Hopefully you all have had a restful and fulfilling summer with family and friends. I’m sure our Father’s heart is delighted when He sees His children take time together, sharing hearts and having fun. Our God is not only about work but He desires that we enter into His rest and operate from that place.

Twenty three of us from Saskatchewan met with others in Quebec City for a Canadian Leader’s Watchmen Gathering from August 11th to the 16th. One evening we were called to the platform to share our hearts and our journey and to our amazement the Lord unveiled us as an example of a Body walking as a family in love and unity. I believe we modeled a representation of what is happening all over our province as individuals focus more on building relationships than on ministry goals and accomplishments. Over the last two years a group of leaders has been meeting on a regular basis to share hearts, worship and seek the Lord for strategy for the province. The strategy, we discovered, is the container ….. a family that has fallen in love with each other. The rest of Canada came up to bless us and pray for us, then asked us to come to their cities and provinces to impart what we carry. Everyone was surprised to see such treasure in Saskatchewan. Needless to say we were all surprised of what the Lord has done in and through us, in spite of us.

What we have been doing in SHOP…. is building “deep” relationships with individuals throughout the province which in the natural does not look like much of an accomplishment. Building a relationship with the Lord and with each other takes time. Relationship will continue to be our main aim, but it is time to embrace the larger body to take ownership of our province. So much is happening in Saskatchewan and as a church we are responsible to steward what the Lord is doing. There are two tracks to which we are inviting people to position themselves. The first is as a watchman to a gate or area of specific concern. This involves a commitment to be alert and watching, discerning and sharing with others in the same gate through phone, email and conference calls. The second track is to have individuals take responsibility to gather with others in their village, town or city to seek the Lord together for their inheritance. Our goal is to claim every place in Saskatchewan for the Lord and place a stake in the ground that all will be included.

Many of us have personally experienced what our province has gone through for decades……”being hidden”. Have you ever felt that you were not heard when you spoke, you were not noticed but were overlooked, insignificant, ignored. These are common to all of us from time to time, but I have experienced this in an exaggerated way over the last several months. As I embraced the pain, I sensed the Lord telling me that it was an intercessory assignment. Many people have come under that spirit of insignificance and our province has been hidden like this for a very long time. The Lord’s ways are not like our ways and the hiddenness is actually His way of protecting what He is doing until the fullness of time. The Lord has done great things for us in this last year and I believe the veil over us has been removed and it is time for us to walk out our destiny by faith. We must ask the Lord to continue to keep us individually hidden so that people will only see Him and not us. It’s all about His glory. As we raise up a prayer covering over the land the Lord will direct and lead us to fulfill His purposes, not only for Saskatchewan but for Canada and the nations of the world.

God has prepared and is calling many to take their place on the Wall as watchmen. This involves commitment to take ownership for a specific area of influence by joining others throughout the province by conference calls. We are not only stationed on the wall, we are part of the wall made up of living stones that the Lord is fitting together. As each community gathers together we will seek the Lord for our inheritance. The Lord is building His House and when it is ready He will come in all His Glory to dwell. We are that dwelling place … what an honour, what a privilege, what a responsibility.
Looking forward to sharing the vision, connecting and seeking the Lord together.

Much love,
Patricia Fraser and SHOP Team