Spiritual Breakthrough – Opening Night of Thank God its Friday

April 25, 2011 0 Comments

We opened the doors for people to come in at 7:30pm Friday the 8^th April 2011. I didn’t know what to expect. This was very new, very different. I felt underprepared, but hopeful and excited about what could happen!

This was the opening night, ‘the planting’, of a new revolutionary movement called ‘Thank God it’s Friday’, pioneered by Edward and Jenny Gourlay 15 years ago. This healing and gathering model is used by Edward and Jenny Gourlay globaly. Three years ago a “Thank God It’s Friday” (TGIF) was started in Sydney, and ran for a short period, (5 months) due to Edward and Jenny’s evangelism call to the East it was shut down. This mixed denominational approach was, well simply put amazing.The good news of it spread quickly to people who had walked away from church, or was simply over it. It was found that there are a large group of people who were wrongly judged, or just did not fit into the ‘norm of the church.’

People are releasd in their giftings, of if they are not understanding where they fit in, the group encourages them. TGIF is a safe place, and we are not interested in the past, only in the presence of a loving healing Father, through his son Jesus. We see amazing healings, miracles and peole find true peace and are blessed.

Newcastle was chosen to re start “Thank God It’s Friday,” due to a vision God gave Edward over the last months, and as we have chosen to seek God we also ‘caught’ the vision and are running with it and God has given us many signs and confirmations that this is right.

This is a sample flyer that Eddy and I designed for Thank God it's Friday

There were a few of us gathered in the hall, then we started to lie down as some soft intimate music was played. At first my mind was still racing about work and schedules and ‘stuff’! but as I lay there my mind started to rest, I focused on God, my maker, my creator; Jesus, the lover of my sole. I started to talk to God, I could feel His presence flowing through me, I could hear several others crying around me. God was here! And we simply let Him in. We didn’t get in the way of Him with our busy programs or activities or routines.

As I continued to lie on the floor, I took myself out of the equation, I wasn’t thinking about myself anymore and then God took me on a journey; He gave me images, feelings, brought back memories of my past that I’d forgotten, He showed me things and I was very moved in my spirit.

I felt intimacy with God, and was refreshed and renewed! I had eaten from the bread of life (John 6:35), I had soaked up the Spirit of the living God!

Later, Eddy preached the Word of God and read from the book of Isaiah, and then signs and wonders followed as Stuart gave prophesy over many of us who gathered including me, the prophesy for me was completely accurate and proved that it had come from God as there was no way Stuart would have known what he said.

God revealed to my wife and I that we had to forgive each other for not submitting to each other and we did this in front of the gathering.

Others received amazing spiritual breakthrough and their lives will never be the same!

Here’s some photos from the opening night:

01 Thank God it’s Friday - Opening Night