Posts with the category “prayer-and-fasting-jan-22”

People around us are anxious about their security, whether health, money or relationships … or all of them. But we are called to rest secure in God’s peace....  Read More

Paul seemed to understand something of the severity of finding our identity in the world rather than in our eternal status. Perhaps we ought to take it seriously as well....  Read More

Although Jesus is the Superstar, we too can shine like stars when we are fit for purpose and being used by God....  Read More

We too are to cultivate friendships and partnerships where there is edification from each other as we pursue Jesus, where every joint in the body of Christ supplies its gifts for the building of the t...  Read More

Prayer is the activity of the Holy Spirit through us. We are joining the company of heaven as we enter the realm of prayer...  Read More

When we behold Him, we become like Him! So let us fix our gaze on heaven where Christ is seated....  Read More

In our walk with Jesus, there are so many distractions, temptations and challenges. Let us keep focusing on Jesus and stay rooted in God’s unfailing love....  Read More

Against a cosmic backdrop, Paul emphasises again and again that everything revolves around Jesus Christ....  Read More

A kingdom disciple is one who pursues the person of Jesus and whose whole life reflects His presence....  Read More

It is not enough to know about Jesus. We need to meet Him by the Spirit and the only way to do that is to invite Him to lead us....  Read More

The Son rises again. Our hope is in not merely in the death of Jesus, but in His resurrection and the eternal life He has won for us. ...  Read More

As the people of God, we learn how to trust in the will of God, even if it is not comfortable. Jesus was truly demonstrating being willing to surrender to God’s will even when it is the most difficult...  Read More

In these verses, Jesus doesn’t offer us an escape, He offers us something better; equipment. He offers us His followers, His apprentices a whole new way of bearing the weight of our lives, with ease ...  Read More

So, let us apply this principle and proclaim the kingdom of heaven. It might start small, it might not been seen and might be slow and in silent, but it will change the world as the kingdom of heaven ...  Read More

In this passage we see that Jesus was motivated by compassion. He saw that the people were like sheep without a shepherd — harassed and helpless. It was into this context that he asked his disciples t...  Read More

Matthew points out that these signs and wonders reveal the glorious truth that Jesus is the One who has been prophesied throughout scripture, who will inaugurate God’s Kingdom and ‘bear our infirmitie...  Read More

The gate might be narrow and the path might involve a lot of difficulties, especially if none or few of our family and friends are also following Jesus. Who knows? There may be persecution too. But Je...  Read More

Prayer and fasting are not to show others how holy we are, but to show our Father that we desire to be with Him, hear from Him and honour Him. It is a lifestyle and a discipline that pleases Him....  Read More

Jesus spoke words which we now call the Beatitudes; the ‘beautiful attitudes.’ Jesus declared that the Kingdom of God is opposite to the world we live in. It’s not a call to arms but instead a call to...  Read More

Let’s usher in the presence of the King by our lives of radical obedience, even through the trials and testing. Let’s be a people who know our God given identity; we are loved, called and chosen for p...  Read More

It is time to prepare for the Lord again. Two things are happening in our time. Firstly, the Lord is releasing forerunners, messengers and they come to prepare the way for the King. This is not the ca...  Read More