So I go to London later on today on the start of my Open Heaven journey. The extraordinary favour of God on this project so far has staggered me and humbled me. I am not in any way unpeaceful or worried or concerned about what will happen next. It is entirely in His hands. I am trying to expect the unexpected – if that doesn’t sound too crazy?!

This morning I decided to go to the Message Prayer Day and was so warmly welcomed by them all. What a bunch of radical believers they are! Andy Hawthorne, who has recently taken me very much into his heart, spoke very passionately about his latest visit to London. He was privileged to be speaking last week at the Houses of Parliament no less. But beforehand, he was hit with nerves and doubts. He explained how he looked at his talk notes and thought he ought to dumb it down a bit and perhaps not talk about Jesus quite so much! (I have had the same feeling on occasion.)

But as he felt this, he was overcome with a wave of new faith rising within him. He chose to address his listeners with two key points.

1. The Bible works. It transforms society.
2. Jesus works. He transforms individuals.

The Christians in the room went mad and started getting really excited. Andy (recently made an OBE, of course) became passionate as the evangelist in him told the gathered MP’s and leaders what he experienced every day-first-hand: how drug addicts were being set free to become community leaders, how prisoners were being changed and never re-offending, how those with previous ASBO’s were becoming those with compassion for the lost. He spoke powerfully and movingly about the Jesus I know and the Jesus I love.

Afterwards as Andy Smith led the room in worship, I sensed a new dawning in society when real, ordinary, broken, unchurched people will wake up to the truth that the Bible DOES work and more than that, this Jesus that us Christians keep banging on about -the same Jesus that us humans banged into a wooden cross all those years ago- can change us, me and you TODAY.

God give us eyes to see and ears to hear what You are doing!

OPEN HEAVEN PLEASE LORD! This is my prayer