The Most Excellent Way: Foundation for Revival Introduction The Lord is calling the Church in Perth (CIP),bursting in gifts but lacking in holiness (1 Cor 1:7; 5:1-2), to move on to the “more excellent way” of superlative love (1 Cor … Continue reading →

I am the Vine Ps 148:1-14; Isa 5:1-7; Gal 5:16-24; John 15:1-11 Introduction   https://youtu.be/Jv75xF4zhhU Whilst I’ve been preaching on the subject of Jesus’ “I Am” statements for some weeks now, it has only been this week that I have felt … Continue reading →

I am the Way, the Truth and the Life Ps 146:1-10; Isa 40:1-5; Heb 10:19-25; John 14:1-7 Introduction  https://youtu.be/UJ8dSz_RbNY Whilst there are more theologically intense “I am’s”, John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No … Continue reading →

Triumph of the Will Introduction Australia has experienced many revivals (https://renewaljournal.com/2016/02/28/local-revivals-in-australia-bystuart-piggin/ ). What is troubling is that there is little evidence from these moves of the “newness” of life that is called to accompany the Church’s union with the resurrected … Continue reading →

I am the Resurrection Ps 145:1-13; Isa 41:1-13; 1 Cor 10:12-28; John 11:17-27 Introduction https://youtu.be/kyqGPjPYNck On the wall of this building is a marble plaque that reads, “erected in memory of Jane Charlotte Godfrey who entered into life 14th March … Continue reading →

Mortarfication (A pastoral meditation.) Context In an early morning prayer meeting someone shared an interesting conversation with a local bricklayer. Some bricklayers like to add a catalyst to their mortar mix to make it more pliable. This makes the wall … Continue reading →

All Clear Introduction This prophetic teaching follows my recent “Skinned Alive” piece. For me, the surprisingly positive message of this teaching is that our Father wants all his children in Christ to feel comfortable in their own skin. Whilst this … Continue reading →

Before Abraham was, I AM Ps 65:1-13; Ex 3:1-14; Rev 22:1-13; John 8:44-59 Introduction https://youtu.be/tl9N6QY2D-o Our Exodus reading provides the crucial background for the fourth of our series on the “I am” statement of Jesus in the Gospels. In launching … Continue reading →

I AM the Light of the World Ps 40:1-10; Isa 42:1-9; Eph 5:3-14; John 8:12-20 Introduction  https://youtu.be/z3tyq_OqVMI This is the third in our series on the “I am” statements of Jesus. Two weeks ago, we saw how the “I am” … Continue reading →

Radiant Introduction Regular followers of my shorter writings may have perceived a recent theme. The Lord desires a mission focussed 24/7 prayer centre in Perth characterised by a harp and bowl spirituality. Not one that imitates other places (IHOP Kansas … Continue reading →

Skinned Alive: How the Nations Shall be Healed  23/10/21 Praying Together Perth Immediate Context This audacious teaching comes out of a mass meeting of intercessors (and others) in Perth. When I spotted (Ps.) Richard Tan there the Lord reminded me … Continue reading →

I am the Bread of Life Ps 34:1-9; Isa 43:1-11; 1 Cor 10:14-22; John 6:25-45 Introduction  https://youtu.be/VLLGi_40utc This is the second in our series on the “I am” statements of Jesus in the Gospels. Last week we looked at Jesus … Continue reading →

One Throne in Heaven Introduction One of the greatest contemporary spiritual blockages to continuous revival is confusion about God the Father. Since Jesus said, “I and the Father are one…Whoever has seen me has seen the Father…” (John 10:30; 14:9), … Continue reading →

I am the LORD Ps 8:1-9; Ex 3:1-14; Rev 1:9-18; Matt 14:22-33 Introduction  https://youtu.be/JugLkqVajsM This is the first in a series on the “I am” statements of Jesus in the Gospels. These testimonies of Jesus are of vital importance because … Continue reading →

Ending the God-Delusion Introduction This teaching touches on a massive idol holding the Church back from the glorious fullness of her relationship with God in Christ (Eph 3:14-21). This idol keeps us from entering into the rest of God the … Continue reading →

Total Beauty Introduction God’s endgame in creating the world, a cosmos founded on the “Lamb slain from before the foundation of the world” (Rev 13:8 cf. 1 Pet 1:20), is to make “everything beautiful in its time.” (Eccl 3:11). In … Continue reading →

The Shape of Humanity Ps 26; Job 1:1; 2:1-10; Mark 10:2-16; Heb 1:1-4; 2:5-12 Introduction https://youtu.be/TRJYybe1xE0 Both Job and the psalmist lived with a tension never fully resolved under the old covenant and which still stirs up many hearts today. … Continue reading →

Bubbles of Glory Anointing: a special empowerment of the Holy Spirit for the bringing in the kingdom of God (Acts 10:38). An Old Vision Years ago, I had a picture of the present state of the church in the form … Continue reading →

Healing James 5:12-16 Introduction   https://youtu.be/isbLqW8uFDI When it comes to illness, our secular post-God society suffers from a divided mind[1], most people[2] will stretch out life as far as possible by any means whilst others will want it terminated with medical … Continue reading →

Seeing Glory at Work Background Insight Driving to a prayer meeting about Christ at work in “all things” (Acts 3:19-21) I had a scintillating sense of the glory of the Lord. The next morning, I had much deeper insight into … Continue reading →

Taming Tongue James 3:1-18 Introduction https://youtu.be/S5GIdsA_Aps As we have discovered over the last few weeks, James is a hard hitter whose teaching about life, painful as it may be to digest, is unavoidably true to our experience. This is especially … Continue reading →

Feeling Failure Beyond Catastrophe Praying recently, I had a clear picture of what God is doing in our crisis ridden world. I saw a patch of blackened and completely razed ground, as if through bushfire. Then green shoots came up, … Continue reading →

Justified by Works James 2:14-26  https://youtu.be/p3HMveQw3ME Introduction Today’s passage from James is difficult to interpret and controversial in message. The father of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, said that compared to books like Romans and Galatians it was “a real … Continue reading →

Vaccine Unity or Disunity? For the most obviously prophetic section of this teaching go to the heading Vaccine Unity below. Introduction A few weeks ago, an intercessor in the city sent me an email inquiring about my writings about vaccination. … Continue reading →

Poor[1] Ps 12; Prov 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23; Mark 7:24-37; James 2:1-17 Introduction   https://youtu.be/-eioYCWD1PU If we have not thought of and interceded for the poor today  we are unlike the God of the Bible[2] who always hears the cry of the … Continue reading →

Finishing the Family Tree Having heard many amazing testimonies at Perth Prayer (https://www.facebook.com/PerthPrayer/) I have often pondered why a disproportionate number of these originate overseas. This week I sense a reply in the Spirit.. Introduction Last Tuesday an animated Spirit-filled … Continue reading →

Spiritual Warfare Eph 6:10-20  https://youtu.be/3C_7U5rWKGU Introduction  Ephesians 1-5 testifies of the great plan of God to head up everything, earthly and heavenly, in Jesus. this must be so because Jesus is human as well as divine. In Ephesians 6 we … Continue reading →

The Womb of the Spirit Background This teaching flows from utterances at a recent prophetic prayer assembly seeking God about the formation of a 24-7 prayer and praise hub in Perth. The consensus was that the Spirit was testifying of … Continue reading →

Terror Rises 19.8.21 3.13 am “And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendour of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the … Continue reading →

Be Filled with the Spirit Ps 111; 1 Ki 2:10-12; 3:13-14; John 6:1-8; Eph 5:11-21 Introduction  https://youtu.be/SpGkYAzWwww Paul’s thrust in Ephesians embraces a theme whereby God’s plan is to sum up all things in Christ (Eph 1:10)[1]. In this vast … Continue reading →