CHANGES

God is at work and He is in charge. He is causing the church to go through a time of upheaval to wake it up from its slumber. Awake and be alert for the enemy is out to discredit everything that belongs to God. He is using the rights movement and the gay movement and other movements to challenge the church. This is the battle in the heavenlies and you must not judge by the external. Fight in the supernatural realms to see change in the natural. The warfare is to cause people to lose heart and faith and cling to what is seen. What is seen will disappear one day. Only those who trust in the eternal will be able to stand. The rest will be left on the sidelines. You have to stand to defeat the enemy of your soul. The battle is the Lords. He is bringing about this change. There will be signs in the heavens and on the earth. All these portend to the climax bringing in the salvation of many. So do not lose heart but know that He is in control and He will see you through to the end.

FOCUS ON THE PRESENT

 Christ in me the hope of glory. When you feel the fiery darts come against you, pray in the spirit. This will switch off those negative thoughts. This will break the cycle. Pray in tongues aloud for this too will break the cycle of depressing thoughts. Change your position and do something different. When you get stuck in a rut, movement will get you out of the rut. This is the way to overcome the tactics of the enemy. The enemy will always focus on the past or the future and never on the present. Stay focussed on the present. Become conscious of your breathing. Focussing on your breathing alone will break the cycle. Remind yourself of who you are in Christ. Never compare yourself with another. You are unique, created for a purpose. Daily fix your eyes on Jesus. This is a war you are involved in. Prepare for the war daily. When you get distracted by others or events get back to your primary goal. Your goal keeps you focussed. Jesus faced His Cross and prepared Himself for it. His pain was not the humiliation of death but the separation from the presence of His Father. He is with you always even in death. The Cross has conquered death and there is no separation now from Him. Therefore rejoice that He who has called you will see you till the end.

WILL

In the Spirit you operate with power from on high. In the flesh you operate in your own power. This is the difference between a Spirit filled life and a life in the flesh. Which would you choose? This is where the battle is. The will chooses and your will needs to be surrendered to the Lord. If the will is not surrendered then you will flit between one state and another. You will operate like a split personality. One day you are in the spirit and the next in the flesh. You will also regress from one state to another. You will be confused because you are moving around directed by your feelings and context. This is like role playing. You play different roles depending on where you are . In the world you behave like a worldly person and in church like a spiritual person. This leads to a life of conflict because your inner man becomes distressed by this constant role change. When your will is surrendered to the Lord then His will becomes your will. Only in prayer are you able to sustain this walk in the Spirit. You have been commanded to be filled in the Spirit and be led by the Spirit. This is a walk that only a few can sustain over the long run. This is why many get burnt out because they are trying to play different roles. The roles take over your life and the real you becomes submerged by the roles. When your will is surrendered to Him you become one with Him. He then operates through you. You stop playing roles and you become one who expresses Christ through your role. You just flow in the Spirit and the role becomes secondary to your real identity. Jesus never played roles. He was Jesus whether He was a carpenter or preacher. He operated from a position of surrender. Lord I surrender my will to you so that I can be yours all the time.

HIS KINGDOM

God calls and He equips. When He calls you He will provide for you. He is the Lord of the harvest. He calls those He requires to labour to bring in the harvest. All you need to do is be ready when He calls. This is how the Spirit works. He causes you to yearn for more of Him. He then reveals Himself in ways that astound you and confirm your calling. He then leads you to situations and people who will direct you and cause you to know it is God. God then receives all the glory and the result is fruit that lasts. Human persuasion is not enough. His is a spiritual Kingdom not made with hands. His Kingdom is for eternity and not just for this world. His Kingdom is forever and will continue to eternity. He is building His Kingdom. You are just an instrument for His use to build His Kingdom. Therefore watch how you build.In the spirit you will have all the equipment you need to build a lasting KIngdom. Come Holy Spirit and build your Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

WHOSE POWER?

The mantle of a man is seen in his works. A man of character will demonstrate his faith by his works. Where there are no works the faith is questionable. Works are behaviours that demonstrate your mantle. Your mantle is built through your faith. Faith is the substance of things hoped for. This means that if your faith is on nothing then you will evidence nothing. If your faith is in Christ then you can expect to see Christ in your works. What I am speaks more then what I do. I can do all things in Christ. However I can also do all things for Christ. In Christ means in His power. For Christ means I do it in my strength. The difference is in the whose is the power. Many do things in their own power. Jesus came to give us the gift of the Holy Spirit so that we can do all things in His power. You need a power source to do things. A car needs petrol to power it to move otherwise it will be a beautiful car that does not move. In Christ's power you will never grow weary. His power is endless. Therefore examine in whose power you operate. Just flow in His power and you will never get burnt out.

PRAYER

The Holy Spirit in you will give you the thoughts to share at the time you need them. He is in you and wants to speak and feel through you. When you decide to live for Him then He works through you. This is why only a fully surrendered state will do. In this state you can expect Him to work through you. All your conflicts are due to the flesh wanting your attention. Resist the flesh and obey the Spirit. His Spirit in you will enable you to live life to the full. You are not distracted by fleshly longings and impulses. You tune into His Spirit and become one with Him. This is to walk and talk like Jesus. As you practice this daily you become more like Him. Prayer is to ask, seek and knock. Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open in Jesus Name. Therefore when you pray believe and it will done for you. God wants intercessors who will ask, seek and knock. In this way you look for answers in the Spirit and not in the flesh. Jesus spent time listening to His Father in heaven. He then had the boldness to ask and it was done. What you receive in prayer will be manifest in kind.

TRANSFORMED INTO HIS LIKENESS

The Lord is good and His purposes will be fulfilled in His time. He is the Lord of the whole world and in Him all things are. Because He is the Creator and we are His creation therefore we will always be looking to Him. He is the only one who can fill the void in our heart. He is today and forever the same. He never changes because He is God. He governs the whole world. All the galaxies and stars are in His hands. When you look beyond yourself you realise that he is so mighty. What is man that he is able to comprehend God. This is why He came in the form of man so that we could become like Him and know Him. He is from everlasting to everlasting. There is nothing you and I can do to become like Him. It is all His work. Therefore all I can do is worship Him and be one with Him. I then become like Him. What I identify with I become. If I identify with the world then I become like the world. If I identify with God then I become like God. He sows His thoughts into me and I become like Him. His thoughts become my thoughts and my thoughts then work through my body and mind and spirit. This is the transformation that occurs as I commit all to Him.

FRIENDS

Friends are good spirit for the soul. A friend who sticks by you is like a million dollar investment. They are hard to find for they are made of gold. Even Jesus disciples who were called His friends fled at the time of trouble. It is only after the Holy Spirit had come down upon them that they changed to be true friends who were prepared to die for Him. They all died horrific deaths and proved that they were real friends. Jesus is your friend who will never leave you or forsake you. He is closer then a brother. He is with you all the time. In the centre of your life, He is. Where He is there is peace and joy. There is nothing you can do to earn His friendship. He has purchased you with His blood and in Him you are whole. No one on earth or in heaven can rob you of your inheritance. All you have to do is keep the faith till the end. In Him you will find the resources you need to stand in times of trouble. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and cares to bear. What a privilege we carry, everything to God in prayer.

RESTING IN HIM

God is at work in ways incomprehensible to man. Our finite brains cannot fathom the depth of God's mind. If the things man has been able to advance boggle your mind then think about what HE can do. This is why it is better to operate in His way and in His time then yours. Many have died prematurely because they chose to go their own way then God's way. God has established what is good for man but man chooses to flaunt God's laws. These laws were given for our good. What is good needs to be applied for you to reap its benefits. Lack of application is what leads to staleness. How good to be in God's will and flow in it. It is like flowing in a river of love. You have to rest in the flow and trust His hand will hold you. In the centre of the storm there is stillness. It is only stormy outside the centre. So also in the centre of God's will, you will find perfect peace and rest. In this position you will rise and not fall because God is in the centre. Now what better place to rest amidst the turmoil around. Come my child and rest in me and find solace for your soul.

SUFFERING

God's promises are yes and amen. Therefore meditate on His promises till they become flesh to you. He has promised an abundant life. Meditate on this till you see abundance in health, wealth and salvation. Poverty is a curse and we are poor because we think poor. Abundance comes when we think abundance. Jesus does not want us to suffer because He has already suffered for us. What suffering you go through now is part of the work of salvation. You suffer because your flesh refuses to give in. This suffering is not for your redemption for you have already been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. In the flesh you will suffer because of the evil one who will tempt you and accuse you. When you listen to him then you will be distracted from your path. This distraction causes you to move away from your course and the suffering brings you back on the path. Some suffering can be redemptive when a soul has not come into the light. The suffering of the unsaved is different from the suffering of the saints. You suffer so that your flesh will let go and let God take centre place. This is the process of sanctification. Come now and be bold and free and enter into the riches of His inheritance in Christ Jesus.

DIVORCE

Divorce is a curse on this generation. There has been so much compromise that divorce is another ticket to so called freedom. Freedom has gone haywire with people thinking that freedom means lawlessness. There is no freedom without standards. A child needs limits to help him to know and grow. Without those limits it will be like a bull without a fence. They will be free but with the freedom will be casualties. God set some laws to help people and not to curse them. The laws were given for our good. However man has chosen to flaunt those laws. This is the rebellion of man from the seed of Adam. This rebellion continues and many cope by giving a blind eye to them. This is the cause for so much break down in families and society. The break down of the family starts with the break down of the marriage. A marriage built on sand will not be able to stand the forces against it. There is so much attack on the family that one cannot but think that the enemy is having a hay day in destroying the family. Laws that once were considered taboo now support licentiousness. In these days a christian needs to be on guard for spiritual attacks that will result in break down. These spiritual attacks usually are in the form of gossip and jealousy and fear. Pray and fast till you have victory when you are attacked in these areas. No one will be spared for the enemy will attack.

IN GOD ALONE IS LIFE

A man who seeks after God seeks after life. In God is life. Without God there is no life. He is our life. In Him we breathe and move. His spirit gives us life. Life is in our breath. He breathed life into us. When we stop breathing we stop living. Breathe on me breath of God till I am wholly thine. The Spirit come in the form of wind, fire, cloud and manifests His glory. In His glory is life. In His manifest presence is joy everlasting. In His presence you will have all you need for living life to the full. In God alone is your life and there is no life outside Him. Therefore yearn for Him and thirst for Him. He will fill you with living water and you will never thirst again. Till God fills your life you will feel empty. Only God can fill this emptiness.

TOTAL SURRENDER

Precious is the Name of the Lord who works in me to prosper me and anoint me with His goodness. He is my Lord and God and His love is everlasting. In His love there is no fear. Those who fear God don't know Him. He is the Father to the fatherless and a mother to the motherless. He meets my every need. All your needs are met in Him. Therefore I can surrender all to Him. It is in surrender that i am filled. He cannot fill a vessel that is only partially surrendered. He will not mix His goodness with your self. Anything of self displaces him. This is why He judged the 7 churches in Revelation. He needs total surrender. Lukewarm christians do not welcome Him. He wants a church on fire for Him.This is the only way the church will move forward. In love you can achieve anything. The human heart is hungry for love. When you stretch out your hand in love you become His hand. In all things when you are surrendered He blesses. In blessing you He is blessed. In blessing others you are blessed. This is what will spark revival in His church.

INVEST IN THINGS ETERNAL

The Lord is good and His purposes are great. He is the holder of all things good and in Him there is everlasting joy. His treasures are limitless. He created the world we know and all things in it. Man makes things but God creates things. He formed the mountains and the streams. He formed the fish and the bird. All things are from Him and there is nothing that exists without Him. He feeds the birds and the fish and all  look to Him for sustenance. Great are His works and all we can do is marvel at His works. Man's works are nothing compared to His and all that man has made will one day perish. Therefore why invest in things that are perishable? The Kingdom of God is eternal.His Kingdom lasts forever. Therefore invest in things eternal for your inheritance is eternal. We admire the things of nature but they all last for a time. The things eternal are of the spirit and soul. Jesus came to bring eternal life so that our hope is in the eternal and not the earthly. Many die defeated because they did not have a eternal hope. Fix your eyes on Jesus and be blessed.

WAIT ON THE LORD

How good is the Lord that He provides the now word for the season you are going through. Why bother to worry about things when all you need to do is wait on Him to hear His now word. When you worry your mind just goes round in circles. It is as if you are stuck in a cycle that keeps going round on the same track. When you wait on the Lord then your mind stops going round in circles. You begin to wait to hear His word. When His word comes through you find a peace that envelopes you. This is the only way to combat worry. Seek the Lord and He will answer. His delay is not because He wants you to suffer but because He wants you to grow. A plant needs time to grow before it bears fruit. So also whatever your situation or problem commit to the Lord and wait for His answer. In this way He will get the glory. You will sit back and marvel.

GOD IS BUILDING HIS KINGDOM

Jesus did what He saw His Father doing. He just followed the lead of His Father. We too need to just do what He is doing. Many times we get so taken up with our own programmes that we lose the way. This is God's Kingdom and His work. It only becomes our work when the kingdom we are building is ours. In God's Kingdom he is the leader, we are His tools. He needs tools to build His Kingdom. We are His hands and feet and tongue, ears and eyes. All we need to do is surrender all our faculties to Him. Then as we follow the leading of His Spirit we will be building His Kingdom. It is His harvest we are involved in. All we need to do is be prepared to be the channel of His blessing. He will move through us if we let Him. He will pray through us and speak through us and heal through us. We are channels of His blessing. This is how He will build His kingdom. Now it is no more work but flow. He flows through us. We become springs of living water to all who are thirsty. This is a paradigm shift as we spend time with Him, He builds us up to be His vessels of power. Without His power it will all seem hard work and labour. No He wants us to rest and let Him build His Kingdom. This is a spiritual Kingdom and only the Spirit can build it. Not by might nor by power but be my Spirit says the Lord. Now relax and be bold.

WORRY FREE LIVING

The Holy Spirit is my senior partner. With Him at the helm I can do anything. Imagine that.Jesus said after He has gone He would leave a Comforter, the Holy Spirit who will guide and lead us on our onward walk. He is real and He is a friend. Now all we need to do is become conscious of His presence within us. He is near and everywhere. He knows the future and in Him we are secure. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and fears to bear. He bears our burdens and all we have to do is rest. Most of our sorrows are due to our own doing. We worry about the cares of life rather then let Him bear it for us. He has done everything for us. Now all we need to do is let Him bear it. Do we trust Him to bear it? You know from past experience that what you worry about never comes to pass. So worry is just a distractor from living life to the full. When we let Him bear our burdens than we will feel light and free.