Hi Church,

I love the flow of the Spirit. He is likened to many things.  A bubbling stream, a mighty river, waves of the ocean. Its all about the flow. Last Sunday we tried to capture that flow like we saw at Conference. Sometimes it will feel clunky and then it just …….flows. The important thing is to stay together in it spiritually.

We had a lot of words spoken, the prophetic focussed in on unity, unity of us all as one church in the city and unity of us as one body locally. Without unity there can be no blessing, Ps 133 tells us this. Eph 4:1-4 requires it. The Prayer of Jesus in John 17 calls and invites us into it, “Father make them one”. 

The depth of our flow and the distance of our flow in the Spirit will depend on our heart for unity, joined in love to one another. One Body, One Hope, One Truth, One Family, One Worship, One Passion, Lets pursue this together.

Last Sunday we celebrated the goodness of God over our conference period. Many healings, many freedom moments, increase in joy, salvations. Heaven truly opened for us. We also pressed in for more. I know already that pain left people’s body and the testimony of others encouraged blessing for them.

Some consolidated truth included. God was making Grace Church a gateway church into the city to be a training and sending church. Bruce declared that we are not a retirement village but a leadership factory. That we needed to raise up our youth and celebrate them and cheer them on in their purpose in God. Paul revealed that our prophecy times needed to be Sane, Biblical and Submitted. We needed to be a people who stood on the walls like Habakkuk and wait and see what the Lord will speak and write it down and make it known and wait for the word to come to pass. Pat showed us that evangelism should be a joy and delight because its good news to those that are lost and dying. Monika the teacher told us to Be Ready for Service, Be ready for the Lords return and Be ready as Troops fully armed and dressed for battle. And the Pastor drew us in to the heart of Jesus to be ready to love and serve the least of the these, with willing hands and burning hearts.  

Let’s continue to flow Church, stay unified in love and truth and action with an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to us. Let’s live in the more of the abundance of life in Jesus our saviour.

With you Church all the way.

Ps Greg

8th August 2023