Glory to God! 2017, “The Year of Divine Intervention and Increase”, is underway and we are geared up to make it the Best Year Ever! We have been given a fresh start and a brand-new year, 365 days to grow and develop in the spiritual awareness of Christ within and among us all; and to further the Lord’s Kingdom purpose throughout the earth. I’m so excited about what the Lord has been speaking to me in this new year. Living Word Christian Center is not just another church. It is a Christ-centered, biblically sound, transformative Kingdom Covenant Community where you discover your true identity, purpose, and divine destiny in Christ Jesus. A place where the Word of God comes alive!
In 2016 the Lord gave the word “The Year of the Extraordinary” and we continue to experience extraordinary things taking place in our midst. Today is the beginning of something great. Today you’re invited to cast off whatever is holding you back from living the life you are meant to live, according to the good plans God has for you. You are created and designed by God with a purpose in mind. With your gifts, talents, dreams: just one can change the world. One idea ignited by a fire. Just one answer, one decision, one strategy, one solution can shape your thinking and cause you to win, today. Consider that you are not here by happenstance or coincidence. You are here by design, and appointed by God. Consider you are at the very place that you’re supposed to be this exact moment, because God is in the process of ordering your steps for the best days of your life!
There’s a moment in every life when the opportunity appears to leap from the ordinary to the extraordinary. From the average to the epic. From the normal to the iconic. Our window of opportunity has arrived. Our moment is NOW!
Will you have the grit, the guts, and the glory to seize it? Not only for the benefit of yourself and all who count on you, but for the entire world that demands that you bring on your A-game for the rest of us. I believe we all have a call on our lives to make the world better. You have remarkable genius, courage, power, and greatness within you that longs to see the light of day. So, make: No excuses. No escapes. No postponement. But make the decision to make 2017 our best year yet.
Here are some words that I heard in the beginning of this year in what to expect in 2017:
1) Massive changes.
2) New things will arise quickly.
3) Time of acceleration.
4) A rising of a new generation of young people that will be used to bring about a new move of God in the earth.
5) A new wave of glory manifested with signs, wonders, and miracles.
6) The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will fill the earth as the waters cover the sea.
7) Light and darkness will be manifested simultaneously; while it will be darkness over a people, there will be light upon God’s people.
8) Experience God’s divine presence, power, protection, and provision in a greater way.
9) Perfecting, completing, and new beginning.
10) Kingdom increase.
11) Complete victory.
12) Supernatural intervention of God manifesting in the natural affairs of men.
We live in a time of dramatic change: so much disruption, so much complexity, and too much uncertainty. For the timid, this year will be a challenging year. But for the bold, this will be an awesome year. A year to shatter all fears. A year to create explosive confidence. A year to do Kingdom world class ministry. A year to create like Picasso. A year to extend the Kingdom, exhibit the power, and experience the glory of God like never before!
My respectful challenge to you, LWCC Family, right now at the beginning of this year, that has potential to be epic and monumental, is that we take this opportunity to rethink and rewire the way we show up in the world, stay connected in the Kingdom Covenant Community, influence the culture, and impact the next generation. This is our time!
“Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:” Gen 26:12-13, KJV
“The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.” Ps 115:14, KJV
TO LIVING OUR BEST YEAR YET!
Dr. Levy H. Knox