“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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I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.” (Psalm 2:7 NIV84) Several years ago, at a very low point in my life, I had a vision. In this vision I was standing on the peak of a mountain and God…
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“Here is my servant, who I uphold” Isaiah 42:1 This verse shows a wonderful insight into God’s care for Jesus, as he walked out his purpose on the earth. The Father was committed to upholding the Son. And as His servant today, He is committed to upholding you and me. You can relax in…
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This last weekend a friend commented “Sounds like you’re in a purple patch!” Not being acquainted with the phrase, I discovered it is apparently when everything is going great, note worthy, successful – a great season of fruitfulness in an organisation. “A Purple Patch” on an otherwise dreary garment! It took me by surprise…
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A Messiah in my Image? Leadership according to Jesus. Years ago I wrote a controversial little song, where the chorus went: Is your Messiah made in your image? Is your Jesus under control? Is your religion made for your glory, or His? The Bible is, of course, a plumb line for us all of…
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We have a huge passion and vision for God to impact our region and the world in increasing ways. Here’s the basics to Fasting: The Bible presents fasting as something that is good, profitable, and beneficial. The book of Acts records believers fasting before they made important decisions (Acts 13:2; 14:23). Fasting and prayer are often…
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I recently read this simple little blog, and one response to it, and it seemed so natural, rooted, mature. I felt it expressed something of a call to remember simplicity in all our “attractional” platform driven churches. I’m not advocating it as a model…just a reminder: Shaun Groves writes: I’m often asked to speak…
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When ever we set out to build a church building, it must have a great context to for it to flourish. Churches don’t exist to build empires, self promoting monoliths or ego inspired monuments. Neither are they simply “community centres”, no more important than the local gym. But beyond needing to increase seating capacity and…
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“60% of UK churches no longer have a corporate prayer meeting.” When I read that stat I wondered about writing a blog “RIP: The British Prayer Meeting”, or “How to revive prayer in a contemporary church setting” etc etc. My worry was no one would click through to read the blog. Unfortunately, the stat…
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God has been moving in a growing and incredible way among our youth since last August. Now, barely a week goes by without healing, prophecy and wonderful touches of heaven among the growing group. It was in March this year (2012) this group fulfilled a vision God gave me in 1996 (before most of them…
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Shake the Nations, the ministry led by Nathan Morris, has released a video of some of the healings and music from the recent Hull City Hall event in March 2012. To view the remarkable testimonies in You Tube click here The move of God’s Spirit continues to flow through East Yorkshire, and we’ve now seen…
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Watch people leave wheelchairs and tell their amazing stories of God’s healing from injury, strokes and falls. These three people were either wheelchair bound, in some cases also deaf, others had agonising pain for over 6 years. Hear and see their amazing stories of God’s incredible love and healing as the Spirit moves in Hull.…
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A few thoughts on church growth in a Western setting…. One of the ways we show a love for God and for the people He loves, is to have a passionate, organised, Spirit inspired attitude to reaching lost souls for Christ and growing them into disciples – which means growing our churches. I have noticed…
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British Prime Minister David Cameron’s “Christian Fight Back” speech, made at Downing Street to Christian ministries from across the denominations 3 April 2012. In it he praises what he calls “The Christian Fight Back….”. Remarkable! Here is the full script: “As you know, we have receptions here for Diwali, for Eid, for Jewish New Year,…
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The launch of the Revival Fires tour saw New Beginnings Church in Goole packed to standing room only, and rocking! 2 more deaf ears opened instantly, pain left about 12-15 people’s bodies. It was so touching to see people break out in smiles or tears as years of pain disappeared! That now means 15 different…
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I have never known miracles take place right across the nation with such ease! And it keeps flowing even after the special weekend at City Hall: One of our guys, Chris Shore wrote on Facebook: “So on Thursday I saw a paralysed woman get out of her wheelchair and start dancing. On Friday I saw…
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I always love the aftermath even more than the event. Here’s what happened last Sunday in one of our local anglican churches…. 12/3/12 – Sunday morning at St Aidans like never before….. It seemed like a normal Sunday morning however, it soon became apparent that it wasn’t. Stories from the last few days were shared…
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The flow of God’s Spirit just continued in our Hull & Driffield congregations this morning. Amazing testimonies. People giving up sticks. More deaf ears opened. We must be up to about 10 deaf people’s ears opened in 4 days! Even this morning, one little 6 second prayer & an ear popped open! So easily it’s…
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It’s Sunday morning. Sat in my “McOffice” preparing for our Sunday morning service. Last night was amazing. One of those glory nights where people just sing in the Spirit, waves of glory moving, for hours. O boy. If anyone has ever thought worship is about a few fast songs and a few slow – they…
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OH MY! Now I know we have a move of God on our hands. Miracles in a hall with worshipping Christians is one thing… Miracles on the streets through young people is another! Our Youth Pastor Chris just led the most amazing Open Air event I’ve ever seen. It’s like being in the book of…
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