Darren Wilson - what a pleasure

I had the awesome pleasure of spending time with Darren Wilson and his family this weekend.  Darren is the producer for the amazing films Finger of God, Furious love and Father Of Lights.  These films are life changing.  They have changed my perception of God and who He is.  It was through watching the 1st two films that my husband was inspired to take my 11 year old daughter to India on a mission trip.  It was these films that led me to travel to America to the Bethel School of Worship earlier this year.  It was these films that have led me to live my life totally for God, seeking Him more than anything else.  It is these films that have led me to to be dissatisfied with the middle class nicey nicey church and want to see radical, passionate people rise up and worship God and see the lost saved and the sick healed.

So you can see why I jumped at the chance when asked to lead worship after the Premier of his 3rd film Father of Lights in Oxford.  I have never known such easy worship leading.  By the time the film finished every single person in the room was already worshipping God for His awesomeness.

It was lovely to meet both Darren and His family.  They were wonderful, grounded, God loving people.  It was their 1st visit to England and were enjoying the lush green rolling hills and rain!  It was lovely to hear Darren's testimony of how God got a hold of him and told him to make the 1st film. 

As you can see I managed to get my usual cheesy photo of myself with Darren.  I seem to be building a collection of these (much to my friend Jamie's amusement).

Please check out the films if you have not yet seen them - they will change your life.

http://www.wpfilm.com/

Awesome Reflections

Today I have been musing over something I had heard said at Bethel....  that God inhabits (or dwells in) the praises of His people.  I decided to look it up in the bible and find the reference.  Psalm 22 v3.

It reads deffiernlty in different versions:

• American Standardized Version - But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
• Amplified -  But You are holy, O You Who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].
• New Living Translation - Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

I am so moved by this verse.  There 7 Hebrew words used for Praise in the bible; the one used in this passage is 'tehillot' which means to sing songs and hymns in the spirit. So when we sing songs in the spirit God actually dwells, or inhabits in those praises and He is enthroned in them.  How awesome is that!  

Now I see why we hear angels as we worship God, why things like the Glory Cloud appear...  God is dwelling and being enthroned through our praises.

We want God to dwell in our churches...  in our houses,  in our hearts... so we need to be singing praises in the spirit to Him.  We have such a responsibly as worship leaders to allow time for (and encourage people) to sing in the spirit.  Wow.