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Light to Darkness
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.".... When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. (Matthew 2:1-2, 10)
Only at night we see stars in the sky, although there are the stars in the sky by day, because the darkness is the background for the stars. If there is no darkness, the lights cannot not be shown. But we often cannot perceive the darkness at night, whereas we notice the stars. Without the darkness of suffering, the faith of God cannot be born within us.
1. The wise men travelled by NIGHT because of the star
The wise men travelled by night because they followed the star. By day they had to stop to sleep although everybody else was working and travelling. But by night they travelled although everybody else stopped and slept. At night we cannot use our sight because of darkness, but darkness is necessary for us to see the starㄴ. Often the darkness disables the sight of man but enables the faith of God.God revealed his mysterious star through the darkness and the wise men followed it, although it was difficult, dangerous and uncomfortable for them to travel at night.
2. The wise men travelled by DAY because of their rationality
Even though the wise men had been travelling by night for several days or weeks, they changed to travelling by day when they were approaching Israel. They 'knew' that the new king was supposed to be born in the palace in Jerusalem, the capital city. They were really excited to see the new king as soon as possible, so they stopped following the star, travelled by day and entered the city of Jerusalem and king Herod's palace. They travelled by sight (reason) by day, instead of by the star (faith) at night. As the result of that, many young children were killed by the king Herod.
3. We need to be wiser as we get nearer
When God allows the darkness come in to us, he wants to show the Star. Therefore we need to know how to walk by faith, when the darkness comes. Many people walk by sight, reason, emotion and experiences, instead of walking by faith, as they approach the destination. Therefore we have to be wise and to walk by faith continuously as we are getting closer.
4. The Kingdom of God works powerfully in the darkness
The mystery of darkness opens a completely new world; what we normally see disappears but what we normally cannot see appears. The Kingdom of God is working powerfully in the darkness, because he is the Light and the Life. Light is shown and life is germinated in the darkness. When we are in the darkness, we can SEE the voice of God and we can SHOW the faith of God. Therefore we need to learn how to walk by faith in the darkness, instead of running away from it, or allowing it to paralyse us. God allows times of darkness in our lives, times of failure, illness, disappointment, financial crisis; but when we look to Him in the darkness, as the Wise Men looked to the sky and found the star, we can find the light to lead us through.
“Then I turned to see the Voice that spoke with me.” (Revelation 1:12a)
“So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.” (Exodus 20:21)
“Enrichment, which is one part of our nuclear right, will continue, it is continuing today and it will continue tomorrow and our enrichment will never stop and this is our red line.” - Iranian President Rouhani said during the address to mark his 100th day in office - (http://www.tasnimnews.com/English/Home/Single/204511) We have been praying for Iran since last April continuously. Recently the leaders of the world P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) made a decision in Geneva, on November 24th, 2013, which was completely misguided, and shows their lack of understanding of the Iranian leadership. While we were praying for this matter, God showed me an illustration about this incident. You may know this story. One day the sun and the wind had a competition to see who could get the man to take off his coat. The wind blew as hard as he could but the man just tightened his coat the more the wind blew. So the wind failed. Then the sun started shining. He shone brightly and it got warmer and warmer, till the man took off his coat, and then his jumper and his shirt too!
Iran has been pursuing the development of nuclear weapons for more than 20 years. Can you believe that one day suddenly the new president has decided to stop pursuing the goal of these last 20 years? The Islamic government supports and supplies Hezbollah; it is their aim to terrify the world and have the means to destroy Israel. We mustn't be deceived, although our political leaders may be deceived or they may deceive us. We need to understand that we are approaching the last days. The nations will unite to come to fight against the LORD and his Anointed one. We need to be alert of this timing and the world situation. Also we need to prepare ourselves as the bride of Christ and to anticipate with excitement the Heavenly wedding. Also we need to ask for more workers and be ready ourselves to GIVE whatever we have and to GO, whoever we are. At this time we need to rise with the love of God, rather than falling with the gravity of the world.
However, those who agreed together to give way to Iran to carry on the Nuclear programme will be ashamed with their nakedness, if they don't amend and repent. Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, "Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us." He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The LORD shall hold them in derision. (Psalm 2:1-4) |
Seven and half years ago, I had to stop everything because of my illness. From that time of stopping, God started in me a new journey of faith. Although I couldn't do anything in terms of normal work or ministry, 5 years ago God dropped in to my heart a call to redeem the spiritual inheritance of Rees Howells. Our family began going to the Bible College of Wales grounds every Sunday and two years later a monthly meeting started to pray for redeeming the inheritance. Then last year we launched the 1st Forge School of Faith in Wales although we didn't have finance, place or people. We have now run 3 Forge Schools, 2 intercession trips in the Middle East, and are currently running a youth Forge for 2 months. Last October, my colleagues at Nations gave me an opportunity to share my heart about The Forge journey. And my colleagues have recognised that a new life has been conceived, so they have released me with blessings from Nations ministry. It is sad, like a grown-up-daughter leaving her parents house to start a new life with her husband, but it is exciting too. We have been meeting and eating together as the Forge community since the last Forge School of Faith, although we are still living in a terraced house. We are looking for a bigger 5-6 bedroom house for the time being in this journey. |
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God has called us to redeem the inheritance of Rees Howells the intercessor. We started this journey January 2009 and the 1st School of Faith was December 2012 for 2 weeks, the 2nd School of Faith was April and May 2013 for 4 weeks, and the 3rd School of Faith was November 2013. God has envisioned, encouraged, challenged, healed and united us as the family of God. We foretasted a little of his full picture of a movement with a lifestyle of community, worship, intercession and mission; an exciting opportunity! (These are some of us, testimonies video clips, the second, the third) Who: Whoever wants to be part of laying the faith foundation to redeem and restore the spiritual inheritance of Rees Howells. (If you are a couple, you may not have your own room. It will depend on availability of accommodation ) |
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On Sunday 31st March 2013, I went to Penllergaer to walk with God. While I was walking, I heard, “Go back to the beginning!” This voice was lingering nearly all day. A few days previously, I had got a phone call from a friend of mine in Swansea. He was organising an Easter Egg Hunt for children on Monday 1st April and he wanted me to bring over my son Noah and family to Swansea on BCW site. I reluctantly went and found that Derwen Fawr house was opened. Later on I called my younger son Yohan to come to the Blue Room with me because his conception and birth are deeply related to our journey of faith. I took a couple of photos of him in the room and I saw a card on the top of fire place. As soon as I looked at it, God spoke to me loudly and firmly. “Place All on the Altar!” On that card there were a few Bible scriptures and this hand writing. Only this sentence jumped out to me and convicted me. Later on I found that a lady sent this card last November from Penllergaer area. Isn't it interesting? One day I heard “Go back to the Beginning!” and the next day “Place All on the Altar!” In January 2009, our family started going to the BCW sites every Sunday according to God's conviction, that he wanted us to redeem and restore the SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE of Rees Howells. Then the BCW sites were closed down and the college moved to England in July 2009. From that point I felt that God wanted us to redeem and restore the PHYSICAL PROPERTIES too, as part of the inheritance. Thankfully one of these has now been purchased and is being restored by Cornerstone Community Church, Singapore. So “Go back to the beginning” might mean that this journey is to redeem and restore the spiritual inheritance of Rees Howells only. Although I still don't know a lot of things, what I know is that I have to place all on the altar and I have placed BCW sites on the altar. Of course it was so hard for me but obedience is better than sacrifice. It looks like my 4 years and 4 months intercessory journey with BCW sites has come to an end, although we are still pursuing Rees Howells spiritual inheritance and the picking up the baton of equipping Jews and Gentiles for the last harvest fields. But we are pursuing in redeeming his spiritual inheritance through the Forge vision. |
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Shalom & Love
Qday LEE
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