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Love God and Love one another

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A little while ago I had a precious time with my cousin Brian Silos and we had many inspiring, challenging and thought provoking conversations.  He asked me this question: Why do you want to do evangelism? I said I simply want to tell people about Him as I love Jesus and I want people to know there's a God who loves them and has a plan for their lives. He then challenged and provoked me about something that's close to his heart and has become something close to my heart which is this; there's so many churches in our town who are out on the streets, preaching the Gospel, but in the meantime they are not living in unity, love and care with fellow church members or even with other churches and always pointing the fingers at each other for things that have happened!  People who don't go to church will look at us and say; yeah right, you say you are a disciple of Jesus, but you are speaking badly about your fellow brothers and sisters or you are not even showing love, care

You are asking for problems with this church council by Christian Tan

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Perhaps a boring topic for some: church government. But if you don't organize things Biblically here, you're asking for trouble. And problems in the church often mean problems with eternal consequences. People losing their faith. Unbelievers who are not reached. Heaven and hell, life and death. That makes everything a little less boring. Text: Christian Tan A common mistake is that the highest authority is not given to those who are really the spiritual leaders. Instead, there is a board, a church council, a supervisory board, or a democratic meeting that determines everything. This can still go well by God's grace, but this is despite and not because of how we have arranged the government.  In the Bible we see that there are three layers of leadership in the church: (1) apostles, (2) elders, and (3) deacons. The apostles are pioneers who plant churches, recruit leaders, watch over Biblical teaching, and help the church remember the big picture of God's mission. Their

What does real revival look like?

  "What does real revival look like?" This is a question many people would ask themselves. This is what I have been seeking the Lord about since I heard about the Asbury outpouring. First of all, I believe what has been happening at the Asbury outpouring is a genuine move of God and I would have loved to go and visit to see for myself what the Lord is doing in Kentucky. I am seeing news popping up of similar moves of the Spirit of God at various other universities and in other nations which is awesome! I am so excited for what is happening in this NOW season. One of the main things that hit me was seeing part of the video of the student who shared his vulnerability and flaws in his sermon. This was the beginning of the Asbury Outpouring. Students coming in to repent, ask forgiveness and turn from their wicked ways is what I was seeing. This was an outpouring of the love of the Father for his kids and His children coming back to Him in all humility and humbleness.  When I look

God at work in the UK

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People often say that miracles, signs, wonders, healings etc were for the days of the apostles and now the apostles of the bible are not with us, that those don't exist anymore. We have a lot of conservative reformed theology which says we don't live in those times anymore and we only follow the written word of God which is true. I believe in the written word of God, but it doesn't stop there. The word of God is like a two edged sword cutting through bone and marrow. The word has power to save, power to heal, power to deliver and set free. There are still countless testimonies of healings, miracles, salvations by the dozen and many encountering the presence of God. In this article I would love to share the wonderful things the Lord has done over the last 7 weeks my wife Angela and I have been travelling the UK with the purpose of preaching the Gospel, ministering to the broken-hearted, working alongside local churches and to connect people and ministries together to advance

Prophetic vision: Army of the youth

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Soul Survivor Holland Vision - Army of the young About 17 years ago at Soul Survivor Festival in my home country of The Netherlands I had this vision. I remember this vivid vision as if it was yesterday that I received it. During an intense time of worship, I was laid on the floor out in the Spirit. I think I was out for like an hour on the floor.  This is the vision I received: "I saw in a vision a huge group of young people with trumpets and flags in the hand, marching through these streets proclaiming the name of Jesus. I saw the streets turning red hot with the fire of God and as these young people were marching through, people spontaneously started to manifest demons and got set free and delivered, getting saved as well." I have been walking around with this vision for the last 17 years and wondering what it would mean and if it would ever come into reality. I have been asking myself, but most of all God what He wanted to say with this. I am going to explain to the best

The world is not a waiting room - By Angela Van Dinter

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I have to admit, I never thought that I would live through times like this. Where I would not be able to leave my house for months on end or where I would feel like simply going into a supermarket would put my life in danger. Of course there are many more uncertainties the last year has brought. This is not just the lockdown. I have always been a law abiding citizen and would never dream of breaking the law. Where as now there are times when even walking out of my door is illegal.  Furthermore, I have always thought that I live in a free country where our opinions were both valid and respected, no matter whether they were the status quo or not. I thought that we were all welcome to post whatever we wanted on Facebook. However in the last year I have seen Facebook and other social medias censoring people's opinions when they have not matched up to the status quo. People who have been outspoken about such things as the vaccine and those using words like plandemic have been literally

moving forward and restoration of house church movement

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These are the words I received from the Lord for 2021: "I believe 2021 is going to be the rise of the house church movement once again. I believe strongly that God will move strongly through the smaller gatherings in the upcoming year 2021. It's time for the homes to be set on fire for Jesus. I've been seeing all little flames lit up in people's homes. I believe that the mistakes that have been made in the past will not happen again, because the spirit of God is all over it and people will rise up to the call of starting apostolic and prophetic communities in their homes with a strong emphasis on the presence, glory and intimate relationship with Jesus. Communities with no double agenda, no hidden agenda, but fully committed to their Maker, Jesus Christ. God is on the move, but in a different way we expect. Be ready for a shift and also be ready for Him to do things differently from what we would think He would do. Revival starts from the inside out and starts with you