Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 The Scriptures promise a golden era of human history; an era when the kingdom comes to earth and all men will live in peace and justice. Despite the marring of sin, man (gender neutral), as God's image bearer, has longed for this era from time immemorial. This was captured poignantly in our time … [Read more...]
The Unheard Sound
... again there shall be heard in this place … the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ... Jeremiah 33: 10, 11 God is restoring the voice of the bride in this generation. The voice of praise and worship—the voice of a passionate and pure love is being heard again across the nations. But as thrilling as this is it's important to understand that in God's biology … [Read more...]
Travailing in Birth: Christ in You
My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you Galatians 4:19 Christ being formed within us is the sine qua non of Christianity. It is the true apostolic burden and the essential ingredient of the spiritual life. Without it we are reduced to either merely a religious or rationalistic code—to "a form of godliness" (2 Tim 3:5). … [Read more...]
An Open Heaven
You shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man John 1:50, 51 At particular turning points of history a window opens and heaven is poured out. God localises his presence over the life of an individual, a church, a city, or nation in outpoured blessing and power, in what we often call revival. They are special moments of time when … [Read more...]