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BALANCING CAREER AND MUSIC MINISTRYTop pianist Fabia D’Andrea on leading worship in church
SHADES OF GREY VS BLACK & WHITELove, marriage and sex the way God made themLove, marriage and sex the way God made them
WHY GREEN IS THE NEW BLACKEthics aren’t a fad, argues Emma Greenwood
Celebrating the season in the community New movies retell the old, old story How the festive fractions add up
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5 EDITORIALJohn Glass operates out of the overflow
6 RELIVING BIBLE STORIES ON FILMChristmas and other Bible stories have been brought to life by actor James Hamilton
10 NEWS from Elim and the wider church
12 OUT AND ABOUT WITH THE GS John Glass opens his diary
14 COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CHEERElim churches up and down the country are making the most of the season of goodwill
18 THE GREAT CHRISTMAS AWAKENINGRT Kendall questions whether the Church would be ready for the best gift ever
21 BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR OUTREACH With ten top tips, you won’t be stuck for ideas when reaching out this Christmas
22 THE CHRISTMAS MY LIFE CHANGEDThe season brings back memories of a calling from heaven for Kenny Macarthy
25 BEING ETHICAL ISN’T JUST A FAD Green is the new black according to Aspire’s Emma Greenwood
26 PUTTING HIS TALENTS TO WORK How top pianist Fabio D’Andrea blends his career with leading Christian worship
30 PEACE AFTER A SPIRITUAL BATTLEGlasgow Elim’s Laura Maxwell endured a terrifying fight on her journey to Christ
32 RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIMENigel Tween explains why one athlete’s lesson in life can teach us about God’s will
33 MUSIC REVIEWS with Ian Yates
35 HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SINGColin Dye looks at Charles Wesley’s classic
36 CHRISTMAS BY NUMBERS...REACH director Gary Gibbs investigates the statistics about Christmas in Britain
39 JESUS IS BETTER THAN FOOTY says former manager Dave Merrington
40 STAYING STRESS FREE Dr Sharon Kane offers advice on relaxing this Christmas
42 DEMENTIA SUFFERERS AND GOD Carolyn Castle looks at a book she has found useful in her ministry
43 BOOK REVIEWS with Richard Dodge
44 GOD’S LOVE IS BLACK AND WHITE Dini Muana explains how the Church should respond to 50 Shades of Grey
49 ANSWERS with Michael Meyers
50 AND FINALLY with John Lancaster
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Direction Magazine is the official publication of the Elim Pentecostal Churchwww.elim.org.uk 0845 302 6750
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For the past four years I have driven a hybrid car. The choice has more to do with economy than ecology, though it’s important to enjoy perform-ance without it ‘costing the earth’.
This relatively new technology is, as most people are aware, based on storing excess energy in a cell in order for it to be used at a later point when needed. For example, when switching to this mode in slow moving traffic on a motorway, I use no petrol whatsoever – something that serves to at least take the edge off the misery of congested roads.
I also recognise the concept of hybrid power as I read the Scriptures. It is seen in the book of Proverbs when we are encouraged to give at-tention to the ant who stores up its food in the summer, when things are running well, for the winter, when fuel is in much shorter supply.
The theme is echoed in the 23rd Psalm when David writes about his overflowing cup. It’s there again in Psalm 45:1 in The Message, “My heart bursts its banks, spilling beauty and goodness. I pour it out in a poem to the king, shaping the river into words.”
We find ourselves at the end of another year. For some, 2012 will have been a period of unprecedented blessing – a young couple engaged, a marriage having taken place, a baby born, a promotion at work or a fresh encounter with God. For others, 2012 has been challenging and 2013 cannot come quickly enough. Those
who live the hybrid life understand two spiritual secrets. The first is that we cannot be victorious in a negative season of our life if we have not accumulated a resource of grace and faith during days of previous blessing.
The second is that all Christians, whether leaders or not, minister most effectively out of the ‘overflow’ of their relationship with God.
Last month, we considered how we are able to bless the work of God through our financial resource whether that may be great or small.
On the threshold of a new year, the challenge is to seek to be so filled with God, through what we glean in the season we are currently in, that we will have something to give to those whose spiritual batteries may be running down.
When Paul says, “That which I have received from the Lord I deliver unto you,” he is connect-ing jump leads from a fuller supply to faith that is flagging.
Seeking God for ourselves is good. Desiring to operate out of the overflow is better. My prayer is that this will be our experience in this coming year.
Marilyn joins with me in wishing you a happy Christmas and a blessed New Year.
John GlassGeneral SuperintendentElim Pentecostal Church
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