Code Red Club

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change"

This quote is on a billboard as you leave the city centre and it really has been bugging me - what do I need to look at differently? Of course, this year we have shared stories around the theme 'Redefine' - looking back (rewind)and seeing why I do so much that I do now, honestly reflecting where I am today (rediscover) in my relationships, walk with God, etc, and then realising that everyday is a day of grace and opportunity (relive) that I can grab and live differently - in a freedom that is liberating.

Tommy Tenney in one of his books in the God Chasers series says this: "If you ever get so hungry for God that you are in pursuit of Him, He will do things for you that He won't do for anybody else...". Great thought - and we put it to the test last week as we joined almost 200 hundred young people in a youth camp (Y'Connexion).

My cry was 'let it rain' - I wanted our young people to be soaked in an awareness of God's love, mercy and his healing and forgiveness - all I think needed in some form to re-start a fully engaged life of following Him. Mphumi was part of my searching for a little sound clip of falling rain that I could use as I spoke, but God had other plans. After weeks of sunshine, God decided to let loose and it rained with all the bells and whistles - thunder, lightening, exploding power lines, power cuts -we got it all and for some of us, the display of God's might will stay in our minds for a long, long time.

Let it rain and allow us to experience the outpouring of His blessing on our lives and ministry - on our Army! It costs, you are going to get wet, you are going to have to keep clean once you have been washed, but it also refreshes and allows you to 'live' again.

Not supposed to preach on the blog - but what do you think? What do you need to put out into the rain to clean it up, what thought do you need to 'wash' to get a clearer, biblical answer? Lets talk about it - we have believed as young people the lie of condomise, the lie of everyone is doing it, the lie of it's only such a small percent alchohol it won't make a difference, the lie of nobody will know - let it rain and help us get some fresh answers to the challenges we face.

Let it rain over our country, let it rain over our young people, let it rain over our leaders and let that rain redefine and refresh our hearts for ministry and purpose!