Kings Square

Last Sunday was awesome! In case you don't know we took our church into our community for the first time by having an outdoor service. It took us an hour and a half to get connected to a reliable source of electricity as we had problems with our generator (predictable!), we literally sung and played in the rain but I would not have it any other way!

The air was electric. We were all fighting the elements but were also pumped and everyone had a high sense of expectancy. History Maker by Delirious was playing in the Kings Square Shopping Mall, which added to the atmosphere. I prayed thanking God for the awesome encouragement, "Yes Lord, I want to be a history maker in this land!" By working together our team is writing history. Their history and the history of those involved. Yes we had a crowd, yes we connected and reconnected people to God's house. Someone even wanted to buy our band album (which by the way will be available at the end of the year!).

God is good, hell is too hot and people are dying for something fresh. Something that will not wear out the next day. Jesus is bringing them living water and we want to be part of it! So Well done team for an awesome work.

Gloucester here we come!!!

Our Dream Team

I really would like to say a big thank you to our most awesome team at D7 church (you know who you are). Your attitude, confidence, loyalty, commitment, godliness, courage, perseverance, creativity, talent, servanthood... the list goes on is changing people's lives in our sphere of influence. I can definitely see 1 Chronicles 22:5 taking shape through your excellent work.

When I mention how young our team is people often get surprised, amazed or just laugh in disbelief. However the heroine addict that is now clean is not laughing (if you know what I mean) he is been filled with joy through Christ his saviour. Someone who was mentally ill is now totally healed and in full time employment, enjoying his life and ready to start a family. A homeless man that had never worked in his entire life is now making a living and not begging anymore. The teenager that has been written off by his teachers is going to uni. Another bright teenager that used to spend all of his spare time in front of a computer screen playing games is now part of our core team and having the time of his life. People are getting better jobs, people are getting healed, we literally have seen Psalm 92:12-13 become reality in the life of D7 people.

Even though we are a new church we have already caused major damage to the kingdom of darkness. Our community is being systematically affected by the work we do and the best is yet to come!

Well done team... and remember your best days are yet to be written!

What To Think About

What we think determines who we are. Who we are determines what we do. John Locke once said; "The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts". Good thinking will produce more good thinking only if we make it a habit.

Our life is a reflection of the way we think. The word of God in Philippians 4:8 tell us what to think about; "...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

We are to fill our minds with things that will inspire others to come to Jesus.

What have you been filling your mind with?

Seeking The Remarkable

At D7 Church we are not seeking the sensational we are seeking the remarkable.

Sensational is to do with intense feelings or causing intense feelings, while remarkable is something worthy of noting or attention. Something striking or extraordinary.

A lost focused, passionate for the house of God, totally sold out for the cause of Christ bunch of people. That's remarkable!

Loyal Christians are rare and extremely remarkable!

Christians willing to serve their church because they understand that the gospel is bigger than their personal preferences, issues and personal "calling". That's Remarkable!

Teenagers preserving their purity. That's remarkable!

A homeless man giving his tithe. That’s gut crushing, mind blowing and totally remarkable!

Jesus the son of God coming to serve. That's remarkable!

Jesus dying on the cross for the sins of humanity. Totaly remarkable!

We can summarise all of the above with the following remarkable statement by the apostle Paul:

I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.(1 Corinthians 9:22)

That is D7 Church's mission, this is what we live our lives for! If even Jesus made himself weak to the point of being beaten beyond recognition what make us think that we are any different? A bunch of people doing whatever it takes , becoming whatever they need to become to win the lost that is truly remarkable! Feelings come and go but the remarkable will definitely make history.

Heart Of A Hero

We are starting a new series at our church called "Heart Of A Hero". It's based on Isaiah 58:6-11. See also Angela's post. We will be looking into the life of the greatest man who ever lived and learn only one principle he left for us to follow.

Jesus died to give us life, he lived to preach the kingdom, he came to build his church, he showed us a pathway to greatness opposite to the world’s standards - SERVANTHOOD!. I could even summarise what we do in the following way:

Church = Impact through serving

Jesus was the ultimate example of a leader, celebrity, rebel, king, philanthropist, prophet, healer etc. He achieved all this by doing only one thing - Serving.

It's not worth holding onto the things of this world and in the words of Jim Elliot, "He is no fool who loses what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." (Mt. 6:19)