Chanctonbury Church

'The church is a people placed in the world as a preview of what God will one day do with the whole creation'. Grace is the source of our identity, before it comes the strength of our obedience. "God is enlarging his tent not because He likes bigger tents...because there are more sons and daughters to bring home".

'The Church is a people placed in the world as a preview of what God will one day do with the whole creation'. Grace is the source of our identity, before it becomes the strength of our obedience. "God is enlarging his tent not because He likes bigger tents... because there are more sons and daughters to bring home".

We have been given the mandate to rule over the places we live - both physically and spiritually. The transformation of places begins with the transformation of people (us). The transformation of people begins when we posture ourselves to receive God's mercy.

There are three zones; zone 1 is the sky and the earth (the things we see). Zone 2 are the heavenlier; it's the air and there is an ongoing war between the angelic and the demonic powers. Zone 3 is the 3rd heaven - it is the reality of heaven. 2 Corinthian 12, 2 ; " I know a person in Christ ... who was caught up in the third heaven..." Save us Lord from a life where we are 'king of the castle'. W...

If so much of God's power is promised - why do we experience so little in the Church in the west? How fertile is the faith atmosphere? The same power that raised Christ from the dead is in each one of us. "And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

The church has been orphaned - however, there is an invitation to taste the future inheritance. AW Tozer devastatingly wrote that if the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the Church, 95% of the activity of the Church would continue. Jesus wants us on fire on Sunday and Monday. v 13 We have all been marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit. Let's use what we've been given! Let's be ablaze! We...

What story are you living in? This is the lens that we interpret everything. Every false gospel will eventually crush the people. In Jesus, we have a better story. We cannot earn what Christ has already finished. God loves us recklessly. The grace that has been lavished upon us can enable us to live a life to be worthy, whilst we are often lacking enough faith to enjoy it. We cannot host the prese...

We are children of God in Jesus. He has loved and chosen you IN CHRIST, before the foundations of the world. God is bigger than our understanding. We are adopted by by God Almighty.

We are blessed with every spiritual blessing. 3 in one - lives IN US! Father, Son and Holy Spirit, living inside each one of us. We are hidden in Jesus. We are chosen in Christ. The foulest thing is covered by the blood of Jesus - He has done it all! Christ IN us means we have all authority over evil. The church is meant to reflect who God is. Let's build the oil of intimacy with Jesus - through p...

We the church are meant to reflect who God is. How can we do this? 1. Prayer 2. Witness 3 Proclaiming, loving and serving. How can we replace and overcome the opposition? Invest time to fill up on the oil of intimacy with Jesus. In Ephesus - the dominant worship was to the Goddess of Fertility - Artemis. We may be living in a simular culture where the God of money and sex dominates - but Jesus has...

As we are seeking to "enlarge the tent" - it's vital to keep the tent (tabernacle) focus of seeking the Lord in this place,. The 'altar of incense' (praise and intercession burning night and day), to allow God to begin the work of reshaping us as a church into a house of prayer for all nations, that His manifest glory might rest and abide in this place.

We are called to build an altar of prayer and worship in Chanctonbury. The altar builds a firm spiritual gate in a place and it acts an entrance point for more of the spirit of the living God. There are spiritual gates that allow darkness into the world. It was in that context in Ephesus that the church rises., in a city built around the Greek Goddess of Artemis. Historically Chanctonbury has been...

Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. I will not leave you orphaned. We have missed the love of the Father. It's not about striving - you are a child of God. There's and invitation to have an encounter with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit wants to come and transform us.

We are called to lift up the name of Jesus, to dethrone other principalities & to be be filled with the Holy Spirit. Paul had a vision - he released it, he equipped and he made disciples. Paul created an environment of the Kingdom, so that when others came into the environment - they were so impacted and changed and then sent they go back, carry the gospel. The lord creates hot centres, where peop...

1 Ask God what he is calling me to do. 2 What are you calling me to? 3 Obey His call. Lord, what's my next step? What story can I tell? 4 Review how it went. 5 Now what's next. The Lord and the enemy have been playing out a battle. Different people have been brought together - the game is shifting; now positioned for victory. Now I can progress your kingdom through you. This is the conversion phas...

Everyone is called to 'go!' How can we prepare the way for others to encounter Jesus. The God of mission has a church, he asks us to step into this mission. How can we do this? Find our people? Where is our part? A practical guide to go out in the power and authority of Jesus.

Have you sat on a cruise liner? This is a picture of consumer christianity. We are being called to awaken and move into the rescue boats. Who are you being called to? We are each being launched into a rescue mission. Are we ready?

The bridegroom is crying out for a remnant. Is there a veil hindering your intimacy with the Lord? Do not forsake your first love. This is the hour for the church to burn . "All I am I give to you".

Friday needs Sunday and Sunday needs Friday. Easter Sunday is the completion of Good Friday. Jesus is alive!

"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you: and you will be my witnesses to the ends of the earth". In addition to receiving power and operating in the Holy Spirit - we need to put the effort in also, and it won't necessarily be easy! "To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me"

How do we become like Jesus? 1. God is growing HIs identity in us. 2. God is growing HIs character in us. 3. God is growing His ministry through us.

Is what we glorify worth our adoration? Chanc Mission 1 ; Glorifying God, is to become spiritually mature. Are you 1. A Receiver (childish and focused on personal need). 2. An Explorer (Consumed with your own personal mission and identity). 3. A Glorifier ( Re-orientating your heart to glorify Him ) Focused on Glorifying God -

Chanctonbury leadership team share how they sense the Lord leading us over this next season.

The united sense across the church leadership of how God is leading us at Chanctonbury during for the next season.

Chanctonbury 260311 Vision Night by Chanctonbury Church