Where Do You Find God?

‘I have the most profound moments with God when I realize that he’s said something in scripture and then you get that moment, & they don’t happen all the time, of revelational revealing’. 

‘It’s just incredible how he works in your life and his kindness, and I think you get more in tune to that the closer you get to him’.   

Luke Weston, newly appointed CEO of Rhema Media shares with Lizzie Oakes how important it is for him to find God each day in scripture.     

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‘Grief is horrible, and it hits you at times you least expect, and I find God there.  There’s that passage of scripture that talks about the peace that passes all understanding.  I would encourage anyone who’s in a grief situation to find that space of peace.  He’s always there’.

Jo Hood is the Visionary of Mainly Ministries. She shares some of her journey with Lizzie Oakes including how she has encountered God in grief, having lost her beloved husband six years ago. 

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‘As the years go by, things that would’ve freaked me out 15- 20 years ago, they don’t freak me out because it’s not my problem’.  ‘I’ve seen so many miracles over the last 20 years, that I have given up worrying’.

Sue van Schreven, CEO & Founder of Orphans Aid International looks back over her  20 year ministry journey and reflects on the ways God has sustained her and the ways she encounters him in her everyday life. 

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'The place I really find God and find a tangible sense of his presence is at the end of me'.  Andrew Urquhart has been a broadcaster with Rhema Media for over 30 years & shares with Lizzie Oakes about the way he encounters God in his work.  

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‘When I was really at the peak of my ill years I‘ve had at least 2 seasons where I spent 80% of my time really just being able to sit in a chair or lying in bed’. 

Strahan Coleman is a writer, award-winning folk musician, spiritual director and founder of commoners communion. He’s also someone who has experienced chronic illness which has led him to find God in new and deeper ways.  He shares some of his experience with Lizzie Oakes.  

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"One of the struggles I have is  a struggle around anxiety, so for me going to scripture is an absolute life line. It's not just the words on the page but it’s the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking through scripture which has held me when I’m really anxious". 

Reuben Munn, Senior Pastor of Shore Community Church candidly shares with Lizzie Oakes about where he finds God and how vital it is for him to regularly connect to the presence of God. 

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"The best place I find God is when I let God be a Father to me".

Becky Bermingham, Broadcaster, Communicator, Lover of Jesus shares the ways she finds God in her life and talks of how knowing God as Father is everything to her.   

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"We were filming the dream of a satanic priest in LA.  He said, “You are the first Christians I’ve met who haven’t judged me”.  The entire conversation with him I felt those Holy Spirit tingles.

"Wherever we go now, whoever we meet, we just want to love on people.  And when we're loving on people, that is when I feel closest to God".  

Filmmaker Fraser Grut , 10 000 Dreams, who's dream is to help make the world dream again, zooms in from LA to chat with Lizzie Oakes about the ways he finds God in his life. 

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“When you’re seeing reports of children dying, women dying at the hands of dysregulated men it’s hard to find God in those spaces but if you look for God, for Atua you will find God”. 

Mataio (Matt) Brown from She Is Not Your Rehab talks with Lizzie Oakes about the ways he finds God in the work he does in the anti violence movement.  

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"I don't have to agree theologically with everyone around the world; that's an impossible endeavour.  But I can love and respect everyone around the world".

World Christianity Specialist Dr Gina Zurlo shares with Lizzie Oakes how she finds God within World Christianity.

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