I am sitting in a Spanish cafeteria mulling over an excellent cup of coffee.
Seeing that it is a public holiday in Gibraltar, but not in Spain, I have cruised into our neighbouring town of La Linea in order to conduct some personal business in relation to the sale of a small plot of land that [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Time out
29Aug07The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God - by John Eldredge.
“The whole life of the good Christian,” said Augustine, “is a holy longing.” Sadly, many of us have been led to feel that somehow we ought to want less, not more. We have this sense that we should atone for [...]
Despatch from the prayer room
25Aug07It is 5:00am as I write this. I am with a group of pastors that have joined together for an all-night prayer vigil at the local Methodist church in the run-up for our 40 days of regional 24/7 prayer in October. Promises are being released, communities are being blessed, and we are [...]
I managed to connect yesterday via Skype to Bethel Church in Redding, CA, for a Global Legacy conference call with Bill Johnson. In these monthly sessions, Bethel will usually have one of their leaders address the listeners via a conference call with several hundred participants. This month we had Bill Johnson address us [...]
Eyez Wide Open
20Aug07Photo by Speedy2
Had a planning session with a few other pastors today for an event that a Gibraltar student wants to organize next summer. This girl got saved in her university and she is definitely going for it!
She is organizing a fully-fledged evangelistic campaign for next summer, intending to bring over a [...]
SUNDAY WRAP-UP
19Aug07I love the presence of God. This morning was just another reminder that we have ravished His heart, and He is captivating ours every day. The worship set was awesome - a ministration carrying the life-giving breath of the great I AM.
Derek Hosken shared a line on the men that lowered the paralytic [...]
I stumbled upon this video of Paul Potts, a contestant in one of Great Britain’s talent TV shows. This video shows Paul, a shy and unassuming mobile phone salesman (think ragamuffin) that turns up at the contest and when asked what he was going to do he said, “to sing opera” - generating dismissive [...]
Time Magazine’s August, 9th 2007 edition carried the story (link) of Dr. Billy Graham as he copes with life after the passing of Ruth, his beloved wife of almost 64 years.
No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock,” Billy Graham observes, “and [...]
Seeing Jesus
15Aug07There is so much right about my friend Mark’s post (”Seeing Jesus” on MadeToPraiseHim) that I feel like just linking to his post. He shares about a conversation he recently had with a reiki healer about Christianity, and healing and the supernatural, and you can see the grace with which this individual was treated. [...]
Sunday wrap-up
13Aug07Sunday service was awesome! There was a great anointing on the worship, with the tangible presence of God in the hall. With summer in full swing here, we experience theusual summer dip in attendance with people being away on vacation, but the “thin on the ground” issue did not detract at all [...]
The following is a short video clip of my gramps, at age 90 in hospital after having had a THA hip revision. As you can see, the guy is in perfect health and recovering very nicely. Apparently it is unheard of for a patient of 90 to have a hip revision like [...]
Mid-year resolution
09Aug07Instead of writing about revival, I think I better go get myself one.
Creativity and the Kingdom
08Aug07Aaron is sitting on the sofa, , drawing.
Dad: “What are you drawing baby?”
Aaron: “I don’t know.”
Wow. Creativity for me is the means to an end (at the best of times). I choose to be creative in order to arrive at a finished product. A child is creative because for him, [...]
On unity
07Aug07I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to
jump off. I immediately ran over and said “Stop! Don’t do it!”
“Why shouldn’t I?” he said.
I said, “Well, there’s so much to live for!”
“Like what?”
“Well … are you religious or atheist?”
“Religious.”
“Me too! Are you Christian or Jewish?”
“Christian.”
“Me [...]
Comparing a church to a bar
03Aug07Rich Tatum has been brave enough to post an article on his blog comparing a church to a bar. Some heated comments have sprung up. It asks some serious questions - questions that are far reaching, probing and scary. Go check it out here.
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A Holy Spirit Workshop
02Aug07Tuesday evenings usually see us “Living Waters” folks alternating between our Harvestime School of Ministry teaching class one week, and a prayer meeting / worship session / Holy Spirit workshop the other week.
This Tuesday we had our “Holy Spirit workshop” - a “more Lord” type of gathering where we press-in for a greater measure of [...]
