In this session, John shares the history of how he came into the apostolic ministry.

From 2002, anywhere John went to preach the Apostolic message, it would rain, even in places that are normally very dry.

In 1994, John started a relationship with Chuck Clayton. Although the Lord was raising John as an apostle, he himself needed an apostle for spiritual covering.

He was teaching father/son relationships, but it was just theory. Formalised the relationship, declared they had apostolic covering, but it was still theory.

In 2002, at Family Camp, they had a strong move of the Holy Spirit. God revealed what it means to relate to God as Father.

Later that year, Chuck came to preach. John was behind in his tithes to Chuck. John gave him cash on his arrival. First meeting was at Oakey. John declared him the apostle. It started to rain, and the rain kept up until the end of the Summit, the following Sunday.

During the Summit, John received an outpouring of love for Chuck. It was a work of the Holy Spirit. John had become a son to a father. Tony Ponicke received the same breakthrough in his relationship with John.

Important steps

• John sorted his tithe
• He honoured Chuck
• Result was breakthrough in relationships and finances

John was changed. He received grace and confidence to preach with power all over the world.

The Lord gave John a download about the relationship between Elijah and Elisha. The thing that made it possible for Elisha to receive the double portion from Elijah was that he longed to be with him.

1. Maturity of relationships
2. Depth of longing for connection
3. See something in father to appreciate what is in them.

Chuck had much more to offer John, but it wasn’t until John’s heart was changed so that he could see what Chuck had that he could receive it.

Father /son relationships (wholehearted, love for leaders) are the key for ministry. You have to love your pastor. Senior ministers must have proper apostolic covering.

As John Alley says, “We are Australian and we are civilised people. We do not skimp on morning tea.”

Morning tea is a good time to hang out with your mates, no matter how young they are.

After the break, Apostle John continued the teaching.

The soul is the command centre of the whole being. It is the soul that is either soaking in or rejecting.

The heart grows at the root of the soul. That is where the values are. The words of the mouth come from what is in the heart.

“The worth and excellency of a soul are to be measured by the object of its love .” Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man

What we love shows the value or worthiness of our soul.

Hebrews 4:12. The word of God is living and active.
We have to seek the word of the Lord
We read the word because we have a yearning to know the Lord.
While we are doing that, God intervenes in our hearts to remove the sins and thoughts that beset us

We need to seek ever increasing maturity in the Lord.

1 Peter 1:3-23
The prophets searched and inquired carefully but they received revelations in the searching.
We must not be conformed to the passions of our former ignorance. We must purify our souls by obedience to the truth. Love one another earnestly.

2 Peter 1:3-11
If we are diligent in pursuing the Lord, there will be richly provided for us an entrance into the eternal kingdom. If we do these things we will not fail.

In Session 2 of the Summit, Apostle John Alley spoke about what the Bible says about human nature. WE are body, soul and spirit. The bible speaks about the heart and the conscience. How do these all fit together?

When you are eager to promote a gift or idea, you need to make sure that you are not inadvertently undermining other important things. Example of a man who promoted miraculous signs but in doing so downplayed the teaching of the word.

Jn 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life ; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I speak are life

We are body, soul and spirit. Cannot separate the three.

1 Thess 5:23-24. “may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless

Heb, 4:12 Word of God divides soul and spirit.

What about words like heart, conscience, etc? How do they fit?

Soul- contains mind, memory, will, emotions
Body- 5 senses, pain, adrenalin, Gut, Chemicals, fitness, sickness
Lot of interaction between body and soul
Spirit- knowledge, memory, revelation, spiritual gifts, discernment, conscience, inner witness, emotion… your spirit can rejoice or have dread

We are designed with this complexity because we have to live in the spirit realm and the physical realm.

Lots of interaction between spirit and soul.

Unbelievers are dark in their spirit. They have a conscience for example. The spirit is alive but separated from God until they are born again.

God can speak to sinners. eg Cain.

Your spirit can be weak or strong, bound or free. We need to work on our relationship with God. Ephesians 3:14-16

Psalm 139. I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Romans 2:14-16. Gentiles do not have the law, but their consciences lead them towards righteousness

2 Corinthians 4:2.The conscience provides the inner witness.

2 Corinthians 5:11 Conscience provides confirmation of Paul’s message

1 Timothy 4:1-3 A seared conscience.

The Heart

New heart when born again:

The heart is the sum of all the parts- body, soul, and spirit. It’s what is at the bottom of it all.

Our heart gives us longing for good things as well as sinful things. The Lord will give us the desires of our heart. That is why he tells us to fix our eyes on Jesus.

Romans 12:2. Be transformed by the renewing of the mind.

God looks at the heart.