Mugabe vs. God…

Did anyone hear what this despot dictator murderer dared to say yesterday?  Listen to this: “Only God who appointed me can remove me – not the MDC (The opposition party), not the British.”… “the MDC will never rule Zimbabwe.”   If ever there was a “WMD” (Weapon of mass destruction) which needed action by the international community, Mugabe surely is it. (see my previous post on this here)

For us Christians, the fight is a spiritual one. Our warrior prayers are with all Zimbabweans this week, as dozens are being murdered and 1000’s are being brutally intimidated in the run-up to the run-off elections for the presidency this weekend. Where will it all end? Right now I judge that for Mugabe and his cronies at least its going to end in hell…

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. – Proverbs 14:34

London “MANdate” this Saturday…

Calling all men/males anywhere near London this weekend – we have called an improntu “MANdate” on Saturday morning 21st June

Venue: The Edwards Pub (Opposite Hammersmith Tube Station), King St, Hammersmith W6 7AB.

Time: From 10.00 – 12.00. 

Expect a full-on empowering life & spiritual muscle building time…and bacon & egg butties…

Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! WAKE UP THE MIGHTY MEN! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. 10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!” 11 Come quickly… ROUSE YOUR WARRIORS, O LORD! - Joel 3:9-11

Incl – Special prayers for the desperate need in Zimbabwe with elections next week.

Girls, this is one date you definitely don’t want your male friends/husbands/boyfriends/brothers etc to miss…Send them all….All men/males welcome… 

PS – If you want a good stirring warm-up, try listening to my last Sundays sermon titled “The Fathers Launching words.” I really felt it was hitting the mark. In it I also ranted a bit about naked men in London – for a reminder of my views on this check out my previous “Wolfi’s View on…the naked men on London’s buses.”

See you for a MANdate on Saturday. Come as you are – just not naked…

SuperDad…

This Sunday I get to wear my “SuperDad” t-shirt again. I have a confession to make: I bought it for myself! (well, my kids did say I was the best dad they’ve ever had…)

I also have the privilege of preaching on Fathers day, and I have a deep expectation for this Sunday as I try with Gods help to share about the most powerful launching words a father ever spoke to his son, from Matthew 3v17 as God the Fathers voice came from heaven saying: “This is My beloved son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Our children will one day “leave & cleave”, but the words we speak will determine whether we simply “let them go” (neutral influence), “limit them” (negative influence), or “launch” them positively into their destiny. I want to be a “launching father”, and I see an example in the word of the Heavenly Father as He launched Jesus into His public ministry years to fulfill all that had been destined:

The Father said: My Son – Beloved Son – and Well pleasing Son. 

Every child needs to have these  words of identity, acceptance and affirmation etched deep in their spirit and soul. Without them we wonder through life wondering Whose we are and who we are. We seek identity and fulfilment in all sorts of places and things which never satisfy. But when we hear these words of life from the father, they are the powerful fuel which we desperately need to launch us into a courageous pursuit of dreams and destiny.

I pray that you will hear and receive these launching words straight from the Fathers heart to yours. You are His son/daughter. You are loved. You bring Him pleasure. Lift-off…

PS – Can you remember when someone spoke some “launching words” to you? 

I fasted from IT for 8 days!

I’ve just come back from a great weeks holiday on the Spanish Costa Del Sol. Besides taking a break from work, I decided to take a complete break from email, Internet, blogs, facebook, etc. I didn’t touch a computer once, and didn’t download anything onto my PDA either. A complete Internet fast. I had a few mild witdrawel symptoms for a day or two, especially a slight worry that I’d forgotten to turn my “out of office” message on (How would the world know where I am???!!).   The world didn’t stop because I didn’t reply to email straight away… nothing was SO urgent that it couldn’t wait till this week to be searched, booked, blogged, viewed…no-one wrote a complaint on my blog-site about missing me…(That hurt…), and generally all was OK without the WWW.

Actually, when we arrived in London 15 years ago there was no email, no www, not even a mobile phone! (Maybe thats why the church grew so slowly back then!?)

Anyway, I’m back on-line now…committed to let this technology serve me, no enslave me…