Attention: Encouragement needed!

God has really been speaking to me strongly about the "culture" we need to fulfill our personal dreams and assist others to fulfill theirs.

Yesterday I posted a couple of comment on my facebook pages and received two interesting pieces of feedback:

" Comments like these are stirring up deep deep wells. Had the opportunity to go out with Les on his run. We chatted and dreamed and chatted some more and realised that the more you talk about your dreams the hungrier you become to see them fulfilled."

" Yes Kim and with good people like you encouraging us we really should give it a go! I'm running out of excuses. Blessings as you organise the conference."

It is becoming increasingly obvious that it is easy to say "start dreaming" but it is another thing entirely to "enable" people to live their dreams.

I remember talking to Wyn Fountain, a pioneer on this kingdom message in New Zealand, when I first started this journey. He said he had been talking to churches about this for 20 years and ONLY NOW were a few starting to listen. He encouraged me to "push on" with my dreams and that the message God had put in my heart was "cutting edge."

The "transformation" God has Horizon on is even more remarkable given the underlying opposition to change and activities outside the church. I am so blessed to be part of the "re-plant" that God is doing at Horizon.

I am starting to understand Gods timing in this and this is helping me "persevere" through the tough bits. I must admit I struggle sometimes in believing God will "open" the way for my dreams when in my flesh I sometimes only see man in front of me.

But when the BIG PICTURE is taken I can see some of what is taking shape and am encouraged.

If the first season was deconstruction, this season is reconstruction and the final season may be something like "advancement or activation."

We are all on different stages of this journey. Some are ready to advance and others are just starting to be deconstructed.

What is important through this in finding people who can encourage you where ever you are on the journey. And it cannot always be Tim and I. If it is us then we have failed to catch the heart of the kingdom and our responsibilities as brothers and sisters in the same family.

It is the leaders responsibility to create a culture of encouragement and that is what we must start to build into Horizon for the future.

It is you and I who will be doing the encouraging.

Take a moment today to look at those around you. Have you got your encouragers beside you? Are you encouraging others?

Tim spoke last night about surrounding ourselves with people who will speak positively into our lives and keep us "encouraged" to believe in our prophetic words.

I believe developing a culture of encouragement will be vital in us starting to see our dreams become reality. I also believe that we will see more people come with us on the journey when we develop this culture across Horizon.

Heb3:13 says "encourage one another daily...."

Lets ask God today how we can start to build that as we journey together.

Every time I speak with someone who has started to dream, has started to see the exciting possibilities God has ahead of them, they always say the same thing!


Attention: I need encouragement!