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Prophesy To Dem Bones! God brought the prophet Ezekiel in a vision and set him in the midst of the valley of dry bones. “Son of man can these bones live?” asked God. He then commanded Ezekiel to Prophesy ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!’ There are areas in all our lives where God is commanding “US” to prophesy to that which is exceedingly dead, to hear the word of the Lord. Where there is...

Resurrection Sunday 2025 Greater than the power demonstrated in the days of creation was the moment when against all the opposition and powers of hell, Jesus was raised from the dead, and defeated death, hell and the grave. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead; that divine and momentous act, has had eternal ramifications, and became central to the history of humanity in the time allotted to man...

Good Friday 2025 Today specifically, even the world stands still and acknowledges Christ, Calvary and the cross of Jesus Christ. Each time we write the date we are acknowledging Jesus life, death and resurrection. It’s not something that we can conveniently erase by changing the terminology BC Before Christ to BCE. The date, however you write or say it, is only ever centred around one person in hi...

Give God Your Attention, Expecting To Receive. As believers, who can refute that God is sovereign. Yet, when our faith and prayer connect with God, heavenly interventions not only happen, but are inevitable and common. How do we reconcile then, that when we do rise up in believing prayer that God does move on our behalf? At the gate called beautiful, a man lame from birth looked to Peter and John,...

A Nation And A People At The Crossroads Coming to the fore in the 9th Century before Christ to confront the wicked king Ahab and his wife Jezebel, was the desert firebrand and prophet Elijah. He challenged the king, his false prophets of baal, and the people, in a great showdown. “How long will you falter between two opinions?” It is God’s way of separating the sheep from the goats, and the wheat...

“Go Tell.“ After Jesus healed the man who previously ran about in the tombs naked and cutting himself and was not able to be restrained with chains, this man now wanted to be with Jesus. Who would not want to just spend time with Jesus having experienced such a great deliverance? Jesus responded to this once untameable man, and told him to go home to your friends, and tell them what great things t...

Reigniting Our First Love Has your passion for God, for His word, and for His people gone off the boil? Has some of the excitement that had once so stirred your heart, a flame that had burned so bright, become a flicker or even a smouldering ember? Take heed and take heart, for today there is a divine remedy. Jesus’ charge against the church at Ephesus was that they had lost their first love, whic...

Let God Arise! Many times in life we are waiting for God to intervene and to come down into our lives and circumstances. God, however, having come down by the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, and having also infused the believer with that same Holy Spirit, is waiting for us to come up and “Arise.” At the cross, Jesus said ‘It is finished.” If salvation is healing, deliverance and prosperity, t...

You Can Trust God A message from a man eighty years a musician, seventy five years a Christian, seventy years married and ninety years young. What does all this life experience have to share with you and I today? Simple and yet profound… “You Can Trust God.” Warren Saxen shares from his heart the incredible faithfulness of God throughout his years. God asking him as a young man with his wife and f...

Revelation Of God To Man: Part 2 Psalm 19 begins with the heavens declaring the glory of God. In every language God speaks without words, needing no translation and creation calling out to the pinnacle of His creation and declaring “I Am God.” What can be greater than God’s creation, the sun, the moon and the trillions of stars? As a master painter puts his signature to the canvas, God too reveals...

Revelation Of God To Man Abraham who was to become “The Father of the Faith” was stuck in his tent naval gazing, when God brought him out of the confines of his tent and the confines of his mind and said, “Look now toward heaven… count the stars… so shall your descendants be.” One study reveals that the observable universe contains two trillion galaxies, the issue is not the number of stars but th...

More Eager To Answer Than We Are To Ask. You know it’s the right thing to do to pray to God. And yet we often hold back. Are my petitions worthy of God’s time? Am I good enough and am I worthy enough? Have I attained a level of holiness to earn an audience with God? But know this, that the God who holds the planet and stars in precise order and orbit, who says to the waves “this far and no further...

God Will Build You A House The shepherd boy that became Israel’s greatest king is the account of King David’s life and reign.  It was the standard by which all future kings would be measured. David had a home built with the best materials of stone and cedar wood. He had wives, concubines, sons and daughters, all enemies subdued and paying tribute, the Ark is brought into Jerusalem and the kingdom...

“Let Your Waist Be Girded and Your Lamps Burning.” In militant terms Jesus describes the ever preparedness and readiness of the battle hardened Christian. “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.” Having put on “The whole armour of God” and finishing with the waist belt of truth, there is never a further instruction to remove this heavenly armour which is also described as being “Mighty i...

Not Just What You Pray; But What You Say. As believers in Christ, there are areas in our lives where victory eludes us. When our righteousness, our effective and fervent faith filled prayer and good Christian living are not in question. As believers we have to recognise that there are consequences to “What We Say” after we have prayed the prayer of faith spoken of by the apostle James. Our own wor...

For I know Whom I Have Believed The apostle Paul, when writing to encourage Timothy in ministry and in life, did not use wishy washy, lifeless and limp language. But rather directed the young man with punchy, powerful and direct discourse without ambiguity. Paul's own faith was uncompromising and with great conviction, as he had encountered the risen Christ. The solid resolve in all his missionary...

They’re A Weird Mob Australians were described in an endearing way by an Italian immigrant in a book in 1957 as ”They’re A Weird Mob.” God in His word too has some phrases to describe His people, one of which is peculiar and another special. In the eyes of the world we, believers in Christ are seen as different, and rightly so. The moment you and I became born from above, a believer in Jesus, His...

Counsellor, Comforter, Keeper When reading Psalm 23, we can almost see David the shepherd boy who was to become Israel’s greatest king, being himself shepherded by God. He was able to boldly declare “I shall not want”, and that He (That’s God) makes me to lie down in green pasture, He restores my soul, and He leads me in the path of righteousness. All these and more, we too can expect when we firs...

Ever Ready And Ever Prepared   Today, more than any period in history, multitudes are without God and therefore without hope in this world. The apostle Peter charges the believer 1 Peter 3:15 Always be prepared to give an answer… to give the reason for the hope that you have. As believers in Christ we have a living hope within, that the world desperately needs. Being prepared and expectant to shar...

Stop, Cease And Desist: A man in a uniform raises a white gloved hand and instantly the tide of traffic, the cars, trucks and semi-trailers come to a halt. His very little comparative physical power and strength  is not needed as he has something far greater, that being imbued with authority. How much more so the children of God who understand their authority given by Christ. Authority, delegated...

Preach The Gospel And Deliver The Nations 20 years after Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, the Apostle Paul and his small team, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from further ministry in Asia, were now to embark across the Aegean Sea to not just another nation but to the whole continent of nations of Europe. What we now know as the West, was delivered from thousands of years of paganism,...

Exceedingly, Abundantly, Above  When we are born again, our spirit which was dead to God, is made new in a moment in time. Our soul, being our mind, will and emotions however is transformed; a continuing work that God promises to accomplish and complete. In regard to Gods amazing promises to the believer, our natural mind finds it hard to accept, for the promises are so vast, far reaching, and inc...

Charters Towers Is Having A Move Of God When you have a vision from God for your life, marriage, family, business, your church and community, what are you going to do with it? Doing nothing and the vision remains a pipe dream. What do I do if I don’t even have a vision? The word of God and the God of the word has much to say to get you on your way for 2025. Position yourself to hear from God, writ...