Revival People

For all of you revival watchers (people like Arthur Wallis r.i.p) there is a revival going down in lakeland florida. Todd Bently was supposed to be down there for a conference, and ended up staying there for a whole month; and its still going on!! My Senior elder Andrew Hughes is on his way down there because Todd made an appeal to pastors and elders, and bishops, and heck, even priests, to go down and get an impartation to take back to your church and community!!!
It started in the lakeland church Ignite, and then it grew and had to be moved to an 8000 seat audatorium, but now it had to be moved to one of the cities football stadiums!! Its growing like glory!!
So if you can, leave your job now, run down there as fast as you can, come and see the glory of the LORD fill the city!!!

Tongues

And they spoke in other tongues as he gave them utterence. I was at a prayer meeting on wednesday and it was off the chain. Everyone in the room spoke in a new tongue, some of us spoke a whole other language, and it was powerful to see the gift of tongue and interpretation being used. It was a refreshing time and it really took me back to whole power of speaking in tongues. It edifies you and builds you up, when you do it on your own. in my own experience, when i speak in tongues for about ten minutes i flow right into the slow of the Spirit. Paul tells us to pray 'in the Spirit' and it is when you are in total hamrony with the holy Spirit that you can pray in this manner. The Holy Spirit will direct you in your prayer times. he might just tell you to worship God and not ask for a single thing. he may require you to be still and let the presence of God flow over you, and speak hushed, blessed words to your very soul. He may ask you to pray over the nations, your family, bind and loose, open doors, curse the devil, or direct an angel to an assingment. There is so much in the life of prayer than just going through your 'shopping list' of prayers. I have a friend who tells me that he has close to 50 people on his prayer list, that he goes through every day. First of all i think, man this guy is disciplined (which he is) but then i think, it sounds a little too much like the rosary too me, to be anything close to 'praying in the Spirit.' He is faithfull in prayer, but he is not led in prayer. I'm not sure if he will ever know if God has answered any of his prayers unless he listens to the Holy Spirit on them. Prayer cannot be just about that. The presence of God is where we should be at home, and God never makes anything borning for those who are expecting a move of the Spirit.
So stick out your tongue, wag it around, and pray in the Spirit, using the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Choka block

Sometimes i go through seasons where i listen to a lot of preaching. i read many books and it thrills me to learn more and more. and then all of a sudden, like a theological hangover, i get sick of it all in equal measure, and like most people who wake up with a hangover, they vow never to drink so much again.
The fact is, it has nothing to do with the word - it is endless and eternal, vast and exciting. the issue of my sudden distatse for all things Holy (Ghost), is that i have not applied the things that i have learnt. There has been no excercice to what has fed me. I have stuffed my mind with theology and now it is choka block.
Ezra a great man of God showed us how to live a Christian walk before Christ walked it on earth.
Ezra 7;10 -
I turned my heart to the word
I practiced it
And i taught it.
The three tier cake of Christian walking.
the study
The Application
The discipleship

You must learn it for yourself - live it for God - and teach others how to do the same.
Dont get full - get going.
Peace.

Church history Lesson

I have been reading a lot of blogs and myspace pages lately involving American Christians, and one thing that is more frequent than the LORD's name, is Politics. Now Politics can be good and bad, but as a Christian i do not put my faith in human goverments, regardless of how 'righteous' they claim to be. George W. Bush claimed to be a Christian, and now we are in a stupid war that reminds most people of a another conflict called Vietnam.
This is not the point of this post.
The point is that why are we as Christians putting so much effort into plugging who our next president will be or who will be in the surpreme court justice? Why are we not putting our faith in the one who has the government resting upon his shoulders?
Here is a fact; China has millions of Christians. the church grows way faster that the birh rate does in that country, and yet they have live under a cimmunist goverment. India see's a turn over rate of new born again believers is 100% every year, and they are opressed by their goverment which is mostly made up of Muslims and the also Hindu's. So why are we do we believe that if we get that so called righteous goverment in office (normally republican...boo!!!) then God will finally bless this nation?
Whatever and whoever we are under must be considered of no consequence to us as born again people, since we have a high priest who sits on a throne that is above all rulers and kingdoms, principalities and powers.
Don't go and have a mona - get with the man who sits on the throne.
peace.

Fargo

i just watched fargo by Joel and Ethan Cohen and it is by far one of my top ten movies of all time. I would strongly advise anyone to watch it; allthough it is not for the squimish. Wood chipper anyone?
Do yourself a favor stop watching the dull and fomulated movies like say; underworld (underpants), do what's right whatch Fargo instead.

ROCK AND ROLL BABY!!!!

Yesterday i officially formed my first band in over six years. We are called;
Wink Wink
and the line up is as follows.
Justin Gunnick - Drums - drum machines
Marrisa Bero - Vocals - Violin - Keys
B.J James - Vocals - Acoustic guitar - keys

I have around six songs and a few covers in mind, and this is all the name of Fun.
We will make a demo soon and have a myspace set up, and then we will practice for a while untill we sart getting a few gigs.
Playing in the city in the summer is going to be so fun.
Our music style as of this moment is - Folk - Pop - experimental
keep poseted for more Wink Wink news and music.

Love

I went to church and all i got was this lousy T-shirt

This is the statement (probably) of a lot of church going Christians these days when describing there so so church experience. With most things in life, if something is not working out its a good idea to take it from another angle; a different approach.
And usually when it comes to the things of God, his way is always the best.
Through his Apostle Paul (a gift of the acended Christ) God brings order to church in the only great way that God can; Spirit led.
1st Corinthians 14;26 - what is the outcome then brethen?
When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revalation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
There are many wonderful truths and principles to be discovered in this scripture; the thousands of verieties that all these songs, psalms and revelations can come in. But the one main truth is that when you come together you bring, you give, you offer, you volunteer, you share, you build, you edify...
The problem is that most churches call their Sunday gatherings 'Services' seemingly to imply that 'we the church will be providing you, the congregation, a service' WRONG. The church builds itself up.
So when you come away from church on a Sunday morning, you will feel satisfied that you gave, and like Jesus after talking to the woman at the well, you will have food that you do not know.
Peace.