"Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul"

"...It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few..." (1 Samuel 14:6b)

As everyday goes by, we are continuing to be shown this absolute truth. We have entirely no work of our own hands to boast in, and only God to lean on.

We, along with Mark and Lizzie, have always had a sense that London would a be a 'revolving door' so-to-speak, and concerning the church, it has been. God brings and He sends, and we see it as an amazing thing that we are able to build relationships with people here, share in the beauty of the gospel, and then see them either returning home or sent somewhere new.

As for us now, we as a church body are literally a handful of people... but we are truly encouraged to see that it is a group that has such an earnest desire and longing to pray! It is an amazing thing that with little exception, the entire church gathers to pray every week. It is because they have caught vision of the broken state of our city and the "hour in need of burning hearts, bursting lips, and brimming eyes" as Leonard Ravenhill describes. We have placed our all before Jesus; We laid our desires,wills, motives down on the altar; and our joyful response to God is to be the same as Jonathan's armor bearer...

"Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul"
Amen?!

Pray that:
>God would do a great work here in London, a city of approximately 7.5 million people, through a surrendered church. Pray for the churches here that hold true to the gospel of Jesus Christ, that there would be a unity in God's people. We are a marginalized group, through and through, sociologically marginalized. We know that it has not been in times of popularity but times of adversity that the true Church has always triumphed(the book of Acts/Reformation/19th Century London...).

>That as the above passage goes on to say in v.22, that: "Likewise, when all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they too followed hard after them in the battle." That men and women of God, that have disappeared into the 'woodwork', would be refreshed by the Spirit of God, encouraged to see a worshiping church that will not abandon this nation, and be so utterly moved by seeing the mighty hand of God moving and driving out the enemy, that they would stand once again and fight for the salvation of this city.

Will you please cry out to God for this small church and this great city?!

trent as an angel in the nativity play at school

(trent is the one in the back-middle, standing up)

Gospel Driven Missional Community

Tonight was the introduction of a Gospel Centred study where we ask God to stretch us and challenge us in seeing our call to be on mission in our community that we live in, work in, go to school in, minister in, as a community of believers, and what that looks like for us as a church. We started in no better place than Acts 2.
We've been given an amazing opportunity to be able to meet at our local pub as well as build relationships with those who work there- resulting in really practical ways to be a light and share the Gospel. And on a side note: Free Curry every Tuesday

Worship

We wanted to be able to share a worship song that has been written as a result of the response of worship in our church body in London. It is outflow of what the Lord is doing through Reality London.

Prayer

As the weather here is changing, it is starting to expose and almost in a sense reflect the true spiritual temperature here in london. With the winter so quickly arriving, and the soon only 8 hour periods of light, the people seem to find themselves not able to be feeding off the sun and sinking into further depression. It doesn't take long to see, as you walk the streets, people walking around with what seems as the weight of the whole world on their shoulders. So as the sun, that was designed to only be a taste of the glory and light of our God, starts to dwindle, we pray that we as Christ's Church can be a true light in our community. We would ask that you would partner with us in prayer in the following ways:

1) "Our Father in heaven, hallowed by Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven"

-We pray that Christ's name would be honoured and glorified in London, and in the village of Notting Hill.

-That we would be a reflection of a Trinitarian Community, a Gospel Centred Community... A reflection of His kingdom in heaven. And that the kingdom would be added to, that Christs church would continue to grow and be fruitful. Which will happen as His glory is put on full display.

-God's ways are so above our ways, and we are crying out to the Lord, that His will would be accomplished, and not ours. That we would be a God dependent, praying people. And through that, He would bring humility and surrender in our hearts.

2) Finances are always an unfortunate aspect that seems to slither its way into situations. Glory be to God, that He is not bound by earthly terms and hindrance, and that our current financial difficulty is not difficulty to Him.

- Why God called us to one of the most expensive cities in the entirety of the world?! He only knows. We believe He is causing us to become more and more dependent on Him in all areas of life. We are finding our monthly support short of our cost of living. So we would ask you to pray:

1) pray for our finances, that God would increase the support that is needed for us to continue ministering in London

2) pray that if God would have you partner with the work He is doing here, by supporting financially, as we have been so blessed by the support we have already received financially and in prayer

We love you guys!

So with love and prayer,

Christian, Michelle, Trent and Hope Vivian

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email: ukmissions@realitystockton.com

fall is here, but winter will soon prevail