Roundtable Day 3

Wow, we’ve had a fairly intense few days! Everyone has that look of someone deprived of sleep and light for too long, so this afternoon we’ve changed the programme to enable everyone to chill out for a while, before coming back to end the first of the two gatherings on a high!
To those of you who have been praying for our time here, I just want to say THANK YOU. Over the last 36 hours we’ve had two of the best presentations I’ve ever seen. Jonah Bailey did a fantastic job presenting the results of the structure teams’ deliberations on how to run 24-7 over the next few years, and Andy Freeman presented a ‘top draw’ talk on the Boiler Rooms section of the movement. We’ve really been blessed by a great sense of unity and positivism about the year ahead, even though some of the points presented are quite contentious.

We still need to keep coming before the Lord with all this, particularly as the nations discuss how they are going to implement the new model, and so I’d love it if you would join us in praying that He would reveal His will through all of this; the whole endeavour is a waste of time if its not there to help release the kingdom throughout the nations!

Tonight we’re going to spend some time bringing people with the prophetic gifting to the fore, so it could be interesting! Pete Greig is also going to be talking on Ecclesiastes 4:12. I’ve usually heard this verse used in the context of marriage ceremonies, but in the context of our current discussions on how to increase our effectiveness globally, it should be a timely prompting from God on the power of working together in unity.
I’ve got to say I’m completely exhausted. At least tomorrow I’ll have a little break between the Roundtable and ILG, as we await the 150 or so other people who’ll be joining us on Friday night. Both I and the team organising the event could really do with a boost of energy to get us through until Sunday night.
Exhausted but happy, as I see and hear of God at work in our time…