Building Big (Part 2) – Hearing From God with Terry Virgo

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As you meditate on the Scriptures, there are times when the presence is just on you and you know that God is speaking to you.
When God spoke to Terry it was really connected to the place – that God would bring him back to Brighton.
There was a key verse that God had given Terry about it.
You need some turf (‘land’) to work out what God has called you to.
The ultimate goal is all the earth being blessed – but on a personal level you need a bit of territory where you work out your bit of this.

Terry was at a meeting with lots of prophets, but was disappointed because a lot of what was happening was silly.
He went to his room and God spoke to him from the verse ‘I have chosen you to build a house’.
This redirected him from being a guest speaker at celebrations to focus on the church.
‘You can go many places and bless, but you can only go one place and build’.
He started building lots of house churches.
Got involved in a house church led by Nigel Ring.
Started building a different kind of church in the houses.
Then someone else did another in a different local town. Eventually it grew to about 8 house churches in the Sussex area.
Discipling was a new idea at the time.
At about this time in America came the shepherding movement, which grew huge but was way too tight and prescriptive. Eventually it broke up.
Jesus didn’t lock up an overly formulaic discipleship. He worked with a group and was empowering and releasing.