For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of POWER.

Who is Paul?

Paul, an Englishman based in England and Northern Ireland, has been an itinerant missionary since 1988, and has had the privilege of visiting many nations preaching the gospel, praying for the sick and dying...

Vision

To see lives, young and old, changed and impacted by communicating the truth and relevance of Christianity, the love of God, the reality of Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit, and to network...

Mission

To have an impact in all the nations of the earth: to present the truth and reality of Jesus Christ in a way that enables people of all ages to make an undeniable decision about him...

UNDER PRESSURE: 2 COR 4:8-14; John 16:33 – THE GOD WHO OVERCOMES STRESS, PRESSURE, AND PAIN

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2 Corinthians 4: 8 ff 8: we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9: persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10: always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11: For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12: So death works in us, but life in you. 13: But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE,”

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UNDER PRESSURE PUSHING DOWN ON ME…

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If enemy attack is a yardstick by which you can measure whether or not you’re doing, or have done, something right, then I think it would be fair to say that my move to Welshpool, Powys, is right… I’m not sure there has been another time in my life – certainly not in the  (nearly) 41 years of ministry – where the onslaught has been so intense and constant! I came here (after a pretty hard few months in Kent one way or another) early in July. I won’t go over those early in ‘occult and witchcraft central’ cottage in

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WONDERFUL WEEKEND IN SUNNY HUNNY, NORFOLK! WHAT ‘THE WAY’ TO GO’!!

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It’s always a real blessing and a privilege to be invited to speak at a church: it’s an even greater blessing and privilege to be asked back again – greater still when it’s twice in the same year, for even longer the second time! Many years ago I heard well-known speaker Gerald Coates say ‘In my ministry life, I’ve preached everywhere – ONCE!’ – and he also said ‘In ministry life, you preach everywhere twice – once on the way UP, second time on the way DOWN!’. I hope and pray that’s not my testimony after being back at the

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Weekend in the West – no Credit(on) to me, and Plymouth!

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A very worthwhile and enjoyable long(ish)-haul drive last weekend down to Devon, to speak at the Mid-Devon Christian Vision for Men (CVM) curry evening – my long-time friend Kevin Ball asked me to the lovely named Copplestone Methodist Church, Crediton, and it was a good evening. A good number there, Kev was a marvel in that he cooked an awesome amount of three different curries – hot, not so hot, and vegetarian (a curry without meat isn’t really a curry for me!!). Good curry, too – went for the hottest one, thoroughly enjoyable beef! Some good chats with a number

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DANCE WITH MY FATHER AGAIN

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One of the joys of being a Christian is knowing that I’m securely held in the loving arms of my heavenly Father – locked in his arms, in fact. His embrace is total love and acceptance, things we all need if we’re to ‘survive’ life without bitterness and rejection. There are many promises in Scripture about how much love Father God, and his wonderful Son, Jesus, have for us: and for me the loveliest worship songs are about his love – especially ‘How deep the Father’s love for us’ by the lovely Stuart Townend: How deep the Father’s love for

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FOR THOSE HANGING ON ‘A’ LEVEL RESULTS, THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE YOU!

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48 years ago I was waiting for mine, not really with any high hopes as I thought I’d blown them. I’d never really ‘caught up’ at Grammar School, going there a year late as, though I passed my 11+ exam (there’s a memory many of us would like to forget!), I ‘failed’ it on the conduct report from my junior school headteacher, because she caned me 4 times a day for 4 years for being left-handed.   So a year at a very crap secondary school (I won’t say which one!) preceded my parents’ fight to get me into Lewes

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GOD’S WAYS – A BIT DIFFERENT TO MY PLANS!!!

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After having eight different ‘homes’ in the last ten months, including 2½ complete home moves, my body isn’t quite sure where it’s at, and has felt a little weary, to say the least, especially as I’m now past the ‘halfway’ stage in my 60’s (I’m 66 for those interested!). Age has no fear for me, but I am aware of certain limitations that come with it – I think it was Spike Milligan who said ‘At my age you never go past a toilet!’ – as well as my well-documented mobility limitations. I’m in another temporary home right now, thanks

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UNEXPECTED PRESSURE AND STRESS!

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To be ‘at home’ in the land of my own father – Wales – is lovely: it was a surprise when God made it clear that Welshpool was where he wants me purely because of the ‘geography’ for a regular Heathrow traveller and with many of the speaking engagements I get being in the southeast, but God is doing something special in Wales, with many prophetic words about the country and links to the Welsh revival…. so a month ago my flat in Kent was packed up and moved 200 miles northwest, into – for now – the garage of

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Kindness – is it dead, or alive and well?

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I don’t know if any of you have watched ‘The Kindness Diaries’ on Netflix, but it’s amazing. Leon Logothetis is a man who, when young, was bullied and life was tough, and decided that the opposite of being selfish and being bullied – kindness – was going to be his goal in life, looking for kindness and, with certain people who showed him kindness, he rewarded them with whatever they needed. I’m watching his journey from Alaska to Argentina, in a 50-year old VW Beetle, with NO money on him, needing help/accommodation/mechanics – and finding that, even in our selfish

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WHY NOT SO MANY MIRACLE STORIES?

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I’ve been asked why there are not so many miracle stories in the blog and on Facebook recently. and I ‘sense’ the assumption is that not much is happening. That couldn’t be further from the truth, to be honest! A lot of what I DO post here and on Facebook are things that are ‘reportable’ and that I have asked people’s permission to post. An even ‘bigger’ side of what I do involves people with issues and situations that are NOT for public ‘consumption’ – personal /church/ family issues which, thank God, he deals with – but if those issues

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