Our Nation will Arise

January 20, 2010


Every Monday evening as we gather for our weekly marketplace prayer meeting in our office, we have been receiving words of direction in preparation for Unite for Dominion conference on January 28-30.

This week, our prayers and thoughts were obviously with the people of Haiti, but we also shared how thankful we all are for the nations Canada and America. Our two countries are among the first to respond with money and physical aid to this nation in great need.

We have friends from our city, Ralph and Cindy Molyneux, who were on a mission to Haiti with Compassion Canada, and who arrived in the country 1 hour before the earthquake. They describe their experience as 30 hours of hell. Their hotel collapsed minutes before their arrival with some members of their party in the structure when it collapsed. Sadly, one person who was in their party perished.

They tell how their driver immediately began to take them to the Compassion headquarters, directly across from the Canadian Embassy. The Embassy sheltered them for the night, though they had to remain outdoors because of building damage, and then they were evacuated by the Canadian Armed Forces the next day to the Dominican. From there, they boarded a flight to Montreal and then they described something that took place just as the plane began to land. Those on board spontaneously broke out in song in our national anthem, O Canada! I was so blessed to hear this and it inspired me once again to look ahead to the transformation of our nation for a Kingdom of God purpose.

It was reminder to Joan and me why for the past decade or more, we have repeatedly declared the destiny of Canada and it’s role as storehouse nation for the world, and a catalyst for spiritual transformation. Psalm 72:8 is inscribed over the entry to the Peace Tower in Ottawa, a clear reminder for us all about the vision our founding fathers had for this nation.

For a short time, it appeared as though Joan and I had been knocked out of the battle for our nation, but on that Monday night as we worshipped, a tangible presence of God settled in on us and several began to prophesy.

The essence of those words said that we are in a time of spiritual transition in our nation and that the Kingdom purposes would be accelerated. There were words of provision for strength and resources. There were words that indicated a new level of urgency in compelling people into the Kingdom. (Luke 14:23).

I anticipate our time at Unite for Dominion conference in Calgary to experience a fresh release of Holy Spirit to empower our prophetic cluster in a new way. Something is happening in 2010 that will cause an acceleration of the things of God in our nation. In an earlier blog, I spoke of a word the Lord had given us weeks earlier that the winter is over. Winter represents dormancy, but following winter comes spring, when new life comes forth in abundance.

When we gather in Calgary, I am expecting new life to spring forth and prophetic direction for the coming season. Please join us and help create a critical mass of believers who have vision and faith for what is to come.