Andrew Whalen. HEY AMERICA!! - YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO READ THIS

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO PEORIA ILLINOIS - AND WHAT 'ITS' ABOUT TO SAY TO YOU!

Let me provide you with some brief context. Though I am originally from Central Illinois, it wasn't until God sovereignly sent our family back from Texas in 2023 to live in the Peoria Region for the first time. -- But it was in 2009 God first spoke to me about Peoria IL.....

I'll never forget I was at a large worship conference in Indiana, when a strange man walked up to me among a crowd of strange faces. This stranger at the time, prophesied to me and said: "I don't know you, but I just heard the Lord tell me he was going to give you a significant voice for Peoria IL." .... at the time he shared this word with me, I lived in a different city and wondered how this could be so.

Almost immediately after his prophetic word, I began to have spiritual dreams of seeing 'massive' revivals breaking out in Peoria IL. I saw societal, ecenomic, and cultural reformation result from the kingdom moving in Peoria.

In one specific dream I was taken into the heavens over Peoria to meet with apostolic and prophetic leaders in America to strategize over the region, because we all knew that "IF IT PLAYS IN PEORIA" - "IT WILL PLAY THROUGHOUT THE NATION". That dream revealed to me that Peoria has a potential to function as type of 'hinge-pin' for the nation.

At that time I didn't know that the famous saying "if it plays in Peoria".. was rooted in a prophetic understanding that this city was a 'micro-representation' of the rest of the nation.. and if something succeeds here, it will succeed anywhere! - Several major businesses and companies have used this city as a test market to see if "it plays in Peoria."

I discovered upon research that one of the Native meanings of 'Peoria' is "TO DREAM WITH THE OMNIPRESENT ONE". Wow! Literally a city made to dream!

Then..not long ago I had a dream of a man who in real life is paralyzed from ALS, but in the dream was miraculously healed and restored to health. Upon asking how he obtained his miracle He said "I read a book called PEORIA." - I Knew from this statement that what he meant was that He determined to Dream with God instead of agreeing with his natural circumstances!! To dream with omnipresent one is the key to access Heaven's Miracles!

This past Sunday.. I attended the church in the Peoria Region of the man who first prophesied over me in Indiana. This man now lives and pastors a church in Peoria. During worship I recognized the 'spirit of prophecy' in the atmosphere.

I stood on stage and prophesied that the storm of the Lord is moving into the region.. and that the winds of adversity that the enemy has sowed, have now reaped the 'whirlwinds' of God! I specifically found myself prophesying "Dream again!" "Dream again!"

After I shared this word a woman stood on stage with two bottles of water in hand. She specifically brought them Sunday to give to the pastors as a prophetic declaration that it is now time for Revival to spring up! What I didn't know is that the water she brought came from "The Peoria Mineral Spring" - known to be one of 'oldest continuously flowing springs in America.' -However access to the spring water was shut down in the late 80's.

What I also didn't know is that a prophet named Chuck Pierce came to Peoria in 1995 and prophesied that when the Peoria Mineral Spring was flowing and accessible again, it would signify the time of Revival springing up in Peoria again! - Amazingly.. (also unknown to me) local intercessors have prayed into that word for 30 years. The woman who had the spring water in hand, said that for the first time since the waters stopped, in April 2025 this flowing spring has now become available and accessible again to the city!!

This same woman, shared how on May 4th she went to Texas to give Chuck Pierce a bottle of the spring water He prophesied about. He took the bottle of water and dedicated it to the Lord and said, "this is the first of the 'divine recovery' of The springs of revival."

What is all of this about, and what does this have to do with America?!

Well in the mid 80's on the World News, the news anchor announced about a study of all the cities across America. He said, "The study finds that Los Angelos California is the most prosperous city in America.. and Peoria Illinois is the most recessed city in America.

I believe it is just like God to take a city that is known as 'junk city' and make it the place where a spring can flow from within! A city that in the midst of difficult, despairing, dark circumstances.. will determine to dream with Him!

Can anything good come from Nazareth? Can anything good come from Peoria?!

I believe the Lord finds the 'Nazareth' type cities.. that have the reputation of junk.. to be the same places that Salvation springs up! - The place where dreams are birthed and nations saved!!

Revival, Recovery, Renewal, Restoration, Reformation.. are going to spring forth in Peoria IL.. and If it "PLAYS IN PEORIA"-- Its going to play across America!

This word is not about Hype! Its about seizing upon a divine moment! What God wants to do here, he wants to do everywhere! Its time to believe that the springs can flow again! Its time to Dream again with God! Its time to lay hold of all of that for which Christ laid hold of us!

I prophesy to the winds over Peoria... Release the whirlwinds of Heaven! Let the dreams of God be birthed here! Let salvation spring up from the ground!

I prophesy that sent ones are coming in to Peoria! Even some of the prodigals of the city shall be returning. Apostles in government, church, and business will be sent here even from other states! New Businesses will begin to build and grow here, for the soil is now holding roots!

I prophesy to the 4 winds over America- to the slain cities across the nation.. "live again"! To the cities in America where Satan has sown the winds of destruction, he is now reaping the whirlwinds! - Dreams are returning to the people!

Dream again America, and may the wells of revival spring up across this nation!

Ezekiel 37:9.
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

*picture by 'Chris LeCrone'