As we have
sought the Lord together in LNC we have felt that this New Year will be one of living
the kingdom life together. To live the kingdom life means to live out king
Jesus’ life in our everyday lives and to be persistent with that. It means
arising and shining for our light has come and recognising that the
glory of the Lord has risen upon us (Isaiah 60: 1).
To live in
the benefit of this we have to first realise that as New Covenant believers our
light has come. This light (owr in Hebrew) is illumination, and symbolises
salvation, prosperity, wisdom and justice. Jesus said, ‘I am the light of the
world, whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light
of life’ (John 8: 12). With all the confusion today personally, morally, emotionally,
politically, relationally and financially, we are given light in the darkness
so we can clearly see the way and show the way.
John Piper said, ‘in the light of Christ, is the brightness of God shining on the retina of the human soul’. We can see clearly now the light has come (pun intended). Jesus explained it this way, ‘You are the light of the world’ (John 5: 14). So, people can recognise God through the light and glory (Kabod in Hebrew) on us. This glory is weighty, honourable, majestic, esteeming and a manifestation of God’s nature. It totally contradicts and overcomes the fear, division and despair we see in our world currently.
2019 was a year of great harvest for us in LNC and in London as a whole, where we saw over 1144 people respond to the gospel through the Turnings street evangelism and give their names and details in to be followed up. We saw unity in churches working together. We also saw many new ones coming into our congregation. We were surprised as we experienced the harvest and learnt to move in our authority and gained confidence in the power of the gospel (Matthew 28: 18 – 20 & Romans 1: 16).
John Piper said, ‘in the light of Christ, is the brightness of God shining on the retina of the human soul’. We can see clearly now the light has come (pun intended). Jesus explained it this way, ‘You are the light of the world’ (John 5: 14). So, people can recognise God through the light and glory (Kabod in Hebrew) on us. This glory is weighty, honourable, majestic, esteeming and a manifestation of God’s nature. It totally contradicts and overcomes the fear, division and despair we see in our world currently.
2019 was a year of great harvest for us in LNC and in London as a whole, where we saw over 1144 people respond to the gospel through the Turnings street evangelism and give their names and details in to be followed up. We saw unity in churches working together. We also saw many new ones coming into our congregation. We were surprised as we experienced the harvest and learnt to move in our authority and gained confidence in the power of the gospel (Matthew 28: 18 – 20 & Romans 1: 16).
So we believe
arising this year for LNC will involve being faithful to disciple the new
believers God is bringing in, being ready to rise into leadership, being ready
to intentionally spend time praying together regularly, and being ready to take
our mountain of influence for Christ, whether that is in family life, church, work,
business, community work, education, media or arts and entertainment. Therefore,
we need to be ready to support each other in doing this.
Will you be
found living the Kingdom Life together with others this year? Will you arise in
the areas that God has called you to?
‘…..who then
is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his
servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good
for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.’ (Luke 12: 42 –
43)
Pastor Alex Afriyie
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