I believe He’s done it again! The Lord has given me another vision – this time, a vision of visions.
Ten years ago, before boarding the aircraft for Cairo to commence our wonder-filled, eight years assignment with Maadi Community Church, I did something quite strange … I whispered to my wife, Beryl, “This is going to be bigger than Ben Hur” (referring to that gigantic, blockbuster movie production, starring Charlton Heston – and what took place in our lives and Kingdom expansion impact was indeed bigger than Ben Hur!
CCI has asked the Lord for the whole of Africa!
On the 5th of May, I will be boarding an aircraft for Nigeria. The purpose of my trip is to fulfil a personal undertaking I made some time ago to return to Lagos and Ibadan to strengthen the small groups development work that commenced there in 2004 (with a follow-up visit in 2006) with resident pastors, Kolawole Oladimeji and Elijah Samuel of the Dominion Impact Church.
Elijah is CCIs Field Director for Africa. I’m getting on in years and I want to invest all that I am, and have, in Elijah and ‘Kola’, equipping them for every Kingdom expansion opportunity the Lord has purposed to extend to them.
(For this part of the trip I am going to be accompanied by two great mates on the CCI team, Dave Quak the pastor of a new church on the Gold Coast here in Australia (Living Temple Christian Church) and Nick Truscott, who we will pick up along the way in Dubai).
CCI has asked the Lord for the whole of Europe!
After booking my flight to Nigeria, I noticed a Skype indicator flashing on my wife’s computer in our office at home. It was late in the day, and I felt tired and I was not really interested enough to see who wanted our attention. However, through Beryl’s prompting (our wives are quite persuasive influencers) I responded to the caller. It was Pastor Kryz from Warsaw, Poland!
Although I’ve had the privilege of visiting Poland and facilitating three amazing small groups development conferences, while based in Cairo, I hadn’t spoken with Kryz for over four years. After learning of my Nigerian trip, Kryz invited me to “do it again” in Warsaw. My heart responded enthusiastically … “You bet, Kryz, let’s let the Lord do it again!” Martin and Agata Gochnio, and Izabela Pazdyka are the church’s outstanding small groups’ champions there and how privileged am I to invest all that I am, and have, in them.
(I wonder, could they be CCIs Field Directors for the whole of Europe?)
CCI has asked the Lord for the whole of the UK!
The story doesn’t end here. After flying out of Nigeria, I disembark at Dubai (drop off Nick so he can go home, and leave Dave to go back to Oz) and change carriers for Warsaw, via London. Gary Douglas is CCI’s Field Director for the UK – he’s based with his wife, Aline, in Wales. “Eagle Eyes, Gaz”, spotted my flight path to and from Warsaw, and, seeing that I was passing through London, he grabbed the opportunity to invite his old mate (me) to invest some time in Wales. I love Gaz too much to ever say “no” to him. So, once again, I contacted my travel agent to amend my travel itinerary, allowing me a four day stop-over in London.
Gary will drive to London to pick me up and take me home to Llanelli, where I am looking forward to meeting with Pastor Bill of Elim Pentecostal Church. Incidentally, the Elim Pentecostal Church is a member church of a network of 550 churches in the UK! Is your mind spinning wild, imagining the magnitude of what could result from this god-appointed meeting? Yes, I want to continue investing in Gary … all that I am, and have.
CCI has asked the Lord for the World!
Just before Christmas Beryl and I asked the Lord if CCI had reached it’s “shelf-expiry” date. Our experience has (sadly) been that Australian churches don’t appear to be ready to buy-in to our radical Small Groups Church Plan, and our flour and oil reserve was running seriously low. After emailing an Australian mining company, expressing interest to work with them, doing anything, the Lord whispered to me, “We haven’t finished yet – We’re just getting started. We’re about to do something greater than the human mind can imagine.”
Even though we see ourselves as the smallest of all garden seeds, Beryl and I believe wholeheartedly in this “vision of visions” revelation that the Lord is about to do wondrous, mind-boggling things throughout the world, through the CCI team and through our Kingdom expansion partners.
Are you ready for the ride of your life?
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