13th May

THE LOVE SHACK

"A new commandment I give to you that you love one another as I have loved you so you must love one another." John 13:34.

Jesus always intended His Church to be filled with His love. Of all the places in the world God's Church should have the greatest amount of love, by far!

As was preached last Sunday Noah's arc was a prophetic picture of the New Testament Church. All those animals on the boat with Noah managed to live in peace and harmony, despite their natural and obvious differences. It was a miracle!

So it is in the Church, as we ignore our natural tendencies, prejudices, likes and dislikes and decide to love one another unconditionally our lives and Church become supernatural….... because God is love and as we walk in love we walk in God!

Let's decide to always be people who love one another with pure hearts and fulfil God's dream of a Church that burns with His love and becomes magnificent, glorious and famous in the Earth!

7 May

Lift up your eyes!

It was so good to see people respond to the call of salvation at Church last weekend. It was actually the response to the Gospel in the history of our Church.

Jesus said “Lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already ripe for harvest!” (John 4:35)

This comes from when Jesus and the disciples were on a journey and stop at a well outside the city of Samaria and the disciples go to buy lunch. While they are gone a random woman comes along and Jesus leads her to faith in God. She is so excited she goes into the city telling people about Jesus and starts to bring thousands of people to see Him.

But before the crowds arrive the disciples return and try to get the Lord to eat. They are only focused on their normal responsibilities of life (which isn’t bad) but Jesus is in another zone, he senses many people are about to be saved. He refuses to eat and tells them to lift up their eyes and see the harvest! They probably thought He was mad because they were in the middle of nowhere and no-one is around.

· The disciples saw the stop as nothing more than a time to eat & rest for the next part of their journey in life. They were busy!

· Jesus saw the stop as an opportunity to reap a harvest of souls – and that’s exactly what He did! Because shortly after He mentioned the harvest thousands of people came seeking Him, and many were saved!!

Let's always seek to view our daily lives through our eyes of faith...as we do this we can see a harvest of should coming to Jesus even in the hustle and bustle of our busy lives.

Lift

Have a great week.

Andrew & Shara

29 April

A HEART FOR SOULS

We see the heart of Jesus towards people all through the four Gospel accounts of His life. When He saw great crowds of people His heart yearned for them:

“But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, the harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few…” (Matthew 9:36-37)

Another time as He approached the city of Jerusalem His heart was moved deeply:

“Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it.” (John 19:41)

Jesus lived, died and rose again so He could connect with unsaved people and see them welcomed into His family and Kingdom. His heart still yearns for people to come into relationship with Himself and as Christians we have the incredible responsibility of introducing people to Him.

TL Osborn said that "soul winning is the heart beat of God."

Let's flow with His heart and keep believing and working for greater harvest in our city and Church...this weekend is a great opportunity to do it too!

Have a great weekend!

Andrew & Shara