March 16, 2002 - Greater Edmonton Women’s Aglow Retreat

I was asking [the Lord] specifically about Edmonton, and I have been seeing for two days now a vision of Edmonton like a military post. It’s like a pillar post, and its right here in this area and tonight as we were worshiping. I actually saw a portal of glory coming down upon this, and then I started seeing coming out of the military post armies of soldiers. And then I saw them get up on the horses with Jesus and follow Jesus and I believe there is a mandate – one of the mandates – on this area for the people of God to become the warriors of God, and to be called as a military post in the Spirit to contend for the victory of the Lord and to be protectors for this region. And I saw that on the top of this military post, there was almost like a lighthouse and it was turning around with light going out into all the regions around you. And the Lord wants to use the Edmonton region to have significant impact on all the areas around you, to the north, the south, the east and the west where there will be a releasing of the light and the glory of God but it’s going to come through a warrior posture. A warrior posture: standing and saying, “Jesus, You are the King of Glory, the Lord mighty in battle, the Lord of Hosts.” (Psalm 24)

He’s the Captain of the armies of heaven, and I believe that God wants to release into this region a revelation of Psalm 24, and I believe that Psalm 24 is going to be a significant scripture for Edmonton. That is, all the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, all it contains and all that dwell therein. It says, “Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle”. Psalm 24:7-8 (NKJV)

And there’s something so significant about that scripture for this particular region. And I prophesy it out right now that the city of Edmonton and the region around this area will become as a military post that will honour the King of Glory, and that will be used to release the light and the glory of the gospel like a lighthouse going around into all the regions around it and will stand as a protector in the nation of the plans and the purposes of God.

I also felt very strongly that you need to contend in your prayers for a spirit of unity, because the Lord showed me that the strength of an army is in its unity, and in its placement before the Commander-in-Chief. And I began to see in the Spirit that there are some things out of place in this region as far as unity goes, and especially amongst the leaders that it would be good to pray the leaders into a posture of unity before the King of glory, the Lord mighty in battle. And as that starts to come together – I believe it’s already started – but God wants to accelerate that work of unity and strengthen that work of unity so that everyone stands in their posts. No pushing, no shoving, no contending for name or place or anything like that, but all together in one place, all together on the same ground, at the foot of the cross in humility and in servanthood for the purposes of God.

And that will create a warrior spirit. That will create the presentation of a warrior King, the King of Glory. And I believe that the Lord wants to use Edmonton and this region to manifest the very Presence of the King of Glory Himself, the Lord mighty in battle.

And so get ready because there’s going to be battle array, and battle garments coming on you, and the sword of the Spirit, the word of God, will become sharper and sharper as the days go on if you will birth the plan and the purpose of God in this area.

And so just continue to pray into this area of unity. It’s very important. You know, when God was describing in Joel an army in the end days that was actually going to bring judgment, and I believe that God is raising up a people in this land that is going to proclaim the judgments of God against the enemy. Not against people, against the enemy, because when we win a battle in the Spirit, then we get the spoil which is the souls. And we’re going to take them all. We’re going to make it very, very difficult for anyone to go to hell. And so we need to contend in this hour for that place.

But when God described the army in Joel that was going to bring forth His judgments, He described a ferocious army. But one of the things about them was that they were all in their place, each in their rank. No one was pushing or shoving each other. They all knew their placement. And you know we have to appreciate each other, know each other after the Spirit, and humble ourselves before the mighty hand of God, so that in that humility we can see the strength and the majesty and the authority of Jesus go out in to the land and settle issues.

Where the enemy has raised havoc, we will see those issues settled, and we will take in the spoil. But we have to take our proper place in humility.

Humility will take the enemy out. And I believe that garment of humility – you know the prophetic colour for humility is brown. The prophetic colour of the cross is brown. And you know, a lot of times we want the glittery cloaks; we want the gold or silver shimmering cloaks. But the Lord says He wants to clothe us in brown cloaks, cloaks of humility, and mantles of humility. And humility is one of the strongest forces that comes from the nature of God.

Jesus humbled Himself. He not only left His position as God to take the form of a man, but He humbled Himself to the point of death on the cross. He became obedient to that point but humbled Himself to take a most shameful death, to lay His life down in that way, totally laying Himself down, totally spilling Himself out. And you know, the enemy thought he had Him…. But Jesus rose up, the Conqueror of all.

No one has humbled himself as much as Jesus humbled Himself before all men, and no-one carries the level of authority that Jesus carries. In all the heavens and in all the earth, He has the highest level of authority of all, because He humbled Himself. And if we will humble ourselves then Jesus’ name will be exalted and His authority in our regions will be exalted. And so pray especially for leaders because I perceive – I don’t know this area at all really as far as what’s actually what’s going on in the natural, but in the Spirit I’m picking up some things: that God is beginning to draw leaders together and there’s fellowship and communion and community starting to form. And so, keep that covered in prayer because it needs to be strengthened and all the disjointedness needs to come into alignment.

Following this word Patricia then went on to describe an experience with “the lightning of God.”

Natural lightning puts ionic particles in the air into order, which freshens the air after a storm. Lightning also changes the molecular structure of the soil, which helps seeds grow faster. It might be a good thing to call on the lightning of God for this particular region because it will bring into order those things in the Spirit that are out of order. It will also cause the seed that is in the soil to grow faster. The other thing about lightning is that it always strikes the highest point that’s standing above the other points. So, there might be something in that for bringing down the pride of man in this region. And there could be a lot of different areas that rises up from – maybe out of government, maybe out of economy, whatever. Pride is in all of us. We don’t have to look very far to find it. Just look into your own heart and you’ll find some. But the lightning of God will take it out. What’s that going to look like? Are there going to be flashes all over the place? I wouldn’t say that, but there’s an impact in the Spirit that comes from the hand of God when you start praying for the lightning of God to start shifting things in the spiritual atmosphere in a place. So, I believe that the Lord might have something for you in this region.

Note: This was at a time when Canada’s armed forces had been deployed to Afghanistan from Edmonton. They had been issued green uniforms, but discovered in Afghanistan that green made them very visible; the colour they needed was brown (humility) in order to be camouflaged in that barren environment. The newspapers reported that the Canadian soldiers modified their own uniforms.