Mindsets (2) (Podcast)
A mindset can make or break us in life! Developing a positive mindset is vital in our spiritual and emotional development. In the conclusion of this 2 part teaching Steve Taylor shares the secrets of developing a healthy mind.
The Journey (2) (Podcast)
John continues to explore lessons for the journey of life – particularly letting go of the past and reaching forward and embracing the land of promise and blessing ….
Mindsets (Podcast)
Mindsets are easily formed but very difficult to break. One of the most dangerous mindsets in the world today is the mindset formed by religion! Jesus constantly warned against it – but it is alive and as troublesome today as ever. In this podcast Steve Taylor examines the religious mindset and gives some hints on how to avoid it and why. Listen in – it may just save your sanity ….
The Journey (Podcast)
Life is a journey – not an event! In this podcast John Gordon explores the inportance of viewing our spiritual journey as an ongoing process rather than an event based experience. Click on the title below to listen.
ALC Leadership Academy
August 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under NEWS @ VIEWS
Well hello to yall who may be reading this little blog entry! My name Is Dave Taylor and I’m writing to tell you what I’ve been doing with myself over the last year. Well, the end of august 07 saw me come to the time where I would move away from the misty Isle of Skye for the first time! Where did I set sail for I hear you ask! Well the destination was……Bradford, West Yorkshire, England……Yeah, no honestly despite not being the most glamorous of places, I really am going somewhere with this. And the reason I moved my life down to Bradford was to attend the Abundant Life church Leadership Academy. Hopefully you’ve heard of this awesome Church, but if you haven’t here’s a little outline. Abundant life Church is a modern 21st century Church that’s located in the heart of Bradford, it’s a large church, we have 3 services on the Sunday and at a regular service you could expect to find 2000 people attending. It’s a genuinely beautiful church, with a huge heart for their city and the world around them. They exist to serve others, and that’s exactly what they do, but anyway! Back to my year. The Academy is all about taking people and moulding them as people who can be leaders in there own life and in turn, lead others. Its about ripping apart and exploring some of the views you could have had about God or our beliefs as a Christian, and challenging those views so that you might learn to look and search for yourself and not believe something cause its what everyone else believes! So in that respect it grows us Closer to our father as we discover him more for ourselves. The way the classes work, is: We have 3 sessions that are an hour long each and they run from 9:30am through till 1pm and after that your time is free but on academy you have a service skill which is an area of church life you choose to get involved in for 5 hours a week (although its usually way more that and your usually doing loads of jobs at one!). My area was serving on production which involved all the stuff like setting up stages for rehearsals and Friday nights when we would have our 3 youth groups. But another area I was chuffed to be involved in was playing on the worship team on Friday nights! I played a lot of Guitar while I was away and there’s nothing like playing with other musicians to hone your own skills! Great fun! But maybe looking back on it, the biggest thing, maybe even more than the life changing, and I mean life changing teaching, was the relationships that grew over the year. I was blessed to be surrounded by amazing people for a year. Proverbs 27:17 says, ‘As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.’ For me this was so true, I learnt so much from not only the lecturers, but from the friends I made who chose to take the time to care and to shape me. We can learn so much from our friends if we choose to always have an open ear and a humble heart. So I guess I better be summing this up! Yeah, I couldn’t possibly get into the depths of the year but I will say this, if you ever think about doing Academy, be ready for a bumpy ride! It can be hard at times, but there is always going to be pain in the growing, but that is natural. And something I learnt, don’t waste a minute of it, push yourself, don’t sit back and expect to change, God wont shove a parked car! Come willing to help God change you so you may get out of the year all there is to get. Some of there lecturers are the best in the world and are such a pleasure and privilege to get to know. They will seriously grow you and expand your knowledge and understanding of God’s word and his plan for you! Get ready to be impacted!
Peace
Dave Taylor
Compassion (Podcast)
Today was COMPASSION SUNDAY at XCEL Church (A charity supporting children in the developing world). In this Podcast Steve Taylor examines the Compassion behind COMPASSION! God introduced himself to Moses as the God of Compassion! Compassion is the DNA which flows through everything He does. Learn more on this recording ….
Potential Cont … (Podcst)
In this message John Gordon continues to explore the subject of living in our God given potential.
