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“HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS?”- ROMANS 10:15 Happy New Year to all our readers – May the Spirit of the Lord guide you through 2017 and may every one of you achieve a measure of greatness for Jesus Christ. This leads me to remind us all that we were saved in order to get others saved. We don’t have to wait for the evangelist to come to town, or for our pastor to preach an evangelistic message. No, rather we were all instructed to “Go” and share what Jesus has done for us. Our testimony needs to be prepared in our hearts and must freely flow from our lips. There are too many “secret service” Christians, and sadly this does not help the…
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.” – Proverbs 4:7 Adversity has a way of gauging our strength as well as our weakness. Its real purpose is not to discourage us, but to help us see the true state of our spiritual and emotional condition. Proverbs 24:10 says, “If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.” Once we acknowledge where we stand, we are then able to do something about it. Addressing this in his letter to the believers, James wrote, “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.” – James 1:2-3. Adversity tests our faith Adversity tests our faith, and in the test, we…
2 016 was an absolutely extraordinary year in which the Lord imparted several profound and clear guiding visions of events to come. Some visions were repeated because of their urgency and this initiated continuous prayer and intercession. The October webcasts held at LFCC was joined by hundreds of churches both locally and overseas and bore immeasurable fruit. A massive Internet audience measuring 1GB every 6 seconds was recorded. I can boldly say that the gates of hell shall not prevail as long as the Church maintains a powerful prayer base. My challenge to all churches is that they will become praying churches and not just churches that hold prayer meetings. “But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying…
God will never tell you to do anything that is contrary to His Word. So you think God has spoken to you, but you’re not completely sure? We’ve all been there. The truth is that sometimes God’s voice is easy to recognise, and sometimes it’s not. If there is a question in your mind about whether or not something you’re sensing is from God, ask yourself the following questions: Is it Biblical? If the answer to this question is no, then you have your answer. God will never tell you to do anything that is contrary to His Word. Even if what you are sensing feels so real and so strong, watch out! There are many spirits in the world, but only one Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will…
Bethel Church and the Holy Spirit I would love to comment on Pastor Bill Johnson and Bethel Church In Redding. First I want to say is that I am an old woman of 72 years old. I attended the NG Kerk until I was 50 years old and became born again and got baptised in water. I used to still attend this religious institution for a while, but on Sunday nights went to a Spirit-filled church, where all the gifts operate and where they believe in the Bible in the same way as at the time Jesus was on earth. I was also baptised in the Holy Spirit. Once you are baptised in The Holy Spirit, you can’t carry on with religion. One night the Lord said to me “get…
“Rejoice My people for your day to enter my rest as a nation whom I have chosen to manifest Faith and My faithfulness to My Word has come. Enter into the Holy of Holies and worship Me. Come out from among the unrighteous, be separate, release faith in my Word for man’s wisdom is failing. Only My Wisdom will overcome the evil of this generation. Only the Holy Spirit of Truth will comfort you and lead you on the path that I have prepared for you to manifest my Glory to a rebellious generation. Glorify Jesus Christ only who is building a new generation of the true believers to trust Me for your day of rest, which is a season I began yesterday in your nation, but is only the…
