Stockton California gets its marching orders. Last night at Lifesong Church in Stockton, Mario Murillo delivered a message that was less of a sermon and more of a commissioning. On Pearl Harbor Day, no less, a date that carries its own weight of meaning for what God is doing in this hour.
And then came the announcement that sent shockwaves through the room:
The Living Proof Tent Crusade is coming to Lifesong’s property in May 2026. A tent that seats 5,000 will be planted right there in Stockton, CA. But before that announcement, Mario laid a foundation that will take months to fully develop. This wasn’t just a service to make you feel good, it was a draft notice – into the Army of God.
Opening to 2 Timothy 2:3-4, Mario exposed a truth the American church desperately needs to hear: “Endure hardship along with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.”
“In every army, in every organization, there are two tiers.
There is the inner core and those who are just serving time. The same reality exists in the body of Christ. There are Christians who love Jesus, believe in God, but aren’t ready for war. They don’t want war. They don’t even want to talk about war.”
“But this is not a war we can opt out of,” Mario declared. “We’re in it.”
He identified what he called the most dangerous transition Christians can make in late 2025; continuing to fight the wrong war. For years, the American church has been fighting an internal battle against our past, our personality, and our inner wounds. We became therapeutic instead of militant. The sermons that attracted crowds and sold books dealt with self-improvement, not spiritual warfare.
“Imagine if you were an army, and the barracks were suddenly flooded with introspection about your personality instead of viewing the war as it is,” Mario challenged. “I’m sorry that you were abused as a child, and you need to heal. But if we accept the Christian experience as an open-ended recovery program over our past, you’re going to be overrun.”
We have devils to deal with. And those devils don’t wait for us to finish our therapy.
Then Mario did something that will offend the self-help Christian culture: he broke down what is wrong with the ‘Purpose-Driven’ movement. Not to criticize it, but to reframe it.
“Put your hand on your heart,” he instructed the congregation. “What is my purpose?”
The answer isn’t found in personality assessments or spiritual gift inventories. It’s found in 1 John 3:8, “For this purpose was the Son of God revealed, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”
“That’s it. That’s your purpose. You are a destroyer of the works of the devil.”
He painted the picture of a young Marine recruit on his first day, standing at attention when the drill instructor barks, “Why did you join this man’s Marine Corps?” The recruit answers, “To find my purpose, Sir!” The response would be devastating. “You have no purpose! Only the Marine Corps has a purpose! Your purpose is an extension of the purpose of the Marine Corps!”
And Mario spoke to the church, “Your purpose is an extension of the purpose of Jesus Christ.”
Mario turned to 1 Peter 5:8. “Stay alert. Watch out for your great enemy, the Devil, walks around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
Then Mario exposed the greatest myth of the modern Christian: believing you’re safer by staying out of the war.
“Do you believe the fiery darts mentioned in Ephesians 6 don’t come to the one who isn’t holding up the shield of faith? They come anyway. The difference between an on-fire Christian and one that’s not, is simple. The one that’s not on fire is being shot. He’s just not shooting back.”
You’re not safer in retreat. You’re defenseless.
A woman once approached Mario at a meeting and said, “You talk about the Devil too much. I’ve been in the faith twenty four years, and I’ve never bumped into the Devil.” His response was, “That’s because you and he are traveling in the same direction.”
It’s possible the Devil isn’t attacking you because you’re helping him so much, by discouraging the other Christians.
This is where the meeting shifted from confrontation to commissioning.
Mario referenced Psalm 110:3, “Your people will offer themselves willingly to participate in Your battle in the day of Your power. In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, Your young men are to You as the dew.”
A supernatural spirit of volunteerism arises on the eve of revival. It’s almost inevitably the product of intense prayer that has been born under God.
“Revival of the Holy Spirit always creates two elements,” Mario declared. “Number one, a military spirit. Number two, youth. Revivals always run young.”
American has never had a moral awakening that started from the top down. From the Great Awakening to today. When the church decides to start taking on the real war, when we say, “We’ve got to get these kids saved and stop them from being born again, into the world’s system, that’s when everything changes.”
Mario spoke directly to the young people. He said, “The way Satan is going to deceive our youth this time is through Socialism. It will be an irresistible appeal.”
The questions haunting Gen Z are real: ‘Will I ever own a home?’ ‘Will I raise a family?’ ‘Will there be a meaningful career that can pay a living wage? Or am I supposed to listen to the seductive siren call of the government taking care of me?’
“Your professor doesn’t talk about history because it would deflate his Marxist spiel. The reason he won’t talk about the failure of Marxism is because it would show you the miracle that America truly was.”
Then came the phrase Mario wants every young person to live by: “The end times are not happening to me. I am happening to the end times.”
You’re not a victim of the era you were born into. God didn’t punish you by letting you be born into the current world events. They are your opportunity, not your obstacle.
Mario addressed the prosperity gospel, not to endorse its abuses, but to reclaim a truth that’s been stolen from the Church.
“I was sitting in a restaurant with a well-known evangelist. He had just gotten back from the Philippines and he told me of the great miracles God had done. Then he said, ‘The people were too poor to hear the message of prosperity.’ “I asked him, ‘Were they also too sick to hear the message of healing?'”
The Bible is clear in 1 Corinthians 9:7: “Who goes to war at his own expense?”
God doesn’t want you to be materialistic. But if you follow Him, He’s going to pay your bills.
“Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” That hasn’t changed.
Mario closed with Acts 8, Phillip going down to the city of Samaria, a New Age city controlled by sorcery, and he preached Christ to them and they repented.
The atheists, the university intellectuals, those we don’t think will listen to the message of Christ – we don’t know how completely without protection modern culture is. They’re sitting there like dry grass, and the flame of God will burn across them.
“Unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed. Many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. And there was great joy in that city” (Acts 8:7-8).
It’s about time we brought that joy to Stockton!
Mario shifted into a time of ministry. It went a little differently than it does in our tent meetings. He said, “I’m not asking if you want more of Jesus. I’m asking you, standing right where you are, do you feel lost, afraid, separated from God? Do you know that if you died tonight, this would not be a happy ending for you?”
Hands shot up all across the room. He then directed them to come forward and there were so many they filled the whole front of the altar area, and were down the aisles.
“It’s not every day that you give your heart away. It’s not every day that you die to yourself. But this is the first time for you. And it will happen again. But the first time is the most important.”
Then came corporate prayer for healing. No individual ministry, just a mass release of faith, with believers laying hands on those around them. Mario declared that the power of God was flowing, removing all manner of disease, all manner of sickness.
And then, the announcement that Living Proof Tent Crusade is coming to Lifesong’s property in May 2026.
This wasn’t just information. It was prophecy. Mario looked at what God has been building in Stockton, the supernatural unity, the young talent, the growth that defies explanation, and declared: “The police can’t do it. The mayor can’t do it. The teachers can’t do it. Only the Army of God.”
“There is nothing more dangerous in revival than false humility, where you retreat when you should invade. You move back when you should push forward. You’re afraid to believe what you know in your heart would be true.”
Stockton is no longer overlooked. The Tent is coming. The army is mobilizing.
This church is a turret. This church is an army. And in May, the Tent is coming to mobilize them.
This wasn’t just a typical church service. It was ground-laying for something that will take months to build. Mario said it himself: “I’ve been instructed to lay a foundation that will take months to get done.”
Lifesong Church isn’t just hosting a crusade in May. They’re becoming a launching point for what God is doing across California. The same God who used Berkeley in the past is setting His sights on Stockton now.
The volunteer spirit is rising. The youth are being commissioned. The war is being engaged.
And for those who came forward, who gave their lives to Jesus for the first time, their birth into the Kingdom marks the beginning of something far bigger than they realize.
Stockton is no longer overlooked. The Tent is coming. The army is mobilizing.
And what happens in May will be talked about for generations!
What are your dates for San Bernardino and Stockton. It helps very much for those who are volunteering to know the dates ahead of time.
National Orange Fair
February 22-24 2026 6:30 PM
689 S E St, San Bernardino, CA 92408
Lifesong Church Campus
May 3-6 6:30 PM
4950 Claremont Ave, Stockton, CA 95207
May 2025?
Typo Corrected. Crusade is May 3-6 2026
Thank you for preaching the gospel and sharing the hard truth of the condition of the modern day church. God help us all to rise up in the power of the Holy Spirit and get the job done that we were sent here for.
This is why I give to your ministry. You reach people that are otherwise overlooked.
You said May 25.May will be 2026?!!.
PTL for the Warriors that will help in the coming Tent meeting
Lifesong Church Campus
May 3-6 2026 6:30 PM
4950 Claremont Ave, Stockton, CA 95207
This is awesome what God did in Stockton, California! So many lives changed by the Holy Spirit!
You are a wonderful man of God Mario! I will be praying for you and for your ministry and also for Stockton, California! God is not finished yet!!
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“And then, the announcement that Living Proof Tent Crusade is coming to Lifesong’s property in May 2025.”
Was this supposed to v read a May 2026? Or is this a reprint of an earlier email?
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This report about Stockton is just stunning! So true and so needed! Years ago when my husband and I were traveling from Southern California to it’s Northern most tip, the Lord invaded our car! As we drove past Stockton, He said this; “Do not give up on Stockton! She was birthed from good Stock and she will be restored!” Hallelujah Jesus! You will be faithful to fulfill your word and plan for her and her people, amen and amen!
This is truly mind changing. Just as I walked into utter darkness when I married a Mormon Had it not been for me to
Launch out and seek truth I would already be dead.
But when I saw the pure evil of it I stood my ground like a good private in the Army and stood for the real Jesus. Christ of Nazareth.
Warriors wake up !!!
We are in a war for this nation. Mario is preaching life to a dead man walking religious spirit which has taken over this country.
He is right on!!
Get in the fight!!
Do you mean May 2026? Praise the Lord for what He is doing through Mario. Yes, spiritual warfare is so important.
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Hi Mario – the first paragraph says May 2025 – assuming it to be 2026.
Will be praying for the event and will try to volunteer!
Grace,
Phil
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Go God GO !!!
Bravo, Mario!
Likely to be May of 2026 (not 2025). Hope you can amend text and delete this note…
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Thank You Jesus, Amen and Amen
God is Raising His,Army for Such a Time as This..The Power of the Gospel is,a real Threat to the enemy. THANK YOU JESUS WE WIN!!
You mean coming to stockton in May 2026, don’t you? Shalom!
Anita Anderson, Sugar Grove, IL
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Well said Brother Mario!
R.W.Schambach once said; ” If the devils not running, you’re not resisting.”
I’m assuming the Tent is coming to Stockton May of 2026. What an awesome call from Jesus and Mario. I’m 80 years old and I declare with Caleb that I’m ready to go to war, in fact I’m at war in praying for our president, his government people, the financial system etc. We have much work to do to prepare the way of the Lord!
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Is it May 2025 or 2026?
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Pray for my son thank he gets closer to Jesus
I belong to a ministry in Pittsburg in the San Francisco, Bay Area and we are behind you. 100% as we hold intercessory prayer three times a week.
May 2025???
That date is history! My wife died May 1, 2025!
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2026 🙌🔥💥💓
William (Bill) Bucher here. I was involved in some of your first meetings in Fresno.
Was at the start-up meeting at Covenant Worship Center with Pastor A.J. Nunez,I have a friend that lives in Stockton and has a place in Clovis that comes down to relax because of the mess in Stockton.
I helped usher at the first few Tent meetings in Fresno. Attended in other locations like Selma and last year in Tulare.
I just am saying that “I am excited to hear about this new venture in Stockton and that I am all in!” Plus, Thanks again for your service to the Lord.
GLORY!!!
I’m sure you must mean May 2026!
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Update the article to show “May 2026” — it currently shows “May 2025”
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I moved from Stockton to Tennessee in 2022. I still miss it. I lived my whole life there. I would love to go in May of 2026.
Praise the Almighty God.
I believe that God is speaking the same message to all the readers around the world. This is a message which is much needed in the Democratic Republic of Congo where I am serving the Lord
Pastor Mahamba Wa-ibera Evariste, Founder and Leading Pastor of Ebenezer Evangelical Church International
Just wondering when you’ll come to Stockton
Lifesong Church Campus Stockton May 3-6 2026
Someone probably already alerted you to this, so this is just in case. But the May date for the tent in Stockton says 2025 and looks like it should be 2026. Praying for a great time of Revival and out pouring and that Spirit of the Warrior to rise in the youth!
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I see a slight error at the beginning of the article. I think you meant May 2026, not 25.
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I’m excited to see what God has planned for Stockton. I live in Stockton-on-Tees in England and pray that one day we will see revival here. Keep up the good work Mario and the Team.
Great word Mario. If we are going to engage the enemy; our level of Spiritual Warfare must be greater than that we are engaging. Silance is the enemy of Truth, Prayer-less-ness is our silence of consent. Things take a natural course of action unless we pray. Pastor AP/Michael Conti, Threshing Floor Ministries.
The date of this article is December 2025 BUT
The date, May 2025, is mentioned several times in this article as a future date. Shouldn’t the date be May 2026?
Please clarify
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It’s May 2026 not 2025. You missed it. It needs to be corrected. Bob Dylan said hi 👋.
Yes its May 3-6 2026
This is a powerful Spirit directed message Pastor Mario. Thank you. I will continue to pray for you and family and ministry as you fight the fiery darts of the devil. May the Lord give wisdom strength and protection. ALSO…. May 2025 should be corrected to May 2026 in the above blog.
Yes its May 3-6 2026
Why is the date 2025? Is this an old message?
No, its May 3-6 2026
WOW!What a commission.WHAT A WORD!!
I believe there is a typo on the date of May 2025. I think 2026 was meant, right?
Yes its May 3-6 2026
Let’s go!!!!!!!
I go to touch heaven community church in Canfield Ohio praying you come to the Youngstown area
Praise God I was there that night. Mario is so correct when I got saved I was in the United States Air Force. And we knew that we were no longer our own the day we made it out to join the Air Force. When we repent get baptized we are no longer belong to ourselves but we now belong to the Lord. The church needs to return to be in an army. I’m reminded of a pastor of mine David Crone from Vacaville who wrote decisions that to find us. One of them is we have decided that we are a battleship not a cruise ship, an army, not an audience;, special forces not spectators, missionaries not club members many years ago my elder in the small group that we had on Air Force Base spoke about the yes we are the King‘s kids but when there’s a war the Kings kids go to battle and they go live in Fox holes and do what it takes the wind to battle LG Peterson
Glory!!!!!!
Brother Mario,
My name is Peter Rahme, and I want to personally thank you for your obedience to our Lord and Savior, Jesus our Messiah.
We met many years ago at Rhema South Africa when you came to minister there. At the time, I was serving as the evangelist for Rhema, and your ministry deeply blessed many of us.
I am now living in the USA, where I have been for over 30 years. You are a very special and exceptional minister of the Gospel, and I love you dearly, my brother.
Did you mean May 2026?
Yes its May 3-6 2026
Mario, This message has great meaning for me, it resonated with me. However, I had to read it a few times since I believe the date of 2025 is supposed to be 2026. May of 2026. Is that correct ?
I’ve watched Flashpoint for years and really miss seeing you !
Praying you are well & thank you for leading so many to Jesus.
Yes its May 3-6 2026
Truth; a spring of life refreshing the soul. Drink deep and engage the darkness with the Light of Jesus Christ. He is worthy of it all!
Twice he says that the crusade is coming in May 2025. I assume he meant 2026?
Yes, 2026 May 3-6
This truly blessed me to see the real gospel being preached without compromise.
There is so much word being preached which is not galvanizing us to go after the lost. Lord help me to hear clearly what you are saying to me.
We have a real enemy and destroying the evil and the works must always be in the forefront.
How do we not acknowledge that we are being destroyed and don’t fight back?
We need more strong word leaders like this.
I live in Modesto, Calif. and Im very happy to hear the revival is coming. Im old (75) so I cant help with the work but I will send a check to help out. Others, don’t just pray for this ministry, help with finances. Giving your money is a great way to show God you trust Him.