Timothy Lester's "The Following"

Nick and Louise are dear friends and fellow participate in "The Following". Nick is one, in series, of "strong men" God has provided to speak into my life.  Jim Kennedy, Gene Warr, Alvin O Turner, John Duthie, Dr Dean Williams, Nick Spanner, Peter Goulstone, Brian Pankhurst, Kirk Humphreys and Virgil Coffee are "to a man" Followers of the Lord Jesus. They have provided me  with counsel, direction and protection. They all had huge, dominant personalities but also humble hearts and a willingness to invest their lives in me. That's why I'm asking all to pray for Nick and Louise Spanner, Pray that God would, by His Mercy and Grace, grant Nick sufficient number of days to complete all that you have for him to do.  May you give Nick and Louise an abundance days, together, to fully develop the love for each other that you gave life. Please SHARE-LIKE, EMOTICON  IT,SHARE SHARE SHARE, DID I MENTION 'LIKE IT!  LET'S BUILD AN ARMY OF THE FOLLOWING TO FOLLOW JESUS AND PRAY FOR NICK SPANNER

This is a traditional Christmas reflexion. The challenge is that my travelling partner, Parkinson, invades my voice and articulation. I don’t like it, but that’s what I have to work with. God bless you and Marry Christmas

In this episode we look at the the moment where the apostle Peter rises to assume the leadership of The Following. As we observe Peter learn and lead we will get a clearer sense of what it means to be in The Following. How did Peter show those who " have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him." That's important because that is us.

Jesus disappeared into a cloud and left his little band of followers with a little job to do. Take the Gospel to the world. When you look around the world today it looks like they did a pretty good job. Today we arrive at the beginning of the transformation from a tiny Jewish sect to a global movement.They needed a leader.Peter Stood Up.

Kitty and I are still getting used to not having our mothers on the same side of eternity with us. So we take a break from our following Jesus following Jesus to think about our mums. there are couple of songs I recorded 38 years ago, HELP!

We continue looking at the experiences of Peter, the guy Jesus put in charge of The Following.

This time we begin travelling along with our brother Simon Peter’s journey in the Following. Toward the end my Parkinson’s shows up-regrets- but that is my life-Blessings

Our son Seth dropped around for pasta after church. I used the opportunity to have a brief chat about The Following. Seth is one of the smartest, well read and theologically formed people I know. He takes after his mother. I asked him to give some thoughts about the challenge of trying to get back and behind the 2000 years of commentary and religious forms and imagine ourselves standing shoulder to shoulder with the first "followers". Remember we now have an email address if you would like to get in touch. timothy@thefollowing.today

What would Jesus Do? It is the only real question. Answering it gives you all you need to know.. That is the following. Why is it that the simplest things are the hardest..

I found myself alone in our caravan. It is at place called Matarangi, Matarangi has a rare north facing Pacific beach. I was the to allow a guy to paint said caravan. It gave me some time to think and pray and ruminate on the scriptures. As a result there are a little tweaking I want to share with you. New Website: TheFollowing.today Email Address: tim@thefollowing.today

What is “the Following”. “The Following” is a way of envisioning your life in Christ. More particularly, “The Following” pictures our participation, with all the people of God of every age, as we daily respond to the call of Jesus, Follow Me." Jesus' resurrection proved he had the power over sin and death and validates His claim to be Lord and King. He invites us on a journey as one who follows. He is the Leader. Our Christian life reflects the choice we made to follow Him is what places us in "The Following,"

this is the first Podcast of the year and the discussion is designed to encourage us to move through all the various facets in our life with a view on the end game and why that makes a difference.

I hope all you have a blessed Christmas. I'll be back the last week in January!

We look at the temptation of Jesus and what it tells us about the ways and means we use to accomplish God's Will

This is the one that replaces the last attempt that went adrift. We look at John the Baptist the first person to enter the New Testament Following

What should you expect to becoming true of you when you are on the following?

We stay at stage, in the prologue, for just a bit to get the back story of John the Baptist.

After a few teething technological problems- we hope there are a few teeth left- we begin at the beginning

This is a little diversion to give you a little more insight my following. Blessings . Timothy

This begins with an explanation of the new podcast name "The Parkinson's Progress". That is the broadcast's name and it is presenting "the Following." That is followed with a brief look at the challenges we may find along the way. The music, is again, from Seth Lesters/ all rights reserved. I posted the following in Facebook I put it here because not everybody is on Facebook. Usually I do all I can to edit out Parky's influence, this time I didn't. Pray for me.. I have always been one of those people who puts bad news in my pants pocket and then throw the pants away when they need a wash. Around twelve years ago I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. I told a very small number of people in Oklahoma and close family. My mother’s siblings, if you tried to tell them bad news, would likely reply, here let me have those pants and I’ll burn them for you. Absolutely fine with me. I told virtually no one in New Zealand, not even the church I was pastoring. The fact was that it really changed everything. From that first day, every other day has involved grabbing Kitty and dancing with Parky. That dancing recently led to me to begin a new facet in ministry. Today I’m launching a podcast based ministry called, ‘The Parkinson’s Progress.” It will be a Jesus based ministry and not a Parkinson’s based ministry. I was going to call it “In Spite of Parkinson’s.” Kitty wisely suggested that wasn’t the right tone. The truth is behind God, Kitty, the Kids and until two days ago the Thunder, Parkinson’s is the most domineering influence in my life. There you have it. You can help us by passing on the podcast “Timothy Lester’s The Following.” Blessings-Timothy

We begin to tease out what it means to be a participant in the following.Sorry for the long gap in the middle. It is the result of a malady I have PWO -Podcasting While Old. llThe song at the end is "Legion" written and recorded by Seth Lester_-All Rights Held by Roosky Tunes 2017

We continue to look at Jesus and his call on our lives. How do you explain your relationship with him. Is it an appropriate metaphor?

The very first episode of Timothy Lester's "The Following"!