PASTOR TIM JUPP

Our Lord had come to lead the campaign but His presence demands holiness. Sin had entered the camp. The movement of the Commander of the Lord of Hosts had been halted. Thirty six men died. They may have been fathers, uncles, brothers or husbands and they definitely were sons and grandsons. They were someone's best friend and they were tragically gone because of a reckless disregard for the mo...

We may face daunting challenges, un-scaleable walls or impregnable Jerichos. We can be crippled by fear, sidelines by doubt or halted by the errant belief that faith is defined as absolute certainty. Then, waiting for absolute certainty leads to burying your Lord's talent under a tree and squandering His gracious opportunity. Acting in belief in spite of unbelief is the 'shoe leather&apo...

General Joshua issues the orders but “the shout of the King was among them!” This story is all about mans submissiveness to the movement of God. Joshua is the chosen leader of the nation and it is to Him, the Lord draws His sword not to the elders of Israel.     Consecration, circumcision and Passover are all important but Joshua must continue to submit to His King. “Lord, what are you saying?” &q...

The people of God had to realize while entering into the covenant promise, that it was only God that made their way prosperous and successful. It was only God who placed fear in the minds of the Canaanites and it was only God who stopped the Jordan. Now it was twilight on the plains of Jericho; a fresh start, a new day, a new beginning, but they must learn to trust the only true God who brought th...

Oswald Chambers said, “Consecration means the continual separating of myself to one particular thing. We cannot consecrate once and for all.” As we continually consecrate ourselves to God and take the next step of faith that he leads us to then we will see God do great things among us.    The people of Israel were to expect God to work a miracle. They were to be eager, gripped by a sense of wonder...

GOD IS LOOKING FOR A PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO ACCOMMODATE A VISITATION OF HIS GLORY IN THEIR MIDST- NO MATTER WHAT IT COSTS    (LARRY SPARKS) What is our Jordan? Is there a destiny? Have we been waiting to see what God will do? God's promises are seldom easy; remember Abraham's child of promise, Joseph's dreams of being a deliverer, or David's anointing as King? Zion is no easie...

God's sovereign hand reached down in mercy, not only to Rahab and the two young men, but to Joshua and yet another generation of Israel that did not deserve the kingdom. The patriarchs were not holy men when they were called. God's sovereign grace turned sinners into saints. Neither Rahab nor the young men were holy in the house of ill repute but grace came with a knock at the door, bear...

Joshua could have been frozen by fear or commanded by courage. He said, Get ready, in three days you will cross this Jordan and take this land that God has given you. Courage is contageous; when a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened." Billy Graham. Zion lies before you! Go take it! " On the threshold of this high enterprise the Lord appears to his servant an...

“Regarding the Spirit of Christ, It was a spirit of undivided consecration to the will of God his Father. It was a spirit urged onward by an absolute necessity to serve God.”  “Religion can not go halves with anything else; it must be all.” Christians were to be wholly consecrated to the Lord regardless of their station or walk of life. Furthermore, he said “Do not think you need to be a minister...

God has a purpose for our lives. Even the cragged paths and slight injuries have meaning within His plan. Graciously He even uses our divergence and rebellion if we are willing to give back to Him what He has already redeemed. The question is; are we listening enough to hear the still small voice of the Holy Spirit calling out to us? Can you hear God telling you what is your rightful destiny? List...

This was so not like other times! Gabriel had appeared to Mary and Zacharias. Joseph just had a dream but to this group of average working class men, both the Angel of the LORD and a heavenly host appeared! It was the day kings, prophets and wise men and all the angels had longed for! It was the night of nights, the main event, the really big show! It was the most incredible moment in human histor...

"No sooner was Zacharias recovered and restored to his speech, but he sings the praises of his Redeemer, and offers up a thanksgiving to God; What it is that Zacharias makes the subject-matter of his song: what is the particular and special mercy which he praises and and blesses God for.  It is not for his own private mercy; namely, the recovery of his speech, though undoubtedly he was very t...

“Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, all honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger; whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high; whoever looks at the child in the manger and sees the glory of God precisely in his lowliness. Dietrich Bonhoeffer” Love incarnate wrapped in flesh  Heaven bent to dwell wi...

“God travels wonderful ways with human beings, but he does not comply with the views and opinions of people. God does not go the way that people want to prescribe for him; rather, his way is beyond all comprehension, free and self-determined beyond all proof. Where reason is indignant, where our nature rebels, where our piety anxiously keeps us away: that is precisely where God loves to be. There...

" He who lit up the deepest recesses of the heart is the light of the world. Jesus boldly and openly avowed the truth concerning Himself when He said, “I am the light of the world.” Let our meditation now be directed to our Lord Jesus. That Jesus is the light—the light of the world—is to be seen in all parts of His blessed history. Look at Him in His cradle. Shines there a star above the hous...

 ‘This world is enemy-occupied territory and that Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, and is calling us all to take part in a great campaign of sabotage. It is primarily through prayer that much of this sabotage takes place. Prayer is how we spiritually fight back against the enemy. “Prayer is fundamentally a warfare activity.”  c.s. Lewis  Whether peril or peace, whethe...

 “All the church’s triumphs over sin and error have been effected by the word of God. So long as she uses this and relies on it alone, she goes on conquering; but when any thing else, be it reason, science, tradition, or the commandments of men, is allowed to take its place or to share its office, then the church, or the Christian, is at the mercy of the adversary.” Charles Hodge It's a battl...

“If you were not soldiers, you would not need armor. But being soldiers, you need to he clad from head to foot in armor of proof. I suppose every Christian here knows, as a matter of theory, that he is a Christian soldier and that he has been enlisted under the banner of the cross, to fight against the powers of darkness until he wins the victory.  You are a soldier at all times, Christian. You ou...

Unlike the Roman 'thureos' and counter- intuitively, this faith shield only grows stronger and lighter with use. Nothing else but faith can quench the fire that the devil hurls at us. We believe in what our God can and is willing to do. When we trust Him, our faith will not be shaken, our feet will not be moved no matter what the attack, arrow or aim the evil one has planned for us. What...

Jesus has called you to be His church, His body, His bride though He is your Saviour, Redeemer and King! Jesus! He calls you now to be His friend, to draw near to Him to find peace with Him in this crazy upside-down deceptive world of counterfeits and chaos. Jesus, His Gospel, His message, His story is a love story about a prince who shall be King seeking His bride from out the chaos. What a story...

 “As the breast-plate defends the heart and lungs, and all those vital functionaries that are contained in what is called the region of the thorax; so this righteousness defends everything on which the man’s spiritual existence depends.” Adam Clarke It seems some want to rely on the grace of God for righteousness without righteous living. Some want to live in such perfect harmony with their set of...

"We live in a culture where people genuinely believe there are over 300 genders; where gay marriage is legal; traditional values are discriminated against; transgender men win awards for being women; children as young as six-years-old are being given gender reassignment surgery; radical Islam terrorizes and is pandered to in the media; Christians meanwhile live peacefully and are reviled; abo...

"If you think spiritual warfare is irrelevant to you, you may already be losing the battle. At least you’re ripe for Satan’s picking. Demons have a notorious way of acclimatizing to where they are,. And in secular Western society, this means playing right into our neglect and diminishing of the supernatural. But Ephesians 6, and the rest of the Scriptures, would have us stay aware of the unse...

"The work of the gospel takes place when we take the gospel to work with us by living for Christ"   Tim Jupp "The Spirit not only produces in us the faith by which we’re justified, but he gives us new life in Christ, new desires, new inclinations, new instincts. By the Spirit, our coming into such rest does not make us idle or lazy. Rather, Paul says, the Spirit begins to make us “z...

We sometimes make the mistake of thinking our homes are brick and mortar. It would be better we didn't own one. A home and a house are two very different things. But like a house, a home must be built from the ground up on a firm foundation and carefully maintained through the years. We lay footings and build walls from the ground up but we never finish the improvements. We may add windows in...