Pinched this one from Jez....

Love this song though...

For such a time as this...

Destiny

1/ something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing:
2/ the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events:
3/ the power or agency that determines the course of events

God creates a destiny that chooses us – we don’t choose it.

We need to understand destiny is not a noun but a verb. We need to do our destiny, to live and think in such a way that activates a deep sense of personal destiny in us every day of our lives.

Esther 4:14

Destiny Seekers

I believe these five words, if understood properly, have the power to change the course of our lives and the way we do church and live out our faith...


1) Destiny
2) Legacy
3) Transition
4) Convergence
5) Mobilisation

Cover the Earth

Just wanted to blog on the World Watch conference I went to yesterday. I was so blessed to hear reports of God's hand at work in Cuba the Congo and in India. God has a plan to pour out his Spirit on all flesh and his plans will not be frustrated.

This outpouring is evidenced in hungry mouths being filled, justice taking place in the streets, lives transformed, bodies healed, families restored - what a wonderful Holy Spirit He is!!

I felt so refreshed yesterday and have a fresh hunger to see the Holy Spirit break through in our meetings and gatherings together. Days are coming when you and I will move in dimensions and gifts we have not moved in before. There's going to be a greater manifestation of His glory among us and a fresh move of the Spirit. These are exciting days folks and the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea!!

Have a life transforming week and keep in step with the Spirit.

What do you see?

God is speaking to us lately about seeing what he wants to do. We read in Hebrews of Abraham who was looking for a city, we read in the Gospels of Jesus who looks up to heaven before performing miracles. We read in Jeremiah of a young prophet and God asks him what do you see?

Jesus rebukes the disciples for not seeing (Mark 8:17) and asks them 'are your hearts hardened'? What a question! We know that faith speaks but faith also sees and the challenge for us today is to be a people of vision - a people who look up and look forward. As Bill Johnson says 'a people who endure the unexplainable to obtain the unforgettable'!

Living Stones

Continuing with the theme of Church I was really encouraged last weekend to hear Dave Emmett speak on 'living stones' and the nature of the Church, whilst we were in Cardiff. We enjoyed a great wedding on the Saturday and had an opportunity to catch up with the 06/07 School of the word students.

Even better than that God spoke to us and the Holy Spirit continues to lay this theme on my heart. We are the Church, we are living stones, being built together in love. It strikes me that when the Bible refers to the Church as an inanimate object like 'stones' or 'temple' it is careful to add that we are the temple and that these stones are alive!

Images of the Church # 2

Jesus loves the Church. The Church is the Bride of Christ. Paul wrote to the Church in Ephesus that a man should love his wife as Christ loves the Church.

John the Apostle sees the Church descending from heaven prepared as a bride for her groom. Jesus loves the Church, its his Bride, his passion, his desire and his joy.

Ephesians 5:25 - 32
Revelation 21:2