Here we are again ! Another one down and 2009 starting in just over 24 hours . Certainly wish and pray for a blessed and happy New Year for all our readers and friends. Change , as ever , is in the wind . Bec and Dave and the girls leave for Spain in 12 days . They will help us establish a g42 Leadership Training Center near Malaga in the South of Spain . We commence , deo volente , 2 March . I`m anticipating being there the majority of my time . If you know of people who are sold out but need and want further discipleship and mentoring , please get in touch . We plan and await God`s suddenlies and surprises ! And either way , we`re fine ! The World Race continues to grow quickly and a generation is stirring..
As always , we don`t know what the year will bring . Economically , politically and socially we have to say that our World is well and truly messed up . Systems are broken and bankrupt and people are very scared . I do believe that this is a great opportunity for the Kingdom of God on the planet , if we will rise up , demonstrate integrity , declare a viable alternative , remind each other of true values and walk humbly before our God . As nearly all foundations are shaken and many smashed , there is a palpable hunger for security and purpose . What`s it all about Alfie?
On the day that we remembered 20 years in USA (16 Dec), one of my daily readings
was : "Now , go lead the people to the place I spoke of.." ( Exodus 32:34) This was spoken to Moses by God in circumstances that can only be described as dire and abjectly disappointing amid open rebellion and idolatry . Point is , advancing and moving on is absolutely necessary and not an option , despite what your eyes are seeing and you heart may be feeling .
On my birthday (19 Dec) my reading was : 'Increase & possess the land..." ( Deut 8:1) No mention of circumstances , resources , obstacles or feelings . What was the catch ?? Only this : remember that God is God , and obey what He says . Simple , right ?
I have my marching orders for 2009 . Lead what I have been given by the Lord to lead ; and move into greater inheritance and harvest , as we increase and possess.
For you Dear Friend : do not let any circumstance dictate the course of your decisions and actions this year , find your courage and move forward . I mean , if you can`t do anything else , at least fall forward ! Don`t sit and die !
And as you trust God and obey Him , move from surviving to thriving . Do what He`s asked you to do . Your giants are bread for you...
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" There probably is no God....." A Christmas reflection..
I was in UK a couple of weeks ago and saw a news item concerning an advertising campaign by , I think , an atheist or agnostic group . I only saw it in the distance and did not hear the commentary . But this is what the advert said emblazoned on the side of one of London`s famous red double deck buses :
"There probably is no God , so stop worrying and enjoy yourself."
Before I go any further , just think about your reaction as you read that !
I had two immediate reactions : Firstly , let`s turn it around and say : "There probably is a God , so stop worrying and enjoy yourself ." Secondly : Why is it that people who say they don`t believe as well as the average non church goer , have the impression that God is bound to make you worry and wants to stop you enjoying yourself ?? That`s where the rub comes , doesn`t it ? So much of 'The Church ' gives a pretty distorted view of The Father , The Son and The Comforter Spirit . Somebody gave them that impression .
Too often we hear angry dismissal , intolerant judgments , and threats of retribution when you don`t score enough brownie points . No loving hands or words of forgiveness . Or else we have a church that doesn`t know what it believes and wonders,say, how relevant the Bible is . No conviction , no mountains worth dying on , nothing much to follow , so eat drink and be merry .
So here`s what the Good Old Bible says about the season we call Christmas : " Hey!
I`m here with great news , the best news , really good news for you . Today , a Savior has arrived who will show you the way , forgive your sins and give you the best possible life . His Name is Christ the Lord! Follow Him to the Far Country with all your heart !" ( My paraphrase edition.) " For God didn`t send His Son into the world to condemn the world , but to save the world through Him." "For God so loved the world.."
As Christ followers , let`s reflect that to a confused and empty , but searching world . People need the Lord . They need us to be God with skin on .
There probably is a God.....
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20 Years....
For those of you who are regular readers , my apologies for the long gap since the last post . Life has been v hectic the last 3 weeks and I have also often been away from good on-line connections . Should do a lot better now , at least for a few weeks . I`m home for the holidays and looking forward to catching up and maybe a bit of routine !
Tuesday , just past , 16 Dec was the completion of twenty years for Mo and me and the family living in the USA. Tomorrow is my birthday . It has something to do with the old rock and roll song : 'will you still need me , will you feed me , when I`m ...?!!' Well , will you .......? No worries !
I mention it , because of the Word of the Lord that came to us as we were leaving UK which was about a period of twenty years . To do with the life of Jacob , but prophetically put into the context of our lives . The word was confirmed to us after 14 years , and word for word by 2 different Men of God 6000 miles apart . My Dad was also kept alive to see this day , again part of the promise , and he is 92 (!) . I am encouraged ,therefore , yet again , to believe that God does not lie and that every Word He speaks to us , we can stake our life on it.
NO better way to live than staking our lives on the Word God speaks to us. If you`re doing it , you know ! To do with 'The Far Country ' and its strong allurement to our souls . Some , of you , are carrying an 'old' Word - been a long time , maybe thinking about letting it go . Don`t ! You will reap , if you do not faint . NO word that the Lord speaks will ever fall to the ground . HE is watching over it ... and you !
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ONE LINERS (PART 2)
Continuing from the last blog... more words of wisdom:
"The more like Christ I am the more like ________ I am."
"The devil has no weapons. The devil only has words, arguments and pretentions."
"Are we really going to get the resources to build the house, or are we going to stay in Egypt making bricks?"
"You will either die, or be killed. Choose to die."
"Hollywood's lie is to make you think you could have a life of adventure without risk."
"It takes rocket fuel to go against gravity. You can live a long time on diesel, coasting through life or you can really LIVE."
"You only learn when you don't know."
"If you're always going to think through the same knowledge pattern, you'll never learn anything new."
"If you're dead you can't be killed."
"You have to be dead to be free, you have to be free to choose to be a slave."
"Fear causes men's hearts to fail them."
"Commit your whole life to the journey. Walk off the map into uncertainty."
"Your better off a sinner being made righteous then remaining innocent."
"There is no Plan B.-- We are the best plan God ever had."
"Don't compromise when God has spoken to you."
"Well....to hell with the devil !"
"Three cheers for Jesus Christ... hip hip...."
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ONE LINERS (PART 1)
Just finished an amazing Thanksgiving with family and friends and I am jetting off to Milton Keynes, England today. But I ran across these "one-liners" that Tara Bruce collected from me over the past months and days. Tara and Josh Bruce are two of this fantastic generation that we've been discovering and building over the past year during The World Race . They're also going to be attending an upcoming term at the G42 Leadership Academy in Mijas, Spain.
Here's the first half of the quotes:
"Deliverance comes in going forward. You just have to flat out decide. If you have a bad attitude change it. If you need to love someone just love them."
"If you have already got to "thank you" don't go back to please."
"You have been as holy and loving today as you decided to be"
"Shutup, get up and go!"
"You need a red hot heart, an ice cold brain, fire in your belly and steel in your backbone."
"Take responsibility for the impression you give. Take responsibility for the impression they take."
"Put Christ on. Choose until it becomes a habit and you become who you ARE! A lifetime of good habits will keep you alive."
"Rise up man/woman of God!"
"There is a man/woman sent by God and his/her name is _______"
"My name is ________ and I am God's voice on planet earth and I have something to say and I am going to say it."
"God's word in your mouth is the same as God's word in his mouth so speak it out."
"You have chain breaking, mountain moving, prison door opening, deliverance bringing, death to life words in your mouth."
"You have the power of life and death on your tongue. Speak Life."
"If you are not under authority you have no authority."
"We win this thing!"
"Don't worry about doing. BE. It is all about being. If you are living as you were created, God with skin on, your life would be brilliant."
"Be done with yourself!"
"You need to get to the place where you don't want to go anywhere else then with God."
"Gotta work it. No more easy pickings. Move the obstacles out of the way. Kill some giants and be self sufficient in Christ."
"You were created to turn chaos into Eden."
"This is not whistling Dixie."
"You deserve what you tolerate. Do something about it."
"You can't sin enough to make God stop loving you."
"The number one reason you are on planet earth is to BE LOVED by God."
"Some of you have been so busy chasing God that you forgot that God is chasing you."
"This is about the house. Whose is the house?"
"Heaven is not the destination. You've already got heaven, the eternal DNA of God living inside of you. You are a daughter/son of the living God. The destination is the King of the Kingdom of the living God."
"I am the keeper of God's dream."
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