We’d been away for a couple of weeks. But walking in to the 9.30 service on Sunday told us that God was continuing to work in just the same way.
When we arrived at Chroma Church five years ago, the first
service was maybe a bit sleepy. No longer! The presence of God is tangible.
From the first chord in worship, it’s hard not to kneel, just to acknowledge
the overwhelming presence of the Holy Spirit.
The title for this post is ‘waves of liquid love’. It’s a well-known
phrase from church history. When Charles Finney was baptised in the Holy Spirit
at the start of his remarkable revival ministry, back in October 1821, he
described it in this way:
‘Without ever having the thought in my mind that there was any such thing for me, without any memory of ever hearing the thing mentioned by any person in the world, the Holy Spirit descended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. I could feel the impression, like a wave of electricity, going through and through me. Indeed, it seemed to come in waves of liquid love, for I could not express it in any other way.’
Leicester is an exciting place to be. At the start of a new
educational year, I’m expectant for much more. There are so many prophecies
over our city, from people around the world who have never even been to
Leicester, but felt in the Spirit that God was about something special.
We live in the good of those prophecies. Pretty much every
meeting – the three services on Sunday, Student Church, Kids and Youth, Revival
Nights and more – are soaked in the Holy Spirit. God’s presence is tangible.
Waves of liquid love.
