As we step into the new year and the final year of this first decade, the Lord has been speaking to me of the importance and significance of this year to come. Last year as I addressed the annual Watchnight service on New Year’s Eve the Lord spoke through me that 08 was a year of transition, and boy was it! I could not see the big picture of God’s plan but now it is becoming more clear. The Lord has been showing me that 2010 will mark the beginning of the most fruitful decade of harvest in the history of the church. 2006-2008 were 3 years of purging and cleansing as God has been exposing the false and revealing the genuine. 08 began the transition of seasons into what is to come in 2010 and 09 will be where God brings apostolic\prophetic clarity to the body as to its true mission and power to accomplish that mandate.
This decade has seen the restoration of the apostolic and prophetic gifts to the body and now in the decade to come there will be an explosion as the dream team of God’s Kingdom expansion is put on the field. We need to be careful to not allow religion and old wineskins to stop the rise of this new breed that God has been secretly preparing like Joash in 2 Chron. 23. These new breed leaders will carry a great measure of kingly authority and vanquish the spirit of Jezebel that has plagued the church for so long (pictured by Athaliah).
For those of you who are young (30 and under) you must yield yourself like never before and allow God’s pruning shears to form you into the hero of faith that you are called to be. For those who are older you must seek God like never before for His will to be done in the earth and His grace on your life to do the work while it is yet day. Great harvest is coming and is here now! We must strengthen our hands and set to the work before us.
Be sure to seek the Lord in prayer and fasting in Jan and kick start a lifestyle of hearing His voice. Clarity is coming like a messenger of great hope to reveal all that God desires to accomplish in the earth before the rapture of Jesus’ beautiful bride. Seek Him until He is found! Don’t stop till the revealer of all mysteries speaks to you in His divine way. Draw close to the precious Holy Spirit that He might be that revealer to you.
Heb. 12:12,13- So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
Eph. 2:20- Together, we are His house, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus Himself.

Wow! what a year this has been. I can’t believe it is already over. Looking back over my life it is very clear that 99 and 08 were the 2 toughest years of my life by a country mile. 99 was the year of my transplant and many near death experiences that Lord knows He only sustained me through. 08, of course, has been the most difficult time of my life emotionally as the death of my darling wife is almost a year past. Many other things have happened this year to compound the loss of Amy but yet in the midst of it all there is grace, hope, and most important FAITH! (yes love is greater but thankfully I have never lacked that)
On this last day of the year 2008 it is a day of sadness as I reflect on all the years trials and yet, excitement that another year is upon us and the healing of time is having its way. The Lord has taught me many things this year that will be critical to who I am for the rest of my life. He has re-enforced the value of family and their support in time of need. He has reminded me of the power of the Body of Christ to share in the times of each others infirmities. He has continued to teach me of His grace and its all sufficiency (no matter if we feel it or not!). He has revealed to me the God kind of faith that will be the only catalyst to heavenly notoriety. He has birthed within me a new and more passionate love for young people and their healing and deliverance.
To all of you who read my blog and have written so many encouraging comments I thank you. Whether I know you or not, you have contributed to my life and healing in so many special ways. Thank you for caring and loving me in this year of great crisis. Please know that I am well and believing for God’s best in the years to come. Here is a good Scripture to sum up this year:
If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. 1 Cor. 12:26