Sunday, March 26, 2017
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Dreams: different, harder, longer, better
The problem with our dreams isn’t that their too
big; it’s that their too small. They’re all about us. Our life. Our future. Dream bigger than that. Into the depth and
height and width of the kingdom of God. Open up your mind and imagination to the Spirit
of God… let him drip a dream in your heart.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Sunday, January 15, 2017
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Friday, July 29, 2016
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Anointed to do good.
God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and with power, and He went around doing good.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Monday, May 2, 2016
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Friday, March 25, 2016
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Ruth 06
Bitterness roots itself in our hearts through harship, people, self-righteousness and when we think God got things wrong.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Friday, February 19, 2016
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Shibboleth
The men of Gilead asked the Ephraimites to say Shibboleth. If they said, “Sibboleth,” they seized them and killed them. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
Samson
A flawed, distracted, defiant, dishonest, disrespectful, overbearing, arrogant, obnoxious and relationally challenged man of faith.
Sunday, October 25, 2015
The 3rd Generation.
That day the Lord gave Israel the victory. Moab was made subject to Israel and the land had peace for eighty years.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Practise these things.
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Living with Jesus at the centre.
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Sunday, October 11, 2015
The God who dwelt in the burning bush.
May the Lord bless you with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below; with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield; with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills; with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Listen, my beloved.
Listen, my beloved. The winter is past, the rains are over and gone, flowers appear on the earth and the season of singing has come!
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Follow Me...
Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.
How beautiful you are!
How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince's daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist's hands.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
I love you like...
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for your love is more delightful than wine. I liken you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
Hair, eyes, lips
His hair is wavy and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves by the water streams. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Song of Songs
Listen, my beloved! Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Choose or Refuse
Every day we choose and refuse. We either choose integrity, credibility, obedience, faith, or we refuse integrity, credibility, obedience, faith. Moses chose to be counted with the people of God and refuse the worldliness of the royal palace - and the result was that he ended up in the back end of a desert. And again, God asks us to choose and refuse!
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Revelation
Both the Kingdom of God and the city of Babylon are filled with sounds
familiar to the life - or lack their of - found in their midst. What
sounds fill your life?
Sunday, August 2, 2015
In honour of John Donaldson
Jesus - bread of life, good shepherd, healer, redeemer, Lord and saviour. There's so much we can discover about Jesus through the book of John.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Friend, Worker, Sister, Soldier
To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker, Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home - grace and peace to you.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Supernatural or Superficial
Churches often fall into two clear categories, namely, those who are supernatural and those who are superficial. We as a church need the Holy Spirit to keep the kingdom alive in us and all we do.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Grace and Mercy
Let us hold firmly to our faith, and let us approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and grace to help us in our time of need.
Monday, July 20, 2015
Faith and Patience
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end - to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Enter this rest.
All too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, and so no fruit is produced.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Who do you say that I am?
On the way, Jesus turned to his disciples and asked them, "What about
you? Who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Messiah."
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Disciples not decisions
As he spoke about righteousness and self-control and the day of
judgment, Felix became frightened. “Go away for now,” he replied. “When
it is more convenient, I’ll call for you again.”
Suffering.
Paul considers the pain and persecution he endured at the hands of
opposition as a pulpit that God uses to declare and bring about His
kingdom.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
The Bible.
The bible. It gripped a king's heart and his obedience changed a nation.
A verse gripped a simple preacher's heart and his obedience brought
about the reformation!
Partnering with God
We are saved completely apart from what we have done. Now, however, God calls us to partner with us as we are shaped more into the likeness of Jesus and as more of His kingdom comes in our lives.
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Father
Three dads (Mordecai, the husband in Proverbs 31, and Joseph) thunder
the wonder of being a father and show the heart of our Heavenly Father!
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Azazel
We have all made decisions in our lives that we wish we never had. What do we do to appease these shameful, debilitating regrets? Azazel!
Follow me
What does it mean to put your faith in a Rabbie named Jesus? What would posses grown men to leave everything they know to follow Jesus and be covered in His dust?! Matthew 4
Sunday, June 7, 2015
The grace of God
The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, training us to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives. Titus 2
An attractive gospel.
So that, in every way, you will make the teaching of God our Saviour attractive. Titus 2
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Unanswered prayer.
You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. James 4
Standing still.
In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. Exodus 40
Sunday, May 24, 2015
When God is silent.
A Canaanite woman came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” Jesus did not answer a word. Matthew 15
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Wait
While Jesus was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do
not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which
you have heard me speak about." Acts 1
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
It just so happened...
It just so happened that, when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, he
was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go
into the temple of the Lord and burn
incense. Luke 1
Sunday, May 10, 2015
An orderly account
With
this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything
from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you,
most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. Luke 1
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Route 90 Road Map
In honour of William Tyndale was martyred in 1536 for translating the New Testament into English. His last words were "Lord! Open the King of England's
eyes". Within a year afterwards, a bible was placed in every
church by the King's command.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Dropzone
We are called to be a true witness in this, the capital city of South Africa. This is our dropzone, the place we are prepared for on Sundays, and the underlying calling we respond to on Mondays.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
The God of Jacob
There's a 'Jacob' in all of us. Insecure, lonely, running from his past, grabbing at anything that offers significance. There's a God of Jacob standing in from of all of us. One who speaks louder than our past, who reaches out to us with His rest, who promises to never pass away, but rather to heal, restore and redeem.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Resurection Sunday
Easter often gets confined to Friday - the cross, the blood, our debt paid in full. However, there is more, wrapped up in the covenant of what happened on resurrection Sunday.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Hot Cold - The Call
Whether
we are in bondage, being dragged away by our bad decisions or living in
a dark and lonely place, Jesus comes to us with hope, love, forgiveness
and a future.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Hot Cold - The Values
What do we feel God is impressing on 3Ci to allow us to live a Hot/Cold Christianity, rather than wallow in a dull, dormant and domesticated (a.k.a. lukewarm) Christianity?
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Hot Cold - The Redeemer
I have heard your cries, I have seen your tears, I know your pain and so I have come down to pry you loose from the grip of your oppressors. Exodus 3.7
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Hot Cold - The Courage
We are NOT born again for safe, secluded, sanitized Christianity. We are NOT born again for dull, dormant, domesticated Christianity. Turn down the what?!
Hot Cold - The Garden Part 2
I find no flaw in you, and I have found no flaw in you. This is Kingdom living!
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Hot Cold - The Garden
Fastidiousness - being excessively particular, critical or demanding; hard to please.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Hot Cold - The Church
God's plan has always been and will always be to reach our city through the local church. God's plan has always been and will always be to reach you through the local church.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Hot Cold - The Ears
Are your ears awake? Are your ears awake? Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart, but listen and respond.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Hot Cold - The Voice
The call to the seven churches is for us to have ears that 'are awake',
but having heard, we are to turn, to respond, and allow God to do in and
through us all that He wants.
Hot Cold - Philadelphia Part 2
When
we pursue all that the world pursues, and desire all that the world
desires, we will continually despise the doors God opens for us.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Hot Cold - Philadelphia Part 1
Hot Cold is about God getting into the details of our lives, putting His finger on where we are lukewarm, calling us to lean in on His grace and mature.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Hot Cold - Laodicea Part 2
God's
commands can often seem overwhelming, but when we simply put one block
on top of the other, what He works out in our lives is unprecedented.
Hot Cold - Laodicea Part 1
As we begin our new series Hot Cold, we dig into Revelation 3 and find that it's not that God wants us to be hot or cold, but rather that He wants us to be hot and cold.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Worn
The festive season is the one time in the year when we are overrun by the western world's desperate desire for all things to be made right, and the over realised hope that this year will be THAT year! But what if I told you that instead of us distancing ourselves from this, we should be cranking this hope up?!
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Jonah Part 08
What's the big story behind the book of Jonah? All the stories of whales and storms and ships and sailors can easily make things a little fuzzy. As we wrap up this series, we step back and see the power of God to forgive, save and deliver even the hardest of hearts.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Jonah Part 07
Jonah showed us how to reach a city kicking and screaming! Today we turn to Paul's ministry to see how we can reach Pretoria with intentionality and tact.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Jonah Part 06
God's
call upon our lives is not just to deliver His message to the world,
but to also represent His heart to those who are far from Him - who
would otherwise not know of His compassion, kindness, unrelenting love
and forgiveness.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Jonah Part 05
God calls Nineveh great, not just as a discription of its size, but because it is His desire to invest us in this city and use it as a great instrument for His glory. However, in general, we kick back against the city and by so doing miss the rich call of God on our lives.
Jonah Part 04
The word of the Lord comes to Jonah a second time, and this time he obeys. The result? The people of Nineveh believe God and repent! History is full of unprecedented displays of God's power and glory on the back of a simple act of obedience to God's word. What has God been saying to you lately?
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Jonah Part 03
The
whole story of Jonah carries no significance apart from the statement
that 'the word of the Lord came to Jonah'. There were many prophets,
ships, sailors, Ninivites and cities like Tarshish, but when God spoke
it put everything in context and brought a weightiness to every decision
Jonah made.
Jonah Part 02
Jonah, in the belly of the whale, after three days and three nights without hope, on the back of a raging storm and a near shipwrecked journey, after running from the word of God and fleeing to Tarshish, FINALLY gets on his knees and surrenders to God. Surely we too can say 'I am Jonah, I am Jonah.' Surely we too can say 'God is merciful, God is merciful!'
Monday, November 3, 2014
Jonah Part 01
The story of Jonah is far greater than a simple Sunday school story. It is the account of the relentless pursuit of God for the heart of His people, so that His purposes would prevail and the earth would see the glory of our God.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Our eyes are on You.
Jehoshaphat faced an insurmountable enemy with a simple faith in the God
he served and in so doing, passed on a message for years to come: When
we don't know what to do, there is One whom we can always look to!
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Philippians - New season ahead
As Christians we only have one plumb line - the Word of God. To have it in our hands is one thing, but to have it in our hearts and to live it, well, that's where God's kingdom truly comes and all that He has for us is added to who we are and what we are becoming.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Philippians - New generosity
Throughout the bible the people of God have been generous with their time, talents, treasure, opportunities and responsibilities. This is so because the God we serve has lavished us with His generosity.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Philippians - New satsifaction
Contentment is not circumstantial, rather it is learnt, and God will continue putting us through circumstances so that - and until - we learn to be content with little or with much.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Philippians - New hope
God has always had His saints working strategically in the midst of wicked places, from Caesar's household to the cubicle you occupy on a monday. However, if we are going to live well as light in these dark places, we are going to have to live according to our convictions and not our comfort.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Philippians - New wiring
Throughout the letter to the Philippians, Paul refers to their thinking because 'as a man thinks in his heart, so is he' and 'we are transformed by the renewing of our minds'. So when Paul refers to how we ought to think, he isn't trying to be cute, but rather he is preparing the Philippians for warfare!
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Family Day
As family, we stand together, serve one another, celebrate together and mourn with each other. We do life, we do fun, we play and we pray. We do all this in order to serve our King as we see His Kingdom come.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
The Call 2014 - Session 8
On the back of what God deposited into our lives during The Call conference, we celebrate the privilege, joy and delight of what we are called too.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
The Call 2014 - Session 7
God's radical dealing in the life of Peter
and his wife so often reflects the seasons in our own lives, and their
victories shout courage into our frail hearts.
The Call 2014 - Session 6
Peter was a remarkable man. His letters were
sent to churches in 5 cities across 4 provinces who were having the
stuffing knocked out of them in persecution, opposition and hardship.
This morning we look at the thrust of his message to them.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
The Call 2014 - Session 5
In the final session, we look at the victories and the vulnerabilities of the call of God on our lives and the value of imparting this call to the lives of the generation rising up in our midst.
Friday, July 25, 2014
The Call 2014 - Session 4
The opinion of man can be the most intimidating, neutral-enducing, courage draining stronghold in our lives. And yet for many of us, we live with it as if it is normal.
The Call 2014 - Session 3
The central thrust, under-girding foundation and all encompassing essence of our call is to fall more in love with Jesus.
The Call 2014 - Session 2
We seldom realise that just like every other child of God, Jesus also had to come to terms with His call, His purpose and His Father's plan for His life.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
The Call 2014 - Session 1
Can you trust God? Do you trust God? Is He trustworthy? Where else can we go?
No, seriously...where else can you go?!
No, seriously...where else can you go?!
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Philippians - New disposition
The gospel leaves no part of our lives untouched - our
hearts, decisions, finances, relationships, language, priorities,
attitudes and everything else, all gets nailed to the cross.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Philippians - New perspective
Paul very clearly views every moment of his life, every
decision he has to make and every circumstance he has to face through
one lens - the day of the Lord, that great day when every single one of
us will stand before the One who 'longs for us'.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Philippians - New maturity
Philippians chapter 3 is filled with some of the most popular verses in the bible. It's built around Paul's autobiography and it gives us deep insight into how God works in the lives of His children.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Philippians - New ways
Epaphroditus gets singled out in Philippians because he is a brother, a worker, a fellow soldier and a servant. They are attributes celebrated in the New Testament church, but often overlooked today. Where did we go wrong?
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Philippians - New language
'Do everything without grumbling or arguing',
says Paul to the Philippians. It's an issue that has plagued the people
of God for hundreds of years, and is still an area that trip up many of
us and leave us without credibility in the public eye.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Philippians - New default
At the very beginning of his letter, Paul tells the Philippians that there is one thing he prays for them with all the love in his heart, and that is that they would live abandoned to the wisdom and understanding of heaven, so that their lives would be a true reflection of the kingdom of God.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Philippians - New attitude
Studies show that the young generation believe that financial independence is true success and the best way to achieve this is to be at the top of a major corporation. They view any relationship that slows their ascent up the corporate ladder as a drag on their success and are willing to do whatever it takes to take their place at the helm of society.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Philippians - New community
We significantly compromise our chances of maturing in God if we live disconnected from the local church. Grace and peace are experienced in community, the good work He began comes to completion in community, you are carried in the hearts of elders and deacons in community. This is a huge blight on modern Christianity, where so many saints live and think they do just fine as lone rangers.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Philippians - New understanding
'Now I want you to know', said Paul, 'that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel!' How does a person face such suffering with such strength?
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Philippians - New beginnings
The letter to the Philippians doesn't ask much of us, it asks all of us! When we see what it is God is calling us to, our cry will be for the Holy Spirit to work radically in us, so that the gospel can flow unhindered through us.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Philippians - New Heart
God opened the heart of one lady who opened the doors of her home that opened the doors for the gospel, a church plant and eventually the letter to the Philippians which we are still preaching from 2000 years later!
Sunday, May 4, 2014
#forgiven - Jesus
What happens when things go dry, when joy runs out, when we find ourselves spent, our hope lost, our strength gone? Jesus. That is all.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
#forgiven - Sing
When God puts His finger on our sin, it's not to expose us, but to cover us. As a father, rather than condemn and reject us, He runs out to us, and gets between our sin and those who would stone us.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
#forgiven - Peace
The first word Jesus speaks after being raised from the dead is 'Peace'. God wants us to know the fulness of our forgiveness, so that we can enjoy the fulness of His pleasure.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
#forgiven - Hope
If we turn the clock back 4000 years we see the heart of man fearful and suspicious then, just as it is now. We also see the heart of God throbbing and pursuing mankind then, just as it is now.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
YouToo S01E10
Barnabas, son of encouragement, was a man who through his strong faith in what God was doing in others, made such an impression on the early church that nearly 2000 years later, we are still being impacted by his life.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
YouToo S01E09
The bible is not a Hollywood script with heroes that are larger than life and have it all together. Rather, it's the story of plain, ordinary people's lives woven together by the Master's hand for His master plan.
YouToo S01E08
Leonard and Lorie Rutten, originally from Canada, spent nearly three decades ministering throughout Africa. We were privileged to have them serve on the eldership team at 3Ci for many years before planting a church in Edmonton, Canada.
YouToo S01E07
Leonard and Lorie Rutten, originally from Canada, spent nearly three decades ministering throughout Africa. We were privileged to have them serve on the eldership team at 3Ci for many years before planting a church in Edmonton, Canada.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
YouToo S01E06
On numerous occasions in the book of Acts, we find the comment that 'the Word of God spread'. What was it that lead to these times? Was it something we can learn from and apply today? Of course! Here's how...
Sunday, March 16, 2014
YouToo S01E05
What can happen in the shadow of an ordinary fisherman? One who denied Christ, fell asleep on Him at the darkest moment of His life, and then ran off to his fishing boat when everything seemed to have fallen apart? One ordinary fisherman, but one extraordinary fisher of men!
Sunday, March 9, 2014
YouToo S01E04
The ministry of Lydia and Paul straighten out much of our distorted view of ministry. Together they show that bringing Jesus and the Kingdom to a dying world can flow through 'Even Me'.
YouToo S01E03
Whenever churches grow, we love to put systems in place to maintain the momentum. But the life of God is the LIFE of GOD - not based on structural authority, but on the presence of Jesus in the hearts of His people.
Monday, March 3, 2014
YouToo S01E02
God loves to take a man from Pretoria to meet a couple in Bazaruto, so that they can hear of the love of God that they so desperately crave. God thinks nothing of sending a lady from Botswana to meet a man from Durban in a city called Brisbane so that her hurt can be healed by the Mender of hearts. It's part of His pleasure and His plan for those we meet, and it will do us well to take notice of this.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
YouToo S01E01
If you take the white off a golf ball, you'll find a ball of elastic inside, tightly wound together. It's impossible to cut through, but if you find the end of the elastic, the whole ball will unravel in your hands. This seems to be the way Jesus approached every person He met. He never used a set 'technique' to get to people's hearts, rather He found their end and before long their lives unravelled in His caring hands.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Terry Virgo - Works
There is a Saul in the Old Testament who, at the end of his life said 'I have played the fool'. There is a Saul in the New Testament who, at the end of his life said 'I have run the race, I have fought the fight!' God has plans for us and He wants us to fulfill them, to be good stewards of His manifold (multicoloured) grace.
Terry Virgo - Holiness
Martyn Lloyd-Jones used to call Romans 6 the most freeing chapter in the bible. But how do we live in this freedom? Is it up to me from here on, or is there a secret to a holy life?
Friday, February 14, 2014
Terry Virgo - Team
Just when the disciples are expecting Jesus to come as king and are fighting over potential positions in His kingdom, Jesus compels them to get into a boat and head into a storm. The storm was bad, but their thinking was even worse. Early promotion, positions or public ministry are far more dangerous than we'd like to think.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Terry Virgo - Grace
When we truly understand grace we will never be the same again. If Christ was the end of the law, if the law is obsolete and if we have been discharged from it's authority, what does that mean for us as Christians?
Monday, February 10, 2014
Father,Son,Spirit-Part 4
February 09:
The Holy Spirit, the gift and seal of our salvation, is in many cases shunned by those He was given to. Whether it be due to misunderstanding, a bad experience or comments made by friends and leaders, the Holy Spirit - in stead of being embraced by His people - stands waiting for us to turn to Him and to no longer live separated from the Spirit of the Living God.
The Holy Spirit, the gift and seal of our salvation, is in many cases shunned by those He was given to. Whether it be due to misunderstanding, a bad experience or comments made by friends and leaders, the Holy Spirit - in stead of being embraced by His people - stands waiting for us to turn to Him and to no longer live separated from the Spirit of the Living God.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Father,Son,Spirit-Part 3
February 09:
For some, we see the Trinity as the Father, the Son and the Holy Scriptures. For others it's the Father, the Son and the Holy systems! To be baptised into the Holy Spirit is the lifeblood of the church and the privileged presence of the Spirit of the Living God in the life of a Christian.
For some, we see the Trinity as the Father, the Son and the Holy Scriptures. For others it's the Father, the Son and the Holy systems! To be baptised into the Holy Spirit is the lifeblood of the church and the privileged presence of the Spirit of the Living God in the life of a Christian.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Father,Son,Spirit-Part 1
Our identity needs to come from God the Father. Our feelings are a bad barometer to use when we are going through tough times. This is why the truth of the word is so important, and why we need faith in what the Father says of us, not what our shaky, insecure hearts keep screaming at us.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
January - Part 03
We apologies for the poor sound quality.
What would drive a man to take his wife and five kids to one of the poorest nations in the world to lead a church in a slum city? In his own words 'it was the only thing that made sense considering the urges that God had placed on my heart'. Not my will but Yours be done!
What would drive a man to take his wife and five kids to one of the poorest nations in the world to lead a church in a slum city? In his own words 'it was the only thing that made sense considering the urges that God had placed on my heart'. Not my will but Yours be done!
Friday, January 17, 2014
January - Part 02
To walk by faith simply means that we trust God, His wisdom and ways, more than we trust ours. Sounds simple enough, but for many Christians it's a massive shift from self-reliance to entrusting our decisions to our heavenly Father.
January - Part 01
What does faith look like? We might know the theology behind it, but what about its outworking? In other words, how do we live by faith and why is it so important in this day and age?
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