Celebration for the Nations 2011 Report

The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name. (Exodus 15:2-3).

This was the song of thanksgiving and triumph that the Israelites sang as the Lord delivered them from slavery and brought them into their inheritance.

Preparing for Celebration for the Nations 2011

July 12th 2011

Very soon now we will all be together worshipping our incredible Lord who has freed us from sin and brought us into his Kingdom as sons and heirs of all his incredible promises! How can anything we do ever come near what he deserves? Yet he accepts us and is pleased with our worship.

Our longing is that Jesus receives the reward of his suffering. Amazingly we have the privilege to work with him and make sure his Bride is made up of people from every tribe and tongue and nation. No place is too hard for him, no heart too closed.

Celebration for the Nations
Update June 2011

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
(2 Corinthians 4:17-18).

As we approach nearer Celebration for the Nations this year, the battle intensifies. We are dealing with unseen realities, spiritual powers that are trying to block the weight of glory that the Lord is going to give. However, we, like St Paul, fix our eyes not on our troubles, but on the Lord Jesus himself. Please pray especially for the leadership team . . .

Celebration for the Nations Update May 2011

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations (Psalm 67:1-2).

When God’s grace and his shining face are towards his people, the nations know his saving power. The Lord is longing to pour out his grace to us. He is asking us to seek his face, so that we too may shine with that light that is in him. When John saw his face he said that it blazed like the sun in all its brilliance. The result was a revelation that is still unfolding 2000 years later. It is a blessing to every nation.

Celebration Update April 2011

Being a Voice
The voice of Jesus is described by John like the sound of rushing waters (Revelation 1:15). Later in Revelation, the voice of the overcoming Bride when she bursts out in praise to the Lord is again described as like the roar of rushing waters (Revelation 19:6). We have the same voice as our beloved Saviour! We are called to be God’s voice on earth. He has put the living water within us, and it is there to overflow to bless others. As we worship him the waters will break out!

Celebration for the Nations Update March 2011

The Army of the Lamb
Turmoil in the nations is growing. We should not be surprised by this. As the body of Christ, we are called to pray for the Kingdom of God to come on earth as it is in heaven. The Lord says;

I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory (Haggai 2:7).

Celebration for the Nations: January 2011

Year 5: Fruitfulness
'When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden. For three years you are to consider it forbidden ; it must not be eaten. In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the Lord your God’ (Leviticus 19:23-25).

Celebration Update November 2010

Rest and Revival
Solomon prayed an amazing prayer when he dedicated the Temple. It was a prayer that would have been presumptuous if it had not been clearly led by the Holy Spirit:

‘Now arise, O Lord God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might’ (2 Chronicles 6:41).