VICTORY OVER THE FLESH

The flesh is weak and powerless in the presence of the Spirit. The Spirit is able to overcome all fleshly weakness. The flesh cannot be changed. All you can do is manage its desires and impulses. The flesh can be destructive and this is why you see its works in life. The Spirit is able to overcome the flesh because He is in you. His Spirit in you is your hope of glory. The Holy Spirit is the initial deposit of what is to come. In Him you have a eternal hope. He is the One who can help you in your weakness. The message of the gospel is simple. Jesus is His Name and He has overcome all things for you on the Cross. This is the message of salvation that needs to be preached today. No other message is necessary. From the beginning this is the way that was designed for salvation. God's plan has not changed. Today look to Jesus and be victorious.

MAN's QUEST FOR POWER

Man is fraught with challenges that dog him all his life. He can choose to live in his strength or My strength. I am here and I am available to all. All who call on Me will be saved. Many call on Me because they know I am for them. Like a mother I yearn for each child that calls on Me. I am Father to all and yearn for all to come to me. Pride keeps man from coming to Me and calling on Me. I am a shepherd and I tend my sheep. My sheep depend on Me. I am always looking out for you. Therefore never take your eyes off Me. When you get distracted then step back and look up to Me . It is in looking up to Me that results in your power with Me. I will share My power with those who look to Me. My power is measureless. You need power from on high to break through to liberty.

SUCCESS IS IN THE PROESS NOT THE OUTCOME

The road to success is in the running and not the outcome. The outcome will always be a stepping stone to the next stage on the road of life. The road of life goes through many twists and turns and this is part of life. It is never a straight road. The road is always rough and to manoeuvre through those hurdles is the essence of life. Life is to be lived and not just to exist. To exist is not life. Life is a constant road of changes. The change can be tough and dangerous but it is in the overcoming that you get the thrill of living. A life that does not face challenges is not worth living. To live is to breathe and be live. There are many dead people walking. They live a life of mediocrity. They escape from challenges. They re satisfied with the minimum. This is not living but dying in the present. Living is a movement that takes on the challenges of life and in the overcoming is the life worth living. Be a overcomer today and live.

WALKING IN THE LETTER OR THE SPIRIT OF THE LETTER

There is a big difference between walking in the letter of the word or the spirit of the word. The difference is as large as walking on earth or flying. To walk in the letter is to be obsessed with every dot and cross of the letter. To walk in the spirit is to fly in the spirit girded by the word of God. To be letter bound is earthly. To be spirit bound is heavenly. If you desire to walk in the spirit then be prepared to fly. For in the spirit you are no more bound by the laws of gravity. To be in the letter is to be bound by that letter. In the spirit you are free to be. Many are bound by the word and can't see the wood for the trees. Their life is so taken up by the letter that everything is according to the letter. There is no room to breathe for the spirit is squashed by the letter. This is the danger when man decides to live by the letter rather then the spirit of the letter. Jesus came to set us free from this obsession with the law. He gave us His Spirit that we may now live according to the Spirit and not according to the demands of the flesh. Be filled in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit today.

GOD IS

The power of God will see you to a new place and a new season. His Spirit lives in you and His presence in you will enlarge your world to embrace the lost and the forgotten. He is merciful to those who have nothing and are poor and hungry. His heart yearns for hose who hunger after righteousness. Hallelujah for The Lord lives and reigns. God is searching for those who hunger for something more. He desires to fill their lives with abundance because He fills the empty vessels. Only He can fill the empty places because He is all in all. He is worth everything because He is the Creator God who created you for a purpose. His purpose is to fill everything that cries for Him. Be filled with His presence and live.

HE LIVES IN YOU

The Holy Spirit lives in you. God is with you and in you. He works through you. When you have God in you then all the answers for your needs are in you. So why worry and seek for answers outside when the answer is in you. His presence in you is what makes the difference between you and the other. People need God but they don't really alive that He is near and will come in and dwell in them. We are spirit beings and our search for meaning will not end till we acknowledge Him. When you pray know that your prayers are answered because He lives in you and He is the answer to your prayers. This awareness of His presence in you will transform your world and you will become a victor rather then a victim. You will become a giver rather then a receiver. You give out of His riches in you.

HARMONY

God and man in fellowship is what God had ordained from the beginning. This is the same state that He desires for all His creatures big and small. There is harmony when the creature and the Creator live in harmony. In the Garden of Eden there was harmony till the serpent came and invaded the place. This upset the harmony and led to the fall of man.Ever since then there has been strife between the man and the woman and between them and God.Blame is the name of the game. No one wins in this game and all we do is go round in circles.These are circles of despair, disillusionment and self destruction. There is no end to this and this is why God sent His Son to deliver us from this mess. The mess we are in is the result of our own making. God will help us get out of our mess if we allow Him to. There is no other way to live but in Him. So come today and make peace with Him.

LIFE NOW AND FOREVER

Man was created to worship God and walk in His ways. Yet this is exactly what he has not done. Man has chosen to walk in his own ways and reaped the rewards. The rewards have been dismal. Man has only himself to blame for the fruits of his labour are futile. Death stares him in the face daily. With the fall came death and there is only One that can save us from death. He came to reverse the effects of the fall on all humanity by dying in our place. Now we have a hope of eternal life in Him forever. This life is from the Spirit. A spiritual man lives and breathes the spirit and does not walk according to the flesh. The flesh is reckoned dead as he now breathes the spirit of life. This is the work of the Spirit of Christ in you. Now walk in the spirit and do not give into the ways of the flesh.

HEART vs HEAD

Operating from the heart is different from operating from the head. Heart operation is to intuit in the spirit and walk by the Spirit. This is different from the logical approach of the head. The head analyses while the heart intuits. To intuit is to use your senses and your inner sense to understand and discern people and situations. It is a different kind of wisdom to that which comes from the head. The heart feels and therefore emotions are aroused and sometimes these can be uncontrollable and unconsolable. Take a break and let your head now process the information and get your emotions under control. Feelings are good because they make you human and vulnerable. However emotions can lead you to make decisions that plunge you into a irreversible path. Always let your head guide you but let your heart connect with others. A well balanced mind knows the difference. Your life will be more balanced when you let your head guide your heart.

ABIDE IN ME

Jesus said that if I abide in you and you abide in me then you can ask anything and I will grant it to you ( john 15:7). This is so powerful that we can ask anything and He will grant it to us! All I have to do is let Him abide in me and let His words abide in me. How foolish we are not to heed His call. The Creator of the world wants to abide in us. Imagine that. He does abide in us because we have asked Him to. Yet He chose us and called us to be His own. Now we can ask anything in His Name. Is anything too hard for The Lord? No nothing is impossible to Him and to him who believes in Him. Therefore let us abide in Him for it is this union that leads to answered prayer. It is not just the prayer but the union with Him that results in answers. This is the key to answered prayer, our union with Him.

ASK AND RECEIVE

God is at work in you and He will complete His work. All you have to do is to rest in His presence. Resting is not work. To rest is to be in His presence in constant communion with Him. Ask and you will receive.When you ask believe that you will receive what you ask for.God is a generous giver and He will give freely who did not spare His own son for you. This is the God we worship. He is a Father and He delights in His children . You are never alone because He is always with you and lives in you. His purpose is to bring many into His kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy. His everlasting Kingdom will one day be seen on earth as it is in heaven. Rejoice and be glad that your name is written in heaven.

FULL OF FAITH, FULL OF POWER

Who would desire to operate like Stephen in Acts 6 who was full of faith and full of power. He served God and signs and wonders followed him everywhere. These are the days when we need to move in that fullness to move the world to God. We have compromised with the world and in this process lost our influence. We need to stand back and see how we can regain what we have lost through compromise. The devil's strategy is for us to compromise with the world. The world is going to hell and we need to gather as many as possible into His Kingdom. The only way is to be filled in Him.The Holy Spirit will fill us and we can operate in the supernatural. Come brethren and let us pursue Godliness for in this is our salvation and the salvation of the world.

GOD'S TRANSFORMING WORD

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God. God's word is like manna to the soul. Without His word people die of hunger. Hunger for His word is a sign of health. His word nourishes your soul like food nourishes your body. His word is a light to my path and a guide to my life. His written word needs to become His rhema word before faith can take hold of the promises that dwell in it. His written word is like any other word till it transforms you from within. It is His rhema word that has power to transform . It is when the heart is affected that change occurs. Mere intellectual accent does nothing to the heart. A heart that receives His word is transformed and lives are changed. This is how the Spirit works through His word. You hear the word and the spirit then transforms it to His rhema word which then changes lives and situations. You can speak to the mountain and it will move.

FAITH IS THE KEY THAT OPENS DOORS

Faith is the door to all the provision God has for you. A man who knows God knows how to unlock the doors to His riches. Faith enters through the door and takes what it expects from God. There is no other way to reach God then through faith. God is always available as the Keeper of your soul never sleeps. He is waiting for you to come by faith and to ask that you may receive. What is stopping you from asking? Doubt is the enemy that robs you of your inheritance. Cancel doubt by believing in the said word of God. The written word becomes the now word when you exercise faith in it. His word is fulfilled in Christ and therefore what He says is done. Now tap into His riches and you will never lack anything.

GOD LOVES YOU

Whosoever calls on the Name of The Lord will be saved. Call on The Lord in the day of trouble and He will answer you. He is more near you then you think. He is closer to you then a brother. He bought you with a price, His very own life. What mother who lays down her life for her child will reject the child? He is the lover of your soul. In Him you have what you need to live a righteous and holy life. He has given you His own Spirit who dwells within you. Nothing in this world can compare with His love and care for you.

GOD'S WAY OF LIVING

God sets the pace and we just follow. This is the new way of living. The old was based on us doing and keeping the law. Now God has sent His Spirit that we may just follow Him. He does the work in us. We just follow. This the perfect union between God and man. We look to Him to do His will. We have abandoned our old ways and follow the new way. Jesus said He is the way, the Truth and the life. We want to follow Him because He is the leader and author of our faith. He bought us with His own blood and saved us from our sin. His way is the only way because He knew we could not please the Father by doing good. Our goodness is like filthy rags. God established a new way, the way of the Cross. All who believe will be saved.

LET GO AND LET GOD

God has a purpose in everything. He is purposed in His plans for you. I need to be mindful of His plans. His plans are good for me. I need to know how to flow with His plans. I can plan but finally God decides what will come to pass when I commit my plans to Him. We are here to fulfil His plans. We were born to do His will . We pray this everyday Your will be done yet we do our own thing. Why pray Your will be done if that is not what we really mean? We think we know it all but really we don't. Our days are in His hands and all our plans will be brought to nought if we think we are in control. None of us are in control. Man desires to be in control only to be faced with changes in weather that sends tsunamis and earthquakes to remind man that God is in control. These reminders serve to lead us back to God. Commit all to Him and be mindful of Him in your daily walk. Life becomes so much more enjoyable when we let go and let God.

TOTAL COMMITMENT

God expects 100 percent commitment and nothing less. The devil will take opportunity to attack any bit that remains secret or uncommitted to Him. It is for our safety that we need to acknowledge His Lordship in all areas of our life. Many are weak and sick due to the lack of total commitment to Him. The Holy Spirit will help you in your commitment. We cannot do this by ourselves as the flesh is too weak to handle the offences the evil one sends our way. Total commitment will result in total power over the evil one and his works. Come beloved and give all to Him for this is the way to live an abundant life. In these days we need the full power of God to live victorious life. He will not withhold His power to those who give their all.

LEAVING AND CLEAVING

It is difficult to leave and to cleave for individuals from close families. This is because what has been developed over the years from childhood is programmed into the hard wiring and anything different is experienced as alien. People who are distant from their families will find it easier to leave but cleaving becomes difficult because of their difficult childhood experiences. There are strengths and weaknesses in each but the strength of a close relationship with families of origin usually trumps the other because of the inner security from families of origin. Finally the individuals involved will have to make their own home with the resources they have. There is no value in blaming each other for what is being built is the future and not the past. The only way forward is to look up and forward and never backward. The only way to live life is in forward gear.

PRAYER

What a friend we have in Jesus all our sins and grieves to bear. What a privelege to carry everything to God in prayer. Prayer is the vehicle for communion and answers to prayer. Prayer is the way to God and the way to receive from God. God is our Master and in Him we have all things we need to do what He commands us to do. He will not allow us to bear more then we can carry. He carries all our cares and burdens and in Him we are safe. He is our burden bearer. In Him we breathe and move and have our being. Words cannot express the magnitude of His work in our lives to prepare us for what is to come. He will come and save all those who are in Him. He has marked us as present in Him. We feel His presence and in Him we are sanctified and glorified.