England - Day 11

Written by Banning Liebscher Friday, 09 October 2009 16:00

Aright, I'm not sure what happened between days 6 and 11 but here is Day 11 blog. Okay, I do know what happened I just forgot to blog during those days. I'll try and give you a quick recap of it all.  Day 6 we spent finishing our conference in Leicester. We combined the morning service of the church with our conference and I spoke on Aligning the Generations for Revival.

It is really one of my life messages and although I preach it often I always feel the pleasure of the Lord on it as I call the generations to properly align. It was so good being with Ian and Marge Rossel in Leicester, great pastors and great church. Excited to partner more with them here in England. The next two days we had off and spent them shopping in Leiciester. I did have a quick breakfast with a pastor and his wife in Peterborough. Great church and great pastoral team. Shopping is crazy good out here and yet crazy expensive. Although that does not seem to stop SeaJay. LOL. One unexpected and cool thing has been how great our bus drivers have been. Our whole team has officially adopted them as family know. They have been stuck with us for two weeks and it has been a blast getting to know them. Really great guys. Wednesday we were in Liverpool for a night service. Had my first fish and chips of the trip. So good! We got them at some hole in the wall take out place. Stood on the street corner with our entire team and some Brits and ate fish and chips. Classic England. Although, I'm convinced I lost at least a month of my life after eating them and was certain some artery was being clogged while I was eating it. Good thing I believe in Divine Health. Again, a great group in Liverpool. In worship I had such a strong sense that God wanted to release wholehearted consecration to the Lord over Liverpool. So I preached on holiness and almost everyone in the room stood to embrace a lifestyle of holiness. Thursday we made a trip down to London to hang out with our friends from Hillsong. We love Joel Houston and his crew. Joined in their evening service where Joel led worship and Joseph Prince preached. Great sermon by Joseph, first time I have heard him preach. Was so encouraged by what Hillsong is doing. I am blown away by their love for God, people, the local church, and excellence. I left feeling inspired and challenged to press in for more. Friday we were in Dudley. I was eager to get here and see my friend Ryan Baker-Barnes. Youth Pastor and worship leader at Revival Fires. Again an incredible night. Worship was off the charts. I am so blessed to be able to run with our team. The worship, administration, media guys, all of them are just incredible. Place was packed again, they had to turn people away. I spoke on keys to shifting the atmosphere over your nation. We also talked about the signs and wonders movement that is going to explode out of England. Alright, tomorrow (Saturday) we have the day off in Harrogate and then we are at the church service in the morning and doing a Jesus Culture gathering at night. Then Monday we fly home. I'll fill you in later.