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7Jan

By Steve WarrenNo Comments

Personal Life

Getting ready for a move of God in my life in 2012 …

1 Corinthians 14:8 NIV Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? Let me sound a call. Who knows when God might just turn up and move in a new way in our lives. In many respects His timing and His place are His choice. However, we can do something to position ourselves for a move of God. We need to always be ready. Let’s get ready. In the bible the girls with lamps at a wedding were strongly urged to be ready, with their lamps filled with oil. Isaiah exhorts us to make a way for the coming Lord. We are to make a path straight for the coming of Christ into our lives. The size of a forthcoming wave of God in our lives is determined by the depth of the river we have created. We must dig deep in our dealings with God, in our prayer, in the Word in

He Is Real

What then shall we say to these things? If God is FOR US, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 God turns up in our lives, not in video, hologram, or twitter, but in person! He is not a veneer. The Pharisees were white-washed stones. God is Real. The Gospel writers tell us He spoke as one having ‘real’ authority. The Apostle John tells us He shows real love, turned up in real flesh to reached out & find us. Paul to the Corinthians says some think idols are real – but they are not! Things around us aren’t as real as God Himself or the things He does. God is the centre of all true reality. Without Him nothing has the same depth of meaning or purpose. He is real. Paul says to the Roman believers - I want to see you face-to-face to impart something to you. Some business need

Get Ready

1 Corinthians 14:8 NIV Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? Let me sound a call. Who knows when God might just turn up and move in a new way in our lives. In many respects His timing and His place are His choice. However, we can do something to position ourselves for a move of God. We need to always be ready. Let's get ready. In the bible the virgins were strongly urged to be ready, with their lamps filled with oil. Isaiah exhorts us to make a way for the coming Lord. We are to make a path straight for the coming of Christ into our lives. The size of a forthcoming wave of God in our lives is determined by the depth of the river we have created. We must dig deep in our dealings with God, in our prayer, in the Word in our expectation. A s