check
Are you aligned with what God is doing now, or are you waiting for a moment that feels more convenient?
Let That Go
Release the belief that everything must be perfectly lined up before you move.
Journal Prompt
What has God already prepared you for that you need to take the next step in?
Scripture to Meditate On
Ephesians 3:19 AMPC “That you may really come to know practically through experience for yourselves the love of Christ which far surpasses mere knowledge. That you may be filled through all your being unto all the fullness of God. That you may have the richest measure of the divine Presence and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself.”



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