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In part 3 of this series, Tim looks at Ephesians chapter 2. This is a letter to a church that was extraordinary in its influence, such that from Ephesus, the gospel went out and filled Asia as they knew it at the time, and there was nowhere left to for Paul to preach. The start of this chapter reminds us not to become proud of our progress. Tim then unpacks three architectures from this chapter -...

In part 2 in this series on Ephesians, Tim opens up the first chapter, which is so rich and full! Ephesians introduces us to the second heaven - the heavenly places, or the realm of the spirit. This is the realm where the mission of the ekklesia is first enacted, and then becomes manifest in the earth realm. In this chapter we see the clearest revelation on God’s personal mission statement, and we...

Tim begins a new series on the book of Ephesians. Of all of the New Testament letters, and the cities they were written to, the ekklesia is probably best demonstrated here in Ephesus. It is also a letter where we get one of the best and fullest descriptions of the full gospel, that came to a city that was deeply steeped in witchcraft and occultic practices. As we begin this letter, we see the foun...

Have you ever battled with self-sabotaging thoughts, behaviours or habits? Have you ever wanted to really pursue God, but find it hard to sustain that? Have you ever felt like part of you wants God, and another part of you has a completely different agenda? Scripture talks to this. Psalm 86:11 says, “Give to me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name.” We often talk about a hard or soft heart...

We often think about our calling and assignment in terms of the ground we are to take, the people we are to reach and what we are to do… and that is all absolutely valid. There is a piece of the puzzle that we often miss, and it relates to resolving the unresolved issues - sins, false covenants and the like in our own bloodline. The ancient ruins and places long devastated for generations spoken o...

Our dear friend Sandra Sellmer-Kersten from Elijah House brings a weighty prophetic word to i61 about a season of testing. It takes character to carry the heavy anointing of God. God wants to build in us the character that enables us to carry the gift. God tests us in difficult times, and also in times of favour. Drawing on scriptural stories from the life of Joseph and Hezekiah, Sandra reminds us...

i61 is in a new season, but there are some keys in past ground that we’ve covered that are relevant and prophetic for us now. The book of Nehemiah holds some critical blueprints and keys for what we are building, so we are posting a 5-part series that Tim did back in 2015. It takes more than one person to change the world - to leave a lasting legacy the lives for generations. It’s important to kno...

i61 is in a new season, but there are some keys in past ground that we’ve covered that are relevant and prophetic for us now. The book of Nehemiah holds some critical blueprints and keys for what we are building, so we are posting a 5-part series that Tim did back in 2015. In this fourth message of the series Tim shows us the different accusations bought by Sanballat and Tobiah, and how they mirro...

i61 is in a new season, but there are some keys in past ground that we’ve covered that are relevant and prophetic for us now. The book of Nehemiah holds some critical blueprints and keys for what we are building, so we are posting a 5-part series that Tim did back in 2015. In this third message, Tim looks at the fact that whenever you are doing something significant, there will always be criticism...

i61 is in a new season, but there are some keys in past ground that we’ve covered that are relevant and prophetic for us now. The book of Nehemiah holds some critical blueprints and keys for what we are building, so we are posting a 5-part series that Tim did back in 2015. In this second message, Tim looks at the part divine favour plays in the living out of your God-calling.

i61 is in a new season, but there are some keys in past ground that we’ve covered that are relevant and prophetic for us now. The book of Nehemiah holds some critical blueprints and keys for what we are building, so we are posting a 5-part series that Tim did back in 2015. In this first message, Tim looks at the importance of the God encounter when it comes to our calling. The strength of the enco...

In the final message for 2023, and the final one for this series on “Getting Established”, Tim looks at getting established in destiny and calling. The process of calling begins with understanding that I am a “sent one”, not just a “saved one”. From there, we go on a process of discovering who we are and what we are called to. The process the Father takes us through is to bring us to a place of au...

Tim continues the series on “Getting Established”. In part 2 of getting established in love, Tim opens up 1 John 4:7-21 where John delivers us some challenging truths above the nature and practice of love, which are critical definitions in the day we are living in. Then, from Ephesians 3 and 4 we see the process - the how to - of getting established in love.

Tim continues the series on “Getting Established”. This message part 1 on getting established in love. Moments of encounter with the Father’s love are so important and wonderful, and yet, we need to steward those encounters well so they lead to being established. There are two things that can’t stand when we are established in love. One is rejection, and the other is offence - which comes from a b...

In part 2 of this series on Getting Established, Tim looks at getting established economically. God’s heart for His people is that they be completely immune to what is going on in the economies of the world and that they would have their own self-sustaining, abundant economy, so that they never have to consult the bank account to know what the will of God is. This establishing is not automatic. Th...

God is not just about saving you, getting you to heaven, and letting you do some good along the way. His plan for you is so much more powerful than that. This is the beginning of a series on “Getting Established”. The action of God to set you up as immune to the conditions of the world around you in the same way a strong lighthouse is unmoved no matter how powerful the waves that crash into it. Sc...

In the week following Father’s Day, Tim speaks to the value of fathers. Fatherhood is under attack, and the world is preaching a message that fathers are unnecessary. Yet, so many social statistics tell us the exact opposite. When fathers are absent, things go badly wrong. Malachi foresaw a time where fathers and children will be disconnected in such a way that the land would come under a curse as...

Vaughan Blackwood continues this short series. In this message, Vaughan focuses us on the “sacred companions” by exploring the true nature of covenant love. “Family” is not a goal. It is a by-product of covenant love, which produces the fruit of mature sons and daughters. We are being called into a culture where we go deep with each, and learn to love each other like Jesus loved. That’s easy to sa...

We have been called into an epic quest with sacred companions - a quest that started with Jesus, and was passed to us in the final moments of Jesus’s life on earth. Vaughan Blackwood digs into the beginning of the upper room discourse in John 13 - the final meal Jesus had with the twelve before going to the cross. Do we realise the seriousness of what has been passed to us from Jesus - this quest...

In a challenging prophetic message for this season of change and transition, Tim opens up Haggai 1 and 2. The remnant had returned from captivity in Babylon but had given up on rebuilding the temple and were just focused on their own lives - living comfortably, while God’s house was still in ruins. God spoke through Haggai to call the people back to His priorities. Then, from 1 Cor 3 and 2 Cor 5,...

At the start of the year, God spoke two key strategic words to Tim - set the table, and raise the army. (They are on our podcast back in March and April). We are heading into a new wineskin - a new paradigm, and the new is in you … that is, how church will look and what we will do will form around the unique callings and blueprints of the people. The day of fitting people into a “church” structure...

When Israel crossed over from the desert into the promised land, it represented the most significant shift in a generation. 40 years of doing things the same - largely focused on themselves and their families and practicing their faith in the desert. Then in one day everything changed. Where God once was, He now was not. The focus of God’s activity in regard to His people shifted - from getting Eg...

Last time Tim talked through 4 thresholds in Kingdom life. The second of those thresholds was the threshold of Lordship - where Jesus is not just IN my life. He’s lord of my life. Tim and Vaughan Blackwood have an interactive discussion on the place of Scripture in that lordship threshold. As a church culture we are barely a generation away from a biblically illiterate generation. Without a deep r...

In part 2 of this series on thresholds, Tim looks at 4 thresholds in Kingdom life. These thresholds are part of a meta-process of growth and development into the fullness of our calling and destiny. At each threshold, there is warfare, and a series of choices that need to be made. The temptation, when we don’t understand what is really happening, is to retreat to our “false refuges” rather than em...

The concept of “thresholds” in Scripture is one of those subjects that you don’t see and until you see it. Then once you see, you can’t un-see it, and you see it everywhere. Tim shows us that a threshold moment is a transition place from one season into another. It happens in the natural (e.g. puberty), and it also happens in the spirit as God leads us into a new season in our calling and assignme...