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If we make enough holy things common, eventually our holy God becomes very common to us.Shannon takes us into Ezekiel, where God's people were all at the temple doing religious things, with their hearts turned somewhere else, and as a result God removed His glory from among them. He weighs a recent prophetic word from Isabel Skúlason against Scripture and leaves you with one honest question to ask yourself: "Am I still turning up, but turning my back on Him?"

How do you know if a word spoken over you is really from God?In this message Lynley gives us 5 tests to weigh and steward the prophetic words we receive:Does it line up with Scripture and the Father’s heart?Does it bear witness with your spirit?Does it bring you closer to God and to people?What is the character of the person giving it, right now?Is it confirmed by 2 or 3 witnesses?And if a word is good but feels too big to believe, she shows us how to hold it without trying to make it happen, and how to steward it for years to come.

You exist so God can hang out with you.In session 3 of our prophetic conference, Isabel teaches on the personal presence of God. When Moses asked God to go with his people, God answered, “I will personally go with you.” Isabel explains the 3 ways God is present on earth, and why only one of them is the presence you can feel: his personal presence, the one that walks with you through every trial. It grows out of a real friendship with him, the kind Enoch had. Isabel shares the habit that built it for her, talking to God at least every 10 minutes about whatever she was doing. She also shows how that presence is kept, by doing what he says.

God has already decided to keep the promises he’s given you, and he’s stepped back to see what you’ll do with them.In session 2 of our prophetic conference, Isabel teaches on stewarding what God has given you. A promise starts as a tiny sprout that’s easy to step on, and it grows as you act on it: do business with it until he comes back, and whatever he tells you, do it. Paul planted, Apollos watered, and God gave the growth. Isabel shows how to be the one who waters the seed.

There is a faith that keeps believing God when nothing makes sense, and every one of us can have it.In session 1 of our prophetic conference, Isabel teaches on the faith of Abraham, the faith that doesn’t need to know why. Nobody can produce faith by trying harder. It comes when you choose to believe God, and heaven responds. Isabel shows how to keep choosing, one thought at a time, until your soul settles and you’re fully convinced God will do what he said.

God told Isabel Skúlason that a move like the book of Acts has already begun, and anyone who carries these 3 things can be part of it. It came after a vision about 25 years ago, when she stood inside the Azusa Street Revival and then saw the future it pointed to: streets full of people running to be saved and healed. God told her no church, leader, or place will own what comes. It’s open to every one of his children, with no favourites. She was only recently released to share it. She starts with the fear of the Lord, because it has largely disappeared from the church. It means awe, like she felt the first time she stood at Niagara Falls, gasping at something so much bigger than her. Over the years God has become ordinary to his people. His voice gets heard and forgotten, and his word gets read without any wonder. Yet the fear of the Lord is where wisdom begins. And wisdom brings humility with it, because it won’t sit alongside pride. Holiness is the one people shrink back from, and Isabel Skúlason shows how close it is. There’s no condemnation in any of it, and the Father’s love for you stays the same whether you take it up or not. You can’t make yourself holy, and you don’t have to: God does that. Your part is something you can start today. Every time you do what the Bible says, you step into righteousness, and that’s the way into holiness.

Every morning, before you're even up, there's help waiting for whatever that day brings.Patience for the neighbour who yells about your cat. Peace for the moment your child falls. Kindness for the argument at 4:15.Isabel Skúlason calls it your package of mercies. It's only good for one day.If you'd like to hear her tell it now, the full message is here.It works like the manna in the desert. Nobody could save it for tomorrow's hunger, and you can't save today's mercies for tomorrow's troubles either.So when you feel the stress start to build, stop and remember that God knew you would face this today. What you need for it is already in today’s package. Tell him how you feel, plainly: “Holy Spirit, I’m kind of freaking out right now.” Then ask him to release what you need, right there, while it’s happening.In the full message she shows how to live one day at a time, and how to close each day so nothing carries over into the next.

Andrea and Shannon just got back from Brazil, where leaders from the global Catch the Fire family gathered around one word, "Multiply."Shannon shows the difference between a believer and a disciple, and the step Jesus asked every believer to take. Believers add to the church. Disciples multiply it. Andrea shares the challenge she came home with: the revival never stopped, so there's nothing we need to wait for.This message is for anyone who has been praying for God to move and wondering what their part is, or who senses God has been nudging them for a while about how to get involved. It will help you take the next step from believer to disciple, and see that you're part of something God is already doing all over the world.What's one thing you sense God has been asking you to do lately?

The first person the Bible says God filled with his Spirit was a builder, so the anointing belongs on the building site, in the boardroom and in the supermarket queue too.In this message Kath shows from Scripture that the Holy Spirit lives in every believer, and rests on us for the people around us. She also gives one simple question for anyone unsure of their calling: "Who do you want me to love?"It's a message for anyone running on talent and coffee until everything feels dry, anyone who has never felt spiritual enough to be used by God, and anyone who has started coasting and wants a fresh anointing. If you're wondering where your own anointing is, the people around you are a good place to start.Who keeps coming to you for help, and what do they come to you for?

Of everything the disciples saw Jesus do, the one thing they asked him to teach them was how to pray. Kath walks through how Jesus answered them. Start by calling God Father, because we get to come to him as his kids. Ask for his kingdom to come into the places we live and work. Keep praying when life is hard. And know that Jesus is praying for us right now, so when we pray, we're joining in with what he's already praying.