The posts you find here are prophecies, presented in the belief that they are from God, in the context of 1 Thessalonians 5: "Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good." So if you find them of value, thank God, the God of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who sent Him into the world to save sinners, which was done by His death on the cross and His resurrection.

Prophecies were a feature of the early church and can be seen at times throughout church history. In recent years they have reemerged as a part of the Charismatic movement in many parts of the church. Please understand that they are not intended to challenge, replace or add to scripture, which must always be the test of what is said.

Please let me know what you think: I offer them in the belief that they will be of value to people, but conscious that I may be guilty of presumption.

Context

These prophecies were given as a result of visits to art galleries; specifically so far Manchester Art Gallery. Where possible I will include a link to a photo of the pieces of art which inspire them, but in many cases they don't seem to have made it onto the web.

To GOD be the glory.

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Despair


In quiet desperation
or true despair?

You live in a society suffering the consequences of its folly – for the pillars are being worn away as so many seek comfort by living by the beliefs that they have been taught – but which will lead them nowhere. They have little idea that there is an alternative, because they lack models by which to live, because they have been taught contempt of the old ways. “All is new” is the cry: “humanity can ignore the wisdom of the past and live in 'freedom' “.

But such is the way of destruction – for the world does not forgive sin, and one day there will be a reckoning, for I am not mocked.

My church must model a better way, a way that does work, that does provide true love, support and encouragement to people living as I desire.

At the heart of that model is trust and dependence: my people must be open to calls on their lives from their brothers and sisters. But now you take on too much – and so are stretched beyond such availability – and so the true needs are unmet.

And so in quiet desperation, in deep loneliness amputated by rejection, my body lies in pieces and the world sees a striving after the wind because you seek to keep the show on the road, not to be my body.
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2 comments:

  1. Ross Garner13 January 2011 at 08:57

    I am reminded of Jeremiah 6:16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,
    ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest for your souls.
    But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

    and also of a comment by Lesslie Newbiggin that the only hermeneutic of the gospel for our contemporary society is a congregation of men and women who believe it and live by it. (The gospel in a pluralist society page 227).

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  2. Phil Williams14 January 2011 at 08:53

    Hmmm ... I agree with the broad concerns you're trying to express here, but I'm afraid alarm-bells ring when I hear this sort of thing put forward as 'prophecy.' For a kick-off there's the first-person language employed, which can militate against a proper process of discernment, and then there's the style ... which is quite overblown, full of cliches and very easy to reproduce.

    I could come up with a whole string of these in five minutes flat if you asked me to ... purely because I've heard so many of them over the years.

    But if it reminds people of quotes from Jeremiah and Lesslie Newbiggin (both genuine prophets ;-)) then all well and good.

    But I'm not sure that I'd create a blogsite on the back of it and label it as prophecy.

    Just my two-happ'orth.

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