The strap line of the Grace Project – “Discover who you really are” – articulates the heart of the first phase of our journey.
As we move into the next phase of life with these initial concepts, which we call birth truths, now embedded our focus is on becoming who we really are.Indeed there is a saying by Ian Thomas which states, “There are two types of people in the world – those who live a life that they don’t have and those who have a life that they don’t live!”
Maybe you have caught yourself thinking from time to time that there must be more to the Christian life than this? The Good News is – There is!
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Ontario Canada
June 7th 2008
Hope Fellowship
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Elmira
Ontario N3 B 2R9
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Tel 519-635-2250
Jesus said, "You will know the truth and the truth will make you free". If you long to experience the authentic freedom that is found in Christ alone then these seminars are for you. If you're one of the many people that are haunted by the guilt and shame of their past and frightened by the future then why not purpose to let this be the first step along the way to healing your hurts and awakening your dreams.
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Orlando Florida USA 28th– 29th March 2008 The Conference will be held at: Northland Church 520 Dogtrack Road, Longwood, FL 32750
London England Friday 11th & Sunday 13th July 2008 The Conference will be held at: UEL Duncan House,Stratford High St,London E15 2JB
Join Dr. Steve McVey (Grace Walk Ministries USA) and Paul Anderson-Walsh (The Grace Project UK) for their only two joint conferences of 2008. Steve & Paul will be teaching through the book of Galatians over the two days under the heading “Radical Freedom”.
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I wrote this book in order to put the magic back into the Kingdom for all those who went to the Charismatic Disneyland of Evangelical Christianity only to discover that they would never be spiritually tall enough to go on any of the rides. By Paul Anderson-Walsh
The Bonsai Conspiracy definitely belongs in my list of the most influential books I have read. Why? Because it is a book that breeds HOPE, a fresh, vital, living HOPE, of the genuine possibility of developing that life of grace and freedom, which Christ promised his followers and which so many Christians get to talk about but so few of us actually get to live. Much of the Christian literature that I have read, seems to suggest that we can self-improve our way into Heaven.
If only we could teach ourselves to: think in the right way; act towards others in the right way; feel (or completely ignore our feelings!) in the right way, pray and do our devotions in the right way, THEN, if we get it right and do enough of it, God will come and things will be better. In Bonsai, Paul Anderson-Walsh directly counteracts this 'self-improvement' lie. He speaks about self-replacement and NOT self-improvement. What a relief it was to finally hear this truth! He believes that it is only when we have finally exhausted our own resources and effort, and hit “burnout”, that dependence on the False self is destroyed and we can thus truly begin to live according to God's grace and strength. - to buy click here
“This book will inspire and encourage you. It will indeed cause you to feel safe and sound. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself experiencing an inward sigh of relief as you read. The three phases of Christian maturity discussed in chapters four and five stimulated my mind. My emotions were stirred by a renewed sense of deep joy as I read the extensive description of agape in chapter seven. The tenth chapter is one of the best apologetics for the security of the believer that I have seen. I wish every new Christian would read that chapter within the first month of their new life in Christ.”
Dr. Steve McVey
This book is the first in a trilogy that will take you on a journey into spiritual maturity. This journey is a pilgrimage into wholeness in God and oneness with God. There are three clear phases of the Christian life; the child phase, the teen phase and the father phase. Each phase has its climax the child phase results in confidence in God; in the teen phase we appropriate the competence of God and in the father phase we become the confidants of God. As we journey through each phase you will be drawn into a deeper and more profound level of intimacy with Christ. But it begins with a revelation; the child’s revelation that first and foremost you believe that God is Love and loves you and that and secondly all your sins past, present and future have been forgiven. - to buy click here
The Ministry of the Spirit in the gospels was to fill, lead and empower Jesus. He in turn promised his successors that they would enjoy the same ‘success!’ His promise to his intimates was that after he left them, the same Spirit that empowered him would empower them and succeeding generations of believers in the same way. This Holy Spirit would dwell within them ministering to them and through them enabling them to be what the Apostle Paul would later come to call Ministers of Reconciliation” (2 Cor 5:19). He is the regenerator, empowerer, teacher, leader, comforter, encourager, and intercessor for us and multiplies this ministry to others through us (2 Cor 1:3-7).
In the community of the Spirit humility doesn’t mean thinking less of yourself it means thinking of yourself less. Consequently, one of the more observable features of the gospel accounts is that Jesus, who is to be worshipped nonetheless deferred glory to the Father. Now we see in Acts that The Spirit, who is also to be worshipped, refers glory to the Son. In many respects this aspect of how the Godhead interacts is one of the more interesting insights that Luke offers. Humility, giving credit to another, is proof positive of whether one is enamored by the love of power or the power of love.
The point seems to be of such importance to Luke that he tells us that Herod met his death for refusing to acknowledge God and receiving worship (Acts 11). This is by no means a concept confined to the pages of the New Testament. In the book of Daniel there is the chilling story of Nebuchadnezzar, who was yet another king who learned one of life’s hardest lessons whilst walking on the roof of his palace (Dan 4 – entire chapter) – his subsequent divine humiliation is a lesson for all.
This conflict lies at the heart of many of the controversies in Acts, and is most starkly illustrated in the contrast between Simon Magus and Philip (Acts 8), moreover in Acts 14 when the people of Lystra encounter the power of love in Paul, their response is to worship him yet, when he and Barnabas refuse to accept their adoration their reaction is to stone them!
At the heart of Luke’s message then is this most important and topical motif namely that man is not made to receive worship – he is made to give it. To God alone be the glory. Not only is God the only Person worthy of worship he is the only person whose self-worth and self-esteem is not altered by the presence or absence of it.
How apt that Luke should add such a caveat before exposing our venial hearts to the potential and the power of the Spirit. As if to underscore the importance of humility, readers cannot help but notice that no miracle in Acts is attributed directly to the Holy Spirit. Yet not a single healing, prophecy, or sermon would have been efficacious or even possible but that men were ‘filled with the Holy Spirit’
(e.g. Acts 4:8).
In our Grace Central Lectures we have been examining the healngs in Acts and one of the more interesting features is that of all the miraculous events in Acts none of them are accredited to The Holy Spirit. No one is healed or saved or in the name of the Holy Spirit, all the glory goes to Jesus. Acts is about the full river of God's saving action in history, flowing straight into the community of the Spirit, in Jesus and the Holy Spirit but the flow of that river can be impeded whenever Adam becomes A-dam blocking the river of grace with the barrier of self-interest. As far as the Spirit is concerned, all the glory goes to Jesus. Yet Acts is still very much a book of the ministry of the Holy Spirit with Jesus as the source of authority. As we venture into the realm of the miraculous lets keep that in mind.
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The strap line of the Grace Project – “Discover who you really are” – articulates the heart of the first phase of our journey.
Orlando Florida USA
I wrote this book in order to put the magic back into the Kingdom for all those who went to the Charismatic Disneyland of Evangelical Christianity only to discover that they would never be spiritually tall enough to go on any of the rides. By Paul Anderson-Walsh
“This book will inspire and encourage you. It will indeed cause you to feel safe and sound. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself experiencing an inward sigh of relief as you read. The three phases of Christian maturity discussed in chapters four and five stimulated my mind. My emotions were stirred by a renewed sense of deep joy as I read the extensive description of agape in chapter seven. The tenth chapter is one of the best apologetics for the security of the believer that I have seen. I wish every new Christian would read that chapter within the first month of their new life in Christ.”
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