Where to Now?

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Last weekend we spent time alone, with each other and among a group of several believers praying and this week we have been asking the question, what now? I think it is important to ask ourselves the question, what did we hear, if anything from the Lord during those times with Him.

He is such an amazing God

We came together because we wanted to respond to His call to pray. However, Jesus turned things around right from the outset by reminding us of ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved’ and not because He was the only one to be loved by Jesus but because He knew that Jesus loved him. He expressed His love for his people over and over and over again and made us aware of how much He delights in us coming aside to be with Him.

His calling to you and me is to come away with Him.  “How glorious the splendour of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!”     –   Brennan Manning

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There is a deep longing in our hearts for people to know they are deeply loved by Jesus, and as a result, walk consistently in a fresh intimacy with Him.

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  1. Thank you for sharing this John, it is a blessing to hear what God is saying to others and in so many ways confirming what is in our own hearts at this time. We need not worry about what to do next, but rather press in to even more intimate fellowship with Him and lean without fear on the love He has for us. What an amazing God we serve.

    Love – Roger

  2. It was a blessing being together and especially being part of the heatfelt prayer and praise. I came away from Sunday nights time together with a deep desire to simply “do the faith”, to walk moment by moment in the uncomplicated, personal and corporate revelation of just what a complete and ongoing work and blessing His grace is to us.

  3. “Unblocking” and “Unlearning” theoretical stuff for experiential discipleship (and disciple making) sounds SPOT ON for me.

    Do readers know that since 2001/2002 there has been some kind of shift happening in Europe that has seen an emergence of house churches and simple churches much like we see in the book of Acts? A researcher (2010)has written that there are about 150000 people in such like churches in Europe. They are in over 1200 networks consisting of around 9 to 15 house churches in a network and around 8 to 14 people in each group. There are ways in which these churches are founded but together they are showing 23% growth/annum compared to -1% for traditional churches and +1% for evangelical charismatic evangelism/churchplanting including megachurch.

    What is really exciting is that disciples are being made! 33%-34% of the 23% growth is with first time believers! People who have been reached with the gospel and demonstration of the Kingdom though friendships, healings, miracles and other God-encounters. What is fun is that these new believers see this kind of simple church and Kingdom lifestyle as normal as the majority do not have any church background and thus no baggage.

    I believe Jesus is building the church as people who are going about their daily lives making disciples by just following the instructions Jesus gave the the 72 in Luke 10:1-12ff.

    Blessings,
    Charles

    1. Hi Charles
      Thank you for your response. Can you tell me what resources you have used for this research. Hope all is well with you both dear friends. Much love to you. It is great to know that Jesus is building His Church in His way rather than ours.

  4. Hi John – the major research was done by a journalist, Marc van de Woude, and is found as a document on the http://www.simplechurch.eu – I think his research may be on the conservative side. This of course only covers Europe. In the USA there are 5 million in house churches and of course the majority of Chinese believers (plus 90 million – David Barett’s World Encyclopedia of Christianity some years ago) are in house churches.

    In India, a personal friend of mine, Victor John, is one of the “leaders” of a movement in Northern India where over 3 million new believers have been baptised in the last 18 years and meet in over 80,000 “family churches” of between 8 to 60+ people in these kind of churches. The same phenomena in more or less degree is seen in South America and Africa.

    How does this happen? Obedient christians sharing the gospel and DELIBERATE DISCIPLE MAKING so that the new believers very quickly rely on Jesus for life, direction and they learn to pray for the sick, cast out demons and “gossip” the kingdom in their workplaces, schools, squares and elsewhere. Mostly one on one and small groups.

    Blessings,
    Charles

  5. Thanks so much for sharing this John and for being obedient. We just want to confirm what you heard. The Holy Spirit is saying the same things to us her in South Africa,
    Shalom
    Stephan Vosloo Ladysmith South Africa

    1. Hello Stephan
      Thank you for being in touch and sharing what is happening in SA. Great to hear from you and trust that you might continue to experience much grace in the coming days. Please can you share more specifically what things the Lord is showing you. It would be much appreciated. Thank you. John

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