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Ibiza - Prayer does work!

October 08, 2010

Claire Ison is mid-twenties, is on fire for God, consumes God’s word and wants to take God out into the community – she holds prayer and bible meetings in Wetherspoons in Bedworth and spends her summers in Ibiza getting alongside young people and telling them about Jesus! She is an answer to prayer and for those of you who have been praying for specific things for a long time without results, Claire is a testimony that prayer does work and that God has his own timing. Here is Claire’s story:

Early September is here at last. There is a saying amongst the working community out here in Ibiza: ‘if you can survive August in San Antonio you can survive anything,’ which is very true… We have our last two-week team coming this Sunday, so it’s time for a final push. I’m quite tired but I’m also enjoying what the Holy Spirit is doing through us… and still loving the Clubs…!

The Radio 1 weekend, one of my fave bits… [more]

Free to Sing!!!

October 08, 2010

One of the greatest gifts God has given us is the freedom to be ourselves. Despite how we feel about ourselves, God never gives up on us. We are a work in progress.

We are also a song in progress. With great skill and ease, God continually weaves his magnificent words of hope into our hearts and wonderfully transforms our experiences into strong chords that blend together, and into a song that only we can sing. Our testimony becomes our very heartbeat, remaining the constant reminder that we are liberated by his mercy and grace. How cool is that?

Our son, Eliot, returned from Soul Survivor with renewed vision and energy. He said the song that made the most impression on him was You’re Beautiful by Phil Wickham.

Here’s a verse:
I see your face in every sunrise
The colours of the morning are inside your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day
I look up to the sky and say… You’re Beautiful
An amazing song fr… [more]