To be in God’s presence is wonderful! It is the atmosphere of heaven, the very reality of God among us. I don’t want to merely sing about him, or to reverence him with my songs. I want to know him experientially. To sense him with me and in me and around me. Of course, God…
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Worship and praise, prayer and spiritual warfare are all interconnected. To split them apart is to become too scientific in your approach in my opinion. Somehow, as we follow God individually and corporately, listening to God, being filled with the Holy Spirit, praying, reflecting, singing or bowing – somehow in all the glory of that…
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PROPHETS SPEAK 2023: 12-25 February 2023 Join us for 14 days of prophetic insight straight into your Email Inbox – every day! SIGN UP HERE https://mailchi.mp/2b0a7e9c48be/free-album As we’re in the throes of moving towns right now, we’re going to run this year’s PROPHETS SPEAK a little differently – We’re going for a 14 day daily Email encouragement,…
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IT’S A PIVOTAL TIME and the enemy wants to mess up your moment. GUARD YOUR HEART from offence. Don’t align with demons in spreading fear, woe, negativity, rebellion against leadership, discouragement, defeat, or encouraging others to break away from God’s people. THE DEVIL is doing all he can to turn you from the path towards…
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We have seen through the second section of this book that a worshipper must be passionate about God. We have learnt that the tongue of a worshipper moves mountains. We have seen that a true worshipper will rise above the lethargic influences of the flesh, to worship by the leading and in-filling of the Spirit…
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After several remarkable visions of God’s glory in 1996 I became fascinated with the verses and stories of the fulness of God through the pages of the Bible and in Church history. Stories of the times God seemed to leap from the hidden spiritual realms into the obvious, tangible realms where us humans more easily…
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You don’t have to be very prophetic to realise that 2023 is going to continue in the theme of disruption, shakings, pivotal changes and new alignments, as we wrestle our way into a new era with God. With that in mind I would say making Psalm 23 the “go to” chapter may just help us…
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“It is we…who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh” Philippians 3:3 This leads us onto the next interpretation of the vital verse from John 4 that tells us we should “worship in spirit”. Not only do we worship led by our spirits…
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“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship him in spirit and truth” John 4:23-24 One of the primary factors to being a true…
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Zeal is an overwhelming force. Psalm 22 states that “God is enthroned on the praises of Israel”. The word “praise” here doesn’t just mean singing a few nice songs, or thinking quietly about God. No, the word means “high” praise. Praise that is fervent, loud, passionate. God is not enthroned in any old worship. He…
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The first ingredient in the blueprint of a powerful worshipper is found in understanding the very make up of God himself, for we are made in his image. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him” Genesis 1:27 Man has been created in the image of God…
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Our Christmas episode of Cooper-Natural has some BIG family news! We’d appreciate your prayers. It’s also got some fun tips of how to make the Christmas season more enjoyable for all… Watch it here: https://youtu.be/4MigyNRDPg8 (Opens in YouTube). Love & blessings this Christmas-time. Jarrod, Vicky & Zach xxx
“…true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.” John 4:23 God is looking for true worshippers. That implies that there must be false worshippers. People that worship the same God, the same Jesus, but their worship is false. They are not the kind…
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Perhaps you are now thoroughly frustrated with worship as I have been! Perhaps many of the things I have shared in these first few chapters have rung true in your own heart. Perhaps, like many of those who attend my seminars, you would like to say “I’ve thought that for years. It’s nice to hear…
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Three signs in the previous chapters marked my initial journey in re-designing my own church worship for God’s presence. In subsequent years I have realised there were many other mis-conceptions, myths and fallacies in my thinking that affected my worship ministry. Subtly they may infect all our thinking, dulling God’s blueprint for hosting his presence…
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In 1993 I was a worship leader and elder at a church of a hundred or so people in East Yorkshire. Seeing the signs of weakness mentioned in the previous chapter, my Minister and I discussed at length possible solutions. My response was simple, if a little radical. I believed the solution for us lay…
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I’ve always said I’d rather serve 10 churches of 100, than lead one of 1000. Here’s a few reasons why I personally prefer smaller churches to big: 1) The Need to be Known. People know and are known much more easily in smaller churches. When there’s hundreds of people to pastor, they are inevitably processed…
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A recent survey revealed that “A majority of people leave church without feeling that they experienced God’s presence” and that “In a typical weekend, less that one-third of adults who attend services feel as if they truly interacted with God.” As I travel ministering, my personal feeling is that thousands of sincere, God fearing individuals…
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2023 marks the beginning of a new era for us, and we have some fresh new ways we can invest into you, your church, region and nation. Do you want to invite us to conduct any of these to lift and encourage you where you are, in 2023? You can now invite us to conduct…
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Moses had risen early that morning and set out on the long journey up Mount Sinai, as God had commanded. Just the day before he had asked God “Show me your glory”. God had responded: “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you” and had sent him up the mountain for…
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