So many things have happened since I got back to the UK. In some ways it good that didn't have a job to go back to as I've been involved in so much ministry stuff that I haven't had time to work!!!
I got back to Gatwick at 10am Monday morning (the 19th of May) and finally back home at around 1. After sleeping for a couple of hours (next time I'm gonna fly first class ... its got to be more comfortable!) I went to a meeting at the church (Kingsland Lexden). Over the last few years we have been running a ministry school and this year we have about ten students. As part of the course we've run three day "Intensives" where we teach, worship and generally try to push deeper into God. The Monday evening was amazing, God was doing so much stuff in our midst.
Having just returned from the States, I was asked to share about what had happened while I was away and about the Lakeland meetings. After this ... pray! "Pray for everyone" they said! Ok! It was amazing to watch as God met powerfully with people ... there were bodies everywhere!
These meetings went through Tuesday (we started at 10 and I think I got out of the building around 4:30 in the afternoon). Tuesday night was spent in Clacton with an Elim Pastor and his church doing much the same thing (he had just returned from Lakeland as well) and then more of the same on Wednesday.
I think I managed to get Thursday free, and then Friday went over to Tiptree for the Alpha course we had been running.
This was such an amazing time. We ended up scrapping the alpha talk and started to pray for everyone. It was amazing ... again ... to see how powerfully God was meeting people ... and bear in mind that this is Alpha, a place to explore Christianity, not a full blown church meeting. People who said "I don't fall over" ended up on the floor laughing, people who were a little nervous of God would do found that they got very shaky couldn't stand up! We also had Mark Suttcliffe with us that night (a great friend, intercessor, teacher ... all sorts of things). We prayed for him and he started running on the spot! It was hilarious!
I want to make something very clear at this point (and will try to blog some more thoughts about what God is doing later) ... When I pray for people to receive more of the Spirit and to release anointing I love to see these kinds of manifestations; it encourages me, especially when God does something unexpected. But it is not the manifestations that are important. Its all about fruit! I have said this so often ... are you more in love with Jesus today than yesterday? do you want to go deeper into the Word of God? Do you have a greater desire for an adventure in prayer? Are you allowing God to change your life, circumstances, motivations and reactions? It is these things that are important (... but I still love the manifestations!)
Well, more later I think!
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