God trains us for spiritual battle and to overcome all the difficulties of life. Look how creative God is with Samson in the Samson and the lion story. The Bible says that the Spirit of God was stirring Samson to begin to confront the Philistines (Jud 13:25). No mean feat as all his people had […]
Isa 53:5 “the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, by his wounds we are healed” Does this mean healing is in the cross? 1.It is much bigger than we thought These are two parallel lines in the hebrew. Punishment goes with wounds. Peace goes with healed. Healed is “rafa” in the hebrew and […]
Why is that when we face a difficult situation, God often makes us wait so long to answer our prayers? Until we are almost ready to give up? “We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character and character hope.”(Rom 5:3-4) 1.God wants us to press into knowing His […]
Just two pioneers Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vinnagren, Swedish Baptist immigrants to the USA, started Assemblies of God in Brazil. Their church growth story has much relevance for us today and is found in a book about the Pentecostal movement in Brazil, called “One Hundred years of Pentecostals” (Alfredo Oliva). In 1910, Berg and Vinnagren […]
Have you noticed that Jesus often starts preaching the Gospel with the Kingdom? The Gospel starts with, “The Kingdom is near” (Mk 1:15). Even when Jesus is talking to a Gentile, he begins with the Kingdom, as he did with Pilate. He tells Pilate he is a king and that his Kingdom is not of […]
This article will look at why praying out of “It is done” is in most cases a better way of praying. Here are 4 reasons: 1.Because God is a good Father We often treat God like we need to pester God in prayer and wear Him down until He finally gives in and gives us […]
Many times we are tempted to give up. Perhaps we have a difficult or seemingly impossible situation that we face. Or we have been praying for many months or years about something and nothing has changed. This article will look at 5 reasons to help us keep going. Jesus tells the parable of the persistent […]
What does the letter to the Hebrews say about the normal Christian life? You will be amazed. This article looks at 5 things that will stir our hearts afresh. The author of Hebrews (probably Paul) has to remind them of how it was at the beginning to stir them to return to this. But instead […]
Imagine we could live 100% Christiainity, that is to almost 100% of its potential. This article looks at some keys to this. What is 100% Christianity? There are two truths that we believe in. Firstly, that God is supremely good and therefore as a loving Father He wants the best for us in every area […]
Are you experiencing difficult times? The Bible teaches us to expect to experience the goodness of God MORE during difficult times. This blog explains how. When we declare in our morning prayers the goodness of God, we are not just declaring His character but an expectation that we will experience that goodness today. This was […]