Stay FRESH

Dear blog readers.
Thanks to those in my real world (i.e not virtual) that have encouraged me with reading this Blogg and saying how much you liked it!

As a church we are moving to the Blacke-next Sunday! This is a moment in history that should be treasured and honoured. I am so excited about how it will release freshness over our church, us as individuals and our city! We are called to be a blessing to invite and exhibit Jesus to our worlds.

From day to day sometimes we get weary and tired and have those days when we just don’t want to get out of bed or worse still we get out of bed on the wrong side! Ahhhhhhh! We all know what a bad hair day is like and some of us know what a bad hair month or bad hair year looks like! Sometimes we come to church out of duty not JOY, and this is ok for a season but not as a life style.

Our life style should be fresh, releasing the freshness of blessing in the form of Galatians 5 LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE etc. So I’ve been thinking and praying about how I can stay fresh in this new season when it’s so easy to become stuck in the task of doing rather than the joy of being! So below are a few thoughts on how we can release freshness over our worlds on a consistent basis that bring joy to us and to the heart of our God, the only God.

THE BIG MOVE

Amazing weekend in church, the worship team took it to a new level, with Yun seriously stepping up to lead worship through a truly inspired piano instrumental!

Quality!

Worship is a journey, as you first step into a relationship with God it’s a whole new world that at first you have no clue how to interact with, much like a new born baby who doesn’t know how to walk, talk or behave in its new environment. But as it is surrounded by new experiences and slowly introduced to new types of food and words the baby slowly begins to learn how to interact with all the newness.

When your spirit is awoken it takes a while to learn how to speak to God, to hear his voice and see all around in a new light. To experience God fully even as we are fully known.

In the same way an individual learns how to relate to God, so to, I believe a body of believers in one place at one time do a similar journey together learning to speak to God, shout out to him, sing to him and experience him in unified corporate setting.

This last year Liverpool congregation has moved into new realms of worship, singing out, shouting, whispering and experimenting with how to relate to God together. This has been a huge privilege to be a part of and I thank each one of you for stepping out with me.

Church is nothing to do with the ME and the mighty I but everything to do with you and the mighty US.

My prayer is as we move to the Black-e a whole new level of God experience is realised as we do the BIG MOVE together. Let’s make a BIG MOVE in our spirits and our worship for his glory.

what is eden on the inside

Eden on the inside is the concept that Jesus allows God to build Eden on the inside of each one of us.
Eden in the Bible was a place where Man and God walked together, a fully physical, fully spiritual place.

When we doubted God and decided to do the one thing he asked us not to the privilage of that unity was lost.

selfishness drove a wedge between us and God and God could no longer remain in a place that was not completely pure. Thus the spiritual nature of God left the physical nature of the earth creating a void.

When Jesus defeated death...he opened a new way for God spirit to once again be one with the physical through the heart of individuals. Thus God who is fully spiritual created a way to unite with the fully physical once again.

Saying YES to Jesus allows God to come and be with you all the time and begin the process of creating Eden on the inside.

Eden on the inside

I would like to start by saying thank you to Mark Kenny www.beingmrkenny.co.uk for inspiring me to Blog.

Being an external processor having a place to let my thoughts out is somewhat helpful  this will be a place to splatter the thoughts of my inquisitive mind.

I will be blogging my thinking thread as often as internet and coffee allow

I value any comments or input, if what I write is interesting or sparks something on the inside let me know and we can do the journey together...