What a weekend with Dennis Goldsworthy. Both Saturday night and Sunday morning were amazing. I have no doubt that several people had very real and life changing encounters with God. I will not mention names, but on Saturday night several people testified that as they step up to the front they felt as if they were stepping into something tangible. There was dancing, laughter and weeping as people experienced and responded to the presence of God. Sunday morning was much the same, only on a greater scale as many more entered in and embraced the presence of God. There was no hype, but a genuine desire to respond to and embrace the truth of God's Word by taking hold of our God given inheritance.
On Saturday night Dennis spoke on "The Revelation of who you are". You are a son, a daughter, of the living God, predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son (Rom. 8:29). The purpose of this is not more meetings, but a greater knowledge (experiential knowledge) of the presence of God, so that we worship God out of who we are. If God took away many of the backbiting, negative, critical Christians the church would shrink in number, but the giving would not shrink and the worship would not shrink. What's important is not only that we know Him in terms of knowing we are saved to one day go to heaven, but that we KNOW Him because we have a revelation of who we are.
On Sunday morning Dennis spoke on "The Revelation of what it means to know Him". Those who truly know Him will pursue and embrace the fullness of the measure of Christ, and will walk and live in that fullness. They know that the way in (which is faith) is also the way forward (faith). Those who do not embrace this fullness believe they receive Christ by faith and then work for the rest! But those who have received the revelation of what it means to know Him understand that the purpose of knowing Him is that we attain the whole measure of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13).
The weekend also included the dedication of baby Joshua Christopher Edmunds, child of Chris and Rose. It was such an honour to dedicate this little one and to add our prayers to that of his parents and friends for his complete healing. Thanks to Jim Weir for blessing us with two great songs on Saturday night and to Lee McClelland of Teen Challenge for presenting Pauline Coney with a Bible to mark her graduation from Teen Challenge. Well done Pauline. We are all proud of you and continue to pray for you and your children.
LIFE Croups. I want to highlight these as I believe they will be critical to the development of New Life and to the growth of every believer. I cannot underline enough the importance of getting involved in one of these. If you want to know when and where (every fortnight) please contact Gareth at Spudmurphy123@btinternet.com
C U @ the CROSS PRAYER. James Scott has been so moved by God to Prayer Walk the wall up to the day of C U @ the CROSS. He begins at the New Life Mural at 10 pm. In recent nights he has been joined by Colin Houston, Kippers, John Cartmill, Thomas, Davey Nesbitt, Andrew Higgins. Some walked with him, while others stopped by to encourage him. WHY NOT JOIN HIM EVEN FOR ONE NIGHT!!!
Thanks again to everyone who works hard for the development and advancement of New Life City Church.
Have a great week. Stay focused; stay strong; and keep being a God-influence.
Pastor Jack
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