PROPHETEIA

Speaking forth of the mind & Counsel of God

Proclamation of Divine message

Joel 2 V 12-14

Every cry for revival must include the prayer- “Lord begin in me”

God bursting in  

God purifying His Church with manifestations of His power, turning men & women from sin

An outpouring of the Holy Spirit changing the moral climate of a community

An invasion from heaven that brings conscious awareness of God

A community saturated with God

The Christian church going back to the God given norm.

Stepping in line with the spiritual life & law of God

The Trinity takes central stage and people run with it

The Church on its knees

Re-establishing  & renewing our covenant with God

Remembering our first love

Re-dedicating our whole lives to God for His will & way & pursing this with our whole being

Biblical

Two words.  So hard to say. “Sorry” and “Forgive” especially when it is the “I” having to say it.

When we feel others have manipulated,abused,cheated,robbed or mocked us, why should we forgive. Surely we have the moral right not to forgive.

The Christian gospel introduces the notion that because God has forgiven us ,  we should forgive others    –  however painful that forgiveness might feel.

Is it difficult to forgive because we don’t fully appreciate to what length  God went to be able to offer forgiveness  to us?  We might say, “after all  it is only “sin” .

But everything has a price. How costly is “sin” (our rebellion against God)?  What price did God  pay for the forgiveness of “sin”?

Thanks Cindy Feb 9th

Ezekiel 48:35 – the Lord who is present

Luke Chapter 10

²⁵ One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁶ Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?”

²⁷ The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”^[c]

²⁸ “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”

What’s a T-cup doing on a church website. It actually was used by a rugby coach to mean “think clearly under pressure”.

Its no bad idea in the Christian life.   Jesus – the author & finisher of our faith calls us to follow Him & sometimes that is not easy. Moses in the Old Testament was told to speak to a rock to enable the provision of water for those in the desert.

He struck it. That was not the instruction.Has God spoken to us, given us promises which at present seem dim & distant possibilities. The temptation is to try & help God along. God does not need our help – just our trust. Nobody dictates to God how He does things.

Be patient. Maybe the next thing we do in life is the most important thing we have done so far.

Thanks Alan 29th Dec 2013

¹¹ This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. ¹² We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous. ¹³ So don’t be surprised, dear brothers and sisters,^[c] if the world hates you.

¹⁴ If we love our Christian brothers and sisters,^[d] it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. ¹⁵ Anyone who hates another brother or sister^[e] is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.

¹⁶ We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. ¹⁷ If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister^[f] in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?

Thanks CB Nov 17th

Romans 8.

Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love

³¹ What shall we say about such wonderful things as these?   If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

³² Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? ³³ Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. ³⁴ Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honour at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

QUESTION?³⁵Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?

ANSWER ³⁸  I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love.

Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,^[] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—

The fact is :- if God is for us , he is not against us.

Psalm56

But when I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you.
⁴ I praise God for what he has promised.
I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?

Thanks AJ  Nov 10th