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Showing posts with label A body united in love and service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A body united in love and service. Show all posts

Monday, 13 October 2014

filled with the Holy Spirit

Notes from meeting of 16 September 2014

Picture of Jesus and Mary.
Jesus placed His hand on His Mothers Heart.
Her Heart and His Heart seemed to meld together and anointing oil flowed from the two hearts which flowed down to their feet and then became a wave of oil. The oil flowed from Jesus' Heart through Marys Heart and then down to us who were immersed in it. The oil was breathable like the air we breathe. The oil then flowed out to all Nations and Creeds, to all good people and some not so good. In each case when the oil was breathed in it brought healing and love of ones brothers and sisters.

As Jesus changed ordinary water into the best of wines what looked to be ordinary oil was doing extraordinary things for mankind.

"Those souls who turn to Me through My Mother will be accorded much grace. This anointing will be as a bulwark against the tide of my enemy. Come open your hearts to the gift of My Grace. I will never leave you for you are part of Me your Jesus."

Acts 4 v 29 - 35
29 And now, Lord, take note of their threats and help your servants to proclaim your message with all fearlessness,
30 by stretching out your hand to heal and to work miracles and marvels through the name of your holy servant Jesus.'
31 As they prayed, the house where they were assembled rocked. From this time they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God fearlessly.
32 The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, as everything they owned was held in common.
33 The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they were all accorded great respect.
34 None of their members was ever in want, as all those who owned land or houses would sell them, and bring the money from the sale of them,
35 to present it to the apostles; it was then distributed to any who might be in need.

Matthew 10 v 37 - 42
37 'No one who prefers father or mother to me is worthy of me. No one who prefers son or daughter to me is worthy of me.
38 Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me.
39 Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 'Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
41 'Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophet's reward; and anyone who welcomes an upright person because he is upright will have the reward of an upright person.
42 'If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, then in truth I tell you, he will most certainly not go without his reward.'

Sunday, 12 October 2014

We are all one in Him

Notes for meeting on 9 September 2014

Picture of Jesus as the Servant King asking us to put our baggage behind us, unload all our burdens, and come to Him.
We are to bring Him our hearts as we do so He touches each heart with His light that enters our hearts and unites us to Him
We are family, we are all one in Him.

I John 2 v 20 -25
20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and have all received knowledge.
21 I have written to you not because you are ignorant of the truth, but because you are well aware of it, and because no lie can come from the truth.
22 Who is the liar, if not one who claims that Jesus is not the Christ? This is the Antichrist, who denies both the Father and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son cannot have the Father either; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father too.
24 Let what you heard in the beginning remain in you; as long as what you heard in the beginning remains in you, you will remain in the Son and in the Father.
25 And the promise he made you himself is eternal life.

I call you friends. Bear fruit.

Monday, 1 September 2014

at the service of others

Notes of meeting on 19 August 2014

Picture of Mary on her knees beseeching the Father for extra graces for this group, her child Theotokos. In all humbleness she asked the Father that through the sacrifice of her Son Jesus He would send the Holy Spirit with another anointing for all her children.
Then a great light appeared and hovered around her, in her hands was what looked like a rainbow of all colours. The light seemed to endow her many graces which she poured upon us. This gift of extra graces is for us to carry on with the important role of praying fr all souls especially those lost to Jesus.
The graces were :
Love, Faith, Wisdom,Humbleness of Heart, Discernment, Knowledge, prayer and Perseverance especially for our brothers and sisters in Christ but also for all peoples of any grace colour or creed.

Psalm 119 v 1-8
 1 How blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of Yahweh!
2 Blessed are those who observe his instructions, who seek him with all their hearts,
3 and, doing no evil, who walk in his ways.
4 You lay down your precepts to be carefully kept.
5 May my ways be steady in doing your will.
6 Then I shall not be shamed, if my gaze is fixed on your commandments.
7 I thank you with a sincere heart for teaching me your upright judgements.
8 I shall do your will; do not ever abandon me wholly.

1 Peter 4 v 7 - 11
7 The end of all things is near, so keep your minds calm and sober for prayer.
8 Above all preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin.
9 Welcome each other into your houses without grumbling.
10 Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these varied graces of God, put it at the service of others.
11 If anyone is a speaker, let it be as the words of God, if anyone serves, let it be as in strength granted by God; so that in everything God may receive the glory, through Jesus Christ, since to him alone belong all glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Called to serve

Notes of Meeting 14 August 2012

Picture of Our Lady we had all arrived at her house she led us to a cool courtyard where vines kept the heat of the day out. She put out soft towels and fresh cool water to refresh and cleanse ourselves with. She went off and returned with plates of grapes, figs, bread and cheese. She asked us to sit down and share her meal with her. She said grace thanking the Father for the food and for us and as she finished Jesus came and sat with us.
There was much laughter, good will and love around the table each sharing his company no one trying to be the best or anything like that. Jesus was very happy. Mary started to clear away and she would have no help but told us to listen to Jesus.
Jesus then said he would speak a private special word with each person present and all of us eagerly waited for his or her turn. Each person returned to the courtyard filled, anointed, happy and blissful brimming with his words, aching with his love and wanting to impart this wonderful feeling with others.

I felt Our Lady who shared her simple feast with us was in fact telling us to do the same! We have a feast of blessings and gifts which others need to meet Jesus personally as we have. We have these blessing and gifts by the grace of God and we need to lead others to this encounter of grace with God.

Matthew 20 v 25-28
25 But Jesus called them to him and said, 'You know that among the gentiles the rulers lord it over them, and great men make their authority felt.
26 Among you this is not to happen. No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant,
27 and anyone who wants to be first among you must be your slave,
28 just as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'


Luke 13 v 18-30
18 He went on to say, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with?
19 It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.'
20 Again he said, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God with?
21 It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.'
22 Through towns and villages he went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem.
23 Someone said to him, 'Sir, will there be only a few saved?' He said to them,
24 'Try your hardest to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.
25 'Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself standing outside knocking on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," but he will answer, "I do not know where you come from."
26 Then you will start saying, "We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets,"
27 but he will reply, "I do not know where you come from; away from me, all evil doers!"
28 'Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrown out.
29 And people from east and west, from north and south, will come and sit down at the feast in the kingdom of God.
30 'Look, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.'


Matthew 11 v 2 -6
2 Now John had heard in prison what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him,
3 'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect someone else?'
4 Jesus answered, 'Go back and tell John what you hear and see;
5 the blind see again, and the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life and the good news is proclaimed to the poor;
6 and blessed is anyone who does not find me a cause of falling.'


I died for you, rose for you, ascended for you.
I want to fill you with My Power.
I desire to fill you with My Spirit.
To fill you with My Love, to fill you with My Mercy, to fill you with My Healing.
My children I love you, how much I love you.

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Will you go where I send you

Notes of meeting on 22 February 2011

My Children will you go to the lost.
Will you go to the wounded and broken.
Will you go where I send you.
My Children will you speak my word.
Will you hear my cry.


Picture of Jesus with a sack on his shoulder. He opens it and it is full of gifts and fruits for us all.
Gifts that we are to share and to use in ministry and service.
Gifts of healing, teaching, discernment, knowledge, miracles, wisdom....

We are not only to be prayer warriors on the offensive but also to be watchmen prepared to sit, wait and watch. To wait with those in need, the sick, the needy.

We are all needy. We all have needs. Jesus fills all our needs

Monday, 29 November 2010

A body united in love and service

Notes of Meeting 23 November

Habakuk 3 v 17 - 18
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Saviour.



A sacrifice of praise - decide to praise God

Picture of Jesus in front of a throne of fire. Multitudes of people were around Him.
In front of Him was One like Him conducting an exquisite sounding orchestra. The multitudes were singing and praising in unison and the conductor was the Holy Spirit leading them in perfect worship of the One before the throne who was Jesus and the fire on the throne which was God the Father. All the people looked to the Holy Spirit conducting who led them to the finale then all worshipped and listened.
The people formed into the shape of a body with Christ as it's head all interacting perfectly it was as though Jesus thought and said something and the message was passed by the Holy Spirit down the backbone to the other areas. All was calm and all working in conjunction with the head which was Christ.
The body was a body of love and service to others, reaching out, helping, interceding , healing and loving mankind.

1 Corinthians 12 v 20 - 28

20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honourable we treat with special honour. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honour to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.


Baruch 5 (Good News Translation)

1 Jerusalem, take off the clothes you have worn in your mourning and distress, and put on the eternal splendour of God's glory.2 Put around you the cloak of God's righteousness. Place on your head the crown of the glory of the Eternal God.3 God will show your splendor to every nation on earth.4 Forever he will say to you:
Your security comes from your righteousness, and your splendor from your devotion to me.
5 Get up, Jerusalem, stand on the mountaintop; see where God, the Holy One, is bringing your children together from the east and from the west. They are rejoicing that God has remembered them.6 Jerusalem, your children were led away by their enemies; they left you on foot, but God is bringing them back to you, carried in royal splendor.7 God has commanded that every high mountain and the everlasting hills shall be made low; he has commanded that the valleys shall be filled and the ground leveled, so that the people of Israel may come safely home in the glory of God.8 At the command of God, forests of fragrant trees will spring up to provide shade for the people of Israel.9 God will lead Israel home. They will return with great joy, guided by his mercy and righteousness, surrounded by the light of his glorious presence.



Romans 13 v 8 -14
Love Fulfills the Law
8 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,”and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to a neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
The Day Is Near
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. 14 Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh


Make Jesus the centre of your life.

I am the God who opens prison doors. I set the captives free.

Sense of Jesus pouring down the fruits of the Spirit as we praise.

Picture of John the Baptist baptising Jesus - come to the water and repent.



Intercede for lost souls and people on the brink


[There is more to add to this post later once I have some further input from Ann Liddell - Stephen]