I have a word for Alberta, the province in which I did my high school education. When I was a boy growing up in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, after living my first four years in British Colombia (BC), my parents had an old cabinet radio. They would strain to listen to the news broadcast in the years after Israel became a nation. They were sure Jesus was coming back really soon because Israel was back in their land in 1948. But on Sunday morning they would listen to Christian broadcast from Alberta. It was Premier Earnest Manning, preaching the gospel on a program carried across the country. For many years, Alberta's government was run by godly leaders who governed with integrity and justice, and also shared the Gospel of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Because they sought first the Kingdom of God in those days and sent out many missionaries around the world from well known Bible Schools like Prairie Bible Institute at Three Hills, God blessed Alberta like no other province. Rich oil deposits were discovered and many wells were dug, giving Albertans great jobs and the government excellent revenue. But Albertans became complacent in their prosperity and eventually opted for more secular leadership. I'm sure many were embarrassed to have their premier (like America's governors) preaching the Bible every Sunday. At any rate, little by little, the leadership changed and little by little Alberta began to lose its financial advantage. Other provinces were able to siphon off some of Alberta's wealth, as the federal government passed laws that demanded that the more prosperous provinces share their blessings with the poorer ones. In recent years with the uncertainty of the oil and gas pipeline projects and other factors affecting oil production and prices, many oil sands jobs and other oil industry jobs have been eliminated. At the same time unfair electoral districting gave Alberta fewer seats in parliament than they should have been awarded when compared to some of the other provinces. This brought about a situation in which Alberta's voice was stifled because, although they voted very Conservative, their votes didn't give them enough seats in parliament to outvote the Liberals. Here's what I heard the Lord say about Alberta: The wells of salvation that were dug in Alberta in the early and mid-1900's will be re-dug again. God remembers the seeds that were planted from Alberta to the other provinces in Canada. Instead of natural oil, God will cause the oil of the Holy Spirit to flow. God has allowed some seasons of difficulty to remind His people that they still need His help. It was He that gave them the power to get wealth. The image of the preacher in handcuffs on the streets has given Alberta a bad rap around the world and the dictatorial methods of the government in handling the Covid crisis have shocked many in different lands, but God is not finished with Alberta yet. Instead, He is raising up many prayer warriors and worshippers that will once again seek first His Kingdom. He is going to replace the old wineskins and raise up a younger generation with passion and a desperation to know Him and experience His awesome power. God is going to allow Alberta to once again become a gospel-sending province. He will uproot and expose evil and corruption in Canada's national government as well as provincial and city governments. I see a vision of Canadian patriots picking up Canadian flags that had fallen to the ground because people have been embarrassed by the direction their leaders were taking them. But now they're picking them up, cleaning them off and proudly waving them again. And then I see the people who are waving the flags looking for Americans with US flags and then waving their flags together in unity and friendship. These patriots will seek first the Kingdom of Heaven and also seek the good of their earthly country. I also see a book and pages are being turned backwards to get back to an earlier time. Then the pages recorded in more recent days are being ripped out of the book. The person or angel ripping them out said that we would pick up where we left off many years ago and write new chapters. That's all for now. Hope to add more later and include other states and provinces. God bless you and love to all!!!!
(Released by Ben Peters a year ago).
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