What does a grape-covered pitcher have to do with a harvest of souls? As we were considering adding a high shelf to living room I heard the Lord specifically say: "Put three pitchers on the shelf; one of them must be antique from Canada." I didn't argue. He's both Lord of our lives and of the decor of our home! The search began.

Along a most amazing path we were led to this pitcher... covered with grapes... Where did it come from? Why did the Lord even want an antique pitcher specifically from Canada on the shelf?

The answer was waiting in Isaiah 32:15: "Till the Spirit is poured upon us from on high." What did He want to "pour upon us"? The answer was waiting in the pitcher. It had belonged to the lady who was said to have won the first person to Christ in the small Ontario town of Oilsprings. That town is where the first oil in North America was found!

Linking it together I knew clearly that the pitcher represented the residual anointing of evangelism which is about to be poured out on our nation! The pitcher went onto the shelf and the expectation went into my heart!

I believe that Evangelist Shyju Mathew who will soon arrive to Toronto for extended meetings is part of the Lord's intended "pouring out"... Get ready! (see Consider This for the schedule of Shyju's meetings at the Toronto Downpour).

There are great moments that only the Holy Spirit can arrange! This picture was taken in just one of those moments!

Just a sign along a country road in southern Ontario... and yet this marker calls loudly to our generation.

There it was on the face of the alarm clock: 3:33. That wouldn't be too unusual in itself because after all, that set of numbers appear twice a day! But, this is also the "set" that one of our intercessors emailed me about nearly a week ago. She asked me: do those numbers have significance for you? Yes! I knew immediately what was being communicated: Jeremiah 33:3. I have history with that verse you see! In the 80's I had a very discouraging but integrity-filled, sincere discussion with the Lord: "Lord, I pray for people to be healed, but nothing happens!" His answer was speedy: you will step into a day when you will "call to Me and I will answer you and tell (KJV says "shew") you great and unsearchable things you do not know."