Planted by Water

I’m sorry that I didn’t get to the blog yesterday but I had trouble with my computer - don’t you just love them!

Added to the exciting prophetic word of a church of a thousand, there was a word for our youth in the church this weekend saying that there was a special season of grace and anointing upon them and that they can double in number in the next twelve months.

My wife, Alison (see …

I came across this great quotation today; a comment by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Matthew 11:28-30

Only the person who folllows the command of Jesus without reserve and submits unresistingly to his yoke, finds his burden easy, and under its gentle pressure receives the power to persevere in the right way. The command of Jesus is hard, ununtterably hard, for those who try to resist it. But for those who willingly submit, the yoke is easy and the burden …

It’s good to be back to blogging after a week away. I had a few days retreat in a beautiful area just outside Huddersfield, where I was able to do some writing. I then went on with my wife, Alison, to the Ministries Without Borders International Leaders’ Conference down in Cardiff, with leaders from the churches related to Keri Jones. It was a terrific time with, for me, the highlight of the conference being a session where Keri shared his ‘Dream’ of the kind of church he sees. It was …

I go off today for a quiet retreat for reading, writing and prayer. Later on in the week I go off for the annual leaders conference at Cardiff - for leaders of the related churches that work with Keri Jones and the other apostolic and prophetic ministries. I won’t have access to the internet for most of the time, so there won’t be many posts this week. I hope to be back in full flight next week!

I’ve been to a meeting today to hear about the proposed new law on Religious Hatred, listening to my local MP, and to a barrister form the Lawyers Christian Fellowship. I am not sure what I think about this bill, but most others there seemed to be ‘Christians’ who were dead set against it because they thought it would be used - or abused - to stop us from preaching the gospel or stating we believe that Jesus is the only way to God, or being critical of other religions.

Now, …

Here’s the second of my reviews on books recently read.

Richard Foster, Money, Sex and Power

I have intended reading this book for quite some time as I recognise that it is about the three main idols that have always affected humanity - the diabolical distortions of money, sex and power (the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life). They’ve been around since Eve …