Author Archives: Tree of Life Church

You are designed to win, and as a leader you need to impart to other people a sense and attitude that they can win. People come to Tree of Life Church checking us out and have a range of different ideas. Most people are weary, defeated, they feel like they are slaves to circumstances andContinue reading “Raise a Generation That Loves New Wine 01: There is No Joy without New Wine”

Arise and shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you! – Isaiah 60.1 One of the things that marks the end of our age is shining Christians and shining pastors. I am telling you that in the UK there are pastors about to do things they haveContinue reading “The Future is Bright 04: The Glory is Rising!”

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. (Zechariah 1.17) I am telling you now that there is coming a release of prosperity to local churches. Up until now churches have struggled with prosperity while para-church ministriesContinue reading “The Future is Bright 03: Money is Coming!”

Part 1 is found here. The least of you will become a thousand,    the smallest a mighty nation.I am the Lord;    in its time I will do this swiftly. (Isaiah 60.22, NIV) Stop expecting your end to be determined by your beginning. That is not how God operates. Look at this Scripture in Isaiah – the least ofContinue reading “The Future is Bright 02: The Least Will Become A Thousand”

God is good and your future is awesome. I am so tired of speaking to negative and small-minded pastors. If you are a leader in any sense of the word, the best thing you can do for the people you lead is dream big. The bigger you dream, the more positive you will be, theContinue reading “The Future is Bright 01: There Shall Be Big Churches in the Future!”

For test one, click here. For test two, click here. If you want to enter the kingdom of God and do things God’s way, there will always be trouble and pressure (Acts 14.23). If you want the fire, you need to be able to handle the heat, and if you want to live in theContinue reading “The Test of Loyalty 03: The Test of Trouble”

The second test of loyalty is the test of continuation (the first test is the test of remoteness, which you can read about here). What this means is this: there are not many people in the world who can be loyal over a long period of time. The Galatians did not take long to beContinue reading “The Test of Loyalty 02: The Test of Continuation”

There are a lot of metals in the world, some of them are a very golden colour. In many parts of the world, the main way to test if a metal is real gold is to put it through a very hot fire. Fire will make all the other metals discoloured but it will makeContinue reading “The Test of Loyalty 01: Gold is Gold”

As a leader you should have energy – that goes without saying. You have to put in effort and life and oomph into getting things done. But one of the true blessings of leading is to be able to energize others and to energize those that you lead. How can you give your church, communityContinue reading “Set the Pace 06: Give Energy to Others”

The quickest way to get moody is to not sleep enough. A survery in the UK showed that people who do not sleep enough are seven times more likely to feel like life is overwhelming them and five times more likely to have feelings of loneliness. It stops you thinking and acting properly. Another studyContinue reading “Set the Pace 05: Know When To Slow Down”