Recently Lou Engles, do you know Lou Engles from The Call? We have been in contact several times very recently, and he brought to my attention a greater awareness of the issue of abortion in the state of South Dakota. And you are going to hear more about that tomorrow from Sande Loftberg. My good friend, Sande Loftberg. I do love Sande Loftberg. I love them all. The women of the US Board are wonderful women. But Sande lives in that area, and the issue of abortion and the law that was passed outlawing abortion in that state, is up again for the voters to make the final decision. And so you will hear tomorrow of the role that Aglow women are going to play in, hopefully, causing this abortion law to not be reversed, because it is very key for our nation. It is an Esther moment for the women of our nation. It is an Esther moment for the women of Canada. It is an Esther moment for the women of the world.
When I leave this conference, I am going to the state of California because there has been many prophetic words that have gone out related to the state of California. Chuck recently had a word. He was in the state, Barbara Yoder was there, and they were at Steve Dittmer's church, I believe. At least Steve was at the gathering. He said I am bringing some watching women on the wall and they are going to have a sound and a cry within them. They are going to cry out until the end of harvest, and if those watching women don't get on the wall and start crying and worshipping, what is going to happen at the end of the harvest, the enemy is going to come in and our next attack will come in on this land. Now hear me, that is why the watching, and California is very important because the next targeted group is there. And God says He is about to sweep that state and do a major work with the women to get them up on the wall. And the men will be praising, and the women will be watching, and you are going to see what was planned for Los Angeles go in the other direction.
As I said, when I leave here, I go home for a couple of days, and then I go to Steve Dittmer's church and Barbara will be there. And you women of Southern California, you need to get the time and the place. We need praying, warring women. Steve had asked Barbara and I to come several months hence and when this word came forth, I got the phone call that evening, and Steve was asking Barbara and I to come quickly to turn the tide of what the enemy wants to do in that state.
We are living in incredible times. Have you felt the resistance? Have you felt resistance personally? Have you felt resistance within your local meetings? Your area retreats? The enemy has been resisting because he fears what the women are about to bring forth in the earth. Recently I have been in therapy for my knee, and they just do lots of things with your knee, trying to get it to work right, but it wasn't moving in the way that it needed to or to the degree that it needed to. So, one day the therapist said, I am going to try something different today. It is called resistance. So as I hold you leg, I am going to resist you. I will fight against you, but I want you to push against my strength. So we will go this direction, and we will come back this way. So, we went back and forth, back and forth, resisting in both directions. After several moments and this pretty strong resistance, she said now stand up. All of a sudden my knee was free. The resistance seemed the opposite of what I needed. And yet, it was the very thing that released the knee. I could walk, I could run, I could dance. You have been experiencing resistance. You have been experiencing resistance in your meetings, resistance in your home, resistance in your health, resistance in many areas of your life, but it's the very resistance that God has allowed to come that is the thing that is going to set you free. It is resistance because the enemy fears women arising in this hour. You have found that the very resistance in your life has made you more determined. You have had to press against the resistance. It seems like the more valuable your efforts to rise, to walk, to run, to dance, it's been awkward and difficult. But God is causing that very resistance for you to rise up and dance on the head of the enemy. I believe that the believing remnant within this nation and within the nation of Canada has arisen. It tells us in Isaiah 41, "Behold, I make you into a new threshing instrument with sharp teeth. You will thresh the mountains, you will beat them small, you will make the hills like chaff. You will winnow them, the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them; and you will rejoice in the Lord, and you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. Caleb said, I want my inheritance. Do you want yours? He said, give me this mountain, because the Lord spoke to me about that mountain. I want it, it is mine, and the Lord has kept me alive. Now I want to receive what is mine. My strength is as good now as it was then. I want my mountain. Give me the mountain. You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. There have been mountains in your lives. There has been resistance. It seems like the very opposite thing that you have needed has been your portion. Health issues, financial issues, knee issues. All manner of things. But God has said to this ministry, this is your hour.
This is what I have prepared you for. This is time for your rendezvous with history and destiny. It is your hour. So women I am saying to you, rise up in the strength that God has imparted into you. It is time to see the things lift off of you that have been the very opposition that the enemy has brought, but it is the very thing that God has been using to give you the strength you need for this hour. It is our hour. It is our time with destiny.
Stand to your feet. Can we have some music? Thank you, Lord. Lord, we step into that new place. The place you have prepared for us. The place of destiny that you purposed for us. And Lord, we agree with the Word of the Lord that says I have made you, Aglow, into a new threshing instrument with sharp teeth. And I have prepared to thresh the mountains, and to beat them small. I have purposed for you to make the hills like chaff, to winnow them, to carry them away. And you shall rejoice in the Lord, and you shall glory, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel. Aglow women, it is time for your destiny to unfold. It is time for the destiny of this ministry to come forth in the strength, and the vigor, and the purpose, the divine destiny, that He has prepared for this hour.