Strategies change. Even vision adjusts. But values stay rock solid forever. At New Life Church we have 7 values that never change. We use these truths to build our lives around, judge every decision by, and test every cultural advance against. They are all scriptural, eternal, the word of God. They are: Worship – “God…
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Revive is an unusual church. While many churches (quite rightly) exist to reach the parish around them, build happy community and disciple new Christians, Revive does all this, but has an additional call from God. Revive is one of those places that sometimes feels more like a pioneering movement, than a local church. It has the passion…
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Once a church size passes about 100 people, community becomes more complex. It’s simply a sociological fact, and one that will affect you and your church experience. The small church family that all knew each others names, spent endless hours around each others homes for meal times, and enjoyed the kind of church service where…
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As soon as a church reaches a membership of more than about 150/200, people start to say (or feel) “The Pastor no longer has time for me”. The experienced among them will know that is a literal truth, not a criticism. The classic church, led by one Minister/couple simply will not be able to give…
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I’ve just been reading through the supernatural reports from 2011-2012 and found them so inspiring! So I’d thought I’d update you on just some of the remarkable things God has done in 2013, in around our community. 8 MINUTES OF MIRACLES! Every year we have the privilege of hosting the Holy Spirit seminar stream at…
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“Be bold and very courageous.” (Joshua 1:7) “Be bold!” God told Joshua, four times, before he took Israel into their Promised Land. All destiny requires a bold step at some point, yours is no exception. My problem is I’m not naturally bold. I’m sure Reinhard finds all this stuff easy. He probably glows in the…
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Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. (1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV) To encourage literally means “to draw near”. Want to feel closer to those around you? Want to create warmth in relationships? Want to enrich friendships or remove atmospheres of insecurity from a group? Then encourage. Every time you encourage, you take…
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Leading an unhappy team is an exhausting thing if you care about people. No leader revels in a grumbling, unhappy, uncooperative work force. If “the joy of The Lord is your strength” then an unhappy environment will surely sap the strength out of you! I’ve been there… Exhausted, drained, weary. You’ve got to get…
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My dear child, You asked for a greater anointing, to know me more deeply, to move in my power more purely. And this shaking you are experiencing is not a work of the enemy, but actually my response to your prayer… This crushing you are going through. This humbling, waiting, confusion. This holding still…
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“In everything he did he had great success, because The Lord was with him” 1 Samuel 18:14 This verse speaks of the secret of King David’s success. Very simply, God was with Him. Surely our own success can be no different? Though skills must be honed, we will win our battles by the faithfulness…
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If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but wisdom will bring success. Ecclesiastes 10:10 Wisdom is the pathway to doing less, while having more impact; Working easier, yet bearing more fruit; expending less energy, but living greater destiny! Busy does not mean fruitful. So make the pursuit of…
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It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. (Daniel 4:2 NIV84) Telling the stories of what God has done for you should be a complete pleasure – and to be honest, it is all that witnessing to the unsaved is; it…
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“As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.” (Titus 3:12 NIV84) These days it is possible and normal to travel anywhere, almost any time. However there was a time when trips across the sea were best…
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“Let us perceive The Lord. Let us press on to experience him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rain” Hosea 6:3 Hosea 6:3 teaches us how to change the climate in our lives. Here’s how to cause it to rain heaven: Firstly, perceive…
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“He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.” (1 Kings 6:27 NIV84) From wall to wall,…
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“…For the message he declared by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.” (1 Kings 13:32 NIV84) 1 Kings 13 contains an unusual story about a remarkable prophet. By the end of the…
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“Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these,…
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“I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king” (2 Samuel 17:2 NIV) Your leaders are a gift from God to you, according to Ephesians 4. Through leadership God intends to…
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“Drink deeply of God’s pure Kindness” 2 Peter 2:2 (The Message) 1 John tells us there is no fear in love. That “He who fears has not been made perfect in love” The existence (or not) of fear is the barometer of our level of acceptance of God’s Love. Drinking deeply of his exhaustive…
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“That no flesh may glory in His presence” 1 Corinthian 1:29 God never has any intention of letting anyone of us stand in His presence, now or at the end of the Age, and say “Look how awesome I was – Look what I did for you! I’m the Man!” So let’s stop trying.…
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