Beauty & The Gospel ISSUE NO 9 VOL 3

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in this TEST ME, says the LORD!

EXCLUSIVE former FALSE PROPHET REVEALS OCCULT SECRETS Apostle Makhado

IT'S TIME TO SING A NEW SONG

ISSUE NO 9 VOL 3 OCTOBER 2020

PLUS!

NO COMPROMISE ,

fish mackerel recipe + THE KINGDOM KEYS &

GIVEAWAY!!!!!

VISION Romans 15:20-21 20 Accordingly I set a goal to preach the gospel, not where Christ’s name was already known, so that I would not build on another man’s foundation; 21 but [instead I would act on this goal] as it is written [in Scripture],“They who had no news of Him shall see, And they who have not heard [of Him] shall understand.”

MISSION 1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me [as an apostle] to baptize, but [commissioned and empowered me] to preach the good news [of salvation]—not with clever and eloquent speech [as an orator], so that the cross of Christ would not be [b]made ineffective [deprived of its saving power].

OUR CONTRIBUTORS

MINISTER MONICA I am a Christian Influencer who encourages, motivates and equips others through the Word of God.

EV . ANGUS & JILL BUCHAN

KENDRA DUBLIN

servants of God, lover of Jesus Christ , parents , grandparents and soul harvesters.

I am an energetic free spirit that loves life. In my spare time i love to do puzzles.

PROPHET G

MR & MRS LWAMBWA

PASTOR NTSAKO

servant of God, businessman, father and husband. I love making people laugh! and traveling.

Pastor and Deaconess with a passion for young people and bringing marriages back to the cross .

married to one wife, Tiyiselani. I enjoy cooking and learning new stuff. I'm mostly passionate about serving God

MARLYN ROJAS

PASTOR BONGANI

BOLANLE ENANG

Honored to serve. Ordained Minister, founder of Radiant Woman International, and Author of DISTORTED.

i am a loving husband and father of two. I love studying the Word of God.

Family Life Enthusiast, Author and Convener of Signature family building workshops|

OUR CONTRIBUTORS

CHEF MILCA

APOSTLE FUMANE

Chef, wife , mother , Pastor, transformational Speaker and Relationship coach.

Author of Manna Daily Devotions book. The founder and overseer of Seobi Ministries International in Vereeniging, South Africa

GOODNESS

CHANELLE PILLAY

I'm philanthropist, author, public speaker, businesswoman, and an artistic person.

Gracefully set apart and anointed by Him as a Prophetess.

A qualified attorney with her Masters in Business Law, and woman of faith! ! Author of books titled :‘A SHEPHERD KING’ and AWAY FROM YESTERDAY all available on Amazon.

TSHEGO MOLEKOA

KARABO LEKWAPE

Preacher of the Gospel in all forms and ways Business Analyst Spoken Word Artist Health enthusiast!

Is the daughter of the Most High. Who believes that without God you are nothing. She completed her Degree in BCom Accounting and is currently studying Post Grad in Financial Accounting.

DR ANDRÉ & JENNY ROEBERT pastors , parents, lovers of Jesus Christ and His Word.

Founders of Faith Tv

CRYSTELDA NAIDOO An avid nerd and an unapologetic dreamer from Durban, South Africa. Has launched a Christian lifestyle blog - Selah Blogger.

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CONTENTS

HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT LIKE A FIRE?

Business Law Debt is not your DESTINY WHY A CHRIST CENTERED MARRIAGE MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK IT IS

NO COMPROMISE I STILL BELEIVE movie review by Crystelda The AWESOME power of God's anointing COOKING WITH CHEF MILCA Teaches us how to cook fish mackerel Stay in your lane MENTAL HEALTH dealing with uncertainty IT'S TIME TO TESTIFY!

EXCLUSIVE Apostle Makhado reveals how and why he got into the occult world that gave him the title of a FALSE PROPHET. But it ends with GRACE.

WHOSE JOB IS IT? "Being a spiritual coach to your child is a God given and ordained assignment" CULTIVATING THE DISCIPLINE OF MEDITATION GIVEAWAY Beauty & The Gospel Collaborating with Apostle Makhado

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editor's note Your majesty A CALL TO TRUST THE LORD Isaiah 8:11-14 (TNLT) 11 The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said, 12 “Don’t call everything a conspiracy, like they do, and don’t live in dread of what frightens them. 13 Make the Lord of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble. 14 He will keep you safe.

Beloved, I could literally end this note just here. This scripture says it all. This is a call to The Body of Christ Jesus to TRUST IN THE LORD! The world is seeking answers and solutions and we the Church are exactly that. We cannot be found thinking like the world, calling everything a conspiracy (other versions say “Do not join in the schemes of the people") and don’t be afraid of what frightens them. The Word of God is life and it is alive.

Sometimes we may find ourselves participating whether in fear, schemes or thoughts like the world, but now is the time for repentance for our Lord is calling us to TRUST HIM. We already know why everything is happening in the world, it’s all in the Word of God. For we know our redemption draws near, let the day of rapture not find us thinking, scheming or fearing but trusting and fearing the Lord Almighty

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IT’s always and honor to work on this magazine for the Body of Christ and glory for my King. Write us your comments and thoughts to our email: beautyandthegospel@gmail.com it might just be printed!

If you happen to be a new reader, WELCOME ABOARD BELOVED. That’s it for now, till next time, you’re loved by Him and I.

VOL. 9| OCTOBER 2020

B&TG NEWS CHRISTIANS IN THE KNOW!

700th translation of the Bible celebrated Source: www.christian.org.uk

Wycliffe Bible Translators are celebrating as they announce that the Bible has now been fully translated into 700 languages. They hailed newly translated Bibles in Mexico, Malawi and Nigeria as “a new milestone” in its mission to enable all people “to read or hear God’s word in their language”.

The Bible translation agency estimates 5.7 billion people could potentially access the complete Old and New Testaments “in the language they understand best”, while translation work is still under way in a further 2,617 languages.

“We are so happy that we now have the complete Bible”, said one participant at the launch event of the Bible in the Huichol language in Mexico in July. In Malawi the Lomwe people celebrated the publication of the Ellomwe Bible with Senior Chief Nazombe declaring: “I am grateful to God that I can witness this in my lifetime.”

Gerner cautiously predicted that by 2031 the Bible will have been translated into every native language.

OVERVIEW: Israeli Archaeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Jewish Ritual Bath in Galilee Boko Haram Is Recruiting Young Children In New Drive DISCLAIMER B&TG NEWS is a Christian news segment that shares pre-published articles by writers around the world.

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Any views or opinions presented on this segment are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Beauty & The Gospel.

Study confirms explosive growth of Iranian Christian

Boko Haram Is Recruiting Young Children In New Drive

Source: www.christian.org.uk

Source: www.persecution.org

New research shows the rapid growth of the church in Iran, with Iranian Christians now numbering around one million.

The survey of 50,000 Iranians, 90 per cent of whom live in Iran, estiamates that around 1.5 per cent approximately 750,000 to one million people identified as Christian.

In an immigration ruling, judges Rintoul and Bruce accused mission groups of inflating the numbers in order to attract financial support.

They claimed that it was not “remotely plausible that there are as many as 1 million people secretly practising Christianity in Iran today”.

Iran is one of the worst countries in the world for the persecution of Christians.

Open Doors, a charity which supports the persecuted Church, places Iran ninth on its World Watch List, ahead of both Saudi Arabia and China.

Boko Haram continues to plague Northern Nigeria and the Lake Chad region with attacks, extremism and devastating violence. This hateful group has been operating out of Borno, Nigeria, since 2002 when its founder, Mohammad Yusuf, started preaching about the evils of the West.

In 2009, the group turned fully against the Nigerian government and started carrying out these violent acts.

This includes hundreds of murders, abductions, bombings and destruction of villages.

In order to continue this insurgency, the group had to constantly recruit new members to their evil cause.

They have used both bribery and abductions as a way to gain these new members. Many of those who are abducted are forced into slavery. Women are sold as wives and sex slaves to high up commanders in the group or supporters outside the group.

Children and women are often forced to be suicide bombers by the group as well.

Recent research has shown that the group is increasing their efforts to recruit children. They recruit younger children to act as suicide bombers, and older children, many of whom are already victims of the groups violence, as soldiers or suicide bombers. They promise these children protection, purpose, food and security in return for their services. For many of these devastatingly poor children, this is the best offer they will ever receive.

The use of Children in war is a major war crime. The Nigerian government and the whole world needs to pay attention to this abuse and must stop these terrorists from killing so many young people. Please pray for an end to this terrible war that has destroyed so many lives over the past decade.

Update on the 'The Return' and Prayer March Bathe Nation's Capital in Prayer & Repentance www1.cbn.com

As "The Return" organizer Jonathan Cahn put it, "We drove God out of our hearts, out of our government, out of our ways, out of laws, out of the education of our children, out of the public squares. Out of our businesses, out of our media, out of our culture, out of our lives. And as we drove Him out, we opened up a vacuum into which came a flood of other gods."

Remember Who You're Talking to How do we stop the spiral downward? As Cahn would put it, "Repent and return." And appeal to the one true God.

"When you pray, remember that you are appealing to the highest authority there is," said Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham. "Nobody can go over His head. He is the highest authority we can appeal to.

What he says, is so."

President Trump took part in the event, sending a message from the White House to be read to The Return crowd. He stated, "On this inaugural National Day of Prayer and Return, the First Lady and I join millions of Christians here in the United States and around the world in prayer, as we turn our hearts to our Lord and Savior."

Israeli Archaeologists Uncover 2,000Year-Old Jewish Ritual Bath in Galilee Source: www1.cbn.com

JERUSALEM, Israel – Experts from the Israel Antiquities Authority Source: www.worthynews.com uncovered a 2,000-year-old mikveh – or Jewish ritual bath – among the remains of an ancient Jewish farmstead in the Galilee region. The findings date back to the Second Temple Period and give a window into ancient Jewish life in that area.

China's Government Wants Absolute Loyalty from Teachers, No Exposure to Democracy, Religion or Dissent Source:www1.cbn.com

The Chinese government remains insistent in their efforts to persecute Christians while threatening drastic measures toward anyone who resists their authority.

And they are forbidden to take a vacation in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan to ensure there are fewer opportunities for them to learn about democracy, religion, or disapproval about the government.

Those who refuse to comply with the restrictions face punishment and could lose their jobs. Since President Xi Jinping took office in 2013, teachers throughout China have been punished for "improper" speech and "ideological failures."

A primary school teacher in Inner Mongolia told Bitter Winter that it had become more challenging to take a trip.

"We must undergo an approval process composed of several levels and encompassing a conversation on our understanding of foreign and domestic affairs, and must hand in our passports after each trip," the teacher said.

"Those who fail to submit their passports within a set deadline are criticized publicly, and their passports are revoked for five years."

"The government believes that religious teachers are hostile to the party, even if they don't evangelize," said an English teacher from the eastern province of Shandong said.

"The CCP is afraid that they would integrate faith into teaching. That's why they strictly control teachers and want them to follow its ideological system and eventually become puppets that cannot think independently."

“The existence of a mikveh, a purification facility, unequivocally indicates that the residents of the ancient farm were Jewish, who led a religious and traditional way of life, and maintained purity as a Torah commandment. Ritual baths have been used in daily life by Jews since the Second Temple period and until today,” explained excavation directors Abd Elghani Ibrahim and Dr. Walid Atrash.

They said this marked the first time archaeologists have ever discovered the remains of ancient Jewish farms in the Galilee region.

“The discovery of the mikveh in the farmstead changes what we knew about the lifestyle of the Jews in the Second Temple period.

Until now we hadn't discovered Jewish farms in the Galilee. It was considered that the Jews in the Roman period didn't live in farms outside the villages or towns.

The discovery of the farmstead at some distance from the village of the Shikhin and the large Jewish town of Sepphoris, showed that Jews also settled in farmsteads, that perhaps functioned as the rural hinterland of Sepphoris.

END TIME PROPHECTIC VISIONS By: Julita Kok

revival IS COMING 2 days ago (27 September 2020) , during my 3am watch, God spoke to me about the revival that is coming. He said this.

Get ready Julita, as the church will not know what to do with these souls coming in. And I asked Him why that is. And He told me that this revival will not be like any other. It will not be because of an evangelist preaching the gospel or church sermons, but the Holy Spirit Himself will PROPHECY

minister to people and many will have encounters with Jesus Himself and because of this, they will be so on fire for Him, that the church will be afraid of them, not knowing what to do with these “radicals�. But God is raising up an army Himself, an army who will build His kingdom here on earth like we have never seen before.

A few months ago, during lockdown, I had a vision one morning. Now.... during that past week, I saw angels on the mountain tops surrounding Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Franschoek, Paarl and the Overberg , South Africa. Angels just watching and waiting. iting.

Waiting patiently for something. God

Last night we had an earthquake off the

never showed me what they were waiting

shore of South Africa, 6.2. There was no

for.... they were just there.... waiting....

threat of a Tsunami, but for the first time

thousands and thousands of angels just

in our history, there was a possibility of

waiting.

such a thing happening in Cape Town.

When I heard about it, God reminded me

A few years back, God started speaking to

about 2 things. The dream myself and

me about the holy war that is coming and

others had about the tsunami hitting

He instructed me to prepare the

Cape Town and its surrounding areas and

worshippers. To get an army of

an assignment I was on one week ago at

worshippers ready for the holy war that is

the Indian Ocean. I want to tell you today

coming. And since then, every now and

not to underestimate the powers at work

again, He reminded me about this war

in the waters. They have been there since

that is coming.

the beginning causing havoc.

So, during that week of seeing the angels

And this morning, as I was praying into

waiting on the mountain tops, again

the earthquake asking God about the

during my 3am watch.... I had a vision of

times and seasons.... I wanted to know

Jesus riding into Cape Town on His white

exactly where we were at, He reminded

horse. He came over the ocean and was

me about the sequence of events He

just riding slowly and at ease .... riding

showed me the past few years, but also

into Cape Town and He had a huge, huge

the past few months.

army of angels with Him riding horses and as He came riding in, He was calling to all

I want to tell you this morning that we live

the angels on the mountain tops waiting.

in a time where the Bible speaks of the

And they all joined Him. At that moment I

sinners that will go before us. This is the

knew the holy war is at hand and Jesus

time where the Holy Spirit will encounter

Himself is here to fight the battle. This is

many people and He will ignite a fire

not our battle as a holy war is always

within them that will run wild as it

about souls and He is here for this fight.

spreads from Cape Town, through Africa,

And during this time of lockdown we

to Jerusalem and beyond. A time where

started Worship SA and the worshippers

the church will not control these new

were doing their part and the watchmen

born souls as they will know things of

on the walls are praying doing their part

Christ which the church could never

and He gave us praise as a weapon .... so,

understand. A complete work will be done

I knew the battle is on. We are all

in them by the Holy Spirit in an instant. It

preparing the atmosphere and the

will not take years, it will be instant. And

spiritual realm for what is about to

we as Christians on this road for a long

happen in this earth.

time, should be awake as to what God is doing and be careful not to work against

VISIONS

God because we want things done in a certain way.

Let God be God during this time and

Make time. This is your most important

move with Him and your eyes will see the

investment. Make time for this

most beautiful things happen in the lives

relationship. We live in a time where we

of the unsaved. Many of them will go

as Christians cannot afford to not hear

before those saved for many years

His voice. Get to know Him by interacting

already.

with His Word and by praying. And do not be afraid of the times we are in. Count it

And as I was praying into all of this, this morning of the 27th of September

all joy, because our salvation is at hand.

He spoke to me about the healing of the

2020..... I suddenly saw a valley

nations at this time as well, but we will

surrounded by many, many mountains.

get to that at another time.

The valley was covered in darkness. And then suddenly, a small light appeared....

Do not be afraid, but rejoice for the times

not like the sun.... I knew instantly that it

we are in and know that Jesus Himself is

was not the sun.... and as I looked closer,

here to fight this battle. The enemy has

I saw it was the Son..... coming in all His

been defeated and this battle is also the

glory, surrounded by His angels shouting

Lords.

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord..... and this Light grew brighter and shone into all of

Keep on praising and dancing as the joy

the dark places of this valley until it

of the Lord is our strength.

covered it all. No more darkness, but only Him shining brightly.

part 2 ( 29 Sept 2020) So, I want to tell you to prepare yourselves for a mighty, mighty outpouring like this world has never seen

Rain-Fire from the Holy Spirit

before. He is establishing His Kingdom.

And I know that I usually see a few years ahead, but this time I know that it is not

I had another encounter with the Lord.

the future that I see, it is already

Those who know me, know that I go to the

happening right now in the spiritual

mountains to pray. This is where I declare

realm. It is upon us. Jesus Himself is here

and decree mostly. On Sunday evening, I

to fight this holy war and we will see the

took my son, Leo, with me for the first

results of that in the souls that will be

time. Now going to the mountains is a

saved without crusades.... they will tell of

journey. It is a 90min journey. It takes

encounters with Jesus Himself.

effort to get up there. On Sunday evening we did all that for God to tell me that Leo

What an exciting time we live in. I want to

and myself should wait on Him during our

urge you to spend time with Him.

midnight watch. So, at 12h00 we came together and did a short prayer and just

PROPHECY

waited. No prayer, no talking.... just waiting upon God to speak to us.

I suddenly became aware of 3 men who

We welcomed the Holy Spirit into our

walked into the room. Faceless. Could

nation and our homes and to all the other

only see their shapes and all they did was

nations of the world. And we repented of

wait with us. I instantly knew that they

neglecting the Holy Spirit.

came to hear what God is going to say to us.

But Leo had a spectacular vision earlier.

He saw rainfire coming down on people. I

And when God spoke, it saddened me

have never heard of rainfire before. I

beyond anything else. In short.... He

asked him to explain and he said that it is

asked me to welcome His Holy Spirit.

normal raindrops, but they are on fire.

When I got saved many years ago, we

Water cannot burn. But I immediately

used to sing songs welcoming the Holy

knew what God is doing in this time.

Spirit in our midst. We used to invite Him to join us at our gatherings, invited Him

Water cleanses. It is also a sign of the

to teach us. But only few people do this

Holy Spirit. Fire refines. God is using the

today. Most People do not bother with the

Holy Spirit to send down rainfire to

presence of the Holy Spirit anymore. The

cleanse, purify and refine at the same

Holy Spirit was so important to Jesus. He

time as there is no more time for new

told His disciples that He had to go away

souls to take 50 years to mature in Christ.

in order for the Holy Spirit to come. And

He is quickening the process. He is going

He called Him the SPIRIT OF TRUTH!! We

to baptise people with water and fire

need the spirit of truth more than ever

simultaneously. Purifying and refining at

before. In this day and age..... lies and

the same time.

falseness is our reality. We are bombarded with lies every day and these

And I was reminded about the prophesy

lies have the power to control our lives.

of a fire will start in Cape Town and it will

Where the Spirit of Truth is, there can be

spread through Africa to Kairo to

no lies. And it brings freedom.

Jerusalem and beyond. We have been waiting for this for years. It is upon us.

And so, on Sunday, I knew God wanted us

When I was in my early 20’s, I heard this

to welcome the Holy Spirit once again and

prophesy for the first time and God

“release” (by lack of another word) Him to

said.... Julita.... your eyes will see it and

do what He needs to do in this era we are

you will be part of it.

in. God previously said that people will have encounters with Jesus Himself and

I am telling you today to get ready for

His Holy Spirit will teach them in this time

what is coming. Not years from now.... it

and they will receive the fullness of Christ

is here. Welcome the Holy Spirit in your

instantly. So, this is what Leo and myself

homes, your lives. Welcome Him in your

prayed for on Sunday evening.

city, your nation. “Release” Him to do what He needs to do in people’s lives at

VISIONS

this time.

And I was reminded about the prophesy

One of the things God showed me a few

of a fire will start in Cape Town and it will

months ago, is that there are angels in

spread through Africa to Kairo to

heaven who have been waiting. They have

Jerusalem and beyond. We have been

never been released on earth as they

waiting for this for years. It is upon us.

have been waiting for this era. And a few

When I was in my early 20’s, I heard this prophesy for the first time and God

months ago, they were released onto the earth for the first time and for THIS time!!!

said.... Julita.... your eyes will see it and you will be part of it.

I am telling you

We have no idea of what is coming!! I am

today to get ready for what is coming. Not

excited beyond measure for God’s plans

years from now.... it is here. Welcome the

for us. He is going to save by the

Holy Spirit in your homes, your lives.

millions!!! He is sending rainfire from the

Welcome Him in your city, your nation.

Holy Spirit to do this and no man will

“Release” Him to do what He needs to do

receive the Glory!!! Jesus is coming back!!!

in people’s lives at this time. We have

God is preparing a kingdom for His Son

never seen a move of the Holy Spirit as

here on earth and He is in a hurry now.

we will see now. Welcome Him!!

Songwriters and worshippers, write and

Be expectant of the rainfire. Pray it down.

sing about the Holy Spirit and call in the

And welcome the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of

revival!! Go before us with your victory

Truth, in your midst.

songs!!! Prepare the way for the Holy Spirit to come and witness to people of Jesus who died for them. Intercessors and watchers on our walls, protect what God is doing in this time!! He is releasing a new, yet ancient frequency and people’s spirit will recognise it.

PROPHECY

TA I L JU

KOK

devotions

Loyalty

by Dr AndrĂŠ and Jenny Roebert

Proverbs 3:5 (NLT):Â "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding."

The benefits of a covenant relationship include the privilege of drawing close to the Lord, enjoying an intimate relationship with Him. We can safely bare our hearts and inner most thoughts to Him, knowing He will not only give us His undivided attention, but will respond by revealing His Own heart and thoughts to us. This precious relationship we have with Him is held securely in the bonds of loyalty.

Our loyalty and devotion towards the Lord is demonstrated when we deliberately choose to know His ways and walk in them. The benefits of this are quite overwhelming since His ways are perfect and always work towards our best interests, in every regard. The beautiful truth is: He knows our human nature is not as dependable as His own. So He placed His Own Spirit within us, to strengthen and energise us, and empower us to both desire and do His will. Understand you never have to face any part of this life on your own. Draw near to the Lord, trust in His faithfulness to you and let Him fill you with His peace and strength, as He shares His thoughts with you - giving you the wisdom and clarity you need to overcome.

ROTUBIRTNOC

NO COMPROMISE written by:

ANGUS & JILL BUCHAN Jill and I found Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour on the 18th of February 1979, just two years after settling in Greytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands, South Africa. Originally from Zambia, we bought a piece of land on which we planned to farm crops and livestock. We had very little to start with but

Or getting married to an unbeliever and hoping that

even as brand new Christians, we were content with our farm,

through your marriage he or she will come to Christ,

which we later called SHALOM.

it doesn’t work that way. The sad fact of the matter is that often the unbeliever will win you back into the

If we look at the book of Deuteronomy 20:15–20

system of the world.

(NKJV), we will see that the Lord was adamant that the children of Israel had nothing to do with the

We cannot lower our standards and that is mainly for

unbeliever, and was very ruthless about it in fact.

the sake of those who are lost in the systems of this

There was to be no compromise with God’s people

corrupt world. They must have something to look up

and the people in the land that they conquered. Jesus

to, something to emulate, because they are

said in Matthew 12:30 (NKJV), “He who is not with Me

desperately searching for the truth (Jesus). I

is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me

remember myself, in the days before I met the Lord,

scatters abroad.”

looking for someone or something that I could respect or look up to.

There can be no lowering of standards, not even for the sake of peace (which by the way will never last).

My brother in law was a young student from Rhodes University when we were living in central Africa and I

No participating in things which are against God’s

was playing active rugby at the time and I was very

standards in order to hopefully win over those who

much one of the boys. He would always sit apart, not

are lost. The reason being, because the chances are

because he thought he was anything special, but he

very good unfortunately, that your conscience will

was not one of the drinking boys. I used to watch

eventually become seared and you will backslide and

him, sitting out on the veranda of the club house

even capitulate. I looked up the word ‘capitulate’ in

enjoying his coke while we were drinking it up in the

the Oxford Dictionary. it means to cease to resist an

pub. Even though I used to shout at him, ‘come in

opponent and basically to surrender. This is not a

and join the boys’, he would smile and just say that

time for you and I to lower our Christian standards in

he is fine where he is, secretly I was hoping that he

order to try and win someone over for Jesus, it never

would never ever come in. Isn’t that amazing, a real

works. For example, going into business with an

paradox. We’ve got to be different for the sake of the

unbeliever hoping you will win him across; the

lost. We’ve got to have something that they want and

chances are he will cause you to backslide.

that won’t in any way lower our standards.

Remember, we are His ambassadors, 2 Corinthians

but we rejoice in this fact that 1 John 4:4 (NKJV)

5:20 (NKJV), “Now then, we are ambassadors for

says “…because He who is in you is greater than he

Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we

who is in the world.”

implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” And so my prayer today for each one of us is that we have the strength not to bend under the peer pressure and the standards of a deceptive world

Have a wonderful month of standing tall for Jesus.

(which will try everything to win us back to the systems of the devil),

Angus and Jill Buchan

EX

FORMER FALSE PROPHET REVEALS ALL Apostle Mkhado, born in Polokwane, South Africa. He is an Author, Pastor at AFM , Husband and Father. By the grace of King Jesus we had the opportunity to interview him as he shares all about his experience of this mystery when it comes to FALSE PROPHETS. Be prepared to learn and grow. The Word of God is alive and active. For it quotes multiple times that in the last days there will be false prophets!

By the Grace of God, he has written five Books Titled:

1. Church Mafia 2. My African Dream 3. Initiated by My Spiritual Father 4. The Big Agenda. 5. Understanding Corona Virus with Willy and Friends Church Mafia is a memoir that is inspired by my past life. I used to be a False Prophet operating in Soshanguve, South Africa. This book explains in details; How I joined the occult world, How I operated as a false Prophet, my arrest, my rehabilitation and my restoration.

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The begining....

Seeking secret powers

I didn't get into ministry as a false prophet but started somewhere. As a Pastor’s Child from a very young age, I used to see myself preaching and teaching the Word of God through dreams and visions. The desire and the passion to serve God grew within in me until I decided to enrol at Seminary to study Theology.

As a young Preacher, when you realise that you don’t have these ‘powers’, you began to feel intimidated and that builds ups as pressure that led me to Nigeria and the quest of obtaining “SECRET POWERS”. To be honest with you, I will say; the way we are presenting Christianity, here in Africa, it is slowly damaging the young generation of Preachers. In Africa we present Christianity is the demonstration of this supernatural power; that makes people to fall down, when the preacher prays for them, we portray Christianity as powers that make people to respect you.

In my last year of my theological training, God instructed me to start a Church in Pretoria. I planted a church in Pretoria by the grace of God. After opening this ministry I realised that it wasn't growing in numbers as I had expected. It baffled me because I did everything I was taught in Bible school like and : praying ,fasting and studying the Holy Bible, living righteously and could preach very well. But the number of members wasn't growing,

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I used to believe that the success and the failure of a ministry is on the shoulders of the Pastor. This is wrong; Jesus is the only head of the Church.

Yes, as Ministers in the Kingdom of God we should live right, set an example. How righteousness cannot increase church membership. When you are right with God, God reveals more of Himself to you and when people see the glory of God in your life, they can follow you. People should not follow another person, but they should follow the Presence of God in the life of that Person.

Church growth is not in quantity but in quality. Remember that Jesus had only 12 followers and he produced quality Christian leaders that we all look up to. Today we have mega churches with over hundred thousand membership but it’s only few who remain loyal Christians in those numbers. So when we talk about Church growth let us not count the head of people in the Church let us look at the fruits of the Holy Spirit in their lives.

I envied these "false prophets" and their mega churches and with that I decided to draw closer to them. The only mistake I did was to think that: serving or being close with those ‘ministers’ will turn me into becoming a Powerful demon caster because being close to them cost me my life. I started by serving them, calling them: Spiritual Parents because I was looking to inherit what they had. That is why: we have to learn to be closer to God than to mortal People whom we call: Spiritual Fathers.

As I got closer to them and spent a lot of time with them I realised that the lifestyle they were living was contrary to a child of God let alone a servant of God. This broke my heart but since their lifestyle didn’t affect their accuracy in prophecy, I thought that was the lifestyle and it slowly affected my character.

Iniation with the occultic world In Nigeria I was initiated into an occult. Ifa is a god they consulted to check what will be required of me to be part of the occult. - The god of thunder, iron and water spirits: are the idols I had to worship as part of my initiation.

When I came back from Nigeria, I had to visit the local river, where I had to perform some rituals. And one of the rituals was to bury the head of a pig in the Church, and when this pig started to rot and worms came out of it, instantly I saw many people coming to church. There are many rules given to an occult member depending on their level of spiritual powers. In my case I also had to do blood scarifies. I was also instructed to charge people coming for spiritual counselling and the reason was when their money was placed on the evil altars, all the people who gave their money would keep on giving without being aware that they were under the spell of the occultic power.

Even after I had gone to Nigeria I still wasn’t satisfied with the manifestation of the “powers” I had been given. One thing you must know is that one is never satisfied with power and will always be on the quest to obtain more which lead me to go to Zimbabwe where I was given a spirit of a baby in a flower pot.

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I had to go through a horrifying process to get this flower pot. Upon initiation to obtain this spirit of a baby I went to the gravesite at midnight and was told to lay on top of the fresh grave of a baby that had just been laid to rest. I had to lay on this grave naked and had to stay there for some time till the occult initiators fetch me. The thought of being caught laying in a foreign land, naked on a grave yard horrified me but it was too late as there was no turning back, if I did, I was told I would go crazy!

Sometime after I went to Mozambique where they gave me two powers that I decided to name: by fire by force.

These powers operated during what we call deliverance session in the church. I would say these words and It will possess people during a church -

service. Once you hear a minister say these words be cautious because such is not written in the Word of God. Our God is a consuming fire but His fire has a name and manifests through THE HOLY SPIRIT. I remember there were times where my wife, kids, siblings tried to speak some sense to me and I used to tell them: ‘this is prophetic and no one will understand it.

The day it all came crashing...

I was growing in power until one day I was arrested, implicated in a mutilation case where I was quitted from the case: this was my turn around case. I hear people say; if I was not arrested could I still be practising as a false Prophet: No, I don’t think so because the life span of a false prophet is short, maybe I could be dead but Because God had a purpose with my life, He still could have used any other way to set me free. The day I was acquitted from the case, a lot of community members were not happy about that. They decided to come and burn my house but mysteriously the bus that was transporting them had punctures on the way and that's one of the miracles that manifested.

Deliverance process Deliverance is a process. I had to burn all evil altars, walk through the process of deliverance. I had to go back home [at my parents' home stayed there for spiritual rehabilitation and restoration]. Remember during that time: everyone knew about my shame [the arrest] and I felt that I am no longer fit to be called a Pastor but brethren’s in the Lord kept on reminding me who I was in Christ, this restored my life as well. My advice is that: true deliverance is free through the blood of Jesus Christ.

If you need deliverance you need to spend most of your time in prayer and also reading God’s word. Yes, we have real men and women of God who are anointed to pray for such cases. I must add that I felt guilty of all the bad things that I did and asked God for the boldness to ask forgiveness, confession and also teach the true Gospel of Christ.

MERCY RE-WROTE MY LIFE..

The reason, I came back into the ministry is because of my calling and I was helped by other Reputable men of God, to come back into the ministry. I will forever be grateful to Dr Tj Skhosana. This journey taught me a lot of things: but one lesson that I will always remember is the unconditional love and support I received from my wife, Parents, siblings and kids.

Last words and advice....

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To be honest with you, I will say; the way we are presenting Christianity, here in Africa, it is slowly damaging the young generation of Preachers. In Africa we present Christianity is the demonstration of this supernatural power; that makes people to fall down, when the preacher prays for them, we portray Christianity as powers that make people to respect you. We are living in the last days, let us learn how to test the spirits.

This is a sad truth that Preachers today have become Celebrity Preachers based on their Preaching performances. Pulpits have become the battlefield for Preachers not only young Preachers but this pressure include the Veterans in the Kingdom of God. The reality is that Preaching should point to Christ not how flexible is the preacher man.

Many of us, young Preachers spend most of our time trying to prepare a powerful sermon rather than allowing the Holy Spirit to present a life changing sermon through us.

Remember there is no Powerful sermon because every sermon that talks about Jesus Christ is powerful

INTRUIGING Q & A Q) Is every pastor called to open a church?

A) I honestly think the question should be: is every Preacher called to Pastor a Church? Honestly speaking not every Preacher is supposed to be a Pastor.

When we talk about a Pastor, we are referring to a shepherd. A person who cares for God’s people. Unfortunately, today we have Powerful Preachers who are abusing God’s people, this shows you that a Preacher is not automatically a Pastor. So, it is not every Preacher who has a Pastoral heart.

Q) How dangerous is pride, how does it sneak in and how can one resist it especially when having spiritual gifts)?

A) Pride is self-glorification: this is dangerous because it makes a person to think that they are more special than other.

Q) Is it possible for a minister of the Gospel to preach with ‘anointing & fire’ which is not coming from the Lord Jesus Christ?

A) Yes, it is possible for a minister of the Gospel to preach with anointing which comes from the secret society; look at their lifestyle.

Q) Can anointing be imparted or bought?

A) Real anointing comes from the Holy Spirit: one has to have a close relationship with the Holy Spirit. The imparted anointing doesn’t mean that-

you have to ask someone to lay their hands on you thinking that you will receive it. Look at Barnabas and Paul, they were chosen by the Holy Spirit first before they were prayed for. This day's spiritual sons are buying the anointing from their spiritual fathers is are pure signs of occult practises.

Q) How can one discern an occult priest?

A) An occult Priest is false, they don’t set you free but spiritually binds you.

Look at their lifestyles.

Q) Truth on “holy” water, oils, perfumes, soaps, pens, doeks(head scarves), wrist bands , stickers etc…..

A) The truth of church products such as oils, holy water, those are spiritual mediums and the bible is against such practises.

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IN THIS TEST ME, SAYS THE LORD! Â

BY: JOHN HAGEE

Malachi 3:10

Would you love for God's blessing to saturate your life so completely that you don’t have enough room to receive them? Would you like for them to overflow in your life beyond all that you can think or imagine?

The Bible is the greatest book in the world regarding money management.

God has given us many promises -

throughout the Scriptures regarding the topic of prosperity for His children, who have historically been very prosperous.

Do you believe that you can never out give God? The Bible says that He owns the cattle on a thousand hills and He delights in your good fortune.

Consider Abraham. The book of Genesis tells us that he was rich in cattle, silver, and gold. Solomon was the richest man in the world.

By today’s standards, he would have been a trillionaire. His horse stables were made of gold. Now that’s rich! “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.” — 3 John 1:2.

Jesus gave us 38 parables in the Bible; 16 deal with how to manage our possessions. There are 500 verses in the New Testament dealing with prayer, and less than 500 discussing faith.

However, there are more than 2,000 verses telling us how to manage our possessions. The Scriptures make it very clear... You will either master your money, or your money will master you!

The choice is yours.

Would you like for God’s prosperity to explode in your life? I’m going to give you some fundamental concepts, based 100% on the Word of God, about prosperity that will completely revolutionize your thinking about money. Deuteronomy 8:18 tells us, “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” You will never prosper until you believe that it’s God’s will for you to prosper.

The difference between living a life of prosperity and a life of poverty is a simple choice! Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Your financial success tomorrow will be determined by your obedience to God’s Word today. If you plant a seed at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, it won’t grow into a stalk of corn by daylight tomorrow. Today you make the choice to honor God with your giving so that He can open the windows of heaven and bless your future.

Continue to walk steadfastly in your decision to honor God with your finances.

Every time God gives you the opportunity to give, He is also giving you the opportunity to increase. Let go of what is in your hand, so that God can bless you with what He holds in His. What He has in store for you (in His hand) is far greater than what you could ever do on your own.

Your provision is determined by your obedience to His Word.

Consider the spiritual realm. How did Jesus come to earth? The answer is seedtime and harvest. The seed of the woman (Mary) shall crush the head of the serpent (Satan). The Holy Ghost planted the seed in Mary’s womb, and the kingdom of Satan was forever defeated. Consider the physical realm. How did you get here?

Seedtime and harvest. These two events were separated by nine months. Consider the financial realm. When you plant your seed (tithe and offering), God not only meets your need, but He rains down blessings on every area of your life. He is the God of more than enough!

Give, and it shall be given unto you. If something inside of you resents giving...it’s not of God. Giving is the only proof you have that the cancer of greed has not consumed you. The day is coming when all you will have is what you have given to God.

Everything that God controls...GIVES! The sun gives light. Clouds give rain.

God gave His only Son that we might be redeemed. What are YOU giving to HIM? you think that you are so far behind financially that you will never catch up, just start giving. God can make it up to you by giving you more than enough!

He can give back to you what the enemy has stolen. What you may have lost in a business failure, He can restore. Your only hope of catching up is planting your seed in the Kingdom of God beginning today

When you give to God, the only thing that can happen is for you to gain on every level. Beloved, He wants to prosper you in all things. Are you willing to trust Him with the little that is in your hand, for the countless blessings that are in His? I challenge you to “try” Him! Give on a regular basis. Render unto God what is already His and wait for the tidal wave of blessings to come your way! He never makes a promise without giving you the provision. Taste and see that the Lord our God is good

REMINDER

CULTIVATING THE DISCIPLINE OF MEDITATION SHEPHERD HILL COMMUNITY

"This book of the law shall not

"While Peter THOUGHT ON the

depart out of thy mouth; but thou

vision, the Spirit said unto

shalt MEDITATE therein day and

him..........." Acts 10:19.

night...…." Joshua 1:8.

In Proverbs 4:20-22, we see that "My son, attend to my words; incline

every person is as healthy as the

thine ear unto my sayings. Let them

quality of his or her meditation.

not depart from thine eyes; keep

Whatever you allow in your heart

them in the midst of thine

will play out in your body. You

heart. For they are life unto those

cannot fill your heart with negative

that find them, and health to all

stuff and expect a positive life.

their flesh." Proverb 4:20-22.

The six times the word 'MEDITATION'

Don't just collect Oranges

appears in the Bible have to do with

(scriptures), squeeze' those

thinking on God's Word.

scriptures through meditation.

Hallelujah.

One thing you need to have constantly in your heart is that God

Constant meditation will build your

has a Word for every situation, and

faith and surely breakdown your

rather than thinking about the

fears. When you are quiet, let your

situation and building up worries and

heart be busy thinking on God's

anxieties which soon affect your

Word especially the Word that

health, you can choose to meditate

matches the issues you are going

on God's Word concerning that

through. Meditation will calm your

situation.

nerves in a restless situation and like the Apostle Peter said in Acts

David said he had more

10:19, you can hear God speak while

understanding than his teachers

thinking on something He showed

because he made God's Word his

you in His Word.

meditation- Psalm 119:99.

Beloved, there is more in you than Meditation improves your reasoning

you currently see and God wants to

and if God's Word is your meditation,

do more in your life than you will

the Wisdom of its author (God

ever imagine. In Psalm 119:130,

Himself) rubs on you, so you can

David said, the entrance of God's

overcome that situation. God does

Word brings light- the light that

not only want us to have His Word in

banishes confusion in the mind. This

us- Colossians 3:16, He wants His

light will also reveal God's amazing

Word to have us when it becomes

deposits in your life; and then in

active in us through meditation.

Psalm 36:9b, we find our light, our purpose in life, in His light.

Where God's Word is active, faith is activated; and that means your faith

It's my prayer for you this day that

stays dormant until God's Word

you will no longer be confused over

becomes active in you. The bank

any issue again your life in Jesus

didn't say you don't have money in

mighty name.

that account, they only said, that account is dormant and you cannot withdraw from it but the bank will allow you put money into that account. What a pity! You draw from something active. This is why many wonder if they still have faith or why it's not working. Always remember that faith is activated by an active Word and not by how many scriptures you know on a particular issue.

Meditation is like squeezing the juice out of an orange. God gave you Oranges, He expects you to squeeze it to get the juice your body needs.

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CHEF MILCA CAVALA FISH WITH POMME DAUPHINOISE You can use any type of fish (Mackerel)

3 Benefits of Eating Fish Fish is generally known for its lowfat quality protein, Omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D and B2 and calcium which are incredibly important for your body and brain.

1.May boost brain health As brain function often declines with aging, many observational studies show that people who eat more fish have slower rates of mental decline.

2. May help prevent and treat depression Depression has become one of the world’s biggest health problems and studies have found that people who eat fish regularly are much less likely to become depressed likewise omega-3 fatty acids can fight depression.

3. May reduce your risk of autoimmune diseases Studies link omega-3 or fish oil intake to a reduced risk of type 1 diabetes in children, as well as a form of autoimmune diabetes in adults.

CHEF'S SIDE NOTE Try having fish at least once a week as studies reveal that people who eat fish every week have more gray matter, your brain’s major functional tissue, the part of the brain that regulates emotion and memory.

CAVALA FISH WITH POMME

DAUPHINOISE INGREDIENTS Cavala Fish (Mackerel) 5ml nutmeg 5ml cumin 5ml paprika Chives to garnish with 30ml Soil sauce 10ml Lemon juice 25ml oil salt

Methods Make a marinate mixture for the fish Put the fish in the marinate liquid for at least 2hours After that remove from the marinate liquid, put in the oven Cook until almost ready spray with butter and let grill for 5minutes READY

Roosted Vegetables Butternut cut in 5mm round Baby marrow French cut Cinnamon Pinch of salt Paprika

METHOD Cut vegetables Boil butternut for 5minutes Mix both vegetables, put spices and a bit of oil Put in a preheated oven

Pomme dauphinoise 2 potatoes finely sliced 100ml cream 200ml milk 1 glove of garlic Pinch of salt

Method Finely slice potatoes Simmer them for 10 min in milk and cream and minced garlic Drain the liquid, put the potatoes in a greased ramekin Sprinkle some cheese on top then bake You’re ready to plate and serve!

monthly devotions Karabo Lekwape, is the daughter of the Most High.

Who believes that without God you are nothing. She completed her Degree in BCom Accounting and is currently studying Post Grad in Financial Accounting.

Throughout her journey of life, she saw Gods amazing works and would advise that people ensure that they are running their race with God.. Pure Grace..

Introducing to you, monthly devotions by : KARABO karabo.lekwape

HE IS WITH YOU! Isaiah 41:10 [10]Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Beloved, take courage in all you do.

Whether troubles seem like they are about to swallow you up, no way in no way out, all roads dark.. do not fear because the Lord God is with you in everything. All you have to do is just call upon His name and because He has said it in His word, that settles it. He did not give you a spirit of fear so that you can be afraid, nor is He too far from you that He can’t strengthen OR help you - I mean He is our strength after all. Keep on trusting in Him and calling upon His name.. He’ll come through for you.

Prayer: Dear Lord, you did not give me a spirit of fear but of power, love and sound mind. Help me to not fear or be dismayed in all that I face, because you will never leave nor forsake me. Help me to trust in you and you only because You are where I draw my strength from.

AMEN.

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“ BEING A SPIRITUAL COACH TO YOUR CHILD IS A GODGIVEN AND ORDAINED ASSIGNMENT. ” Bolanle Enang – The Family Life Enthusiast WHOSE JOB IS IT? Many parents have been home in the last few months. Parents have become home school teachers, entertainers and many other unplanned roles. There is a role that is so important to God and your child. It means so much for the quality of life of your child. That role is the spiritual coach your child needs.

Did you know that research says that over ninety per cent of children take up the philosophy of life of parents? Multiple pieces of research show that the most influential people in the lives of children are parents. Take that in for a moment. As a mom or dad, you are more influential than friends, teachers, youth pastors or Sunday school volunteers and anyone else. Parenting is hard work.

The interesting part is it is also fun and very rewarding. Many people have experienced joy and belly-racking laughter from interacting with children.

The Bible is right when it tells us that children are gifts from God. Look at children as gifts from God irrespective of who they belong to. I can hear you sighing that sometimes, being a parent or a significant adult is daunting. Did I hear you say you need a break from the little ones? From the teenage who pushes your buttons? A break from caring from the sickly child?

BOLANLE ENANG | FamilyLife Enthusiast| Author| Convener of Signature family building workshops -The Table & Parent Talks| Accredited Facilitator: Evergreen Parenting| Family Wellness Consultant

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I can see myself feeling guilty when I get into the mode of ‘I need a break". So take heart moms and dads. Do not for a second feel you are alone because you are not. Build a community around yourself that empowers you to be a parent after God’s heart.

Being a spiritual coach to your child is a Godgiven and ordained assignment. The greatest gift we can give our children is faith in a loving and great Heavenly Father. A living and loving relationship with the Lord Jesus is the best gift on this side of life. It is your job as a parent to lead your child to the Lord.

We live in a world different from the one we grew up in. Many of us feel ill-equipped. God knew that, yet gave you your child. Your gift from heaven. As you live your life, remember you have a disciple watching you.

Let your words and lifestyle make your child curious about God. The first place to learn faith is our home. The following faith practices are ways of forming faith in children: have conversations about faith with your child, attend worship services together, regularly pray together, be part of helping projects, serve with your child.

I challenge you and me to a faith-forming challenge: practice at least one of the faith – practices above in this month. See how it affects your faith as a family. Be intentional about faith development in your home. It is not the role of your youth pastor or Sunday school volunteer. It is your God-given role. Get up and get on with this. You got this. Be the spiritual coach your child needs today. Let’s talk again in a few weeks.

devotions

Reflect Him

by Dr AndrĂŠ and Jenny Roebert Titus 2:7 (NLT):Â "And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching."

Our lives must reflect what we believe! If we believe the Spirit of the Living God resides in us and fills us with His own nature, there must be substantial evidence to support this. People must see proof of God's transforming power in our lives. In other words, the way we live must reflect a change of heart and lifestyle from the world we were saved out of, to the kingdom we have been saved into. Of course, this evidence can only come by the work of God's Spirit in us. Our part is to spend time with Him in His Presence and in His Word so we can know and love His ways. Then, as we go through the day, we pay careful attention to listen to and obey Him in all things; constantly trusting His power to enable us to do what He says. Jesus is our perfect example of how to live lead by God in this world, reflecting His nature in everything. His time spent in the presence of His Heavenly Father fuelled Him with all He needed to walk in His ways. Let your time of intimacy with the Lord set the quality of your walk before others. What you receive from Him in that secret place will be reflected in the life you live.

LAW & FAITH

Chanelle Fairlene Pillay Chanelle Fairlene Pillay is a South African born, qualified attorney with her Masters in Business Law, and woman of faith! She is connected to the ministry known as The SuperNatural Church of Jesus Christ where she encountered more of the Lord and His dynamic plans for her life! Author of books titled :‘A SHEPHERD KING’ and AWAY FROM YESTERDAY all available on Amazon. @chanelle.fairlene

Debt Is Not Your Destiny Around the world, millions of people experience the weight of indebtedness on their shoulders on a daily basis. Debt is a web that ensnares its prey and is used by the enemy to distract one from their destiny, and to lose sight of all that God has called them to be.

Debt brings with it countless sleepless nights, anxiety in the heart, deterioration in health, depression, tensions and disputes in households, and so much more from the kingdom of darkness.

None of that is what your Heavenly Father desires for your life while you are on this earth. In fact, the LORD desires the complete opposite for His children!

He wants you to have sweet sleep (Proverbs 3:24).

He wants your heart free from trouble (John 14:1).

He wants you to prosper and be in good health (3 John 1:2). He wants you to have a joy that nobody can snatch from you (John 16:22). He wants you to have an abundant life (John 10:10).

If you find yourself overwhelmed by debt, and you feel there’s no way forward, just remember that there are steps you can do in the natural, and principles you can follow in the Word of God to see some light in your situation.

IN THE NATURAL Do not avoid the calls and correspondence, believing the problem will disappear. In most cases, it gets more serious once legal action is instituted against you. Legal action will inevitably incur more costs, possible judgments and executions, involve attorneys,

LAW & FAITH

court procedures, and inevitably add to the stress and weight of your already overwhelming problem! It is in your interests to be upfront and transparent about your financial situation, providing proof where necessary.

Commit to a reasonable monthly repayment/settlement plan in the interim, until your financial position changes. Some form of arrangement is always a better option for both parties.

There are various debt relief measures that are available to you. Spend some time researching these, or consult a legal professional about what would be most applicable to your situation.

Consider chatting about your situation to a trusted family member or friend- someone who may be willing and in the position to assist you in the interim with a monthly repayment plan, until your situation improves!

REMEMBER THE WORD OF THE LORD! Always be obedient to the LORD and His Word in your giving with what belongs to Him. He desires for you to be blessed, for your finances to be blessed, and for your household to be blessed! Malachi 3:10 says, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground…”

What a powerful promise from our Father, when we do our part in obedience! Obedience reverses all the legalities against you and your finances!

It is important to evaluate the ground your finances are being sown in on a daily basis. If a person is involved in financial foolishness, whether it is lavishly spending beyond their means, squandering their children’s inheritance, using their finances in places and on things that grieve the heart of the Lord, committing bribery and corruption, then how can one expect the blessing of the Lord in this area? Now is the time to REVIEW this area, REPENT, RECTIFY, and watch the Lord REVERSE all that is crooked in your life! He can do it and desires to do it for you

Before you decide to approach your Creditor to discuss your situation and to seek an amicable solution- PRAY! The Lord is able to move the heart of anyone in your favor!

Ask the Lord for wisdom in handling your financial affairs! People find themselves in sticky situations due to unwise decisions and failing to be teachable. You can never go wrong when you take good advice from others, and when you seek the counsel of the Lord in every area of your life. The Bible says in the book of James that you should ask The Lord for wisdom and He will be sure to give it to you generously! Prophet Adrian Elijah Robert said something so powerful at one of the meetings at The SuperNatural Church on the point of wisdom. He said, “Why do you think King Solomon was so wealthy?

Because of wisdom! Because the wealth of Solomon’s life had to match the wisdom! The Bible says that Solomon was the wisest man.

But we also know that he was the richest man!

So WISDOM and WEALTH are connected! And wisdom comes from the Most High God!” Seek His face to open other doors of opportunities so that you may receive other streams of income! The Lord has sent you to the earth with talents, skills and gifts that you can tap into and benefit from!

Believe in the impossible! Do all that you can do in the natural, but never forget that you serve a God who can change any situation around in a second. In the Bible, a widow’s life was changed in an instant when the prophet of the Lord gave her a specific instruction! She went from fearing her creditors to witnessing supernatural multiplication of the oil in her home. In 2 Kings 6 there is a powerful story of a servant who lost his masters axe head in the Jordan! In one moment he became a debtor to his Master for the lost axe head! But the prophet of the Lord, Elisha, cut off a stick and threw it into the water, causing the iron to float and be recovered! The impossible made possible!

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There is no situation that is too difficult for the Lord to change around. There are secrets and principles in the Word of the Lord that are there for your peace, prosperity and for an abundant life!

DEBT IS NOT YOUR DESTINY! As I have come to learn at The SuperNatural Church of Jesus Christ – You do the NATURAL. And God will do the SUPERNATURAL.

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THERE IS NO SITUATION THAT IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR THE LORD TO CHANGE AROUND. THERE ARE SECRETS AND PRINCIPLES IN THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT ARE THERE FOR YOUR PEACE, PROSPERITY AND FOR AN ABUNDANT LIFE! Chanelle Fairlene Pillay

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How is the Holy Spirit like a fire?

By: Gotquestions.com

Answer: The Bible describes God as “a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:29), so it is not surprising that fire often appears as a symbol of God’s presence. Examples include the burning bush (Exodus 3:2), the Shekinah glory (Exodus 14:19; Numbers 9:15-16), and Ezekiel’s vision (Ezekiel 1:4).

Fire has many times been an instrument of God’s judgment (Numbers 11:1, 3; 2 Kings 1:10, 12) and a sign of His power (Judges 13:20; 1 Kings 18:38).

For obvious reasons, fire was important for the Old Testament sacrifices. The fire on the altar of burnt offering was a divine gift, having been lit originally by God Himself (Leviticus 9:24). God charged the priests with keeping His fire lit (Leviticus 6:13) and made it clear that fire from any other source was unacceptable (Leviticus 10:1-2).

In the New Testament, the altar can serve as a picture of our commitment to the Lord.

As believers in Jesus Christ, we are called upon to offer our bodies as “living sacrifices” (Romans 12:1), engulfed by the divine gift: the inextinguishable fire of the Holy Spirit. At the very beginning of the New Testament, the Holy Spirit is associated with fire. John the Baptist predicts that Jesus will be the One to “baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire” (Matthew 3:11). When the Holy Spirit began His ministry of indwelling the early church, He chose to appear as “tongues of fire” resting on each of the believers. At that moment, “all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them” (Acts 2:3-4).

Fire is a wonderful picture of the work of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is like a fire in at least three ways: He brings God’s presence, God’s passion, and God’s purity. The Holy Spirit is the presence of God as He indwells the heart of the believer (Romans 8:9). In the Old Testament, God showed His presence to the Israelites by overspreading the tabernacle with fire (Numbers 9:14-15). This fiery presence provided light and guidance (Numbers 9:17-23). In the New Testament, God guides and comforts His children with the Holy Spirit dwelling in our bodies—the “tabernacle” and the “temple of the living God” (2 Corinthians 5:1; 6:16).

The Holy Spirit creates the passion of God in our hearts. After the two traveling disciples talk with the resurrected Jesus, they describe their hearts as “burning within us” (Luke 24:32). After the apostles receive the Spirit at Pentecost, they have a passion that lasts a lifetime and impels them to speak the word of God boldly (Acts 4:31).

The Holy Spirit produces the purity of God in our lives. God’s purpose is to purify us (Titus 2:14), and the Spirit is the agent of our sanctification (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2).

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IT'S TIME TO TESTIFY!

BY; KENDRA DUBLIN

“Repent for the kingdom of Heaven is near.” (Matthew 4:17) As I stared at those words of Jesus I wondered, what kingdom? Why isn’t the kingdom already here? As I continued to study and question this verse, I was given a new understanding of my role on earth and how it affects others.

God had set Israel apart to be his people on earth. So, when Jesus came to save them you would’ve thought they would recognize him. But a lot of the teachers of the law rejected Jesus, so what is already established can’t be the kingdom. Jesus himself is on earth and the kingdom is near, so why is He here?

As Jesus began his ministry he was preaching, teaching and healing. I also wondered, why is Jesus healing people from diseases, demonic possession, and sickness? Yes, Jesus came to show the signs and wonders of his hand, but why?

Jesus doesn’t do anything haphazardly.

He plans and prepares a thing for a reason. So, why are all these people being healed? Because the kingdom of Heaven is near!

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Not only is God healing people to be a part of

because the teachers of the law rejected him,

his heavenly kingdom, he’s reteaching them.

Jesus had to build them up so they would

He tells them you are the Salt of the earth in

serve him. Jesus didn’t heal them just to be

Matthew 5. Salt in ancient times was a sign of

repaired. Especially in those days, being clean

wealth. Because salt comes from the sea, trails

was very important to the culture and

to salt roads and settlements were

establishment of law. Would they have

constructed there. It was one of the most

followed a blind man, diseased man or a

traded commodities for various reasons. Salt

woman with blood issues? No! Jesus had to

was traded for gold and “cakes of salt” were

restore them to cleanliness to go out and

used as money which is where we get our

proclaim his name. He knew they would tell

word “salary” from today. Salt is used to

everyone about a man who healed them.

preserve and flavor food, while also being an

Then they too would become His followers.

antiseptic. God was telling his disciples and

those who listened to his sermon on the

God needed another group of people that

mount that people should see you the same

weren’t bound by their own laws. Jesus didn’t

way they look at salt. You are a hot

come to help the leaders, but the

commodity! People should be flocking to you

disenfranchised, helpless and harassed people

because of what you have, they should be

of Israel. The leaders weren’t on the right track

able to get healing and flavor from you. Could

and had hardened their hearts to God.

God say you were as salt based off the way you

Consequently, Jesus went to the simple, poor

lived this past week?

in spirit, mourners, meek, those that hungered

for righteousness, the merciful, pure in heart,

Jesus says you are light as well. He tells us not

peacemakers and those who were persecuted

to dim or lights, but to show it at all times.

for righteousness.

Those looking for light will see it reflected off

of you. They will come to God because of you.

Jesus is not only preparing for the kingdom to

Also, it’s a way to hide the darkness that is

come but is making things new in real time. In

around you, your family and friends. Jesus had

order for them to be a part of God’s paradise,

to restructure the way they saw law, so they

they had to believe and repent as well; then

didn’t become dim like the Pharisees. Have

they could go out into their villages and cities

you hidden your light during the days of

and tell the world about the goodness of God

Covid? Don’t be consumed by what’s

and his return.

happening around you because the kingdom is near.

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For any man or woman to preach in his name,

Get started today because TOMORROW IS

Mathew five through seven. As Jesus is

TOO LATE TO BE GREAT.

reestablishing what his law actually means, he goes through the main issues of Israel. From reconciliation to sacrifice, heart changes, adultery, divorce, swearing, turning the other cheek, going the extra mile, loving your enemies, self-righteousness, prayer, heavenly treasures, gaining faith, seeking righteousness, judging unjustly, asking and seeking, doing right unto others, the narrow gate, false prophets and having a firm foundation. Jesus wants us to get ready for the coming kingdom but is also establishing his kingdom on earth.

Fast forward to today…now is not the time to be bland. Now is not the time to be gloomy.

Now is not the time to make up your own rules for living. Now is not the time to backslide! Now is not the time to take your eyes off the prize!

What has God healed you from? Cancer, sickness, diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, sexual immorality, addictions, and Satan’s hand day after day. Now is not the time to be silent. It is time to testify to the goodness of God. You cannot be quiet when God has restored you! You must share how you got through your struggles in God. Somebody has been praying to God for someone to come into their lives and you are hindering their process because God has called you to testify to them. It’s also time to begin your ministry through your testimony.

With a testimony comes responsibility and action.

God has healed you, retaught you through his Word and is waiting on you to finish the work.

What are you going to do differently for the last three months of 2020?

KENDRA DUBLIN

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You have heard it said is echoed throughout

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Kingdom Keys GOODNESS I'm a philanthropist, author, public speaker, businesswoman, and an artistic person.

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ATTHEW 16:13-19

[13]When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

[14]“Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”

[15]Then he asked them, “But who do you say I am?”

As we have read the opening scripture we realize that many have -

been calling Jesus with different names but Simon Peter knew Him for who He really is.

This was not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of God that he caught the revelation that Jesus was not an ordinary man. Now by Simon Peter declaring who Jesus is, we see Jesus speaking a blessing upon him (verse 16-18).

[16]Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

[17]Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

[18]Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.

He firstly tells him that he is blessed as it was not revealed to him by any flesh that who He is, it was revealed by His father in heaven.

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"We need to stop waiting on awaiting God." He then continues to give him a name He wants to call him with, which means “Rock” and the He declares to build His church upon him and no powers of hell will prevail on it. This reveals to us the importance of knowing God for who He is in our lives.

Understanding His position and the power He carries it comes with blessings and a covering because God will reveal His Glory through us. It doesn’t end there, as we continue to read in verse 19 which is the core of this message.

[19]And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”

We see Jesus giving him the Kingdom Keys and He continues to declare what will happen when he uses the keys. The great part is that when He gave him the keys He didn’t mention any restrictions and any limitations.

K- Kindly E- Enjoy Y- Your S- Self The only thing that was given to him is freedom, authority and responsibility. This is what we receive when we accept the master key who is Jesus and have knowledge and understanding of who He is and the position He holds in our lives.

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We also receive the kingdom keys because we are now restored back to our positions as sons through adoption we get through the Son of God. We are given freedom to access the doors of the kingdom of heaven and we are also given authority to bind things on earth and it will be so in heaven.

We are only left with the responsibility to use the keys wisely.

3 DIMENSIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AVAILABILITY- We need to be available to use the keys when needed to. Be available to exercise the authority and power given to us to help other people who need us to step in.

RELIABLE- God must be able to rely on us to use us in any time He wants to and in any way He wishes to in order to help people out of their situations or even to reveal His Glory through us.

RESOURCEFUL- This means we should be of good use along with the heavenly keys given to us. We should be able to help people make a decision of returning to God by serving them as instructed by God. Preach His Word to make Him known and His truth that sets people free and demonstration His Mighty power given to us by Grace.

It is time we know that we have been given power by Him as soon as we know Him for who He really is. We need to stop waiting on awaiting God. Sometimes He is waiting for us to exercise the power He has given us while we are busy waiting for Him to answer our prayers.

For all those who want these Kingdom keys you need the master key which is Jesus. He is the way, the truth and the life, no one will enter the Kingdom of Heaven except through Him (John 14:6).

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All you have to do is confess Romans 10:910.

[9]If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

[10]For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.

PRAYER OF SALVATION

"Father God, I come to you in the name of your son Jesus Christ. Your words says in the book of Acts 2:21... Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

I ask Jesus to come into my heart to be the Lord of my life. I receive eternal life into my spirit and according to the book of Romans 10:9-10... That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shat believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

I declare that I am saved, I am born again, I am a child of God, I am born of the Spirit, I now have Christ dwelling in me, Greater is He that is within me than the one who is in the world. I now walk in the consciousness of my new life in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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WELCOME TO NEW BEGINNINGS Your life will never be the SAME!!

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WHY A CHRIST CENTERED MARRIAGE MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK IT IS written by: SUSAN NELSON

What is a Christ Centred Marriage?

When you think of a Christ centred marriage, or a biblical or Christian marriage, what comes to mind? Perhaps attending worship services together, maybe praying and doing devotions together? What if I told you that it is much more than that?

Placing God at the center of your Christian marriage or having a three-cord strand marriage is so much more than attending church, praying and doing devotions. Don’t misunderstand me here.

Those things are all important, but it goes much deeper than that.

"HAVING A JESUS CENTERED MARRIAGE IS CONDUCTING YOURSELF IN A WAY, THROUGH MARRIAGE, THAT IS PLEASING TO GOD."

“PLACING GOD AT THE CENTER OF YOUR CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE OR HAVING A THREECORD STRAND MARRIAGE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN ATTENDING CHURCH, PRAYING AND DOING DEVOTIONS.” Having a Jesus centered marriage is conducting yourself in a way, through marriage, that is pleasing to God. It is following His commandments and teachings in the Bible in all you do as it relates to your marriage.

It is managing your money responsibly It is setting boundaries around your marital union when it comes to family or friends It is demonstrating intimacy and sexual relations It is speaking kindly and building one another up through words and actions It is learning to disagree and fight fairly It is submitting to your husband in all things (not just the easy things) It is learning how your spouse feels love and demonstrating that love in big and small ways It is placing your husband over everything (yes, everything, even your children) It is recognizing the differences in how God created men and women and how these differences impact marriage

Some examples of a Christ centred marriage from my life (what I’m still working on) Let me give you an example. My husband and I have a wonderful marriage, but recently God was convicting me and prompted me to examine where I might not be putting Him at the centre of my marriage. He was whispering in my ear that maybe I’m not giving ALL of my marriage to Him. My husband’s needs always come first. I have his homemade sweet tea always made (and poured for him when he comes in from work), fresh baked goods every week and he never has to worry about clean clothes for work. I serve him first at dinner and we pray together and do couple’s devotionals. We attend worship services together and we are regularly intimate, however….when God convicted me, He shined a light on several areas that I need to improve.

I am a typical Type A personality – I have lists for my lists and am always working and striving in the house, for my ministry and at work. I rarely slow down. My husband on the other hand, is very laid back. He knows how to relax and is always in a good mood. I, however, let my busyness get in the way of relationships and find that I can be short tempered and curt in my responses to him. I am not good at being still and struggle with patience. (God is working on me with this!)

When I respond impatiently, I am not demonstrating God’s love nor treating my husband in a way that is pleasing to God. I am to speak kindly and with “wisdom and faithful instruction”, not flippant answers because I need to check off things on my to do list.

Here’s another example: This morning, we were discussing our plans for a date night. I needed to know where we were going, when we were going and what we would do – even though, it was just before 8 am. He, just rolls with the punches of the day and didn’t feel the need to worry about it until it was time to consider dinner.

God has wired us differently and I need to, as a submissive wife, let go of my desire to control every moment and let him make the decision when he was ready. THAT is putting God at the center of my marriage – not planning out every second or demanding an answer. I need to let him drive the situation and be at peace with his decision – even if that decision isn’t made until we are ready to walk out the door.

-------------------------------------------Susan is a writer, speaker and the creator of Women of Noble Character ministries.

IT WAS THE HAND

OF GOD God blessed me with my Ishmael Genesis 16: 13 So, she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” ~ ESV I would like to give God the gratitude and the credit because without Him I am nothing. When He says YES, it is like that, because He said it that settles it. He is a good God who sees, hears, and delivers in perfect timing. During this pandemic, I can say I attest to the words spoken by Hagar in the above verse – He is a God who sees, and I have seen His greatness.

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Sometime during lockdown, I passed through the waters and I did not drown, I passed through the fire, but I did not get burned. It was a time of refinement and I understood that my faith was tested but at times the flesh took over and I lost a bit of hope.

I remember I got a call on the 30th of April, my former company telling me I was made redundant. I could not believe my ears, my heart shattered at that moment, tears down my face, worried how I am going to provide for my family, how I will make ends meet but because He is Jehovah Jireh, He indeed showed up and showed off!

I processed the news, and they finally told me that it is effective from the 31st of May.

More tears down the face but I am glad I had a good support structure. Not understanding how God works at that moment, I was like Peter when he was walking on water. I shifted my focus a bit on Jesus and fell in the water when the storms arose.

I remember I told my spiritual parents about the matter. My Spiritual Father Prophet G called and told me “Do not worry my daughter, leave it all to God, you are covered!”.

Funny how God’s ways are, It happened that I spoke to another Man of God, Prophet B and he said the very same thing, “Worry Not, God is in control, He is not Man that He should ever Lie!.” It came to me that two mouth pieces of God cannot say the same thing, God is really speaking!

Thereon their words comforted me and gave me strength, throughout I kept my faith and found my strength in the Lord. I stopped crying and started rejoicing because God was about to do something new. Days went by and I received a call from one of the recruitment agencies telling me I passed the assessment they would like to schedule me in for the first interview. Yes, an interview! So what happened initially was, before I got the call that I was being let go, around beginning of April I got a call from the same recruitment agency about a certain post I never applied for, and they’d like me to write an assessment and I went for it. Now here I am – first interview. As I believe that death and life lie at the tip of your tongue, I started declaring and surrendered all to God. Few days earlier – trying my luck as I was not sure I qualified, I applied for a certain designation with this other professional body and because He remains God, I got it. A week later I got a call and they told me they are still deciding, they will get back to me. mind you I was head on with another candidate. But because Grace and mercy singled me out, I was called 30 minutes later, and I was told I am through to the next round of interview with the Financial Director.

“HAVE PATIENCE EVEN THOUGH IT IS A BITTER PLANT BUT THE FRUITS ARE VERY SWEET" I went through the interview and got through the final interview with the CEO of the company. In less than a month, in a period of 17 days after the retrenchment, I was called and told I got the position. Mind you a position I never applied for.

Indeed, God qualifies the unqualified, and He will make you known where you do not expect to be known.

Looking back, I remember the day I cried, praying for a door of opportunities and He heard me and saw me, and it came to pass at his perfect timing as Isaiah 60:22 quotes. Yes, He blessed me with my Ishmael. He saw me, and I have truly seen Him in my life, JEHOVAH EL-ROI. His ways are not my ways, nor His thoughts my thoughts.

He knows best!

When tough times come, hold on to God, the process of refinement is necessary. Only the refiner knows how hot it needs to get for you to be refined, restored and revalued before He can elevate and bless you because what He deposits in you is Greater and will help you handle what he is about to bless you with.

Have patience even though it is a bitter plant but the fruits are very sweet. Remember - rejection is redirection. Keep doing His principles, keep on keeping the faith! Just like it did with the woman of the issue of blood for twelve years, your faith too will make you well.

Just as He came through for me, He will definitely come through for you. it is just a matter of timing!

STAY BLESSED!

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THE AWESOME POWER OF GOD'S ANOINTING

BY: MATT HAGEE

Don’t wait for tragedy to strike. Put God in His proper place…above everything and everyone. When your eyes and heart are focused on Him, everything else will fall into place. The steps of the righteous are ordered of the LORD (Psalm 37:23). And His favor is for life (Psalm 30:5). Are you willing to miss out on blessings that He has waiting just for you because you were working extra hours at the office, ignoring your family just to have one more exotic vacation? This is certainly not God’s plan for you.

Priorities determine what you do and don’t do, where you go and where you don’t go. If you are looking for the full and abundant life, it’s time to set proper priorities.

Matthew 6:21 says, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Where do you spend your time and energy? Where do you spend your money? This is where your priorities are focused.

Priorities are established over time through consistent effort. If you want to be physically fit, it takes more than one trip to the gym.

If you want to become a doctor or a lawyer, it takes more than one class. Your continued, consistent efforts will show where your priorities lie. And there are many great things in this life to focus on…but God says that we are to keep Him first above all others.

FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO.”

Are you looking for His favor? For supernatural intervention? For an anointing that allows you to experience God on a deeper level, to move mountains of impossibility? Then put Him first! When you place God first, you are telling Him that you are ready to serve Him, that you are ready to take on the mantel of His fresh anointing.

But God anointed him, and that eventually gave David the power to become ruler over all.

The anointing is God’s mark of distinction that separates you, your family, your household, your life, your finances, your physical wellbeing, your emotional health…from everyone else.

You are a child of the King, set apart. Everything that sets you apart from the things of this world comes via the anointing.

The anointing is an activator.

It takes what God has placed inside of you and activates it to accomplish God’s destiny for your life. The anointing activates the power of God in your life, giving you the ability to do the seemingly impossible.

Consider what God’s anointing did for Jesse, the father of King David. David was just one of eight kids, left out in the field to tend sheep. He was ignored by his brothers. BUT…when God saw David’s heart and poured out His anointing…he was no longer just one of eight sons. He was set apart, distinguished as the one who would one day become King.

Let’s be clear. David did not accomplish great success in his earthly life because he was talented or charismatic.

The world is filled with charismatic people.

God’s divine anointing gave David the power to say, “You come to me with a spear and a sword. But I come to you in the name of the LORD" (I Samuel 17:45). And he watched the giant fall to the ground with a single stone.

It is the anointing that gives you strength when you are weak, that gives you joy when you should be filled with sorrow. It is the anointing that makes you as bold as a lion and gives you courage when those around you are shrinking in fear.

Under the anointing, no weapon formed against you will prosper. No enemy will be victorious. Every yoke will be destroyed. Every burden will be lifted. Every crooked way will be made straight.

Maybe today you feel like a victim due to circumstances beyond your control. But the awesome power found in God’s anointing can bring -

"ALSO, THE ANOINTING IS NOT OPTIONAL."

you the total victory in an instant. If you’re facing an impossible situation, He is the God of the impossible.

When He anoints you, He will make a way where there seems to be no way.

Psalm 23:5 (written by David) tells us, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.” Isaiah 10:27 says, “It shall come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing...”

To fully understand God’s anointing, you need to know what it is NOT. It isn’t a onetime event. It’s not a box to check off along your spiritual walk. “Yep. Went down to the altar today; felt the anointing.” It’s not a Christian merit badge.

Christianity is about relationship, not religion. We are always growing, always seeking more of Him. It does not get you out of trouble. It’s not a get out of jail free card. Christians have problems. Bad things happen in our lives. Think about David. He still had to face the giant. But God was with him. The anointing doesn’t get you out of trouble. It gets you through trouble. Don’t fall into a case of the “Why Me’s?” You are not being persecuted. Even Jesus had bad days!

Also, the anointing is not optional. You may choose to not be anointed (as you are a freewill agent) but, according to God’s Word, the anointing is not optional. Why? Because everything that God uses, He anoints. Glance through the pages of God’s Word and see how tabernacles and people were anointed for their Kingdom purpose. Everything in the building was anointed when God commanded it…not even the curtains were left out.

Then and now…you cannot get close to God and build a relationship with Him without the anointing. If you want to experience God’s power in your life, you need to be filled with His anointing. There is no substitute.

If you are looking for the power of the anointing in your life, say this prayer: Heavenly Father, today I am standing upon Your Word.

I want to live under Your anointing power. May everything that my enemies have used to try and entangle, ensnare and defeat me be broken in Jesus’ name.

Touch my life, Lord. Break the yokes of bondage in my life and set me free. Help me to keep my focus on You, my priorities where they should be…so that I may serve your Kingdom. In Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!

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DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY WRITTEN BY : THENDO NETSHIVHUNGULULU

I recently went to an interview for a job that I

that I couldn’t fully prepare as I didn’t even

don’t even remember applying for. It had

remember what position I had applied for.

been years since I last went for an interview

For most people, feelings of uncertainty

so I expected to feel the nerves that I was

creep in when we are feeling unprepared for

feeling. I don’t really mind sitting in front of

a situation we are about to face. It is normal

a stranger and convincing him/her to hire

to want to feel like you are in control of

me, I quite enjoy it actually. However, this

everything at all times. When we feel like we

time around I felt uncertain, and my

have anticipated a certain situation we feel

uncertainty was centred around the fact -

better equipped to deal with it.

Human beings crave information about the

Personally I take comfort in the fact that I

future the same way we crave for food,

serve a God who not only created the

shelter and other primary needs. Our brains

universe but is also in control of it too.

perceive ambiguity as a threat. Research

Whenever I feel overwhelmed by uncertainty

shows that job uncertainty, for example,

I remember that He is indeed Lord of all.

tends to take a more significant toll on our

This realisation has made it easier for me to

health and mental wellbeing than actually

find meaning in the chaos, meaning and

losing a job. Similarly, research participants

purpose are the wellsprings of hope. When

who were told that they had a 50% chance

you have a revelation of the purpose of this

of receiving a painful electric shock felt more

life you live you will no longer live tormented

anxious and agitated than participants who

by feelings of uncertainty.

believed they were definitely going to receive the shock. Simply put, uncertainty

God says He knew you before He formed

about the future has proven to be more

you, meaning He already loved you, you are

debilitating than actual experienced

treasured, you are already His favourite

hardship.

creation. He then took it a step further by consecrating you, setting you apart, meaning

I once read somewhere that “uncertainty is

there is a specific God-ordained purpose you

the only certainty there is”. It is impossible to

are destined to fulfil on this earth. This truth

live life with a full comprehension of what

helped me realise that even in moments

will happen next, when it will happen and

where I feel unprepared, out of my elements,

how it will happen. Life doesn’t work that

and lacking complete control I am still on

way, there will always be something that

the right track heading in the right

pulls the rug from under your feet and leaves

direction. No longer do I live tormented by

you flabbergasted. Instead of chasing

the fear of the unknown. No longer do I

certainty begin to embrace the uncertainties

wallow in the uncertainties. My soul (mind

of life. If you want to protect your sanity you

and emotions) find rest in Christ alone,

need to accept the fact that you cannot

knowing He is in control.

control everything that happens in this world.

MY SOUL (MIND AND EMOTIONS) FIND REST IN CHRIST ALONE, KNOWING HE IS IN CONTROL.

PRACTICAL WAYS TO DEAL WITH UNCERTAINTY: Reflect on past successes. Chances are you’ve overcome stressful events in the past—and you survived! Give yourself credit. Reflect on what you did during that event that was helpful and what you might like to do differently this time.

Develop new skills. When life is relatively calm, make a point to try things outside your comfort zone. From standing up to a difficult boss to trying a new sport, taking risks helps you develop confidence and skills that come in handy when life veers off course.

Engage in self-care. Don’t let stress derail your healthy routines. Make efforts to eat well, exercise, and get enough sleep.

Ask for help. If you’re having trouble managing stress and coping with uncertainty on your own, ask for help.

Psychologists are experts in helping people develop healthy ways to cope with stress.

About Thendo Netshivhungululu Thendo Netshivhungululu resides in Pretoria, South Africa. She holds a B.Psych (Hon) in psychology from Midrand Graduate Institute.

She completed her internship in Clinical Psychology at The Wits Curcuit and is completing her masters through Medunsa.

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POWER OF PRIORITY

Prioritize the people in your life. I have four children and 1 husband.

guilty about setting time to grow in that relationship

by: Kendal Hagee

What are your priorities?

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all of these things will be added unto you.”

There is power in your priorities! — Matthew 6:33.

I don’t feel

At times, I need to be reminded that I fell in love with my husband before I met my children. In the life of a busy mom, don’t forget which relationship came first. It is important that you prioritize relationships in your house. First and foremost, my top priority is my relationship with God.

I don’t feel guilty about setting time to grow in that relationship. I know the strength that I gain from my relationship with Him will make me a better wife and mother, and friend to those who need me. It’s like the professional athlete who does not apologize for shooting -

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extra free throws after practice. It makes him better and his team better and gives them a greater opportunity to win. If I want my marriage to win, my family to win and my relationships to win, then I have to put God first. He is the source of my strength.

He is where my peace is found. I am better in every area of my life when I put God first.

The next relationship I prioritize is the one I have with my husband. The day we got married, October 4, 2003, I distinctively remember looking into his eyes and saying the words “Forsaking all others and giving myself only to you.” It’s easy to identify a few of the “others” we are to forsake. It may be our old friends or even other family members.

Have you forsaken them to share your most intimate secrets with only your husband? If not, you’re depriving your husband of the role and vow you made when you committed yourself to his leadership.

Sometimes, we allow our children to become more of a priority than our husbands.

We have to remember our children are here because we fell in love with our husbands first and not vice versus. The enemy has a plan.

The book of John says that plan is to steal, kill and destroy and he has been working diligently against your marriage since the day you said “I do.” So, you need to make sure right after God that your top priority is the commitment you have to your spouse.

Set aside time to remind your husband how special he is. Let him know that you have a date night on the calendar. If he was Sherlock Holmes he would work for Scotland Yard, but since he is not solving mysteries, don’t expect him to pick up on any clues. Look him into the eyes and tell him, “I want you to take me out for dinner next Thursday at 7pm.” Men love to succeed at an assignment and accomplish a mission.

They hate wondering if they are doing the right thing.

Sometimes, we women think a subtle hint is more than enough. However, if we knew the pressures that are upon the men in our lives when it comes to performing the responsibilities of taking care of the household, we would know that a billboard in the front yard could at times be much more helpful to the success of our relationship than a bad attitude at the back door when he comes home from work.

With a promise like this, how could you not live a life of priority?

If you want your marriage to succeed, make it succeed on purpose. Don’t leave it to chance.

Prioritize your husband.

After your relationship with God and your husband, make sure you recognize the value of your children. Psalms 127 reminds us that “children are a heritage from the Lord… and blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.” When God wanted to give you something special, He gave you your children. When you and your husband work together, with God’s grace, you not only raise children, you train them to be world-changers. I have often heard my father-inlaw say “God gave every child two parents, so that between the both of them, they would always have one good parent.” Busy moms are not perfect and God does not expect us to be. Hallelujah! I am thankful that He does not define us by our performance, but He does examine our motive. He knows why we do what we do and as long as our motive puts Him first and all other things in their right place, He has promised according to Matthew 6:33, “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

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it all He said in His Word; “come to me, ALL who are heavy burdened…”

Your situation is not too heavy for God, trust Him through it all. You will be hungry one day, some other day you'll have plenty, but continue to trust God. That is the only secret to be content in this life.

Scripture reading: Philippians 4:12&13 “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”

Proverbs 18:10 “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe” Life is uncertain, things happen now and then. Today it can be windy, tomorrow become sunny, you cannot really confirm what will happen tomorrow.

Anything can happen any time, the year 2020 is a good example, who ever thought that masks and sanitizers can become this popular?

Everything is uncertain, that's the reality of life…

So how do we live this life with so many uncertainties?

This question has brought fear to many people, and as a result, people live meaningless lives. People tend to care less about their lives, they say to themselves that they want to enjoy life while it lasts.

Well, today I have good news for you, you can still live a meaningful life and become great. We all don't know what tomorrow has for us, but the secret is to trust the One who holds tomorrow. God is the owner of this life, and without Him we just live a meaningless life.

The Word of God says, “don't worry about anything”, that doesn't mean worrying situations will not happen, but we overlook such situations and look at the One whose promises are yes and amen, our God. He is the strong tower, in Him we are safe.

Run to God today, in Him you are protected against the worries of this life. Through it all He remains God and you can do all things through His.

PASTOR NTSAKO BALOYI

a servant of God, husband to Tiyiselani Baloyi and home made chef

@beautyandthegospel

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HELP IS ON THE WAY! When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you� Isaiah 43:2 NLT.

@monicatheophilus

Whenever we feel as though God is distant it is because He desires us to seek Him more than we did in our previous seasons in life.

Each season we go through God designs test and trials in order to build our spiritual muscles and increase our measure of faith. If we get frustrated and quit we will forfeit what God desires to do in and through us and revoke the right to walk in purpose and make impact for His kingdom. Yes, it does hurt. The grief, rejection, betrayal and the whispers of gossip cuts deep to our core, but God is our healer, even when we experience heartbreak He is right there to nurture and restore our lives.

founder @amomentwithmonica, minister, prayer warrior , writer and contributor at beauty&thegospel magazine .

@beautyandthegospel

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I dare you to hold on to God’s unchanging words in the midst of your uncertainty like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did when they were casted into the fiery furnace for standing up for righteousness by not bowing down to King Nebuchadnezzar’s foreign gods. The Bible says the flames did not consume the three men even when it was turned to the highest degree. Their faith in God covered them when the enemy sought after their lives and still they did not waiver in their belief.The King was so shocked and said, “ Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God” Daniel 3:25 KJV. Therefore, Jesus was standing with them in the fire. He did not forsake them when they needed Him the most. In the same way He will not turn us away when we feel less than, depressed and broken. He will not fail us when everyone else does. He is a promise keeper and refuge to His people

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you go through the process:

Worship- your worship is your warfare against the enemy and the problem occurring before you.

When you worship while you climb the mountain of faith you are telling God that you will stand for Him and you believe His words.

Also, your worship shows how grateful you are to God. Study the word- Intake as much of the word as you possibly can each day because it will ease your worries and plant seeds of hope that you will see the promises of God fulfilled in your life.

Pray- communicating with God will allow room for you to be restored and healed. As you pray you will receive power and strength.

@beautyandthegospel

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Fast- Fasting helps to shed light on the things we need to disconnect from in order for us to experience breakthrough. It shifts our focus back to God and helps us to revive our hearts.

Love Monica, Be Encouraged.

@beautyandthegospel

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From Ancient Thessalonica to Us

Today Two thousand years have passed since Paul penned 1–2 Thessalonians. The Roman Empire, and the ancient city of Thessalonica, have been reduced to rubble. You can buy a ticket to tour the ruins.

First and Second

The Greco-Roman gods—once the

Thessalonians

object of so much worship,

are among the

devotion, sacrifice, and hope—have been relegated to museums and the occasional Disney film.

Meanwhile, Christianity has spread from Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria and the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).

Little Has Changed

So much has changed in the world since the Thessalonians assembled to hear these letters from their beloved apostle. Yet, in many ways, little has changed. Are we really so different?

earliest documents we possess from the inception of the New Testament church.

WHY STUDY THE BOOKS OF 1–2 THESSALONIANS? a Book of Reassurance and Hope by: Matt Smethurst

We too need encouragement (1

Strength for Today, Bright Hope

Together, these letters form an

Thess. 1:2–10). We too need

for Tomorrow The world should

eight-chapter refutation to the

integrity (1 Thess. 2:1–16). We too

not see its reflection when it

idea that eschatology is

need love (1 Thess. 2:17–3:13). We

peers into the church. Instead, it

impractical. It is not. To study

too need challenge (1 Thess. 4:1–

should see a kind of life

eschatology is to be encouraged

12). We too need hope (1 Thess.

available nowhere else. It

and empowered (1 Thess. 4:18;

4:13–5:11). We too need virtue (1

should see the grace of Jesus,

5:11). Eschatology is also relevant

Thess. 5:12–28). We too need

lavished on humble sinners,

to ethics: Christian virtue does

assurance (2 Thess. 1:1–12). We

embodied in self-giving love.

not arise out of nowhere, but is

too need correction (2 Thess. 2:1–

Our unbelieving friends

driven by past mercy and is

12). We too need prayer (2 Thess.

and neighbors are clamoring aft

sustained by future hope. If you

2:13–3:5). We too need prodding

er things that will never satisfy

need “strength for today and

(2 Thess. 3:6–3:15). We too need

them. They know neither why

bright hope for tomorrow,” 1–2

peace (2 Thess. 3:16). And from

they are here nor where they

Thessalonians are a gift from God

beginning to end, we too need

are going. What awaits them

to you.

grace (1 Thess. 1:1; 5:28; 2 Thess.

beyond the grave is terrifying,

1:2; 3:18).

not beautiful.

One day, King Jesus will split the

First and Second Thessalonians

skies and return for his people,

resound with the news that

establishing justice and

salvation—deliverance from

renewing all things.

God’s wrath through the blood of his Son—is available, for free,

First and Second Thessalonians

to all who will turn to, trust in,

are among the earliest

and treasure the Lord Jesus.

documents we possess from the

These letters resound with the

inception of the New Testament

news that the Holy Spirit has

church. (Only James and

taken up residence in the hearts

Galatians were written earlier.)

of Christians, empowering us to

Yet despite a two-millennia gap,

walk in a manner worthy of

these letters ring with relevance

God. And these letters resound

for today. The Thessalonians

with the news that this world is

faced intense opposition for

not the way it always will be.

their faith (2 Thess. 1:1–12); many

One day, King Jesus will split

believers worldwide have long

the skies and return for his

experienced the same, and

people, establishing justice and

those of us in the West are

renewing all things.

If you need “strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,” 1–2 Thessalonians are a gift from God to you.

increasingly catching up. The Thessalonians had grown slack

Connecting Paul's letters to the

Matt Smethurst is managing

in pursuing holiness (1 Thess. 4:1–

Thessalonians to Christians

editor of the Gospel Coalition

7); many of us have too. The

today, this study encourages

and an elder at Third Avenue

Thessalonians were unsettled

readers with reassurance and

Baptist Church in Louisville,

because they had

hope as they pursue lives of

Kentucky.

misunderstood their future

holiness and love in anticipation

hope (1 Thess. 4:13–5:11; 2 Thess.

of Christ's return.

2:1–17); many of us live with similar misunderstanding.

Because we are so seldom heavenly-minded, we are of little earthly good.

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FROM THE APOSTLE'S DESK SELF DELIVERANCE THE POWER OF RENUNCIATION: When a person has demonic possession and they are being delivered by a Deliverance Minister or they use the power in their tongues to CAST THE DEMON OUT OF THEIR BODIES. The power of RENUNCIATION is particularly important. Demonic possession is because of an evil spirit occupying a body. Because they are spirits, their performance is highly limited when it comes to firsthand functioning in accomplishing their mission on an individual. To kill, steal and destroy lives, John 10vs10. So, to optimize their functions to their fullest capacity, they need a body to possess.

Operating in a body gives them a temporary or permanent authority, dominion and to rule over affairs here on Earth (permanent, unless they are cast out) They gain access in destroying and killing in that family or that body. Their function can be from generation to generation.

Resulting in what is termed "generational curses".

Apostle Fumane Esther Seobi Mahlatsi I was born in the Priesthood Family. I Am the 4th Generation of active 5 fold Ministers.

A teacher by profession with Honours In Psychology Degree and a business woman.

A wife for 30 years, an author of Manna Daily Devotions book, a mother of four, and a founder and an overseer of Seobi Ministries International in Vereeniging...

Remember this: in as much as we have generational curses, we also have generational blessings.

Demons have NO LEGAL RIGHT over ANYONE. They belong in hell, chained in the abyss, 2Peter2:4

DEMONICPOSSESSION can/may RESULT in among others: 1. Premature deaths.

2. Frustrations and constant fights in marriages 3. Delayed marriages or no marriages at all.

4. Incubus and succubus spirits, i.e. spiritual husbands, wives, and children.

5. Barrenness.

6. Constant quarrels and fights within families.

7. Divorces, marry and remarrying syndrome.

8. Stagnation,limitation, and hindrances.

Never moving forward in life.

9. Miscarriages.

10. Businesses and career failures.

11. Sicknesses and diseases.

12.Restlessness, character, and behavioral disorders.

13. Suicidal thoughts and or tendencies.

14. Accidental deaths.

15. Multiple fatherless children.

16. Prostitution, multiple sexual partners, and sexual Immorality.

17. Poverty and lack.

18.. Multiple characters or being bipolar 19. Hearing voices, commanding to do harmful or things contrary to the Word of God. 20. Drunkenness and being irresponsible.

(Please research more from other sources)

Jesus Christ whilst living here on Earth taught us in Matthew 12: 43-45, that " When an evil Spirit leaves a person, it goes in a desert, seeking rest but finding none. 44. Then it says," I will return to the person I came from". So, it returns and finds it former house empty, swept and in order. 45. Then the spirit finds seven other spirits eviler than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of that evil generation." With the tongue, confession is made unto Salvation, Roman's 10: 8-17.

A person with demonic possession MUST make a sinner’s prayer and renounce any sin that might have opened a door for an evil spirit to enter his/her body.

THE POWER OF THE TONGUE in DENOUNCING SINS: > Cast all sins out of your life by speaking them OUT LOUD. And cancel them from your spirit. > Repent and sin no more. Jesus said this to a woman caught in adultery. > Meditate on the Word day and night and pray without ceasing in and out of season. Be in an attitude of prayer, worship and praise and capture your spiritual realm. > Be vigilant and sober minded, our adversary the devil, is roaming about like a roaring lion seeking for whom to devour.

" Remember this: in as much as we have generational curses, we also have generational blessings. " > Pray and ask for Spirit of Discernment and Wisdom as you maneuver through your life journey. > Use your tongue power to declare life unto dead situations. > Bind all that needs to be bound and loosen all that needs to be loosened. For example, bind the spirit of unforgiveness and loosen the spirit of forgiveness. So you can forgive and not hold grudges.

ACTS OF THE FLESH. Denounce the following from your life OUT LOUD. Galatians 5: 19-21.NIV & KJV Anger Drunkenness Idolatry, (ancestral worshipping) Unforgiveness Sexual Immortality all acts Stubbornness Hate Witchcraft Ungodly relationships Bitterness Rage Murder Selfish Ambition Envy & Jealousy Dissensions Factions Discord Uncleanliness.

Lasciviousness Variance Emulations Reveling Seditions Impurity and debauchery, Inter alia.

Satanism Occultic activities and involvement.

The above activities have resulted in spirits gaining access to the "body" and binding it for eternity, moving from generation to generation, until renunciations process and repentance. Sins need to be SPOKEN OUT and be denounced by a person seeking or in the DELIVERANCE PROCESS. During Deliverance session, in dealing with very stubborn spirits, the person’s spirit might be called back in the body, so to renounce any sin. These is done under strict Holy Spirit guidance and Deliverance ministers gifted in casting demons out.

The power of the tongue is especially important as the demon will not stay if a person himself or herself tells it to go. It will not have any legal right to occupy the body. Thus, rendering it null and void.

It must surrender to the person's will. Having no choice but to leave.

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, has given us POWER here on EARTH TO: 1. Bind and to loosen.

2. Trample over serpents and scorpion's and over all power of the ENEMY AND NOTHING SHALL HARM US. 3.Tread over the lions and the cobra 4. Trample the great lion and the serpent. He has given us power: 5. To decree, declare and speak things into existence and to nullify.

6. To choose to speak life using the power in our tongues.

7. Dominion, authority, and to rule over things here on Earth.

8. Our Heritage in Isaiah 54. Declare and decree it in your life.

The person needs to tell the spirit that it does not have any legal right ANYMORE, so it must COME OUT.

DUTIES OF PRAYER WARRIORS: as and when you STAND IN THE GAP FOR OTHERS. Praying and asking for deliverance on behalf of others. Asking our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth to award them an opportunity to ask for forgiveness of sins and SEEK REPENTANCE. Praying for all sinners secretly in your closet, practicing Matthew 6vs6 and the Lord rewarding you in public. By awarding an opportunity for them to repent, wherever they are.

Praying for your family and extended families, in laws and for those who persecute you.

Praying for our nations, governments, and the world at large.

Binding, loosing, and speaking life unto dead situations.

Praying for generations yet to come. Asking for forgiveness of sins on our forefathers’ iniquities. Declaring the blood of Jesus in generations.

PRAYER Forgive us of our sins as we seek your face Oh, Lord!

Wash our robes in your blood and clothe us with your Armor of light.

Father, in the mighty name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Seal all these words written here with your fire and light. We purge them with your blood.

Let these words go out in fire and render your Will and purpose in our lives and to never come back null and void.

We know without any doubt in our hearts Father, that you are our Lord and God and it is in your nature to answer prayers. We shall wait and trust upon you Lord not in men.

In Jesus mighty name we pray. Deliver and redeem our souls Lord. Amen.

STANDING IN THE GAP means: >Being an intercessor. >A Gate keeper. >A prayer warrior. >A Watchman. >A brother's keeper.

Shalom, Apostle Fumane Esther Seobi Mahlatsi

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Who Is My Neighbour?

by Dr André and Jenny Roebert

Luke 10:29 (NKJV): "But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "and who is my neighbor?""

The lawyer, who asked Jesus this question, started off wanting to know how he could inherit eternal life. He knew the scriptures said to love God with all his heart, soul, strength and mind; and also love his neighbour as himself. It was the last part of this requirement he was battling over, trying to justify his prejudice. It's easy to say we love the Lord, and want to pursue Him and obey His instruction concerning loving others. The truth is the only way we can really love others the way the Lord requires, is through the love He pours into our hearts.

God's love is unselfish, unconditional, and without any prejudice. He cares deeply about the brokenness, the hurt and the pain of all people in this world. He wants to heal them and make them whole, restoring them to Himself. His unconditional love is best demonstrated and communicated through His own children, because it's what restores and heals us. So, instead of getting caught up in the semantics of who qualifies as "our neighbour" to love, or who is deserving to receive it; let's freely extend the love that's so freely and lavishly poured into our own hearts.

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What do you want to give people? Figure that out first.”

No matter what type of creative you are, no matter what industry you are in and no matter what your dreams are for the future, we all want to have a lasting impact on the world. Life is incredibly short and we only get one chance to live it – we get one chance to live life to the fullest and one chance to leave our mark on the world.

I Still Believe is a movie based on the life experiences of Jeremy Camp. This is a phenomenal journey of love and loss that goes far beyond the lives of the people involved. This story touches the deepest parts of humanity and faith.

Yes, we know that bad things happen. Jeremy’s story shows us that it’s our choice to hold on to our faith in the midst of loss, but it’s Melissa Camp’s faith that drew me to this story. In the midst of her biggest trial facing a terminal diagnosis, she keeps Christ at the centre of her life and not her fear. Her story serves as a reminder of my faith that made me question every time I’ve let fear get in the way of my moves of faith, every time I’ve stopped just short of trusting God but let logic get in my way. Her faith reminded me that even though things happen that we cannot explain, we have a greater hope. The gift that Melissa gave to us, what her life has given people, is a story that resonates the love of the Creator in the face of heartache.

Her life is a reminder that we can choose to hold on to God even when all else seems hopeless.

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This is solid

movie. I absolutely loved it and it’s very easy to immerse yourself in the convincing performances delivered by KJ Apa and Britt Roberston. It’s so much more than a love story; this is a real-life story of faith.

This movie was what I needed when I had questions about faith and I would highly recommend it if you’re in a similar place.

Remember, your life can leave behind something beautiful that points to a hope in Christ beyond all else.

@selahblogger

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Why the Church Is Vitally Important for Every Christian WRITTEN BY: STEPHEN J. NICHOLS What Does the Bible Have to Say about the Church?

Mention the church to a group of Christians and you are likely to get a mixed response. Some might say that, while they do love Jesus, they don’t love the church.

Others might respond, “Of course we love the church.”

God has ordained the church, a fellowship of the flawed, to carry out his purpose and will in the world. When we consider the biblical teaching on the church, we realize the church is vitally important for growing in Christ.

Like a branch that grows because of its connection to the tree, we thrive when we stay connected to the church. Like a branch that grows because of its connection to the tree, we thrive when we stay connected to the church.

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To explore this issue, it is necessary

The Church in the Bible: Christ and

to consider what the Bible says about

the Gospels

the church.

The church did not officially come into existence until the day of

The Church in the Bible: Old

Pentecost, after Jesus had died and

Testament Life and Worship

had risen. However, even in the

Before we can look at what the New

Gospels we learn many things from

Testament (NT) teaches about the

Christ concerning the church. Let’s

church, we first need to see what the

review three.

Old Testament (OT) says about life and worship.

First, we have Jesus’ declaration, “I will build my church, and the gates of

God instructed Moses to build a

hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt.

tabernacle—a portable tent that

16:18). “Gates” likely represents the

represented the presence of God

power of hell, which is no match

dwelling right in the middle of his

whatsoever for Jesus.

people. The tabernacle and later the temple were the places where God

Second, Jesus hands the church its

ordained the sacrifices to be carried

mission statement and purpose for

out and the festivals to be celebrated.

existence when he gives the disciples

The tabernacle and temple

the Great Commission in Matthew

functioned as the central place of

28:16–20. As the church goes out into

instruction and teaching about God

the world, it is called to make

and his will for Israel. From the

disciples, carrying out the task of

tabernacle and temple, Israel

baptizing the new disciples and

sounded forth loud and joyful psalms

teaching them all that Christ has

of praise and worship to God.

commanded. These activities must characterize every local church’s work

The instructions for building the

and life.

tabernacle required it to be at the center of Israel’s encampments.

The third thing we learn from Jesus

Later, Jerusalem, the site of the

concerning the church comes from

temple, was seen as representing

his high-priestly prayer in John 17. At

the center of the land of Israel. The

the end of the prayer, Jesus

tabernacle and temple were not only

expresses to the Father, “I made

to be viewed as the geographical

known to them your name, and I will

center of Israel; they were also

continue to make it known” (John

intended to be the spiritual center of

17:26). The NT frequently refers to

Israel. Like spokes of a wheel that fan

the church as Christ’s body. We are

out from the hub, what occurred at

literally the presence of Christ on

these worship centers was to affect

earth. And the church’s mission is

every aspect of Israelite life.

exactly the same as Christ’s mission: to proclaim God’s name.

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The universal church of Christ’s body

The Holy Spirit graciously gives us

is visible and manifest in local

spiritual gifts, according to Romans

congregations, or churches. These

12:3–8 and 1 Corinthians 12:4–11.

local churches are to be

God has designed the church to be

“incarnational.” They are to represent

the place where these gifts are

Christ, who was incarnated (that is,

discovered, nurtured, and used to

born as a human) and walked among

build up the body of Christ and bring

us. The incarnational model of the

it to maturity, ultimately for the glory

church means that we live and

of God (see 1 Corinthians 14). The

behave with the full realization that

same Spirit who worked powerfully in

we represent Christ to the world and

the early church continues to work in

to each other.

and through the church today.

Second, the book of Acts shows how

The Church in the Bible: The Book

the church functions and what it

of Acts

does. Members of the early church

Acts tells the story of the church,

“devoted themselves to the apostles’

from its inception on the day of

teaching and the fellowship, to the

Pentecost in Acts 2, to ch. 28 with

breaking of bread and the prayers”

Paul at Rome. In between, the church

(Acts 2:42). All these activities are

experiences tragedies and triumphs,

essential to growing in Christ, and all

sorrows and joys. The book of Acts

occur within the local church.

tells the story of the young church, persecuted but bold.

The Church in the Bible: The Epistles

Two things stand out in the life of the

Having looked briefly at the

early church. One concerns the power

tabernacle and temple in the OT, and

of the Holy Spirit. At the end of the

the church in the Gospels and Acts,

Gospels we see apostles who were

we now come to the NT epistles. With

scared, even to the point of hiding.

a few exceptions, these books were

Then in the early chapters of Acts

written to churches, stressing again

these same apostles boldly turn the

the God-ordained stature of the

world upside down.

church. In the Epistles, especially the letters of Paul to Titus and Timothy,

The key to understanding what

Paul clearly could not conceive of

happened to them is seen in Acts

living the Christian life apart from the

1:8 (in Christ’s prophecy), then in Acts

church.

2 (the prophecy’s fulfillment). The apostles received the Holy Spirit, and

Paul and the other NT writers often

with the Spirit they received power.

use word pictures to describe the

This same Spirit still binds believers

church. At one point Paul calls the

together and brings us into the family

church the household of God (1 Tim.

of God (Eph. 4:1–7).

3:15).

FEATURED

For Christians today, and for the last 2,000 years, God has established the local church as the vehicle for that community.

Some current movements seek to replace more traditional understandings of the local church, seeing a group of friends meeting together, for instance, as church.

That’s not quite the picture that we see in the NT. In the NT, we see young and old mixing, as older women and men are to teach younger women and men. We see people coming together to worship who come from different stages in life, different occupations, and different backgrounds.

Paul stressed that the social divides The church is a family (Gal. 3:28; Heb.

typical of most groups in society have no

13:1; 1 Pet. 1:22). The church is a building

place in the church. The church should be

(Eph. 2:20–22; 1 Pet. 2:4–5). The church is

a place of diversity, where each person

pictured as a flock of sheep (1 Pet. 5:1–4).

can contribute to the whole. Limiting

And one of Paul’s favorite metaphors is of

oneself to a circle of peers is not

the church as Christ’s body (Eph. 4:11–16; 1

sanctioned by Scripture and does not

Cor. 12:12–27). All of these metaphors

promote spiritual growth.

contribute to a fuller understanding of how to live the Christian life as part of the

Sadly, in our day there are churches in

church.

which leaders try to dominate their congregations rather than shepherd them

The church is even pictured as a bride (2

in the model of the selfless love of Jesus.

Cor. 11:2–4; Rev. 19:7–9; 21:1–4). It is the

But those bad examples do not take away

bride of Christ—a bride for whom Jesus

the biblical command to gather and

died. In the context of urging husbands to

worship as a church. Local churches

love their wives, Paul writes that “Christ

undoubtedly have their flaws, because

loved the church and gave himself up for

they are made up of flawed, sinful people.

her” (Eph. 5:25). What more could be said to

The Apostles’ Creed refers to the church

underscore and establish the importance of

as a “communion of saints.”

the church for the Christian life?

As we come into the church we sometimes The Church as the Communion of

imagine that there will be no problems, no

Saints From the very beginning of God’s

conflicts, and no frustrations among our

dealing with his people, the Bible has

community of saints. But we forget that

stressed community. In fact, biblical

we are a community of flawed people, still

discussion of godly living is almost always

burdened by our imperfections and

set in the context of growing together, in

failures and sins. It is precisely because of

community, as God’s people.

our flaws and faults that we need each other.

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@MARLYN ROJAS Ordained Minister, founder of Radiant Woman International, cofounder of Sisters International, CEO of Inner Radiance Designs and Author of DISTORTED.

Well, God did not create for us all to go down one SAME LANE and behind the same ONE DESIRE.

“STAY IN YOUR LANE” As I love to say: I will be short, brief, concise, precise, and to the point. I will also try to keep it simple.

Can you imagine a traffic jam? …Different vehicles, different drivers, different passengers and all with different characters…

Allow me to take you further in this traffic jam.

What would happen if they are all trying to merge into one lane, not caring to yield, not caring for the other vehicles, and just focused on what they desire whatsoever?

Can you hear the clashing of opinions, the murmuring lips, the curses or wrong things coming out of peoples mouth, the much noise in the middle of chaos- SAD- but a reality that it’s happening even now IN OUR LIVES.

When an individual doesn’t seek direction from the LORD, through relationship, they begin trying to get into the LANES that belong to others.

They begin to compare character and personalities, not taking into account that they are created a specific way, with specific traits because of the place where GOD is taking them. Now I talk to you that may be reading this article today. Have you learned and/or analyzed the following; 1. Your Purpose (which clarifies your destination) 2. Your Guidance (which should be from the LORD) 3. Your Methods (which should be Holy Spirit led)

Many times, individuals continue to clash because they are so focused on the neighbors lane, when God already carved out their own LANE to drive on, or walk on, or ride along on- YES, because everyone’s way of getting through that LANE is also different JUST like our destiny and Purpose in HIM.

Next time you want to complain or compare or skip into someone’s else LANE (life, their walk), you should pause and realize if you are forsaking, delaying, and harming your own “WALK ON YOUR LANE”

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"Well, God did not create for us all to go down one SAME LANE and behind the same ONE DESIRE. " STAY ON YOUR LANE and the traffic in life WILL move along, in HIS PERFECT TIMING. And trust and believe that the Journey of the traffic, the process, will edify your life to pour into others.

DRIVE SAFE MY BRETHRENS! And Don’t forget there’s always help: So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isa 41:10 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3: 6) or should I SAY YOUR LANE OF LIFE? God bless you

WITH LOVE HONORED TO SERVE, MARLYN ROJAS,

BY GRACE ORDAINED MINISTER AT THESSALONICA CHURCH, UNDER THE SPIRITUAL COVERING, OF REV. DAVID SERRANO.

IT’S TIME TO SING A NEW

SONG Hannah was the first person who referred to

As you walk through this Bible Study you will

God as the “Lord of Hosts.” She was unafraid

discover how to live the abundant and

to enter His tabernacle and call on His Holy

victorious life of a believer through

Name. Hannah triumphed over her trials and

redemption in Christ!

tribulations and sang a song of praise to the Everlasting Father in heaven on her path to

(Excerpt from Hannah’s Song) Oh, sing to the

answered prayer.

Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing to the Lord, bless His name; Proclaim the

I encourage you to read Hannah’s Song—

good news of His salvation [redemption] from

What Love Looks Like and learn how Hannah

day to day. Declare His glory among the

prevailed over her life circumstances.

nations, His wonders among all peoples. Psalm 96:1-3

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October 2020

The redemption of every believer occurs in

The first was sung on the night of the Exodus

three tenses; past, present and future. The

in Egypt. (Isaiah 30:29) Thesecond is the song

first is past tense and it took place when God

of Moses and Miriam at the Red Sea. (Exodus

delivered us from the guilt of sin through the

15:1-21) Next is the “Song at the Well” where

death of Christ. We received this redemption

the Lord provided water to the Israelites.

the moment we confessed our sins and

(Numbers 21:17-20). The fourth is the Song

accepted Christ as our Savior. This form of

of Moses at the end of his life. (Deuteronomy

redemption is called justification. (Read John

31-32) The fifth was sung when God stopped

5:24; Romans 5:18).

the sun for Joshua. (Joshua 10:12-13) Then there was the Song of Deborah in Judges 5

Hannah referred to the second or present

and King David’s song of praise after his

tense of God’s redemption in her prayer to

deliverance from his enemies. (2 Samuel

the Lord. (I Samuel 2:1) It occurs when God

22) The eighth was sung during the

saves us from the daily temptation and

dedication of the Holy Temple. (Psalm

power of sin over the thoughts of our mind,

30) and the ninth example is King Solomon’s

the weakness of our flesh and the acts of our

“Song of Songs.” (Song of Solomon: 1-17).

will. This redemptive deliverance is called sanctification. (Read 1 Corinthians 10:12-13;

The tenth song according to Jewish teaching

Thessalonians 2:13-14).

will be the “shir chadash” or the “New Song.”

It will be a song of the ultimate redemption

The final form of redemption happens in the

of mankind, “A redemption that is global and

future tense and transpires at the time of

absolute; a redemption that will annihilate all

our death. It is not deliverance from our

suffering, ignorance, jealousy, and hate from

physical death but from our spiritual death.

the face of the earth. This will be a

This ultimate redemption is referred to as

redemption of such proportions that the

glorification. (Read 1 John 3:2).

yearning it evokes, and the joy it brings, requires a new song—a completely new

We all stand at the threshold of the ultimate

musical vocabulary—to capture the voice of

form of redemption. As in times past, it is

Creation’s ultimate striving.”

once again the righteous woman whose song is the most poignant, whose tambourine is

All ten songs spring forth from a

the most hopeful, whose dance is the most

supernatural redemption of the soul. They

joyous. Our yearning for the Messiah’s return

are the outcome of an insightful appreciation

runs deep, it inspires and uplifts and it forms

of what could have happened had God not

the dominant strain in the melody of

intervened. They are a result of a deep

redemption.

longing to be nearer to our Redeemer. And ultimately, each song glorifies the Creator.

The Midrash describes ten songs of unconditional praise (Shira) in the history of

One day soon, we will stand with Hannah and

Israel. All were examples of the soul’s

others who have been saved by God’s mercy

spontaneous expressions of a deep yearning

and grace and together we will sing the new

for and profound thankfulness to the Lord.

song of the redeemed.

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October 2020

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CLEAN

PART 2

Pastor , loving Husband, father and a lover of the Word of GOD!

Definition of Cleansing The theological synonyms of clean are purity/purification/cle ansing/innocent cleanliness/free from foreign bodies . So theologically speaking the word means to be spiritually pure.

The passage talks about the entrance in to the kingdom of heaven. Jesus says for to gain entrance in to the kingdom they need to be born again (regenearation).

He explains that the process has to do with water and spirit Acts 2 :38 repent and be baptized in the name of -

Jesus for your forgiveness of sins and receive the gift of the Holy spirit.

He says that which is born of spirit is spirit and that which is born of flesh is flesh John 4:24.

God is spirit and those who worship must worship in spirit and in truth . Romans 6:1-12.

"If we say we have no sins we are liars and the truth is not in us".

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ceremonially or

How does He cleanse us /How are we sanctified?

The fact is that Jesus always taught that rituals and ceremonial cleansing is not an excuse for people not to consider their moral compass John 3:1-5.

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There are few points that we can draw from this passage: Grace is not an excuse to sin The reason is that those who are baptised they did so into the death of Christ So, this means that they are raised up to walk on the newness of life (out with the old and in with the new) After we rise we do so with Christ (Galatians 2:20) The man who was sinful is dead and the new man is no longer bound to sin He lives his life trying to live a life dominated by the obedience to the word of God v 12 Philippians 4:9 read

Come now -God invites all who are willing to make a clear decision regarding salvation Matthew 11:28 come to me all this fall perfectly after reading Romans 3:23 read.

1 John 1:8-2:2 . In Romans 3:23 Paul says “For all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God . Now we live in a world that is exposed to sin and our surroundings are very influential on how we live . Sin is not imbedded on our DNA but there comes a time in life where we fall in the face of God and he knows that we cannot rectify those errors alone that is why He helps us.

If we say we have no sins we are liars and the truth is not in us (he is not with us JOHN 14:6,8:32,17:17). If we acknowledge that we can fall, and we need his help in our fall Galatians 6:1 read.

If we fall this what we must do: If We confess – omologwmen a verb (1st Person plural present subjunctive active) this is a conditional sentence according to Davis (88:1923) if ean is used with a subjunctive it is a third-class conditional sentence (Greek has four classes of conditional sentences) so the condition is undetermined but with the prospect of determination (purpose) 1 Romans 8:1read the guilt is gone in Christ.

Cleanse us from all unrighteousness Might Cleanse us kaqarish (3rd personSingular Aorist Subjunctive active) The importance of “walking in the newness of life” Romans 6:4 “therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death ,that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father even so we also should walk in the newness of life ..

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Isaiah 1:18 “come now and let us reason together says the Lord Though your sins are as scarlet they will be as white as snow though they are red like crimson they will be like wool” the fact is that God arrives at this point knowing very well that he cannot stand sin Isaiah 1:16-17 59:2 read with urgency and explain then explain verse 18 as follows:

Red like crimson but they will be like wool -Isaiah 1:16 talks about the people having blood on their hands and due to that God will not listen to their prayers it is not the people but their sins Isaiah 1:13 read and this is the same idea expressed by Paul in 1 Timothy 2:8 holy hands to God in prayer (so can we pray when we know we have sinned yesterday).

In other words, there our confession has purpose, why because if we do so he is faithful and righteous – > Faithful – pistoV He is trustworthy he cannot go back on his word and he cannot lie -Hebrews 6:18 his word is truth because he is truth John 14:6 He is who he says he is and he delivers on his word, God is loyal to his word > Righteous/just – dikaioV He is just and ids truthful to his word if he said you will be for given he tells the truth. > So, the fact of the matter is that God not only deals with the fact that he can forgive past sins , but he can also forgive the present and future sins if we confess our sins , the confession points out the person and their remorse and sorrow before God and God delivers his love and offers forgiveness of sins Proverbs 28:13 read.

Knowing this that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with ,that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

Baptism is how we are cleansed of sins and we no longer are enslaved by it and we are now under a different master (we should recheck how we live under the notion we are free in Christ Romans 6:18 read).

Colossians 3:17 “Whatever you do in word or in deed, do all in the name of our Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father through Him” Ephesians 2:10 “for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them”

We are cleansed by God so that we could be for Him …

YOURS IN CHRIST PASTOR BONGANI GAMA

drawing the line between helping someone and being takem advantage!

by: Jordan Raynor

Luke 6:30, 35-36 tells us to "give to everyone who

It’s good to do what we’re able to do, but 2

asks of you, and whoever takes away what is

Thessalonians 3:10 also reminds us, "If a man will

yours, do not demand it back." "But love your

not work, he shall not eat." There are people who

enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting

want to live an irresponsible lifestyle with

nothing in return; and your reward will be great,

absolutely no accountability. So there must be

and you will be sons of the Most High; for He

limits; we will help someone with a need, but if we

Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. Be

see that it’s become a chronic life pattern, it’s

merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” These

wrong for us to continue to encourage that. It’s

verses and many others in the Bible teach us that

very harmful to others to contribute to their

Christians are to be loving, merciful, and self-

indolence, laziness, and lack of effort. The old

sacrificing. As we see the needs of people all

saying "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day,

around us, our hearts should be full of

teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime" is very

compassion just as our Heavenly Father has

true. As long as we see that someone is sincerely

compassion towards all people. "The LORD is good

making an effort, we should be there to support

to all; he has compassion on all he has made"

him in whatever way God leads.

(Psalm 145:9).

Often, a much more effective way to help others is It is right to have a heart that would continually

to come alongside them to give biblical council,

give to others, and it pleases God to see this

principles, and encouragement. If they are willing

wonderful characteristic in our lives. However, in

to listen and try, they should be able, through the

this area of giving and helping, the Bible also

power of the Holy Spirit within them, to reverse

teaches that we must have wise discernment

this pattern of dependency on others. This begins,

(Matthew 10:16). God gives us certain standards

of course, with a clear presentation of the gospel

that we must take into account when it comes to

of Jesus Christ, without whose empowerment,

giving our time and money to others. When the

lifestyle changes of this magnitude are not

Bible tells us we are to help others, the purpose is

possible.

never for us to do this to the point where it becomes detrimental.

We are also to take into consideration what the

There are many ways people can take advantage

Bible tells us about being good stewards. As we

of others. It’s important that we make this a

put our trust in God and walk with Him, He

matter of prayer, asking the Lord to show us what

promises to supply our needs (Philippians 4:19).

He wants us to do. He will give us wisdom to

What the Lord provides for us, we must use wisely.

recognize genuine need and discern between an

We are to give back to the Lord a portion of what

opportunity and a distraction (James 1:5).

He gives us; we are to provide for the needs of our

Sometimes, people are so beaten down by life’s

families; and we are to pay our bills. How we

trials and failures that they need someone who is

spend our time is also involved in stewardship; a

willing to be a long-term friend to them. This can

balance of worship, work, and family is important.

be a trying relationship, but it can also be a very

These are all principal aspects of stewardship and

rewarding one. Local churches can be a

cannot be neglected, so they must be considered

tremendous help to those with a burden for those

in the decision of how and what we can do in

in need. However, trying to help someone who is

helping others. If, by helping someone else

just not willing to take any steps towards a

financially, we are unable to take care of our own

solution in the matter may be a hopeless cause.

debts and responsibilities, then we are not doing

Again, praying for God’s wisdom and exercising

right in our efforts to help.

the discernment He gives are crucial in these situations.

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YOU WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY WHEN YOU ARE WITH HIM! Prayer: Lord Jesus, I come before you at this very moment. I open up my heart to you as you are continuously knocking on the door of my heart to come in and dine with me. I pray that may I not grow weary or worry about what I will eat

John 6:35 [35]And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

How fulfilling and satisfying it is to know that when we have Jesus we have all we need. He is what will keep us full in times of hunger. He is what will keep us filled in times of thirst. Just as physical food is important to keep you going, Jesus is the spiritual food you need to keep your inner man alive and kicking. Without him – we will faint on our way. Now just as much as we are what we eat whether physically or spiritually, in these times we are in what fills you up? Is it only temporarily or permanently? Is it sustaining you till the end? With Jesus, you will never go hungry because He is the bread of life.

because when I have you, I have the food I need.

Help me to keep on having my daily bread which will sustain me externally. For I know when I am with you, I will never be hungry. AMEN.

saved by grace,

Karab0

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