By a prophet I shall lead them

"I am praying that the Acts of the Apostles would come alive for you"

Having just launching a new series from the Acts of the Apostles “Building a great Church – lessons from Jerusalem, I received an email from my Friend John Owen. The following is an extract –

“Colin, Strange thing just happened to me driving to KH (His office).

I Started to think about you and your preaching when we first came to Parrs Wood . You preached a lot on characters and their life journey - I particularly remember you preaching on Jacob and you being overwhelmed emotionally. You preached on other journeys David etc. Gideon was the one you were speaking on the first Sunday we came to the Church.

I just think you have a prophetic gift in focusing on a character and their journey. These things are important for you and you come alive - in that respect ACTS HAS IT ALL - the churches journey, the apostles journey , Peter’s & Paul’s especially and the HS incredibly at work - and it all starts with the Spirit and the outpouring of tongues - that thing that gripped you as a 17 year old.

I am praying that the Acts of the Apostles would come alive for you - and provoke you at the end of your sabbatical - when I was at Regents in 2004 I had a module on Mission - I came away thinking that times when I had seen the Spirit birth things in a similar pattern to Acts is when I had seen God work through you and what I had experienced in Manchester.”

Having ascertained that John had no idea about my plans to preach from Acts I found myself full of faith and energy to preach the following series from the first 6 chapters of Acts

“Building a great Church – lessons from Jerusalem
Sermon 1: Purpose
Sermon 2: Power
Sermon 3: Prayer
Sermon 4: Pentecost
Sermon 5: Preaching
Sermon 6: Passionate
Sermon 7: Possessions
Sermon 8: Potential
Sermon 9: Persecution
Sermon 10: Profile
Sermon 11: Pastoral
Sermon 12: Prize

By a prophet I shall lead them

Having just launching a new series from the Acts of the Apostles “Building a great Church – lessons from Jerusalem, I received an email from my Friend John Owen. The following is an extract –