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longing to find new ways to express the new life that God has
given them in Jesus Christ. The focus of Ruach (breath of
Life) Ministries is on helping believers to draw near to God,
and to make room for His Ruach - His breath, wind and Spirit.
That's when seeking Him becomes an adventure rather than a
chore! Through a variety of articles,
books and publications, Ruach Ministries aims to provide
valuable resources to develop our walk with the Lord, and to
help us understand many of the things that are on God's heart.
These range from practical biblical studies on specific themes
to insights into world events. (These we do not usually post on
the website).
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The Web site |
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As we develop this site, we pray it will be
a place that you enjoy returning to. There is a considerable amount of
material to get your teeth into.
For example, we have now posted an illustrated version of one of
Robert's books online: Intimacy and Eternity, together with a
number of Pilgrim's Guides.
Most of these can be downloaded, as can a number of precious
Audio resources
from the appropriate section of our website. You will find much
elsewhere to touch your senses and inspire creativity. See for example
the extensive Photo Galleries, and the poetry sections.
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How Ruach Ministries came
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Robert
Weston writes...
Back in
1980 the Lord began to
speak to us about the state of the nation. What He showed us at this
time - about His heart, and the state of the nation and the relative
weakness of the Church in the face of so many anti-Christian forces –
changed and shaped our lives.
The 'message for our
times' He gave us at that time evolved into a full-scale ministry
over the next twenty years. Working in conjunction with worship groups
such as Wellspring and with numerous churches and fellowships at home
and abroad, we shared as much as we had come to understand of the heart of God with
the people of God - mainly through publications, and leading prayer
and worship conferences.
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And then . . .
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Through
a series of dramatic interventions,
the Lord Jesus showed us that Ros and
I were
about to experience a complete change of direction in our
lives. A process began through Ros accepting a midwifery post on a
remote and rural island. In the space of a few months we had uprooted from Shropshire and
were embarking on a sojourn of unknown duration on Shetland, based in a lovely house called Ruach.
For three and a half years we sent out the story of what God was doing
in Shetland through the Shetland Saga, as well as continuing our
ministry of teaching and intercession.
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Why Shetland? |
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The Pilgrimage Continues
Many people recognised that God has a strategic purpose for
these islands. We discovered that a call had been given some years
before to host a conference on behalf of Europe that was to be held in
Shetland. You can visit the
Fire from the North
section to read about the really special international prayer
conference we organised there on behalf of the northern nations in the
summer of 2005.
We received a subsequent
call for us to do something similar in the summer of 2008 for the
Channel Islands and the southern nations, through an excellent week long
prayer conference in Jersey called
Fire from the Isles.
Our latest prayer and
worship conference called ABLaZE in Hastings, was held October 13th - 17th 2009.
Robert and Ros have recently moved to the beautiful town of
Malvern, in Worcestershire, where Rosalind has taken a post lecturing in
midwifery, and Robert is continuing his wide-ranging ministry. Their
more or less weekly send-outs have been going out now for many years to
about eight hundred people, most of whom are in some form of Church
leadership in many different denominations. We greatly value these
contacts and relationships that the Lord has woven, and in many cases
over many years.
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The Focus of the Calling: to draw close to God
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Recognising that our daily work can be lived as a vocation
for the Lord, rather than seeing it just as a career.
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Integrating music, worship,
teaching and prayer in our times of fellowship together, rather than
seeking them as separate and "self-contained."
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Having the courage to go beyond
information-sharing to pray about the things you have been
talking about. (Virtually every time Christians
meet together they share matters that are worthy of lifting
to our Father). This is when times of fellowship become encounters
with God - and life itself becomes prayer.
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Being imaginative and comprehensive
in the range of subjects we pray about!
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Praying about international matters
with as much passion and compassion as we would for matters close to
home and heart.
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We are in touch with a large number
of people and welcome insights, testimonies and articles (though we
cannot promise to publish them), as well as requests for prayer.
Please click here
to make contact.
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We
do pray you will be greatly blessed as you surf this site. Enjoy the
photo galleries: they are really special. Enjoy the teaching articles
and get stuck into at least some of the intercession issues. And may the Lord Jesus meet with you all the
way!
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In His love,
Robert & Rosalind (Weston)
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We pray that you will experience some special touch from God
every time you log on to this web site.
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