BLOG: Spirit Moving in France
I love France. I love the people. The passion. The dance.
I’ve been many times. Sown into the people and relationships.
Two years ago we saw a tremendous breakthrough amongst the young people. It was a marker. The stories continue from that time.
This time I was looking for further signs… Would we feel embraced? How hungry would the people be? How much passion would be evident?
I was amazed at what we saw. We have seen breakthrough before but this time adults and even older people were getting blasted by Holy Spirit. The response was passionate! The worship transcendent. The presence powerful. God is extending the grassroots move here.
One night at the Conference I was hijacked by Holy Spirit and my message ditched as a Spirit of Prophecy came over me in waves about an unstoppable move of God across Europe. A passionate company of Radicals who would move through Paris and Lyon. It was a very powerful experience and exciting to be used that way. The presence rested on us. We are looking for deeper manifestations of the Oracle Spirit.
Munday Martin washed the feet of former Muslims as an act of love towards the Muslims in France. We felt strongly passionately loving the Muslims is going to be a vital shift towards a wider move in Europe. That the muslim community needs to see the love and friendship of Jesus. Love overcomes. Love wins. Love will shape the future.
COBHs Jane Schroeder preached a heavy weight word on the Seer Realm and the love and compassion of Jesus. I think it was the most impacting word Jane has given yet and came at a high level of authority and love. A lingering heavy presence came and people remained for an hour afterwards just soaking in the atmosphere and heart of Jesus. I was so proud. So honoured to be journeying with Jane and the team. Seeing them come through into this level of maturity made all the last few years worthwhile. I am so glad! Love our friends!
In the next BLOG, I want to talk about LYON and what we see being shaped there. There is huge potential to model something new. I believe what happens in Lyon will work through out all of France. Justin
We’re back… so much to tell you… Europe’s Day
We’re back. We landed in Gatwick London last night after being at a strategic gathering of apostolic and creative people in Lyon. Prior to that we were in Montelimar for a five day event. I have so much to tell you but time is short today. Can’t wait to reconnect! Significant spiritual, geo-poltical and cultural shifts are happening. The signs are everywhere. Whatever happens next we are in new territory. What that new era looks like we are about to see it emerge right in front of our eyes.
More coming soon…
Wildfire Family
Today I want to talk quickly about a vital issue of our generation – community & friendships!
I began to have visions in 2003 of the future. Papa showed me the economic storms that are here now and the difficult times ahead. The good news is he also showed me a vision of community that will see people through the storms. I saw that people could live without money and still be happy. Friendship is an anti-depresant, one of the greatest ones. I saw people sitting around talking and laughing with empty wallets! It looked goooood! Ha ha!
I know Papa is pulling people together hubs all over the world to be a place of love and life. This is only going to intensify in the coming years as we ride some big waves. Eventually a new culture will be birthed, a culture of honour- where we love on purpose, don’t withdraw from each other as punishment, and we work through with integrity our lives together because we know we are accepted and loved.
It’s Papa’s great plan! It’s what Jesus saw and prayed that we would love and show the world what that looks like in some of the darkest times. It’s what they had in Acts in each others homes everyday sharing all things in common. They buzzed off God they buzzed off each other. Beyond church meetings.
It’s a big dream. But it’s not an impossible dream. Could the seeds be already on the earth for it to happen? I think so. But it will take courage and vision and grit to see it through. The road ahead isn’t easy. It’s unpredictable. It’s challenging. But the future is so worth it. A new day rising. Arise and shine together to shape a generation.
Today I want to specifically honour Bethel Church and Bill Johnson and their friends for what they have added to our journey and to the world. Thank God for safe places, voices of integrity and maturity that are showing that revival has to have a culture- it’s not an event, it rests on a company of people. I really believe the value of the culture of honour teachings is massive. If you’ve not heard it get some Danny Silk and Kris Volloton, and look at the Loving on Purpose website. Pure gold!
So we are in it for the long haul. We are in it to see this nation burning and realise that means change even in places we don’t want to change. If you’d like to connect we are opening up space here for community to happen. It’s not glamourous. You will get dirty! But there’s a lot of glory on it! Ha ha! And who knows where we will end up. We don’t know. But the chances are that it’s going to be wonder-full!
Cheers for the Friendships! Justin Abraham
USA Government and the Church
Stability of our Times – Part 2
I was recently invited to submit a paper to a prophetic and apostolic council in the States. I was eager to speak whatever God wanted me to say and be led by His Spirit. I asked Papa for something and Holy Spirit spoke and said to call my paper- “The Stability of our Times”
“Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure.” Is 33:6
In this blog I’d like to share a trance vision. It was a significant experience. Although it suggests difficult times ahead it is also highly optimistic and hopefully in nature. It pertains to the USA and beyond.
Vision: Global unshakable foundations
I was praying and I was suddenly taken into a vision. I found myself standing in the Whitehouse looking at the President. He was a white man with dark hair. I knew this was the future.
I could see around the United States that there were numerous disasters occurring simultaneously. The Government was stretched beyond its capacity to deal with these situations effectively. There was substantial damage to buildings and also many fires. I do not know what caused this, but I was aware there were different events all taking place as the same time in different places. The Government needed help.
A black man in a suit walked into the Office. Instantly I saw great authority and stature on him, more than it seemed even the President had. Peace & strength emanated from the man. The President respected this man greatly and walked up to him and shook his hand. I saw this man was a true Apostle with a massive ability to effect change and help the Government. He had vast resources through interconnected relationships that transcended nations. The President said, “We need your help.”
The vision then quickly panned out before the conversation continued. As I looked I saw the nations were like jelly very unstable and shaking. But tied into the nations was what looked like steel girders. These girders were connected globally weaved throughout the world. I knew it was the global interconnected church. It has become the only unshakable and stable force and was literally holding the nations together. If it was removed the whole thing would collapse. It was a wonder to see. I was amazed at the vision and saw the global scope and scale of what is taking place. The vision ended and I was back in the room in prayer.
Implications
I would suggest the scope of the mandate of the church is going to greatly expand into wealth and resource management as seen in Isaiah 60. True Apostolic authority is coming and it is essential to the future- a people of authority and humility who are capable of working with the highest levels of Government. The real church body (in its many forms and shapes) is becoming supernaturally interconnected, transcending national boundaries, stable and secure, connected. The USA Government will eventually honour the true revealed church & draw on it- it will be essential to do so- it will be part of the solution. This has huge implications.
I am encouraged and challenged by what I saw. The only stable thing in the future was that based on the principles of heaven. I hope to expand on this in future blogs and to share a second vision I had in which I saw Enoch. Keep looking, keep looking a new thing is rising.
Justin Abraham
Come on Londen-ers! Glory Party Live tonight!
Come on Londen-ers! There’s a GLORY PARTY happening tonight in HORSHAM. Hosted by the wonderful Mat and Pearl Nagy and the Glory Company Band. Last time we were at one of the Glory Parties we were lost in worship for hours. It was incredible and we know this is the real thing, a new epicentre opening up in England.
For more information visit www.glory-company.com - Bring it on!
Scotland and the UK
We’ve been offline with a poorly Applemac, but we’re back… thank God for Nigel the Applemac wiz! Well if you’ve missed the NEWS a historic question is being raised in the UK, a question that could fundamentally change the government and relationships on these islands forever- the question of Scotland remaining a part of the UK, or it going it alone in Europe.
Prime Minister David Cameron has bravely given permission for the question to be asked of the Scottish people to try and bring closure to the debate. Do the Scots want to be in the UK or leave? The referendum will be held in 2014 which seems a long time away but it does allow time for adequate debate.
I posted on Facebook today “Very much holding Scotland in my heart. Hoping we do not see the Wild Islands splitting up. Tribes together. United. Shared Space. One heart.”
The future may be different to the past- but I like to think we as an island can walk it out united.
Wild tribes standing together, Justin Abraham
God bless AMERICA!
As you know our focus has been heavily on the Wild Islands and Europe these last years, but today I want to pay special honour to our relatives the Americans! Many of the prophetic fathers of our generation have come from the States and we are grateful for the impact they’ve had on these shores. It’s appreciated!
I was recently invited to a gathering of some of the senior & emerging prophets in Dallas hosted by Streams Ministries. It was two days of close friendship and engaging with God over some of the challenges this generation are facing.
I think it was one of the most interesting and constructive prophetic gatherings I have been to yet and a good sign that there is an international cross-pollination beginning which I think will blossom over the years and bring the different prophetic voices and their nations closer together. Something trans-generational. There seemed a genuine desire to dialogue and engage without forcing agreement, embracing difference. This is really good, really healthy! I was deeply impacted by the sincerity and kindness of the people. Grateful to have been a part.
In Washington DC, I was joined by wild woman herself Jane Shroeder and we dropped in on the infamous Tom & Sue’s House! A church community that meets in a home. A place well loved by Georgian Banov and John Scotland, a place wide open for the Spirit. I’d heard a lot about these guys so it was fun to finally be there.
I’ve got to be honest I don’t think I’ve ever had so much cheering for me to continue speaking. Those guys are like Winnie the Pooh in the honey pot! I love how vocal Americans are! Lots of joy joy joy! Think Jesus would like hanging out in this place!
I was so encouraged as Tom and Sue took us down the street to the food area to hear how the whole region had been changed. Years ago it was dangerous. Now there are people out walking and eating and there are new shops. When they moved into the area people thought it was crazy. People didn’t want to park their cars. Now it’s changed. It’s changed because their presence and love has made a difference. It’s changed permanently. God bless them! The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it! Light wins!
Onto Harrisonburg VA! As part of the trip I was really excited to reconnect with some old friends of ours Rick and Laurinda Peters. These guys are the real deal. We met years ago in Atlanta and we have stayed in touch since. They run a place called THE HUB.
Again just like we’ve seen in Scotland, Ireland, France, England and Germany there is a grassroots uprising taking place of hungry radicals which Rick and Laurinda are making space for. Real community being forged across the valley. A culture of love, respect and honour that is fostering and cultivating the supernatural and pushing the boundaries. I can’t tell you guys how much at home we felt with the HUB. Great community beyond the congregation meeting right in the heart of the university.
I think they stole some of my heart and planted it in Harrisonburg VA! These guys are heroes. If you’re anywhere close to Harrisonburg – you’ve got to connect up with these guys for real! Check out the HUB website.
There’s a whole lot more I could say but I just wanted to say how much we appreciate the USA. Thank you USA for sowing into our islands and Europe so many times over the last decades. Many voices have come and put some good seeds in the soil. The empire is over and a new generation is rising that want reality. In one generation I believe Christianity as we know it will be changed. Something new is slowly emerging. The seeds are sown. Holy Spirit is watering and protecting it until it’s ready. But it already making a difference. Our prayer is that what starts as a gentle stream will become a torrent. A time of reaping. A great day.
God bless America!
In anticipation, Justin Abraham
Europe in our Hearts
We are living in historic times. The big European project has hit a true crisis and it looks uncertain how it will be resolved. All I know in it all is that we are now holding Europe in our hearts. I don’t know how it happened but somewhere along the road he took a piece of our hearts and planted it on the mainland.
We were recently in Germany and I was moved at the beauty and openness of the people. France is the same- the dance, the passion, the determination not to quit. There are precious people hidden in the nations, noble, courageous visionaries. We love them and stand with them.
David Cameron made a big decision this week and refused to sign the new EU treaty to save the Euro and tighten regulation and control on national finances. It was not easy he was quoted as saying ‘It was huge pressure in there. Everyone in that room was against me. I had to stand firm,’.
He stood for the City of London not being controlled by Brussels. I think this was probably the right move. I love Europe but I don’t like the EU control obsession. I think they would have drowned London and it wouldn’t have saved the Euro. It would have just disempowered the UK. Each nation needs freedom to be itself, a right to be powerful (Bethel -culture of honor) a right to make choices, a right to be wrong and make mistakes. We are not meant to be clones but each nation is like a colour in the rainbow. The difference is beautiful and together forms something greater.
Can the Euro survive the crisis? It seems to me it cannot. John Paul Jackson and other reliable seers have predicted it’s fall within months, sometime next year and perhaps even at a later date the US Dollar. I think it’s inevitable the Euro will have to die in its current form. Our prayer is that this will not tear the relationships apart and that we can still be one continent together, a family of nations. But only time will tell how this is resolved. I saw in a vision Nations forming protectionist relationships and building walls around themselves. It didn’t look healthy. I hope we move beyond fear and suspicion.
If ever we need to know how to engage with Government in the Earth and in Heaven it’s now. I think the timing of Ian Clayton’s teaching corresponds with the times we are in. Standing back and hoping for the best is not an option. It’s time to engage with heaven and stand in the Council of the Lord, and the Courts of God. It’s a time to appeal for Justice and God’s true destiny for Europe to emerge. Heaven on earth, His will being done. Surely that’s our call?
I have seen a vision of thousands moving like a torrent across national boundaries as a great movement of radicals is birthed, gathering and scattering as the Spirit leads. Grassroots people moving like the ebbs and currents of the tide. Free. There is something rising. In Germany I saw it in infant form – people who are moving outside the known. It’s there just hidden. I dare to believe even out of the rubble of what is occurring will rise a greater day. Someone has to believe it- someone has to believe God meant what He said when He said He’d pour out His Spirit on all Flesh including Europe!
“All the ends of the world Shall remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations Shall worship before You” Psalm 22:27
Somehow I see it. I just don’t know how it’s going to happen. But what I do know for us a small crew in Wales, we are never going to quit, nor settle for less. All or nothing. Beyond church, beyond national boundaries, beyond petty politics. Europe’s dawn. The martyrs seed and the saints prayers still cry out. They are not forgotten. There must be a response.
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Eph 3:19
Amen- let is be so!
Justin Abraham
Grassroots uprising in Germany
We’re back from a significant trip to mainland Europe. In a packed out room in a house the really hungry seekers gathered. The atmosphere was electric and hearts wide open. God released revelation after revelation of the coming apostolic, the government, the courts, the angelic, a new creation era. The response was immediate. Outside the system of control, a new movement is silently being birthed. Wildfire DNA being grown ground up to sky. Dirty, earthy, reality, non-empire, beyond manipulation or the hand of man. Not church, not conferences, not ministry machines, not imported but connected Ecclesia in the land, the sent out ones who sit in the gates and places of government in the Spirit to shape the earth. Sometimes very hidden but always felt. It’s here in it’s infancy, a new baby, a new outcome. France, Germany, Scotland, Wales, England. It has already begun. It’s impacts may not be seen immediately. But it is going to shape the future of cultures, government and nations. Eventually we will see thousands gather and move like tides across the nations, converging, gathering, scattering, flowing. It is Europe’s Day. A great day. Beyond it awaits the Islamic World. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Yemen. Heaven knows, Heaven sees, Heaven cares. Justin Abraham COBH
Other Voices: Bob Jones 2011-2012
Bob Jones is a Grandpa to this generation. A prophetic voice with a long history of incredible accuracy and relevance.
This is a beautiful message. Recorded at MORNINGSTAR and posted on Youtube. Worth spending time with this one-
COBH team
ADVANCED notice* IAN CLAYTON is back
Excellent news! If you’re loving Ian Clayton’s teaching as much as we are- he’s coming back much sooner than we imagined. Due to Holy Spirit planning we have Ian with us again in Cardiff in OCTOBER: MONDAY 24th, TUESDAY 25th and WEDNESDAY 26th – Evening sessions at 7pm each night, with a one day INTENSIVE SCHOOL on Wednesday running from 10am until 5pm. To cover the costs there is a £20 registration for the daytime intensive school. The evenings are free. Book your diary now. Seriously you will be amazed at the stories of what is now taking place – the event is going to focus on the COURTS and GOVERNMENT of HEAVEN. For real! Places are limited for the one day INTENSIVE SCHOOL so please register with companyofburninghearts@googlemail.com – thanks! Venue details and full information coming soon. October 24, 25, & 26th. Cheers! Wildfire team
Future belongs to the Courageous
We’ve just come from one of the most innovative conferences (if you can call it that). Two (extra) ordinary people Paula and Al Coates from Cramlington North England, share an incredible passion for children and families.
They have adopted five children (their story should be in a book) and are both engaging with Carers, Adopters and those involved in Social work, Education and Government. They are determined to shape a better future for the forgotten children swallowed by care. They want to see adoption rates rise, and those that adopt succeed (many fail due to lack of support and understanding of the the issues involved with often damaged kids). And they are crazy and courageous enough to do something about it!
In their (large) garden they hosted the LIVING STONES event. The first event of its kind to pull together the amazing people who live in this mad world of caring for lost kids. It was a great fun event for the little ones and the grown ups got to spend time together encountering heaven, relaxing and working through strategic issues and vision for the future.
To say we were inspired was an understatement. I feel humbled seeing guys like Paula and Al and the other parents, the price the go to everyday to press on, the tiredness and lack of resources they push through. And yet God is so clearly there. In a magnificent gritty real way. In a way that melts the hardness away. Love unfailing, messy love.
One of the treats for me personally (besides seeing Al again) at the conference (or mini-festival or whatever it was) was the appearance of one of spiritual fathers and mentors Martin Scott and his lovely wife the equally brilliant Gayle Scott. What a treat! Martin preached and I wish you guys were all there to hear it. He shared on how things keep swinging this decade and then almost getting back to normal but it’s all just a facade. The facade is going to come down and the opportunities before us are expansive. The future is there for the taking in the shaking.
Martin and Gayle have a blog it’s well worth adding to your weekly reading list (click here: 3generations to see). Martin and Gayle will be with us for a very special event in March 2012: focusing on the UK, Europe and Beyond.
Another well inspiring moment for me (besides Al’s Elvis impersonation) was Steve Lowton. Some of you will already known the name. He has been another often hidden prophetic voice who cut through the very heart of these islands and beyond in prayer walking – sowing the seeds of revival.
A true pioneer and innovator, he and his wife also adopted two amazing chinese girls. Steve shared on how our lives are a story and there comes a time when there is enough character development and there has to be a HAPPENING! There has to be something amazing that takes place. His talk was an impassioned rally call to live your STORY! My goodness I got some downloads on this one. Wish you’d heard it too. Bring it on Jesus! Let there be a great happening!
For more on Steve Lowton check out his blog site stephenlowton.wordpress.com -an inspiring innovate journey.
Finally, besides the fun and frolics hanging around with others creates we had the honour of having a prayer, dream interpretation and spiritual reading tent. Some space made for heaven to suddenly hijack. We saw Papa do great things. Many people cried as Holy Spirit came and revealed the secrets of their hearts. It was precious and it was fun pressing the boundaries to see how much Holy Spirit would show us. ‘Lorra glory in the glory tent!’
Big thanks to Tony and Jo Egerton for coming with us again our team from Manchester and helping out on so many levels – readings, artwork, prayer, face painting. And being willing to sleep in the garden! You guys are awesome!
Inspired. Challenged. Lots to think about from this week.
I could say a lot more but I’ll end with this – Let heaven melt you. Papa’s heart burns, his heart cries, his heart dances and sings. I see a people emerging who have his very heart- a company of burning hearts who’s story in heaven will be ‘Our fire never died’.
In his bliss, Justin Abraham
New Dimensions *Ian Clayton
Seriously if you only get out to one thing this summer – you’ve got hear Ian Clayton. It’s not just the words, it’s the realm of reality that opens up around him. He is a true pioneer of walking like Enoch. Head in the heavens. Body firmly planted on earth.
We were just with Ian in Scotland and I have to say it far exceeded my expectations. Heaven wide open. 12-13th of August – two days of your spirit being expanded and your eyes being opened into a brand new multi-dimensional world.
Gate Art Centre, Roath, Cardiff – for only £15 a day registration (optional amount)
Also with radical missionary Michele Perry – a one legged glory ball! Michele has 120 kids in Sudan and lives on the frontier of the wild wild border with North Sudan. Living in the face of guns, intimidation and the needs of the people, she is pulling heaven to earth with love. Michele will be sharing a session a day at the gatherings.
With Glory Company Band, Janine John, and Justin & Rachel Abraham & the wildfire team this is going to rock!
Blessings, Justin Abraham
Other Voices: Beni Johnson
Just read Beni’s BLOG - www.benijohnson.blogspot.com and liked it… here’s a bit of it…
Something Huge!
“I keep getting reports of really huge angels being spotted here and there. Their feet are the size of buildings. Why? I’ve wondered.
This is my conclusion; I believe that they are being released for ushering in what God wants to do. 2011 is a year of transition. It’s easy to look around and see that. The world is changing. The earth and the depths are groaning. Some think that the world is coming to an end in 2012. I don’t! But I do believe that this world will change according to what Christians pray. I also believe that we are in a window of time where if we position ourselves and believe and pray, we will see the biggest ingathering of Kingdom presence than we have ever seen before.
Many of you have heard the prophecies that are in the air and are wondering what should we do. How do we pray? In Isaiah and Ezekiel, God looks for intercessors and finds none. God is looking right now and as far as I can see, there are thousand of us who are in position and we are praying. We are not only praying but standing in the gap against great darkness. We are in a place of declaring the prayers that are changing the planet.”
2012 – we still have time to frame it up and position ourselves for whatever is around the corner. I think it’s time for focus!
Justin Abraham
Happy Streets! Duisburg Germany!
Holy Spirit is a never ending stream of creativity, fun and joy. Comedy was His idea. He likes to laugh. We’re trying to learn to let Him take over. He does it so much better than us. There is a different way, a better way of spreading the happy message- that’s with the embrace, sloppy kisses, and crazy passion of God. He is the most passionate person. He really does care. He never does the same thing the same way twice. He’s always pulling something new out of the hat. We never know what it’s going to look like. I guess that’s why it’s wildfire – unpredictable, burning passion.
Vid Blog: Are you Ready?
We are daring to believe God really will do beyond what we ask or even think. To think less is to deny what He has promised. Crazy in your face miracles. Masses saved. Outpourings. Wildness. Joy. Religion crumbling under the weight of Reality. The Government impacted. The Media transfixed & addicted by seeing Heaven on display.
Small glimpses are here already. Clouds gathering on the horizon…
I can see it- It’s only just begun.
“What I see coming out of Wales is Wildfire.
You cannot begin to control this” Martin Scott
Justin Abraham
A look on the lighter side!
My ‘near death’ experience honouring Dafydd Morgan – the 1859 Welsh Revivalist! Hope you like it!
We believe in Holy Spirit WWF encounters. Bring on the wild wrestlers! Those that dare to believe and are up for the wrestle! Like our dear father in the faith Jacob -
Jacob was one crazy believer! The gospel demands a response! It’s not a passive sofa hugging waiting around doing nothing message. It puts fire in you’re belly and a sword in you’re hand! It compels you to arise and take action (Daniel 11:32b). It stirs you and makes you soar to breathtaking heights.
UK get ready for action! All of heaven is waiting and watching. Papa is cheering this generation on to see amazing things. Things beyond what we ask or even dare to think. Europe’s Day rising! Wild fires burning. We ain’t seen nothing yet!
Bring on the spandex! We’re up for it! In his intoxicationg joy, Justin Abraham
Replenishing… walking the land
Connecting to the Land… the ancient paths… the rhythm of the Celtic Saints, the Monastics and the Desert Fathers. Disappearing. Ecstatic in the bliss. Blinded in the Gaze. Checked out of life to check into Life. Walking the Land we find the All hidden in all. He is hidden in plain sight. These photos are my journey this last week. Replenished by the unseen One in the Seen. This is Wales…
Bliss… Lost yet found… Justin Abraham
Honouring the Fathers: Dafydd Morgan (1859)
Many of the answers to our future are hidden in the past. We are in a day of discovery. Remembering who we are, our history and where we came from. The Bible teaches that if we honour our Father and Mother it goes well for us. There is a law of honour. It opens up the blessing of what someone carries and pours it back over your life. When you VALUE them and what they brought it begins to flow through you and around you. We must look back and honour the past to understand the future. It’s all connected.
Wales is a nation marked by wild Holy Spirit radical Fathers. We have some good history. We have a revival history unlike any other nation on the earth (why I really do not know as we are small and seemingly insignificant but I have concluded it’s just God’s idea and it’s in the DNA here.. can’t explain it really… a mystery!).
We are scorched with glorious happy history! Some like Ray Hughes even say every revival since the early 1900s can be traced back to little old Wales. I don’t know if that’s true but I do know the last 1904 revival sent big waves all over the world and sparked many nations including the USA with Azusa Street, India, France and Africa.
Today I’d like to draw our eyes to just one Father to honour him. An ordinary church pastor called Dafydd Morgan. This is his story:
“Dafydd Morgan (1814-1883), a Welsh pastor who was used greatly in the Welsh revival of 1858-1860. He began to preach when he was 28 and was ordained at 43. In 1858, he woke up and realized that something dramatic had happened to him–he felt great power, saying, “I went to bed a lamb and woke up a lion.” Over the next two years or so he journeyed through every part of Wales, preaching the Gospel, often holding three or four services a day and in the process saw a multitude of people come to Christ. Approximately 100,000 people were brought to Christ during the revival in Wales.
some significant breakthrough already- the joy flowing, breakout on the streets, many, many people being intoxicated by the wine of heaven, healings, fresh ignition into destiny, new songs & sounds, and media attention with the papers reporting on some of the happenings. It has grabbed the attention in many nations and many nations have come here for fresh fire. The overshadowing Spirit is even changing the wider community. This last week in Bridgend a man walked up to us in Starbucks simply because he overheard our conversation and was moved by God. We prophesied over him and prayed for him and it was sweeeeet! Strangers jumping into the Jesus boat! It’s the same when we go out into Cardiff. People come up to us and want in on the action even before they understand what it is we carry. They are hungry and getting hungrier by the year.
“We can’t stop now. We’ve got to finish what we’ve started We can’t stop now…. We’ve got to finish what we’ve started We can’t stop now…. We’ve got to sing about it Talk about it Shout about it Do something about it! Finish what we’ve started We can’t stop now… The seeds that we’ve planted They will bear fruit The springtime is here Can you see the green shoots? As they push through the earth We will push with them…. To see our dreams…born for real! (Godfrey Birtill & Dale Gentry)”Rhythm of the Tides
Life has a rhythm… there is ancient pattern on how to live. A Grace centred pattern. No performance. No striving. Just knowing and being known. Following the rhythm of the grace tides.
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Jesus (Mat 11:20)
The old Mystics and Celtic saints understood this. They connected to the land and saw the rhythm all around them. Hidden in caves, in the wilderness, in the communities, in the seasons, in the tides. They lived the rhythm.
On Holy Island Lindisfarne, in England, St. Aidan and then later St. Cuthbert would be cut off from the land when the daily tides came in. Forced welcomed seclusion. Forced into times of being alone and loved by the Person who is Love. Replenished.
Then the tide would change and the door would reopen to the wider world, inviting them to engage again when the walkway was clear to touch a broken and lost nation with endless compassion and grace. Touching the most overlooked & forgotten. Teaching a generation about the Truth. A Person as alive as the world around them. Connected yet Different. Hidden yet Visible in all.
This is the Celtic way. Hiddenness and then Exposure. The tide. Touching heaven and touching earth. Touching the poor and touching the rich. Blurring the boundary between worlds. Crossing over. Making heaven real through weakness and humility, demonstrating the supernatural reality of the age to come. Loving the one and thereby loving the All.
There is a new way coming through the ruins of empire. I heard an audible voice speak in the night from heaven. It said “The answer to the mysteries of the future is in the past.” Ancient tides. Ancient cries. Ancient rhythms. We are listening. We are slowly awakening. There is another way emerging, a wildfire generation rising to the unstoppable rhythm of the tides.
“I am coming for the nation, glory flowing like molten gold to the people and places of least resistance, teams flowing, running – the message – My presence and the poor. A nation transformed for the transformation of other nations” (Prophetic vision given to Karen Lowe, Llanelli, Wales)
Justin Abraham
*NEW Podcast: EMPIRE is over! Martin Scott
New Podcast online now! Recorded way back in 2007, our second year of ministry at the AWAKENING gatherings in Cardiff, this message is essential listening. We felt in light of current events it was timely to post it online for you to hear. It’s soul-searching, challenging and humbling. In this message Martin Scott (www.3generations.eu) tackles head on the issue of the Empire spirit in the Church and the clash of God vs our Kingdoms. The first time I heard this message it shook me to the core. I still hold it as a plumb-line message today. I dare you to listen to this one! It may not be pleasant but it’s certainly good! Our prayer is that in our generation, Europe and the UK will be marked by something altogether different to empire, ‘scumbag’ apostles like Paul who said
“It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in which no one wants to buy a ticket. We’re something everyone stands around and stares at, like an accident in the street. We’re the Messiah’s misfits.” (1Cor4:9)
I love that – Messiah’s misfits! But he changed the world and his voice still speaks today. Misunderstood at that time but changed the course of history.
Will we be willing to embrace the unknown path also, and be misunderstood if necessary by the present church to see a brand new era emerge? Will we be willing to look like we have failed in the eyes of men? Will we be Messiah’s misfits? Heaven is crying out for such unsung heroes to shape the future of nations. The door is in the Floor. Justin Abraham
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Guest Blog: Michele Perry ‘Gift of Hunger’
Michele Perry is a joyful love revolutionary and a good friend! Living in the extreme world of Sudan Africa she is building with her team a community, a safe place for an ever growing family of kids needing a loving home.
“Hunger is not evidence of experiencing a diminished reality in the spirit but rather an increased capacity longing for more” ♥ Michele Perry
I am convinced.
Hunger is a gift. And it is a gift to be guarded.
One thing I notice on my travels west is how much everything fights against this reality. We are encouraged to numb it, tame it, ignore it, run from it, deny it, rebuke it… do everyth
ing but embrace it and cherish it for the incredible gift that it is. The one thing I have to fight the hardest to keep alive and growing inside of me when I am back in the West is this gift of hunger. And make no mistake: it is a love gift, a pure grace from Jesus.
There are some voices encouraging us to embrace grace at the expense of spiritual hunger. Perhaps it is just their vernacular. Please, allow me to clarify. I am not talking about striving, make it happen works- that is performance not hunger. I am talking about the lovesick longing for MORE of the one Who is infinite and eternal yet manifest and present in my now.
If I say I have ALL of God, well folks He must be pretty small. I have yet to walk through walls, fly, walk on water or do some of even the basics Jesus did when He walked the earth. But then again I DO have ALL of Him, it will simply take an eternity in Him to discover the ALL I have now! It is not either-or: it is both-and-more!
Hunger is not evidence of a diminished reality of God’s Presence in my life. I.e I do not ascribe to the theory I have to “leak” unless I do so intentionally. It is rather evidence of an increased capacity where Papa has reached down and enlarged my heart to contain more of His. The differential between what I have and what I now have room for is experienced as hunger for Him.
Hunger is what propels us onward in God. So here I am full satisfied in what I have but ever yet voraciously longing for more. It is my goal to be the hungriest person on the planet. Because I know hunger compels a response from heaven.
So what about you dear reader, what fights against YOUR hunger for more? What do you do to guard this gift from heaven?
Michele Perry
(For more posts from Michele visit http://fromtheunpavedroad.com)
Close encounters of the Jesus kind
How real can heaven get? Can it get so real that you live in the seen and unseen? It gets blurred into one. I believe so…
Joel and Peter spoke of a day of ‘divinely appointed appearances’ and an outpouring of engaging with God -
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams.”
That’s for today. Religion keeps putting the good stuff in the future. God puts it in the present. The kingdom of heaven is at hand. People who are fighting this truth are like those who trying to stop the wind from blowing. It’s impossible! I’ve heard well known ‘new’ ministries urging people that experiences of heaven are flaky and that people who have such things have moved away from the simplicity of the Gospel. This is the exact opposite of the truth! The Gospel’s purpose is to bring you into a continual new reality. Experiential one-ness with the One!
Jesus said to Nicodemus (a so called expert in all things Biblical) -
“Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God.” John 3:3
The outcome of being born again is that we can SEE and EXPERIENCE the Kingdom of Heaven! Yeah God! We get in on the action! One of the most shocking elements of this NEW creation reality is we get to see on an ongoing basis. We get to see God!
“And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent” John 17:3
This is eternal life. Family! Family with Jesus, Papa and the Comforter. Face-time! History is marked with those who have seen God over and over again. It’s not meant to be a one-off event or something that happens just when you die. The Mystic Quest is to experience God on earth as it is in heaven and to go up into heaven & engage with that real place. “Come up here!” still resounds. A generation like John who blur boundaries.
I believe we are now seeing a great outpouring of the Spirit on the earth. It may seem hidden but in hiddenness God is drawing near to lowly, the longing ones, the seekers to show them His Person. In these days His presence is going to be personal. We are in the day of increasing ‘divinely appointed appearances’!
I’d like to end today’s blog with a story. I love stories. This one is about a man called Frank Bartleman who along with another fella called William Seymour saw one of the biggest most powerful moves of God in any generation. Encounters birth movements and revivals and nationwide change. In 1906 in Azusa Street through a small group of people God rocked the world!
“One evening, July 3, I felt strongly impressed to go to the little Peniel Hall. There I found Brother Boehmer ahead of me. He had also been led of God to the hall. We prayed for a spirit of revival for Pasadena until the burden became well nigh unbearable. I cried out like a woman in the birth-pangs. The Spirit was interceding through us. Finally the burden left us. After a short time of quiet waiting a great calm settled down upon us. Then suddenly, without premonition, the Lord Jesus himself revealed himself to us. He seemed to stand directly between us, so close we did not dare to move. I could not even look. In fact I seemed all spirit. His presence became more real, if possible, than if I could have seen and touched Him naturally. I forgot I had eyes or ears. My Spirit recognised him. A heaven of divine love filled and thrilled my soul. Burning fire went through me. In fact my whole being seemed to flow down before Him, like wax before the fire. I lost all consciousness of time and space, being conscious only of His wonderful presence. I worshipped at His feet. It seemed a veritable “mount of transfiguration”. I was lost in the pure Spirit.
For some time He remained with us. Then slowly He withdrew His presence. We would have been there yet had He not withdrawn. I could not doubt His reality after that experience… We were almost afraid to speak when we came back to our surroundings. The Lord had said nothing to us, but only ravished our spirits by His presence… The sun was up the next morning before we left the hall. But the night had seemed but half an hour. The presence of God eliminated all sense of time. … For days the marvellous presence seemed to walk by my side. The Lord Jesus was so real. I could scarcely take up with human conversation again.
Daring to believe for more than we can ask or dare to think! Justin Abraham
“I am the Prince of Wales” Jesus
Still rolling off the last few days of gatherings in Wales. Intense, joyful, Spirit saturated a company of radicals gathered together to usher in a new phase of expansion in the nation. It was a prophetic, decreeing, space making time where we engaged with heaven to shape the earth. A drum beat sounding, a turn on the road, angels responding. You can’t make this happen. It’s a God thing.
Jeff Jansen was deeply impacted by God’s heart for Wales. He told me in the hotel room he heard Jesus say “I am the Prince of Wales”. Stunning. There’s something going on here where heaven is chasing us. Jeff is raving about Wales and can’t wait to get back. Many other international ministries that have passed through here say the same. There’s something going on. Jesus cares about Wales. He is the Prince of Wales. Think on that!
Such a small seemingly insignificant nation yet marked and scarred by move after move of the Spirit of God. Some say you can follow every great revival of the last century back to the 1904 explosion in South Wales. But I think it goes back way further than that. Wildfire celtic DNA rising from the early centuries not just here but across these islands.
We are a messy birthing place, an ignition point for wild streams to emerge and flow across the earth. A place where people wrestle angels. A place of mystical community. A place of sound – the blue stone cry. Non-empire. Out of control.
So we lift our eyes to the skies. Expanded. Glad. Feels like the space is wide open to flourish.
His presence and the poor is still the rallying cry. A nation transformed to transform other nations.
The Spirit still remembers the sound of the song. It is going to rise again. It is written in the books of destiny.
I keep wondering what would it look like when a generation burns- “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?” (Isaiah 33:14) Unstoppable! No power on earth will stand.
Dreaming wild dreams, COBH
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