At the bottom of the valley lies a field of broken dreams, dry emotions, disconnected relationships and visionless eyes. Ezekiel is taken by the spirit of God to an outcropping overlooking the valley. He sees death.

There God has a question for him.

“Can these bones live?”

Sadly, Ezekiel has no answer. His hopelessness is a reflection of the scene before him. His heart is full of what his eyes see.

BUT God steps into the picture. He has a command. Not a command to preach or teach or learn or impart. A command to prophesy. Call those things that are not as though they already are. Begin to speak about things to come with conviction.

A few days ago… while I was praying, I felt God speaking to me about this scripture.

DRY BONES

Truth is when we begin to prophesy to our problem, it starts to change. If we complain about it we reinforce it. So God is saying: prophesy!

There is new life coming to you. Your life will be permanently changed for the better. Dreams are coming true. Relationships are being healed. Finances are flowing and you are prospering. The future is getting brighter every day.

Do you see it? PROPHESY!

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

Elbert Hubbard

Wow! What a week!

Several hundred delegates flew, drove and hitchhiked (okay maybe not hitchhiked) to fill the auditorium of C3 Church in Atlanta and be part of the C3 Americas annual conference.

To get a bit of a feel for the conference checkout the #c3americas Twitter feed.

There were a few highlights for me. Well… maybe just a slight bit more than a few.

Phil Pringle’s session where he talked about faith and conscience had to be the absolute best teaching on that subject I have ever heard.

Phenomenal!

If it becomes available for download I’ll link it here. (which incidentally would be a good reason to subscribe to my RSS feed. Hit the link at the top right.)

The thing that constantly amazes me about Ps Phil is his ability to break down a difficult and controversial subject and leave you saying ‘of course, why didn’t I think of that before. It makes so much sense.’

“Your body is designed to be a temple, not an entertainment center! You were designed for God to inhabit!” Phil Pringle

“If your sincerity supercedes your faith you will find yourself living in performance.” Phil Pringle

But hey… there were many more speakers. Everyone shared absolute gold. Each one was completely unique. And Ps Chris Pringle’s session should rid you of any remaining religious devils OR make them manifest. Get the audio of the sessions if and when they become available. — hint rss feed (audio sessions are available here)

One of the many things I love about this family of churches is the freedom to be yourself. I mean really, how many of you are under constant pressure to be or act a particular way? Wouldn’t you just love the freedom to just be who God made you?

When you see the massive diversity of gifts, talents, personalities, capacity, training and experience of people throughout this movement you realize that there is a place for nearly everyone. Admittedly the religiously judgmental, the critically proficient and the defenders of tradition may find it somewhat harder to fit in… at least without a merciful reshaping of their fundamental values and insecurities. (…But God)

Oh.. did I mention the loud, worshipful, motivational, impartational, blow your mind loud, incredible, presence of God, forward looking, humbling, faithbuilding, honouring, really loud, can we do it again Stadium Night at Center Stage, Atlanta.

No?

I guess I didn’t. Why don’t you ask someone else who was there about it or if you were there, leave a comment below.

What do you think? Let’s talk.