The Calgary Surprise

Near the end of the Awaken Tour, the team visited Calgary and while there, the Lord reminded us about a prophetic word Rick Joyner had given to Edmonton and Calgary in 1991.  

Regarding Alberta’s Destiny
A Word for Calgary and Edmonton – Rick Joyner - 1991
" I combine Calgary and Edmonton in this word because their purpose is linked in the spirit.  It has been the enemy’s strategy to breed competition and enmity between these cities because it is God’s purpose to unify them.  His people in both cities will begin to form relationships and an interchange that will become such a bright light that they will be called 'the Northern Lights.' The oil will come from Edmonton but the fire from Calgary (it is no accident that their hockey teams are the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames.)  The church in Calgary will light the fires but the church in Edmonton will keep them going. 
 
There is also an event coming in the natural that will be a witness to coming spiritual events.  There will be a major oil discovery made by a “wildcat” exploration project.  Just as wildcat oilmen drill in places that no one has looked in before, the church in Alberta is about to discover an anointing in an area that they have not  searched  before (by the church in Alberta.) 
 
Just as wildcatters are usually 'independents' such will be the nature of those who make the coming significant spiritual 'discovery'.  There are also other parallels in the oil industry that you would do well to pay heed to.  Historically the biggest oil reserves have been found by wildcatters, but they often end up in bankruptcy because they don’t have the administrative abilities to run the business built on their discoveries.  Spiritual 'wildcatters' also will be important in directing you to the anointing, but don’t follow their ways after they find it. 
 
Spiritual independents who are prone to look for new things are usually the first to find what the Lord is about to do, but seldom do they have the wisdom or discipline to properly administrate the new moves of the spirit.  If the proper administration is not brought in a new move, before it has gravitated to an extreme, the desperation of impending disaster will open the door for those with a  'control spirit' to take over and kill the movement through domination.
 
For what is coming to this region, Calgary will have the fire but Edmonton will have most of the resources - they need each other to accomplish their calling.  Just as Barnabas had to go get Saul of Tarsus before he could be released in his own apostolic ministry, the churches in Calgary and Edmonton must reach out to each other.  If the church in Calgary will now spend more time praying for the church in Edmonton than they do for themselves, their light will shine brighter.  If the church in Edmonton will now spend more time praying for the church in Calgary than they do for themselves, their anointing will increase.

As this word was read out loud in the meeting, a conviction fell on us all.  Those from Edmonton postured ourselves face down in front of the Calgarians, repenting first to the Lord for trying to build the church in Edmonton without regard to His counsel/ways and then repenting to Calgary for not praying for them.  We then stood together as the two cities and prayed for one another and the province.  And we felt  in our spirits a door open to another step in the journey for the province.