Harvest City Church Leicester

The words translated “trust” in the Bible literally mean “a bold, confident, sure security or action based on that security.” Trust is not exactly the same as faith, which is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-9). Rather, trusting is what we do because of the faith we have been given. Trusting is believing in the promises of God in all circumstances, even in those where the evidence seems to be to the...

One thing is certain that life will have levels of troubles and hardships. Jesus speaking in John16:33 said ‘Here in earth you will have troubles…’

Jesus is our peace. His name is peace. Our peace is a person. Our peace is Jesus. Jesus made the peace, offers peace and is the peace. Through Jesus we have peace when our hearts are troubled, hurt and confused. Jesus is our mighty God and because He is our mighty God, He is in control of everything, and all our problems are under His mighty hands. The result is peace. We simply trust God. This me...

Have you ever noticed how worry and anxiety drain your strength? You lay awake at night burdened with concerns. Instead, when worries begin to fill your mind, place those troubles in God’s capable hands. Prayer opens doors and brings calm to our minds, a mental health healing if you will against being anxious. God’s sovereignty means our prayers can be answered far beyond even what we can ask or i...

As a believer we need to understand that we need to depend on God for all. Humility helps us to understand that we have needs and we are weak therefore we should be willing to give ourselves into God's care with no conditions.

What is stopping you from believing God's promises and going up to take up the land that God has for you?

A life lived for Christ allows us to avoid carrying unnecessary burdens. We can truly find rest in Christ if we choose to accept Him and choose His yoke over others.

When we come together we need to remember, we need to recall the wonderful works of our God. We are not just supposed to remember God's wondrous deeds. In the midst of the storm, looking at the past also directs to the future to reassure us that better is coming!

If you could bottle rest, you’d be a millionaire. So many lack that ability, even believers to find rest, yet Jesus came that we may have rest from this life. He embodied the message of peace and rest.

The psalmist reminds us that human care and toil in any area of life are of no value without Gods Blessing and Him being at the centre of everything. Success without God leads to a lack of fulfilment.

Giving our finances – sowing and reaping – should be a normal part of Christian life. Jesus, in the Gospels, commissioned his followers to ‘give and it will come back to you’. We can go as far as to say the mark of a true convert is one who lives the exchanged life: a life that reflects Christianity as Jesus intended it to be; a life of love under-pinned by giving and receiving; a life of generosi...

Even the righteous are not immune from the world’s suffering and problems. The difference is not in the storms that fall but the foundation upon which men build. If your life is built around Christ, it will inevitably go better for you in the long run. If you build on the shifting sands of the devil’s promises, ultimately you will be swept away

How easy it is for us to lose sight of this reality! How quickly we can forget that our money is not ours, but the Lord’s! How easily we forget that our houses, cars, and other material things are not ours, but the Lord’s! There is nothing that is ours, yet we can slip into thinking (selfishly) things we have that we are the owners. Even our lives are not ours, but are the Lord’s!

We need a correct view of God and an honest and correct view of ourselves in order to experience all that God has for us.

Favour is closely connected to grace in the Bible. If you who have received Jesus as their Saviour, you are saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8–9). They know the favour of God. Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6), but those who have saving faith in God’s Son are declared righteous (Romans 4:5; Philippians 3:9) and live in God’s favour

When we live without peace but in discord we live in what the bible calls “Strife”. As peace is a spirit, so is strife. When strife is in our lives we live with anxiety, fear and worry, it is not God's design for us.

We live in a divisive world and so much of that has caused us to lose our joy. Jesus came that you and I may experience “Joy” in him.

No matter what we go through we must keep the fire of God burning in our lives. We cannot face life's situations without God's presence in our lives!

When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. 38 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. 39 People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.

The weaker we are the stronger grace gets. We cannot go through life without the grace of God. It is vital for the survival of a believer.

The journey of faith is not a "walk in the park". Most of us will stumble at some point in the journey but the important thing is not to stay down but to learn to get back up when we fall.

We can politely sit with church folks but not eat with them, or we can say we are part of the same ‘family’ but treat them as outsiders, or carry an offense or be upset with others when Christ has forgiven us.

1. Who are you listening to? 2. What are you listening to?

James discusses the topics of the selfish rich, suffering, making an oath, supplication, and wining souls. James closes out his letter by encouraging believers to demonstrate their faith in God by praying in response to every circumstance.