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The Church of the early 21st Century needs something that only God can give. He has done it in the past, and He can do it again. But it will not come by means of any program, activity or act of self-effort. It is a sovereign act of God in response to and in fulfillment of the heart-cry found In Isaiah 64:1, "Oh, that Thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down." The Church of our generation desperately needs a divine visitation, a burning coal fresh from God's altar that turns smart Christians into flaming radicals - carriers of that "inextinguishable blaze" which, throughout the history of the Church, has set the world on fire for Christ. In this book, organic church advocate and revival historian Maurice Smith argues that God is preparing His Church for a season of spiritual awakening by calling out "Children of the Burning Heart" who will seek Him in genuine holiness and fear, personal repentance and renewed intimacy with Him. Are you one of them? This book is your call to become a carrier of "The Inextinguishable Blaze."

If Jesus were to visit your house church the same way He promised to visit the house churches 1st Century Asia Minor in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3, what would He find and what would He say? Would he find more "work" than love? Would He find compromise? Complacency? False teachers exercising false authority? Or would he find faithfulness and perseverance in the face of overwhelming pressure to compromise? Would He find a holy and pure Church walking in the fear of God, in genuine repentance and in personal intimacy with the Risen Christ? And would His words to you be words of rebuke and warning, or words of praise and encouragement? In this new and fresh study of the Seven Churches of Asia in Revelation 2-3, author and house church planter Maurice Smith challenges all of us to think about how the Risen Christ would challenge and prepare His Church today for a season of divine visitation and spiritual outpouring in revival and renewal.

"Our Postmodern culture has concluded that it can manifest 'good deeds' without Jesus. The Church has concluded that it can manifest Jesus without 'good deeds'. Our Postmodern culture's plan appears to be working. The Church's plan is a disaster." - Maurice Smith, from The Least of These With these words author and organic house church advocate Maurice Smith highlights the need and sounds a clear call for Christians and organic house churches to become "incarnational" and "legendary" in their obedience to the Scriptural mandate to engage in "good deeds." Drawing on history, in-depth biblical studies and his years of experience ministering to "the least of these," the author challenges all of us to reflect on the importance of "good deeds" when it comes to being "the light of the world" in our Postmodern culture. In the process he examines: Origins of the WWJD phenomenon. The relationship between faith, fruit and good deeds. How Jesus Himself manifested good deeds. 15 "Good Deeds Principles" from the New Testament. Who are "the least of these" in Matthew 25? Are good deeds are"optional" in the life of a Jesus-disciple? Why believers must become "legendary" for their good deeds.

Safe Houses of Hope and Prayer is the second installment in a two-part introduction to organic house church. This second book picks up where the first book, River Houses Rising, left off. Where that book laid the foundation for organic house church, this book builds on that foundation by offering practical insights into the day-to-day functioning of an organic house church, including: The danger of trying to drive "religious square pegs" into "spiritual round holes"; How John Wesley discovered and used house churches during the Evangelical Awakening; How to avoid "Honey, I Shrunk The Church"; How to avoid having your house church "torpedoed" by the "messiness" of life; How to use a shipwreck to identify the five leadership gifts of the New Testament Church; Whether or not to meet on the "Sabbath"; How to avoid "a shirt and ten shekels" while embracing the New Testament call to "radical sacrificial giving"; Why false teachers are to the New Testament what false prophets were to the Old Testament. How you and your house can become "legendary"; And much more!

River Houses Rising represents the first installment in a two-part introduction to organic house church. Maurice Smith weaves together history, theology and extensive personal experience in the organic house church movement to explore: Why traditional church attendance has fallen by half in the past generation while participation in organic house churches is growing around the world; The critical role of organic house church in the coming end-time revival and harvest; Why present day institutional churches are inadequate vessels for preserving the fruit of the coming harvest; God's "math problem" and how organic house churches can solve it; Why organic house churches represent the only vehicle for fulfilling the Great Commission in our lifetime; Understanding the differences between rabbits, elephants and mules; The need for organic house churches to network together for greater effectiveness; How the organic church in your house can become a key part of what God is doing in our day; The difference between a religion-shaped spirituality and a Jesus-shaped spirituality; The relationship between organic house church and the Kingdom of God; What it means to be an "end-times" Church; And much more!