Expansion

A NEW YEAR

What’s the big deal about entering another year? After all, it’s just a date on the calendar. And the calendar we go by is the Gregorian calendar, not God’s!  There is certainly nothing magical about entering a new year. But it gives us a reset button. It is a “get ready, set, go” mark on our calendar; a fresh opportunity for us to experience a better year and to become better people.

In 2016, the Lord spoke to me that 2017 would be the Year of the Open Door for us. And it has been in so many ways. Amazing doors opened for us! Each door God opened enabled us to reach thousands more with the anointing and message of truth. God is ever faithful to fulfill His word.

Now as we enter 2018, the Lord spoke to me that this is the season to walk through the open door.  More doors are open for us that merely requires us to walk through. In Revelation 3:8, our Lord Jesus says, “See, I have set before you an open door, and no man can close it..”  The many times I read this verse I only envisioned the door as standing wide open with me only needing to step through. And often this has been precisely the way.

But I realized that sometimes the message is a bit different. There are times when the door is in the closed position. We stand before it and knock, waiting for it to open, and we hear someone say, “Come on in. It’s open.”  Open? No, it is closed. We can’t see beyond the door. We are still stuck on the same side! But the voice insists! “It’s open. Come on in!”

Doors that remain in the closed position but are unlocked are, in reality, open. We stand right now in front of doors that God has supernaturally unlocked for us. All that is separating us from stepping through is an act of obedience. So, we choose to believe and obey. I declare that 2018 is for us and you, The Year of Stepping Through the Open Door!

EXPANSION

Six to eight weeks ago, the Lord spoke to Margie one word that complements the word the Lord gave me: “EXPANSION”! As we step through the open door, we will experience expansion. Isaiah 54:2-3 speaks of what 2018 will look like: “Enlarge the place of your tent. And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings: Do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. 3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations and make the desolate cities inhabited.”

 It’s time for expansion!  We must prepare!  We must by faith, turn the knob, push the door and see it swing wide in front of us. Then we step through and believe in His glory!

Just the beginning of this month, Margie, in prayer again heard the Lord say, “It’s time to go on TV now.” We’ve been praying about this for a long time but waiting for the timing of the Lord. I had already been in talks with the station manager and tentatively set a date for early 2017, but this word came as a clear confirmation. The Lord followed it with a vision where Margie saw my dad as a little boy in front of a TV set! The implications are clear! There is a “Larry Nix” out there somewhere who will encounter Jesus through our media outreach! Just think of the multiplied thousands God has touched through Dad’s ministry, and it all began in front of a TV set. This is what expansion looks like!

Three days following that vision, I received word that our airtime is paid!  Hallelujah!  And we are stepping through this open door. But we need to upgrade some of our video equipment, we need a new media computer, we must add more lights, and we need to make some changes to our stage design, including floor covering, sound panels, etc. These upgrades alone will literally be in the thousands of dollars. These upgrades will enable us to produce a quality and anointed program that will impact tens of thousands through our streaming, TV and other media outreaches.

And it is time to step into a new dimension of what I call, facility security. The wonderful building, we are currently leasing is sold. This sign is down! And our status quo is changed! We have a few more months remaining in this location before we move into the next. Stepping through the open doors requires faith and obedience on our part and the release of miracle power on God’s part.

Will you help us “stretch the curtains?” I am asking you to pray concerning a special financial gift to help us in this expansion season. Your donation of any amount will be huge for us right now! I believe that your faith-filled prayers and your financial gift will add just what is needed. You and a company of others will stretch the curtains, so many more will experience the goodness of our Lord Jesus!

We will not spare or hold back!  Now is the time to walk through these doors the Lord is unlocking before us. Thank you again!  Together we will see His glory impact this generation in GREAT AWAKENING!