Solveig and I will be visiting an emerging church in Trondheim mid Norway for the weekend. We just plan to spend time with the saints in the growing covenant community led by three young couples. As far as I know I have no speaking appointment. I don’t even know if there will be any normal meetings at all. But I know we will have a wonderful time with the precious people of God. We are living in such exiting days and the Spirit is moving in unexpected ways. Therefore we are full of exiting expectations!
Category: Reports
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Good news for the Norwegians
Today I have good news for all my Norwegian friends. I have taken some steps to develop my Norwegian blog. The entries have been categorized and I have started to blog on new prophetic insight. Please visit Kva seier Herren?
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Finishing the race
The Easter conference is successfully finished. Everyone present that I have been in contact with were excited with the gatherings and especially the ministry of the Word by the servants of the Lord. Saturday evening Keri Jones were ministering on the legacy the prophet (2 King 4:1-7) left his wife and sons, – oil enough for an anointing. It was an outstanding message. After the message he continued to minister prophetically to the congregation, groups of leaders and individuals.
Sunday morning Noralv Askeland was ministering on finishing the race (Hebrew 11:39-12:3). He was most excellent as he was describing how to be in the Spirit and not to fulfill the desires of the flesh as we are running to finish the race set before us.
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The purpose of the Cross
Good Friday evening Keri Jones was ministering on the purpose of the Cross. He stated by reading from Hebrew 2:8-10 and showing us that, through the suffering and death of his Son, God wanted to bring many sons and daughters to glory. The purpose of the cross is greater than forgiveness of sins or the cleansing of sins. Jesus Christ came to die to reproduce himself, like he is saying in John 12:24 when he is speaking of the seed falling to the ground to die to produce a great harvest of the same seed.
When we come to God through Christ, we are born again. Christ is born in us. We become new persons. The old life is gone, a totally new life has begun! The seed of God produces new life in us. We receive divine nature through the new birth by the Holy Spirit. That is why Christ had to die. He had to solve the sin problem. He came to destroy the work of the enemy. He came to deliver us from the evil one. He has redeemed us and transferred us to the Kingdom of God. Sin and death is dealt with.
When we trust the work of Christ we become a new creation, new persons. We receive a new nature. We receive the life of God on the inside. The Spirit of God dwells within us. We have become sons and daughters of God. What a miracle! Now we are taken from power to power, from glory to glory. Our future is bright. We belong to God. We have been redeem. We have been born again. We have received the life of God!
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Living in the supernatural
The Easter conference is going very well. Yesterday and today the focus of the teaching has been on living in the supernatural life of the Holy Spirit. Yesterday morning Terje Dahle and a lot of helpers were teaching on the supernatural life of discipleship in close relationships and fellowships. In the evening Noralv Askeland was ministring on caring for the poor and helping them to help themselves. And this morning Arne Skagen has been ministering on living in the Spirit and bringing healing and new life to people.
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Revolutionizing Change
Yesterday our Easter conference started. The motto this year is Revolutionizing Change. Knut G. Osland spoke about the extreme development that we see in the world and what God is doing to change the situation. He mentioned seven area where God is working among his people worldwide.
1. He is calling people to fervent prayer. All over the world we see many prayer movements and initiative born by the Spirit. 2. A new boldness in sharing the good news to none believers and bringing new people into the Kingdom of God. 3. More and greater miracles are taking place today. Reports are coming from all the corners of the world of outstanding miracles and people being raised from the dead! 4. A new focus on helping the poor. It is a hallmark of the apostolic ministry to care for the poor and today we see many in initiative to end poverty! 5. Revolution in the way we are the church. The traditional way of running a church is giving way to a return to the simple and organic church of the New Testament. 6. God is bringing a new unity among his people. More and more Christians understand that God has only one church, and they come together in new ways. 7. Transformation of society has become a new focus for many believers worldwide, and many encouraging reports are coming about transformation of communities and nations.
Actually we are living in exciting times! God is on the move. Even though we live in the midst of contrasting events and trends, we know that the Kingdom of God will triumph in the world!
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Silas is used mightily by God in the Himalayas
A few days ago I received the Joel News with a report on my friend Silas from Sikkim. I took this picture on the sunrise in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim when we were with Silas. I want to share this exciting news of how God is using my friend with all my other friends! -
Planting church planting movements!
The Lutheran Charismatic movement Oase, Doulos Nettverket and Kristent Nettverk together, arranged the seminars with Wolfgang Simson last weekend in Bergen. Only around sixty to eighty people attended the seminars. The two first days the focus was on how to bring in the plentiful harvest through planting church planting movements. The two next days the focus was on being church in the third millennium.
He started his seminar by giving us some insight in what God is doing in the world today. God is doing something new. The traditional way of Christianity is fading away. A new life is breaking forth. Jesus Christ is reforming his church so that his church may be able to fulfil the Great Commission. Christians in the West must realise that we are students only and not the teachers. We have to learn from what God is doing in China, India, Bangla Desh and Pakistan. What God is doing will change everything. Our Ecclesiology, use of money and Christian unity will have to change.
Our ability to practice the Word of God that comes to us through the Bible and God’s prophets will determine our future!
