Good day everyone!
Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. Just wanted to update you all with what's been happening this week......
Not a lot.
Just kidding. Sort of. This past week there's been a conference on at church which means we only had school on Tuesday and half of Wednesday and the rest of the week off. When there's a conference on we quite often get some of the speakers in school to talk to us, which is what happened this week.
On Tuesday we had Bob and Bonnie Jones in school to talk to us briefly which was brilliant. Bob shared some of the insight he has from God and being over 80 years old he had some great stuff that he shared. One thing that stood out was the emphasis he feels God is placing on Networking, which has become especially important to us as we've been out here for 6 months with only 3 months left. It's vitally important the church and it's leaders maintain networks and close relationships because we can help each other out.
Tuesday also saw the last session of the Revival history course with Ray Hughes that I've been a part of. Ray's enthusiasm for history and the many moves of God over the years is so infectious, I've really enjoyed listening to Ray for the last 5 weeks and it's a real shame it's over but it has given me an appetite to further study history and the many men and women used by God over the years. It has also coincided with us reading God's Generals by Roberts Liardon as part of our course, which is awesome. The many people in the book are so inspiring and encouraging.
We had Graham Cooke come into school on Wednesday, again another amazing time. Graham is from England but now lives and works in America, so it was refreshing to hear a British accent. Graham shared some awesome stuff, it was so good I gave up taking notes because I didn't want to miss anything. One awesome thing he said was 'You don't become a new person by changing your behavior, you become a new person by discovering the person you already are in Christ and behave accordingly'. So often we try harder to do things different or change a behaviour that we don't like but really we need to realise who God says we are and who God sees us as and understand that we need more of God's grace. I think this is the biggest thing I've learnt this year; who God says I am and who He sees me as.
We spent Thursday and Friday mainly just relaxing and catching up on homework because the weather hasn't been too great recently. More like England really. We had Bill speak on Sunday morning at church, another awesome message I'd encourage you to get hold of. It's such a privilege to be able to call Bethel Church 'home' for a season.
Thanks for reading this, we're so blessed that people read our blog posts and take an interest in how we're doing. Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to contact us and let us know what's going on.
Blessings and Love
Liam and Izzy
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Dear Reader,
Here's a selection of exciting things that have happened in my life in the last 2 weeks.Enjoy,
Sat 5th Feb: Woke up at 7 to get to the healing rooms at Bethel for 8. Got there, signed in, chatted, started walking around praying and getting jacked up on love.
We split up into teams of 4-5 and at 9 the leaders let people in(by then they would have filled in a form asking what was wrong with them and other questions and been in the encounter room worshiping/ praying/ waiting) we prayed for a lady with arthritis,she said her pain level was a 3/10 at that time but it did get really bad, so we prayed for a while and sure enough when we had finished she was dancing around saying she was pain free. So we all danced together. We prayed for a man who came over looking very sullen, we prayed and prophesied over him, he left with tears in his eyes happier than ever having been healed.
there were many more people that we prayed for and all left smiling and praising God our healer.
Left for San Fran in a tiny little plane that seated about 30. Sat next to a man who was a writer and was looking for a house to buy in Redding. We chatted all the way and ended up giving me his card because his wife had written a children's book and was looking for an illustrator! i got to pray for him and his family about some stuff and it was really good.
waited for 4 hours in San Fran airport, met some nice people including a shoe shine Mexican granddad who was lovely.
Sun 6th Feb: Got to England after a Loooooooong flight and was met by my parents. We got back to Cheddar in time for my little sister Corries baptism, which was amazing. She gave her testimony and got dunked, then everyone stood around her and prayer and prophesied over her. Then John Heather did a wonderful preach about our hearts. Was lovely to meet little Chloe, our friends new baby. Shes just gorgeousness!
Mon 7th: Visiting day. catching up with lovely people i hadn't seen for 6 months. Got to pray for Liam's Nan and some others. was soooooo good.
Tues 8th: Headed to Nottingham to help Hannah with wedding prep, saw her new house.
Fri 11th: Had a great family dinner with extended family, including my Uncle who had come back from Kenya for the wedding.
Sat 12th: WEDDING DAY!! Hannah looked stunning, and it was a perfect day. Was lovely to see everyone and have Matt welcomed into our family, and we met Matt's family who were just brilliant and we are looking forward to seeing them again.
Sun 13th: Drove to Heathrow dropped me off, then mum and dad dropped Corrie off at Gatwick for her flight to France.
Tues 15th: went back to school had so many people say they missed me which was AMAZING. Had Kris Vallotton speak, which was great as always.
Wed 16th: Bill Spoke, and we went to a social justice evening at Bethel, they showed a film and had stalls. It was really eye opening about sex trafficking and slave labour. Always ask if your coffees is fair trade wherever you go!!!
Thurs 17th: It SNOWED. That was a surprise i thought id get back to warm summer sun but no.:(
Fri 18th: Joaquin Evans spoke on the Holy Spirit, Then we had revival group where Joaquin's intern Josh Stevens spoke and had words of knowledge(God telling him what he wants to heal in the room) for healing, so some people got healed! :)
Sat 19th: Healing rooms again! What a day.SOOOO good.We prayed for a lady 1st who had a bad back and kidney problems, so my leader, sat her down and checked the length of her legs, one was shorter than the other so my leader sat her down and commanded in Jesus Name for the leg to grow out, then he asked her if she wanted to be taller, she said yes, so he commanded the left leg to grow even more. I literally saw her leg grow an inch longer than the other.I saw it move. then he commanded the other to grow, this happened a few times until she was a bit taller, probably about an inch and a half. Probably the coolest thing i have seen God do with my own eyes. He loves us so much, and He is so fun!
We saw a lady who had a frozen shoulder get unfrozen, she couldn't kneel cos it was too painful, and God healed her and she was kneeling by the end. We saw a lady who had one foot smaller than the other, so we commanded the smaller foot to grow and it did, so she now has the same size feet, God also healed her headaches and trauma pain from a car accident a few years earlier. A lady who had broken her arm the Thursday before was being prayed for in a group next to us, her pain level went from a 10 to a 0, and she could move her fingers, which she hadn't been able to do when she came in.
Someone in another group prayed for a lady with a brain tumour, she said her head was getting lighter and lighter and when she stood up she wasn't dizzy which she had been before cos her equilibrium was messed up.
There are more testimony's but I haven't got time to tell them all. It all happened between 9 and 12pm that morning.
Sun 20th: Church was amazing, Bill Johnson (senior leader) spoke. after i went up the front with a friend to pray for people (people who want prayer for anything can go up, maybe about 200 people go up each week) we prayed for 2 women, it was really amazing to pray, as Joaquin says ' we don't need to know how to do our job, we just need to let God do his.' all we did was invite the Holy Spirit, then command healing, and God shows up.
If you don't know this Jesus I'm talking about, he really is AMAZING TO KNOW. :) Hes our Savior, Healer and Deliverer.SO GOOD.
That evening Bob Jones was in town for the conference that's going on this week. Bob Jones is a famous prophet, he spoke on some interesting things about the future. (if you'd like to know please email me)
Mon 21st: Today i have been with my lovely friend Lynda who is the writer of the book I'm illustrating. We spent half the day together in a book shop discussing the book.Its been a good day so far. And we're about to have cookies so the day's gonna get even better!
We have Graham Cooke and Bob Jones coming in to school to teach us this week, so we will keep you updated.
hope you've enjoyed reading this diary/blog.
You've done well to reach the end, it's so long!
Thank you xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us.
1John 4:16-19
Here's a selection of exciting things that have happened in my life in the last 2 weeks.Enjoy,
Sat 5th Feb: Woke up at 7 to get to the healing rooms at Bethel for 8. Got there, signed in, chatted, started walking around praying and getting jacked up on love.
We split up into teams of 4-5 and at 9 the leaders let people in(by then they would have filled in a form asking what was wrong with them and other questions and been in the encounter room worshiping/ praying/ waiting) we prayed for a lady with arthritis,she said her pain level was a 3/10 at that time but it did get really bad, so we prayed for a while and sure enough when we had finished she was dancing around saying she was pain free. So we all danced together. We prayed for a man who came over looking very sullen, we prayed and prophesied over him, he left with tears in his eyes happier than ever having been healed.
there were many more people that we prayed for and all left smiling and praising God our healer.
Left for San Fran in a tiny little plane that seated about 30. Sat next to a man who was a writer and was looking for a house to buy in Redding. We chatted all the way and ended up giving me his card because his wife had written a children's book and was looking for an illustrator! i got to pray for him and his family about some stuff and it was really good.
waited for 4 hours in San Fran airport, met some nice people including a shoe shine Mexican granddad who was lovely.
Sun 6th Feb: Got to England after a Loooooooong flight and was met by my parents. We got back to Cheddar in time for my little sister Corries baptism, which was amazing. She gave her testimony and got dunked, then everyone stood around her and prayer and prophesied over her. Then John Heather did a wonderful preach about our hearts. Was lovely to meet little Chloe, our friends new baby. Shes just gorgeousness!
Mon 7th: Visiting day. catching up with lovely people i hadn't seen for 6 months. Got to pray for Liam's Nan and some others. was soooooo good.
Tues 8th: Headed to Nottingham to help Hannah with wedding prep, saw her new house.
Fri 11th: Had a great family dinner with extended family, including my Uncle who had come back from Kenya for the wedding.
Sat 12th: WEDDING DAY!! Hannah looked stunning, and it was a perfect day. Was lovely to see everyone and have Matt welcomed into our family, and we met Matt's family who were just brilliant and we are looking forward to seeing them again.
Sun 13th: Drove to Heathrow dropped me off, then mum and dad dropped Corrie off at Gatwick for her flight to France.
Tues 15th: went back to school had so many people say they missed me which was AMAZING. Had Kris Vallotton speak, which was great as always.
Wed 16th: Bill Spoke, and we went to a social justice evening at Bethel, they showed a film and had stalls. It was really eye opening about sex trafficking and slave labour. Always ask if your coffees is fair trade wherever you go!!!
Thurs 17th: It SNOWED. That was a surprise i thought id get back to warm summer sun but no.:(
Fri 18th: Joaquin Evans spoke on the Holy Spirit, Then we had revival group where Joaquin's intern Josh Stevens spoke and had words of knowledge(God telling him what he wants to heal in the room) for healing, so some people got healed! :)
Sat 19th: Healing rooms again! What a day.SOOOO good.We prayed for a lady 1st who had a bad back and kidney problems, so my leader, sat her down and checked the length of her legs, one was shorter than the other so my leader sat her down and commanded in Jesus Name for the leg to grow out, then he asked her if she wanted to be taller, she said yes, so he commanded the left leg to grow even more. I literally saw her leg grow an inch longer than the other.I saw it move. then he commanded the other to grow, this happened a few times until she was a bit taller, probably about an inch and a half. Probably the coolest thing i have seen God do with my own eyes. He loves us so much, and He is so fun!
We saw a lady who had a frozen shoulder get unfrozen, she couldn't kneel cos it was too painful, and God healed her and she was kneeling by the end. We saw a lady who had one foot smaller than the other, so we commanded the smaller foot to grow and it did, so she now has the same size feet, God also healed her headaches and trauma pain from a car accident a few years earlier. A lady who had broken her arm the Thursday before was being prayed for in a group next to us, her pain level went from a 10 to a 0, and she could move her fingers, which she hadn't been able to do when she came in.
Someone in another group prayed for a lady with a brain tumour, she said her head was getting lighter and lighter and when she stood up she wasn't dizzy which she had been before cos her equilibrium was messed up.
There are more testimony's but I haven't got time to tell them all. It all happened between 9 and 12pm that morning.
Sun 20th: Church was amazing, Bill Johnson (senior leader) spoke. after i went up the front with a friend to pray for people (people who want prayer for anything can go up, maybe about 200 people go up each week) we prayed for 2 women, it was really amazing to pray, as Joaquin says ' we don't need to know how to do our job, we just need to let God do his.' all we did was invite the Holy Spirit, then command healing, and God shows up.
If you don't know this Jesus I'm talking about, he really is AMAZING TO KNOW. :) Hes our Savior, Healer and Deliverer.SO GOOD.
That evening Bob Jones was in town for the conference that's going on this week. Bob Jones is a famous prophet, he spoke on some interesting things about the future. (if you'd like to know please email me)
Mon 21st: Today i have been with my lovely friend Lynda who is the writer of the book I'm illustrating. We spent half the day together in a book shop discussing the book.Its been a good day so far. And we're about to have cookies so the day's gonna get even better!
We have Graham Cooke and Bob Jones coming in to school to teach us this week, so we will keep you updated.
hope you've enjoyed reading this diary/blog.
You've done well to reach the end, it's so long!
Thank you xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because He first loved us.
1John 4:16-19
Monday, February 7, 2011
Hello again!
Sorry again for not blogging for a while. As mentioned before, our latop has been a bit troublesome, but I've managed to prop it up in such a way that it works. For now anyway. So I'll fill you in on what's been going on....
Before I go on and update you all, I'd like to acknowledge the fact that this blog post will be missing something. Or rather someone. Izzy is back at home in the UK for a week for her older sister's, Hannah, wedding. So it's just me for this one, but I'll do my best.
The back end of last week was a very exciting and interesting time at school. We had special guests in the shape of Georgian and Winnie Banov come in and talk and lead worship. What an amazing time! If you're not familiar with the Banov's, well I can only apologise. They're....I'm not really sure what the word is but the fact they're referred to as 'Joy Apostles' sums it up quite rightly. They lead worship in a way that you can't help but be joyful! and they really have an amazing revelation on what Jesus did for us on the cross. If you get chance to listen or see them, do it. It's incredible. A lot of their ministry is to the poorest of the poor around the world, from gypsies in Eastern Europe, to rubbish dumps in Central America. Amazing stuff.
Izzy left for home on Saturday from Redding, with a change at San Francisco. She had been in the Healing Rooms as a prayer servant for the first time on Saturday morning, where she saw amazing breakthroughs in people's physical health including praying for a lady with rheumatoid arthritis who said the pain left and she was now pain-free! Very exciting stuff! As the session was coming to a close,I quickly whisked her off to the airport however to catch her flight. Redding airport was so small, made Bristol airport look like a major hub for air transport. Izzy said the plane was really small too, she had to duck in order to move up and down the plane. But she made it back to Heathrow after about 15 hours or so, just in time to make it back to Cheddar to see her younger sister, Corrie, get baptised! I'm told everyone had a great time, really sad I didn't get to be there but I'm so proud and excited for Corrie. Well done! You're awesome!
Sunday came and it wasn't just Any Given Sunday, it was Superbowl Sunday! First we had church in the morning, where Bill was just amazing. He really hit the nail on the head, with how I've been feeling and thinking for probably the last 2 months or so. It's so easy to get caught in the culture of Bethel while here and not have your own life with God. It's so easy to hear the testimonies and just get caught up in the flow of life without actually having your own history. (I'd like to point you in the direction of our housemates and friends, Josh and Em, who on their last blog entry did a great job of discussing this) And that's going to be the big test for us when we leave, when we'll be away from Bethel and Bill Johnson and all the other awesome ministries here, will we truly have our own well to draw from, as it were. As Bill said, the only way to be a credible witness is to have first hand testimony. Please, I encourage you to listen to the recording if you have chance.
And then came the game. I've watched a few Superbowls back in England so I was really looking forward to this one, especially as it meant I didn't have to stay up til 4 or more in the morning to finish watching it. We had a few people round, mostly non-american's though which was quite funny. We were all fairly new to it all. It was really an international event as the nations of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and Yorkshire were represented. Although Dayna, from Canada, mistakenly took Tony, from the nation of Yorkshire, for an Irishman, which led to a few laughs. The game itself though was good. The main complaint was that it was so long, unlike football (soccer (hurts to type that word)) or rugby which are both quite freeflowing sports, but the Superbowl commercials were good fun, each company really tries hard every year to put out great adverts. My favourite was a Doritos one.
Anyways, it's now getting late and I need to get some beauty sleep. Please be praying for me as I'm all on my own (well, I do have friends but I miss Izzy) and Izzy and her family as they prepare for Hannah's wedding this coming Saturday.
God bless you all, He is awesome!
Peace & Love
Liam
'For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him'
John 3:17
Sorry again for not blogging for a while. As mentioned before, our latop has been a bit troublesome, but I've managed to prop it up in such a way that it works. For now anyway. So I'll fill you in on what's been going on....
Before I go on and update you all, I'd like to acknowledge the fact that this blog post will be missing something. Or rather someone. Izzy is back at home in the UK for a week for her older sister's, Hannah, wedding. So it's just me for this one, but I'll do my best.
The back end of last week was a very exciting and interesting time at school. We had special guests in the shape of Georgian and Winnie Banov come in and talk and lead worship. What an amazing time! If you're not familiar with the Banov's, well I can only apologise. They're....I'm not really sure what the word is but the fact they're referred to as 'Joy Apostles' sums it up quite rightly. They lead worship in a way that you can't help but be joyful! and they really have an amazing revelation on what Jesus did for us on the cross. If you get chance to listen or see them, do it. It's incredible. A lot of their ministry is to the poorest of the poor around the world, from gypsies in Eastern Europe, to rubbish dumps in Central America. Amazing stuff.
Izzy left for home on Saturday from Redding, with a change at San Francisco. She had been in the Healing Rooms as a prayer servant for the first time on Saturday morning, where she saw amazing breakthroughs in people's physical health including praying for a lady with rheumatoid arthritis who said the pain left and she was now pain-free! Very exciting stuff! As the session was coming to a close,I quickly whisked her off to the airport however to catch her flight. Redding airport was so small, made Bristol airport look like a major hub for air transport. Izzy said the plane was really small too, she had to duck in order to move up and down the plane. But she made it back to Heathrow after about 15 hours or so, just in time to make it back to Cheddar to see her younger sister, Corrie, get baptised! I'm told everyone had a great time, really sad I didn't get to be there but I'm so proud and excited for Corrie. Well done! You're awesome!
Sunday came and it wasn't just Any Given Sunday, it was Superbowl Sunday! First we had church in the morning, where Bill was just amazing. He really hit the nail on the head, with how I've been feeling and thinking for probably the last 2 months or so. It's so easy to get caught in the culture of Bethel while here and not have your own life with God. It's so easy to hear the testimonies and just get caught up in the flow of life without actually having your own history. (I'd like to point you in the direction of our housemates and friends, Josh and Em, who on their last blog entry did a great job of discussing this) And that's going to be the big test for us when we leave, when we'll be away from Bethel and Bill Johnson and all the other awesome ministries here, will we truly have our own well to draw from, as it were. As Bill said, the only way to be a credible witness is to have first hand testimony. Please, I encourage you to listen to the recording if you have chance.
And then came the game. I've watched a few Superbowls back in England so I was really looking forward to this one, especially as it meant I didn't have to stay up til 4 or more in the morning to finish watching it. We had a few people round, mostly non-american's though which was quite funny. We were all fairly new to it all. It was really an international event as the nations of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK and Yorkshire were represented. Although Dayna, from Canada, mistakenly took Tony, from the nation of Yorkshire, for an Irishman, which led to a few laughs. The game itself though was good. The main complaint was that it was so long, unlike football (soccer (hurts to type that word)) or rugby which are both quite freeflowing sports, but the Superbowl commercials were good fun, each company really tries hard every year to put out great adverts. My favourite was a Doritos one.
Anyways, it's now getting late and I need to get some beauty sleep. Please be praying for me as I'm all on my own (well, I do have friends but I miss Izzy) and Izzy and her family as they prepare for Hannah's wedding this coming Saturday.
God bless you all, He is awesome!
Peace & Love
Liam
'For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him'
John 3:17
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