Jericho Road: Recent Episodes
Mike Watson
Exploring the significance of Emotional Fitness and how to respond to emotions in others and ourselves
Exploring the significance of Emotional Fitness and how to respond to emotions in others and ourselves
Exploring the significance of Emotional Fitness and how to respond to emotions in others and ourselves
Renewed Vision and Mission Statement for Jericho Road ... "Growing in Love the Jesus Way"
God's desire to change us from the inside out through restoring Humble Dependence, Expectant Faith and Abundant Gratitude
God's desire to change us from the inside out through restoring Humble Dependence, Expectant Faith and Abundant Gratitude
God's desire to change us from the inside out through restoring Humble Dependence, Expectant Faith and Abundant Gratitude
Centrality of the experience of the Spirit for Paul, 3 strands of Jewish expectation regarding the Spirit
Centrality of the experience of the Spirit for Paul, 3 strands of Jewish expectation regarding the Spirit
Centrality of the experience of the Spirit for Paul, 3 strands of Jewish expectation regarding the Spirit
Belief and Obedience alone are insufficient, we must also pursue Relational Encounters with Christ, the Light of the World.
Belief and Obedience alone are insufficient, we must also pursue Relational Encounters with Christ, the Light of the World.
Belief and Obedience alone are insufficient, we must also pursue Relational Encounters with Christ, the Light of the World.
The privilege of responding to God's revelation. Spiritual discipline of submission in relationships.
The privilege of responding to God's revelation. Spiritual discipline of submission in relationships.
The privilege of responding to God's revelation. Spiritual discipline of submission in relationships.
How the Lord speaks to us and invites us to align our priorities with His priorities for our lives.
How the Lord speaks to us and invites us to align our priorities with His priorities for our lives.
How the Lord speaks to us and invites us to align our priorities with His priorities for our lives.
We are transformed through God's Revelation, Our Response & Our Willingness to Yield Before we Receive
We are transformed through God's Revelation, Our Response & Our Willingness to Yield Before we Receive
We are transformed through God's Revelation, Our Response & Our Willingness to Yield Before we Receive
A mystery once hidden, now revealed - Christ in you the hope of glory! With the coming of Christ, comes a new life purpose devoted to Him.
A mystery once hidden, now revealed - Christ in you the hope of glory! With the coming of Christ, comes a new life purpose devoted to Him.
A mystery once hidden, now revealed - Christ in you the hope of glory! With the coming of Christ, comes a new life purpose devoted to Him.
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality.
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality.
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality.
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality.
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality
Zoom workshop with Lewie Clark and Ryan & Josi Seibert from Icon Ministries in Chicago, IL. Exploring a relational model for disciple-making through love, friendship & hospitality
Belonging precedes Becoming precedes Believing "Jesus said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.'" (Mark 1:17) Becoming free from Unhealthy Thinking, Painful Emotions to live in Humble Dependence and Expectant Faith and so experience Joy & Gratitude
A group forum were several members of the congregation discuss Loneliness and Depression.
If we will do what God calls us to do, He will do the amazing things that only He can do.
Fear - Step into it. Fear can have so much power over us but God is constantly speaking to us to not be afraid. He says in His Word "Do not be afraid, do not fear" because He knows we can fear a lot and we don't need to...
Jesus and his perspective is so different from ours. He came to open a very different set of priorities as we live life on earth
God can mess up our plans... alarm us, and accomplish amazing miracles in those who are willing to be used and available to let go of their agendas....
Jesus keeps pushing boundaries with the disciples... You do it".... The Kingdom begins with believing and supply follows thanksgiving
Jesus sent out the disciples after only about 6 months.... Learning power and authority and the ways of the Kingdom on earth are supernatural.... so we'll never be naturally ready...
Jesus offers radical change if we approach him with openess, humility, and stop worrying what others think of us...
Parable of the Sower is about fields in different conditions of receptivity to the seed/word of God. We are God's fields.....
Knowing God deeply requires revelation.... of who I am without Him and how He loves me anyway... That's why Paul boasted of being an ambassador in chains... The women wept at Jesus feet and Simon scoffed.
Jesus reveals the heart of the Father in his response to ordinary people. Invites us to be his disciples by doing... not merely believing
Two ways to live.... satisfying the body or hosting the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit alive in us....
Just as in one man, Adam, sin entered world, so in one man, Jesus, freedom amd hope was won through the Cross
The Kingdom that Jesus inaugurated and invites us into is so different from what we are used to in the natural world...... It takes His Spirit to give us eyes to see in the supernatural
God used Philip to accomplish amazing things..... because he was humble and filled with the Spirit.... in relationship with others..... teachable
Philip was a man humble to serve, powerful and effective in ministry..... because he was accountable and engaged in a process of growth and release.
The early church grew because it was empowered and emboldened by men and women filled with God's Spirit..... passionate, urgent, and brace
Joshua's words to the people of Israel before he dies are worth listening to... How to keep the Promised Land and continue to take ground.... or lose it
Jesus sends disciples/us out with authority rooted in identity. Power of the Kingdom to overcome darkness.... visible evidence of the Kingdom of God on earth - as in heaven
Jesus us always has taken the initiative to love first.... and continue to offer his love, even during our worst days
Followers of Jesus are unique... with the Spirit of the Living God within... but most neglect or have no idea of the power within...
Making sense of God among us.... an unbelievable reality - difficult to grasp then and mind-blowing today.
Pregnant with the purposes of God interrupts plans but releases great and unexpected revelations
living from the inside out is learning to find identity in the Spirit that overcomes circumstances
about whether we consider obedience our our own personal comfort as most important for us, and what this means for following Jesus.
God's power to bring transformation... power to bring about remarkable healing and victory..... available to all
This is a time of new declaration.... ground is taken by stepping forward together and individually.... fruit comes from abiding.....
We are no longer orphans and the heirs of the Father are empowered for life and remarkable deeds
Paul is a wonderful example of transformation as God molded his life over many years.... in all his trials leading to death he learned to rejoice despite his circumstances
Entrusting ourselves to the Potter is the Christian Life as a full contact relationship.... where God the Father's greatest desire is to form character and restore integrity...
Christmas is totally supernatural... all about unbelievable events and experiences, and we are invited to 'taste and see' for ourselves :-)
The angel Gabriel appeared to Zechariah and Mary with good news that was also challenging....
Jesus' invitation is for us to come to him... to satisfy our hunger and thirst in relationship with him. However that requires some measure of sacrifice and commitment from us.....
Taking ground in our lives is about allowing God the Father to love us and to experience that relationship motivating everything else...
Jesus and the Holy Spirit are filled with joy and they desire the same for disciples.... But we also have a role to play as we allow them to take us deeper in our lives... and open old graves so that joy can fill more places
Entering the Promised Land means thinking like giants not grasshoppers. Embracing freedom demands a change of thinking and attitude - an end to a slave mentality....
Paul exhorts the Galatians to not continue to trust in human effort rather than the grace of God through Jesus and the Spirit. Consider again the metaphor of possessing the Promised Land....
God is not even remotely interested in religion; he is passionate about relationship... and you.... How's it going?
The Lord is offering new beginnings as we 'die' and allow his Holy Spirit to fill, refresh, anoint and release
After 40 years of wandering and waiting Moses summoned the people to prepare to break camp and enter the Promised Land.... many parallels with what God is saying to us
The kingdom of heaven is Spirit - and has authority of the kingdom of this world - darkness.... Jesus came to reveal the reality of both worlds and to open the way for heaven on earth.. then commissioned us to be salt and light empowered by him alone...
How we perceive Jesus has a significant impact on how we live and follow him. So knowing the authentic Jesus in the Scriptures is vital....
How do we know what is genuine in spiritual and Christian truth... John provides a number of hallmarks of genuine Christian faith and they are all references to actions and lifestyle - not merely 'belief'...
God loves us lavishly.... it was the basis for John's life as a Christian after having spent time with Jesus.... A heart transformed by God's radical love, renews our thinking and impacts our lifestyles, priorities, and relationships
The world without Jesus is the difference between darkness and light... don't mix - like oil and water... The Kdm is accessed through Jesus on the Cross.... where grasshoppers die and giants are born.... if they will walk into their new identity with boldness
Entry into the Kdm is 'as a child' but not as an orphan... Jesus promised the Person of the Holy Spirit to be present for each one who chooses to follow him...
Jesus said that only those who changed and become 'as a child' would enter the Kingdom of God.... Hallmarks of openess, playfulness, trust, teachable, dependence, and uninhibited responses are some characteristics....
God's perspective on our lives is far more than we can ask or imagine... If we only release our agendas and controls and allow Him more freedom to take the initiative and lead us....
We don't come to God in prayer to get his attention. We come because we have his attention.
Becoming the new creation God intends us to be is a process we have to step into.... Not being discouraged by where we are but encouraged by what God still has for us to grow into...
Jesus lived from the Spirit within while all those around him responded to other priorities.... His crucifixion and resurrection opened up the way for a new Spirit within us to produce fruit we cannot grow naturally
Jesus work on the Cross was once and for all, bridging the gap caused by sin, a personal place of reconciliation, and an invitation into celebration and victory
Breaking passivity is the key to maturing in the Christian life.... speaking truth despite how we feel....
Focus can be on being dead to sin or alive to God.... The dreams of God are wonderful for those who were slaves and had forgotten
Download a copy of the transcript of the prophetic word for Vancouver Island given by Graham Cooke on 20th February, 2009
The journey continues out of slavery into freedom, trusting God's faithfulness, and discerning the difference between His presence and the discouragement of giants...
The Christian Life is a journey.... from slavery to freedom.... the template in the OT is Israel's journey from Egypt to entry into the Promised Land....
Joshua was born into slavery, witnessed the power and grace of God... learned who God is as he followed Moses, spent much time in the Tent of Meeting learning of God and experiencing his presence..... Moved with God, obeyed, relationship and experience of....
Sometimes it is helpful to remember that we live in God's picture.... bigger than our understanding.... The extraordinary takes place amidst the mundane - as we walk in obedience as best we are able
The Kingdom of God is within us when we respond to Jesus - with more power and authority than we can imagine.... enough to do all that He commands..... power...
Listening to God and hearing God involves all our senses and body, mind heart and spirit
The disciples responded to Jesus call upon their lives and they encountered his ministry in teaching and the supernatural power of the Spirit.... In our day we need to rediscover the same combination of mind and heart and supernatural.....
Barclay Mayo is the network Leader for the new Anglican Coalition...
The Lord sometimes allows dark times in our lives when we tend to go our own way or drift off his purposes... but he never lets us go and in his love desires to lift us up with a renewed vision and purpose - as well as renewed obedience
The person of the Holy Spirit is the one who bears gifts to build the Kingdom - but they are not the tools or means of building like this world.... Jesus calls us to become like little children - open and teachable
The Holy Spirit is a person who Jesus sent to accompany all of those who respond to Jesus crucifixion. He was promised as the One who would follow Jesus and be with us just as Jesus was present with the disciples.
Entering into the Kdm of God and the New Life He has won for us begins at the Cross. It is the entrance into the Kingdom not an end in itself.... We looked at a few excerpts from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.... to help us grasp this wonderful revelation...
The Cross is more than about forgiveness of sin... it is the door into new life, identity and so much more with God in Jesus
Growing as a Christian is directly related to meeting together with others and being in relationship...
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Growing as a Christian is directly related to meeting together with others and being in relationship...
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With so many voices competing - many of us maybe cherry-pick rather than allow God to help us get deeply rooted in Scripture and in a community.
We can only know the true love of a Father through the revelation of Jesus' life... But no matter how much we hear His 'Yes' we still have to respond
Jesus commissioned a church that was broad in spectrum, deep in integrity, humble in service, and empowered by His Spirit - Reading the final paragraphs of the Gospels....
Jesus asked his disciples pointed questions to reveal the truth of their condition, the need they had for God, and to teach them about the different values and power available through Him in the Kingdom of God.
Following Jesus means allowing him to lead us no matter what he is wanting to do with those around us...
Palm Sunday - Kingdoms in Conflict - Jesus expressing love with courage and toughness to overcome evil
Grace is the presence of God despite circumstances... His promises, his word, his power, his unconditional love.... We need to receive and abide in order to share grace with others.... as the fragrance of the reality of Jesus alive today - and speaking....
Allowing God to expand our paradigms... Jesus could do very few miracles in Nazareth where faith so scarce. Our faith needs to be stretched and continually nurtured.
The Cross is a place of death and the threshold to life and power in the Kingdom of God. Authenticity allows God's power to be made perfect in our foolishness and weakness.
Listening to Jesus through prophetic words is part of the encouragement we need to keep moving forward
Lessons from the Good Samaritan story... humility and compassion... the river of the Spirit flows in the lowest places.. places of humility and servanthood
New Year is a time to consider where God may be inviting us to go deeper with Him.... a time to consider allowing Him to lead us further in living out our Christian faith.
Learning from Mary's response to the news of her being chosen by God to bear His Son. Joy from deep within - an authentic response to a real relationship
God loves questions - but will not be kept in a box.... The wind blows where it will... Spirit gives birth to spirit
Paul's delight in the first fruits evident in the young Thessalonian Church. Paying attention to the basics while seeking the supernatural
It makes a life-changing difference which side of the Cross we live - The Cross is the key through Jesus the door. Please download pdf of PowerPoint presentation accompanying this talk
It makes a life-changing difference which side of the Cross we live - The Cross is the key through Jesus the door. Please download pdf of PowerPoint presentation accompanying this talk
Paul learned throughout his life how to endure, and how to trust in Jesus whatever the situation or circumstance
A short reading from The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning - and a meditation reflecting on who we are and can become with Jesus
The Kingdom of Heaven is a defiant statement proclaiming the victory of Jesus over the prince of darkness... and taking territory back....
fasting for God to work in the power of the Spirit to transform lives from the inside out
Remaining in the will of God and in obedience to Him, whether circumstances are favourable or hard... Micah works as a founder of the University Christian Fellowship in Kampala... ministering to student leaders -
The norm for the Kingdom of God is a manifestation of the Power of God - as Jesus was empowered by the Holy Spirit - so we can be as well...
Living in a fallen world (prison camp) with freedom found in Jesus and with his authority - means we need a shift in paradigm to understand our power and who we really are....
Living in a fallen world (prison camp) with freedom found in Jesus and with his authority - means we need a shift in paradigm to understand our power and who we really are....
Times have changed but commission of Jesus has not... make disciples with His authority, Power, and signs and wonders accompanying... not just information from the head but rather from the heart..
A man crippled in both feet, son of Jonathan,King David's best friend, is shown an act of kindness that changes his life
Do not pray for easy lives or circumstances, pray for boldness and confidence in Jesus empowered by the Holy Spirit to be extraordinary
what made their hearts beat with a fire and purpose within them that gave them something to say, something to do, someone to live for, someone to die for……
Hearing begins with a relationship with God... spell HEAR backwards... Relationship, Action, Experience, Humility