Re:Awakening–February 2009
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
(photo by Megan Ansdell)
I have been asking for so much prayer for the ReAwakening conference that happened last weekend and I am acutely aware that a ‘report’ is past due… in short: It was AMAZING.
Friday evening Andy Ashworth lead worship and I spoke on “Beginning ReAwakening” It was a call to REMEMBER how the Church of Jesus Christ was supposed to be like. It was a call to REPENT over the situation in our nation. It was a call to RETURN and DO the things that were done rightly at first.
During that evening I became powerfully struck that the reawakening of Scotland has already begun. It may be unseen at the moment, but already some in Scotland are waking up and a fire has been kindled in hearts. The question is no longer will reawakening come to Scotland, but how brightly will it burn.
Saturday, Richard Spriggs and the West End Vineyard worship team lead us in musical worship while Hugh Halter, author of “The Tangible Kingdom” spoke. I really appreciated his emphasis on incarnating (living) our message (what we preach).
In the afternoon Neil Glover was phenomenal in his bible overview seminar. Dan Peterson’s prayer seminar was inspiring. Hugh Halter fielded a Q&A from his message as well as expounded on some further concepts from his book.
Saturday evening Richard lead us in worship and I spoke a message entitled “ALL IN” where I discussed the reawakening of Ephesus in Acts 19 and called people to dedicate themselves to love-driven obedience–anytime, anyplace, any cost.
I don’t feel I have an accurate grasp on how the conference went. With speaking and preparing, I felt my ability to assess was greatly diminished at the time. I have now been hearing stories of striking encounters with God and ‘wake-up’ moments throughout the weekend. I am curious to see what the fruit will be in a couple weeks.
A bonus from this weekend was to partner with different church leaders from denominations in the city. After meeting guys like Richard, Neil, Dave, and others I was encouraged by the calibre of people God seems to be rising up in this land.
The team who put this conference together did an organized and effective job. I was quite impressed with the quality of the conference. Andy Ashworth, Leah Aston, and Kirsty MacIntyre spearheaded a great team and a huge undertaking.
May God use this weekend to continue the reawakening work which he as begun in Scotland.
Most of the messages will be available for free download on the ReAwakening website later this week. www.re-awakening.org.uk.
