Apostle Joseph Simwela

Intimate worship

*What is tithe?*   *Text* ‘And all the tithe (tenth part) of the land, whether the seed of the land or the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy to the Lord.  If a man wishes to redeem any part of his tithe, he shall add one-fifth to it. *Leviticus 27:30‭-‬31 AMP* Tithe is the first of every ten or the first 10% of all our income and it belongs to God. *Text* And not only that, but we ourse...

* Keys to recognize your breakthrough is near* *Text* As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.  I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? *Psalms 42:1‭-‬2 NLT* _ I thirst for thee_ Do you ever feel the urge to be with the Lord?, The hunger to pray, to be in the word, to be in a place of worship - to just be surrounded by the worshipping atmosphe...

* How to make our fasting effective part 2* *Text* “No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.  Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help....

* The Key to change* *Text* Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,  *Colossians 3:9-10 (NKJV)* The key to change is determined by a dual off/on switch - you must put off two things, the old man and its deeds - , that is - the evil spirit and the bad chara...

Making the most of your time *Text* . . .they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day. *Ezra 3:4b NIV* _prescribed for each day_ A prescription in this context is a plan to carry out something, each day for the set period. For this set period, the Israelites had a plan spelled out on how they will spend each day. It means they were...

Making fasting effective part 1 *Text* The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart. *Psalms 51:17 HCSB* Have you been fasting, and still not getting results? Or still feeling insecure in front of trouble? Here is the solution for you - compare your fasting with scriptures.  Fasting is a spiritual sacrifice, not everyone would want to fast...

* At thou word - I will do it*  * Text * When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down  your nets for a catch.”   “Master,” Simon replied, “we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing! *But at Your word*, I’ll let down the nets.” * Luke 5:4‭-‬5 HCSB* *At thou word - I will do it* There is power in the word spoken by God through His true, chosen and...

Who is a wife? *Text* He who finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor from the LORD.  *Proverbs 18:22 (NKJV)* _Who is a wife?_ One simpler word that defines a wife is submission - wives are brides and it’s the nature of brides to submit. *Text* Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.  *Colossians 3:18 (NKJV)* _as is fitting in the Lord_ Which means to anything that...

*Keep Sowing good seed to your life* Every time you choose to do good in your life, is like sowing a good seed that you will surely harvest - don't stop doing good. Without wasting much of your time, let us read the word of God - *Text* Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy. *Psalms 126:5 NKJV* God is looking at it all - your goodness not being appreciated, working tirelessly yet not seeing...

Jesus is Coming  *Text* You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. *Psalms 17:3 NKJV* What have you purposed to do, that will honor God in your life? *Jesus is coming! Are you ready?* If Jesus was to come this very minute, what is He going to find in you? Be a full time follower of Jesus...

* For how long does one need to fast* You can fast for a day, three days, or as many days as 21 or 40 or even more.  you can have a full fast-dry or drinking only liquids, or partial fast-taking only fruits and vegetables like Daniel-water and juice.  Day and night makes 1 day - what we mostly call two days or three days fasting are actually partial fasting. *Text* And there was evening and there...

The Secondary reasons for fasting *Text* Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the Lord’s help. *2 Chronicles 20:3‭-‬4 NLT* *The Secondary reasons for fasting* Sometimes we may purposefully go into fasting to seek God and know His will in a particul...

The primarily reason for fasting *Why do we need to fast, Once in a while* *Do you ever see the need to fast in your life?* Why is it important to fast? What happens when you don't fast?  Before we can read our text, I want you to know that the primarily goal of fasting is to be with the Lord - you do not need any prayer point or situation to trigger you into fasting.  Nevertheless, your under...

* What Spiritual Fasting is* *Text* For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. During that time the devil came and said to him,  “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.” But Jesus told him, “No!  The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” *Matthew 4:2‭-‬4 NLT* In the text abo...

All of you for all of God If you are under the sound of my voice right now, just know your light has come and your life will never be the same. Without wasting much of your time, let us read the word of God -  2 Chronicles 20:13 * Text * Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord . * II Chronicles 20:13 NKJ V* The Bible says, all Judah. . . . *God...

Born for dominance Salvation is not all you need to be fighting for - you have been saved to serve God and you cannot serve God without dominating Satan. You do not serve God with your human power, God is Spirit and you need *Spiritual power* to serve him. Salvation is for all, and has no ranking - one is either saved or unsaved but when it comes to Spiritual power or to operate in the supernatura...

A Change From within If you are under the sound of my voice right now, just know your light has come and your life will never be the same Without wasting much of your time, let us read the word. *Text* _Romans 2:21-22 (ESV)_ 21 you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adult...

The main goal of Prayer If sometimes you feel like quitting to pray, then this is your message, follow it to the end to know exactly why we need to pray. . . Let's read the text Text . . . for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! Matthew 6:8b NLT Before we can even pray, God knows what we want - we do not pray more hours or consistently so we can be heard - the goal of...

My daily light - 05 March, 2022 How to walk in Spirit *Text* If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. *Galatians 5:25 NKJV* The verse actually translates that living in the Spirit and walking in the Spirit are two different situations - in fact one cannot claim to be in Spirit if is not walking in Spirit. To be in Spirit is when the Holy Spirit dwells in the life of a believer. Bu...

My daily light - 04 March, 2022 Dealing with backsliding _Is it because there is no God?_ *Text* But the angel of the Lord told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?  *2 Kings 1:3 NLT*   *Is it because there is no God?*  It...

My daily light - 03 March, 2022 Keys to receive Through a man of God part 3 *Text* “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. *John 3:16 NLT* As much as we pray to God in search of a thing or a blessing, fasting and going to the mountain - God will answer us through a human being, an earthly vessel...

My daily light - 02 March, 2022 Keys to receive Through a man of God part 2 *Text* But when the Pharisees heard about the miracle, they said, “No wonder he can cast out demons. He gets his power from Satan, the prince of demons.” *Matthew 12:24 NLT* As much as we pray to God in search of a thing or a blessing, fasting and going to the mountain - God will answer us through a human being, an earthly...

My daily light - 01 March, 2022 Keys to receive through a man of God part 1 *Text* Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?  And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?”  Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief. *Matthew 13:55‭-‬56‭, ‬58 NKJV* As much as...

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