Podcast appearances and mentions of Jackie Pullinger

A new MP3 sermon from Distant Speck Publications is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Arrogant Overfed Unconcerned - Jackie Pullinger Subtitle: POWER14745 GLOBAL GOSPEL RADIO Speaker: Various Speakers Broadcaster: Distant Speck Publications Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 3/17/2025 Length: 53 min.

In 1966, Jackie Pullinger left the UK on a boat, aged 22 and with just £10 in her pocket, not knowing where she'd get off. Docking in Hong Kong, she sensed God saying that was the place. Her work in the Walled City of Kowloon saw triad gang members come to faith, girls rescued out of brothels, and thousands of drug addicts over the ensuing decades being set free. That story was told in the best-selling ‘Chasing the Dragon', and she's still in Hong Kong with a network of faithful workers, ministering to many more broken people, living by faith and trusting God to provide for their needs. What a challenge and inspiration! To volunteer (no soft sell, she says it'll be tough!) or get involved, check out ststephenssociety.com Watch this episode as a video: https://youtu.be/cpfjVtrI8Fo---Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Weekly episode WhatsApp link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsappWeekly email notification: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more from Simon, visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠---Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

In 1966, a British girl named Jackie Pullinger stepped for the first time into "The Walled City." This small Hong Kong district was a place of horrors—sewage ran through the streets, prostitution, drug use and lawlessness were rampant. But where the darkness seemed impenetrable and all-powerful, God used an unlikely woman to bring many souls into God's marvelous light. In this episode we review Jackie's autobiography, "Chasing the Dragon."   Resources we mentioned: Chasing the Dragon (Autobiography) By Jackie Pullinger

Paul discusses the value of each member of the Church body and talks about spiritual gifts.  I Corinthians 12:1-11,12-31; 13:1-13; 14:1-25. Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger.  #everydaychristians

Tongues is a magnificent gift of the Holy Spirit, its purpose is miraculous and practical for walking in the spirit. In this message, John shares with us 9 important aspects of this gift with amazing stories of inspirational Christians like Jackie Pullinger. This message will encourage those that have this gift to make everyday use of it, and to inspire those yet to receive it, to keep pressing in. Recorded Sunday 2/7/2023 Peace Christian Church, Rockhampton Qld

Tongues is a magnificent gift of the Holy Spirit, its purpose is miraculous and practical for walking in the spirit. In this message, John shares with us 9 important aspects of this gift with amazing stories of inspirational Christians like Jackie Pullinger. This message will encourage those that have this gift to make everyday use of it, and to inspire those yet to receive it, to keep pressing in. Recorded Sunday 2/7/2023 Peace Christian Church, Rockhampton Qld

Commencing with the stories of Benny Hinn, Catherine Booth and Jackie Pullinger, Jonathan encourages us that there is much more to experience of the Holy Spirit than we have known and there is no limit to the unique gifts that can be received. It's not your relationship alone that positions you to receive more from God, but boldness in prayer. If you're hungry for more of God, this message will encourage you to keep pressing in. You will receive what you seek for.

Commencing with the stories of Benny Hinn, Catherine Booth and Jackie Pullinger, Jonathan encourages us that there is much more to experience of the Holy Spirit than we have known and there is no limit to the unique gifts that can be received. It's not your relationship alone that positions you to receive more from God, but boldness in prayer. If you're hungry for more of God, this message will encourage you to keep pressing in. You will receive what you seek for.

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How can we hope to see Christ working when we make ourselves available to serve the vulnerable? Owen Lynch interviews David Jennings about his experience of working for three years with “Chasing The Dragon” author Jackie Pullinger's ministry in Hong Kong.

Using 1 Corinthians 1:26-27, Luke 4:18, and Matthew 5:3 as the focus, missionary Jackie Pullinger shares many testimonies of the work of God in the lives of people within the Walled City in Hong Kong. In so doing, she reminds us that God loves to use the foolish things of the world to shame the wise.Learn more about the Bravehearted Voices Podcast and how you can be discipled and grow spiritually by visiting braveheartedvoices.com

Last Friday and Saturday 14 people from Grace Vineyard were part of Team Jackie, a team of 40 people working alongside Jackie Pullinger at a conference for the CofE diocese of Guildford. The conference was called, Everyone Has, Everyone Can, based on 1 Corinthians 14:26. The 25 vicars of the diocese were invited to bring their worship leader and 10 more people from their church to be trained and equipped in how to recognise and operate in the gifts of the Spirt. It was a very busy but wonderful 2 days serving on this team and seeing God do amazing things with these people who were eager to learn and be equipped. This is the report back that we did to those in the church who were unable to be part of the team.

Pastor Phil McCallum, Evergreen Church Bothell @philipmccallumWhat will you leave behind to make room for the new you?You can choose a rerun of last year or a world premiere.“Then John's disciples came and asked him, ‘How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'—Matthew 9:14-15What did Jesus do when he was criticized for not repeating what he did last year?Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out, and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.—Matthew 9:17A wineskin is a flexible container that can stretch to hold something new.A wineskin can be used only once because it hardens around the last new thing.Wineskins can't change, but Jesus can change you.Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins.—Matthew 9:171. Don't be a better you, let Jesus be himself through you.22 …Put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.—Ephesians 4:22-24If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out, and the wineskins will be ruined.—Matthew 9:17‘God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.'—Jackie Pullinger2. Keep a soft heart and hard feet.No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.—Matthew 9:173. Pour into people with soft hearts.

Pastor Phil McCallum, Evergreen Church Bothell @philipmccallumWhat will you leave behind to make room for the new you?You can choose a rerun of last year or a world premiere.“Then John's disciples came and asked him, ‘How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'—Matthew 9:14-15What did Jesus do when he was criticized for not repeating what he did last year?Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out, and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.—Matthew 9:17A wineskin is a flexible container that can stretch to hold something new.A wineskin can be used only once because it hardens around the last new thing.Wineskins can't change, but Jesus can change you.Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins.—Matthew 9:171. Don't be a better you, let Jesus be himself through you.22 …Put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.—Ephesians 4:22-24If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out, and the wineskins will be ruined.—Matthew 9:17‘God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.'—Jackie Pullinger2. Keep a soft heart and hard feet.No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.—Matthew 9:173. Pour into people with soft hearts.

Life Group Leaders' Notes Title: Why You Need God's Vision For 2023 Key Text: Genesis 12:2-3, Genesis 15:5 & Genesis 17:7   We need God's vision all through our lives, but at the start of the New Year, it's very important that we are focused on God's plans for us. When we have God's vision, we can live every day with a purpose and confidence. Without vision we are in trouble.   As pastor Wes Richards has said many times, this is a Biblical vision rooted in the vision God long ago gave to Abraham. It is a vision for multiplication (Genesis 15:5), each generation (Genesis 17:7), a great nation (Genesis 12:2) and World transformation (Genesis 12:3).  At the start of this year, it is essential, in all the busyness of our lives, that we focus and refocus on this vision. How clear is your vision right now? Do you need to have a spiritual eye test so you can see more clearly? It's important both naturally and spiritually to have the best vision.  Vision of who Jesus is (John 8:12, John 14:6, John 11:25, John 6:35) Vision that can come into the family of Jesus (1 John 3:1, Romans 8:17) A Vision to become like Jesus A Vision to change the world for Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20, Proverbs 29:18, Mark 16:15-16)  Apply   1. Vision of who Jesus Is  Every Vision must be centred in Jesus. He was very clear who He was and who He is.   John 8:12 when Jesus said “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”. In John 14:6: “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.” In John 11:25: “Jesus said… “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;” In John 6:35: “Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”   Jesus was not just a prophet, or an influencer of his time, a teacher.  He is much more than that, He is the Son of God, the Messiah. He is the one who can give us life, direction and fulfilment.   He is the one who loves us unconditionally and eternally. He is the one who will be our best friend who will never leave us. He is the one who will help us through every storm in life and bring us safely to heaven when we die.   There's no one like Jesus and we should see clearly that we must always put Him at the centre of our lives.  2. Vision that we can come into the family of Jesus  1 John 3:1 NIV: 'See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!'   God's only son Jesus gave his life's blood to pay the price for us to be adopted into the family of God. We are no more orphans. We belong to the best family in the world.   When we know that we are God's Children, we can confidently come to him. When we are family we have privileges. We should feel the same with God, sometimes we are shy to ask God, or feel guilty because we “don't deserve”, but the truth is - YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD, you can enter in His presence confidently.    Romans 8:17 “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”   3. A Vision to become like Jesus.   Jackie Pullinger was a British Missionary who arrived in Hong Kong in 1966 and came to a place called the Walled City. It was a small, densely populated, lawless area controlled neither by China nor Hong Kong. She spent more than 50 years working with heroin addicts, gang members and sex-workers.   She said: “I loved this dark place. I hated what was happening in it but I wanted to be nowhere else. It was almost as if I could already see another city in its place and that city was ablaze with light. It was my dream. There was no more crying, no more death or pain. The sick were healed, addicts set free, the hungry filled. There were families for orphans, homes for the homeless, and new dignity for those who had lived in shame. I had no idea of how to bring this about but with ‘visionary zeal' imagined introducing the Walled City people to the one who could change it all: Jesus.”   - Made 287 places to house the poor - 1000s came out of addictions   We must become more like Jesus, that wherever we go, we show Jesus, we must pray and change to have Jesus' Character.    4. A Vision to change the world for Jesus.   Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.””   Jesus gave us the vision to change the world, it was easy: MAKE DISCIPLES. If we want to change our community, our town, our city and country we must make disciples. As I mentioned at the beginning in Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish”.   We complain of how things are, what the government is doing or the economy, and our people are perishing, but we have the solution: Make disciples. Every Christian must have this vision. For Mark 16:15-16 says: “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.   God has a Vision for the UK, South Africa and every Nation. Pastor Wes & Adriana, they have a Vision for a multicultural church, a multiplying church, a church that affects individuals, families and the world. You too can be part of this vision.  This year in 2023 step up and walk in this God's given Vision to make disciples in every nation, starting in our homes and communities.   Do you have a clear vision of seeing the potential of great fruitfulness in your life when you are called by God?  Do you have a clear vision that God wants to bless each member of your family?  Do you have a clear vision that God can do great things God through your church and any church that is united and fully committed to Him?  Do you have a clear vision of playing your part in the growth of God's kingdom? But above all at the start of this year I want to ask if you have a clear vision of Jesus? 

Life Group Leaders' Notes Title: Why You Need God's Vision For 2023 Key Text: Genesis 12:2-3, Genesis 15:5 & Genesis 17:7   We need God's vision all through our lives, but at the start of the New Year, it's very important that we are focused on God's plans for us. When we have God's vision, we can live every day with a purpose and confidence. Without vision we are in trouble.   As pastor Wes Richards has said many times, this is a Biblical vision rooted in the vision God long ago gave to Abraham. It is a vision for multiplication (Genesis 15:5), each generation (Genesis 17:7), a great nation (Genesis 12:2) and World transformation (Genesis 12:3).  At the start of this year, it is essential, in all the busyness of our lives, that we focus and refocus on this vision. How clear is your vision right now? Do you need to have a spiritual eye test so you can see more clearly? It's important both naturally and spiritually to have the best vision.  Vision of who Jesus is (John 8:12, John 14:6, John 11:25, John 6:35) Vision that can come into the family of Jesus (1 John 3:1, Romans 8:17) A Vision to become like Jesus A Vision to change the world for Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20, Proverbs 29:18, Mark 16:15-16)  Apply   1. Vision of who Jesus Is  Every Vision must be centred in Jesus. He was very clear who He was and who He is.   John 8:12 when Jesus said “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”. In John 14:6: “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.” In John 11:25: “Jesus said… “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;” In John 6:35: “Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”   Jesus was not just a prophet, or an influencer of his time, a teacher.  He is much more than that, He is the Son of God, the Messiah. He is the one who can give us life, direction and fulfilment.   He is the one who loves us unconditionally and eternally. He is the one who will be our best friend who will never leave us. He is the one who will help us through every storm in life and bring us safely to heaven when we die.   There's no one like Jesus and we should see clearly that we must always put Him at the centre of our lives.  2. Vision that we can come into the family of Jesus  1 John 3:1 NIV: 'See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!'   God's only son Jesus gave his life's blood to pay the price for us to be adopted into the family of God. We are no more orphans. We belong to the best family in the world.   When we know that we are God's Children, we can confidently come to him. When we are family we have privileges. We should feel the same with God, sometimes we are shy to ask God, or feel guilty because we “don't deserve”, but the truth is - YOU'RE A CHILD OF GOD, you can enter in His presence confidently.    Romans 8:17 “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”   3. A Vision to become like Jesus.   Jackie Pullinger was a British Missionary who arrived in Hong Kong in 1966 and came to a place called the Walled City. It was a small, densely populated, lawless area controlled neither by China nor Hong Kong. She spent more than 50 years working with heroin addicts, gang members and sex-workers.   She said: “I loved this dark place. I hated what was happening in it but I wanted to be nowhere else. It was almost as if I could already see another city in its place and that city was ablaze with light. It was my dream. There was no more crying, no more death or pain. The sick were healed, addicts set free, the hungry filled. There were families for orphans, homes for the homeless, and new dignity for those who had lived in shame. I had no idea of how to bring this about but with ‘visionary zeal' imagined introducing the Walled City people to the one who could change it all: Jesus.”   - Made 287 places to house the poor - 1000s came out of addictions   We must become more like Jesus, that wherever we go, we show Jesus, we must pray and change to have Jesus' Character.    4. A Vision to change the world for Jesus.   Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.””   Jesus gave us the vision to change the world, it was easy: MAKE DISCIPLES. If we want to change our community, our town, our city and country we must make disciples. As I mentioned at the beginning in Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish”.   We complain of how things are, what the government is doing or the economy, and our people are perishing, but we have the solution: Make disciples. Every Christian must have this vision. For Mark 16:15-16 says: “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.   God has a Vision for the UK, South Africa and every Nation. Pastor Wes & Adriana, they have a Vision for a multicultural church, a multiplying church, a church that affects individuals, families and the world. You too can be part of this vision.  This year in 2023 step up and walk in this God's given Vision to make disciples in every nation, starting in our homes and communities.   Do you have a clear vision of seeing the potential of great fruitfulness in your life when you are called by God?  Do you have a clear vision that God wants to bless each member of your family?  Do you have a clear vision that God can do great things God through your church and any church that is united and fully committed to Him?  Do you have a clear vision of playing your part in the growth of God's kingdom? But above all at the start of this year I want to ask if you have a clear vision of Jesus? 

Series: All!Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23 (Main); Acts 1:6-8, Matt 1-23, Acts 28:28Title: “Why Did Jesus Teach with Parables?” (Darien Gabriel)Main source of commentary: David PlattBottom line: Jesus taught in parables to reveal to some and to conceal from others the good news that the kingdom of God is near.Discussion questions for group and personal study. Reflect and Discuss1. How did Jesus' parables both reveal and conceal truth?2. Explain how the kingdom can be both present and future.3. How would you sum up the parable of the Sower in one or two sentences? How might the parable of the Sower help us avoid being manipulative in our preaching, teaching, and evangelizing?4. What are some signs that the cares and riches of the world are choking out saving faith as the Bible describes it?5. How is persevering faith different from works-righteousness?6. What would you say to someone whose only evidence of salvation was a momentary decision?7. What encouragement might come to persecuted believers from the parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast?8. What do the parables of the Weeds and the Net have to teach us about the final judgment? Why is it sometimes difficult to discern who is and who is not part of the kingdom?9. How could you use the parables of the Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price to respond to someone who said, "I want to follow Jesus, but I don't want to make drastic changes in my life"?10. What wrong conceptions of the kingdom has Matthew 13 corrected for you?Final Questions (optional or in place of above)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastIntrohttps://www.bible.com/reading-plans/17704/day/196?segment=0Soften Your Heart and Harden Your FeetA twenty-one-year-old music college student took the cheapest ship she could find, calling at the greatest number of countries, and prayed to know where to disembark. She arrived in Hong Kong in 1966 and came to a place called the Walled City. It was a small, densely populated, lawless area controlled neither by China nor Hong Kong. It was a high-rise slum for drug addicts, gangs and prostitutes. She wrote:I loved this dark place. I hated what was happening in it but I wanted to be nowhere else. It was almost as if I could already see another city in its place and that city was ablaze with light. It was my dream. There was no more crying, no more death or pain. The sick were healed, addicts set free, the hungry filled. There were families for orphans, homes for the homeless, and new dignity for those who had lived in shame. I had no idea of how to bring this about but with ‘visionary zeal' imagined introducing the Walled City people to the one who could change it all: Jesus.Jackie Pullinger has spent over half a century working with prostitutes, heroin addicts and gang members. I remember so well a talk she gave some years ago. She began by saying, ‘God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.'Jackie is a glowing example of this; going without sleep, food and comfort to serve others. God wants us to have soft hearts – hearts of love and compassion. But if we are to make any difference to the world, this will lead to hard feet as we travel along tough paths and face challenges.Context:Where he was:“We have a tendency to think that parables were merely illustrations Jesus employed to help make His points. There is a sense in which that is true, but it is a vast over-simplification of the actual function of parables. The word parable is made up of a prefix, para, and a root, the verb ballō. Para means “alongside.” A paralegal is someone who comes alongside a lawyer to provide legal help. A parachurch ministry comes alongside the church to aid it in its mission. Baleo means “to throw or hurl.” So literally, a parable is something that is thrown alongside of something else. In the case of Jesus, a parable was an illustration or a restatement of a truth that He “threw in” with His teaching.”In reference to Isaiah 6:1-8…“God was sending Isaiah as a prophet of judgment, because God had had enough of people who did not want to hear or see the truth”“…He was explaining to Isaiah that He had kept for Himself a remnant, “a tenth,” from which He would raise up His people again. But Isaiah's mission was to the rest, to clog their ears and blind their eyes.”“So, in answer to the disciples' question, Jesus explained that He used parables both to reveal and to conceal. To those who had “ears to hear,” the parables were words of life. To those whose hearts were hardened and who could not hear so as to understand, the parables were indecipherable stories, impenetrable mysteries. The first of them was the parable of the sower.”Excerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.Excerpt FromMatthew - An Expositional CommentaryR.C. Sproulhttps://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewBook?id=0This material may be protected by copyright.““Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'”‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭21‬-‭23‬ ‭NIV‬‬https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.7.21-23.NIVBottom line: Q. What do I want you to know? A. That the condition of your heart determines whether you receive mercy or judgment.Q. Why? A. Because it's a measure of your level of trust of the Lord.Q. What do I want you to do? A. Humble yourself and repent and believe the good news.Q. Why? A. Because your quality of life depends on it—here and now, and hereafter. Bottom line: Jesus taught in parables to reveal to some and to conceal from others the good news that the kingdom of God is near.Context: Jesus is talking to the crowd and the religious leaders intent on discrediting him. He continues to show them portraits of himself through his direct teachings. He'll move to parables in the next chapter making his truths less obvious to some and even incomprehensible to others.Outline (David Platt's outline)I. Four QuestionsA. What is a parable?1. A practical story2. Often framed as a metaphor3. Illustrates a spiritual truthB. How do we understand parables? 3 Principles1. Listen from the hearer's perspective. Put yourself in their shoes. 1st c. Jews vs. 21st c. Americans.What would they hear? How would they respond? How would they feel?2. Look for the main point. Usually 1–2 or 3 max.3. Let the truth change your perception. I.e. Let it change the way you think about something through story.C. Why do we have parables?1. Jesus was revealing truth to those who were believing the mysterious (secrets)--this was evidence of God's mercy.Why do we have parables?“Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but it has not been given to them.”Secrets or mysteries in the OT revealed in the NT.What's not secret: God would send the Messiah to usher in a kingdom.Secret: What kind of Messiah God would send, how that Messiah would conquerNot through political struggle (political scheming)Not through brute force (military)but through sacrificial love (cross)Therefore, for those who were trusting that Jesus was promised King/Messiah, the parables helped them understand what kind of king he was and what kind of kingdom he was ushering in. HEARING/BELIEVING WAS EVIDENCE OF GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY.2. Jesus was concealing truth from those who were denying the obvious-this was evidence of God's judgment.JESUS WAS CONCEALING THE OBVIOUSDespite the many miracles (not to mention the signs).Despite the many teachings.NOT HEARING/BELIEVING WAS EVIDENCE OF GOD'S JUDGMENT.3. 2 Purposes based on 2 kinds of audiencesFirst 4 parables told to the crowds.Last 4 parables told to the disciples.D. What is the kingdom of heaven?1. The redemptive rule or reign of God in Christ2. A present reality: The King is here, and His kingdom is advancing.3. A future realization: The King is coming back, and His kingdom will one day be complete.Acts 1:6-8 “Then they gathered around him and asked him, ‘Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?' He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.'”II. Eight ParablesA. The parable of the Sower (aka Soils) (13:1-9, 18-23)The sower is the son of man and the seed is the message of salvation (aka good news of the kingdom).The soil is the human heart.Some in Jesus' day rejected/rebelled.Others casually responded to him.The problem of rejection is not the seed nor the sower but the human heart.Jesus points to 4 different heart-responses to the message of salvation:Pathway/Packed soil = hard heart = seed sits on top and never enters the soil; birds eat. This is a lack of understanding prevents reception of the message. No fruit.Rocky/Hard-pan soil = shallow/superficial heart = seed hits the soil, takes root and sprouts but due to the layer of rock beneath, the roots can't go deep. When the sun comes out the plant withers. This is how a person falls away when the troubles of life test their faith. It withers. No fruit.George Whitefield, 18th c. Evangelist during the first great awakening when asked how many were saved at one of his sermons would say, “We'll see in a few years.”Emma - we waited years after she professed Christ as VBS (4 yrs old) to see the fruit over time.Good soil surrounded by thorn bushes = distracted/divided heart = The person falls away after hearing and responding due to the deceitfulness of wealth and worries in this life. Result is, once again, no fruit.Good soil = Fruitful heart - Hears the wordUnderstands the wordBelieves the wordObeys the word bearing fruit that will last (John 15:16). 30, 60 & 100X.LOLListen to the word.Obey the word. (Bearing fruit)Leading others to listen to and obey the word. (Bearing fruit)B. The parables of the Weeds and the NetC. The parables of the Mustard Seed and YeastD. The parables of the Treasure and the PearlE. The parable of the HomeownerII. Two Primary ApplicationsA. Humbly and joyfully receive the message of the kingdom.B. Confidently and urgently spread the message of the kingdom.C. The Lord's supper is where we Look back at when we received the message.Look up to the one who gave us a message worth hearing.Look ahead to sharing this message with others until he returns.Conclusion:Bottom line: Jesus taught in parables to reveal to some and to conceal from others the good news that the kingdom of God is near.Who is Lord of Your Life?Polycarp (AD70–156) was a bishop during a time of bitter attack against the Christians. At the age of eighty-six, he was arrested for no other crime than being a Christian. All he had to do to avoid torture and death was to proclaim, ‘Caesar is Lord.' Polycarp responded, ‘Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and he never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?' For Polycarp, the fact that ‘Jesus is Lord' meant that he could not say, ‘Caesar is Lord.' Steadfast in his stand for Christ, Polycarp refused to compromise his beliefs and was burnt alive at the stake on 22 February AD156.How is your heart? Is it tender towards God or have you allowed it to be hard towards God? Are you feet hard from kingdom work or tender from taking care of yourself?What is God saying to you? What are you going to do about it?PrayReferences/Bibliography:“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“CSB Christ Chronological,” Holman“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)Outline Bible, D WillmingtonNIV Study Bible (NIVSB)ESV Study Bible

**Thank you for supporting this ministry, I lovingly refer to as "The Little Green Pasture." Click here: PayPal: http://paypal.me/JoanStahl **Please prayerfully consider becoming a ministry partner: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/joaniestahl **Contact Email: jsfieldnotes@gmail.com **Send Donations To: Joanie Stahl - P.O. Box 1386 - 205 Avenida Del Mar - San Clemente, Ca. 92674 **Subscribe to me on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-534183 **Subscribe to me on Bitchute by going straight to https://www.bitchute.com/ and typing "Joanie Stahls Field Notes" in the search bar. My link for some reason keeps breaking. I am working on it, thank you! I had noticed a day ago that there are only two people mentioned in the Bible where a memorial was mentioned about them. The first one was done in Judea secretly in a house by a woman who was a harlot. Christ, seeing that her action proceeded from a hearty and burning love to him, accepted her act as an extraordinary act of kindness to him. He told his disciples. "She hath wrought a good work on Me.....Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her." "There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always...He saw in a vision an angel who told him, "Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God." The woman was a harlot who was unsaved when she "wrought a good work upon Jesus." The Centurion was yet unsaved at this point, but in efforts from a yearning, loving, "God fearing" heart was a giving man. And was told by the angel sent from God that his prayers and alms came before Him as a memorial. The point is that though these two people were yet unsaved, look at the good work they wrought upon Jesus and the poor. God took notice of them and the work of their hearts. Their memorials are alive today and will be forever. As born again believers, let the things we now do for others be from loving hearts. Demonstrated in the act of selfless giving for the rest of our lives, "as living sacrifices, holy acceptable and pleasing in His sight." This is the Thanksgiving and holiday seasons. The time when people are not happy, they are poor in spirit, suffering losses, and losses to come. Remember them that need love, that need compassion, "making a difference." Reach out to those who have lost hope. "Remember those that bound as bound with them." Give yourself away, give words of Jesus Christ away to them, lifting them up. Jackie Pullinger, a missionary to Hong Kong said, "The principle of the Gospel is this. It gives life to the receiver and death to the giver." The more you give the more you die, the more Christ lives the more you live. Then you will really begin to live the resurrected life. There is no other way. Make a difference in lives by a word of hope and loving acts of kindness. Or in happy deeds and your life will come up as a memorial before God now and forever. "I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess." ~Martin Luther --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joanie-stahl/support

We end our Church history series with an interview with Jackie Pullinger, missionary to Hong Kong since 1966. We hear the story of an amazing woman of God and her obedience to God's command to ‘Go and make disciples'. Her work has seen miraculous healings, dramatic conversions and extraordinary transformations in the lives of some of the world's most desperate people.

31 July 2022 | Sally Drayson Le Tissier | Heroes of the Faith (2) Daniel and Jackie Pullinger - Faith In The Den Readings: Daniel 6:1-23 and Matthew 5:11-12

Day 147 Today's Reading: 1 Corinthians 14 An article in a Detroit newspaper, titled “Remedy for a Prune Face,” said, “Ladies, do you want to stay young? Then join a church choir. Women who sing stay younger-looking. A singer's cheek muscles are so well developed by exercise that her face will not wrinkle nearly as soon as a nonsinger!” Singing makes you look good. And that's biblical. Psalm 33:1 says, “Praise is becoming to the upright.” The Detroit newspaper article was confirming what the psalmist claimed: that you look good when you praise God. So let me help our praise. In 1 Corinthians 14, our singing and praying are about to get expanded. Paul is going to show us how to take our singing and praying to a new level. Here it is: “What's the solution? The answer is simple enough. Do both. I should be spiritually free and expressive as I pray, but I should also be thoughtful and mindful as I pray. I should sing with my spirit, and sing with my mind” (verse 15, MSG). Here is how the Living Bible says it: “Well, then, what shall I do? I will do both. I will pray in unknown tongues and also in ordinary language that everyone understands. I will sing in unknown tongues and also in ordinary language so that I can understand the praise I am giving.” It's easy to get stuck in ordinary language. Paul tells us to go to another level—to pray and sing in the spirit. Is this Pentecostal? No, this is 1 Corinthians 14. Paul encourages us to sing and pray two ways—to pray with the spirit and pray with the mind. I believe the simple way of putting this is in English (the mind) and in tongues (with the spirit). Sometimes we sing what's on the screen and sometimes we sing from what is filling our hearts. To sing in the spirit is to sing in tongues; we go off script. Paul is saying the same about prayer. Sometimes it's in English and sometimes in tongues. How do we know this “with the spirit” is tongues? Look at the next verse: “Otherwise if you bless in the spirit only, how will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?” When you pray or sing in the spirit, as verse 16 tells us, people do not know what we are saying. Why? Because we are praying and singing to God. When we are praying and singing in the spirit, what is happening? It's just a new level, a new way of saying, “Thank You.” As verse 17 shows us: “For you are giving thanks well enough.” The story goes that Niccolo Paganini (1782–1840), an amazingly gifted violinist, willed his violin to the city of Genoa, Italy, on one condition: that no one would ever play it. What he failed to understand was that when the wood on the instrument was handled and used, the violin would wear only slightly. But unused, it would decay. Today Paganini's lovely violin has become worm-eaten and useless. We are given a gift by the Spirit to be used not simply to discuss the theological implications. Use it! If the Bible gives me the option to expand my singing and praying to a new level, I'm all in. Mind is what I am comfortable with, but spirit and mind together give me another tool, another weapon, but also takes it out of my control and now under the control of the Spirit. This is important because this is something that is part of Paul's life. He tells us in verse 18: “I speak in tongues more than you all.” Jackie Pullinger has made an enormous impact in Hong Kong. She is the author of Chasing the Dragon, in which she tells the story of how she went to the walled city of Kowloon in Hong Kong to minister to the Triad gang members. Because of who and where she was, Jackie says she committed herself to praying in the spirit every day for fifteen minutes—by the clock. After about six weeks of this, she found new power in h

Jackie Pullinger bought a one-way ticket as a young woman and went off to China as a missionary. Spending decades ministering to the addicts and poor within the Walled City of Hong Kong, Jackie has a profound perspective on ministry, selfishness, and giving one's life for the least of these. In this message, she shares from Ezekiel 16:49-50 and how the downfall of Sodom is our same struggle today. Learn more about the Bravehearted Voices Podcast and how you can be discipled and grow spiritually by visiting http://braveheartedvoices.com/ (braveheartedvoices.com)

Bobby Mearns is the founder of Fishers of Men, a rehab with a ministry to the homeless in Brisbane. Bobby was a heroin addict, dealer & Triad member for over 20 years in Hong Kong. After a dramatic encounter with God, he was set free from addiction and launched into ministry. Bobby says he has a degree in criminology, 'done every crime in the book!' He shares how encounter with Jackie Pullinger taught him about true love from God. Listen in to his redemption story! Support the show: http://historymakersradio.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we go though life and see the need of people we could do something specially for our family. How do you go about hard times are you willing to extend yourself for the good of others? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/monicago/message

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In this episode, Mary Ho talks about leading All Nations International and what it takes to lead ethnically and geographically diverse teams. Her experience growing up in different nations, prepared her for work in the nations. In the early 1990s, God began birthing a heart for the poor and for the nations in John and Mary Ho, while a young married couple working for World Vision in Taiwan.  Later in Hong Kong, they were greatly impacted by being a part of the churches that grew out of Jackie Pullinger's ministry.  Such experience and passion led to a steamless transition into leadership roles years later with the work started by Floyd and Sally McClung in the USA.   Named in 2015 and commissioned in 2016, Dr. Mary Ho became the International Executive Leader of All Nations International (allnations.international), a global Christian missions organization.  In this current role, Dr. Ho provides leadership and direction for All Nations which has grown to four hubs and 400 cross-cultural workers in more than 40 countries. Prior to this role, Dr. Ho served as the North America Executive Director of the All Nations' hub in Kansas City, MO.  Under her leadership All Nations has since multiplied with two additional hubs, one in Hamburg, Germany, and another in Kampala, Uganda.  Her vision is to see All Nations establish additional hubs in other gateway cities worldwide for the mobilization of both cross-cultural and near-cultural workers.  Dr. Ho is passionate about finishing the Great Commission in this generation and longs to see the love of God shared among the remaining untouched gospel frontiers. Born in Taiwan and raised on four continents, Dr. Ho, has lived in Taiwan, the Philippines, the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), New Zealand, Hong Kong, and the U.S. Mary's Recommendations:Misreading Scripture with Western EyesThe Gift of Being YourselfGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/shiftingculturepodcastSupport the show

Bobby Mearns is the founder of Fishers of Men, a rehab with a ministry to the homeless in Brisbane. Bobby was a heroin addict, dealer & Triad member for over 20 years in Hong Kong. After a dramatic encounter with God, he was set free from addiction and launched into ministry. Bobby says he has a degree in criminology, 'done every crime in the book!' He shares how encounter with Jackie Pullinger taught him about true love from God. Listen in to his redemption story! Support the show: http://historymakersradio.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bobby Mearns is the founder of Fishers of Men, a rehab with a ministry to the homeless in Brisbane. Bobby was a heroin addict, dealer and Triad member for over 20 years in Hong Kong. After a dramatic encounter with God, he was set free from addiction and launched into ministry. Bobby says he has a degree in criminology, "done every crime in the book!" He shares how encounter with Jackie Pullinger taught him about true love from God. Listen in to his redemption story!

Psalm 56:3-4John 4:28–29,39-42Judges 2:16; 3:9,11,15,30b–31Pippa and I met Ah Yin when we visited Jackie Pullinger in Hong Kong. He had become a drug addict as a teenager. His father was an addict. He was brought up in the notorious Walled City. He joined a gang at the age of eleven...

In this episode, we sit down with Ryan Longmuir, founder of Regis Banqueting, a catering service that raked in 1.3 million euros back in 2016. But for Ryan, business and catering go far beyond bringing in money, which was his main aspiration when he sold thousands of pounds worth of drugs at 20 years old. How did Ryan flip from selling ecstasy pills to providing a renowned catering service? It took some moments of deep reckoning, a new commitment to faith, and definitely a huge leap of faith as well. Such moments also drove him to help others improve their own lives. Ryan shares how passion and goodwill intertwined to get him out of a tumultuous and cyclical life and into one filled with meaning and love. Join us as we learn how kindness motivates entrepreneurship and can lead to triumphs over many challenges, in both life and business. Social Media Twitter: @RegisBanqueting Instagram: @RegisBanqueting Facebook: @regisbanquetingltd Regis Banqueting Site: https://www.regisbanqueting.co.uk/ Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger and Adrew Quicke: https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Dragon-Struggle-Against-Darkness/dp/0800797035

This week's interview* on HTB at Home is with Jackie Pullinger MBE, author of 'Chasing the Dragon', who has been working in Hong Kong for over 50 years and has seen God bring real change to families and communities. *Please note, this interview discusses issues related to substance use and sexual exploitation which some viewers may find distressing.

Jackie Pullinger is a missionary in Hong Kong and founder of the St Stephen's Society. She has been serving in Hong Kong since 1966. The early years of her Hong Kong ministry are chronicled in her book Chasing the Dragon. https://www.alpha.org/blog/leadership-conversations-with-nicky-gumbel-podcast-jackie-pullinger

In this episode I talk about the books, “The Cross and the Switchblade” by David Wilkerson and “Chasing the Dragon” by Jackie Pullinger, and share how powerfully they impacted my life. Also, I share three practical ways in which you can reach Unreached people groups with the gospel. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jeff-mann9/message

This message was preached after the elders at Grace 242 gave their 90 day lease termination notice to Mequon Nature Preserve. Message for Sunday service: 7/5/20Scripture reading: Genensis 12:1-4, Hebrews 11:8-10Watch the video message here: https://youtu.be/nl8DOjHydDE

Simon Edwards: 10 years ago, whilst serving a life sentence in Dovegate prison Simon found God. 5 years ago, he walked out of prison with £46 in his pocket. Today, he is the CEO of Walk ministries, a ministry that houses ex-prisoners and helps them forge a new life. In ‘The Things I Wish I’d Known’ episode Simon tells us about his struggles and how God gave Walk ministries a whole street…HashtagsObedience Rick Joyner Procrastination Jackie PullingerThe Final QuestAsk Yourself WhyGod Knows Our Hearts Email us @info@economicsandthespirit.com The Good Man Audiobook The Good Man on Audible.comLinksThe Final Quest by Rick Joyner Chasing The Dragon by Jackie PullingerSimon Edwards Facebook Walk Ministries WebsiteCreditsIcon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

Becky starts off a series on having 'soft hearts and hard feet' (a phrase coined by Jackie Pullinger) as we continue to establish the value of restoration that we were exploring before Christmas. It is worth noting there is a squeaky sound on the recording from about minute 21 onward, which may be annoying if listening on headphones.

We must all find the grace to die, listen intently to this sermon by Jackie Pullinger. The original sermon had to be significantly shortened to fit into a broadcast but it's still a very powerful message and we would encourage you to intently listen to the call of the Holy Spirit. If you didn't listen to the testimony posted on Wednesday, you should go back and listen to that short testimony as well.

This is a wonderful mini-series from many years ago by Jackie Pullinger, a missionary to Hong Kong for many years. You can support her work by going to her website: http://www.ststephenssociety.com/. Part 1 is a combination of testimonies, words of knowledge and the introductory part of the message. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you we know and many we don't know. May the blessing of Jesus rest upon you today!

We' re posted a short testimony from the series entitled "Finding the Grace to Die" by Jackie Pullinger. The two-part series will air on Thanksgiving and Friday. Be encouraged as you listen to this wonderful testimony! Jesus is enough, allow Him to declaw you as he did this dear brother!

The Gifts of Tongues and Interpretation - November 2, 2019 - Steve MillerAs I was praying about this message some time ago, I felt like the Lord gave me three analogies to illustrate the purpose of speaking or praying in tongues.Lighter fluid – Sometimes conditions aren't ideal for starting a fire. Lighter fluid (or “boy scout water,” as my brother and nephew call it) gives your fire a “supernatural” boost.A key – There's no way to enter through a locked door, but a key is a small but precisely effective way to open the way that was impossible without it.A spark plug – You can have a perfectly designed car, plenty of good fuel, and plenty of air being mixed precisely right, but without the spark plug firing, fuel won't ignite so you've got no power. Spark plugs need to keep firing consistently for your car to keep running powerfully over the long haul.Acts 2:4 - All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 10:44-46 - 44While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. 45The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. 46For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God.Acts 19:6 - When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.I want to start out by saying that I believe that at least some form of the gift of tongues is available for every believer. Later in the message, we'll look at distinctions between different varieties of tongues or functions of the gift, and what Paul means in 1 Corinthians 12 when he asks “Do all speak with tongues?” (The implied answer is “no.”) And we do not teach that a person needs to speak in tongues in order to be a true Christian or to be baptized with the Holy Spirit. But in the three passages above, it's pretty clear that in these three groups of early believers, all involved received an ability to speak in tongues, not just a selected few. So let's start by looking at the nature and purpose of speaking in tongues, which tends to seem like a strange and ambiguous activity to us in the first place.Did you ever wonder why the Holy Spirit enables believers to speak in tongues and what is going on when we do?When we speak in tongues, who is speaking?We are speaking. The Holy Spirit is speaking. (See the verses above.)It's a cooperative effort. When we speak in tongues, the Holy Spirit is providing words for us to speak, bypassing our cognitive thinking process. Therefore, it's not unreasonable to say that when we speak in tongues we are declaring the Word of God. We are speaking truth. The words we speak are just the right ones, for they come from the Holy Spirit, our Helper.So when we speak in tongues, just what are we speaking?1 Corinthians 14:1-2 - Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 2For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. When we speak in tongues, we speak to God. He understands what we are praying even though we don't.Strong's: mustérion (moos-tay'-ree-on): a mystery, secret, of which initiation is necessary; in the NT: the counsels of God, once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof; the Christian revelation generally; particular truths or details of the Christian revelation. HELPS Word-studies: mystḗrion (the root of the English term, "mystery") – mystery. In the Bible, a "mystery" is not something unknowable. Rather, it is what can only be known through revelation, i.e. because God reveals it. This agrees with what Jesus said about sending the Holy Spirit:John 16:12-15 - 12 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. According to Jesus, one of the Holy Spirit's main purposes is to reveal truth to us. How much? He has all the thoughts and wisdom and powerful Word that belongs to the Father and Jesus! And Jesus promised that the Spirit will take of what is His and declare it to us. That's rich.1 Corinthians 14:13-17 - 13Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret. 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. 15What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. 16Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? 17For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up. It's reasonable to ask the Spirit to give you interpretation or understanding of the things you pray in tongues. In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul makes it clear that an interpretation is necessary if someone gives a prayer or message in tongues in the public meeting. But if we ask, we should expect that the Holy Spirit will give us some interpretation when we pray in tongues privately, especially since Jesus said that communicating revelation from God to us is one of His chief activities.It's definitely prayer, or communication with God.It can be thanksgiving and praise to God.We can be declaring the wonders of God. Acts 2:11 – (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!I believe that this declaration in tongues is not just limited to praising God for the wonders that He has done in the past, although that is powerful. It also includes declaring what He is doing now in the present, as well as what He will do in the future. In this way, we can be making declarations prophetically and speaking life and God's will into situations with His authority, which will bring powerful and transformational results.It can be used in intercession.John Bevere shares a story of a young woman he led into the baptism of the Holy Spirit in college at Purdue University. The Spirit awoke her the next morning and impressed her to pray in tongues. While doing so, she asked the Spirit to give her an idea of what she was praying about, and the impression came that she was praying for an older man in a life-and-death emergency. Later, after feeling a release that she was finished, she soon discovered that she had been praying for her roommate's grandfather who had suffered a heart attack at exactly that time, and that his life had been saved.A parent at our school tells about a dream that she had in which she was praying in tongues about a car crash that happened, and the next day she saw in the news that a similar accident had actually happened during that night, and the parties involved had survived.Ephesians 6:18 - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people. What kinds of speaking or praying in tongues are there? Can any believer potentially have this gift, or just selected ones of us?Now, doesn't 1 Corinthians 12 teach that we all have differing gifts? It asks, "Do all speak in tongues?" The implied answer is "no." But what particular gift of tongues is that referring to? David Pytches, in his book Spiritual Gifts in the Local Church, explains that the Bible shows different types or uses the gift of tongues:"There are apparently three distinct manifestations in the area of 'tongues': The use of tongues where utterance is not understood by the speaker, but overheard by members of the public, and, without interpretation, understood by those whose own language it is.This is tongues used as a sign, like happened in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.Cathy tells about young Mark and Mike Knudsen understanding a word in tongues given in the service here several weeks after they had been adopted from India.John Bevere tells of a woman on his staff who sat near the back of a service while he was preaching, and in a relatively quiet voice, prayed in tongues for him. After the service had ended, the man sitting in front of her turned around and said, “Ma'am, may I say that your French is excellent!” She responded that she didn't speak French. He replied that he was a French teacher, and throughout the service she had been speaking perfect French in a special, very old dialect. In fact, every time she would speak something in French, John would follow by preaching the same idea in English!The use of 'tongues' in public worship. The 'language' used is unknown and should be followed by an interpretation given by the Holy Spirit.The use of 'tongues' in private which needs no interpretation, though apparently this could be asked for. Most of those who use the gift in private have never exercised it in public worship. Public exercise is a distinct anointing, yet a link between the public and private use appears to exist, i.e. any person who exercises the gift of tongues in public almost invariably uses the gift in private."What are the benefits or fruit of praying in tongues?1 Corinthians 14:4 - The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.· Jude 20-21 - 20But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.· You are built up, or edified (as in building a house), when you pray in tongues.· Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, so it's not unreasonable to expect that praying in tongues can bring healing, refreshment, rest to our bodies. Busy ministers testify that regular prayer in tongues helps prevent them from burnout.· Joseph Prince shared this testimony: “Doris, a young woman from Singapore, shared how she started to worry when her menstrual cycle stopped. For two years, she believed God for restoration of a regular cycle and described how her journey was like a roller coaster ride with some very low points when it got really difficult to stay in faith.“One day, she watched a sermon I had preached on praying in tongues. In that video, I taught on how tongues was like rivers of living water flowing out of the belly, pushing out defilement, edifying the spirit, and repairing the house of God — our bodies. She remembered how I had shared that the word for “belly” was also the word for “womb,” and she started to pray often in the Spirit every day and to partake of the Holy Communion each morning.“Doris shared, ‘This has become part of my morning routine. Through it, I have grown closer to the Lord in my spirit and I feel such shalom-peace in my heart every day. I also experienced my restoration after more than two years! Praise Jesus!'”· Joseph Prince continues: “Now please don't think that in talking about physical healing, I am downplaying the importance of building up your inner man ... Many times, when it comes to healing, God goes to the root first, removing your deep-seated fears, anxieties, past hurts, and erroneous beliefs — mental strongholds that need to be demolished — before He deals with your physical body. The medical profession has been telling people how chronic stress, worry, fears, and depression can lead to all kinds of physical ailments. So, certainly, take full advantage of praying in the Spirit to fortify your inner man and build yourself up in faith and in the love of God (ref.: Jude 1:20–21). But as you do, be cognisant of the truth that praying in tongues can also repair your physical body. God wants you whole in every way, inside out!”· In her book Chasing the Dragon, Jackie Pullinger tells about how she ministered to heroin addicts in Hong Kong in the 1970's. When these new, Spirit-filled believers experienced the awful withdrawal symptoms, they were told to pray in their prayer language, and as long as they did, the symptoms went away. In this way, they were able to be delivered from heroin addiction.· Praying in tongues seems to be a key for receiving inspiration from the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that He had much more to say to us, but that when the Holy Spirit comes, He will guide us into all truth. John Bevere talks about how, as he is writing his books, if he gets stuck, he will take time to pray in the Spirit, and as he does, inspired ideas and words will start coming into his mind. He tells a story about a time he was preaching in Mexico, and just before the meeting his host found out about some unexpected trouble from the local authorities. John went outside and prayed in tongues, and the Lord gave him specific direction about what to preach. The authorities who came to break up the meeting ended up getting saved.· John Bevere tells of very busy ministers who testify that regular praying in tongues brings them rest and refreshment that helps them avoid burnout. · Joseph Prince teaches about this rest effect of praying in tongues: “It is not just the daily demands and responsibilities of family and work that are stressing us out. We have an enemy called the devil and one of his objectives is to “wear out the saints of the most High” (Daniel 7:25, KJV). He does this by stirring up storms in our lives (quarrels, crises, stressful situations), planting anxious thoughts in our minds, and invoking in us feelings of inadequacy and panic. Many times, we respond by leaning on our own efforts to manage and solve a hundred and one things! After a while of running around trying to do this and that to make things work, we end up mentally and physically exhausted, ready to just fall apart.“Friend, if I have just described you, I want you to know that God did not design you to live a life of stress but to enjoy a life of rest. He has given you a powerful weapon to counter stress: praying in the Spirit, which is able to rebuild and repair your entire self from the inside out. It costs you nothing, has no bad side effects, and isn't dependent on external factors such as a quiet surrounding with mood lighting and soothing pan flute music. Tranquil environments are great — I myself like to take long walks in the park or along the beach. But what happens when you “come back to reality,” to the sound of blaring car horns, or your kids throwing their toys around and screaming at each other?“You need something that is more robust and goes deeper — God's peace that surpasses understanding. And you can come to this wonderful place of rest and refreshing as you pray in tongues and sense His presence and love. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (ref.: 2 Corinthians 3:17). Let His Spirit free you from stress, worry, and anxiety as you unwind through your heavenly language.“Perhaps you already know how to pray in the Sprit, but for some time now, you have not exercised this wonderful grace gift. Can I encourage you to start doing it again? “Beloved, the Lord beckons you to draw near to Him today as you pray in the Spirit. He invites you to come to Him if your heart is full of labour and heavy with worry, and He Himself will rest you (ref.: Matthew 11:28). Let Him drive out all fear and confusion.”· The edifying effects of speaking in tongues tend to be different from one person to another. Larry Christenson, in his book Speaking in Tongues, wrote: “When you get closer to people who have had this experience, and watch them over a longer period of time, you actually discover great variety in their experiences. Perhaps the working of the gift is something like this: As a person prays in tongues, he is edified – built up – in that part of his life where he most needs building up. This would seem consistent with the working of the Holy Spirit, for He always deals with us as individuals.”· Christensen reports of one woman who experienced a building up of her assurance of salvation, which had previously been an area of struggle. Another man reported that through tongues the Holy Spirit took away some habits that would have been hard to do by himself, such as smoking cigarettes. One evening, after work, he lit up a cigarette. “All at once,” he told, “that cigarette tasted so lousy it made me sick. I thought it was because I had a big cold in my head. I spit it out of my mouth – and I haven't touched one since. I tell you, the Lord just took that habit out of me by the roots. Man, when the Lord cleans you out, He really cleans you out good!”· Cathy and I have both experienced times in our lives when we've been attacked by irrational fears or phobias. At those times, when we have prayed in tongues, we've both experienced calming and peace as we did so.· Christensen again: “The edification which one experiences through the exercise of speaking in tongues is on a highly individual basis. Your own program of sanctification is tailor-made by the Holy Spirit according to your individual need, and according to the place He is preparing you for in the Body of Christ.”· I feel like the gift of tongues is like a box full of wonderful treasures for my own life and for others, and I want to do so more and more with the expectation of wondering what great thing the Holy Spirit wants to do in me, my circumstances, the lives of those I know, and even believers, unbelievers, leaders, and nations around the world that I don't even know!How can I receive my prayer language in tongues or become more fluent in using it?This is Bob Heil's testimony of his struggle to learn to use his prayer language from his book Lessons From the Furnace (p. 39-42). As a Lutheran pastor, Bob had been prayed for by a group of pastors to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and He had felt a strong feeling of faith and even a physical “electricity” sensation at that time from God as a confirmation that he had received it. But he had not started speaking in tongues. That night I was sound asleep at about two o'clock in the morning when the Lord came into the room. Again there was the sensation of electricity going through me – wave after wave of it. I awoke and could hardly breathe. I knew the Lord was standing there. I could not hear Him; I could not see Him or touch Him, but I knew He was there and that He wanted me to pray. I went into the living room in the dark and began to pray. I tried desperately to pray in tongues. There had been an earlier day when I had despised tongues, when I had said, “God, give me the Holy Spirit, but not tongues.” I had thought it was the kookiest thing I had ever heard of. But sudden conviction had come from God, and He had spoken to me.“Who are you to despise My gift?”I said, “Oh, Lord, I am sorry, but it is the least of all Your gifts.”The Lord replied, “Who told you it is the least of My gifts? The Scriptures do not say that. Besides, who are you that you think you deserve more than the least of My gifts?” I repented that instant.Now I was asking God to give me the gift of tongues. I did not want to miss any blessing from God. I knelt there in the dark crying out to God for the gift. I pointed to my mouth, saying, “Ah, ah.” But nothing came. Finally I said, “All right, God, then help me to pray in English. Guide my thoughts and help me to pour out my heart to You, for I must pray.” Suddenly my mind welled forth with thoughts and I poured them out to God.For almost two hours I was there on my knees in the living room. The prayer was in English, but now the Lord guided the thoughts! It was never repetitious, never hum-drum. What a blessing! It was rich and alive – the most powerful prayer session I had ever had.I could have prayed in tongues then, or in any of the weeks and months that followed, but I did not know how. Finally after four months of desperation I cried, “God, I give up. I just give up; I can't wait any longer. I will just make sounds to You. I will dedicate the sounds and you will have to put them together. I don't know how, but I have got to do something.” I began to make sounds and spoke what was about two sentences worth of sounds and stopped. I said, “No, that was only me,” and I did not do it again for several weeks.Again I became so hungry for the blessing. I yearned to pray in tongues, because I wanted every bit of edification I could get my hands on. So once again I decided to pray sounds to God. I began making these utterances and this time I went on for what was perhaps a few paragraphs. Then I stopped. I thought to myself, “Was that me or not?” It was enough to turn me off so that for several weeks I said nothing else in tongues.Finally I was at a regional convention of the Full Gospel Business Men. There was a great sermon that morning and I became so thrilled and happy. During the prayer time afterwards I made up my mind to just keep making sounds until something happened. It took about five minutes, but gradually I began to feel my heart break through. I grew bolder and began to trust more and more new sounds. I stopped worrying whether it was me or not. I had dedicated the language to God. It began to flow more and more and my heart began to rise like a rocket off the launching pad. My praise ascended to God.Ever since that day it has been sweet and beautiful. By dedicating new sounds to my baby prayer language, it quickly blossomed forth full-grown. Then I realized it had been there all along – just waiting for me to use it. Just as I prayed in English, I was to do the praying in tongues. God had not put it in my mind or my throat. He had put it in my spirit. Not only that, but I could use it whenever I wanted. It was God's gift and God does not take back His gifts. He says “His gifts and callings are without repentance” (Rom. 11:29). If you have ever had it, you have still got it. Just open your heart and your mouth and pray to God in sounds. Leave the results and any correction up to Him.In teaching the Corinthian church about using tongues in the church meeting, Paul says a couple things that imply that the personal prayer language gift is available to all believers.1 Corinthians 14:5a - 5Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. 1 Corinthians 14:18 - I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. The Lord promises us that when we sincerely and earnestly ask Him for a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit, He will not disappoint us.Jeremiah 29:13-14a - 13"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity."Luke 11:13 - "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”Basically, to receive the gift of tongues we should sincerely ask for it. It's a good thing, and Jesus is encouraged us to believe confidently that our Father will give us the Holy Spirit and the good gifts that He may bring. As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 12:31: "But earnestly desire the higher gifts," and as we read earlier, 1 Corinthians 14:1 echoes: "earnestly desire the spiritual gifts."If you've never prayed in tongues, what should you expect? Does the Holy Spirit possess you and you start speaking uncontrollably? No, it's generally a cooperative effort. Acts says that "they spoke in tongues as the Spirit enabled them."What should we do? A good word is "yield." John Bevere uses the imagery of wading into a gentle river or creek. You can fight to stand up straight and not be moved by the current, or you can relax, yield to it, and let it carry you along. It seems that a key part of cooperation with the Holy Spirit is surrender or yielding. It is saying "yes" to Him.I have been a believer in Jesus since I was very young, but I was never taught about the baptism of the Holy Spirit until I was a 5th-grader at Family Bible Camp here at COC. I remember that Leslie Barker taught us in the morning kids' lesson in the old fellowship building, and then the kids from here (perhaps Cathy included) gathered around my brother Tim and me and laid hands on us and prayed for us. They said that we should expect to pray in tongues, but I wasn't sure what it would be like or how to do it. I did believe it and expected to receive the gift, though. So during my growing up, I knew I had been baptized with the Spirit, and I prayed in tongues a little, but sometimes had doubts about whether I was really praying in the Spirit or if it was just me. Then, during the summer after I had just graduated from college, I was at summer camp here and Bob Heil had returned to preach at it. That night here in the chapel, he taught about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, sharing his own testimony and struggle about receiving the gift of tongues, and inviting anyone who hadn't ever prayed in tongues or had doubts about it to stay afterward, and he would get us praying in tongues. So a friend and I stayed in the chapel with Bob and others, and I remember kneeling in the back row as he told us to just start believing and yield our mouths to speak. I started speaking in tongues with great confidence, and at the same time I was overtaken by hilarious belly laughter, and so was my friend. I knew that this was a manifestation of the Holy Spirit, not just me being silly. I was full of joy and realized that the Holy Spirit was reaffirming in me a confidence that, yes, He indeed had given me this gift and I should never again doubt it, but use it confidently. Praise the Lord!John 16:7 - 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. Ephesians 6:18 – And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people. I sincerely believe that the devil greatly fears a Church who makes good use of the gift of tongues, so it's no wonder that he works in many ways to keep us from believing in it, or receiving it, or making use of it. Let's eagerly desire and pursue this gift in our lives and expectantly see what the Holy Spirit will do with it in our lives, our families, our church, and in the world around us!

Kingdom Expanders - continuing this series Grantley explores the lives of Jackie Pullinger and Heidi Baker

Part 1 - 城寨50小時敬拜 http://youtu.be/I8eNFRaPedM 絕少接受本地媒體錄影專訪的潘靈卓宣教士 (Jackie Pullinger)  ，今次破例接受敬拜風的訪問，願意跟我們一眾敬拜者分享她在這方面的經歷和看法，實在非常難得﹗希望各位都能夠在她的訪問中有所得著﹗**  提起城寨英雄，好多基督徒會想起潘靈卓。50年前，19歲既佢帶著一個火熱宣教的心來到香港，踏足左九龍城寨呢一個三不管既地  方，睇到妓女、吸毒者、黑幫份子、同埋好多 既街童，佢決定將耶穌基督既福音傳俾佢地。  好多人都視佢為英雄，連香港政府都係城寨公園設立了一個記念佢潘靈卓峰，不過潘靈卓就 認為耶穌先至係真正嘅英雄，係配得佢敬拜嘅嗰一位﹗ Part 2 - 廣東話敬拜的堅持 (已加入英文字幕 English Subtitle added) http://youtu.be/YqMJb3vKyYo 為何強調要非常重視廣東話的敬拜？ 有人說，填廣東話歌詞很困難，沒有辦法，惟有放棄？ 本地詩歌創作人面對困難，例如沒有錢做製作，作品沒有教會選用...怎辦？ 對香港的敬拜詩歌創作，有什麼夢想？  ** 絕少接受本地媒體錄影專訪的潘靈卓宣教士 (Jackie Pullinger)  ，今次破例接受敬拜風的訪問，願意跟我們一眾敬拜者分享她在這方面的經歷和看法，實在非常難得﹗希望各位都能夠在她的訪問中有所得著﹗**  提起城寨英雄，好多基督徒會想起潘靈卓。50年前，19歲既佢帶著一個火熱宣教的心來到香港，踏足左九龍城寨呢一個三不管既地  方，睇到妓女、吸毒者、黑幫份子、同埋好多 既街童，佢決定將耶穌基督既福音傳俾佢地。  好多人都視佢為英雄，連香港政府都係城寨公園設立了一個記念佢潘靈卓峰，不過潘靈卓就 認為耶穌先至係真正嘅英雄，係配得佢敬拜嘅嗰一位﹗   背景詩歌音樂: 我們的神 Our God, 奇妙復活主 Beautiful Saviour (Carlos Choi@St.Stephen's Society)

Until it was pulled down, the Walled City was Hong Kong's most foreboding territory. It was a lawless place, dominated by the Triads, and which the police hesitated to enter. Strangers were unwelcome. Drug smuggling and heroin addiction flourished, as did prostitution and pornography, extortion and fear. When Jackie Pullinger set sail from England in 1966 she had no idea that God was calling her to the Walled City. Yet, as she spoke of Jesus Christ, brutal Triad gangsters were converted, prostitutes quit, and Jackie discovered a new treatment for drug addiction: baptism in the Holy Spirit.

We’re including a short clip from an upcoming two-part series by Jackie Pullinger entitled “Grace to Die.” The excerpt is a testimony of a 18-year old young lady named Polly describing this road to death. It’s raw and powerful and we pray it’s an encouragement to go all the way with Jesus, He will carry you through!

Jackie Pullinger's classic autobiography Chasing the Dragon remains a best-seller among evangelicals, despite being released more than 30 years ago. It tells the story of how this plucky young woman from Croydon boarded a ship with nothing but a £10 note and a prayer that God would show her where to get off. When the boat pulled into Hong Kong in 1966, God ordered her to disembark and Pullinger the missionary obeyed. In this rare interview, the 74 year old missionary opens up about her lifetime of service, which has included seeing drug addicts set free through praying in tongues, what she's learned and why she won't be retiring anytime soon.   You can also read this interview in Premier Christianity magazine  To take advantage of Premier Christianity's limited HALF PRICE subscription offer visit premierchristianity.com/subscribe

Christians need to rediscover their heritage of creating, not complaining. That's according to David Stroud, the senior leader of Christ Church London. In this interview with Premier Christianity's Sam Hailes, the pastor, who has been leading churches for over 25 years, explains his vision for the "spiritual, social and cultural renewal" of London and beyond.  David is married to Baroness Stroud and believes that while there isn't one single "Christian perspective" on Brexit or welfare, Christians should be engaged politically. One of his biggest passions is cultural renewal and he founded the Everything Conference in order to equip Christians to work toward the flourishing of their communities. Explaining how the Church is growing faster in London than anywhere else in the UK, Stroud says there are good reasons to be optimistic about the future. But he's also aware that culture has changed dramatically in recent years, arguing we shouldn't assume people have much background understanding of Christianity. In this in depth and wide ranging conversation, David also recalls the formative experience of ministering in Hong Kong alongside Jackie Pullinger and explains the reasons why Christ Church London is no longer affiliated with the Newfrontiers network. Finally, he describes social media as both a "hugely powerful thing we've unleashed", and something we haven't fully comprehended. It's led to a moment of "incredible opportunity" and "incredible danger" for society, he says.  Follow David on Twitter @MrDavidStroud To take advantage of Premier Christianity's limited HALF PRICE subscription offer visit premierchristianity.com/subscribe For more information about the Everything conference visit everythingconference.org

In this message from the “GO 2013” missionary conference, Jackie Pullinger speaks of the urgent necessity for Christians who will love those in need for “the long haul.” Too often, missionary trips are reduced to 6 months or even 2 weeks. We say, “Praise God, 58 people came to the Lord!” Or, “Praise God, this young woman was rescued for sex trafficking.” But then the missionaries leave, and who is going to help the new believers? Pullinger explains that these […]

Jackie Pullinger, a world-renowned missionary, came to Grace Church to speak to hundreds of people struggling with addictions and other life-controlling issues for what proved to be a powerful evening.

Jackie Pullinger's life is a challenging reminder to live into your God-given dream, demonstrate Jesus’ love, fulfil your calling and commit sacrificially. A Message by Lynette Leach.

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Former police officer Samuel Lai shares with Steve his story of being a corrupt cop who used his position on the police force to subsidise his lifestyle and drug habit.  However his encounter with renowned missionary Jackie Pullinger sets him on a path to ultimate redemption. Show Notes 6:52 - A life on drugs 7:32- Joining the police force 11:20- Life as a corrupt cop 23:03 - Arrested 27:35 - Meeting Jackie Pullinger 32:15 - A new life

This morning's service was led by KidZone and Xplor. The theme was "Anything can happen with Jesus" and there were games, a quiz, worship, drama, a short video about Jackie Pullinger, a talk and a time of prayer. The audio file includes the Noah monologue (staring Den as Noah) and Cormac's talk. A huge thank you to all the kids and young people of KidZone and Xplor who have put such a lot of thought and effort into planning this morning's meeting.

Jackie Pullinger shares a powerful message calling us to go out to reach that one that God has for us to reach. To reach the poor, the weak, the one's who are not well known. God's ways are opposite to men's ways. How sad to see so many churches operating in the business ways of the world. God uses the foolish and the despised for His glory.

Jackie Pullinger shares a powerful message calling us to go out to reach that one that God has for us to reach. To reach the poor, the weak, the one's who are not well known. God's ways are opposite to men's ways. How sad to see so many churches operating in the business ways of the world. God uses the foolish and the despised for His glory.

Jackie Pullinger shares a powerful message calling us to go out to reach that one that God has for us to reach. To reach the poor, the weak, the one's who are not well known. God's ways are opposite to men's ways. How sad to see so many churches operating in the business ways of the world. God uses the foolish and the despised for His glory.