Just as you begin to think you have an understanding of God’s lavish and extravagant grace, you make a fresh discovery and are left stunned in wonder and amazement. It happens more and more with the passage of time. The more you understand, the more you wonder if you have even begun to grasp the basics about grace.… Read More »
Tullian Tchividjian, grandson of Billy Graham, inspires me with some of his teachings, particularly when he makes the unequivocal statement that ‘Jesus+nothing=Everything’ something inside of me erupts with truth-affirming joy. Apostles, Prophets and evangelists have to realise that as they set out their conferences and seminars, that those events are not a means to an end of establishing… Read More »
Here is a well known story that is loaded with meaning and lessons… “And when they (the sons of the prophets) came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But as one was felling a log, his axe head fell into the water, and he cried out, “Alas, my master! It was borrowed”. Then the man of God said,… Read More »
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42) The early church was close enough both to Jewish tradition and custom and also to the experiences of the apostles to know that high on the list of importance in devotional matters, was prayer. Obviously there was… Read More »
Prophetic ministry is known for its ability to hear what God is saying, but almost all the prophetic people I know would agree that you can’t always guarantee that you will hear God, or that you will hear him accurately. Sometimes God is simply not saying anything! Sometimes it is a matter of ‘hear what He is saying,… Read More »
There is a reason why the pure in heart see God (Matthew 6) and probably, it’s not what you expect. In the great quest for intimacy that all mankind are encouraged to pursue there is something admirable for us to pursue, but it is set against much of what people, even leaders say, think or imagine. It actually… Read More »