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Aglowing...

Had a wonderful time today - 4 and a half hours to be precise - consisting of coffee and cakes, praise and worship, receiving presents (it was the 25th anniversary meeting), teaching, prayer ministry, prophecy, words of knowledge, singing in tongues, listening to a beautiful vocalist ... you get the picture!  As we lifted His mighty name in praise and worship, it reminded me of when I was really 'aglow' with the fresh fire of God, eager to share God's truth and see people set free, healed, restored, and living life in all its fullness - not that I'm not eager to see that now but I'm just not as on fire as I remember being - and Aglow was a place that nurtured me spiritually for a long time.  I'd forgotten just what a powerful ministry it is and was blown away by the insight from the Word that was shared and the ministry that took place.  There were several prophetic words and words of knowledge spoken over me by the Scottish President and members of the Glasgow leadership team - confirming prophecies I was given about 18 months ago - indeed one of the things shared was that this was a word of confirmation.

My friend and I left on a high, feeling refreshed and uplifted, to be met with the noise and sights of what was left from the pride march that had taken place earlier.  It was quite surreal - in those hours previous there were around 80-90 Christian women gathered in a near by hotel exalting the name of Jesus and crying out to God for His transforming power to move through Glasgow and break the chains of bondage and destruction in peoples lives, to bring true freedom and wholeness.  We were aware of the stark contrast!  And a sharp exit was taken to the nearest Pizzeria to escape the streets, savour God's goodness and enjoy some much needed physical food since we'd had lots of the spiritual kind!

Be aglow and burning with the Spirit... Rom 12:11

I'm off to a women's event in Glasgow this morning with a friend.  It is a trans-denominational, worldwide movement called Aglow and I used to serve on the local leadership team of the Hamilton chapter but because it met on Monday nights it coincided with work so I couldn't attend.  My Principle at Theological College used to call them 'Ladies Aflame' after he spoke at one of our meetings.  I remember he spoke on 'getting out of the boat' - so it must have been good for me to remember! 

The Glasgow chapter meet on Saturdays so a friend's asked me to go and I'm keen to see how the movement has developed.  It's a massive movement and one that I owe so much to in terms of solid bible teaching and being involved in prayer counselling and leading worship.  It invests a lot in training and equipping folk and it would sit on the Charismatic-Pentecostal wing of the Evangelical spectrum, with primary focuses on prayer and evangelism.  It has 3 mandates:

1 > To promote gender reconciliation between male and female in the Body of Christ as God designed.

2 > To answer God’s call to minister to the Muslim people, while bringing awareness of the basic theological differences between Islam and Christianity.

3 > To stand in loving support for Israel and the Jewish people, while helping to bring awareness to the Body of Christ concerning God’s plans and purposes for those people He calls the apple of His eye.

I've experienced some of the best worship and teaching in my Christian life at Aglow Conferences in the passed, which had a strong impact on me, so I'm looking forward to it!