A couple of weeks ago, my husband was telling me that heard from others about a gathering of people that has emerged around the world, calling themselves the Sunday Assemblies. Basically, it's a church without God. Wow. It made me start to think about the difference God's presence makes. I believe God’s presence is visible, tangible, recognisable and powerful.
Questions. We all have them. We all ask them. But do we take time to ask the right questions? Do we enter into conversation with Father, Son and Holy Spirit and ask them what they are doing - what do they want to reveal to us?
Recently I have been thinking about the story in Acts 9:1-19.... Saul's experience on his trip to Damascus. Grab your Bible and have a read. Many of you know the story already but read it again..... Saul was a man who was out to get the Jesus-followers.... those ones who had encountered Jesus and were saying he was the Messiah, God's son. His purpose was determined and clear ... Lock them up, shut them up, get rid of them. Then Jesus met with Him in the most incredible way. This is what Jesus does... It's who He is. He loves people to encounter Him and His love. So as His followers / disciples He calls us to walk out life as He did while He was on earth..... Loving people, listening to the voice of our Father. When I re-read this story, there were a couple of things that really jumped out at me.... A couple of things that…
This week I was reminded again that generally, as humans, we don't know what we don't know. We all learn as we go on this journey of life. I had an experience this week that showed me that my way of doing things isn't always the best way and often we need someone to teach us or show us the way.
Yesterday's Gathering went a little bit differently to how I had imagined. I had my message prepared and was all ready to go with it, but I really felt God told me to put it aside ... to get rid of my agenda, as He had something else that He wanted to share with us. Part of our journey is learning to hear His voice and be willing to do "other" than what we want or think. Let me unpack it a little bit more for you about what I felt He was saying: God is wanting to increase the fire in us (the power, the heat, the brightness) to be contagious to those around us with the full Gospel of Jesus Christ. He wants a people that burn with a passion for Him and for His name, and burn brightly to make an impact for Him in the world we are in. Luke 3:16 says this, "John answered them…
God's promises are, and continue to be, amazing // He is amazing // The Bible is full of God's promises for every single person - there are no exceptions.