24-1 Prayer room

I've been blessed recently by a gr8 lass in our congregation who opened her spare room for a whole 24 hours of prayer, it was amazing. I finished work at 2 in the morning and popped down for an hour of prayer... i shared this with our music group last night... its now like i never want to leave... i yearn for that time with God... I'm on fire when I'm near him.. I just want to climb onto his lap and sit with him. in human terms its like sitting watching the football with a mate and a beer. Now I'm not saying this in a heretical way I'm not saying that I've become overly comfortable with God that i forget who he is but that its something i now love to do... I realise he will challenge and push things that in the natural may hurt but he does this so that we can see ourselves thru his eyes. That we may see ourselves as righteous... remember the compliments people give you, forget the insults.... as we spend time with God and we become comfortable in his presence we will learn more of his voice, more of what he wants us to be. I think its important to remember that thru Gods eyes we are as Jesus, thru our eyes we are not there yet, we need to stop picking out the one bad point out of 10 good things and focus on getting right with God, it needs to change but stop pulling yourself down with it... God Love You just as you are and he will meet you right there...
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Love

I Recently got an email off my sister reminding me about the good times... the road trips in the old Nissan Cherry or the Austin Metro that was older than I was... I realised that we've lost touch we've parted and no longer know where each other is, in life, in health, in faith, in general... It pushed me to try harder not just with her but with other people too... my parents.. my brother and sister.. long lost friends... facebook is a wonderful thing but it only helps if you use it constantly... I've missed out in a lot over the years, I notice this on photos I feel that I've missed out on peoples lives... people I love people who have played an important part in my life... basically I'm putting out a public apology for being rubbish at staying in touch with old friends... I do love you all dearly and long for you to be a part of my life, and although I may not stay in touch I do think about you all very often and miss you all Dearly... so if you have a few minutes say hi to someone you've not seen for a while... drop a phone call... meet up with them... Love them..

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The Awe Factor of God

Hey guys... writing to you on my birthday about the Awe factor of God, a guy called Francis Chan has a little clip on his website so this is actually his clip not mine. in Hebrews 12 verse 28 the writer writes this

"Therefore, we must be thankful that we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Because we are thankful, we must serve God with fear and awe in a way that pleases him."

I can't begin to understand how amazing God, the creator of all we are, all we will be, all we see, all we touch and experience and everything elses, still takes the time to know us, you, me, your brother, sister, mum and dad personally... longs to have a friendship with us. WOW the same god that put the stars in the sky loves me. All I have left is to Worship in awe, in wide open wonder, amazed, and as I worship I get one step closer to true worship, worship in spirit and in truth.

God Bless and take care.

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Dead Before We See the Light...

How many people do you know live in darkness? I don't just mean spiritual darkness but natural darkness. How many people do you know live in a total absence of Light? I would guess that you know very few, if any, the problem is that things cant grow properly without light. Now from a Churchy point of view God has called his people to be light. Matthew 5 vs 14

"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill."

Before we get to that point we need to have seen the light, we need to have been in that point where God can show us his amazing light, I don't want to be dead before I see that light, its a challenge we all must face, to deny God is to deny the light to shine. to accept and Love God is to lay down our lives for His kingdom for His light to shine through us.

Walking Under The Stars

This time of year is perfect for long walks under the midnight sky... its clear enough that you can see every star.  At the start of 2009 i'm gonna take aday this week and go for a walk, i'd ask that you join me in marvelling upon this amazing creation, each star has been placed in its unique position, millions upon millions of stars light up the sky every night all individually created. The down side is that the majority of stars we see are so far off they are dead by the time we see the light.

Hmmm dead before we see the light... thats one for another day