Prophetic Word Over Cornerstone

TITLE: Prophetic Word Over Cornerstone
PREACHER: Mark Meeske
DATE: 28 OCTOBER 2012 – Sunday PM

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Sex Money Power: Idolatry and Sex

TITLE: Idolatry and Sex
PREACHER: Marcus Herbert
DATE: 28 OCTOBER 2012 – Sunday AM

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Our Response to What Jesus Christ Has Done in Our Lives

TITLE: Our Response to What Jesus Christ Has Done in Our Lives
PREACHER: Greg McAlpine
DATE: 21 OCTOBER 2012 – Sunday PM

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The Tale of Two Responses

TITLE: The Tale of Two Responses
PREACHER: Lance de Ruig
DATE: 21 OCTOBER 2012 – Sunday AM

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Mike Hanchett and All Sites Celebration – Practicing the Prophetic

by Ryan Strydom

Mike Hanchett, who is known for his prophetic gifting in the NCMI team, was with us this weekend at Bedfordview and the way in which he imparted his gifting to us was really fantastic. Basically, Mike taught on developing a prophetic culture in our church in the morning and then delved into the ‘language of God’ in the evening during our All Sites Celebration time.

You can download both these messages and his notes at these links:

Download “Developing and Becoming a Prophetic Culture” here.

Download The Language of God here.

Perhaps the two key things that stood out for me were:

(1) That the prophetic is not just verbal but also includes action.

Mike backed this up with key scriptures around Jesus’ ministry. While Mike didn’t quite say it, as an artist I believe that the prophetic also includes art, which is for a whole other post. What I enjoyed was that Mike began to open up the possibility of the prophetic being more than just what we’re used to. Most notably was how the prophetic can be used in evangelism, even evangelism in our church meetings.

(2) The diverse ways that God speaks.

Mike believes that God is always speaking to us, but we’ve got to listen. I really liked this. He went on to list 22 ways in which he has found God speaks (from experience and scripture) and he admits that this list is something of a work-in-progress.

Here’s his list, which I’ve gleaned from his notes which you can download at this site (link above).

1. Audible Voice – Father to Jesus Lk. 3:21-23, Saul Acts 9:3
2. God’s still small voice – 1 Kings 19:11-13
3. Eye – God will guide us with His eye. Ps.32:8
4. Angels – Philip Acts 8:26, Peter Acts 12:6,7, Balaam Num. 22:32
5. Trances – Acts 10:9-11
6. Vision – Peter Acts 12:9
7. Dreams – Abimelech Gen. 20:1-7,
8. Creation – Rom. 1:20
9. Scripture – 2 Tim. 3:16-17
10. Tongues & Interpretation – 1 Cor. 12:8-10
11. Prophecy – 1 Cor. 12:8-10
12. Impressions – sense of evil
13. Prophetic Acts – Acts 21:11
14. Signs and Wonders – Judges 6:17-21, 7:9-15
15. Mind Reading – Lk. 11:17 Jesus displayed this quality
16. Circumstances – Rev. 3:8
17. Dance – Jer. 31:13
18. Prophetic Songs – Col. 3:16
19. Prophetic Pain – feel the pain of others
20. Spiritual Happenings – Ex.7:8-13 Aaron’s Rod
21. People – 1 Sam.3:16-17
22. Animals – Balaam’s Donkey Num. 22:21-31

Some people might be looking at ‘trances’ or ‘mind reading’ with a raised eyebrow. But there it is, in Scripture. Mike spoke about how there is always the counterfeit but there is also the “genuine” or “legit” and we shouldn’t throw out the “genuine” just because there are counterfeits. We should just seek to do these sorts of things in God’s way.

It was great having Mike at our All Sites Celebration which was, as usual, quite fun. I had the privilege of joining the choir that night with a lot of the Uptown guys and it was great!

Sign up for next year’s Finance Course

Finances can be a tricky thing to handle for many of us. Our Finance Course has become very popular and those who have gone on it have often re-iterated just how helpful and fruitful it’s been for their lives.

We’ll be having another finance course running in the new year and due to the course’s popularity and the fact that space is limited, those interested in attending need to sign up. The course will come at a cost which provides several resources to attendees. The cost is still to be advised but if this sounds like something you would like to attend, then do the following:

1. Download the application form (76KB PDF)

2. Hand in your completed application form to the info desk at Bedfordview or to an elder at any of the other sites

3. Or email your completed form to info@www.cornerstonechurch.co.za

New Series: Sex Money Power – 28 Oct – 11 Nov

Sex is easier than love.

It’s used as a currency to get us what we want. It’s a whole industry.

What is life about?

Getting stuff. Having power. Being the top dog, the king of the castle, the one who gets what they want.

Really?

When God created the earth and the heavens, is that what he intended? That life would be nothing but a constant struggle for power, for stuff? When he created men and women did he intend for sex to really be an industry? To be a tool for manipulation? Did he really mean that we use each other? That human beings are nothing but tools for pleasure?

We’re launching a new series called ‘Sex Money Power’ starting Sunday morning, 28 October. The series will run every Sunday morning until 11 November.

God’s view on love and sex and money and power is completely different to what we’re told everyday about these things on TV, on billboards, in magazines, on the Internet, and in our culture. This series will begin to uncover the freedom God is ready to give us, if we want it.

The American rock band Switchfoot have written a song along similar lines to this series. Here is the song for your listening pleasure. Think about the words – they say a great deal about us as a society and some of God’s views on sex, money and power.

Here are the details:

Sex Money Power
Dates: Sunday mornings 28 October – 11 November
Time: 9:00am
Where: Cornerstone Church Bedfordview, Benard Road East, Bedfordview, Johannesburg
Info: email info@www.cornerstonechurch.co.za, see www.www.cornerstonechurch.co.za or call 011-616-4073

Jesus Our Prophet (The Language of God)

TITLE: Jesus Our Prophet (The Language of God)
PREACHER: Mike Hanchett
DATE: 14 OCTOBER 2012 – Sunday PM

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Jesus Our Prophet (Developing and Becoming a Prophetic Culture)

TITLE: Jesus Our Prophet (Developing and Becoming a Prophetic Culture)
PREACHER: Mike Hanchett
DATE: 14 OCTOBER 2012 – Sunday AM

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Cornerstone Church Equip SA 2012 Highlights

Check out a bit of what went down at Equip South Africa 2012.