A lot of hair extensions come from hindu temples, is this something Christians should put in their head?

The Apostle Paul speaks of Christians not eating meat offered to idols in 1 Corinthians, also backed up by Peter and the governing Apostles in Acts at the Jerusalem Council. However, he never said anything about using ‘hair offered unto idols’… however, I am realising that maybe he should!

Did you know that a lot of the hair extensions for sale today, used by some Christian women
are the remains of hair that was offered to idols by poor Hindu women in honour of their gods?

I think this is enough for anyone to realise that they should be happy with who God made them to be and not use ‘hair offered unto idols’.

More info at http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,536349,00.html and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1036155/Why-Ill-wear-hair-extensions-pop-star-Jamelia.html

I am a friend of God: a Facebook experiment

Last time I blogged about the I am a friend of God group on Facebook we were on 46 members. I have just checked and we are now at 60 members. God willing the group will continue to build!

The Second Coming of Apple’s iPhone…

3G Apple iPhone

The launch of Apple’s new iPhone reminded me of the second coming in a funny kind of way. What struck me was the anticipation of Apple’s cult like following. First off, an announcement was made from Apple HQ by Steve Jobs that the iPhone was coming. No one knew exactly when it would be launched apart from Steve Jobs and his select few insiders. Next, Jobs announces a launch date to the world and begins to place ’signs’ within stores that the iPhone is coming. This prompts people to begin to start asking about it and reading words about the iPhone, even desperately trying to get a vision of this new gadget. The next stage is that people start to pop into the shops

Osama Bin Laden’s spiritual influence on high oil prices.

A decade ago in 1998 Osama Bin Laden ‘prophesied’ (’demanded’) that the true price of a barrell of crude oil was $144 and that the West were robbing approx. $36 trillion from Arab soverign states. No one took notice to his seemingly outlandish claim back in 1998, as oil cost just $11 a barrell (source).

Yesterday, the price for a barrell of oil was $144 (up x13 on 1998).

I am not saying that Osama bin Laden is a prophet, I don’t believe that for one minute. However, what is clear is that his personal belief system is influencing global economics and we are feeling it at the petrol pumps.

I am not sure what the true implications of this information is, but it made me want to pray.

Update on ‘I am a friend of God’ Facebook Group experiment

The ‘I am a friend of God’ group I created on Facebook a few days ago is now up to 46 members. Growth is not as rapid as I’d have expected.  However, I am now seeing that people are becoming members who I don’t share any mutual friends with, this is a sign of the group going ‘viral’ and spreading outside of my friend network.  God willing the growth of the group will start to pick up some pace soon. 

P.S. Above is one of my favourite images entitled ‘my soul thirsts for God’ I think it’s the most fitting graphic for the Friends of God group.

Common Ties: Insight into real people’s lives

Came across a fascinating website today called Common Ties, http://www.commonties.com/.  The site asks 20 questions to the world each day and posts the best answers online. There are some really chilling answers, confessions, obsessions, moments of ephiphany, touching and also off the wall questions/answers.

I read some of the chilling section and they really moved and opened my eyes to the challenges and brokenness that lies under the surface of many people’s lives.

Thanking God that I know Him.

Are there more earthquakes now than ever before?

“…And there shall be famines and pestilences, and earthquakes in diverse places” (Matt. 24:7)

The Lord said that before His coming reports of earthquakes in diverse places would increase. We have seen this prophecy fulfilled as both the frequency of earthquakes and our ability to record and report on seismic shifts has increased.

The ground upon which we stand is made up of several ‘plates’, earthquakes are usually the result of energy which is released when these moving plates collide, causing the ground to shake.

In scripture several earthquakes are recorded or prophesied. One of the most powerful being when Jesus died on the cross causing the great veil of Herod’s Temple to be torn from top to bottom (Matt. 27:51). In Haggai the LORD promises to ‘make tremble the heavens, the earth, the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all nations’ (Hag. 2:6-7 Amplified). This is a prophecy yet to be fulfilled and reflects John’s vision in Rev. 16:18 “and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake and so great”.

Did you know that there was a major earthquake and fire in San Francisco at about the same time that God poured out His Spirit at the Azusa Street revival of 1906. This was an example of the natural reflecting a spiritual shift, of God using natural means to remind us of His soon coming.

I am a friend of God: Facebook experiment

I’ve created a new group on Facebook entitled ‘I am a friend of God‘, its been resting on my heart to set this up for some time now. I would like to see how many friends of God there are on Facebook. I am certain that I won’t attract every single friend of God on Facebook, but it’ll be interesting to see just how many people join the group.

I based the definition of a friend of God on James 2:23 which states that Abraham believed God, it was counted as righteousness to him and he was called a friend of God. Friends of God are those who live by faith and not sight.

Sermons & Hymns From My Heart: Bishop Monroe R Saunders, Snr.

It was a pleasant surprise to come across a book that Apostle Monroe R. Saunders, Snr had written entitled Sermons & Hymns from my heart. The book contains several of Apostle Saunders favourite messages along with songs that have blessed him over the years.

I had to order 3 of these books as soon as I saw them for sale on Amazon.

True Holy Ghost Jesus Name Apostolic Worship: Bishop Dunn and the saints of First United Church of Jesus Christ (Brooklyn, New York)

During a trip to New York earlier this year I picked up some old preaching videos that’d been converted into DVD format. The messages were priceless, but sold for $15 for 3, messages by Bishop Sydney A. Dunn, Bishop Monroe R. Saunders Snr., and Bishop Leslie J. Barnes. The DVD’s were of services in the early 1990’s and when I saw how the saints worshipped God it moved me. Also, the depth of the preaching. These were/are preachers who don’t just pull out 1 verse and inflate it. They exegete a passage of text word by word, line by line, as if drilling for oil. And when the anointing of God takes them to a deep well, they extract it for all they can pull out of it.