Once we have committed ourselves to a cause, there is no turning back. We have all made a decision to serve the cause of Christ and it was never one that we took lightly. It's our all for Jesus and we are set upon a path and a race that doesn't finish half way along the track or half way to our goal but it's to the very finish line itself.
To drop out midway is to lose our reward.
God changes things... get used to it
Being the same isn't necessarily the best for our spiritual health. I don't mean we should be unstable, no I'm talking growth!
God wants us to grow!!! And when I say grow I mean produce a lot of fruit!
If we stagnate in life that's when our growth as a spiritual man or woman stops! Or at the least it slows to the point you barely notice your alive.
You end up with some angel holding a mirror to your lips to check for signs of breath in the body and shaking his head...
Mat 27:50: "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
And behold the vail in the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom;
And the earth did quake and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose..
The place where they were was shaken...
Sometimes it's good to have a shake up in your life. Things can become rutted and enclosed and traditional in a bad way. [read more...]
Having therefore boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
by a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us...
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. [read more...]
"Be stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.." (1 Cor 15 : 57)
It's amazing how easy it is for the enemy to put some Christians off track. [read more...]
... The word says that the life is in the blood. Contained within the blood of Jesus, that he poured out upon the cross for mankind, is the very essence of life itself. Unless we have his blood applied to our lives, we are not free, we are not forgiven, we are not healed and we are heading for a lost eternity. [read more...]
What a word from one of the highest angels to Mary the soon to be mother of Christ himself! Gabriel knew whereof he spoke as he had already previously declared in this same chapter to a dumbfounded priest called John. [read more...]
"But if the spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead, SHALL also quicken your mortal body by his spirit that dwelleth in you! " - Rom 8:11
Gods word has power and as soon as you receive it by faith, it swings into action in your heart... [read more...]
How do you ever describe how holy our God is? David said who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?The Philistines said before battle with Israel "How shall we fight against this holy God?"... [read more...]
Action speaks louder than words
The freedom that your life as a child of God has been brought into should not be surrendered or given over ever to anyone man or devil but guarded jealously by you. [read more...] "Do you want God in your life? Do you feel so thirsty inside for him that you could just curl up and die if he doesn't touch you?
Not having his Spirit within you is an awful prospect. If his life isn't in us we are just dried up roots of a dusty tree marooned way out in death valley Nevada surrounded by the bleached bones of some unfortunate settlers dead cow. [read more...] "I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living!" Ps 27:13 The moment a Christian starts to go under, is when they stop believing! You can't succeed unless you believe. King David in this psalm knew the importance of holding fast to the goodness of God that was coming for him, even when his situations looked blackest. [read more...] "I pray that you might know what is the exceeding greatness of his power that is towards you who believe, according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead." Eph 1:19-20
Working in someone who believes in Christ is the exceeding greatness of Gods mighty, unlimited power. [read more...]
It's really good when the Holy ghost is allowed to get to work upon our lives. We constantly NEED to be filled with him daily so that God can move us towards his best plan for our future...[read more...]
"The lord bless you and keep you and make his face shine upon you and give you peace. "
Num 6:24-27
Isn't the word of God amazing! It says eyes haven't seen, neither have ears heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man the things that God has prepared for them that love him. I'm telling you today that God loves you. You should never be confused or left in any doubt about that point. He says he has loved us with an everlasting love. Love that has no end, love that won't run out. If you have a heart that loves God, then good things are in store, laid up for you to enter into... [read more...]
"That good thing which was committed unto you keep by the Holy ghost which dwelleth in you." 2 Tim 1:14
This week I want you to believe me when I tell you that there is an amazing deposit of God in you.
Given to you according to Gods word and it is something good! We have this treasure in earthen vessels. We're the earthen bit, the treasure being the God bit. [read more...]
"So let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets us and run with patience the race that is set before us looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith" Heb 12:1,2
It's time to shed the 'stuff' that's bogging down your Christianity! Paul said here that we need to lay aside/put off/cast off/shake off whatever it is that's slowing ... [read more...]
Word 2/10/11
"Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire ignites. And the tongue is a fire...."
How's your tongue doing these days? A thorny question I know but how we use this little fire lighter is very very crucial... [read more...]
Word 10/9/11
"When Jesus had said this, he spat on the ground and made some clay and spread it on the mans eyes, and he said to him go and wash in the pool of Siloam which means sent and the man went and washed and came back seeing"
Jn 9:6
Sometimes what God tells us to do can seem strange to us, sometimes what we are told to do may not make sense to our minds but.... [read more...]
Word 3/9/11
"That I might know him and the power of his resurrection."
Phil 3:10
This is an amazing scripture, one of my favourites. Favourite because it's talking to the point... [read more...]
Word 21/8/11
"Where the word of a king is there is power!" Gods word in our life has power. I love this scripture because it's not just talking about some earthly king but the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
His name of course is Jesus, the one we love and should be serving with all our hearts. [read more...]
To God Belongs The Glory
Let's face it, it's up to each of us, whether or not we are going to give, or withhold from God, the praise he rightly deserves. We have a will of our own which we can yield to God or decide to go it alone without his help. God says that HE WILL SHARE NONE OF HIS GLORY WITH ANOTHER [read more...]
Word 6/8/11
" Where the word of a king is there is power!" Gods word in our life has power. I love this scripture because it's not just talking about some earthly king but the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
His name of course is Jesus, the one we love and should be serving with all our hearts. [read more...]
Word 25/7/11
“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it. Unless the lord keeps the city, the watchmen wake in vain...” The big question to ask yourself, if you dare to, is God building or are you? [read more...]
Word 9/7/11
According as he has chosen us, actually picked us out, to be in him before the world even was... That we should be holy and without blame before him in love. [read more...]
Word
" In the begining was the word and the word was with God and the word was God..... All things were made by him. [read more...]
Don't let a relationship ruin your life...
God wants you to cultivate good relationships in life and to make wise decisions about the people you are giving yourself to and spending time with. Life is too short to be spent with people who are not in God's plan for your life. [read more...]
Prayer...
Ok its time to talk about prayer, don’t all switch off, or faint on me now. It is time to look at how you can revolutionise your lives, each and everyone of you, through the very simple life changing act of getting into prayer. If you need to be inspired when it comes to prayer, then this is going to be the place to be. [read more...]
Always a Reason to Praise ...
We should never be without a reason to praise god and to declare what he’s done for us. We should always have a testimony about the things he’s doing in our lives. The reason for this is simple, no testimony, nothing happening! I firmly believe that we should be never short of a reason to give God the glory and to tell other people about what he’s doing in our lives. [read more...]
Observations of Confusion...
I’m sure I am not alone in thinking that although we, all of us, have so many technological and material benefits because we happen to be living at a time in history, where there are more comforts, more knowledge, and more stimuli than ever before, all is not well at the same time. [read more...]
Saved ...
There can be no doubt that the coolest guy on Earth or, rather in the universe, is God; He created us and put up with us in the Old Testament then gracefully forgave us in the New by sending the most amazing person to ever slip on a pair of sandals and… well…. Breath. Jesus Christ, first name Jesus second name Christ. [read more...]
To Get Results You Need Action ...
As Christians we are here to represent Christ and to uphold our part in being good examples of him and to see his name honoured and not dishonoured. Your life is supposed to be looking like Jesus. You’re here to learn how to be more like him than less. Some Christians actually start off better than where they’re ending up and so like Peter, I want to remind you of some of the finer things of life in God that should be seen in you. [read more...]
We Can Do It ...
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. If God be for me who can be against me, I shall make you the head and not the tail."
These are just a few of the scriptures that tell me the truth that as a born again believer if I want to be a success in Christ I can be. A lie that is oft thrown our way as Christians is that aiming for failure is a good option; that poverty and disaster are a sign of Christian piety, that our diseases are a sign of Christian suffering, in order to show us that this earth is an awful place to live in. [read more...]
Against All Odds...
The Bible is full of people overcoming their problems and obstacles to achieve what can only be described as a truly happily ever after, when having finally achieved the goal that has been so elusive in the past they can finally, without shame or fear, say “I Love God and will forever after serve you with uninhibited Joy and gratefulness, because You, You saved me and gave Your only Son unto death that I might have the promise of eternal life, spent with you.” [read more...]