Harvest City Church Leicester

Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” 26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 27 The...

“The Great Commission falls apart if you cannot solve the question of the personal authority of Jesus in your life. His standing orders will have no impact on your behaviour patterns” Jerry Vines

Is today my day?! Jesus was the great disrupter of things! He didn’t fit in - didn’t confirm to norms of the day.

Is today my day?! Jesus was the great disrupter of things! He didn’t fit in - didn’t confirm to norms of the day.

‘The LORD will perfect that which concerns me’ Psalm 138:8 (NJKV) ‘Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.’ Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV) ‘There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the LORD’s counsel—that will stand.’ Proverbs 19:21 (NKJV) So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!"...

“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the b...

“Those who undertake great and public services, must not think it strange if they are spoken ill of, and opposed by those from whom they expect support and assistance. They must humbly go on with their work, in the face not only of enemies' threats, but of friends' slights and suspicions.” - Matthew Henry

This psalm is titled A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. A fugitive from Saul, David went to the Philistine city of Gath but found no refuge there and narrowly escaped. Those events are recorded in 1 Samuel 21:10-22:1. Following that, David went to the cave at Adullam where many desperate men joined him. This joyful and wise psalm seems...

David came to the God of perfect knowledge and constant presence knowing He was also a God of love, and could be trusted to search him and to know him at the deepest levels. This is also an admission that God knew David better than David knew himself, and that he needed God to search and know him.

But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17 Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the Lord followed him in. 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the...

“And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white. “That is why they stand in front of God’s throne and serve him day and night in his Temple. And he who sits on the throne will give them shelter. They will never again be hungry or thirsty; they w...

Both greed and worry stem from the same place, which is a total lack of trust in God.

The resurrection of Jesus is incomparable, indispensable and inescapable.

In all circumstances no matter how good or bad, God is always good.

I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly. - Jeremiah 24:7

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus sa...

As long as we live, there is going to be storms, trails and sorrow. Until we get to glory

The Bible contains several words for truth, One of the most important is the Hebrew word emet, which means stability, firmness, or certainty. We get the English word “amen” from the Hebrew emet. Every time we say amen we are really saying, “It is certain” or “Yes, it is absolutely true.” Therefore, to say “God is true” is the same as saying “God is faithful.”

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable. Hebrews 4:12-13 (NLT)

Jesus is simply saying that Worry demonstrates a lack of faith. When we worry we reveal our lack of trust in God to take care of our needs.

‘Come Through’– Accomplish, Answer, Deliver, Help, Intervene, Prevail, Rescue, Succeed, Triumph

"Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone." Zechariah 10:1

We all yearn for those times when we would have an encounter with God that leaves us blown away and maybe with miraculous testimony, however Abraham did not stay on the mountain. At some point he had to come down, go back home and continue to live his life. I’m here to tell you that in those moments when you are not top of a mountain, you still need faith to keep living the life God has called you...

Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you. LUKE 6:38 (NKJV) For if the first-fruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. ROMANS 11:16 (NKJV)

'If you are not seeking the kingdom of God first, you are not seeking it at all' Richard Foster - ' The celebration of discipline '