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DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?

14/01/2017 0 Comment

John 5:5-8 – Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

Do you want to be healed? At first glance that may sound like a strange question; but is it? Sometimes we tend to hide behind our weaknesses and even our sicknesses. It can be easier to be a victim than it is to be whole. After all, its not my fault that I am this way and ..

I SHALL SEE GOD

13/01/2017 0 Comment

In my flesh shall I see God.Job 19:26

We have seen a phenomenon called Beyond the Grave in our church since 1999. 18 years ago no one had any idea the impact this multi-media production would have on all of our lives. No one was talking about heaven or hell in those days, the church seemed to have been fixated on the here and now. All that seemed to matter was how I could be a success in life. The words of Jesus seemed to have been somehow forgotten, Luke 9:25 “For what does it profit a man if ..

THE ECCLESIA

12/01/2017 0 Comment

1Cor. 1:2 ¶ To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours

The New Testament word for church is ECCLESIA. It is full of shades of meaning describing the life we have been called to enjoy. This word for church describes a little bit of who we are, the called out ones. We have been called out of one culture into another, we are set apa..

“ENORMOUS EYE GIGANTIC HEAD”

11/01/2017 0 Comment

MERRY WEDNESDAY BY PARRIS

“But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn’t be a body, but a monster. What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own.” 1 COR. 12
Paul never stopped developing the mystery of Christ in us, the hope of gl..

Alone with God

10/01/2017 0 Comment

Jesus … withdrew again to a mountain.
Jn. 6:15
One of the mysteries of the humanity of Christ is seen in His prayer life. Here is the creator of all things in utter dependency on His Father. Jesus could have commanded stones to be turned to bread but He didn’t, He had chosen another way to live His life. He showed us by example what it means to be in total dependency on our Heavenly Father. Jesus taught us about the necessity of private prayer. To glimpse into the prayers of Jesus would be the m..

LET THERE BE LIGHT

09/01/2017 0 Comment

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Gen.1:4
Funny how different the world appears after the light is turned on. For me, I spent my first twenty one years spinning in circles, walking in darkness trying to feel my way through life. If I wasn’t high I was figuring out how to get high. My life was consumed with myself and the pleasures of the moment. That seemed like the right way to live because that is all I could see. I couldn’t see the value of ..

THE HARDEST OF ALL LESSONS

08/01/2017 0 Comment

John 11:4 ¶ When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

If there were never any problems we wouldn’t need God’s intervention in our lives. What stood out so clearly in the life and ministry of Jesus? It was the signs wonders and miracles that set Him apart. God’s love for us and the greatness of His glory are clearly seen in the power of God in the ministry of Jesus Christ. If Jesus never performe..

GOD’S DECREES

07/01/2017 0 Comment

Rom. 8:28-30 ¶ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

God’s word is powerful. From the opening page of the Bible, throughou..

AWAKEN AGAIN

06/01/2017 0 Comment

Phil. 3:10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

Jesus often spoke of people who had eyes to see but can’t see and ears to hear and can’t hear. Paul talked about being dead in our trespasses and our sins. Until we are awakened we are not aware of our deadness to spiritual things. Awakening effects us on multiple levels. First, our view and perspective of God Himself is radically changed. We see Him as the most..

RENEWED

05/01/2017 0 Comment

Let the people renew their strength.
Isa. 41:1
Renewal is all around us. Our air is renewed by the grass and the trees, the earth is renewed with the four seasons, the water is renewed as it is drawn up into the sky and falls as fresh rain on the earth. All of creation is in a constant state of renewal, this speaks to us about a healthy spiritual life. All of us Christians need daily renewal. How does it come? For me it comes from soaking in God’s word and reading old spiritual books, it comes b..