Bible References:
2 Corinthians 10:3-4
1 Corinthians 13: 13-18
2 Corinthians 4:18
Colossians 1:14-16
Ephesians 6:12
Hebrews 11
1 John 4:1-6
2 Kings 6:8-23
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Optional Exercise:
- Begin by just speaking out praise for God and thanking Him - thank him for this gift, and ask for him to awaken it in you now (read through any of the passages above in this moment too)!
- Then fall into a restful, watchful, expectant silence in the presence of the Lord.
- Now ask God to show you the spiritual reality of the home, room or space that you're currently in right now.
- See if anything shows itself, either good or bad. Remember that seeing with your spiritual eyes is a different discipline to looking through your normal eyes... your eyes are engaged and inline with your spirit and mind, so often you may 'know' something is there even though your natural eyes don't see it (if that makes sense!)
- Depending on what you see, as God what you need to do in light of what you've seen, or what it means. You could even ask why it's there, or how it got there in the first place.
- Share your experience with someone.
Remember, if you do happen to see something bad (ie, not from the Lord) don't be alarmed, even if it's in your house. This happens; it happens relatively often to us in our household & it's a sign that you just need to pray protective covering over the spiritual atmosphere in your house, claim your space again, command anything not of God to leave and welcome in the fiery, holy, protective presence of the Holy Spirit into all your rooms (to be honest, this is good to do regularly anyway).
Season 2, Episode 2.
The second episode, looking at the gift of tongues and the interpretation of tongues - taken from training zoom calls back in lockdown 3.0 in Glasgow (Jan 2021).
Key Bible Verses:
- 1 Corinthians 14: 1-33
Season 2, Episode 1.
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit #1 Prophecy.
The first episode, looking at the gift of prophecy - taken from training zoom calls back in lockdown 3.0 in Glasgow (Jan 2021).
Key Bible Verses:
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
1 Corinthians 2:10-12
Psalm 51:16-17
1 Corinthians 14:1-2
1 John 4:13-17
To kick off our journey into storytelling, Charlotte speaks to us about listening well first, as a foundation to mission and opening the door to us authentically sharing our stories of Jesus with others.
Scriptures Looked at (read in The Voice Translation):
- James 1:19
- 1 Samuel 3:1-10
- James 1:17
Reflection Questions on rest:
1. What is stopping me from resting more fully in You?
2. What 1 thing can I practically change to align more to rest in You, Jesus?
Link to Picture in reflection exercise - t.ly/RaQYz
Bible Passages Looked at:
James 1:5-8
“Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him. 6 But let them ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 An indecisive person is unstable in all their ways.”
Isaiah 51:1-4a
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord:Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain.When I called him, he was only one; I blessed him and made him many.For the Lord will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places,and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord.Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for instruction will come from Me, and My justice for a light to the nations.”
Colossians 4:3-6
“Pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the message, to speak the mystery of the Messiah, for which I am in prison, 4 so that I may reveal it as I am required to speak. 5 Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. 6 Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.
“We love because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19)
Freely you have received; freely give.” (Matthew 10:7-8)
“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them… There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.” (1 John 4:16-18).
Quote from Watchman Nee "Sit, Walk, Stand":
“God made Jesus to sit and made us to sit with him.” Let us first consider the implications of this word “sit.” As we have said, it reveals the secret of a heavenly life. Christianity does not begin with walking; it begins with sitting. The Christian era began with Christ, of whom we are told that, when he had made purification of sins, he “sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high” (Hebrews 1:3). With equal truth we can say that the individual Christian life begins with a person “in Christ.” That is to say, when by faith we see ourselves seated together with him in the heavens. Most Christians make the mistake of trying to walk in order to be able to sit, but that is a reversal of the true order. Our natural reason says, If we do not walk, how can we ever reach the goal? What can we attain without effort? How can we ever get anywhere if we do not move? But Christianity is an upside-down business! If at the outset we try to do anything, we get nothing; if we seek to attain something, we miss everything. For Christianity begins not with a big DO, but with a big DONE. Thus Ephesians opens with the statement that God has “blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (1:3) and we are invited at the very outset to sit down and enjoy what God has done for us; not to set out to try and attain it for ourselves.”
Link to buy book - https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/sit-walk-stand-9780875089737/
In this episode, which is also part 2 of their conversation together, Adam is again joined by his good friend Darren Rusco as they speak together about what it means to live in expectation of hearing God's voice for ourselves.
Look out for Darren's book, Some Called it Thunder, which will be available later this year!
(Matthew 13:1-23 - The Parable of the Sower)
In this episode Adam welcomes one of his close friends, and partners in ministry, Darren Rusco to this episode. Together they take us on a journey down the many rabbit-holes of what it means to operate as a prophetic person, and how someone who's prophetically wired fits into the small, missional and decentralised form of networked church that we are living into.
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Bible verses quoted and explored in this episode:
Genesis 26:12-22 - Jacob's well named 'Open Spaces.'
Acts 11:27-30 - Agabus and his prophetic word about famine.
Ephesians 4:7-14 - The 5-Fold wirings of Jesus (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, Teacher)
1 Corinthians 14:1-5 - Everyone should desire to prophesy
Acts 15:22-35 - The apostles who were also prophets
In this episode, post Christmas, Adam & Ruth discuss the opportunity (or pressure) that January presents to us.
A fresh start, new years' resolutions, self-improvement - positive or guilt-inducing?
Perfectionism, ambition, excellence and what these mean for us as followers of Jesus - Adam & Ruth discuss together how we can approach life as Jesus followers in this new year.
Bible passages we look at in this episode:
- 1 Corinthians 13
- Psalm 116: 1-13
- 1 John 3:16-24, 4:7-19
The book quoted from: Jesus, My Father, The CIA and Me: A Memoir.... Of Sorts, by Ian Morgan Cron
The Fruits of the Spirit as defined by Love (Galatians 5:22-23):
Joy = Love rejoicing
Peace = Love at rest
Patience = Love waiting
Kindness = Love interacting
Goodness = Love initiating
Faithfulness = Love keeping its word
Gentleness = Love empathising
Self Control = Love resisting temptation
Key verses from today:
- Isaiah 9: 2-4
- Luke 2:1-20
- Zephaniah 3: 14-17
- John 15:9-17
The relationship between gratitude and anxiety in the brain - HERE.
The Neuroscience of Gratitude - HERE.
John Piper - The Dawning of Indestructible Joy (Daily Advent Readings):
“Jesus said, “I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:11). His joy was the very joy of God. He promises to put that in us. That is what the Holy Spirit does. He pours out the love of God in our hearts (Rom. 5:5), and with it the joy of God in God. “The Preface 9 fruit of the Spirit is love, joy . . .” (Gal. 5:22). This is “great joy.” And it cannot be taken away. It is indestructible. Ah, but it can go to sleep. That’s why Peter says, “I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder” (2 Pet. 1:13). Yes. It is very right. Because, oh, how wrong, how sad, when we stand before great wonders and feel nothing. It is right, therefore, that he write and I write to awaken and stir up our affections for the greatest wonder of all: the arrival and the work and the person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in this world. May the Spirit of God use these words to open your eyes afresh to the glories of Christ and give you a new taste of your indestructible joy”
Download The Dawning of Indestructible Joy book HERE.
Adam takes us on a journey through Luke 10 as we look at how important peace is to the mission and people Jesus invites us into.
Passages:
Luke 10:1-9
Isaiah 9:7-8
Psalm 29
John 14:25-27
In this episode Adam takes us on a journey of Hope, and how our hope is anchored in Immanuel - God WITH us.
Bible Passages looked at:
1 Peter 2:9-10
Psalm 130
Isaiah 9
John 1
In this episode we get to hear from David about his own journey of meeting Jesus, and how his pal Matthew had an instrumental part to play in his story.
In this episode you'll hear from Matthew Macindoe, one of our Microchurch Leaders here in Glasgow, as he shares some of his own story of what the Lord has been doing in and through him recently.
in this second episode Adam and Charlotte discuss how, in a performance oriented culture, followers of Jesus can find rest in Him in the midst of daily life, using Jesus's words as inspiration.
"Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
~Matthew 11:28-30
In this, our first episode, Adam & Andy are delighted to host Dr Bill Randall as we pick up on a conversation on the 5 components of movement. Ft Bill's teaching from Acts 19.
The 5 components of a gospel movement are:
Activating Prayer,
Engaging Culture,
Making Disciples,
Growing Leaders,
Forming Churches.
To find out more about this paradigm, visit https://novo.org/resources