Embracing God's Presence: From Surviving to Thriving
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "We do not live under the world's economy we live under God's economy kingdom economy thanks Samuel I saw large doors opening to new fields new ventures and many will receive promotions in their different areas many will finally move into some of the promise that they have been in process for after a long time for some it has been decades of preparation there will suddenly be release into the world and we will see new ventures emerge and things open up bigger and more advanced than imagined some who have been in a holding pattern for years waiting on the fulfilment of promise will see it this year things that have been hindered or delayed in the past will suddenly spring forth and joy will be released as projects that have been stalled will finally make headway for some it will be a time of letting go of what has been to make room for what is to come if our hands are full with the past we can't take that away from us we can't take the future" [01:16:58]
2. "God is calling us to a greater alignment with him he's bringing a refining and a focusing of assignments some will find that their old assignments no longer fit and they need to let go of them to fully embrace the new there will be some frustration in the transition period but great joy as the fat of mixed agendas is trimmed off and put away off and a new purity of heart and purpose is released as we start to operate in our lanes. There is nothing like running in the lane that we're created for. What is it that you do where you do something that you think, oh I feel God's pleasure on this." [01:19:32]
3. "We all are when we're in misalignment there's continual tension. Friction, exhaustion and fruitlessness. He's connecting us more and more with those who we have synergy with and limiting beliefs will fall away as we move forward with accelerated speed. I see new friendships and connections and pieces will suddenly fit together and a new momentum. Are you in the right alignment for this? Season? What do you need to do? What has God spoken to you about aligning and how you position yourself for this season?" [01:22:48]
4. "The greatest call to the church in this hour is actually to intimacy. There's such a strong call back to the secret place and Gideon's been speaking about it for the last year but it's not just for our church. It's actually the church global. A call back to the secret place. A call back to the things that are of great weight and great importance. Seeking his face, not his hand. His heart, not his blessing. We're becoming what we are beholding and he's calling us to live in the frequency of heaven." [01:23:22]
5. "Our mission statement is transforming the world with the good news of Jesus. How can you contribute to that? How can you partner with that? Will you play your part in this house? We're super grateful for the nearly close to 100,000 which has already been promised or given already for Heart for the House. It's amazing. What's not amazing is only from a third of our givers. So that means a third of people have contributed to Heart for the House. Two thirds have not yet. And I'm just guessing that you just didn't know about it like Kathleen and you're going to be doing that this week. Because the thing is, even if you're contributing $5 a month, you're contributing and you've got skin in the game and you're investing into the house." [01:35:02]
### Quotes for Members
1. "God is continuing to grow our hearts and as he does more and more people are being reached how exciting is that I mean not that many months ago three months ago we were sitting here and this was, this amount of people was it now the 11 o'clock has been a wee bit fuller than the 9 o'clock but you come again at 11 and that's how many more people are coming to Harmony since February exciting more and more people are coming through the doors and we're seeing oh such beautiful things and Judah actually you can just start chucking up some of those photos of our beautiful Harmony family more hearts are being touched and more lives are being changed families are being healed marriages are being strengthened and put back together and lonely find a place of welcome dreams and visions are being released and we lift our eyes to the God of revival oh isn't that cute that's so cute it's all about Jesus it's all about Jesus it's all about Jesus and Him changing our hearts impacting our hearts it's all about Him it starts and finishes with Him do you know Him" [01:08:39]
2. "I believe there's a call for the church to be in alignment each working in their God-given assignment to bring which is oneness. Working together harmoniously. I believe God is wanting to bring that alignment at harmony. Who you are connected with matters. We don't have to be the same to be in unity. Sameness is not unity. And unity is not sameness. But who are you connecting with? Who are you connecting with here? We had the most extraordinary thing at Life Group on Tuesday night where somebody came for the first or two people came new for the first time and it turned out that quite miraculously that there was connections with them. With people in the room that they didn't realise were there. And it's just amazing how God positions us and puts us with people around us that can actually encourage us and support us." [01:21:09]
3. "We are so excited to partner with what God is doing at Harmony and there's much more to be accomplished. And we do this as not only partner with God, but we partner together. We partner with one another. You know, we get alongside people and we say, hey, how can I help you? We take people on the journey. Hey, how can I grow you? Help grow you. Because like when we talk about the heart for the house, some of the areas that we've been sowing into is the home base. Right? The facilities. There's a few things that we would like to still do around here in terms of soundproofing and dampening sound and some decoration. We want to put a veranda out there so because you will notice when everybody's here and there's the crossover particularly, the foyer's very small. So we want to you know, sort of have some kind of veranda out there. About building community and that can come in all sorts of forms." [01:32:31]
4. "So love on the house. We're blessed to have this building and all the people who fill it up every Sunday and who minister during the week because our house, Harmony House, isn't just what happens here on a Sunday. It's what's happening throughout the week and we're seeing amazing things. And this is where, you know, heart for the house and your contributions to heart for the house is actually allowing a lot of that stuff to happen. Let me be real. It costs money. Loving the house, loving what's happening here also means giving of yourself. And we can't just talk about culture. We've got to actually be the culture. So what culture are we? When we say we're loving, what does that look like? How are we loving? How are we loving on our house? How are we loving on the people in our house? How are we loving on the people in our community?" [01:27:20]
5. "I mean did you see that team here this morning we are growing an amazing team here we're growing expanding congregation that is both intergenerational and with ages from babies or not yet babies and there's a few cooking there's a few cooking we'd like to see a few more cooking and there's a few cooking and then we have right through to I think actually Rona would probably be our most senior so we're going from babies or not yet babies right through to 90 plus it's amazing it's amazing our family is ethnically diverse with over 30 different nationalities represented here and the nations continue to come in wow how wonderful you know because I'd had this conversation with God because I loved I loved being in YRAM I loved going to the nations and then it was like now I'm in Christchurch with this handsome man honestly honestly when I when I rented to YRAM I thought we were going to live in Europe I thought I was going to live in Europe and so I had this conversation with God but God I thought you were taking me to the nations and so God says watch me I'm going to bring the nations to you and we're seeing that with over I mean over 30 30 different nations represented in our church that's incredible I think it's so exciting" [01:10:51]
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1. "We do not live under the world's economy we live under God's economy kingdom economy thanks Samuel I saw large doors opening to new fields new ventures and many will receive promotions in their different areas many will finally move into some of the promise that they have been in process for after a long time for some it has been decades of preparation there will suddenly be release into the world and we will see new ventures emerge and things open up bigger and more advanced than imagined some who have been in a holding pattern for years waiting on the fulfilment of promise will see it this year things that have been hindered or delayed in the past will suddenly spring forth and joy will be released as projects that have been stalled will finally make headway for some it will be a time of letting go of what has been to make room for what is to come if our hands are full with the past we can't take that away from us we can't take the future" [01:16:58]
2. "God is calling us to a greater alignment with him he's bringing a refining and a focusing of assignments some will find that their old assignments no longer fit and they need to let go of them to fully embrace the new there will be some frustration in the transition period but great joy as the fat of mixed agendas is trimmed off and put away off and a new purity of heart and purpose is released as we start to operate in our lanes. There is nothing like running in the lane that we're created for. What is it that you do where you do something that you think, oh I feel God's pleasure on this." [01:19:32]
3. "We all are when we're in misalignment there's continual tension. Friction, exhaustion and fruitlessness. He's connecting us more and more with those who we have synergy with and limiting beliefs will fall away as we move forward with accelerated speed. I see new friendships and connections and pieces will suddenly fit together and a new momentum. Are you in the right alignment for this? Season? What do you need to do? What has God spoken to you about aligning and how you position yourself for this season?" [01:22:48]
4. "The greatest call to the church in this hour is actually to intimacy. There's such a strong call back to the secret place and Gideon's been speaking about it for the last year but it's not just for our church. It's actually the church global. A call back to the secret place. A call back to the things that are of great weight and great importance. Seeking his face, not his hand. His heart, not his blessing. We're becoming what we are beholding and he's calling us to live in the frequency of heaven." [01:23:22]
5. "Our mission statement is transforming the world with the good news of Jesus. How can you contribute to that? How can you partner with that? Will you play your part in this house? We're super grateful for the nearly close to 100,000 which has already been promised or given already for Heart for the House. It's amazing. What's not amazing is only from a third of our givers. So that means a third of people have contributed to Heart for the House. Two thirds have not yet. And I'm just guessing that you just didn't know about it like Kathleen and you're going to be doing that this week. Because the thing is, even if you're contributing $5 a month, you're contributing and you've got skin in the game and you're investing into the house." [01:35:02]
### Quotes for Members
1. "God is continuing to grow our hearts and as he does more and more people are being reached how exciting is that I mean not that many months ago three months ago we were sitting here and this was, this amount of people was it now the 11 o'clock has been a wee bit fuller than the 9 o'clock but you come again at 11 and that's how many more people are coming to Harmony since February exciting more and more people are coming through the doors and we're seeing oh such beautiful things and Judah actually you can just start chucking up some of those photos of our beautiful Harmony family more hearts are being touched and more lives are being changed families are being healed marriages are being strengthened and put back together and lonely find a place of welcome dreams and visions are being released and we lift our eyes to the God of revival oh isn't that cute that's so cute it's all about Jesus it's all about Jesus it's all about Jesus and Him changing our hearts impacting our hearts it's all about Him it starts and finishes with Him do you know Him" [01:08:39]
2. "I believe there's a call for the church to be in alignment each working in their God-given assignment to bring which is oneness. Working together harmoniously. I believe God is wanting to bring that alignment at harmony. Who you are connected with matters. We don't have to be the same to be in unity. Sameness is not unity. And unity is not sameness. But who are you connecting with? Who are you connecting with here? We had the most extraordinary thing at Life Group on Tuesday night where somebody came for the first or two people came new for the first time and it turned out that quite miraculously that there was connections with them. With people in the room that they didn't realise were there. And it's just amazing how God positions us and puts us with people around us that can actually encourage us and support us." [01:21:09]
3. "We are so excited to partner with what God is doing at Harmony and there's much more to be accomplished. And we do this as not only partner with God, but we partner together. We partner with one another. You know, we get alongside people and we say, hey, how can I help you? We take people on the journey. Hey, how can I grow you? Help grow you. Because like when we talk about the heart for the house, some of the areas that we've been sowing into is the home base. Right? The facilities. There's a few things that we would like to still do around here in terms of soundproofing and dampening sound and some decoration. We want to put a veranda out there so because you will notice when everybody's here and there's the crossover particularly, the foyer's very small. So we want to you know, sort of have some kind of veranda out there. About building community and that can come in all sorts of forms." [01:32:31]
4. "So love on the house. We're blessed to have this building and all the people who fill it up every Sunday and who minister during the week because our house, Harmony House, isn't just what happens here on a Sunday. It's what's happening throughout the week and we're seeing amazing things. And this is where, you know, heart for the house and your contributions to heart for the house is actually allowing a lot of that stuff to happen. Let me be real. It costs money. Loving the house, loving what's happening here also means giving of yourself. And we can't just talk about culture. We've got to actually be the culture. So what culture are we? When we say we're loving, what does that look like? How are we loving? How are we loving on our house? How are we loving on the people in our house? How are we loving on the people in our community?" [01:27:20]
5. "I mean did you see that team here this morning we are growing an amazing team here we're growing expanding congregation that is both intergenerational and with ages from babies or not yet babies and there's a few cooking there's a few cooking we'd like to see a few more cooking and there's a few cooking and then we have right through to I think actually Rona would probably be our most senior so we're going from babies or not yet babies right through to 90 plus it's amazing it's amazing our family is ethnically diverse with over 30 different nationalities represented here and the nations continue to come in wow how wonderful you know because I'd had this conversation with God because I loved I loved being in YRAM I loved going to the nations and then it was like now I'm in Christchurch with this handsome man honestly honestly when I when I rented to YRAM I thought we were going to live in Europe I thought I was going to live in Europe and so I had this conversation with God but God I thought you were taking me to the nations and so God says watch me I'm going to bring the nations to you and we're seeing that with over I mean over 30 30 different nations represented in our church that's incredible I think it's so exciting" [01:10:51]
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