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Lakeland, Florida Revival

Posted by Bessie on May 14th, 2008

Some home churches are watching the Todd Bentley meetings at Lakeland on ‘GodTV’ and on YouTube on the Web and have asked me to comment.  I have watched some of the YouTube clips.  These comments are my own and not necessarily those of the OIKOS Team.  These comments are also my views about these sorts […]

Help for Burma…..

Posted by Bessie on May 13th, 2008

UNOH (Urban Neighbours of Hope) make this appeal…… 
Could I ask for your urgent prayers and action for Burma today? On Saturday May 10, I met with Burmese friends here in Bangkok to get the latest news on the Cyclone Nargis disaster and to ask how UNOH could best help with the relief effort. Dr San Aung, […]

Sydney Shift….

Posted by Bessie on April 30th, 2008

Just a quick reminder about the Shift meeting this Saturday, 3rd May 2008.
 
The subject for the day is:
 
Negotiating the Leadership Maze
 
There will be some teaching and discussion sessions.
 
Starting time:  11am, and finish at about 4pm
 
Venue: St. Andrew’s House of Prayer
            106 Kissing Point Rd,
             Turramurra
 
Entry free, but bring a plate for morning & afternoon tea […]

Paul Collins home and healing…

Posted by Bessie on April 5th, 2008

Letter dictated by Paul.  “Well so much has happened in just 5 days. It all began on our Friday night teaching session here in Newcastle when I prepared a study and ministered on “How to Handle a Crisis”. how-to-handle-a-crisis.pdf 

An Easter Message from OIKOS

Posted by Bessie on March 22nd, 2008

“She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”
The words of a well-known chorus –
Open our eyes Lord,
I want to see Jesus
To reach out and touch Him
And say that I love Him.
If Jesus was to physically appear before us would we recognize Him?  Quite possibly not.  Mary Magdalene didn’t – until He spoke her […]

Kenneth Hagin’s Forgotten Warning

Posted by Bessie on March 14th, 2008

by J. Lee Grady.
(Placed on the Revival List by Andrew Strom) http://www.revivalschool.com
 
Before he died in 2003, the revered father of the Word-Faith movement corrected his spiritual sons for going to extremes with their message of prosperity.
 
Charismatic Bible teacher Kenneth Hagin Sr. is considered the father of the so-called prosperity gospel. The folksy, self-trained “Dad Hagin” […]

I’m back!!

Posted by Bessie on February 25th, 2008

The ‘Blog’ has been silent for a couple of weeks.  I have been in hospital and had a major operation.  However, I am doing well and today is my first day sitting at my desk. 

Two quotes……

Posted by Bessie on February 7th, 2008

From this week’s mail out from the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand  www.anabaptist.asn.au
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Daily Meditation Written by Henri Nouwen:  God’s Imagination
So much of our energy, time, […]

Bateman’s Bay and Darwin….

Posted by Bessie on January 25th, 2008

Does anyone know of home churches in the Bateman’s Bay area, and also Darwin please?  Contact OIKOS through our web site.

Christlikeness - A Defence System of a Nation

Posted by Bessie on January 19th, 2008

Published in the Australian Prayer Network newsletter  www.ausprayernet.org.au 
Christlikeness is a tremendous factor in the life of the Lord’s people. Christlikeness, which is both spirituality and faith, is a tremendously important factor for both the Church as a whole and we as individuals to aspire to. Christlikeness lifts us above the affairs and concerns of this world. […]