Recently I read David Garrison’s book on this. It showed me that many of our methods are what we have inherited rather than the Biblical model for growing churches. The focus of Church planting movements is on making disciples. Here are 4 key principles: 1.Make discipling people the main focus Jesus commanded us to make […]
I was at one of the events at Sao Paulo on Saturday 8 February. The SEND BRAZIL actually attracted 200,000 Christians in 4 stadiums including the Brazilian President who wept when he entered the arena because of the reception of love he received! The Send Brazil was focused on stirring believers to action, especially in missions. […]
God always wanted the church to be a revival base to spread the kingdom to many nations. This is exactly what happened when the Apostle Paul arrived at Thessalonica. He preached with: “power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction” (1 Thess 1:5) and started a revival which kept going when he left after […]
So how does this work? A Question of identity as a son/daughter As a believer we now have a heavenly Father. We are sons (or daughters), so as sons we always try to do what our father wants. So when the son is tempted to do something outside this, he looks through the lens of […]
I’m in Brazil at the moment, so I can give a perspective from Brazil and what God is doing here. But first how it all started. On 23 Feb 2019 there was the big stadium event in Orlando, USA, led by Lou Engle, called THE SEND. Its aim was to stir up a national evangelistic […]
Are you seeking God for greater anointing? But are you looking in the right place? I’m convinced that the key to greater anointing is not praying for more but growing in sonship. Let’s look at four examples of this: Elijah and greater anointing When Elisha pursued Elijah to attain his anointing on the day that […]
In Mk 5:1-20, Jesus arrives at a Gentile region for the first time. His strategies are very different from those used today to grow the Gospel. The first thing to note is that Jesus begins to work as soon as he lands in the new region by boat. He doesn’t waste any time. So what […]
2 Chron 7:14 defines how revival begins. It begins when the people of God understand their identity and the identity of God, that they have wronged Him and begin to humble themselves: “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked […]
“For I desire mercy (HESED), not sacrifice” (Hos 6:6) This is the famous conclusion to Hos 6 that Jesus quotes in Mt 9:13. But what is it? 1.It’s covenantal HESED in the Hebrew is translated many ways, kindness, mercy, love. But the closest is “faithful love” or “covenantal love” or “loyal love”. It is love […]
It means loving our Father in heaven and spending time just focusing on Him not to resolve anything but out of love. So why is this so important? 1.Because it’s what Jesus died for As God said to Abraham, “I am your very great reward” (Gen 15:1). This is what Jesus died for. That we […]