Recently the Lord has been teaching me more about the mystery of suffering in our lives.

The first contrast I noticed was the difference in attitudes between most born again christians and most traditional christians in relation to suffering.

Often us born again christians talk a lot about Jesus’ power and desire to relieve and heal sufferings…..While often us traditional christians speak of accepting sufferings and offering them to God in reparation for our sins or the sins of others…

So which one is it? Does God want to heal me of my infirmity or does he want me to accept it?!

I’m afraid that the answer would appear to be a bit of both. God indeed does want to heal us and transform us into the image and likeness of Jesus….yet if we know Jesus for anything, it is for the cross, his passion, his suffering!

And so the ultimate paradox is that God will heal us of our inability to suffer and give us a supernatural grace to accept the trials and troubles of this life with joy as we partake in the most holy mystery of the redemption of mankind through our sufferings!

I don’t know about you, but I need a coffee!

Power Evangelism is a type of evangelisation where the Holy Spirit directs you exactly where to go, who to talk to and what to say. Usually with remarkable precision and with extraordinary results.

While it’s fantastic, one needs to spend a lot of time in prayerful mediation, getting to know the voice of the Holy Spirit and His various ways of communicating and one also needs to understand that the Spirit may occasionally send them where they would rather not go!!

Here are just some ‘power encounters’ that i’ve had, feel free to share your own in the comment box…

Beer…

Love and Mercy of Jesus have no bounds….

Tired after a long day I decided to have a drink in town. Sitting at the bar sipping a cider I felt the Holy Spirit telling me to prepare the seat beside me for someone He was going to send.

After 15 minutes, along came a big strong man who seemed to be about 45. I was tired and I could sense that he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. It took me another 15 minutes to talk to him, because I knew that there was a mountain of pain that was going to pass through me to the cross.

Anyway, it started, propped in a noisy bar he poured out his heart, 3 suicide attempts, recovering heroine addict, former drug dealer…cars, prostitutes….I listened to a man without hope, alive but dead inside.

The Holy Spirit showed me that he never had a father, sure enough his Dad died when he was a child. The Holy Spirit then showed me several more things, he was bowled over by the detail (as was I if I’m honest because even after 7 years it still freaks me out a little bit).

I asked him if he could accept God’s forgiveness, he said NO, he felt too guilty.

I asked him if I could pray with him, there and then at the bar. He had a wonderful vision of Jesus and I had the joy to leading him to releasing mountains of suppressed inner pain to Jesus. His face changed completely as he felt a ‘warm fuzzy feeling’ around him and finally realised that God loves him, warts and all!

Please pray now for Tony, I may never see him again but he’s my brother.

Life with God is so wonderfully humbling. Thank you Lord God. Your mercy is infinite, there is always hope with you!

Blessings to all! Pray for me as I’m trying to move to Galway, that the doors may open wide in terms of all the practical things like accomodation etc.

July 2015

Adventure

God’s mercy…

I’ve had the most crazy day… Last night I found myself in Limerick City. I hadnt eaten when the Lord said to me

‘fancy an adventure’

Excited and apprehensive I said yes and braced myself.

Now before I go on, if you are a new christian I would not recommend any of this….

The Holy Spirit then guided me onto a gay social networking website. Then he guided me to one specific person who then came to collect me after 30 mins.

A yumny dinner followed with a sharing of lives before then being invited out to a gay club to a theme night called ‘confessions’!!

So I found myself having the time of my life talking about the ways of God and going a little mad on the danse floor!!

I stayed over and today again spent 4 hours teaching and sharing about God’s love for everybody and the ways of the Spirit and how spiritual healing works.

The Holy Spirit is amazing, utterly amazing!

Pls pray for my finances at moment!

God’s blessings on u all…Fire,fall!

August 2015

There is such a thing as a free lunch!

Arrived in town today with no wallet….Holy Spirit said ‘no problem, lunch is on me’….and it was……with God there are no limits!  All we have to do is follow Him and pray!

August 2015