Let me tell you about J. J, a young man who one day was waiting to catch a bus in Wolverhampton, when he met 2 of members of our Evangelism Team. Our team approached him and asked him how he was and if there was anything they could pray for him about? He shared how he had felt anxious and troubled. Our team prayed, immediately those anxious thoughts, and fear left, and instead he experienced peace, hope and life.

We’re now seven months into our Kingdom Expansion journey at All Nations Church. Where at the start of 2025, Pastors Steve and Esther released a prophetic word about what God desires to do in us individually and as a church family. But as life goes on, I know it’s easy to lose sight of that vision and our part in it. So, let’s take this moment to pause, reflect, and ask: are we still aligned with what God is doing?

Paul actually had a woman on his team, and, even more radical, he names her first! Paul not only recognises Prisca/Priscilla as having a ministry but implies it was a more prominent ministry than her husband’s. This would have rocked the worldview of most people 2,000 years ago.

Ultimately, Father God has given you His son Jesus as Lord, so you could receive the gift of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, and enter into a never-ending loving relationship, close like no other! Come to your heavenly Father today, as His son or daughter and allow Him to delight in His love for you – there is no greater thing than this.

Restoration results in gratitude, which attracts God’s attention. We see this when Jesus commends the only leper that returns to thank Him. There is a powerful connection between faith and gratitude.

In this short series of blogs we will be focusing on different people in the book of Acts and how God used them to expand his kingdom.