The devil keeps trying to kick my ass........

Right so a bit of background info ...after every event done with rise so far Ive been on a high feeling good with God and then the punches,drop-kicks,headbutts and basically trys to give me a hiding .... and leaves me feeling battered.Just things like you could have done that better...... or picks out flaws in my personality and wont shut up about them and wont let me forget. There was this woman at the prayer room (not gonna say her name) but she kept saying that us guys had to put on our armour of God daily because doing things like rise the devil would be having none of it. I didn't really think much of it but I'm starting to think shes right when were seen as threats he wants to floor us, but I'm praying he wont win and just need to keep getting back up .....fight on and win the battle.

Prayer room was (word that means every possible positive emotion humans can feel)! haha

Well as you might be able to tell from the title of this post the prayer room went well ...really really really well!haha. It was so so good. I mean there are sooo many highlights of this weekend but thought id describe a couple in more detail rather than not do this thing justice.

1. so we met these guys from Christian prison ministry's who where coming off heroine and a side effect of going cold turkey is you cant sleep ....so as me and Ben where then told by these guys if they couldn't sleep either could we. but im soo glad it was awesome they were such amazing people who displayed a Christianity sometimes lost in our middle class churches they knew what they had been saved from and they knew where they where going to and it was so obvious they where thankful. i am sorry to say i had a few misconceptions that someone who has taken drugs cant be as spiritual as someone who hasnt but they said somethings sooo simply but they where sooo equally beautiful and i thank God for being able to meet them.

2. The second thing was the sharing time we had at the end of the weekend we all sat in a circle and shared what God had been doing in us over the weekend and the brilliant thing we had seen. It was just so simple again there wasn't structured we didn't have any gimics it was just some of Gods children coming together and rejoicing for what their Dad had done for them and how excited we all where after all that had happened and how we cant wait to see God answer prayer it was sweet!

Theres sooo much more to say that i cant even put to words on here but just know Gods people where talking and God was listening!

No excuses .....

so i have been absent for abit i kinda forgot the password.....but all is good now anyway much has happened since the last post we had a rise cafe that was aimed for non Christians and well not many came but i think it could have been because its the first one people don't want to bring their mates to some crappy cafe so hopefully the next one will improve. we all had a goodtime and people seemed to have fun talking to each other so it wasn't a loss.

we now have a 24/7 prayer room happening which is cool im a big red moon rising fan so cant wait for this. Also planning a youth event with Rick Hill and others from Muckomore Presbyterian which im really looking forward to always love getting to work with new people so woudl be cool if you could pray for these things.

Ive also learnt quite alot from the bible recently which always always good but ill share that with ya another time ! Cya

Next week !!

Yeo so rise is next week .....what!?!? yea umm kinda crept up on me there. In a good way though... like a guy sneaking up with free ice cream .... loving the old Solari imagery ? I know i am ... So most things are organised a few things left to do. So excited met up with Matthew tonight and he seems up for it and the music sounds good got myself a new musical instrument that some have tried to call a toy i will let you decide... Well don't know if i will have much to say up until the night other than i hope to see you all there! See you crazy people later !

Today got me thinking........

Yeoo so today me and Ben went round the town giving out posters to shops and things to get the event publicized as much as possible. For some reason i got shy and felt like i was leaving my comfort zone a bit. I have done plenty of teams before which have been more demanding than this was but there was just something about doing this in my own town that made me feel a bit awkward. I just felt really frustrated at myself that i felt like this, i want to be useful in my own town and here i am feeling awkward about giving out some posters. On a positive note i feel that this is going to do me a lot of good i don't want to just be confident about doing things for Jesus in other towns and inside the church walls but im going to get the chance to "bring it to the streets" i now don't feel as annoyed i feel thankful for the opportunity to get out of my comfort zone and i pray i will grow while doing this and that Jesus will keep rocking the boat !!!!

Rise - The Vision

The vision is a radical and irresistible revolution in Antrim
It is contagious and catches like a fire.

Young people have experienced the division between denominations and different churches. Clashing theologies and styles of worship.
It wasn’t mean to be like this.

The church is a body not a building. It’s the people not the organisations. Sons and daughters brought together through him.

You see bones. I see an army.

The name of ‘Jesus’ will be a whisper which sounds through every estate, street and home in Antrim.

The very name will send shivers down the spine of those who hear it, and their very being will yearn to know Him.

The people of Antrim won’t see the buildings. They see Jesus.

Passion. Enthusiasm. Energy. This is the fuel generated by young people which powers this movement.

They are as radical on Monday morning as on Sunday night.
Righteousness is sought out in every move they make.
Every turn prompted by their clear conscience.
Darkness hides from the light they shine.
And this light does not burn out.

They don’t live within the sound of church bells. They run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell.
They move with the tide of the world but don’t get swept up in it.


When mothers weep. They wipe tears.
When walls divide. They build gates.
When sadness pulls them down. They laugh it off.
When they fall for the eighth time. They pick themselves a ninth.
When there is still one drunk left, when there is one still lost soul in Antrim they will fight to the very end.


But this is just a mere vision. It is far away from what is here now. But it is still a hope. And Jesus can make it happen. The vision is simple. Antrim will rise.

AHHHHHHH!!!!

So yea not everything runs smoothly all the time....well most of the time. I guess i am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, the time of the event is getting closer and the quantity of things that have now revealed themselves to be done is getting greater. There are so many questions that i don't have the answer to I'm not sure how it will all pan out, I'm not sure where its going and i know if its success were left solely up to me it would crash and burn ...several times over and then possibly crash again for good measure.... The one thing I DO know is that God does! God has the answers to my questions, God knows how it will pan out and God is the one in control of the event and how well it goes if it wasn't for God there would be no event, we would have nowhere to rise up to!

So i guess i am just putting all this into Gods hands, giving it all. No holding back !!!