No "Future-Tripping" Allowed! by Pastor Brent Lokker

Last Saturday Wm Paul Young, author of the Shack and Crossroads, was with us at Blazing Fire Church.

Some people come and bring a great message.  Some are the message. Paul definitely falls into this latter category.

Words I would use to describe Paul include genuine, authentic, vulnerable, and loving to the core.  Qualities we’ve been asking the Lord to grow us in, particularly over the past year or two. Paul shared how God has so mercifully burned away the shame from his heart so that he is now 100% comfortable in his own skin.  As he came out the other side of this process of transformation by exposing his heart to Jesus, he realized that joy was a constant companion for the first time in his life.  As he took a closer look, he realized that something had shifted in his life.  No longer was he “future-tripping,” the phrase he used for wasting the grace that was given to him for today worrying about things in the future that hadn’t even happened yet!  Instead, he approaches each day as a little child, allowing Papa to surprise him with the gifts of His goodness and grace day by day.  Paul is able to continuously live in the “now.”  Anyone else want to sign up for that kind of life?

Please take the time to soak in the depth of revelation that Paul Young poured out last week. It's available right now for you to listen to free on our podcast:
http://blazingfire.podbean.com

After experiencing such pure love through Paul, I began thinking about another who lives in this pure love who had been at Blazing Fire Church 1 ½ years ago: Leif Hetland.  I thought, I would love to have Leif come again, but he travels around the world and when would he really be able to fit us in?  The very next day, I received a text from Leif saying, “I have a free weekend in December if you want me to come.”

What?!

I assure you this a major God set-up and I urge you to be at Blazing Fire when Leif comes NEXT month!  He told me to call it a Supernatural Love Weekend!  It will be Friday night, December 13th (7 pm) and Saturday, December 14th (times during the day to be announced, 6pm evening worship service), all at our new location, Centerpointe Presbyterian Church in Pleasanton.






Did I just say a new location?  Yes I did! 

On Saturday, December 7th, Blazing Fire will be moving to a new location: 3410 Cornerstone Court, Pleasanton, CA.  While this is still not our own place, it is an answer to prayer because we are moving back to Pleasanton where we've wanted to return to.

Winds of Change!

We’ve caught a fresh sense of God’s passion and urgency to have our hearts ready for the huge harvest of Papa’s sons and daughters who will soon be coming into His house. He is inviting us as a family to walk in the fullness of His Spirit in a more dynamic and real way than we’ve ever experienced before.

It’s time for the body of Christ to rise up and be the full expression of Jesus together!

Winds of Change will be a jet stream used by God to usher us into:

  * Experiencing revival that will restore hope and life, ultimately bringing restoration to our cities.

  * Inviting Heart transformation that impacts our homes and communities

  * Living more wholeheartedly in real relationships with one another

  * Representing Christ with increasing accuracy as His ambassadors of love and reconciliation

We envision this happening primarily through these 3 expressions:

1.  We will be utilizing some of the courses we captured from last year’s Kingdom Training School of Supernatural by having people view specific teachings at home in preparation for times of experiencing God together.

2.  We will be encountering God together in a revival-type evening worship setting learning to be lead by the Holy Spirit together, to hear the voice of Jesus with greater clarity, and to experience the transforming presence of our living God.

3.  We will “do family” in regional home groups (groups that will meet in various locations around the Bay Area), learning to have life-giving relationships the way God intended.  In these small family groups, we will grow in love and choose to know others and be known by them.

God is taking us on a significant journey together and we're inviting  ALL of you to come along as a family!

Winds of Change will begin on Wednesday nights (alternating between the large gatherings and the regional home groups) starting January 8th at Parkway Fellowship, 7485 Village Parkway, Dublin, CA.

Lots more info coming your way soon, including a list of the various locations of the Winds of Change regional home groups.

Brent