Inspiration Station
Dear friends,
Happy New Year! I pray that these first days of 2012 find you well and excited about the opportunities that God has for His people this year. I wanted to write you a letter to let you know not only what the Lord has been speaking to me about 2012, but also how important each one of you is to me and to Divine Women of Destiny Ministries International. You are the backbone of this ministry and the reason why DWD exists.
I am so proud and honored to serve and encourage you in the Lord. Thank you for sharing your testimonies of how God is blessing you and for allowing me to pray with you and for you in full agreement for your needs and the desires of your heart.
I wish that I could spend more time with each of you individually, but please know that even though time does not allow us to see each other as often as we would like, I lift you and your families up daily for total victory in every area of your life!
As I write to you now from a week long Christian conference in Nashville, Tennessee, I am also just returning from a spiritual retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I went alone to the mountains to pray, to seek God's face and to humbly ask for a word from the Lord for you...for us, for 2012. God was faithful. The year 2012 will not just be a good year for God's people. It will be great year.
You see, as it relates to the church, the number "twelve" represents government, order and justice.
Government. Israel's leadership was established by the twelve tribes of Israel represented by each of Jacob's sons. Jesus had twelve disciples. There are twelve thrones in heaven and twelve pearl gates (Rev. 21:21). God even promised Abraham that out of his son Ishmael would come twelve princes.
Order (establishment or reestablishment). In Numbers 7:84 the princes of Israel anointed and dedicated the altar with twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls and twelve gold spoons. In Chronicles 34:3-5 In the twelfth year of his reign King Josiah (who began his reign at the age eight) began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of its idols and molten images in the high places.
Justice. In addition to King Josiah correcting the actions of the people and doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord, in Esther 9:1 we read how that in the twelfth month (Adar) on the day that the enemies of the Jews(Haman and his followers) "hoped to have power over them but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them."
All of that is good news for us. There will be a reestablishment of proper order in the church. We can expect new leaders to rise and take their proper place in the ministries and for faithful existing leaders to assess things that need to be corrected in the Church and rectify them. This also means that Christians can expect to have the "upper hand" in areas in which it has seemed hopeless and in times where it seemed that we were at the mercy of our enemies. God will turn it around so that justice is done.
There's more to what God is saying for us as individuals too. The Bible shows us some very important things that have happened in a cycle or group of twelve. In Mark 5:25-29 the woman with the issue of blood was HEALED of her infirmity with which she suffered for twelve long years. This will be a year of tremendous supernatural healing for many people, especially involving ongoing, chronic illness or disease.
Also in Mark 5:39-42 Jesus RESURRECTED the little twelve year old girl in front of her family. This will be a year of resurrection of dead dreams and hopes. Precious things that have seemed to be lifeless and doomed will be brought back to life!
Finally, John 6:1-13 tells of Jesus and the disciples feeding the 5,000 and picking up twelve baskets of food leftover. This is surely OVERFLOW and the realm of more than enough! Are you ready to use what you already have in your hands and see God multiply it so that there is more than enough?
Get ready! That's what's in store for you this year! Can I say it again? Get ready! Pray over this prophetic word for your own life and family. Let the Lord continue to speak to you about what you can expect to see unfold on your behalf. I pray for you that the Blessing of the Lord would pursue and overtake you this year!
~Cynthia Murray, CEO/President
