Thoughts From The Road

Killed for their faith

This article is reprinted from Nigel Jame's blog:

Returning from  a few days holiday in our caravan, I received some disturbing news from Liberia. Emmanuel Jonah let me know that 4 young people involved in Ignite had been killed. 3 boys -Augustine, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, and Augustine's sister Kabeh, were all part of the Ignite centre at the Free Pentecostal Church in Lofa county. Emmanuel let us know that the young people were killed by members of their own families who are actively involved in witchcraft and who wanted to kill the young people because they had put their faith in Jesus. 

Very few of us will ever face martyrdom as Augustine, Nathaniel, Jeremiah and Kabeh have done. My prayers go out for their families, for their church and for their pastor J. Nehemiah Johnson who broke the news to Emmanuel in the first place. I can't imagine being in J. Nehemiah's position. Gary and I met him at the Ignite Liberia conference and he mentioned to us then some of the challenging circumstances he was ministering in. Little did we expect to hear such tragic news, but we take heart from scripture and the final victory of  Christ:

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 8.38-39

The Bible - A Manual for Life

Every Tuesday we get as many of our team together in the office and have a team meeting. As well as worship and ministry updates, each week I try to share a key message I think God has from us from the Bible, the living word of God. Sometimes I will know way in advance what i believe I need to share, other times I am asking God just before we go meet for a word. I never want to go and share my wisdom, that is not going to sustain anyone. So each week I ask God t reveal to me through His word and by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit what he wants me to read from the bible and the message He would have me bring. It's an amazing truth that the return is always greater than the investment put in. 

I used to say as I began to share, "this will only be a short one" but I have realised now that this is not a smart thing to say as often stuff is "jumping off the page" and the time we are sharing will be longer than I had imagined.

Well today is Tuesday. Time to open up the Bible and ask God again "What would you have me share with the team?"

Gaither Homecoming Show Comes to London!

Ignite and Trevor King Entertainment is delighted that Bill and Gloria Gaither will be playing shows in the UK this Autumn. Artists on the bill include Mark Lowry, Michael English, David Phelps, Wes Hampton, Ernie Haase and the signature sound, Gordon Mote, Janet Paschal, Lynda Randle and Kenin Williams. Following last years smash hit dates in Glasgow and Belfast, this time they make a rare stop in London. The date is set; Sunday October 25th. The venue is the prestigious Royal Festival Hall, on London's South Bank. You can buy tickets online at http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/ , if you buy them online there is a transaction fee of £1.45. You can also buy them in person at the Southbank Centre where there is NO transaction fee.
Finally you can buy them over the telephone on 0871 663 2500. For telephone, fax, postal and group bookings there is a £2.50 transaction fee.

Be there!