MAN REJECTS GOD

Man was made to worship God. Man's needs are met through God his Creator. How can man live without God? There will always be a void in man's heart if he rejects God. This void must be filled. Only the Spirit can fill this void. When man rejects God, he rejects himself because he has rejected his Creator. Man is saying I am my own boss. In this is the fall of man. Adam rejected God and fell. Lucifer rejected God and fell. When man rejects God he will be swayed by other gods that are self made to please man. So the story repeats itself through the generations and man never changes. He cannot change for sin has possession of him. Now the only way out for man is through Jesus who came to redeem man from his sin soaked state. In Jesus we are freed from the terror of sin. We are filled in His Spirit and come home. So come Lord Jesus and fill this house and be my Lord.

SAVIOUR OF ALL

Hallelujah what a God we have. He is the Alpha and Omega of our faith. He is ever near and a daily help in all our struggles. He is forever Yahweh. He is my Father and your Father. There is nothing that can separate us from His love. His love under girds us and His love keeps us moving in faith. It is because of His love that we have hope for tomorrow. His love sustains us through the trials and tribulations we face daily. Lord thank you for your love. Love is a foundation that keeps us firm in faith. Love cannot be bought. Love is. You know love in your heart and your heart responds in love to the needs around you. Without love the human heart will fail. They say love keeps the world moving. I say God's love keeps the world moving. Without God there is no hope because everything will one day die. Death is the only thing we can be sure of without God. Jesus overcame death and therefore we have hope of a new life and death has lost its sting. Now rejoice and be glad for He lives today to save. Call on Him and be glad for He is the Saviour of the Lord. Only He can unite the sinner and the saint. He is the Redeemer of all mankind. Pray that all we call on Him and be saved. Salvation belongs to the Lord.

TOTAL SURRENDER

God is at work in you to will and to do has so empowered me to know that it is His work and and not mine. All He requires is total surrender so that He can do His work in me unhindered. Self refuses to die and this is a life long battle of surrender. We can die to the world and everyone else but to die to self is the battle that rages on. Only way is to apply our will to the Cross so that His will can be in control. Jesus is the only one and not the first. The first means that there are others. Only means there is no other. This must be your commitment or else something will always come in between.When the Spirit has total control then you will walk in the glory of the Lord. His glorious presence will so engulf you that nothing else can take its place. Lord come now should be the cry of your heart. It is His presence that will transform lives. Come Lord Jesus and transform my life today to be a glorious emblem of your presence.

TO WILL AND TO DO

God is at work in you to will,that is, to make you willing, and to do, that is. to help you to do, according to His good pleasure Phil 2:13. What a powerful verse to know that He is the One who is doing it through us. We have no power but He has all power. All we need to do is surrender to his will. It is so easy when we come to the place of total surrender. He knows our weakness in the flesh and He knows we need help. He has promised to help us and all we have to do is trust Him to do. I love it because He is my Helper and friend. Is there anyone like Him? No other religion can say this because they are based on rules and regulations. Rules and regulations do not work because the flesh is against it. Now the Spirit can work through our will to help us do according to His good pleasure. It pleases God when we are in the centre of His will. Others may laugh at us like they did when Noah built the Ark. Who had the last laugh? It was too late then for all perished. Now God has made it possible to live an abundant life in Him through His Spirit. All we have to do is submit to Him. Call on the Name of Jesus and you will do and not despair.

MORAL COMPASS

Praise God who sends people at the right time to encourage, exhort and lead into new hope and challenge. The church needs to be revived to answer the call to evangelise. The world is rapidly going down the slide of moral depravity and will end in suicide. When morality loses ground then what replaces it will be like Sodom and Gomorrah. There will be all kinds of evil activity and people will live for themselves. All your base desires will emerge to express itself in sexual and murderous ways. This is the path to self destruction. It is already happening in individuals, families and nations. What you are witnessing around the world is the loss of a compass to keep the nations growing and flourishing. Instead nations have turned in amongst themselves and are on the path to self destruct. This happens when a nation loses its moral compass. The Bible was the moral compass for many nations. Now it is being discarded for other less moral rules which are self made and to suit base desires. Base desires come to the fore when morality slips. Your conscience becomes seared and you mould with your environment. This is what history has taught us yet we blindly go down the same path again and again. It is as if the next generation has not learnt from the past. The story of Israel exemplifies this trend. Lord help us stem this tide of moral degradation now.

PASSION

Prayer is your life line with God. A life line is like a blood line that nourishes you and processes all that needs to be excreted. All that is not of God will be excreted and that which is of God will nourish your soul.Through prayer you have this vital communication with your Creator. He will reveal His mind to you and you will discern what is good and His will for you. As you surrender your will to Him, His will becomes your will. You then become like Him as you are united in one Spirit. The Holy Spirit will feel and speak through you. He will bring to your remembrance the things of God and enlighten your mind. This enlightening leads to action.Action follows revelation. If there is no revelation then all you have is letters that mean nothing and therefore will not lead to action. Revelation results in passion and passion results in action. The revelation may come in the form of vision or word but it needs to activate passion to propel you forward. Passion is the work engine of the vision being realised. So pray and be in touch and be involved in His world.

SPIRITUAL NATURE

Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. What words to magnify the immensity of the salvation in Christ Jesus. A sinner saved from sin is the miracle of salvation. This is no small work but the Spirit is merciful and will save anyone who cries out to be saved. Salvation belongs to the Lord. How the words of scripture come at opportune times to help us in our walk. This is why it is so important to read the scriptures. The Spirit can then bring to our remembrance the words of life that we need at such times. God gave us the scriptures as His love letter to us. Now we feed on his words and are transformed by His love into a new being. The words of life are transformational because they are birthed in the Spirit and begets a spiritual nature. The new nature we have is spiritual. In the Spirit we can believe and receive His promises without hindrance. God is the author of all things. His people can know His mind and do exploits.

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

Praise the Lord for His guidance and His provision. He is so good and He is a constant companion. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear. He is the bearer and all we do is enjoy the ride. He carries our burdens and so our burden is light. What more can you ask for then this? Jesus saves is truly a operative word for today. He is the only Saviour who can bear our burdens. The burdens we carry are too heavy to bear but He is here to bear them. Oh if only we will trust in Him and not worry. He has proved worthy over and over again yet we forget. Just like the Israelites who were shown many signs yet they forgot. They demanded a physical God and were not satisfied with the unseen God. We too are so led by our senses that we need signs to guide us. God calls us to walk by faith and not by sight. Signs are needed for the unsaved and not the saved. The saved can see because they were once blind. Now we exercise our faith eyes and believe and walk by faith. We will see what men cannot see with their physical eyes. Help us to see O Lord and live.

COCOONED IN HIS LOVE

How good it is know that the Lord is your constant companion. You will never be alone for He has said He will never leave you or forsake you. He is a friend and a guide. He is a problem solver. He is the great healer. You have all your needs met in Him. Therefore take Him at His word and live. His blood flows through your veins and cleanses you. All 60,000 miles of vessels in your body flow with His blood. You are His and he nourishes all the cells of your body. His eternal life flows through you. You are His and He is yours and together you are one. One to conquer the world and to be a witness of His salvation. Blessed is the man who seeks the Lord with all His heart. Your heart is the centre of your being. From your heart flows all the vital issues of life. Cleanse your heart and let it be filled with His Spirit who resides in your heart. Your heart commands what will be as it communes with His Spirit who dwells in you. Never forget His benefits and praise Him all day. Now you can face the day with a spring in your step because He lives. He lives and therefore you have hope of a good day in Him. All that is of the enemy cannot touch you for you are cocooned in His love. What a Saviour is He.

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSSING

Sanctification is a process. The Holy Spirit living within you is doing the work of cleansing and purifying. When you surrender to Him He burns up the dross and cleanses you. This is a ongoing process. The flesh will always try to go its own way but the Spirit will direct you His way. His way is the only way to live an abundant life. His life in you is the source of your strength. You are a spear head and He is the spear. He will propel you to unmask the enemy and put him to flight. The Lord is powerful and His presence in you is your power source. When you realise this then nothing is impossible for you to do. All the resources of heaven are available to you. Fret not and you will want not. Fretting is a sign of fleshy desires not met. The flesh yearns to satisfy itself while the Spirit wants to satisfy the needs of others. The outlook of one is inward while the other is outward. You can decide from this what spirit is controlling you. The Holy Spirit always serves others and never serves itself. You are filled to fill. You are blessed to bless. So rejoice in your blessing and never compare yourself with others.

LED BY THE SPIRIT

When led by the Spirit you will be reminded of what needs to be done and who you need to contact and given new insights into things. The Spirit will guide you and grant you wisdom as what to do. If you draw a blank then it is time to wait and pray. Prayer prepares you to allow the Spirit to work through till a solution is found. This is exciting for now you are operating from above and not from below. To operate from above is to operate in the might of the Spirit and not the flesh. For spiritual break throughs only waiting on the Spirit can do. It is His work and we are to follow Him. In the flesh we do in our ability. In the Spirit He does in His ability. Which would you prefer? You are to enjoy life because all your needs are met in Him. When you struggle to survive you are just existing and not living. To live is to breathe the pure air of the Spirit. He will infuse you with His holy air and all your cells of your being will be revived and you will mount up like an eagle and never be phased again. Your strength comes from the Spirit within you. This is why when you pray you just voice the words of the Spirit from your spirit and not from your head. This is powerful intercession and will get through to the heart of the people and transform them. Be filled today in the Spirit and live life to the full.

UNITY IN SPIRIT

In the Spirit there is unity. This unity can never be achieved in the flesh. When saints come together in the Spirit then there will be unity. In this atmosphere the Spirit will move powerfully in gifts distributed freely. The saints will exercise these gifts to bless each other. Healing, peace and love will flow freely. Fears will be vanquished and hope will be restored.There will be such a uniting of hearts that all needs will be met. In the flesh there will be envy and jealousy and back biting. In the Spirit there will be love, joy and peace. This is why the Kingdom of God restores righteousness , peace and joy. The church is God's Kingdom on earth. Yet there is so much of the world in His church. Man then tries to control the fleshly sins by introducing rules for right conduct. The church then splits because egos are hurt. This is the story of the church but God's church moves on despite this. For this time we have to contend with both the worldly church and His church. His church cannot be walled in but is free and is the universal church in the Spirit. We have communion with Him and His saints will continue to do His work in all parts of the world where they are called to serve. So do not be discouraged or dismayed. God is in control and His Kingdom will be established on earth as it is in heaven.

YOUR NEW NATURE

God has given you a new nature when you were made a new creation in Christ. He has given you a new heart. This means you have His nature in you. Hard to believe but it is true. I have given you a new heart and put my Spirit within you. The old has passed and the new has come. So why is it that we still operate in our old self still? This is because we stopped believing in His promises. We need to continuously walk in His presence to experience His nature. We can choose to walk in the flesh or in the Spirit. When we choose to walk in the flesh then the old feelings and thinking operate. In the new, the new nature operates. This is why you find that when you walk in the Spirit the new feelings and thoughts come alive. We are called to walk in the Spirit all the time not sometime! How can one do this unless there is total surrender to Him. As long as we are in the flesh we will be tempted to walk in our old ways. This is where discipline and constant battle with the flesh and the devil take place. But when you walk in your new nature the flesh has no attention at all. The devil can't touch you when walk in the Spirit. The key is to be filled daily in the Spirit and to walk by the Spirit.

REGRESSIVE FEELINGS

When regressive feelings assail you, trust the Lord to hold you. He knows your heart and these feelings will come and go. The devil will condemn you for these feelings but the Lord will hold you. All the experiences you go through are allowed by the Lord who is your keeper. He will hold you and comfort you and bring you to the place of victory. These feelings will pass. Remember you belong to Him and so you will be a target for the devil who hates you. Know the Lord loves you and He has experienced the same feelings. Therefore rise up and be bold and tell the devil to go away. The Lord looks at the heart of man and not his actions. David was a man after the heart of God, yet he fell into regressive ways. This is the human condition and only the Lord can save us. Sin will always be a source of failure and discomfort on earth. Sin will never be a problem in heaven. Therefore watch and pray that you maybe kept from sins way.

STAY FIXED

Staying fixed on Jesus is vital when the storms rage and the clouds are dark and heavy. Jesus rested in the boat while everyone else panicked. He rested in His Father's love and care. Now you can rest in Jesus lap when the storms rage around you. The enemy will send these storms but you are ruled from within and not from without. When you rule from within then what is inside you is more important then what is outside you. Popular support does not last for people change their minds like the wind. Therefore it is important to stay the course when things do not go your way. It is the strong that last to the end of the race. Life is a race for death is a reality. Today will never come again. Time and tide waits for no man. So make the best of today and leave the rest to God. This is the only way to live a vibrant life. Enjoy today and praise God you are alive and well. Nothing else matters for what you have today is the best you can have today.

PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE

There are many voices that will invade your space and take your attention. You must take charge and decide which ones you will entertain. Thoughts are sent to you from different sources including spiritual sources. When you are fixed in purpose and know who you are and what your purpose is, then distracting thoughts will enable you to stay on course. You will make choices minute by minute to stay focussed on your reason for living  and not be detracted. Jesus faced the Cross daily in His life because He knew that was His purpose. You have one purpose now to be His witness in a torn and hopeless world. You are the only sign of the Christ the world will see. He has called you for this purpose and to this purpose you must stay fixed. All your faculties will come in line when you are fixed in purpose. Everything that comes along will serve your larger purpose. Now is the time to rise above the chaos and confusion of the world like a plane that rises above the clouds. Now in the Spirit you can cruise daily above the clouds and reach your destination on time. Nothing is going to delay your arrival because the angels of heaven are with you. Your calling is sure and God is with you every inch of the way. It is this confidence in Him that will drive you forward and with purpose.

RESURRECTION POWER

There is power in the Cross because it is a positive sign of the power of God. The Cross is a symbol of salvation and resurrection power. Without the Cross there would not be a resurrection. Death to self is bearing one's own cross. Death to self enables one to access the resurrection power of the cross. We cannot walk in the flesh and the Spirit. The only way to walk in the Spirit is through death to self. This is why the cross is the only answer to resurrection power. However many embrace the Cross but not the power. They embrace the Cross to go through the slavish cycle of sin and repentance. The answer is to walk in the Spirit and the flesh will have no power over you. We however want to embrace the flesh and the Spirit. A divided mind will go no where. Embrace the Cross and the resurrection power of Jesus and see how your walk will be amazing. The resurrection power of Jesus will release the power of heaven on earth to do His will as it is in heaven. His power will change your world upside down. You will walk right side up and see the world through His eyes. Praise the Lord.

KINGDOM OF GOD

Prayer is like breathing. If you stop breathing you are dead. If you stop praying, you are dead spiritually. When you pray you are in communion with the Father and He communicates with you and spiritual resources are available to you. You were born a spiritual being and without the breath of God you are just existing and not living. A living being breathes. Breathe on me breath of God till I am wholly thine. The Spirit is like breath. You breathe in the Spirit. How can we live without praying? Praying is not just asking for things. It is a relationship with the Father. It is to be in fellowship with the One who created you. God has established prayer as a means of resourcing and doing His will on earth as it is in heaven. Without His resources we cannot build His Kingdom. His Kingdom is not of this world. He is building a spiritual Kingdom where He is King. His disciples on earth build His Kingdom on earth by praying and sharing His life. Man builds a replica of God's Kingdom. His Kingdom is unseen and therefore it is only when we begin to walk in the unseen world that we truly see His Kingdom. The church maybe dying but His church is growing. So do not judge His church by external standards. He knows those who are His and they know Him. Therefore praise God at all times for the unseen Kingdom of God.

UP IN THE SPIRIT

When you are on a downer look to the Spirit for an upper. The Spirit will lift you up when you are feeling down. The Spirit works from within you to change your thinking and feeling. You access His thoughts rather then your thoughts. Praying in tongues stirs up the Spirit within you and the flow of thoughts will begin. Now you have access to another source of thoughts  and these thoughts then ignite the corresponding feelings of love, peace and joy. This is how you will need to run your life when things get you down. There are different mood states you will go through the day. Remember the feelings will pass. But you can do something to stay on top. Pray in tongues and this is a sure way to cut through the miasma of thoughts and feelings that depress you. The Spirit has been given to you to stand against the assaults from within and without. Stay fixed in the Spirit so that you don't get distracted by this and that. This and that are sent to discourage you and to pull you down. This is a daily battle you have to wage in the Spirit. When you are led by the Spirit there is no failure for He is in charge. What appears to be a weakness or failure turns out to be part of the course to success. Success is not winning but achieving what you hope to attain. There is no competition here only the way to bless and be blessed.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

God works in mysterious ways and all we have to do is wait and pray. Spiritual battles need spiritual weapons to fight the battle. No use using human weapons to fight a spiritual war. Spiritual warfare is raged in the heavenlies and not on earth. The spiritual forces are ethereal and therefore cannot be seen yet they are real. When you enter into the realm of the spirutual then it is what is unseen that matters. Your spiritual eyes will be able to see the battle in the heavenlies. We have to fight this battle that is waging war against the souls of men and women to claim them for hell. Prayer is the one vehicle of warfare that will enable the saint to claim souls for heaven. Nothing can move the mountain but faith filled prayers. God is dependent on us to intercede for souls gripped in the cares of this world. Satan sends trouble to distract us from our heavenly calling. Therefore spend time in intercession for all the people and situations that the Lord brings to your mind. Let your thoughts be committed to prayer for as you do so heaven is moved to intervene.