Category Archives: Spiritual Growth
Prayer Life
1 Thess. 5:17 “Never stop praying.”
The Passion Translation reads, “Make your life a prayer.” We have different seasons as a community and when you make use of those seasons you build up your muscles-your spiritual muscles. Read the rest of this entry
The Passion I
1 John 1:1 (ERV) “We want to tell you about the Word that gives life—the one who existed before the world began. This is the one we have heard and have seen with our own eyes. We saw what he did, and our hands touched him. 2 Yes, the one who is life was shown to us…”
The sheep is always limited. While God wants you to use your brain, the Holy Spirit wants to take you beyond limits. While God wants you to use your brain, Read the rest of this entry
His Name Not Yours
Dan.9:17 “O our God, hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.”
I have found in my walk with God, that one of the strongest pleas in supplication is “for your own sake” and Daniel also deployed this. Read the rest of this entry
Relationships
Dan.2:17 “…Daniel… told his friends… what had happened. 18 He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men… 19 That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision…”
Daniel had friends, people he was doing life with, people who could pray for him and with him. Do you have friends? Daniel was in a “Life group”, are you in a Life group? You are the average of the three people you spend the most time with. Read the rest of this entry
True Dominance
Eph. 6:10 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil.
I would advise everyone to actively put on all the weapons the Bible outlines in Eph.6:11-18, in order to combat satan’s antics. However, some of us need to pay attention to specific areas of our armor. Read the rest of this entry
Master’s Plan
Mark 14:36 “Abba, Father,” he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
Does life always turn out good for people that remain faithful to God? In this story of Daniel and his friends, it turned out good. Some people would say, what about the disciples of Jesus? Even though they died horrible Read the rest of this entry
From Victory
Col.2: 13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.”
If you are a genuine Christian, it would not be long before the enemy attacks you. The reality is, the enemy is going to come at you whether you like it or not. Read the rest of this entry
Not As Humans
2 Cor.6:7 “…We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.”
Over the past few weeks, we spent a lot of time laying a foundation and establishing the building blocks to fight and gain victory. Over the next few days we will be looking at the weapons of our warfare. Read the rest of this entry
Focus!
Luke 9:51 “As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.” [with emphasis]
Over the next couple of day, by the Spirit of God, we will be dealing with distractions to fighting. Beginning today, Read the rest of this entry
Essentials III
1Cor.9:26 “Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air” (NIV)
When people do not understand or discern who controls time, they make decisions based on what they see. But when you know, and you understand who controls time, Read the rest of this entry
