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I want to encourage you this month to use the gifts that the Holy Spirit has put in you to be a blessing to the Body of Christ. Whenever I am asked to pray for healing for someone, I always ask, of the folks in the room, for those who have the gift of healings, the gift of miracles, and/or the gift of faith to stand up and come forward to pray with me over the recipient. I am often met with blank stares – it is really alarming how many times this happens. It is because many have not been taught or have even heard of the “gifts of the Holy Spirit”. There are many Christians who love the Lord with all their heart, but who have not been…
“ So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaptation [of the parts of the body to each other], but the members all alike should have a mutual interest in and care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the parts [share] the suffering; if one member is honoured, all the members [share in] the enjoyment of it. Now you [collectively] are Christ’s body and [individually] you are members of it, each part severally and distinct [each with his own place and function].” – 1 Corinthians 12:25-27. Membership deals with identity Membership is vitally important in a local church because it deals with identity, commitment, responsibility, and accountability. Membership embraces involvement and dedication to the vision and the mission of the family they are…
“ And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” – Matthew 21:22. I have been deeply impressed with the nationwide prayer revival, especially the wonderful work by brother Angus Buchan. The Lord is without a doubt moving in this nation and is taking us into a period of transition to recovery. I have always maintained that we don’t submit to circumstances, we change our circumstances no matter what situations there appear to be, God is always in control. We as a church, together with umpteen other churches, are preparing for our annual 3 days of united prayer on 13, 14, and 15 October 2017. This is a nationwide and international prayer conference, calling on the Lord for change in our nations, deliverance from dark controlling forces, and…
When we get to Heaven it will all make sense. All the problems, tragedies, and heartaches. Some time ago when Dr. W. A Criswell was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas Texas, he told how on an airplane flight he was sitting beside and conversing with a well-known theologian. The man told him that he had lost a son who, one day, had come home from school with a fever that he and his wife thought was just a childhood sickness. Sadly, it turned out to be meningitis. The doctor gave no hope for the boy’s survival. Near the end when the professor was sitting at his son’s bedside, the child said, “Daddy, it’s getting dark isn’t it?” The professor answered, “Yes, son, it is getting dark,…
Dr. Jonathan David is the Founder of a governing kingdom church in Muar, Malaysia. He is Presiding Apostle of International Strategic Alliance of Apostolic Churches, a network of governing churches in 40 nations. He has been recognised by apostles and prophets around the world. He prophesied November 2016 concerning changes in South Africa, and received a further word June 2017. The Holy Spirit is here! I prophesy to you, South Africa. There is a new dimension of life beginning to break out causing people from every tribe and kindred to come together. I see inspired Spirit-led people coming together from different directions like never before, an amazing movement. The wind of the Holy Spirit is coming, Africa is going to change and will become a clear model. The frequency of…
Why did God let Adam and Eve sin and thus lead the whole of humanity in disarray? Why had God given Adam the choice of sinning (running away)? “What would happen if I gave him complete freedom and loosened the leash?” God has granted us free will. He longs for us to follow Him. I was self-sufficient. Lacked nothing. Happy and content. Yet I longed for company. I decided to get myself a small puppy for company. It was a pedigree dog. Fully registered. Perfect species. I engraved his serial number and name on a tag fastened on his collar. He was mine, and no doubt should ever exist as to this fact. “He will never leave me” At first I kept Adam, for that was his name, in my…
