7) Developing the inner man. How to cultivate and develop the life of the Spirit - strengthen and develop the inner man for deliverance and healing. Wherever we go I minister on the ‘inner man’; on ‘deliverance and healing’; ‘inner healing’; ‘physical healing’; ‘Heart faith (faith of the heart - not just head knowledge). These are the things we built into our lives.
8) Spiritual warfare. We've had years of spiritual warfare. We've walked through things to build this church, which you would have no idea of, unless you also had engaged in spiritual warfare. I can teach you about those things, how to recognise them, what to do with them.
9) Global mission. Mission was birthed in us before we came here. It was birthed through an encounter and experience with God. It was birthed when I went to India for the first time. Ever since then it's something everywhere - it's in my heart. I love our city, and our community - but I have the world in my heart.
Dave and Kate will focus on the local community; but we still have the world in our heart. It's just not right that we contain our time here, when there are multitudes in need - and they take it and run with it so quickly.
That's why I'm raising the issue of legacy, because I've come to realise my time is short and valuable, and it needs to go where it'll produce. You will be thinking the same way too - especially if you're a bit older!
10) Grace. God has given to me a great understanding of grace - and a measure of grace and generosity. Grace and generosity are a part of our lives.
Here's the thing: those things that I mentioned to you - they are built into our inner make up; so wherever we go, they flow. I don't have to think: shall I do this, or do that?
I'm always thinking: kingdom authority; eternal perspective. I'm concerned about the presence of God, whether it's there or not. I'm concerned about demonic spirits coming in and creating havoc, and causing people problems. I'm concerned about the heart of people, and getting them set free; about people being in faith, and not just being ‘church people’.
All of those things I listed - they are part of who we are; and what is the heritage or legacy for this house. That's what gives it a flavour.
How many times have I run seminars on gifts of the spirits? Heaps of times - but how many of you flow consistently in it? How many times have we taught on Hearing the voice of God - but how many of you actually consistently are hearing the voice of God? How many times have I run a seminar teaching on Healing; and healing of the broken hearted; and deliverance - but how many of you actually are applying it, and are showing these things to someone else? We've taught you about prayer - but is your prayer life is almost non-existent?
Legacy is something you get free - because someone else paid a price. Being productive with what God gave you is where you pay the price.
In the coming season, the church will move from being centred around a strong ministry gift; and into the church arising and emerging into the community - with the saints beginning to arise in their gifts and their callings. This is where God is moving. This is where the life will be. This is where we need to move.
Not everyone will want that. Some prefer church where you've got a little kingdom - and we're important in that little kingdom; but that's not what God wants to build! He's doesn’t want to build important people in the church.
Jesus said: “Follow Me”. He didn't say: I'll make you to become an important person in the church. I'll make you very rich. I'll make you very famous. I'll make you very successful. He said none of those things.
He said: I will make you an attractor of people - someone who attracts people into My kingdom, because they see the life you live. They see the fruit of what God is making you; and they say: that's sweet - I would like some of that! How do I get some of that?
God wants to grow us; and break off our life stuff that causes people to be turned off. People don't want legalism; judgemental, religious people - they don't want any of that stuff.