Charters Towers Christian Outreach Centre

The Stepping Stones To Destiny Picture this:  Before you is a vast and swollen river. Its not only extremely wide and the shore barely visible but its depth is not known. You have to cross this river however so daunting, but there is no visible or earthly means to do so. The promise of a harvest of souls so indescribable and beyond comprehension compels you to leave the safe shore where you are st...

The Great Heavenly Courtroom.

The Name That Is Above Every Name.

Arise And Build Have you ever been stuck between vision and indecision? Within you is a vivid picture, a desire, a destiny and a hope, but there is something holding you back. Fear of man, fear of failure, overwhelmed by the task and the opposition that comes, we can become crippled by inaction.  When faced with opposition and ridicule while rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem the wise leader Nehemi...

For I Know That My Redeemer Lives In the midst of horrendous hardships, losses and affliction in health our Old Testament saint Job declared to his judgmental friends, “I know that my Redeemer lives and that in my flesh I will see God. His unflinching declaration in the worst of situations silenced satan’s attack and proved that man can and should honour and praise God no matter what comes our way...

Killing The Old Man When a new believer comes to Jesus in repentance and trust that old sinful nature is described as being also crucified with Christ. The apostle Paul throughout scripture speaks of this old sinful nature as “The Old Man”, “The Man of Dust” and “Flesh and Blood,” amongst other names.  When as new believers in Christ we were given a new nature; A Christ like nature described in sc...

The Madness OF The Gospel Governor Festus upon hearing Pauls defence and a summary of the gospel message (Acts 26) shouted out “You are out of your mind Paul! Much learning is driving you mad.” When for the first time The Gospel, the ultimate Good News is heard, and the conscience being more than pricked, as the awareness of man’s dilemma without the saviour’s sacrifice begins to dawn; the first r...

Covenant Kids In Genesis Chapter 15 God made a covenant; the most powerful agreement between two parties with Abram (Abraham) through a blood sacrifice. God Himself walked between the pieces of the sacrifice for it was His covenant. God would be true and is true to His word even when we fail. Covenant is not just another subject in the bible but constitutes the framework for all the bible to be he...

God Knows You And God Loves You In an age where euthanasia, end of life options, abortion and suicide roll off the tongue, and even in the public forum, there seems to often be more sympathy for the life of an orangutan in the jungles of South America, than for an aging grandparent next door. Do you think for a moment that God in His infinite wisdom, would place a greater potential, a greater valu...

The Lord's Child  When it looks, smells and feels like that the death throes of Godly influence are gasping for breath and we ask ourselves "can the pendulum of the righteous swing again??" It was in such times as these, that in answer to a desperate prayer of the woman named Hannah, God gave the woman a child. The child named Samuel who was dedicated to the Lord before conception. 1 Samuel 1 The...

Diamonds in the rough Jesus Christ is the diamonds and we are the rough! 2 Corinthians 4:7 "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us." This treasure that we have is JESUS, and we are the broken jars of clay, that the excellence of His power can work in and through us. However, we must BE WILLING!    

More Than Conquerors: Challenges, distress, peril and even tribulation are part of the life of people who have a pulse and breath in their lungs. “Yet in all these things "Paul states that as believers in Christ, we are more than conquerors and even more than victorious and that an overwhelming victory is ours. In Romans chapter 8 The Empowering Word of God reveals we are not alone in any situatio...

Have You Met The Risen Christ? The devil, having overplayed his hand choking on his champagne and peanuts, was probably the first to declare that “Jesus Is Alive.”  He, with the other rulers, had they known the outcome would not have crucified the Lord Of Glory. In three days of the crucifixion “Jesus was alive and well.” Fifty days after the devil thought he had won the day, Pentecost  Power came...

The Lord Has Provided: Good Friday 2026 God in Genesis 22 commanded Abraham to take “his only son” and sacrifice him there on one of the Mountains of Moriah. God did not want Abraham’s son, but He did want his obedience. It was here that God demonstrated His love for Abraham by providing him with a ram caught in the thorns and thicket for a sacrifice. 2,000 years later it was on those same mountai...

Guard That Good Thing. In the same way that Adam was commanded to keep and guard the garden, the apostle Paul commands Timothy to Guard the Trust, That Good Deposit and that Good Thing. That Good Thing is of course the gospel entrusted to Paul, Timothy and now to us here today!!! Paul in his own day could see a great apostasy and enemy against believers and the church. Wolves from the outside and...

Revelation: The Veil Is Taken Away Many, when reading the word of God find the scripture obscure, confusing, and even as enlightening as a phone book. But this should not be. Paul said in 2 Cor 3:14-15 that when one turns to the Lord, the veil over our hearts is taken away in Christ. Revelation, which is the unveiling of God’s word, is the spiritual principal outworked, as when Jacob removed the s...

What Is Truth The worlds demise is not climate change, unstable political and financial systems, and even more unstable politicians or even Covid 19, 20 or 21. Put simply, the rejection or acceptance of Jesus Christ will be the rise and fall of individuals, nations and whole regions encompassing many nations.  Definitive, sure and steadfast is the terminology used by Jesus the Nazarene standing be...

Rise Up You People Of Power Micah 7:8 "Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me." We have to decide to rise up, in the authority given to us by Jesus Christ. As we are in the end times, time is running short. We cannot afford to wallow in defeat, as the devil will devour us. Make the decision to arise. And keep on rising up...

The Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength There is great joy in the house when the prodigals come home. The world may not forget our past failures and sins, but our hearts are filled with joy as the burden of sin is removed. One of the best defense systems that the believer has is the joy of the Lord. Our adversary, knowing this, tries to rob us of our joy, for he knows it is the source of our strength,...

A Spirit Is Being Released The bible and history records the demonically inspired and empowered missions of Pharaoh, Haman, Hitler and Hamas. Their common mandate separated by thousands of years is to eradicate, extinguish, annihilate and obliterate. To combat the evil and wicked influence of an ancient spirit sent to destroy the people of God across the globe, the Spirit of Elijah is once again b...

A Craving Soul Is A Thriving Soul: If you and I want to grow in God, go from strength to strength and from glory to glory, then an appetite for Him is a way of life. David expressed this deep desire while yet in the wilderness Ps 63:8 My soul follows hard after You. Seeking and searching in a manner which borders on desperation, panting, clinging, calling, thirsting and even fainting. Ps 84:2 “My...

Building Spiritual Momentum: Feeling a little flat? Could use more than a triple strength coffee and a Berocca? But it’s not enough because your tiredness comes from within. Keeping your inner spiritual life benefits every other aspect of our lives. Prov 17:22 A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. Coming to David, as a fugitive in the wilderness running and hi...

A Man Sent From God The opening of John’s Gospel Chapter 1 is found some of the most beautiful and profound verses paving the way for the coming of Jesus the Messiah. We are introduced to a man sent from God whose name was John (the baptist). As believers, our job description and mandate is no different to John the baptist. That being to bear witness to the Light. That Light of course is Jesus. Ou...

Message by David Lo Bianco at Charters Towers Christian Outreach Centre on the 25th of January 2026 at the pm Combined Churches Meeting The Potter’s Wheel “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand says the Lord. Jeremiah 18:6” In this powerful message, David Lo Bianco delivers a personal testimony of how God works with us as clay, upon a potter’s wheel. Using his own life a...

Subdue, Work, Obtain. Hebrews chapter 11 takes us on a chronological roller coaster ride through the Old Testament, mentioning by name, some 16 great people of faith and the 16 writing prophets.  Read about them, and by faith become one of them, for that is why the account is written. There is nothing passive about the Christian walk as described in the faith chapter of the bible, Hebrews 11. Vers...