Fireworks Shoot Across the Sky!!

I'm rather horrified that the last time I posted on this blog was in January of this year - proof about what a dry year it's been in terms of the prophetic. So many of my friends and loved ones have struggled and gone through trials that beggar belief. The key theme has been disappointment, cynicism and hoped-for promises from God that remain unanswered. It's come again and again and again. I'm transcribing one of Rob Rufus's sermons from the "Grace and Glory Conference 2010" at present where he called cynicism; "The grain in the cogs of the church".

This song - "Firework" by Katy Perry - actually reminded me of Terry Virgo's closing sermon at Stoneleigh Bible Week in 2001. He re-preached one of Ern Baxter's classic sermons on eagles and ended with a phrase I will never forget. "Soar into your full potential - eagles are meant to fly". This song - "Firework" - makes me think of another statement;

"Fireworks are always seen and heard as they soar across the sky - they just need to be ignited".

So I dedicate this wonderfully prophetic song to my dearest friend Pete Day - pastor of Lansdowne Evangelical FREE church in London. The glory will come - let's hold on together!

"Firework" by Katy Perry. (Lyrics below)

"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting throught the wind
Wanting to start again

Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in

Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing

Do you know that there's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road
Katy Perry Firework lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com/katy-perry-firework-lyrics.html

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on slet your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y

Baby you're a firework
Come on slet your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gunna leave 'em goin "Oh, oh, oh!"

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon".

Authoritative Command in Action!! But ...

I had an incredible experience this week that I wanted to share and be honest about. It puzzled me - and it's puzzled Pete too - but it is also kind of encouraging. It began when I finished transcribing Rob's incredible sermon; "The Power of the Authoritative Command - Part 1" and have been considering how wrong I have been and unbiblical to spend time praying for the healing of dear friends like Scott, Pete himself, Barry and so on. I was at work at the hospice and was just taking the rubbish out when I suddenly felt an urge to make an authoritative command for the healing of Scott's eczma.

Rob said;

"An authoritative command is not prayer - and I believe in prayer and pray every day. An authoritative command is not a petition or a request heaven-ward. It is an authoritative command that flows out of your spirit by the anointing of the Holy Spirit. It is an anointed annoucement that releases the power of God's government and demands that circumstances immediately align themselves with God's will".

So I felt an urge to state that I have the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and that eczma is an abomination marking the wonderful creation of God - that it had no place on Scott's body who has also received the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I commanded that the eczma leave him and that the "new suit of skin" that I had seen in heaven in Hong Kong at the "Grace and Glory Conference" be given to him.

I guess anyone can make "commands" to the atmosphere - but what took me by surprise was that I felt the Holy Spirit descend on me in absolute power. It was all I could do to stay standing in the hospice parking - I felt my whole body shaking under the power of God and it was wonderful! I haven't felt that confident that Scott had been healed since when Rob Rufus was speaking at Church of Christ the King in Brighton before "Together on A Mission 2007", he had many of us forward to pray for us. While I was at the front on my knees enjoying God - Rob said; "Someone with a skin condition has been healed!". I went running back to where Scott was sitting on the CCK riser and shouted; "Well?!!?". He hadn't been healed then.

But I had to ring Scott on my mobile as soon as possible to find out if he had been healed. He hadn't. And even worse he hadn't even felt anything of the Holy Spirit upon him.

What puzzled me was the experience of the Holy Spirit that came as a result of my authoritative command (which obviously wasn't that authoritative!). I very much ALWAYS love experiencing God and don't experience Him enough! But why did He come upon me as a result of that command? And why didn't Scott experience God? Or get healed? Did I not have enough faith or did Scott not have enough faith? I am asking these questions genuinely and would appreciate comments, suggestions and thoughts. This is all an extremely new area to me and I wish I could be in Hong Kong so I could ask Rob himself!

I'm going to keep going in this area - but it truly is; "No Well Worn Paths!" but it would be lovely to understand more why God does what He does.

Your Daughters Shall Prophesy!!

I came home from work today to read an incredible email from Pete just before he left for the "Life in the Spirit Conference" where Sam Storm is ministering. I had sent him my iPOD in the post so that he can enjoy Rob Rufus on MP3 while he is at the conference and just as I was posting the parcel, for some reason I wrote; "FIRE!!" on the back of it. Don't know why! Maybe to freak out the postman - maybe I hoped Pete would be laid out in the Spirit when he got it. But in his email he wrote this;

Ruth asked me today "why did Dan put FIRE on the back of his parcel." I explained about the fire of the Spirit. Then she started making up a song using the words of "London's Burning". It is quite prophetic;

"London's burning, London's burning, fetch the people, fetch the people. FIRE, FIRE, FIRE, FIRE,DON'T pour on water, DON'T pour on water."

There is a fire to come in London.

Pete's daughter is only a child! Yet I was absolutely staggered at the prophetic edge to what she wrote. I don't know whether she was aware of it or not but Joel's prophecy says clearly; "Your sons and daughters shall prophesy". The Church either is disobeying the command; "He who hath an ear to hear ... let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches". So is it any surprise that children are beginning to speak forth what the Holy Spirit has on His heart?! And it is clear - London SHALL and MUST be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea!

Why? Because first and foremost God promised it! And secondly London is the first domino to fall - when London comes under the cloud of glory, surely the United Kingdom cannot be unaffected. When I was at the "Grace and Glory" conference in Hong Kong, I heard again and again God speaking; "London is Mine!".

Grace + Glory = REVIVAL!!

I had an extremely exciting day today - one of much revelation where I virtually felt like I had a glass stuck to the wall of the Holy of Holies and was listening in on the council of God. If only I could learn how to walk into the Throne Room itself ... ! But anyway. I exchanged a couple of texts with Pete Day and he said one very interesting thing which provoked an awesome vision. In his text he said (I should explain I have leant Pete my iPOD next week when he goes to the Life in the Spirit Conference where Sam Storms is preaching);

"Wow. Thank you so much. In the few minutes of trying to figure it out (the iPOD), God has already spoken! I heard Rob say; "The Grace and Glory Conference is now open!". And God spoke to my heart; "Grace and glory is open! - Now, here, wherever are we are living in grace and glory!".

Suddenly without even thinking about it, I saw a vision of being back in my GCSE Chemistry. I didn't like Chemistry and wasn't very good at it but we were shown a chemical reaction by our teacher very similar to this one;

And I felt God say; "My grace on it's own is indeed a sign and a wonder. My glory on it's own is wonderful to behold and many long to come into it. But I tell you this - the one who hears My voice and learns to bring My grace and My glory together will experience and see a reaction far beyond anything you have ever dreamed! The reaction will be far greater than even this:

He went on; "But whereas these reactions have been used for hatred and for war, when you see My grace and My glory brought together in simultaneous combustion, the shockwaves of life and power shall shake the earth and send principalities and powers screaming for cover, for finally My Church will have learnt the truth - that at the Cross I legally bound the powers of hell - and now nothing not even hell's gates can stand against the relentless advance of My Kingdom and My glory shall cover the earth as waters cover the sea!

So bring the truth of My grace and the power of My glory together and sit back and watch ... ".

Prophecies from Wednesday 19th December 2007

One of the things Pete Day made me agree to before flying to Hong Kong for the "Grace and Glory Conference" in October was that I would come to London, visit him and lay hands on him and pray that whatever blessing and anointing God lavishly gave me would be imparted to him. Because of both our busy schedules it was December before we were able to meet but it was well worth the wait.

We have both debated whether to publish what happened because we never ever want to be accused of hyper-spirituality or trying to exalt ourselves. But Pete's key post recently; "Waging warfare by the prophecies given" - he argued that prophecies and the prophetic equip us to fight the good fight better. So I am prepared to take the risk for being accused of hyper-spirituality. If anyone wants to leave a comment arguing thus - then please do. I can take it.

But the reason why we felt so deeply that we must publish this and share what God did with us - is because we have never before had such a sense of the "Abba" Presence of God. We both were drunk in the Spirit, laughing, crying and rejoicing because of the intimate love of the Father that kept pouring over us in waves. It wasn't just an "experience" of the glory of God. God spoke and re-emphasised what has always been so present in the Word of God.

Here's what He said. The sole reason why we publish this is because we hope that "by the prophecies" - by something that is written here - you too may be equipped to fight the good fight in the ecstatic realisation that Abba Father loves YOU and has chosen YOU from before time began.

Pete: "The Lord is speaking so clearly about "Past Anointings". We need the books of past men. We claim their anointing and capture the heart of those people, their passion and move in their anointing. Fresh bread! Fresh manna! 1. On the Sabbath the manna was preserved so the people would not have to work. But; 2. It was also preserved in a pot and put into the ark. These seasons of past anointings are like past Sabbath manna - it is manna set aside to grow from in future generations. YET! We look for our own Sabbath manna to set down for our future generations. There is a permament relevance to what they say yet let us not forget "Progressive Revelation". There is fresh manna that we WILL receive that those who applaud us could only have dreamed of.

Dan: I saw a vision of the risen Lord holding out a beautiful portrait as we lay before Him. It was the most exquisite, incredible painting I have ever seen. But it wasn't just a static capture of a moment in time! The painting was alive! I could hear the babbling brooks painted on it and the rivers and could hear the birds singing on it! I said; "God what's this?". He said;

"Son, don't you recognise it? It's your prayer you prayed that one time when you felt so ineloquent and so lonely. Son don't you recognise it? It's that song you sang to Me on your own with your IPOD as you were walking to work but shuddered at the sound of your voice. Son don't you recognise it? It's that deed you did in secret for My glory that no-one saw. I am your true Parent! I am your true Daddy! I see the beauty in My loved one's offerings! This is so special to Me, it stays with ME. Not even the angels are allowed to touch it - it's too precious to Me! Don't stop singing to Me, Son! Don't stop talking to Me! Don't stop painting and drawing for Me! I treasure it's value beyond words!".

Pete: I saw a vision of the first wedding dance when the bride and groom traditionally dance together in the spotlight alone watched by the rest of the guests. But this dance is the dance of the Father with His Bride!

"And you - Pete, Dan - you are the Chosen! I am stopping right by you and I am saying to you, "May I have this dance?". You are no longer an observer! All eyes are on us and our love". But such is the wonder of My omnipresence that no one will be left out. No one will sit at the back of this crowd feeling their loneliness and their isolation. You will feel My love, you will experience My arms wrapped around you!".

Pete: I saw a reversal of the meeting of the royal family. Usually the visitors will line up and the courtiers or the Lord Chamberlain will bring the royal down the line and will introduce the Queen to the visitor. But here there was a glorious reversal! Here I saw God introducing us to the angels! US! He was taking us down the line of angelic warriors and was saying; "This is My beloved one! This is My son! This is My beautiful daughter! This is My loved one! Meet him! You must meet him! You must see her!".

Dan: "The veil that hung in the Tabernacle was hell's best weapon. I tell you when the veil was put up, hell rejoiced as I wept. For the veil kept My people from My Presence. The demons watched with bated breath as the Old Testament priests crept in hoping I would smite them down. But at Calvary as I reached out and took the veil in My hands and began to rip from top down ... all of hell quaked. "He is BREAKING OUT!" - the scream went out across hell. The veil ripped entirely and forever and My Son declared; "It is finished" and I declared; "I am satisfied!". You can enter in now! The way is open!

So why do so few come in says your God? The veil has been torn for 2, 000 years and My glory cloud stands right in front of you! But you have listened to the lies that the demonic hordes are spreading that the veil has been re-made. The lies of demons even creep in among My church and you will hear Pharisees re-declaring that you cannot come near to Me. Don't hear it! My Son died so that hell's best weapon was destroyed forever! The Glory Cloud is right here! Come in! Enter in freely! says your Father".

Dan: Fill this building with His Presence and glory and He will fill the building with people. London is Mine! There are MILLIONS I want to dance with! There are MILLIONS I want to show My glory to! So fill this place with My glory for the harvest is white and the veil has been torn forever!

Back from Brighton and Working!!

Wowwwwww!!!

We have just arrrived back from Brighton and "Together on a Mission". What can I say?! I think Simon Brading summed the whole week up the best of everyone. He said;

"We haven't come to a conference - we've come to encounter God".

And encounter God we did! Luke Wood's prediction proved right - I was totally unable to blog. This wasn't so much an internet connection problem as much as I spent most of the week wandering around in a daze saying "Wow ... awesome" a lot. Right from the first session God came down in power and efficiently and ruthlessly dealt with all my doubts and fears and came and met us all in power. It was the most AWESOME conference I have been to - why? Because it wasn't so much about the information imparted in the sessions but it was because God was present.

So my sincerest apologies. I promised to blog throughout and I didn't. But I am back now and eager to go through each session somewhat like I did last year and present you with a weeks worth of reading material. I pray that as I do, the Spirit of God will fall on you as you are reading and you can catch something of the heavy anointing and Presence of God that was brooding over this week in Brighton.

Life on Wings is Broke ...

As many of you have noticed by now - and confirmed by Pete's post - for some reason "Life on Wings" has gone off in a bizarre, confusing and troubling way. I don't understand why this has happened as I have no understanding of HTML anyway. However I am at work on it as we speak and will do my best to sort out the problem. For now - keep coming back to this blog because this is where I will present the reports of sessions from Brighton. I promise you it will be worth reading! Every aspect of the conference - the messages, the prophecies, the worship - were all touched by heaven!

* UPDATE! *

It's fixed! I managed somehow (don't ask me how - it must have been the Holy Spirit!) to fix "Life on Wings" so hopefully business as usual there! I decided also to put a new template on this website. The prophets at "Together on a Mission" are prophesying a new day, a new era - so a new template is deserved! Hope you like!

Physics of Tsunamis

I was talking to my great friend Pete yesterday - which was a hard day for us both - and we were discussing how incredible it seemed that we are a mere fortnight away from "Together on A Mission 2007" - which looks set to be the most incredible conference ever and one in which we hope God visits in a dimension of power not even dreamed of. Yet despite that we are both going through really hard personal times. It suddenly occured to me that this might fit in with my dream about the tidal wave. I shared this dream with my new pastor in Birmingham and he said straight away: "Tsunami" - without me going into too much detail. I am aware that sharing this puts me in danger of being accused of many thanks and probably being mocked. But this website is devoted to trying to explore what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

So I read a little about the physics of tsunamis. If this is the picture or type that God is speaking about then can we learn something as to how they actually work? Whether we may or not I found some interesting detail;

"Earthquakes generate tsunamis when the sea floor abruptly deforms and displaces the overlying water from its equilibrium position. Waves are formed as the displaced water mass, which acts under the influence of gravity, attempts to regain its equilibrium".

So it takes a shock to begin the tidal wave.

"The speed of the tsunami is related to the water depth, as the depth of the water decreases, the speed of the tsunami diminishes".

I wonder if there is a principle here that we can learn from? All too often revivals have petered out because the people involved within them stopped reading, stopped studying the Bible, stopped praying, stopped writing. That was the heart of Ern Baxter's sermon; "Ditch Diggers Revival". As the depth of the water decreases - the speed of the tsunami diminishes. Can the same be said of the Spirit's move in revival? As He encounters believers of decreasing depth, the speed and power of His work is slowed?

"When a tsunami finally reaches the shore, it may appear as a rapidly rising or falling tide, a series of breaking waves, or even a bore".

I've been accused of placing all my hope in God coming in power at Brighton in July. I never said that and God never placed a date on the dream. The two factors that were present in the dream were the location - Brighton - and the event - a tidal wave. That is why I found it so incredibly significant when Rob Rufus said at Prayer and Fasting; "I have never encountered a people so hungry - so desperate for God". Why Brighton? Not because they are more spiritual or righteous - but because they are hungry.

"Since science cannot predict when earthquakes will occur, they cannot determine exactly when a tsunami will be generated".

There it is again. Revivals - tidal waves - cannot be predicted. God comes by His Spirit when He so pleases. But His sovereignity is no excuse for our apathy in prayer. We simply MUST come before Him and plead and pray that He visits this nation again in the power and depth He has promised. We must intercede for our land. We must stand in the gap and ask Him in wrath to remember mercy. We must repeat His promises back to Him - that as surely as He lives ALL the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Come Holy Spirit!! Glorify the risen and reigning Lord Jesus!

Pete Day Joins the Spirit of God! Blog!

Just to clarify in case anyone is confused by Pete Day's appearance on the "Contributers" list to this blog, I thought I would write why this exciting development has come about.

Peter and I became friends truly and properly in around 2001 through a mutual friend of ours - Peter Cockrell who was then pastor of Lansdowne in London. It is probably significant that we met up at the Word, Spirit and Power Conference held at Westminster Chapel and hosted by Dr R T Kendall. As Pete wrote, this conference seemed to symbolise that;

"We discovered a shared love of reformed theology, a passion for experiencing the power of the Holy Spirit, and a love for Ern Baxter".

Since then we have gone on to meet regularly for times of fellowship, prayer, fasting, worship and waiting and hearing from God - as well as attending key conferences together such as "Together on A Mission 2007"! It was a key prophetic word from Pete during a time of prayer in Bristol that led me to begin transcribing the mountain of Ern Baxter audiotapes that I have and try to find ways to begin making them available to the wider Church body.

Our friendship is co-equal yet he maintains a pastoral oversight into my life that very few other men have. I have a deep respect for him because he is privy to secret things in my life that I wouldn't trust to many others - yet he hasn't abused that trust - as many others have. He isn't afraid to speak words of correction into my life and I will hear those words from him because I know they are motivated out of a deep love for my best, whereas I may not listen to others because their motives aren't quite so clear.

I asked him to join me on the "Spirit of God!" blog as a co-author mainly because of the "Charismatic Resurgence" post. Pete was one of the first people I told about my dream of the tidal wave coming to Brighton and he shares my intense excitement and hope that God truly is on the move in our land and is indeed intending to bring a mighty deluge of His Spirit upon us. I can't keep up with the exciting blogs that are being published and I need his help. But as he graciously accepted that offer we agreed that anything else he may want to publish on this blog - he should have that freedom to as well. He asked me if he could send draft copies so I could check them before publishing. I refused. We are so one in spirit that I am confident what he writes, it is virtually 100% certain I will agree with it.

He is a unique man of God and I am so grateful to call him my friend. Watch out for his posts!