What are the Spheres of Society? They are areas of influence or authority which shape a nation and the lives of those within it: The Sphere of Family The Sphere of Economics (Science, Technology & Business) The Sphere of Government The Sphere of Religion The Sphere of Education The Sphere of Media (Communication) The Sphere of Celebration (Arts, Entertainment & Sports) There are other potential ways of looking at society, but these areas have been useful to us in both he

What is prophetic action? The prophets of the Old Testament had to do some crazy things to create a picture of what God was saying and doing. In a way they were “acting out” God’s word, not just speaking it. Check out some of the things God told Ezekiel to do in Ezekiel 4:1-8 and Ezekiel 5:1-5. We have sometimes found it really helpful to “act out” what we feel God is saying as we pray. This is not a performance, no one is watching, everyone is joining in. All are agreeing th

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise: give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100). Psalm 100 has often been the proof-text for

Our all-age outreach team was praying for the children of a locality in Worcester, South Africa. While we had been serving with an open-air children’s club we had seen the openness of the young ones, but also noticed the hard faces and detached attitudes of their older brothers and sisters standing at the back. Our host, Jonny, who had grown up in that area, told us about the pressures on young teens to join gangs and the addiction and exploitation they became exposed to. In

Mission is God's idea - it’s his bus and he’s the driver. His beautiful plan is to invite his children to join him. When we hop on board we might know the destination and have a great route planned ourselves... but we need to let him drive. Striving to accomplish God's goals without him moves us away from our identity as his children. So what does this look like when we come to outreach activities? How can we ensure what we are doing is responsive to the Lord’s leading? How c