Activate Team Member

A Divine Moment.
Our Activate meeting last week began with chocolate. A bar of Divine milk chocolate, to be precise. Very Activate-Your-Life.
Psalm 34 verse 8 invites us to ‘taste and see that God is good’. How often throughout a day do we think about food, or drink? How many times do we feel hungry or thirsty, and reach out for something to revive us?
God is a constant source of nourishment and strength. Perhaps we should pray for a greater hunger and thirst for Him, and His goodness in our lives. There’s a feast waiting for us, at any point of time. It’s free of charge – the price has been paid. Just pause, remember He’s there with you, and ask Him to fill you up again.
How many times a day does my kettle get boiled? Usually it’s switched on, then left until the boiling ‘click’ is heard, so that another little job can be ticked off the to-do list in the meantime. But those few minutes could be a great time instead to pause and remember who provides me with water and wants to top up His power in me. Regularly.
We eat and drink every day. Regular meal-times. Snacks. When we’re bored; weak; needing a boost. How would the day go if we had a quick snack first thing on the run and then nothing else before bedtime?
And food is for sharing. So many of the great times in our lives involve a meal shared. If you have tasted and know God’s goodness in your life, isn’t that something worth handing out? Bet you’re glad someone told you!
Chocolate’s a bit pointless if it’s left in the wrapper

The July edition of Christianity magazine has just arrived in my house and it is great! This is the first time I have seen evangelism the primary focus of this publication and I am delighted to read the range and variety of articles and interviews.
There are profiles of Nicky Gumbel and Rico Tice as well as Krish Kandiah on ‘The Dreaded ‘E’ word’. There is an interesting article detailing the 5 big reasons why people don’t believe.There is a run down of key evangelism projects throughout the UK. Of course, Activate should be included in that section, but at least the emphasis is on evangelism following out of relationship.
Nicky Gumbell says –
“The most effective way of evangelising is being yourself”
Rico Tice adds-
“We’ve got to keep asking, where’s the culture and how do we communicate?”
If you have been trying to raise the profile of evangelism in your church, (and you have already passed on ‘Unlocking the Door’), then try passing out a few copies of this new yellow covered magazine. The research says that 90% of evangelical Christians are convinced that we should be active in evangelism.But only 60% think they are likely to have a conversation about God in the next month.
Let’s make sure that we are among those who speak about God every month. Over the last six months we have had the joy and hassle of having some house renovations – it feels like the builders moved in and took over every room. God continues to show He can move through all situations and conversations; the builder and his wife and daughter came to church with us on Sunday, and seemed to love it.