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I really enjoyed reading this word from Al and Deb Warner of Buffalo, NY. It is full of history and a well-explained parable of how to call our cities back to life...our cities are also a part of our Promised Land!
The Warner's share:
If your city has been severely tested, if she is dead or dying, if you have wandered in the wilderness long enough, you have all the elements for a God breathed resurrection; prophesy life!
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"Prophesy Life Back to Your City!"
Al and Deb Warner, Buffalo, NY
The USS Little Rock
As with so many of you, we often listen to our local news with an ear toward what God is saying behind the news. When I heard that a new naval ship, the USS Little Rock, will be commissioned in Buffalo at Canalside on December 16th, the Lord prompted me that there was prophetic significance to this event.
Here's what I discovered. This will mark the first time in 242 years of Naval history that a new ship will be commissioned alongside its decommissioned namesake. The decommissioned USS Little Rock has served as a museum ship at Canalside Buffalo since 1977.
| "You may be a little rock but you are attached to and anchored in the massive ROCK OF AGES!" |
I believe this is a prophetic picture which illustrates and confirms the resurrection currently taking place in Buffalo. For the readers who may not know, God interrupted the death spiral in Buffalo and began a season of resurrection, including a $19.5 billion construction plan in the 8 counties of Western New York. Faith-based leaders embracing their God-given call to the marketplace are among those leading the way.
Media often speaks of the contrast between the "Old Buffalo" and the "New Buffalo." I believe the decommissioned USS Little Rock represents the Old Buffalo. Her glory years are well in her past. She is a museum, no longer manned by the 1,400 sailors who once readied her for battle, but rather by tourists creating family memories with cameras. She serves a good purpose, but is no longer fulfilling the assignment for which she was created.
The decommissioned USS Little Rock became a museum ship in 1977. Forty years later, the future USS Little Rock is being commissioned—forty years between assignments. In the Bible, the number 40 often represents a period of testing. The number 40 can also represent a generation of man that wanders in the wilderness before a new generation possesses the Promised Land.
Prophesy Life Back to Your City!
Buffalo experienced 40 years of trial and testing which nearly destroyed her. We lost our youthful generation who moved South and West for jobs. Like most parents our age, our children graduated from college and took jobs in Florida and Georgia. We saw them (and our grandchild) only at holidays. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
"Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip. Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy..." (Isaiah 60:4-5 NIV)
For Deb and me, this Promised Land is... (continue reading)
