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At grace london we’ve learnt the difference between drive and desire, a distinction that is subtle but profound. Drive is about proving yourself to others, desire is about expressing yourself for others. Grace London is a place where you can ‘feel the difference’. 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
55 Memorial Avenue
Elmira
Ontario N3 B 2R9
Contact: Pastor Mike Zenker
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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
Just over a century ago (in November 1907) when the Pentecostal revival first reached these shores a woman by the name of Jesse Penn-Lewis wrote to Alexander Boddy a vicar from Sunderland who was known as the Father of Pentecostalism in England cautioning him: “Other spirits” are at work in your midst, which will get the upper hand and bring upon you, and the work of God, terrible trouble.”
About the same time an internal review concluded that “much of what had occurred in its intensity during the 1904 - 1905 Revival in Wales, should correctly be attributed to demonic activity.” Penn-Lewis’ assessment was that “the Revival in Wales, which was a true work of God, revealed numbers of ‘honest souls’ swept off their feet by evil supernatural powers which they were not able to discern from the true working of God.” I suggest that the same is true today.
I have been a Christian for 20 or more years. In that time I have witness to three so called ‘revivals’: Toronto, Pensacola & most recently the ill-fated Lakeland. All of which has left me convinced that we are living in the grip of Amos’ famine [Amos 8:11-12].
“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land– not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. 12 Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
We are duty bound to exercise more discernment than ever. In post modernity, we must neither confuse cynicism for discernment, nor gullibility for an openness to God. As much as anyone I am seeking a “true Pentecost”, but am acutely aware of the satanic counterfeit [2 Cor. 11:14] and believe that the church is in need of spiritual directors who are able to guide believers through the labyrinthine realm of the Spirit. Our new series The Weapons of our Warfare is designed to help in that process.
In this series we are interested to:
• discover whether we believe that there are dark forces at work
• understand their operation
• be able to deploy the weapons of our warfare
• learn how to protect ourselves and our communities
• understand what authority we as believers have over them.
• discern between the authentic and the counterfeit
• flow in the gifts of the spirit
SPIRITUAL WARFARE DEFINED.
Spiritual warfare is the battle to prevent Christ from being fully formed in us. Either to prevent Christ’s life from being fully effective in our lives or to limit the effectiveness of our lives for Christ.
Just because the devil was unable to prevent you from being affected by the Gospel doesn’t mean that he will not go to great lengths in order to ensure that you are not effective for the gospel.
When we were saved we were given a new heart (Ezk 36:26) and now with that heart we must renew our minds (Roms 12:2) Renewal is an inside-out process (my spirit informs and conforms my mind); Temptation is an outside-in process (evil spirits injected into my mind to deform and confuse my mind). Renewal is less a form of healing than a form of relearning. God gives us a new heart and renews our minds: Regeneration x Renewal = Restoration. Regeneration deals with transference from death to life; renewal deals with the transformation from the seared mind of man to the sanctified mind Christ.
As a grace teacher I have come to realize that it is one thing to get the children of Israel out of Egypt, but it is quite another thing to get Egypt out of the children of Israel. That is because sanctification is not a progressive rectification of our behaviour, it is a progressive recognition of our identity.
The key issue we will have to address is to do with the degree of influence that demonic forces can or cannot have in the life of a believer. I want to state my position up-front. I don’t believe that a Christian can be possessed by demons/evil spirits. I do however recognise that the bible clearly teaches that we can be harassed by evil spirits and that we are engaged in a war.
The principle front on which that war is being waged is in my view in the mind of the believer. The mind is the engine room of our thoughts.
And as James Allen once said, “You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts will take you.” So it is to the mind we go free to de
2 COR 10:1FF
1 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away! 2 I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking in the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 6 being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.
FREED FROM THE P.I.T. (PASSIVITY, IGNORANCE & TEMPTATION)
Passivity: Accepting or submitting without objection or resistance; submissive: a passive acceptance of one’s fate.
Ignorance: The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed.
Temptation: To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward. To entice.
If you're not able to join us in person on Sundays as we discuss this topic then you can always listen online. Messages will usually be posted Monday/Tuesday of the following week on http://www.gracelondon.com/audio-messages/
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There's a new church in London - it's a church with a difference, that difference being the people who are part of it are free to be who they are in Christ. They get better, they live better and most importantly, they make others better.
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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