In the past two weeks we have been to two Ministers/Missions/Apostolic Conferences plus conducted our very first Young Adults Retreat at the campground. We attended the Missions Conference in Benton, New Brunswick and on Wednesday night God worked me over in a big way!! Then, this past week, we were at the Apostolic Conference in Gatineau, Quebec. Our hearts are full as we review what God is speaking to us regarding a "new season" we are entering. There is a major shift coming to our ministry. We have been in Quebec for 18 years and we have witnessed significant miracles that have boosted our faith in this journey. We are now positioning ourselves for the next 20 year stretch. Little by little the pieces of the puzzle are coming into focus and one by one we are placing them where they belong. We have been speaking with Godly leaders whom we trust for guidance and input and council concerning each and every step we are taking.
In a telephone conversation this morning, two more pieces of the puzzle have come into view and now we want the direction of the Lord to place them exactly where they belong.
At the Young Adults Retreat, our daughter, Estelle was speaking and shared an interesting illustration that spoke to my heart. She has a high-end digital camera for her photography business and she showed us her favorite lens that she absolutely loves. It has the capability to focus on an object, such as a persons face, and blur out everything else that is around it. So the end result is a finely, focused picture of the object with everything else in the background blurred so that it doesn't matter what is in the background...it's just a blur! Her thought was that we need to focus on what really matters and let everything else such as struggles and distractions that don't matter be blurred out! I have shared that illustration several times at our church since then. This morning I received an email with this photo that jumped out at me reminding me again of her words!!
Simple...yet still a confirmation!!
Yesterday morning I shared a message from my heart with our people entitled "Transitioning" and I encouraged the people to come along side of God's plan for our future together. As I gave invitation for those who needed prayer, those who desire to align themselves with God's plan, I was so blessed as a line of people coming for prayer filled the center aisle. As Bro. David Lyons, my wife and myself began to pray and speak into the lives of each individual, God gave specific Words to each of them. It was powerful!
When I awoke this morning I checked my emails and in my Inbox was an email of a prophetic word that was given recently. I immediately felt a check in my spirit that this Word is for us!
Here are some excerpts from that Word:
"I Am Re-Ordering Your Path So You Can Finish the Race! Do not confuse the enemy's resistance with My assistance! The trauma that you have been in has caused you to stop short. Today is a day to take one simple step towards that line and you will see Me do the rest. Where the enemy has exploded with resistance I will explode with assistance, and through the equipping of My Name you will cross and the victor's cup will be waiting. So arise and shake off the confusion, arise and shake off the doubt, 'cause faith will allow you to take the step that will cause the Heavens to shift in a new way. A New Move. This is a day that I'm causing the movement to shift. I have a new movement that has entered the earth. The sound that is creating this movement is joining the present sound of My troop that is moving in the Earth. Judah (worship and apostolic leadership in My present congregations) will begin to move as I am moving. If not, the enemy will establish himself to lessen the authority of My Kingdom people in the Earth. My new move will not prevent but enhance and open the giving! Stand still and watch as the giving for your next season comes into place. My new move is opening up the way for this giving to be released for Kingdom missions. Release of supply will cause giving to come into place. Judah will come to a higher place in Me, and the enemy will be defeated. It's almost like you got to the end and God is now shifting you into the beginning in a way you've not been shifted before. And you will rerun and cross over in a way that you couldn't have crossed over in the last season. I must narrow your way and refocus that which you need to be focused in. I saw the Lord taking all the distractions and re-ordering it. The Lord said it would take a 40-day process to have it all reordered, but I would be able to get re-ordered so I could see the next end of what He was beginning. The Lord said, I am beginning something that will cause you to be established in a new way, and I'm beginning something that will help My people break forth by leaps and bounds. But I must narrow your focus so that what is now beginning you will be able to see the end clearly. For I reveal the end from the beginning. This is a time that I am activating the seer anointing in a whole new way. I'm going to cause you to see what you could not see in days past. For you have even had awareness of the activity of the enemy, but I am opening your eyes and activating the seer anointing so that you can see that there are more that are for you than there are that are against you. This is a new time, and you're going to see, even though there's been an awareness of the enemy. In this hour there will be such a new strength that will come to My people because this seer anointing will see the angelic activity and will see the presence of the Lord in a new way. So, watch Me as I open your eyes in a new way and cause you to see what you could not see in days past."
To all those who are praying for Esther and I, we encourage you to pray that God will continue to open our eyes to see God's full plan for us and this work. Please pray that God will continue to connect us with "KEY" people and if you have any encouraging words for us, we will gladly accept them!
We will keep you posted as to what God is doing as He unfolds things to us. We have an important announcement to share with you all shortly!!
Blessing to you all!!
Steve and Esther Roach
pastorsteveroach@gmail.com
