IN HIS HANDS

Happy is the man who trusts in the Lord and not in his own understanding. The Lord is good and He gives freely to those who ask. He is the provider of all good things. All you need is to look to Him and He will answer. He provides for those who hunger and thirst for Him. He loves to give just as a mother loves to feed her chicks. God is like a mother who has only thoughts for its offspring. He created you and prepared you for a time like this. In Him alone is there contentment for He gives you the peace that passes all understanding. Think how privileged you are to live in times like this. All you need to do is to live life in the moment for the moment. In this way you give all to Him and rely on Him to provide for the next moment. Nothing is lost for all the moments in your life have led you to the present position. Now enjoy this moment. You are free and you are loved and you are needed. Feed my sheep says the Lord. Encourage them and lead them to the quiet waters. There is nothing more to do for all has been done. All you need to do now is to live your life as if it is all you need to do, enjoying every moment and giving Him all the glory. You will then enter the place of rest to be the person God has called you to be. Your future is in His hands. Your past is in His hands. Now all you have is the present which is in His hands.

THE LORD IS GOD

Trust in the Lord and not in your own ability. He watches over you and cares for you. The weather may change but the Lord is Lord of the weather. He allowed the floods and He was in the floods. He allowed the crucifixion of Jesus and He was there. He allowed the massacre of millions and He was there. He is God and He is everywhere. Knowing this you can be confident that He is with you everywhere. The storms will come and go and so will the earthquakes and tsunamis. He is above all these natural disasters. These changes show that man is vulnerable and has no answer to these changes. This is why he cannot trust his own abilities. Only God can be Lord and the sooner man realises this, the sooner he will be saved from himself. The lack of dependence on God leads to evils. Evil’s head is bound with pride. Pride always ends up in destruction. Pray that this destruction will turn the hearts of the people to God. Then revival will break out in Australia.

BOUNTIFUL GOD

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. He is the one who blesses us with all things. He loves us so much that He wants to bless us. He will not withhold anything from us. He is a bountiful God and He gives freely to those who will receive. A gift must be received for it to be realised. Many have been given gifts but have failed to receive it. How sad that He beckons all to come to His dining table but few take up the offer. They are distracted by the lights of the world that promise much but deliver little. Look to Him and receive from Him and be satisfied. He is the God of the eternal and what He gives does not fade away. He is so full of His bounty that there is more then enough for everyone. In the world people fight for things because they fear that they will lose it. Fear rules the world and love rules the kingdom of heaven.

MAN CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD

God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. Belief is a powerful attitude that is closely linked to faith. You believe in someone and this belief translates into action. Belief in miracles translates into substance. This is transmutation from one form into another. Thought changes into substance. This is the realm of the miraculous. It all hangs on belief. Faith in the power of the gospel to save, heal and deliver translates into salvation, healing and deliverance. The Holy Spirit provides the unction to believe and this belief becomes fact. It seems like an illusion but an illusion does not have substance. Thought is one form and substance is another form. They both originate from the same source. The fish is one form that has apparatus to survive in water while the bird is anther form that has wings to fly. Man was formed in the image of God and therefore can think and do like God. An image is a reflection of the real. You see your image in the mirror and see what you look like. Your image in the mirror that you see is the image of God. When you believe this then you will act like God in love and righteousness. God is love, faith, hope and all things good and lovely. When you bear these fruits then you reflect the image of God.

LOVE. IS THE GREATEST FORCE ON EARTH

Love is the greatest key to make the world go round. Nothing speaks louder then self sacrificial love. No one can argue with love for it is egoless. All conflicts are ego based. It has to do with me and me alone being challenged. Road rages are a perfect example of the ego being transgressed. The ego is a hard task master. It will demand its way at all costs. The extreme form of it is in the form of dictatorship. It is power crazy and will do whatever it can to abuse and use others. Satan was full of it. It is the mark of a person who has let pride get to him. This comes in many forms. It is based on love for self and no other. Such people are isolated and surround themselves with toys to comfort them and protect them. They live a sheltered life and know nothing of poverty or discomfort. However their soul is seeking for comfort but they can’t find it because they are bound by their own blindness. They are blind to the true riches which are not of this world. Love, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit is what is yours in Christ. You can enjoy this at all times. A person who truly loves has the world at its feet.

GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and not in his own righteousness. His righteousness is like filthy rags. God imputes His righteousness because of the blood shed on Calvary. This is a marvellous work beyond human comprehension. His ways are beyond the ways of man. Man thinks in a different dimension from God. God is above all the worlds He has created. Man lives in a world within worlds. Therefore his understanding is limited. Lord I thank you for the blood shed at Calvary for my sins. This alone humbles me to give all to you so I may attain all you have planned for me. It only takes a moment to shift your attention from one world to another. When you are filled in the spirit you have access to God and His wisdom. In Him I can overcome all weaknesses because He is my strength. I have come to the place where I recognise that all these earthly pleasures are like dung compared to His manifold goodness. I will seek Him with all my heart and in Him will I gladly trust for my salvation.

CLEANSED CONTINUOUSLY

God sends His thoughts for a purpose. He knows what you need when you need it. He comes at the right time so depending on Him enables you to look to Him for the answers. His answers come like a revelation that lightens your mind. It will be like a light bulb that suddenly lights up and you know that you know that you know. This knowing is what will cause the rising intimacy with Him. He is Lord and there is no other. Therefore stop looking for something else and concentrate on developing your relationship with Him. He comes through in different forms for all are His creation. It is difficult to imagine that the locusts and snakes are His creation too. Yes they are and they all have a purpose. One learns from them. Wild things can be tamed. Sin can be cancelled. Fear pervades all creation since the fall. What was blameless now is tarnished by sin. Sin manifests itself in different ways. Being washed continuously in His blood keeps you cleansed from the pollution within and without. Without the blood the stain of sin will continue to bother you. In His blood you are as white as snow. The only valid detergent for sin is His blood. No penance or crucifixion can avail for His death has done it all. Praise His wonderful Name.

CHANGED BY HIS WORD

God can change your situation in an instant. It just takes a change in mind set to bring about a miracle. A miracle working God works miracles through His rhema word. His word comes as a thought and when spoken in faith delivers the miracle. His said word becomes His saying word. This is why you need to be filled with His word. His word becomes a now word when received by faith. In an instant a situation is changed. Many are bound by their own words of unbelief. These words they speak to themselves all day and they are not even conscious of it. Listen to the words that you say to yourself. Those negative and fear filled words need to be replaced by faith filled and positive words of His power. His power is released through His spoken word. Speak His word to yourself continuously and see your life change according to His word. Mary prayed be it unto me according to your word. So also new life comes forth as you live by His word. Today is the day to begin and see your life change according to His word.

SUPERNATURAL WORLD

When you enter the state of the supernatural everything real becomes an illusion. This is why death and disease don’t have any real existence. They become like illusions that can be changed. What is real cannot be changed. Illusions can be changed by changing your perception. Pain is a perception. Once you change your perception, the pain disappears. When you realise this then you enter the realm of the impossible becoming possible. Praying in tongues enables you to enter into the realm of the supernatural. Minister to others from this realm and see miracles happening around you. Miracles happen when what appears real transforms into something else. A diseased hand becomes whole, a dead body comes alive, water is turned into wine. These happen as you enter the supernatural and transmute what was to what is. Those who have experienced this realm can see it happen again and again. This means that there is another world that envelopes this world. If you limit yourself to this world then all you see is real. When you realise that this world is just a small part of the real then change is possible. Anything is possible when you enter the supernatural realm and tap into the riches of it.

COMMUNITY

God rescues those who are abandoned by the world. The world judges by externals while God looks at the heart. The world is deceived by the illusion of the real. Discern and do not judge by your image of what you see. What you see is an illusion of the real. Your brain interprets what it sees and hears. It is subjective in its interpretation. Language is deficient in expressing what it really sees and perceives. This is why knowledge is partial and limited by the perception of the subject. God knows everything about everything. He sees as a whole while you see in parts. Your brain is limited in its capacity to see as a whole. Your own biases limit your vision of the whole. This is why many counsellors help to make up for this deficiency. Community is the only way to see the whole. One brain cannot do everything. Just as there are different parts to the body and each part has a purpose to fulfill so also see yourself as a part and not the whole. Selfishness has robbed community of its purpose. Jesus came to build His Kingdom and he started with his disciples. Yet one can see the tussle that went on in that small group to maintain unity. Each one had his own way of thinking and doing things. When you move from your point of view to that of community, then your focus changes. Building community is essential to sustainability. Without community there is no hope of maintaining peace. True community build trust and confidence and longevity.

FAITH

Press into the favour of God. He is your Provider and Sustainer. In Him you can trust for anything. He owns the sheep on a thousand hills. How rich is He? You belong to Him and He knows what you need when you need it. When you are about His business then He will provide. All He needs is your trust. Faith is trust in action. Your faith links with His abundance and releases His promises to you. His promises are not just words but substance. This is why faith is defined as the substance of things hoped for. Substance is tangible and not just an illusion. It may seem an illusion till you can see it and feel it. When faith arises in you to believe then it transforms into substance. When you believe in healing then your faith taps into His healing power and transforms your disease into wholeness. What a power house of faith you have within you to transform what isn’t into what is.

TODAY

A New Year begins and many make resolutions hoping for a better year. Yet it is today that matters. Yesterday is past and tomorrow is in the future but only today matters. Today you have life and breath and today you are able to do things that you have never done before. This moment is so precious yet so many squander it thinking that tomorrow will be a better day. Your tomorrows are made up by doing what needs to be done today. There is no better day to begin a good work then today. Why waste today when this is all you have got. Never leave for tomorrow what can be done today. Today is the best day of your life. Don’t waste your time thinking about tomorrow for it may never come. What a blessing to enjoy the day and never think about tomorrow. This is the way to live life, enjoying the day and rejoicing in it. Holy Spirit burn this message into me till it becomes a life style that I lead daily. I am so blessed that I can enjoy today because He lives in me and talks to me. What a life, what a destiny.

TIME

Another year has past, yet nothing in terms of eternity. Time is man made for ordering life and seasons. Without time it is difficult to order things and make plans and set goals. All this needs a concept of time. God is not ordered by time because He is timeless. How can a time bound world cope with a timeless God? Yet God did intervene in history by sending His Son and His birth divided time into before and after His birth. Man is driven by time because death hounds him throughout his life. No one has control of this and so time is so important to man. One ages through time and many deadlines are made according to time. Wars are made and done through the occupation of time. Time controls our lives and dictates when we eat and sleep. What a freedom to be living with eternity in mind. I am just passing through life on earth as my eternal life is in heaven. This is what Jesus came to achieve for many to be in His Kingdom for eternity. This is what it means to have eternal life. This changes everything for time is no more your master but your servant. Treat time as your servant and you will not fret over things. When death knocks at your door, you know that this is not the end but the beginning of another life. Hallelujah.

PRAY IN TONGUES

Hear the word of the Lord calling you to spend time praying in tongues. He wants His people to stop discussing and start praying His will into being. When you pray in tongues you will direct your prayers straight to the throne. You bypass your understanding and connect directly with His throne of grace. The devil cannot obstruct your prayers for they are carried by His Spirit. Earthly languages do not have the same power as heavenly languages. Why pray in an earthly language with human understanding when you can pray in the spirit the will of God. There is no need for critical thinking for when you pray in tongues you will pray the will of God into a situation. God will answer directly as if you are speaking to Him directly and not through a third person. All you need is faith to believe, what you pray, will come to pass. God will not leave you ignorant of what you pray as He will provide information and clarity.

YOU ARE HIS BRIDE

How good is the Lord and how precious are His words. I will rejoice in the Lord and His ways. His words will enable you to control your emotions. Many are the thoughts and feelings you will experience each day but when the Lord is in control then nothing can upset you. Everything is committed to the Lord. Full surrender to Him leads to full possession by Him. Now he who touches you will be judged by the Lord. It is a fiery business with the Lord. He burns up all the dross. There is no space for negative thinking as all that is of the flesh will be burnt up. Holiness will abide in the temple of the Lord. He is holy and He resides in you. You are the temple of the Lord. You are the church and His church is His bride for whom He is coming for. So prepare yourself for His coming is soon. Everything else will burn and disappear but those washed in the blood will remain. So be watchful and pray and do not give into the evil one. He is a defeated foe and will find his rest in hell.

BELIEVE HIS WORD IN YOU

Believe in the Lord and live. He is alive and when I trust Him then He comes through for me. No amount of proof is sufficient for your righteousness is like filthy rags. So no one can come to the Lord through his works. Only the blood of Jesus is sufficient to cleanse and to heal. This is what will cause you to stay humble before others because you know that apart from the Lord you are nothing. In the Lord you are a victor and a warrior. All things belong to you because you belong to Him. In this is your salvation now because you are in Him and He is in you. The Holy Spirit who lives within you marks you as present. Now you know what is real and will not give room for any negativity. All negativity is of the flesh or the devil. You cannot justify any negativity. It may force itself upon you as truth but they are lies. What His word says about you is truth. Everything else is lies. You are a new creation in Him and you live and move in Him. Therefore do not give into the power of lies but let His word empower you. Success is yours already because the victor lives in you. The enemy of your soul will try and provoke you. You will remain firm and steady because His word keeps you in Him. The clouds will come and go and you will remain standing.

SEE DIFFERENCE AS POTENTIAL FOR BEAUTY

God has made you the way you are and He has a purpose for this. It is not surprising to see how others who are different will see you differently. This is how each is made for a purpose. So don’t resist them but accept their difference. In this way you will not waste your energy in changing them but learn from their different ways. God is a God of variety just as the birds of the field and snakes in the grass. Each is made different and once you accept the difference then you will work on how you can capitalise on the difference. Be content on who you are then you can accept others for who they are. Difference is what makes life beautiful. Love is the glue that keeps the difference together. Without love only separation is possible. This is why what the world needs more then anything is love. Love gives and does not count the cost for love understands that there is a cost in giving. However love also knows that life flows when you give. Life becomes stale and putrid in an atmosphere of negativity or unlove. Love is the attitude that makes the world go round. All other emotions and attitudes cause love to be dampened. God is love and in Him love will thrive. He is the Alpha and Omega. Man finds himself in Him. In His Spirit is life and His Spirit sows love. Walk in His Spirit and love will flow automatically. Whichever Spirit possesses you will control you.

LISTEN TO HIS VOICE IN OTHERS

Happy is the man who is separated to the Holy Spirit. His heart cry is to be led by the Spirit in all areas of his life. The voice of the Holy Spirit grows louder within him. He cherishes His voice above all other voices. He yearns to hear only His voice. All other voices dim to the background. He is able to forth tell and foretell as the Spirit reveals His mind. God’s spirit roams the earth to reveal His mind to those who wait on Him. God’s spirit is within you to enable you to hear Him. He comes as a clear voice within you. You will have no confusion but sudden clarity as what you should do. The devil produces confusion. The flesh seeks its own pleasure. Those whose hearts are burdened for souls will hear God, for God desires that many be saved. God is at work in the world to rescue those who are perishing. God’s heart is for the poor, for the poor have nothing but Him. He provides for them in mysterious ways. The proud and the rich have their ears stuffed with things and cannot hear God. Look for His Spirit in people and you will communicate differently with them. His Spirit is in them even when they do not know it. It is to awaken His Spirit within them that Jesus came. Man was created in His image for this very purpose, to have communion with Him. Close your ears to these other voices and listen to His voice in others.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

The gift of Jesus is the greatest gift any person can receive. He gives eternal life and what greater gift is there then His own life in exchange for yours. This is a wonder and an amazing plan that God designed, to reverse the tide of death that Satan brought into the world. His selfishness to be like God was reversed by God’s selflessness in sending His own Son as a sacrifice. This is the good news of Christmas. Many hear but don’t believe. This is the sadness of our time. Let His light shine brightly through you to touch others in darkness. Only in this way will the world be redeemed. The world is taken up with form and content while the child born 2000 years ago came to give His Spirit. His Spirit is eternal and lives on after the form is gone. You are in this world for a time but in the spirit you too live forever. What a gift to live forever with Him. Now all that is of form diminishes in importance as the formless takes over your life. His Spirit in you is your hope of glory. Rejoice and be glad today for you have received the gift of eternal life.

FAITHFULNESS

Faithfulness is the key to longevity. Being faithful is a mark of a disciple. He is faithful to the end because he knows whom he has believed in and is persuaded that nothing can take him away from it. I know whom I believe in and am persuaded that He will keep what I have committed till that final day. This is what will keep you faithful. He is faithful who has called you into His fold. He watches you like a mother hen who watches over her chicks. He enfolds you in His love and His banner over you is love. What an atmosphere to live under His banner of love. There is no darkness here for all is light. Where there is love there is no space for darkness. He came as the light of the world to light up the world which was in darkness. Man in darkness strove to rule and control each other. Their darkened minds gave into their dark desires. Fear controlled them and so they took up their swords to defend their darkness. Light came into the world and love began to change the hearts of man that they seeing the light were saved from the darkness of their soul. Oh come, oh come holy light and light up the world once again with you light so many may see and be saved.