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In the final message for 2023, and the final one for this series on “Getting Established”, Tim looks at getting established in destiny and calling. The process of calling begins with understanding that I am a “sent one”, not just a “saved one”. From there, we go on a process of discovering who we are and what we are called to. The process the Father takes us through is to bring us to a place of authority that comes from passing our tests and dealing with our stuff. The final part is understanding that the establishing is spoken to a people rather than a person. It’s a collective establishing with me established in my part. Therefore, to find your destiny, you need to find your tribe.

Tim continues the series on “Getting Established”. In part 2 of getting established in love, Tim opens up 1 John 4:7-21 where John delivers us some challenging truths above the nature and practice of love, which are critical definitions in the day we are living in. Then, from Ephesians 3 and 4 we see the process - the how to - of getting established in love.

Tim continues the series on “Getting Established”. This message part 1 on getting established in love. Moments of encounter with the Father’s love are so important and wonderful, and yet, we need to steward those encounters well so they lead to being established. There are two things that can’t stand when we are established in love. One is rejection, and the other is offence - which comes from a bitter root that stirs up trouble and defiles many. How we listen to the struggles and pain of others is critical, otherwise we can end up defiled by their unprocessed pain.

In part 2 of this series on Getting Established, Tim looks at getting established economically. God’s heart for His people is that they be completely immune to what is going on in the economies of the world and that they would have their own self-sustaining, abundant economy, so that they never have to consult the bank account to know what the will of God is. This establishing is not automatic. There are some clear prerequisites to being established in this way. When it comes to giving, God is not so much interested in your money as He is your heart. But, there is no clearer indication of where your heart is than what you do with your money.

God is not just about saving you, getting you to heaven, and letting you do some good along the way. His plan for you is so much more powerful than that. This is the beginning of a series on “Getting Established”. The action of God to set you up as immune to the conditions of the world around you in the same way a strong lighthouse is unmoved no matter how powerful the waves that crash into it. Scripture speaks of a number of different “establishings”. This message lays the foundation that will be built on in the weeks ahead.

In the week following Father’s Day, Tim speaks to the value of fathers. Fatherhood is under attack, and the world is preaching a message that fathers are unnecessary. Yet, so many social statistics tell us the exact opposite. When fathers are absent, things go badly wrong. Malachi foresaw a time where fathers and children will be disconnected in such a way that the land would come under a curse as a result. What is needed is healthy men who know what real “headship” is - being the strong, intentional source of love and empowerment in their homes, their Kingdom communities, and to the world who is so broken in this area.

Vaughan Blackwood continues this short series. In this message, Vaughan focuses us on the “sacred companions” by exploring the true nature of covenant love. “Family” is not a goal. It is a by-product of covenant love, which produces the fruit of mature sons and daughters. We are being called into a culture where we go deep with each, and learn to love each other like Jesus loved. That’s easy to say, and tough to do!

We have been called into an epic quest with sacred companions - a quest that started with Jesus, and was passed to us in the final moments of Jesus’s life on earth. Vaughan Blackwood digs into the beginning of the upper room discourse in John 13 - the final meal Jesus had with the twelve before going to the cross. Do we realise the seriousness of what has been passed to us from Jesus - this quest upon which the redemption of the entire world hangs? It’s not a Sadducean mix of capitalistic lifestyle pursuit mixed with some spirituality, nor is it a Pharisaic adherence to strict rules. When we resolve this epic quest in our hearts, we know we need a living relationship with the scriptures to guide us.

In a challenging prophetic message for this season of change and transition, Tim opens up Haggai 1 and 2. The remnant had returned from captivity in Babylon but had given up on rebuilding the temple and were just focused on their own lives - living comfortably, while God’s house was still in ruins. God spoke through Haggai to call the people back to His priorities. Then, from 1 Cor 3 and 2 Cor 5, Tim reminds us that we will all have to give an account to The Father for what we have done with what He put in us.

At the start of the year, God spoke two key strategic words to Tim - set the table, and raise the army. (They are on our podcast back in March and April). We are heading into a new wineskin - a new paradigm, and the new is in you … that is, how church will look and what we will do will form around the unique callings and blueprints of the people. The day of fitting people into a “church” structure is done. The new day is church structure is built around the people, to empower and enable people to set the tables they are called to set, in combination with others with like callings. What started as a “prophetic potpourri” ended up as a significant strategic word.