Matt 4:44 “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4 KJV Jesus was hungry and famished after 40 days and nights of fasting and seeking the face of God. He was spiritually full yet physically deficient. This is a common place we can find ourselves as Christians; where spiritually we overflowing, we have sought the face of God, we have heard and meditated on His word; we believe that word – yet......
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In a time of information overload, today’s Christian must learn to sift through the noise and hear God speak. What you hear influences how you think and ultimately what you say. If we are not alive to what God is saying, we may find ourselves thinking and talking like the world, whilst this may get us likes, claps and generate a following on social media to be envied, it will inevitably cause a disconnect in our relationship with God. In 1 Kings 19 the prophet Elijah faced an existential crisis, his very......
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“For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of His pleasure” – Philippians 2:13. Did you read that scripture correctly? We need God to work into us His will. Paul said that God called him to know His will (Acts 22:14). Knowing is one step, willing is another and then doing is the final. Know – Will – Do Isaiah said that my people are gone into captivity because they lack knowledge (Is.5:13) but we see that it takes more than knowledge to experience the fullness of......
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By Pastor Paul Okhuoya Jesus challenges His followers that mere abstinence from the act of sex (out of context/design i.e. adultery & fornication) is too low a standard to set for those serious about leading lives as His disciples. He teaches that a ‘lustful mind’ was at par with regards to these acts. How do we then (in a world besought with sexualised data) evade lustful thinking? What build-up does masturbation release? What excuse does the priest have for the abused boy other than a mind out of control? Jesus taught that the......
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“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and......
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By Pastor Natasha Okhuoya “…whosoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it” [Luke 18:17] Children can be so joyful additions to our so often serious and stuffy world. They open our eyes to the wonders of creation and ask us simple questions like “Why is the grass green instead of red?”. In my lifetime i have often been touched by their honesty and open expression of emotion. They are not afraid to admit weakness, yet they often defend what they know to be right, regardless of......
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To know that life can be worse than death if lived without meaning is enough to provoke your being into real significance. There are too many mediocres in the world today fixated on the increasing few making a difference in the world today. There are more people who have died than those who have lived and even more walking dead on the streets of today’s world and until you make a decision to be more than you are today, you too will die young and be buried old – a waste of life.......
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