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Community is a group of people that are bound together in a specific locality by common interests. In community, we can experience both blessings and benefits. The blessing refers to the Divine favour from above, and the benefit refers to the advantage and the privilege of that community. The benefits we receive from being a part of a community are: 1.Pardons Iniquities 2.Heals all diseases 3.Rede...

John 13:34-35 NIV There is both blessing and benefits in community, but unless we are prepared to embrace the complexity and discomfort that constitutes community, we will not enjoy the blessing and the benefits. Anything that is worth something will cost us and will involve a level of discomfort. The cost involved in being part of a real community is the self-factor (selfishness, self-centerednes...

Community is a group of people that are bound together in a specific locality or by common interest. The common interests can be in multiple areas, whether governance, culture, values, interest, passion, heritage, and purpose. What are the Complexities of Community: Complexity is the state or quality of being complicated or detailed. 1.INDIVIDUALS - We must have mercy, grace, and compassion with a...

Genesis 1:26 [NKJV] Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” A community is a group of people bound together in a specific locality or by common interest or characteristics. It is a group of peop...

be obedient to what God asks of us and move forward in wisdom. If we don't discern the time, we might miss what God wants to do in and through us and run out of time. There is an invitation from God for us to discern the time we are in and to do something with it so that we don't enter into a place of paralysis analysis. We need to ask God to give us eyes to see and ears to hear what He is doing s...

The source of light is God. He gives us life and light and provides insight into how we are to live our lives. He is the source of everything! We are called to reflect the Jesus who gave us light and has now called us to be light to the world. As we receive Christ as the light of our life, we are able to reflect Him. We then need to look for and fellowship with the light. This involves spending ti...

Matthew 5: 14-16, You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Influence is the capacity to affect someone's charac...

Philippians 4:6-7 Christ is our Purpose, Pattern, Prize, Power and Provision. When we demonstrate forgiveness and not hold grudges we magnify Christ through us - we show the world that we are children of God. Our purpose is to magnify God. Philippians 4:4 states that we must live in freedom and fullness. We live in a world full of uncertainties and anxiousness therefore it’s necessary to live a li...

1 Samuel 17:4-19 In the story of David and Goliath we read about how the enemy loves to intimidate and dictate the terms of battle. However, his bark is much louder than his bite. Every moment of every day is pregnant with the purposes of God and with breakthrough. We see this is David’s life as God used what seemed like an ordinary day, and used David to defeat the giant Goliath. Later, David use...

Foundational scripture: Philippians 3: 8-10, 14 The prize is the reason for our effort, activity, or sacrifice. In other words, it is our purpose, delight, longing, goal, aim, victory, and reward. Our prize is that which we set our attention and affections on. Jesus is our goal. He is our prize. If we give ourselves to the wrong prize, we will ultimately become enslaved. In every season, there is...

Philippians 2:1-7 How we think determines what we become. We have been given the mind of Christ; however, it is still our choice to align with His thoughts. If we think like Jesus thought, we will live like Jesus lived. Our attitude should also reflect His attitude. Continually checking our attitude is important as our attitude determines our altitude. Attitude pertains to our mental habits/though...

Philippians 1:1-29 [NKJV] John 8:31-31 [NKJV] We can be out of prison and not be free, and we can be free and not out. To maintain our freedom, we need to check our temperament and attitude regularly; otherwise, we will get stuck again. Once we receive freedom in our hearts and mind, we have to take responsibility to make the right decisions so we can stay free because God has not set us free to b...

We move forward by hearing God’s voice and responding in obedience. In John 10:27 [NKJV], it says, My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. What God speaks to us will always line up with the written Word. The more time we spend in the Word of God, the more acquainted we will become with the way God speaks, and we will learn to trust Him, His ways, His character, and His nature....

Key Scriptures: Acts 12:1-19, Psalm 91:1-4 People can cause us to get stuck. Sometimes, through influence and other times, it is out of our control. However, if we want to get unstuck, we need to surround ourselves with spirit-filled and faith-filled people who will pray with us. If we enter a place of frustration, our frustration needs to take us to a place of faith, and not to a place of anger a...

Hebrews 12:8 [NKJV], But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. It is only legitimate children that are prepared to receive their inheritance. However, the stakes are higher for the legitimate children and the training is more intense to ensure that we receive our inheritance. God wants to make us, His legitimate children worthy h...

For us to live in a place of confidence and security, we need to shift our focus off ourselves and direct it towards God. In 1 Samuel 9:1-20, we read about how Saul was oblivious to God’s plan because he was busy looking for the donkeys, meanwhile, God was looking for him because He had a plan for him. God is busy looking for us because He wants to assign us to something greater. Sometimes God wil...

Faith comes from God as we have intimacy with Him. It is our faith in Him, our relationship with Him that overcomes the world and our circumstances. Faith is not mental assent or something that can be worked out. Instead, it is something we need to believe with our hearts. The result of heart faith is a mouth full of praise and hope. What the heart is full of the mouth will speak. In Matthew 9:29,...

1 John 5:4-5 [NIV] For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. Faith is us placing our confidence in God and directing our trust toward Him. It is not mind over matter or our positive confession. However, we have faith because we have come t...

Faith isn’t a belief issue but a relational issue. In Hebrews 11:1, NIV, we read what faith is: “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Faith is not being positive or having a good attitude. Instead, faith is knowing God is trustworthy and who He says He is! We acquire faith not merely by asking for more faith, but instead directing the mustard seed of...

Key Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-7 (The Valley of Dry Bones) God is able to turn any hopeless situation around, into victory! In Ezekiel 37 we read about Ezekiel’s encounter with God where before him he sees a valley of dry bones. This was a depiction of the dire state of Israel and often dry places we find ourselves in. When God asks Ezekiel what he sees, his response is unadulterated by his emotions,...

Life of Gideon: Judges 6 For every setback there is an opportunity for a comeback! This means that what seems like a setback in our life, is actually a time for our comeback. In the life of Gideon we see five comeback principles (Judges 6). The first principle is that God will always confirm who He is (Judges 6:10), which is not based on our gifts, talents, or human wisdom, but on Him. Secondly, G...

Colossians 3:1-2 [NIV] Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. A focused life is a Christ-centred life. When we lose sight of Jesus and the cross, grace, and what He has done, sacred things become secular arguments. A focused life is a life that lives out...

Acts 2:1-4 (NKJV) When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other ton...

Colossians 3:1-4 [NIV] “Since then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” Lockdown is an opportunity for us to reconne...