Life Matters

God seeks young people today. He seeks young people with great hearts who can make room for Him in their lives. To spread the Good News it is necessary to be youthful within (to have youthful energy). Also, to be capable of letting oneself be called into question about your faith. Jesus has a fondness for young people, as the conversation with the rich young man clearly shows ( Matthew 19:16-22; M...

Whenever you allow faith to rise above human reasoning, and then simply place your trust in God, He will work the miraculous in those seemingly impossible situations. "For with God nothing is impossible" ( Luke 1:37 ). How reassuring it is for us to know that when we trust in God, His plan for our lives unfolds perfectly - each moment of every day. And the impossible becomes possible! Proverbs 3:5...

Whenever you allow faith to rise above human reasoning, and then simply place your trust in God, He will work the miraculous in those seemingly impossible situations. "For with God nothing is impossible" ( Luke 1:37 ). How reassuring it is for us to know that when we trust in God, His plan for our lives unfolds perfectly - each moment of every day. And the impossible becomes possible! Proverbs 3:5...

Isaiah 60:1-2 God is saying in the midst of calamity and darkness there is a generation who are arising. •    Arise means to get to a higher level of living  -so that God can release his glory in and through you. •    Glory  means all of God's best (Exodus 33) •    All of God's best is in you •    All of God's best will be seen on you •    All of God's best can be released through you. •    God is...

Job 9:4-10 READ •    God is sovereign. He controls all things •    Sets up kings – takes them down •    Sets up boundaries – Tells the Ocean where to stop •    Set the planets spinning – controls the universe. Hebrews 1:3 Hold all things together by the Word of His Power •    Alpha and Omega –beginning and end –Holds the past and future in His hand. •    When you give your life to God –you give Hi...

Turn to Luke 8 and let's read the first 3 verses… "Soon afterward Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and villages, preaching and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom of God. He took his twelve disciples with Him, along with some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases. Among them were Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons; Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's...

This is probably one of the most encouraging passages of scripture in the whole Bible. It vividly expresses the deep and profound love, which the Lord has for all His people. Notice the wonderful statement… "I have called you by your name; you are Mine!" Another translation says, "I have claimed you; you are Mine!" God can legally claim us as His own because He was prepared to send Jesus to pay 't...

We have authority in the earth I want us to gain a fresh revelation of our authority in the earth. I don't want us to have just a passing thought I want us to have a revelation of authority. So what has God the Father put in place for us to use on His behalf as we travel in this earth? We have to remember God has limited Himself to what we allow or disallow in the earth, according to His will, His...

Romans 8:9 "If the Spirit of God lives in you; you are not controlled by the sinful nature but by the Spirit. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ." 1 Corinthians 6:17, "But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit." Before Jesus returned to glory, He told His followers that they would feel destitute like orphans (John 14:18). Therefor...

According to the Bible, we are made in the image of God, the Creator of the universe. Our being is modelled after His divine existence. Through logic or intellect, we cannot see or identify God. Unless God chooses to reveal Himself we cannot know Him. Why is this? If God made the eyes, ears and mind of humanity, how would we know whom the creator is unless the Creator reveals Himself to His creati...

James 4:2,3 – "You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure." Many Christians don't r...

Luke 15:11-32… Here is the story of the Prodigal Son (or, as the real hero is the Dad, it could have been called The Parable of the Yearning Father). This is probably one of the greatest short stories ever told (and re-told). Every one of us has encountered the four distinct relationships brought out in the parable of the Prodigal Son - self, things, others and God. It's a story that encompasses a...

How do you receive your healing? The same principles apply today that applied 2000 years ago. We can all live in perfect health and Jesus actually did tell us how to do it! There is no expiration date for divine health. God's healing power still works today as it did when Jesus walked the earth. But a key is to not give up! Pray fervently and be persistent. Yes, keep praying and keep asking! If yo...

By going to the cross and shedding His blood, Jesus not only purchased the salvation of our souls, but His sufferings also secured our physical healing. In fact, the word "salvation" (so frequently used in the New Testament), comes from the Greek "soteria", which means 'wholeness and healing - both in the physical and spiritual'. Years before Jesus came to the earth, the prophet Isaiah described t...

If God is our source, then we must be able to receive from Him. In this series we will be examining the various ways we can apprehend the blessings of God. Here is the first: "Seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" - Matthew 6:33. The Jews were greatly mistaken in respect to the nature of the kingdom which their Messiah was going to set...

Hebrews 11:17, "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received (accepted) the promises, offered up his only begotten son." If God is your source then you must be able to receive from Him. In this series we are going to examine the various ways you can receive the blessings of God. How many of you simply accept God's promises? If you were tested as Abraham was, woul...

Pentecost Sunday is a day to celebrate hope, a hope evoked by the knowledge that God through His Holy Spirit is mightily at work among His people. It is a celebration of newness, of recreation, of renewal of purpose and of transformation. It is a celebration of God's ongoing work among all the nations in the world. But most of all, it is a recognition that God's work is being done through His peop...

The Day of Pentecost in the modern charismatic church has to do primarily with the outpouring of God's Spirit upon all flesh (as prophesied in Joel 2:28). But to fully comprehend how this takes place we must become totally familiar with the various workings ("operations") of the Holy Spirit. We must also understand exactly how He has chosen to manifest Himself 'in' and 'through' us. God's will for...

Pentecost Sunday is a day to celebrate hope, a hope evoked by the knowledge that God through His Holy Spirit is mightily at work among His people. It is a celebration of newness, of recreation, of renewal of purpose and of transformation. It is a celebration of God's ongoing work among all the nations in the world. But most of all, it is a recognition that God's work is being done through His peop...

"…And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses" (Exodus 33:9). Moses prepared a special place where he could meet with God and the Lord honoured this by speaking to Moses "…face to face, as a man speaks to his friend" (verse 11). If you wish to meet with God face to face, or if you...

Corinthians 2:13 (Literal Translation) - "When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human intellect. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths." Too many Christians are confused or misguided regarding their spirituality. The need to experience the supernatural (to be "spiritual") often causes people to get involv...

Last Sunday morning we discovered how important it is to have an intimate and affectionate relationship with God. After having received the Spirit of adoption we can cry out "Abba Father" ("Daddy God") knowing that He always hears us. However, adoption also means that we have been placed in God's family as sons and daughters with the status and privileges of joint-heirs. We are now one family with...

Verse 1 – The Jews considered 70 to be the number of the Gentile nations and therefore, this may have been the Lord's way of deliberately and dramatically emphasising the universality of His mission. The next thing we notice is that Jesus "sent" them out into every city "two by two". The Greek word for "sent" is 'apostello' which means 'to commission or set apart for a special service'. However, t...

Salvation provides all the necessary qualities. Salvation is by faith, and faith is given to us by a sovereign God. A measure of faith was given to us as part of God's gift of salvation. Our salvation brings us into the true knowledge of God and of His precious Son, Jesus Christ. Salvation provides everything necessary for godly living, which we see in 2 Peter 1:3, "...His divine power has granted...

The information age in which we live is so full of rationalism, mental sciences, and analytical thought that most people choose to mock when they hear of someone claiming to be able to actually hear the voice of God. However, no one should scoff, for several reasons. Firstly, men and women throughout the Bible heard God's voice. Also, there are some highly effective and reputable men and women of...