“Entering the Kingdom” captures Jesus’ passion to see his kingdom established on earth.  The in-depth Bible studies will show you how to enter the Kingdom and how to play your part in advancing it.  This study will challenge and change you-whether you work through it by yourself or in a small group.  May his Kingdom and will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

“Drinking the Holy Spirit” is a life-changing study which shows how much God has promised us through the Holy Spirit.  It explains the importance of being baptized in the Holy Spirit and constantly being filled by him.  The booklet examines the gifts of the Holy Spirit in detail and includes a questionnaire to help you find out how the Lord has gifted you.  You will grow in the gifts, fruit and power of the Holy Spirit if you study this book on your own.  You will receive even more if you study it with a few other people.

“Godly Parenting” is designed to help all fathers and mothers whose desire is to see their children grow as the Lord intended them.  It draws from Biblical principles and practical experience and will help anybody who wants to implement God’s ways of child raising.  As parents begin to apply different aspects of this teaching, they will find that their family life will be increasingly blessed.  You can study this booklet on your own, but you will gain more by working through it as a couple, or with a group of parents.

Living by Faith explores the life of Abraham, the great man of faith, and provides insights to enable you to live an exciting life of faith.  Each Bible-based lesson will challenge and train you to be a real believer as you face everyday situations.  You will gain much by studying this book on your own, but you will be blessed even more if you work through it with two or more people, or in a small group.

Starting Well explains God’s plan for beginning life as a Christian.  Its clear Bible-based teaching explains the essential steps for anyone who wants to embark on the most exciting journey in the world.  It will help people who are already Christians.  The interactive format of each lesson will impact you, whether you study it on your own or with other people in a small group.

This study explores Jesus’ Commission to go and make disciples of all nations.  this simple, straightforward booklet challenges all believers to be fully involved in the process of making disciples.  The practical questions and exercises will help you assess yourself and highlight areas where the Lord wants to work in you so that he can work through you.  You will gain much by studying this book on your own, but you will be blessed even more if you work through it with two or more people.  “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27.17)

This workbook gives practical help to anybody who desires to get to know God better.  Each bible-based lesson is written to challenge & train believers so that they can experience the joy of spiritual discipline.  The questions & exercises will help you assess your strengths & weaknesses & offer guidance in developing Godly practices.  You will gain much by studying this book on your own, but you will be blessed even more if you work through it with 2 or more friends or in a small group.

Breakthrough by Duncan Watkinson

This study explores the life of Philip the Evangelist and shows how God prepared him to make dramatic breakthroughs for the Kingdom of God.  We can learn much from this disciple who was “full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom” and we will grow in faith as we study what the Bible reveals about him.  You will gain much by studying this book on your own, but you will be blessed even more if you work through it with tow or more people.  “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”  (Proverbs 27.17)  The practical questions and exercises will help you assess yourself and highlight areas the might need attention.

Be that as it may, it was good to come again to Bratislava and see friends I haven’t seen for over a year. It was great to see Maria, one of my interpreters, again! She came running up to me to tell me that a prophetic word I had given her at the graduation of the first school had come true in her life. What a blessing THAT was!

Saturday night I taught in their discipleship school on the topic of learning to use your spiritual gifts. It is part of a series that they are doing on learning to be a servant. I taught two 45 minute segments with a lot of questions and feedback. It is always such an honor to teach students that are hungry to learn. I did my best to make it practical and real, but God seemed to accomplish more in the sessions than I did. There was some great responses from the class and when I issued a challenge to them, over half the class accepted the challenge. I challenged them to stand up if they were willing for me to pray that God would bring a specific opportunity to them within the next two days whereby they would discern the prompting of the Holy Spirit and they would need to be willing to obey that prompting. It was great to see how many of them stood.

This morning (Sunday) I preached at the Bratislava City Church. They are doing a series on learning to walk with God so I joined in the series by talking about becoming useful to God. It was a very simple sermon, but maybe one of my best. I really only had one point. I stole it from Bill Johnson, “I am learning to stop living FOR God and begin living FROM God.” It seems that every day I get more revelation on this for my own life. I used 2 Timothy 1:12 and Galatians 2:20 as supporting texts but I really just shared my own experience of how God is bringing me into his “rest” and how much he can do through me when I operate from that place. Very simple but there was a strong presence of God there and many people responded.

Well, tomorrow I head to Prague with Pasho (Pavel) and will meet up with Randy and Jackie. Please be praying for the first-ever meeting of the Antioch Project. We’ve had a strong response from those we’ve invited and we will probably have close to 50 Pastors and leaders from churches that want to transition into an Antioch-style church. This could have huge implications for the spread of the gospel throughout Europe.