January 2012
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year!! I pray that your Christmas was saturated with the peace of our Saviour, and that you’re refreshed and ready for a new year with Jesus!
As we recognize the close of the previous chapter and the opening of a new one, I have been seeking the Lord for His wisdom for this fresh start. I was out on one my “prayer drives” (my best time with the Lord is usually in my car!), and I heard the Holy Spirit say “Open doors in 2012”. Friends, I let out a breath that I felt like I’d been holding for a long time! I don’t know about you, but for me this past year was a challenging one. Yes, it was very rewarding, but certainly not without it’s “growing experiences”! As we look ahead to 2012, I believe the landscape is set for the abundance of fruit to now come forth out of our labours of the last year! Glory be to God!!
In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he encouraged them in chapter 6 verse 9; “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Dear friends in the trench, you haven’t given up! You’re still here fighting; you’re still planting your seeds in the good soil of righteousness. So, remember – weeping lasts for the night, but joy comes in the morning!
Now, this doesn’t mean that the coming year will be easy or that we’ll just breeze through it, but we can stand on God’s promise according to Revelation 3:7-13; “These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.” Fellow soldiers of the Most High, you may feel weak and like you can’t go on, but take heart; the door that the Lord is opening in 2012 requires no effort of your own! It’s already open, and no one can shut it! As we pray and fast together corporately during this month of January and our “Canada 911” 21-Day Fast, let’s remember what lies on the other side – the restoration of righteousness and the glory and presence of Almighty God in Canada, and a reaping of the abundant fruit that is already ripe for harvest in our personal lives, homes, families, communities, across this country, and within the Body of Christ around the world! Intercessors, we are a part of history in the making, and we are preparing the way for our Lord Jesus Christ’s return!
Overcomers, as we agree together this month, let unwavering faith be our anchor as we stand on the promise of God for open doors and REVIVAL in our nation and beyond. This is the season of harvest!!
Before the Open Door,
Karen Warankie News Director, CIP
From the Trench – December 2011
