CONFERENCE CHALLENGE TO CHURCH

THE "WALKING IN THE PROPHETIC" CONFERENCE last week was a call for us all to get closer to the Lord and invite Him back in to the centre of our lives. We should expect His presence and power in our lives to change us to be "spiritual people" and bring hope and healing to people and situations around us: to be a prophetic people.

The speakers, Rick Joyner, John Dawson and Jack Deere, all called us to a strongly biblical faith, committed to prayer, open to hear God speaking into our lives and using the gifts God has given each one.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS:

1. Affirming the vital place of the whole Body being in unity
2. Finger-pointing and criticism of one another in the Church are barriers to revival
3. Valuing all the gifts and ministries - and they need each other to be effective
4. Humility and bearing shame for Christ are essentials for Him to use us powerfully
5. All Christians to be ministering, all bringing their gifts for worship (2 Cor. 14)
6. The need to discover the history of the Church, the city and the nation to understand our identity as a foundation for knowing God'' redemptive plan and call on us.