| | Making a Difference - Expectancy | | The world around us is permeated with expectations. Each individual’s expectations will have a profound effect, not only on themselves, but also on the people around them.
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| Making a Difference - Decisiveness | | We have been examining how each of us can make a difference in our own world (the sphere of influence we live in). I’m sure none of us has been put on this earth to make up the numbers. We all have a predetermined destiny that God Himself...
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| Making a Difference - Optimism | | Optimism forms a core part of your emotional life. If you wish to enjoy life to the full, you will have to root out self-defeating pessimism and replace it with an intelligent form of optimism. You can only expand the vitality and energy in your life...
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| Making a Difference - Discipline | | Discipline can be used or abused, but the truth is we all need it. Note, today we will be focusing on self-discipline and not correction or rebuke. It is far better to correct yourself than to wait for someone else to correct you. Self-discipline...
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| Making a Difference - The Power of Preparation | | In life, there's simply no substitute for preparation followed by hard work - for doing one's homework and basically preparing for every challenge. No one ever topped an exam, cleared a crucial hurdle or excelled at a particular sport by taking...
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| Making a Difference - Honesty | | We often think of honesty in terms of not lying to others. But being honest before God; being honest with yourself, and with God (and others) concerning yourself, is far more important. Self-awareness a very valuable asset when dealing...
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| Making a Difference - Balance | | Read Hebrews 12 v 1 and 2… You can make up the numbers, or you can make a difference. You can enter the race, or you can win the race. It’s entirely up to you! The great cloud of witnesses we’ve just read about made enough of a difference...
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| The Reality of Church Life - Part 2 | | The reality of church life is that we will experience problems with other people. And it is how we deal with these problems that will determine whether we are able to abide in the peace of God...
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| The Reality of Church Life – Part 1 | | The apostle Paul really loved people. This is probably one of the secrets of his effectiveness in ministry. In the opening section of Philippians chapter 4, Paul reveals his profound and sincere love for the church at Philippi.
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| Depending On God’s Grace | | God’s grace is often hard for us to fathom, and maybe this is why Jesus talked about it so often. Author Philip Yancey expressed it really well in his book 'What's so Amazing about Grace?' “I have meditated enough on Jesus’ stories of grace...
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| How to stop Being Offended | | One of the biggest hazards, which often causes strife and division in the church today, is when people take offence. And because of this, the Word of God has a lot to say concerning the subject. How many times have you seen friend rise up...
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| Rescued, Removed and Relocated | | One of the most difficult truths for us to live with is the truth (the reality) that all believers are not of this world (John 15:19, 17:14, and 17:16). Christians may live in the world and Christianity may be part of the world’s social structure...
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| How to Discover Success | | For the purpose of today’s teaching I would like you to picture success as a hidden treasure, and therefore, you’ll need to find certain things that will lead you to where it’s buried. Here are seven things you must find in order to discover success:
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| Gifted to Do | | Do you know? You are gifted to do God’s word. In Luke 11:28 Jesus said, “Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it.” A more accurate translation would be, “and observe or practice it.” The root of the original Greek word implies...
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| Gifted with Gifts | | Every one of us has been gifted with gifts from the Lord, and these gifts were given so that we can perform some special and unique duty as a member of the Body of Christ. The Body does not function correctly unless our individual gifts are operating...
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| Gifted to Love | | Everyone is looking for love. Whether you would admit it or not, you have probably been looking for it all your life. The sad thing is that most people’s role models don’t know how to love – and even if they do – they don’t know how to sustain it.
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| Gifted to Give | | According to the University of British Columbia’s psychology researchers, thoughts related to God cultivate co-operative behaviour and generosity.
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| Gifted to Work | | Genesis 2:15, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” Ecclesiastes 5:19, ” Moreover when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy...
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| Gifted to Worship | | We are continuing the series on being “gifted,” and today we’re examining the act of worship. As a child of God, you were born pre-packed – ready to exhibit God and display God’s glory – pre-programmed to worship Him. God has already orchestrated...
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| Gifted to Prosper | | What is prosperity? The secular definition is: Financial power, Political power, Social favour and power, and Military might and power. True Biblical prosperity is: The ability to use God’s ability in you to meet the needs of others, regardless...
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| Gifted to Serve | | I believe that every one of us had been given a unique array of gifts and abilities, by God, designed specifically for His use and service. You may not have discovered them, nurtured them, or developed them to their full potential - but still...
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| Minding your Fruit | | What you should grasp from this simple truth is that the results (the fruits) of any individual's actions are a far better and more accurate indication of their personal motives, or heart's desires, than are appearances and verbal claims.
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| Acceptable Behaviour | | All of us have some idea of what a Christian should behave like and especially the non-believer. At this busy time around Christmas when everyone is expecting ‘good cheer’ it is especially important that believers do not loose their testimony...
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| Your True Identity | | Identity is an umbrella term used throughout the social sciences to describe an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity. Identity may be contrasted with the notion of self, therefore, it relates to self-image...
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| All is Well | | Foundation text is taken from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matt 6. Context is that Jesus has just spoken about having our treasure in heaven, serving God not money. He is teaching about everyday life issues and daily needs. V25-34
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| The Essential Heart | | There is a strong link between motive, motivation and method (the three ‘M’s). For instance, if your motives are wrong, then both your motivation and method will receive negative influences. Causing your actions to be misguided.
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| Choosing to be a Champion | | The choices you make and the decisions you take, will effect the outcome of every difficulty (or challenge) that comes your way. Your choices can make the difference between you being a champion or ‘also ran’ - winner or a looser...
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| The Importance of being Consistent and Stable | | He who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does - (James 1:6-8).
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| Why the Cross? | | 1 Corinthians 1:17, 18 “For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing...
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| Attitudes for Life | | Over the past couple of months I’ve felt that God has been dealing with attitudes - His been changing mind-sets. An attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behaviour.
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| DIY for Believers | | With the right mental attitude, it doesn’t matter what you may be going through, or how difficult it may seem, you can come through it. But you must stand, and remain standing. Ephesians 6:13 says, “…Having done all, to stand.”
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| Ascending to Greatness | | Someone once said, “God does not want us to do extraordinary things… He wants us to do ordinary things extraordinary well.” When we start doing everyday things in an exceptional way everyone will sit up and take notice.
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| How to Overcome Negativity | | The original Greek says, “For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful through God to overthrow strongholds; overthrowing reasoning’s and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God and leading captive every thought...
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| It’s Your Life – It’s Your Choice | | This Sunday morning we are going to re-examine the relationship between choice and change. Choosing to change is the most efficient key to fulfilling your destiny. It’s your life – It’s your choice! You are always free to choose.
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| The Paternal Need | | There is a need in every human being to relate to life through the father, or a father figure, and this is called the “paternal need.” In Isaiah 40:11 it says this about the Lord, “He will lead His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs...
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| The Family - Building Your Life God’s Way | | Last week I started a new series and we discovered that the best way to build your life is to build it God’s way. And the only way to build it God’s way is to use the same building materials. When He builds He uses four distinct types of materials...
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| The Family - The spirit of Sonship | | The Bible tells us that God is building a spiritual house, from spiritual stones, for the Father to live in (1 Peter 2:5). This house is built on the solid Rock of Revelation (Matthew 16:18). Therefore, before God builds He lays an unshakeable...
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| Building your life God’s way | | Notice, except God assigns designs and then builds the house, those who toil will labour in vain. God is in the business of building, and what He builds will last. And, everything God builds He guards. If you desire to build something that’ll endure...
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| The wind of God | | Pentecost. It is popular to refer to Pentecost as the birthday of the church; however, we must try not to totally separate Easter, Ascension Day and Pentecost. In doing so, we miss the astounding truth that both the ascension of Christ, and then decent...
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| Pentecost | | Pentecost (from the Greek word meaning 'fiftieth') was a religious feast or festival which lasted just one day and usually occurred around the end of May.
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| Purpose Driven Plans | | Success in life is a progressive process of self-development and personal accomplishment! Real success is not a destination, it’s a journey! However, every journey you take requires fuel in order for you to reach your destination. This fuel is purpose!
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| Signposts to a Successful Life | | Today’s underlying theme is “plans and purposes.” Last Sunday we studied advancement and fulfilment. When you understand any of these fundamentals of the Christian life, and then apply them correctly, you are more likely to succeed. But what is success?
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| Advancing to the next level | | Many of you may be dreaming of progressing to the next level, breaking through, or moving to new horizons. Yet, you’ll never achieve any of these aspirations unless you are prepared to leave your old baggage behind and just get on with it.
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| The Christ | | Last Sunday we studied the anointing and today we’ll be studying the anointed One – the Christ. The Greek word used is ‘Christos’ (Anointed One), and its Hebrew counterpart is the word "Messiah," a term applied to the priests who were anointed...
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| How to qualify for the Anointing | | It’s one thing knowing how to operate in the anointing, but you can’t unless you’ve first “qualified” for the anointing. What must you do in order to qualify for the anointing? Here are seven things that must be present:
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| Understanding the Anointing | | I chose to name this day “Anointing Sunday” and then proceeded to anoint people with oil. But what exactly is the anointing, and how can we understand it better? The word “anointing’ is thrown around a lot in church circles today.
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| Preparing for Victory | | You must prepare yourselves for every victory! If you are not adequately prepared, you won't be ready when opportunity knocks.
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| Ascending on High | | Last Sunday we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Charles Jefferson insisted again and again that the message of Christ crucified was the central theme of the New Testament. He declared, "Christianity has prospered only to the...
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| Faith a response to Covenant | | It is out of Covenant relationship with God that we have; Salvation, Healing, Prosperity, Soundness of Mind. We are redeemed from the curse of the law and have been brought into the prosperity of God – Spirit, Soul and body.
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| Resurrection Life | | Whatever your beliefs are today, the resurrection affects you. Some of you have already embraced the benefits arising from it, for others these blessings are waiting to come on you!
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| Strong faith the faith of God | | God has provided a way for every man woman and child to have faith and see that faith come to completion. If we blame God for our lack of faith or we say that we cannot get God to do anything for us even though we have operated in faith we show...
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| Faith’s Extension - Godliness | | Godliness is simply possessing Godlike qualities or attributes. As you begin to mature in Christ you develop godliness and this godliness continues to grow as you grow spiritually.
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| Faith’s Extension - Endurance or Perseverance | | The reason so many Christians never receive anything from God is because they can't or won’t endure. Many of you just give up too easily. However, a true champion keeps making an extra effort, and produces an extra bit of strength whenever it’s necessary.
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| Faith’s Extension - Self Control | | 2 Peter 1:2-11. (Verse 6) After abundantly supplying virtue and knowledge to your faith, the next character quality you are required to supplement your faith with is self-control. And this nicely follows the previous thought which suggests that every...
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| Seeing through the Eyes of Faith | | There are many amazing women mentioned in the Bible, but the one I always think of when my faith needs energised is the Shunammite woman. Turn with me to 2 Kings 4 and let’s read the passage starting at verse 8.
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| Faith’s Extension - Knowledge | | So what exactly was Peter telling us to generously and abundantly supply to our faith - with all diligence and earnest zeal? Actually, he said there were several things we needed to add! But the first thing is virtue, and we examined this in the morning.
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| Faith’s Extension - Virtue | | In the opening verses of the second epistle of Peter you will find a lofty prayer written for all his readers. In it, the apostle expresses a sincere desire that grace and peace might be multiplied to them in the knowledge of God and...
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| Generosity and Hospitality | | Your faith needs an outlet through which to express itself and this outlet is love. But if faith expresses itself through love, then love expresses itself through generosity.
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| Faith that Receives | | But you must receive with a right attitude. In Luke 18:17 Jesus says, “I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it." Receiving like a child is having childlike faith, therefore...
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| Six Enemies to Faith | | When we “…fight the good fight of faith,” we can step out of a life of failure which restricts us into a life filled with God's power which knows no bounds. Over the years I have heard people talk about fighting the devil or fighting sin or however...
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| Accessing the Anointing | | At the start His Galilean ministry, in Luke 4:18, Jesus quoted from the Book of Isaiah chapter 61 declaring, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and equipped me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek...
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| Confrontational Faith | | To overcome is - [1] “to win a victory over,” [2] “to succeed in subduing,” [3] “to prevail in.” The over comer is one who has conquered and become master of his own circumstances. But notice, the over comer [by definition] must have had...
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| How Faith Grows | | In our ongoing study of faith and its various qualities we’ve learnt some important principles with regards the application of faith. And this has probably created in us a desire for more faith. But how can we get more faith? Is it possible...
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| Faith's Expression | | Note, what God is looking for in you and me is faith working through love. Faith is active (never idle), there-fore, it manifests itself in unselfish service to others.
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| Faith in the Name | | In Acts Chapter 3 we find the first recorded miracle performed by the disciples. I believe this miracle is very significant for all believers. Here Peter provides us with the “key” for use in exercising faith’s authority through proclamation of power...
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| Faith in Him | | Ephesians 3:12, “In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.” What is the principle revealed in this verse? In Christ we have boldness and access to God’s eternal purpose (plan, intention), with confidence through faith...
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| Faith’s Confession | | When you’ve received a “spoken word” (a rhema) from God and confident expectation has flooded your heart, the faith generated will compel you to act on it. Faith is active! Faith does! And the first thing it will do is speak.
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| The fire of Unity | | There is power in unity - in togetherness. When believers come together ‘in agreement’ something awesome happens in the spirit realm. Leviticus 26:8 declares, “Five of you shall chase a hundred and one hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight.
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| How faith comes | | Nothing can compensate for lack of faith. Choosing not to believe is an insult to God. “If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said.
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| The Incredible Dream | | The foundation of an incredible destiny is an incredible dream. Your dream will set the stage for your life and give you something to apply your faith to. People who have no dream [no vision] for their lives are unlikely to reach their full potential.
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| What Faith Is | | Last Sunday morning we examined a universal principle, the Law of Expectations, and ascertained that what we confidently expect becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. This law or principle is very powerful as it works both in the positive and the negative.
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| Baptism Of Fire | | God also used fire to guide His people. God spoke to Moses in the burning bush (Exodus 3:2-12). In their wilderness wonderings, the Israelites relied each night on a “pillar of fire” from heaven to guide them (Ex. 13:21).
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| Great Expectations | | Whatever your expectations are for 2007, they will have a profound effect, not only on you but also on the people around you.
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| How to fulfil your Dreams | | Today’s theme is “advancement” and “fulfilment.” And Jesus accomplished both at the Cross. Right through His life on this earth, He had a true sense of destiny. Every step He took, every move He made, brought Him closer to His destination (His dream).
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| What Matters Most – Family 4 | | In many people’s minds, dating before marriage was always a real occasion. However, dating each other after marriage is an absolute necessity. And when the pressures of life are overwhelming you it’s usually when you need it most!
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| What Matters Most – Family 3 | | Whether you are a husband, wife, parent, grandparent, son, daughter, niece, nephew, uncle, aunt, or cousin, there are other family members that you can influence.
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| What Matters Most - Family 2 | | How do you see your role as a family member? Too often people do not see themselves as valuable and precious in a family environment – as having something significant to contribute.
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