What do you feel passionate about? What is it that makes you come alive? What makes your life worth living? The Bible shows us Jesus' passion was for the condition of others. He died for you and me! He came to bring joy and gladness into other lives. Wherever He went joy and excitement broke out, people were set free from sin, sickness and oppression. He demonstrated God's power in many unusual ways.

After Jesus was caught up, things suddenly took off. At Pentecost, Peter and the disciples were set on fire with passion for the people. The purpose of being filled with the Holy Spirit is not just to speak with other tongues and give each other pretty messages. It is to be filled with the passion of Christ, to see a vision of Christ's love and be directed by His overwhelming joy, deep within. Signs and wonders are bound up with passion for God. That's what stopped people in their tracks when Paul and Silas sang and made them ask, "What must I do to be saved", Acts 15:25-26. At midnight the prison foundations were shaken, everyone was set free.

The day of Pentecost was not a media event it wasn't a presentational outreach like many of the happenings in Christian circles today. Peter didn't get up and make a pretty, homiletic speech quoting chapter and verse, thanking everyone for being there; he just got filled with the Glory of God and exploded. It wasn't a pretty sight, true Pentecost isn't pretty the anointing is not a marketing exercise. Many of our meetings this year haven't been pretty, when you see our DVD's or Videos, but the anointing has changed people's lives.

What the church lacks today; is boldness like Peter prayed for in Acts 4:24-31. The church needs to feel the earth move under it, to be shaken like Paul was in prison. Change has to take place in us, the worldly mind set dealt with, then everything we engage in becomes fresh and anointed. We are not here to just entertain and tickle each others ears, we are here to challenge and bring change.

So much of even the progressive church today is a stereotyped performance, there's little room for the Holy Ghost to interfere in the pre-prepared typical church service. There seems to be a lot of copying going on, spontaneous things are not allowed to happen, everything is controlled because of fear. Where is the faith to let go and let God?

It appears the church is even trying to compete in the world's music scene, much noise and lots of hype. You can go to most of the main stream churches and find a rehearsed performance with identical songs sung week by week with great gusto but very little anointing and little message. The purpose of our heritage of Christian songs and hymns, is that the entire congregation sing and confess their faith and longings together in unison as the Spirit spontaneously directs. The Spirit is able to direct and anoint God's people directly; deep within, as the praise and worship brings the manifest presence down into the congregation. We need a visitation of the Shekinah presence countrywide, where no individual is able to stand and minister, just to worship in the beauty of the Holiness of His presence. Listen to some of our music this year when the Spirit starts to move it's not pretty, many of our better singers are prostrate on their backs under the power of the anointing, being changed.

Much of the Christian music we see even on Christian TV is indistinguishable from the world's music scene, it even portrays much of the same raunchiness. It's just entertainment not life changing. How do young people determine the boundaries of what is acceptable and what is God's way if the church compromises its music.

I have a passion to see our countries youth on fire for God, what they need to feel is the power of the Spirit of God moving deep within them.

Praise God! we are beginning to see it happening. A fresh wave of Holy Ghost Revival demonstrating to them that God's Kingdom is real and relevant. Since late last year the prophetic among us has predicted a greater anointing in our gatherings, all the meetings since have felt a new impetus. I sense that God is sending a new wave of His Spirit, a whole new revelation of the potential in His Kingdom message. "Thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory".

Personally I have been challenged to come before God and encourage our people to pray and fast, not that we might persuade God to do something about it: NO! The challenge I believe is that we allow God to change us inside and make us ready. Brothers and sisters join me in seeking the face of our God so that we become more attuned to what He wants to do in the coming days before Jesus returns. I believe He's ready but are we.Father we pray you will anoint our young peoples lives to demonstrate your love and power to the current lost generation in a mighty life changing way.

Alan Churchill Editor