Author Archives: God's Favourite House
Stirred Up
‘…Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish”. “Master,” Simon replied, “we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again.” Luke 5:4-5
It is important for us, as believers, to know that God can stir us up just to preach the gospel and sometimes it can be to total strangers. Go with God’s leading. A friend of mine invited me for her party. They were all teenagers and you know how teenager’s parties can be. I grabbed the microphone, called for their attention and preached Jesus. When I was done I declared the party could continue but instead they all began to leave one after the other. She said she hated me for spoiling Read the rest of this entry
It’s Your Decision
‘For he was awestruck by the number of fish they had caught… James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed. Jesus replied to Simon, “Don’t be afraid! From now on you’ll be fishing for people… they left everything and followed Jesus’ Luke 5:9-11.
My job today is very easy. I am putting forward a question to you, so here goes. Are you going to spend your one and only life fishing for the small fish or are you going to invest it in fishing for the big fish? It is always going to be about the big fish or the small fish. You choose! Jesus was saying to Peter, James, and John, and is saying to us today, you have to choose whether you are going to be catching the small fish or the human sized fish. It is either fish-fish or human-fish. Jesus is Read the rest of this entry
God’s Way
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16
God broke the ice when He sent Jesus to die on the cross for you and me. And now that God has demonstrated how to break the ice, He is saying it is your turn and it is my turn. The ultimate purpose of your destiny and mine is to help people find God. Naaman had a house-help and she helped Naaman find God. It might seem small but in that single act, she fulfilled her destiny. You Read the rest of this entry
Before and After IV
‘So let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good’ Job 34:4
It is my earnest prayer that we will cause our community to say, ‘those people at God’s Favourite House are so passionate about Jesus. The way they tell the story of their God makes you want to join them. In fact, I am going to their church next Sunday’ [say amen]. Between things that used to be and the things that are now, there is usually a turning point. And that turning point is the cross of Read the rest of this entry
Before and After III
‘So if you speak in a way no one can understand, what’s the point of opening your mouth?’ 1 Cor.14:9 [MSG]
It is God who has turned your life into the testimony it is today. Your testimony is the greatest witness; your own personal icebreaker from God Himself. Today, we share a few examples of ‘before and after’ so that when you are coming up with your own story you will have an idea of what could be. It could be – before I was striving but now I am grateful; before I was self destructive, now I Read the rest of this entry
Before and After II
“He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from? Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn’t have done it.” Luke 9:30, 32-33
You have a story and I have a story. God wants us to tell our stories for His glory. There was a time that the devil almost killed me with sickness. I took injections everyday for over forty days. That’s to show you how bad it was. But I cried to Jesus and He healed me. I can’t remember the last time I took any injection. That can only be God. Can anyone tell me that Jesus does not exist? What is your Read the rest of this entry
Before and After I
‘He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see’ John 9:25
You also have a story and a powerful story for that matter. Your job is to learn how to tell your story. Please read John 9. There was a man that was born blind and Jesus healed him. The response of the religious leaders to the man’s healing was ‘this is a Sabbath day you cannot be healed on a Sabbath day’. Can you imagine that? Think about it, those religious leaders were just insensitive. Read the rest of this entry
The Bridge
‘I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life’ John 5:24
What exactly is the bridge? On one side there is a God and on the other side there is man. Between God and man there is a gulf [gap, space]. The gulf [space or separation] was caused by man’s desire to do things his own way and not God’s way. It was man’s rebellion against God’s approaches that separated man from God. In simple terms, man disobeyed God. The reason why it is important to Read the rest of this entry
Good News
‘This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life’ John 3:16 [MSG].
One of the things you begin to learn as a Pastor is that people, including you, really do need divine intervention. And God says, “I will give you power to trample [to step; to march] upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you” – nothing. In Ephesians 6, this same God says, “put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand. Read the rest of this entry
Passionate Influence
‘Come and see a man who knew all about the things I did, who knows me inside and out. Do you think this could be the Messiah?” And they went out to see for themselves’ John 4:19-20 [MSG]
We are all very different and have been called to serve in very different roles. But the ultimate purpose of our destinies is to connect people to God. And God is all about that – connecting people to Him. Imagine if people would say about God’s Favourite House, you should hear those people talk about their God. They are so fired up when they talk about Jesus. They get so pumped up when Read the rest of this entry
