• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18-19).
  • Tuesday 28 May 2013

    Understanding the Anointing: Part 1 The Individual Anointing

    Understanding the Anointing: Part 1 The Individual Anointing

    Have you ever wondered:
    • What Does it Mean to be Anointed?
    • What is the Anointing?
    • Who Is Anointed?
    • How Do I Know if I am Anointed by God?
    • Are There Different Kinds of Anointing?
    • What are the Different Anointing?
    • How Do I Receive an Anointing?
    • Why Does God Anoint People?
    • What is an Individual Anointing?
    • What is a Corporate Anointing?

    Brothers and Sisters,
    Find out what the Bible says about the anointing and the moving of the Spirit and discover for yourself how to be led and used by God in a powerful way!

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    And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing: Isaiah 10:27

    Sunday 26 May 2013

    YOUR ANOINTING

    Your Anointing

    “But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.” I John 2:20(NIV)
    What a special privilege God gives to His children…an anointing that “remains in you,” an anointing that “teaches you about all things,” an anointing that “is real – not counterfeit!” (See I John 2:27, NIV)

    Saturday 25 May 2013

    5 Spiritual Keys To Create Your Own Prosperity And Wealth

    5 Spiritual Keys To Create Your Own Prosperity And Wealth     
    God has given you the power to create your own prosperity, wealth, and success.
    This sermon article contains 5 very powerful spiritual laws of wealth plus several keys to divine prosperity.

    We had a truly beautiful service yesterday in Church. A lot of friends from other places visited and participated in the service, and we had a great time in the presence of the Lord.
    My sermon was geared towards inspiring God’s children to diligently develop their power to create their own prosperity, wealth, and success. I began by underscoring the importance of the prosperity of God’s Children to our heavenly Father.
    Please take note of all the Scriptures quoted in this Sermon Summary and meditate thoroughly on them until your heart becomes established in them.
    “Your prosperity and wealth is important to God.
    gold_coins I’ll say that again. Your prosperity and wealth is important to God.
    Carefully examine the following verse; note my emphasis.
    “Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.(Psalm 35:27)

    ELISHA SPIRIT

    Elisha Spirit

    Elisha was the prophet that followed Elijah. He was the one with the double anointing. He was the one who revealed that no only "God is" (Elijah) but that "God saves" (Elisha). Through the years people keep praying the same prayer over me, the double anointing of Elisha. They don't know what others have prayed, but still pray the same thing. Even in India I find the same thing happening, the same prayer. I have studied this prophet over the years and have a few things to share; not about the prophet so much, but maybe about us. The people of our generation, who are called to share the Word of God and His presence. I will use his call as an example.
    I will not be going to scriptures much but you can check out what I am saying in the Word. Elisha is called in the 19th chapter of 1st Kings. Then he appears again in 2nd Kings 2. Chronologically there seems to be about 10 years from the time of his calling until you hear of him again. He was in training for a while. Sometimes we tend to want things now but with God we should expect time to go by between the call and the anointing.

    THE POWER OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP

    Acts 16:23-26 “And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
    (24) Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
    (25) And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
    (26) And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.”

    This Bible story begins the unjust arrest of Paul and Silas. Because they had cast a spirit of divination out of a girl, the local Philippian authorities beat them and then threw them into a jail cell. Besides the trauma of the severe beating, they were fastened in stocks which clamped their arms and legs in an immobile position, causing cramps and loss of circulation. The atmosphere there was depressing. According to the standards of that day, a prison was more like the resemblance of a dungeon. A dark, damp, stench-ridden place, with no facility for waste or comforts of any kind.

    Yet, in spite of the throbbing pain in their bodies and the disheartening atmosphere, at midnight Paul and Silas were heard praying and singing praises to God! What a strange sound this must have been to the other prisoners, who were used to only hearing the groans or cursings of those who had been beaten.

    Then suddenly, there was an earthquake that shook the prison! The doors flung open, and amazingly, the bonds of Paul, Silas, and every other prisoner were released! What caused this mighty discharge of power?

    SEVEN SPIRIT OF GOD


    Friday 24 May 2013

    THE HOLY ANOINTING----2

    “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16-17)
    .
    Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
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    Jesus the savior of the world, also know the Messiah is Christ, translated as the anointed one both by the Jews or gentiles and he goes by no other name.. and the people who are ashamed of this Greek, anointed name are leading you to a false Jesus. Jesus as the Christ. Christ means the “Anointed One”. Jesus, however, did not become the Christ until the Holy Ghost came on Him.

    WHAT IS ANOINTING?

        Anointing is the outflow of the Holy Spirit through a sanctified vessel. It is a divine enabling grace -Acts 4:5-20. It is likened unto Rain -Zech.10:1; Joel 2:23, but it is neither the "WELL" of water springing up into everlasting life ... John 4:14, nor the flowing "RIVERS" of living water ... John 7:38 - for these are referring to the operations of the Holy Ghost at the new birth and at baptism of believers (not of water) respectively. This is the Rain of the POWER of God from above to increase the water levels of both the "WELL" and the "River" to bring about the overflow - Luke 4:18-19. The anointing determines the volume of water in the rivers, which in turn determines the functions to which they can be put.
    Similarly, for example, the level of anointing in a man determines the number of people he can carry along or his productivity as a man of God e.g. compare - Acts 2:41 with Acts 4:8-32 when three thousand and multitudes of people received Christ respectively after baptism in the Holy Ghost. The Lord Jesus, as a perfect example, came under strong anointing and His fame went abroad - Acts 10:38. Anointing makes the Christian life active and full of results. As it were, it enthrones the believer - John 14:12; I Peter 2:9; Rev. 1:6. The anointing breaks every yoke of the devil and demolishes any mountain etc-Isaiah 10:27.

    ANOINTED FOR WAR


    ANOINTED FOR WAR

     


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    Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,




    set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 2 Corinthians 1:21, 22 (N.I.V.)

    We've been looking at the church as the army of God and the role of each one of us as believers in that army. We've talked about the Cross and the willingness of the soldier to lay down his life; we've looked at the issue of authority, and in this session we're going to be talking about some specific anointings in spiritual warfare.

    This word "anointing" can bring up all kinds of mysterious and vague ideas in our minds. We hear it a lot, but it seems to have many different meanings. We don't have space in this study to explore the whole subject of "anointing", so we will just cover it very lightly here. So what is an anointing? Well, in a practical sense it means to rub or smear oil on a person or a thing. In the Old Testament the anointing was a symbol of God's power resting upon someone. Kings and priests were ceremonially anointed and set apart, usually by prophets. In literal terms the Hebrew word for anointing (shemen) conveyed the idea of "richness, fatness, fruitfulness". Isaiah 10:27 says "the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing". The yoke was the wooden implement put around an animal's neck and was a symbol of servitude and oppression. But the anointing brings freedom.

    Prayer for the Preserving Anointing and Deep knowledge of God

    Prayer for the Preserving Anointing and Deep knowledge of God

                           joyalministries
    This is the most serious prayer you can pray for the Anointing of God for His service!
    Remember if you receive the gifts or the Anointing you are responsible to operate with them in His service!

    Father in the Name of Jesus the Messiah the Anointed one I release the ointment of God – calling on the Lord: Kara Shem Adonai moshchah, into the Spiritual round to release the Preserving Anointing over my thoughts, intellect and the mind, making them Holy with your touch of Blessing. I release the Power of God the only source of Power the Holy Ghost over my spirit, soul, body and life in the mighty name of Adonai I pray this for the concecration for the Service of God. Your Word says that the Anointing and the Fire was released after applying the Blood at your holy altars. The Blood of Jesus covers my whole being. Now let there be release without any shadow of doubt of the sacred Anointing into my ministry or any kind of the Service of God you have called me and made me a part of the holy priesthood, chosen people who can operate and use your anointing for the service of others. I serve You and the others for who rules be like the one who serves. Set me apart with invisible Oil of the Holy Ghost from the spirits that operate in my life that are not the Spirit of God. And release Your anointing that breaks every type of bondage in my life or in the service for others. Make me a vessel of Your Spirit Father. Let me start to move in Nine Spiritual Gifts under your Anointing.

    Thursday 23 May 2013

    THE ANOINTING THAT BREAKS EVERY YOKE---2


    The Anointing that breaks every yoke

    In my travels I continue to be amazed at some of the reactions that come forth when one begins to awaken. So many are waiting for another teaching or another minister that will help or set them free when ALL they will ever need is already within. Isaiah put it this way when he saw this Day we are standing, "the burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and the yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed BECAUSE OF THE ANNOINTING." It’s the anointing that breaks every yoke or bondage! It’s the anointing that sets us free! It’s the anointing that will teach us all things! And this anointing is none other than the Christ that dwells within. Lets take a closer look at this anointing in our journey to wholeness of Spirit.

    One of the first things I began to realize is we all are a ball of energy. Some have high energy, some low and if the energy we are is not flowing freely then there must be a blockage somewhere. Albert Einstein saw this in his equation E=mc2. We are all energy slowed down to become visible but if sped up times the speed light, times the speed of light we become pure light or energy again. The Bible calls it the temporal realm, which is things that are seen are not eternal but the things that are not seen are eternal. James 1: 17 says, "He is the Father of LIGHTS."

    THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT---2

    The Anointing of the
    Holy Spirit

    You have the anointing of God flowing through you when God's heart touches another person's heart through your heart. The anointing of God is the Holy Spirit. He flows as a river of love, from the throne of grace, through the hearts of believers, bringing life to all that receive His touch.

    God anoints people that love Him more than they love their own lives, and that love others as themselves. As we open our hearts to love others God's anointing flows through us. When we close our hearts to others and grieve the Holy Spirit the flow stops.

    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    "FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT"---2

    "FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT" JOYALMINISTRIES


    The Greek words for "BE FILLED with the Holy Spirit" (Eph 5:18), should be translated, "BE BEING FILLED with the Holy Spirit". In other words, we are to be constantly seeking God so that we will become more and more full of His Holy Spirit. Some people believe that we Christians only receive one infilling of God's Spirit in our lifetime. Such people may be sincere, but they are SINCERELY WRONG. This article is about men and women of God who were not satisfied with an initial token of God's grace or presence in their lives. They were hungry for more, and in their desperation for greater and greater depths in God, they smashed through every barrier and overthrew every obstacle to experience an ever-greater measure of God's holy presence and glory,- and to gain an anointing the like of which has rarely been seen since the days of the apostles.

    THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - PART 2

    THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - PART 2
    Different Kinds of Anointing
    Jesus was anointed by the �Spirit of the Lord' before he accomplished the works that the Father gave Him to do. Hundreds of years before the birth of Jesus, the prophet Isaiah prophesied concerning the Lord Jesus being anointed by the Spirit of the Lord. Eventually, at the appointed time, Jesus read this prophecy (from the book of Isaiah 61:1-3) to his Jewish brethren in the synagogue. We can almost see the scene: Jesus steps up, takes the scroll and reads the portion that identifies Him as more than just the Son of Joseph and Mary. He is saying that He is the Anointed One. This account is recorded by the apostle Luke in chapter 4.
    So He came to Nazareth , where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.�And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: � The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; �to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD'� (Luke 4:16-19).

    Tuesday 14 May 2013

    Anointing Power in the Pulpit

    Anointing Power in the Pulpit

    By Joyalministries
    As you enter the pulpit, are you hesitant, or are you filled with Holy Spirit expectancy? The anointing of God makes all the difference—the presence, comfort, power, and assurance that God is there, that He is going to do something.
    Pursuit precedes provision (see Luke 11:9,10). The anointing in the pulpit is not just determined by 1 or 2 hours of prayer before the service, but rather by the character and practices of your life in the previous weeks and months.
    Some Steps Into His Presence:

    BENEFITS OF HIS ANOINTING-(2)

    Benefits of His Anointing

    By Joyalministries

    Psalm 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits
    Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

    Friends, we are told in Isaiah 10:27 that the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. Today, you are going home with POWER! In the old testament, kings and priests were anointed in order to be set apart for a special service. David was anointed for a special purpose. There was a prophecy that came about Cyrus even before he was born.
    To be anointed, a person gets robbed with oil by man but it is only God that can really anoint a person.To be anointed, a person gets robbed with oil by man but it is only God that can really anoint a person.To be anointed, a person gets robbed with oil by man but it is only God that can really anoint a person. He usually assigns a man to go perform the physical anointing like the way Prophet Samuel anointed David. Today, God will separate you for his glory! Jesus was referred to as “The Anointed One”.

    Monday 13 May 2013

    Anointing Brings Spiritual Healing

    Anointing Brings Spiritual Healing

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    The reality of the priestly community can be said to be fulfilled and revealed in an especially meaningful way in the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, about which St. James wrote: "Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the Church, and they should pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven" (Jas 5:14-15).
    As we see, the Letter of James recommends initiative on the part of the sick person who, personally or through his loved ones, asks for the priests to come. It could be said that the common priesthood is already being exercised here in a personal act of participating in the community of life enjoyed by the "saints," that is, by those who have been consecrated in the Holy Spirit, whose anointing is sought. But the letter also shows us that giving help to the sick through anointing is a duty of the priestly ministry performed by "presbyters." This is another time when the priestly community is realized through harmonious and active participation in a sacrament.

    VICTORIOUS LIFE OF THE ANOINTED

    Victorious Life of the Anointed
    By:joyalministries
    If we will achieve victory and success in our spiritual struggle with Satan, we must be divinely anointed. Thanks to divine anointing, God’s people are more than conquerors (Rom. 8:37)!
    One of the dramatic stories of God’s anointing power in the life of His people for success is found in Zechariah 4. Here, the prophet is shown a vision of a golden lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lights on it. The seven lights are fed by seven channels, and on either side of the bowl stand two olive trees.
    In his curiosity to find out from the angel in the vision what the two olive trees could mean, the angel threw the question back to him: “Do you not know what these are?”
    When Zechariah answered ‘no’, the angel gave an utterance that immediately seemed unrelated to the question asked.
    The angel said, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD Almighty.

    ANOINTING IS SUPERNATURAL

     
    GOD'S ANOINTING IS SUPERNATURAL, MINDBLOWING AND
    SO COOL. IT CAN EVEN MAKE YOU DRUNK.!!!!
    BY JOYALMINISTRIES

    MAT 6V33, "BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU".
    We need a different mind set when the enemy comes in like a flood and tries to destroy. I gurantee you daily mediation will be over, church as usual will be over, it will be a time of Serious Business with God. SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND ALL THINGS WILL BE ADDED. You have to seek and see God------not things!!!
    What and how do we do? We must Seek God's way of doing things! Find out how God does things.....God's Power brought Jesus to earth to be conceived of a woman, Luke 1v35. It's the Power (the Anointing) that changes situations, nations, evil powers and your life. It's the same Power that rose Jesus from the dead, It's the same Power that changed coward Peter who had denied Jesus 3 times later because of God's Power changing him from being a coward to building His church. Peter the coward, Peter the Apostle!

    This Power(Star) took the Wise Men to Jesus and they "Followed the Star" to the child then after finding Jesus it led them to safety! Mat 2 v 9, " When they had heard the king, they departed and behold, the Star which they had seen in the East went before them till it came and stood over where the young Child was". After giving presents to the Child Jesus then being divinely warned in a dream they should not return to Herod, they departed for their own country another way." These men were not religious men but God still used them to get the gold, frankincense and myrrh to the child Jesus. The bible really doesn't say how many wise men there were. Some of them also studied the stars and experts think they knew all about where the location of Jesus was. But I really doubt that! They followed the star until they found Jesus! God was the one that caused this particular star to move, not any man!

    RESIDENT ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

    RESIDENT ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT


    Jesus declared that Christians can do the works that He did.
    In Act 19:12

    Paul was so full of the Holy Spirit that the cloths that he sent out carried the same anointing that Paul had. This is called the "Resident anointing of the Holy Spirit."

    We have the same ability to pass the anointing to an item whether it is a cloth as Paul did or an object such as a soap,water, toy, garment, food,perfum,chair, use your imagination, if we are full of the Holy Spirit.

    The Spirit and Power of Elijah..

    The Spirit and Power of Elijah


    "And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17 NIV).

    The anointing of Elijah that is going forth in this hour has a very specific purpose: to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. The people are made ready by turning the hearts of fathers and their children back to each other and by turning the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous.

    When we think of great men of God, we think of men like Elijah, who did mighty miracles, and we tend to believe that spirituality consists of supernatural phenomena and spiritual exercises and gifts such as prayer, intercession, bible study, power gifts, anointings, etc. However, John the Baptist, who came in the spirit and power of Elijah, did no miracles, not even one, yet Jesus said he was the greatest prophet ever born.

    The Blood Of Jesus!

    The Blood Of Jesus!

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    "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." —1st Peter 1:18,19
     
    We don't hear enough these days about the precious blood of Jesus, “...and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1st John 1:7). What a wonderful Savior! Jesus paid a debt of sin that He did not owe, because we owed a debt of sin that we could not pay. Our sins had to be paid for with Jesus' blood.

    Friday 10 May 2013

    MIRACLE ANOINTING

    "When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew to a town called Bethseda, but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God and healed those who needed healing." Lk 9:10,11

    OPERATING ON THE POWER OF THE NUMBER '5' AND '2' AND REAPING THE BLESSINGS

    The apostles had just returned from an apostolic assignment during which they had been sent out by Jesus with power and authority to preach the Gospel and to heal the sick. Having completed their mission they returned to report back to the Lord all that happened. Even although the disciples had experienced a phenomenal outpouring of anointing to heal the sick, Jesus knew they needed to make the transition and enter into creative miracle anointing. Even as the apostles shared their experiences with the Lord, He preached to the gathered crowds about the kingdom of God and demonstrated God's love to the multitudes and prayed for the sick. Jesus went one step further in praying for healing - when there was no food to be found save for a small boy's lunch OF THE NUMBER '5' AND '2', the Lord used this as an opportunity to model the way for the apostles to access the creative miracle aspect of God's glory.

    JESUS GAVE THE APOSTLES (AND US) A BLUE PRINT TO FOLLOW:

    BRING WHAT YOU HAVE


    "Taking the five loaves and two fishes" Luke 9:16

    '5' is the Number of Divine Appointment or Encounter and '2' is the Number of Divine Agreement !!!!

    Initially the disciples wanted to send the people away but Jesus said, "You feed them". Whatever we have in our hand, we must be willing to use all our resource, talent and gifts for Jesus. At this point it seems that the disciples didn't realise they had the ability by faith to access provision for the multitudes but Jesus wanted to show them that they could do this by engaging with the Holy Spirit. Jesus gave God the Father precedence (first place) and in so doing He set a new precedent and the miracle atmosphere of heaven invaded the mountain causing that which was created (i.e. the bread and fishes) to be transformed and creatively multiplied by God's glory!

    BELIEVE IN THE FATHER OF CREATION FOR YOUR OWN APPOINTED DAY TO SATISFY THAT NEED, THAT VACCUM AND THAT LONGING - IT SHALL BE FULFILLED.

    "And looking up to heaven" Luke 9:

    Jesus focused on His Father for provision. When we enter into covenant of appointment with the Father (by faith, nothing mystical) based on the Number '5' and understand thereof what it means to look to the Father - our perspective changes and we see our Provider - not the problem. Jesus understood that Father God is Creator; in the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the Holy Spirit was brooding over the waters. When we speak with faith and undergirding that faith on the principle and power (founded in articles of 3 T's of Time, Talent or Treasure) of '5' with the attached '0' intensities - [5 Articles of Seed, hours, Days, Weeks, Months and so on], the Holy Spirit moves in power to release creative miracles. Jesus wanted His disciples to get a fresh revelation of God as Creator and understand that accessing the miracle anointing is as simple as breathing in God's presence. Covenant of appointment with the Father (by faith and nothing mystical) based on the Number '5' becomes one way to quickly access the power of creative miracle this Year 2009. But it must be followed through by other means of consecration.

    Jesus Message Today


    Jesus Message Today - What did Jesus say about worry?
    Jesus’ message today is the same as he gave to those who followed him while He was on earth. His messages were recorded for us today. A major theme was His message on worry.

    Monday 6 May 2013

    JESUS TALKS TO YOU

    God Talks To You 

    Psalm 46:10

    "Be still and know that I am God."

    Joshua 1

    7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

    Sunday 5 May 2013

    Missing the point!

    Missing the point!


    'The offering of our lives to God, and through Him to others is just that - a fragrant offering,
    an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God'




    John 12 Six days before Passover Jesus went back to Bethany, where he had raised Lazarus from death. 2 A meal had been prepared for Jesus. Martha was doing the serving, and Lazarus himself was there.

    3 Mary took a very expensive bottle of perfume and poured it on Jesus’ feet. She wiped them with her hair, and the sweet smell of the perfume filled the house.

    4 A disciple named Judas Iscariot was there. He was the one who was going to betray Jesus, and he asked, 5 "Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?" 6 Judas did not really care about the poor. He asked this because he carried the moneybag and sometimes would steal from it.

    7 Jesus replied, "Leave her alone! She has kept this perfume for the day of my burial. 8 You will always have the poor with you, but you won’t always have me."

    THE FAITH OF JESUS

    THE FAITH OF JESUS

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    What is the "Faith of Jesus"? "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12. "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Philippians 2:5.
    Is the "faith of Jesus" part of your home life? Perhaps you have not given much thought to this aspect of the gospel message. Many, even among ministers, readily acknowledge that their understanding of this subject is rather limited, and yet, it is of equal importance to the commandments of God.