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My HIStory for Dr Asefaw Indrias Life Church, Olathe 9/29/23

This is the first episode of a new podcast series I will launching soon on a dedicated podcast channel

‘I am history’.

As show host, Tony Maden, I thought it best kicking off the channel with my own story of how Jesus came into my life, and now lives his life through me, as me, Christ in you, the hope of glory.

I hope you are encouraged to hear my journey of faith. If you’d like to share your story on I am HIStory please follow up through on our contact form or message us on any of our socials.

You can hear other journeys of faith through ‘Summit Living’ Enjoy the episode 🙏

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Dr Indrias I thank you for your invitation to join the new life family this evening, to share my story and a word from the Lord!

I am HIStory – Tony Maden

◦ My name is Tony Maden, I’m British, 26 years in USA,

◦ I wasn’t raised in the church at all, nor had any knowledge of God, Son or Spirit until 1999, when coworkers mentioned Jesus as the reason for their stable and joyful lives

◦ About that time I read book POWERFUL PRAYERS by Larry King and Rabbi Irwin Katsof. It seemed to me like everyone prayed to God and because I didn’t maybe I’d overlooked something in my life. Friends also said read the gospel of John.

◦ So after much investigation I asked Jesus into my life 11/19/2001 at Homers Coffee House downtown OP

◦ The rest in history, as they say….but HIS STORY as you know, we’ are all on a journey of faith that He manages and sends us on.

◦ The positive and negative, up and down, tossing and turning to stretch and shape us into what we’re meant be. He said in Ezekiel 36:27 I WILL CAUSE YOU TO WALK IN MY WAYS

◦ This is God’s chosen process to help us come to the end of ourselves and to walk in our real identity as Sons and Fathers who know Him from the beginning.

◦ In Ecclesiastes He said I PUT ETERNITY IN YOUR HEARTS

◦ So I always wanted to live the union life with God that Jesus spoke of in John 17

◦ So after a while trying different churches I couldn’t see the power of Holy Spirit at work as mentioned in book of Acts, nor find this union from John so I looked elsewhere, online

◦ Found old British preachers, Leonard Ravenhill, David Ravenhill, Ian Paisley, Ian Thomas, David Matthew’s, etc.

◦ Testimonies of Welsh, Azusa, Hebridean, Rwanda revivals “. Though these were exciting outpouring of the Holy Spirit these seemed external. Not internal so I was no closer to appropriating union with God that Jesus talked about in John 17

◦ Then I was led to a British missionary statesman named Norman Grubb who’d who visited host groups around the world

◦ I was invited to such a community in Louisville KY that gathered annually under a tent in the yard of two homes since 1975

◦ There in 2006 I found what I sort, brothers and sisters in his glorious body speaking from the knowledge that Christ lives His life as us.

◦ I found outward affection and hugs from Gods family who knew and lived in union with God. Hallelujah!

◦ Friends under the tent recommended a book to me: The Rest of the Gospel – when the partial gospel has worn you out.

◦ I read it and started to discover who I already was. The chapter the gift of misery was a real ah-ha and Gods light poured in by revelation.

◦ But what I was to discover is that I couldn’t live the life I read about much like Paul said in Romans 7.

◦ I read more of Norman’s books and learnt his final intercession was to help the body of Christ at large walk in the fullness and freedom of fatherhood, and that we as Fathers would know Him from the beginning

◦ Because we are not who we think we are

◦ We tend to think I’m here and God is out there

◦ We think we are independent beings,

◦ We think we have a angel on one shoulder and a demon on the other

◦ The reality is we are cups shaped by God the potter

◦ We are either filled with Satan like first Adam after the fall or the spirit of last Adam, Christ by the Holy Spirit.

◦ but Jesus said WE ARE THE BRANCH, HE IS THE VINE

◦ The Paul said in Col 1:27 the mystery of the ages now revealed 2000 years ago is CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY

◦ Paul prayed constantly that CHRIST BE FORMED IN YOU

◦ Paul also said in Galatians 2:20 “I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE, BUT CHRIST WHO LIVES IN ME. AND THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME.”

◦ And John in his letters said AS HE IS SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD

◦ So GOD IS SAYING, BODY OF CHRIST, walk in the life I came to give you.

◦ Be not any longer longer little children who just know they are saved, nor young men who are strong and have overcome the evil one, but walk by faith as fearless fathers, my sons of God and claim your inheritance.

◦ I came to give you life, abundant life, so rivers of living water flowing out from you!

◦ Thank you for your words Lord please bring understanding to all those who heard you this evening.

◦ Amen