Bringing The Kingdom In
Oh What a night ! Late September back in 2009. I opened the door of the church lounge , the place was jammed packed with parents waiting to pick their kids up from Anchor Boys. " I think I'll install a coffee machine in here for you guys, I quipped . Monica, our welcome co-ordinator was standing smiling, its a busy place tonight, there's a lot going on." She never spoke a truer word. There is so much going on in our church but there is a whole story still unfolding, that is not always obvious. Its the things that God does to surprise me that makes me more and more open to expectation.
William Carey the 18th Century Missionary who felt called to India, once wrote ,'Expect great things from God, and attempt great things for God. I do believe we need to recapture that same missionary zeal again. It was that same zeal that established the modern missionary movement out of Edinburgh in 1910. We need to be a people looking to God knowing that he is already doing great things all around us.
Tonight I heard a young man confess his faith in Christ to his peers, by the end of the evening another 5 young people had spoken of their faith in Christ. One phoned me at the manse to share with me he had taken a step of faith into the Kingdom. An hour later I received a text to say another young person had found faith tonight. Could it be that faith is contagious? What do you think? I hope so, we could have a faith virus here in Bo'ness. I'll keep you posted. Here's a song for all those who have opened their lives to the presence of God. What great expectations we should have - God's at work in lives like yours and mine, <a href="[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/OEo8LOPr5_Q" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]"Bringing His kingdom In" The Bogle Band has sung this particular song hundreds of times. It has often touched people and been used by God as a drawing song. Moving people to turn from darkness to light, from fear to freedom. This particular version was recorded at the BBC studios in Queen Margaret Drive Glasgow in 1989. Twenty years on the Kingdom is still relevant and attractive.
Posted By: jackie On: 22 Sep 2009 At: 7:23pm
Great news regarding the young ones declaring their love for Christ, lets keep praying for more. Enjoying watching your wee videos, your leg movements remind me of Elvis. Just watched the “Mr Graham” video, was wondering if you were at the Crusade when it came to Glasgow.