Notes from Morning Service

Words during Worship:

Laurence: God is here! God is beside you!

Denise: His grace is enough. We need to be yielded in our hearts, surrendered to God.

David D_: Christina sang in tongues - he had been reading a prophecy in Daniel and felt it related to that, about the 'Ancient of Days' - a name for God - about God seated on the throne - about God seeking to fight for us. David spoke about moving out in the authority of the living God.

Adrian: God is my all sufficiency for all eternity.

Sermon from Peter W_: What sort of God is He? What sort of things does He ask us to do? Can we trust Him? There was an ancient Chinese curse: "May you live in uncertainty" - These are uncertain times.
1 million people now living in negative equity -v- article in the press that the house market is showing signs of recovery, has turned the corner.
New economist appointed to the board of the Bank of England - he believes the worst of the recession is over -v- International Think Tank that has predicted UK will not be out of recession until 2012.
GE - huge corporation - announced profits down by one third -v- another huge corporation which has just reported the best results for 2 years.

Peter's conclusion in the face of all these contradictory stories: the world hasn't got a clue! The world doesn't know what is going on. He goes back to God - if he's experiencing uncertain times, he looks in his favourite passages in the Bible - goes to the book of Psalms.

Psalm 1:
Psalm 37 - Peter says that as we go on with God, surrendering to Him, he changes the desires of your heart - our heart's desire becomes centred in Kingdom building.
Trust in God even in difficult times - that is the SAFE thing to do - shelter in the shadow of His wings. Come before Him, choose to align ourselves with God's will - that is the SAFE thing to do (even if it seems foolish). God promises safety, security, prosperity to those who live in this way.
Ps 17: 8 - 9
Ps 36
Ps 57:1-3
Ps 61: 2-5
Ps 63: 7 - 8
2 Cor 8:1-5
Ps 91: 1-4

Personal Words

Last Saturday I went into London to see Barbara Dickson in concert and on the drive in as I was chatting with my friend I suddenly interrupted myself to exclaim with delight, "Cherry blossom!" My attention had been momentarily captured by the vivid pink beauty of an ornamental cherry tree in full bloom. It stood out in marked contrast to the subdued tones of suburban houses made grimy by the fumes from the busy road, and all the more surprising for being so early in the season. It was the first cherry blossom I had seen this year. At Sunday evening's prayer meeting we broke into small groups and prayed together, and Christina asked me tentatively, "Have you passed some cherry blossom today?" Whilst praying, she had had a mental picture of a mass of cherry blossom and wondered what the significance was.

Then at tonight's Cell group meeting again we broke into small groups to pray and prophesy over each other, and this time Christina's word for me was 'parenting'. Recently I have been thanking God for having re-parented me to repair deficiencies in the parenting I had received through childhood (don't get me wrong, I think my parents were great and loved me very much, but I also recognise that I didn't get much socialising experience as an infant and through childhood and that this and my shyness meant I had a lot of ground to make up as an adult especially in respect of interpersonal and social skills). I've also been praying that He will in the same way re-parent my own (grown up) children to overcome any deficiencies in their upbringing.

Jesus, God of the supernatural...

The other blog of mine won't make sense without this one coz apparently my facebook won't allow people to read it via a link - technology eh?!

12:27am Tuesday, Jun 19
Yesterday, Julian Adams came to The Beacon Church. He was addressed as a prophet of God and I've never met one for real. He was the usual type when it comes to prophets; unassuming.I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I was listening to a 28 year old single guy, an Asian from South Africa. He was funny too, which helps to have a sense of humour in the kingdom of God. I liked his sense of style, and in a completely shallow way, literally his sense of style. His lime green shirt spoke of a summer we wouldn't forget. The Summer that God touched us. Well, there's no doubt about it, Julian Adams is an annointed guy, God is so very evident in him and he clearly shows, literally, the power of God. He will unfold before you miracles. The sort the disciples of Jesus would have been astounded by. Now we didn't see a thousand loaves or fish or anything like that, but we saw, with our level of belief, miracles before us, Beacon miracles. Julian spoke direct from God words over people. On one occassion he said to Mark Goody, I see you with drums sticks in your hands; he's a drummer! There were so many words that were very accurate, the one about Adam following a legacy, he didn't know that Adam is the Pastor's son. He spoke of Bev and Mark moving on to the nations as they become more high profile ( I'm glad he said that as I felt that too) and our very own Paula having a prophetic annointing, she had oil dripping from her hands as the spirit of God rest upon her, covering her with the charge set before her.He told Barbara that her long awaited answer to prayer was imminent and God told him of her recent medical tests. She hadn't told anyone. Barbara has been praying for her husaband to come to know Jesus for a long time, years, she cried. He spoke healing over diabetics, our Bernie was estatic and so were we. Bernie is an amazing women. Her faith and pure heart speaks of the grace of God and how she has suffered, but she doesn't moan about it, she jus faithfully keeps serving the Lord as service to the church, wife, friend, sister, daughter and mother and such a good mother she is too.People fell to the floor, hit by the fire of God, it was like people were being electricuted as their bodies jerked on the floor like sardines fresh on the deck. Julian held my hand, but I felt nothing, well I felt something, a tingle that surrounded me, a wave, sparkling air, some sort of vapour but I didn't fall to the floor. I so wanted to though, but I didn't.Towards the end, the elders were hit again by the power of God's fire and they then blessed us, the church, as we walked through their human made archway, the sort a bride would go through (symbolic huh?) people again were falling over in God's fire and Emma even had gold on her feet! It looked like glitter only it vanished as soon as it arrived! I couldn't believe my eyes. Mark Goody's unbelieving girlfriend was healed of her shoulder, it was broken! She believed! LOLStrange things happened to Lauren, Abi and my hands. at first I saw their hands and I'm like, 'What's that?' Their hands looked like it had been pressed into gravel making dimples and then the dimples disappeared! After which it then happened to mine. I called out, "What on Earth!" I said to Lauren, "Did you see that? It wasn't my eyes was it?" Lauren confirmed that what I saw, she saw. Dimples all over our hands like gravel being pressed into it only we felt nothing, then it disappeared and reappeared before our very eyes! I saw alot of power from God around me but I felt only a little myself,especially when Julian held my hand, but I didn't fall over and I guess the hand thing should have been enough eh? But it isn't, I so want more of God and I feel that this sort of thing should be a normal occurance in our lives. It shouldn't have taken a prophet to awaken us, we should have been there with Jesus living out these miracles daily.You know when you put a sticker on someones back saying 'kick me'? and then you get some do gooder coming along who takes it off them? Yeah? Well, writing this, I feel a bit like that. However, I can't help how I feel and I so wanted to feel so much more. Yes, it was impressive, not Julian but Jesus working through him, yes it was exciting but I didn't feel it massively, though I definatley saw it.I suppose you're thinking, but how could you not have felt anything? I don't know, it surprises me too. I'm a very sensitive person and I have no trouble hearing God, indeed I had a prophetic dream the night before and it doesn't spook me, I expect it. And maybe that's it, I expect it, so it's normal to me and I feel the paranormal should be normal to us. By the paranormal I mean the supernatural.But hey, I wouldn't have swapped this time at all, it was an amazing day and an amazing experience even if most of the time I was an observer.One thing to add though, 4 girls came off the estate to listen to Jesus speak. They were so affected by the power of God when they saw it with their own eyes that they gave themselves to the Lord. So, Pray for Paris, Serina and the two others whose names escape me. They are about 14 and just came in off the streets! Wow!Yes, God you're amazing, yes, Jesus I love you, yes, Holy Spirit fill us to overflowing. Jesus, we pray your blessing over Paula and Bernie as you touched them so powerfully Lord, praise your name and love them and bless them Lord Amen.And if you can give me an ounce of humilty like I see in so many of the people at the Beacon, I would be eternally grateful. I love my loud nature but there is something to be said for true humilty and that's something that Julian has, unassuming as I said before.God Bless xxx

God's fire

After having such a disappointing time with Julian Adams, I wasn't disappointed with Julian, Jus not receiving from God. [Read my facebook post http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=2391716523&ref=mf ] I was most surprised when God touched me this evening at The Kerith Centre, Bracknell. I'd never been to The Kerith Centre before. It's quite a modern building of brick and wood. It looks like a conference place and I'm told that they do hold conferences there.
It had been raining quite hard but I was still determined that Summer would 'happen' which is why I was wearing my flip flops! So, with soggy feet, I made my way there. Then, Just as I got in through the front entrance, I valiantly tripped over something in the foyet and landed firmly in the arms of a 'welcome team' man.

LOL Now, if he had been my future husband, that's exactly the way it would have happened [knowing me!] but he was just an innocent welcome team man, just doing his job when this rather loud women flies passed!

I was happy to be inside though, it was cold and wet outside.

Mark preached well, us usual, and he called upon us at the end to receive from God. I hadn't received from the Julian Adams day and so I was determined to receive, whether it be this evening or the next.

I held out my hands and I saw rain coming down onto people in the room, it wasn't water though, it was fire, fire raining down on some people, raining down on me too. Others had shafts of light coming down onto them and some light and fire raining down.

I suddenly became aware of two very large angels, one holding onto my left hand and the other my right hand and they were almost unlocking something in the spirit realm. They had like an authority about them and unusually, they were both male or masculine [If angels have genders, I don't know, but that's what I felt/saw], very strong, very divine and full of authority.

The next mintute, I felt something placed in my hand like it fell from Heaven and upon descending it slowed as it gently pushed into my left hand. I though someone had put something in my hand and so I looked, however, my hand was empty! Although empty I could still feel the weight of the 'gift'. Soon after this, my right hand began to shake of which I felt I had no control over it. I felt my knees and legs turn to jelly and I just wanted to enjoy it, what ever it was.
I think it was God. I don't know, I'm not experienced in these things.

I wanted to sing, I didn't care who was around me, it was me and God, what is man? Nothing at that moment...all that mattered was God.

I loved being in the presence of God. It's not enough though, I want more. More of God, more of the spirit, more power. Not power for my own gain but power to demonstrate itself through me and evident for all to see that they may know my God. That they, the lost ones, would call upon his namethemselves, receive the power of God too. Perhaps one day to call out,

"My God, my Jesus."

Thank you Jesus that I finally felt you in such a special way. I pray that you don't just touch me Lord, but that you touch us all, as you are doing so evidently Lord. Keep touches us Lord, we love being rocked by your power, display it Lord, it's exciting and we love it. We love feeling your Holy Spirit. We just love you Lord. Amen