Dawn—The Darkness Cannot Prevail

Dawn —The Darkness Cannot Prevail

How do you feel about the state of the world right now? It can be depressing to look around us because it seems as though things are just getting worse, getting darker. The story of the coming of Jesus is a story of the victory of God over the best efforts of the kingdom of darkness to overthrow the rule of God on the earth. The gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy that may seem boring and irrelevant on the surface, but is pregnant with meaning about the purposes and power of God for us even today. Through this genealogy, Matthew is reminding us of the victory of God through every generation and that God is still overcoming the darkness.

CONSECRATED PT 4 - Take Off Your Sandals

Consecrated PT 4-Take Off Your Sandals
As Joshua is on the doorstep of conquest and victory he is confronted by the Commander of the armies of the Lord. In this interaction, Joshua might be expecting to get some battle strategies for the next mission, but instead, when he asks the angel what he is to do, he is told to take off his sandals because he was standing on holy ground. In taking off his sandals, Joshua was being invited to surrender his power, dignity and ownership, and God is still in the business of asking if we would be willing to surrender these things in our own life.


21 Days of Prayer - Invite

21 Days of Prayer Invitation


CONSECRATED PT 3 - Consecrated For Crossing

Consecrated Pt 3: Consecrated For Crossing.

Every great move of God on the earth is ignited by men and women willing to walk through the fire of consecration. It was consecration that prepared Joshua and the Israelites to cross the Jordan into God’s calling.


CONSECRATED PT 2 - Consecrated For Calling

Consecrated PT 2: Consecrated For Calling
Every great outpouring of God’s presence on the earth has been ignited by men and women who first walked through the fire of consecration. Consecration is essential to living out God’s call on our lives.


CONSECRATED PT 1 - Consecrated For An Uncommon Life

Consecrated-PT 1-Consecrated For An Uncommon Life
There is a word found repeatedly in scripture that God is deeply passionate about. It is the word we have heard the Holy Spirit calling our whole church to in 2024. It is consecration. But what does that word mean and why is it important to God?


VISION 2030 Pt4: BECOMING PEOPLE OF PRESENCE, FORMATION & MISSION THROUGH SCRIPTURE, PRACTICES & DEPENDENCE ON THE HOLY SPIRIT'S GIFTS & POWER

Three things marked Jesus’ life: the presence of God, formation into the image of God and a life of responsive mission. Our vision is to see the invasion of God’s kingdom on the earth as it is in heaven through us. To do that, we must live the way of Jesus for the renewal of Niagara by becoming people of presence, formation and mission. In order to be people of presence, formation and mission we need to order our lives around scripture, spiritual practices and dependence on the Holy Spirit’s gifts and power. These were the training tools of Jesus and they are the things that we need today so that we can become people of presence, formation and mission.


VISION 2030 Pt3: BUILDING CATHEDRALS IN A WORLD OF CASTLES AND FORTRESSES

Our vision is to see the people of God live the prayer of Jesus “may your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” We long to see our cities filled with men and women who’s lives have become living cathedrals of God’s kingdom presence and power. We long to see the church realize again that we are the place where heaven touches earth, our lives are meant to be the place through which heaven invades the earth. The problem is often that we are building our lives with the wrong blueprints, not the blueprints of the kingdom to build cathedrals of God’s presence, but the blueprints of the world, the flesh and the devil to build castles and fortresses.


VISION 2030 Pt2: People living the way of Jesus through apprenticeship to Jesus

We long to close the gap between what we read in scripture and what we experience in our every day lives. If we are called to be these living cathedrals of gods, kingdom presence, and power on the Earth, as it is in heaven, there must be a way for us to begin living the reality of heaven. The invasion of gods kingdom on earth as it is in heaven through us begins with living the way of Jesus, for the renewal of Niagara. But what does it mean to live the way of Jesus?


VISION 2030

Vision 2030—PT 1: On Earth As It Is In Heaven Through You

What is the will or heart of God on the earth? It is found in the great prayer of all prayers, “your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The will of God is invade the earth with his tangible presence and kingdom. That prayer is not only good theology, we are called to live it the way Jesus himself lived it.

In this first part of our Vision 2030 series we are taking a 30,000 foot view of God’s vision for our lives and our church, the invasion of his kingdom on earth as it is in heaven; through you. We are calling ourselves out of small thinking and a spirit of limitation. We are calling ourselves to repent for living dependent on our own strength and capacity. We are calling ourselves to become a living cathedral of the Father’s tangible kingdom on the earth as it is in heaven.