CMA CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR LETTER

(Genesis 45:27-: And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:)

# Calvary and Season Greetings to you and your lovely families from all of us here at CMA.

# We want to join you and your family in celebrating the faithfulness of God, that you are reading this means against all odds, you and your family have made it this far. Praise the Lord!

# The last twelve months of the season of great joy have been outwardly anything but joyful for many of us. But thank God for His faithfulness, for the inner joy and peace of the Holy Spirit remained our strength through most of the difficult times in 2022.

(Nehemiah 8:10-: Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.)

# Many of us have kept the faith in spite of all the challenges of life in 2022. Some of us struggled with illness in our lives and the lives of our loved ones.

# Some of us had to say goodbye to loved ones that were called to glory this year. And some of us had to deal with turbulent relationships and some unpleasant family dynamics.

# Not forgetting the new coffee table conversation of inflation and high cost of living.

# Yet in spite all this and many more you kept your head high, you refused to give up on God and your faith. Thank you for being such an encouragement to many around you.

# As our tradition is, we are not here to recount and tell you about all that happened in our lives in the last twelve months of this season.

# We are here to tell you what our expectations are for the coming year and what the spirit of the Lord is telling us about the next twelve months and beyond.

# This is the scripture that was dropped in my spirit for us moving forward

(Genesis 45:27-: And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:)

# I sense in my spirit that we are entering the season of our eyes seeing the glory of God in a newer dimension- especially as touching the lives of our children.

# The coming glory is about the restoration of our children. And this can only happen for us if we are intentional in standing in the place of prayers and intercession for our children like never before.

# It is about seeing the power of Satan over our children being destroyed and children being set free to serve our God without fear.

# MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GOODNESS AND GLORY OF THE LORD

(Luke 2:30-: For my eyes have seen your salvation,)

# The next half of our season of great joy is all about our children being reconciled to God and their families.

# Our part in this next move is very important because it is going to take our prayers to make this happen. You and I as parents, grandparents, uncles and aunties, ours is to pray for them.

# I see them coming with a wagon loads of anointing to change things to the glory of God.

# Will you avail yourself in prayers for the next generation to come back from Egypt healed and restored?

# To do this successfully we must see our youths differently from how others see them. We must see the greatness of joseph in every youth and child in our family: -

# Like Jacob, we must look at our Joseph and see a good son, a good daughter

# We must not be like the ten brothers who looked at Joseph and all they saw in him was a useless dreamer

# We must not be like the slave traders who looked at Joseph and saw a slave. We must see greatness in our children even when they have been thrown into the pit of addictions and all kinds of negative habits.

# We must not be like Potiphar’s wife who looked at Joseph and saw a tool to abuse and use to satisfy her lust. Our children are not tools to be abused but great instruments for God’s glory in His end-time agenda

# We must not be like the prison officers who saw in Joseph a prisoner to be used and discarded, rather let’s see our youths as a big part of God’s end-time army

# We all like God must choose to see in our Joseph what God sees in them, great leaders in waiting. It is in our seeing like God sees them that will motivate us to stay in the place of prayer for our children

# This next season is about the return of our children with wagons of the goodness of God that will revive our spirit and our soul

# It’s about The Lord causing your eyes to see something good about that bad and difficult situation - that will revive your spirit

# It is about the Holy Spirit opening the eyes of your understanding even in the midst of all the negative news around you and cause you to see something good that will revive your heart with hope again

# May the Lord cause you to hear some good news about that son that, daughter of yours, that will revive your spirit with joy in the coming months.

# May the Lord cause us to see a wagon of goodness that will revive our spirit and restore our hope and joy

# May the Lord cause us to see good in the coming days, weeks, months and years if the Lord tarries in Jesus' mighty name.

# May the pain and disappointment of this year not follow you and your family into the coming year

(Isaiah 51:11: - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.)

# The sorrows and heartbreaks you experienced over your children this year shall not repeat themselves in your family in the coming year and beyond

(Isaiah 35:10 -: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.)

# We shall step into the coming year with joy and singing, sorrow and sighing shall be far from us in Jesus' mighty name because we are still in the season of great joy.

Merry Christmas

John Oche Omale,

The CMA Church Board & Church Family