Rev Dr Colin Hurt
31-07-2016
John 13:23
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
John had an intimate relationship with Jesus.
John had an encounter with the human form of Jesus.
Revelations 1:17
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Encounter with an ascended, resurrected, glorified Jesus.
Most of us have the first encounter. We need to have a fresh encounter with the glorified Jesus.
We need an encounter that brings revival for the glorified Jesus.
Revelation 1:12-13
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
New and fresh encounter in the midst of the church that we're in.
Jesus ascended and took glorified humanity - the sinful human race - with him.
We have a high priest in heaven.
Not only is He a high priest, He is also the king of kings and lord of lords.
Jesus is in control. My King is in control of Malaysia. He never fails.
Revelation 1:14
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
We will see the glory of Jesus.
One thing about revival - the secrets of man's heart are laid bare. Jesus sees.
Jesus talks about the good things. He sees what we cannot see ourselves.
He is coming. Revival is coming.
Revelation 1:15
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Christ is strong and steadfast and He can trample down the spiritual foes.
See youtube
Dave Jones:
Bride of Christ
Rushing waters refer to volume. He speaks to His church with a loud voice but we are not listening. We're too busy with other things that we miss His voice.
When we have this revival encounter with Jesus, we will hear His voice clearly.
Men and women are different. When men are concentrating on something, they actually go deaf.
Revelation 1:16
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Seven stars refer to the leadership of the seven churches. They are sustained and will be sustained by the hand of God.
Revelation 2:16
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
He will attack the churches that are not living right.
Revelation 19:15
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
He will attack nations that are Godless.
Jesus has to deal with sin.
Jesus is radiant within the church and outside the church as well. He will move among the unconverted.
We will experience revival in a new way.
Jesus is in control. He is supreme. We will experience the revelation of the purpose of Jesus.
When revival comes, His purpose is a revived church in our life, in our church, in our community.
Revelation 2:1, 4
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
First church-
Stopped showing love.
Revelation 2:5
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Repent. Start doing things that we did at first, motivated by love.
Revelation 2:12
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Second church-
Actively being involved with idolatory and immorality. Greed, covetousness. Sexual immorality - homosexuality.
Revelation 2:16
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Jesus is coming to clean house, to deal with everything in the church that is not supposed to be there.
Revelation 2:18, 20
18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
Third church-
Tolerating and not doing anything about anything that is evil
Revelation 2:22
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
Not tolerate anything that defiles the bride of Christ. Jesus will deal with it.
Revelation 3:1
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Fourth church-
Great music, great teaching. Looks alive but actually dead.
Revelation 3:4
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Remember the teachings and obey the truth that we have been taught.
Revelation 3:14-15
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Fifth church-
Lukewarm Christian make Jesus vomit.
Revelation 3:19
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Be passionate.
Addendum:
The seven churches are:
(1) Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) - the church that had forsaken its first love (2:4).
(2) Smyrna (Revelation 2:8-11) - the church that would suffer persecution (2:10).
(3) Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17) - the church that needed to repent (2:16).
(4) Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29) - the church that had a false prophetess (2:20).
(5) Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6) - the church that had fallen asleep (3:2).
(6) Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) - the church that had endured patiently (3:10).
(7) Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) - the church with the lukewarm faith (3:16).
Towards An Inclusive Church
Prabhu and Nancy Rayan
30-07-2016
Is God disabled that He cannot save persons with disabilities?
God loves you. Even people with disabilities and all are added to His body, the church of God.
Every believer to have double listening - one to listen to the voice of God through His ancient Word, and listen to men and women around us.
The cry of the lerson with disability: "Is there any hope for me?"
To be disabled means to fight some one else's reality.
Disability is not a choice but attitude is.
A disability or ability is God given.
Matthew Henry: There is a beautiful, healthful soul within a deformed crazy body.
15% of the world's population are disabled. Combined, they form the third largest nation after China and India. They are the world's largest minority. 20% of the world's poorest have some form of disability.
Helen Keller: My problem is not my disability but the attitude of people towards my disability.
The only disability is a bad attitude.
The community as a whole needs to be habilitated.
Rights, not charity.
Inclusion, participation - what is the church doing?
John 9
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
Sin and disability seem to be connected.
Christian worldview:
-Charity without involvement
-Strategy without the right attitude
-Project
-Healing without the proper mindset
Philippians 2:5
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
We need the mindset of Christ
If we give charity, it will only take him to the grave.
A Christ-like mindset brings him to the Kingdom of God. Can help build accessibility into people's hearts thereby empowering persons who are disabled.
Exodus 4:11
11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
God empowered Moses to perform signs and wonders despite his disability.
Deuteronomy 27:18
19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
Grace advanced:
Leviticus 21:16-23
16 The Lord said to Moses,17 “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. 18 No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;19 no man with a crippled foot or hand, 20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. 21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God. 22 He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food; 23 yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.’”
Declaration of the righteous man:
Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
The church should be a role model to the whole world.
Proverbs 31:8
8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Jeremiah 31:6-9
There will be a day when watchmen cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’”
7 This is what the Lord says:
“Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremostof the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
‘Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
9 They will come with weeping;
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
Isaiah 35:4-5
say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to saveyou.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Jesus and disability:
-Personal touch
Mark 8:23
23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
-Personal interest
Mark 10:46-50
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David,have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” 50 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
-Personal involvement
Matthew 21:12-14
Jesus at the Temple
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.13 “It is written,” he said to them,“‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
The church of God is the rightful place for the disabled.
-Personal advise
Luke 14:12-13
12 Then Jesus said to his host,“When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
Matthew 25:40
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
-Personal command
Luke 14:15-23
The Parable of the Great Banquet
15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
-Mission mandate
Luke 14:23
Inclusion
"Church, mission and ministry must be seen within the context of the disabled person."
Rev. Dr. Theodore Williams
Church Inclusive of People with Disabilities
(Part 2)
Prabhu and Nancy Rayan
30-07-2016
1) Christ's Commission
Mark 16:25
Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all.
2) Enormity of the people group
1,050million people with disabilities in the world.
About 15% of the world's population.
The church needs to be inclusive because the church is a place of refuge of all. The church has the answer for the contemporary issues.
3) Church is their rightful place instead of a centre or school.
Isaiah 56:7
these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.”
Disabilities cannot be an excuse. Inner healing is needed.
Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
The need of the hour is inner cleansing of attitudes and prejudices.
Remove all barriers from preventing people with disabilities from full participation.
No distinction between disabled and non-disabled's freedom to participate.
Attract disabled to attend the local church. Be friendly to them.
Sustain them in regular attendance.
Disability is not a programme. There is no one size that fits all. The basic thing is attitude and thinking.
Raise up carers and form focus groups. It is easy to do social work but who will lead them to Christ?
Strategies for inclusion of people with disabilities:
1) Example of a Good King
2 Samuel 9
Mephibosheth represents the helplessness and the loneliness of people with disabilities in the world. But to King David all the disadvantages of being lame appeared insignificant compared with the fact that Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan, his friend. David looked at him as the son of Jonathan and not as a lame man.
In Jesus, we are complete.
Colossians 2:10
10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
2) Example of the Good Samaritan
Luke 15:3-7
3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
3) Example of the Good Servant
Luke 14:15-27
The Parable of the Great Banquet
15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”
The Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
The ultimate purpose is to have the House of God to be full.
How to communicate with people with disabilities?
Determine the condition - physical or mental disabilities.
Recognise that he is a person.
A person with disability is a normal person.
Visual disabilities:
1) Introduce - tap his shoulder gently
2) Use braille
3) Orientate church service, communion
Hearing disabilities:
1) Advocate total communication - sign language, lip reading, body movement
Helen Keller:
"Blindness separates people from things but deafness separates people from people."
-Printed page
-Small notebook handy
-Use sign language interpreter
Hearing and Visual disabilities:
1) Comunicate with sign language with fingers
Physical disabilities:
1) Do not stare at their disability
2) Do not pretend to ignore
3) Be genuine
4) Show concern
5) No harm in enquiring about their disability
Eye contact is important.
Mental disabilities:
1) Chronological age
2) Mental age
3) Use picture stories
4) There are many differences between mental illness and mental disability.
Don't do baby talk. Treat them as normal people.
Who is disabled?
If you do not see the person but only the disability, then who is blind?
If you can't hear a brother's cry for justice, then who is deaf?
If you do not stand up for the person with disabilities, then who is crippled?
If you do not communicate with people with disabilities, then who is dumb?
30-07-2016
Is God disabled that He cannot save persons with disabilities?
God loves you. Even people with disabilities and all are added to His body, the church of God.
Every believer to have double listening - one to listen to the voice of God through His ancient Word, and listen to men and women around us.
The cry of the lerson with disability: "Is there any hope for me?"
To be disabled means to fight some one else's reality.
Disability is not a choice but attitude is.
A disability or ability is God given.
Matthew Henry: There is a beautiful, healthful soul within a deformed crazy body.
15% of the world's population are disabled. Combined, they form the third largest nation after China and India. They are the world's largest minority. 20% of the world's poorest have some form of disability.
Helen Keller: My problem is not my disability but the attitude of people towards my disability.
The only disability is a bad attitude.
The community as a whole needs to be habilitated.
Rights, not charity.
Inclusion, participation - what is the church doing?
John 9
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
Sin and disability seem to be connected.
Christian worldview:
-Charity without involvement
-Strategy without the right attitude
-Project
-Healing without the proper mindset
Philippians 2:5
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
We need the mindset of Christ
If we give charity, it will only take him to the grave.
A Christ-like mindset brings him to the Kingdom of God. Can help build accessibility into people's hearts thereby empowering persons who are disabled.
Exodus 4:11
11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
God empowered Moses to perform signs and wonders despite his disability.
Deuteronomy 27:18
19 “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
Grace advanced:
Leviticus 21:16-23
16 The Lord said to Moses,17 “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. 18 No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;19 no man with a crippled foot or hand, 20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. 21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God. 22 He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food; 23 yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.’”
Declaration of the righteous man:
Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
The church should be a role model to the whole world.
Proverbs 31:8
8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Jeremiah 31:6-9
There will be a day when watchmen cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the Lord our God.’”
7 This is what the Lord says:
“Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremostof the nations.
Make your praises heard, and say,
‘Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’
8 See, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor;
a great throng will return.
9 They will come with weeping;
they will pray as I bring them back.
I will lead them beside streams of water
on a level path where they will not stumble,
because I am Israel’s father,
and Ephraim is my firstborn son.
Isaiah 35:4-5
say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to saveyou.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Jesus and disability:
-Personal touch
Mark 8:23
23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
-Personal interest
Mark 10:46-50
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging.47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David,have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” 50 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
-Personal involvement
Matthew 21:12-14
Jesus at the Temple
12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.13 “It is written,” he said to them,“‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
The church of God is the rightful place for the disabled.
-Personal advise
Luke 14:12-13
12 Then Jesus said to his host,“When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
Matthew 25:40
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
-Personal command
Luke 14:15-23
The Parable of the Great Banquet
15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
-Mission mandate
Luke 14:23
Inclusion
"Church, mission and ministry must be seen within the context of the disabled person."
Rev. Dr. Theodore Williams
Church Inclusive of People with Disabilities
(Part 2)
Prabhu and Nancy Rayan
30-07-2016
1) Christ's Commission
Mark 16:25
Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all.
2) Enormity of the people group
1,050million people with disabilities in the world.
About 15% of the world's population.
The church needs to be inclusive because the church is a place of refuge of all. The church has the answer for the contemporary issues.
3) Church is their rightful place instead of a centre or school.
Isaiah 56:7
these I will bring to my holy mountain
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.”
Disabilities cannot be an excuse. Inner healing is needed.
Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
The need of the hour is inner cleansing of attitudes and prejudices.
Remove all barriers from preventing people with disabilities from full participation.
No distinction between disabled and non-disabled's freedom to participate.
Attract disabled to attend the local church. Be friendly to them.
Sustain them in regular attendance.
Disability is not a programme. There is no one size that fits all. The basic thing is attitude and thinking.
Raise up carers and form focus groups. It is easy to do social work but who will lead them to Christ?
Strategies for inclusion of people with disabilities:
1) Example of a Good King
2 Samuel 9
Mephibosheth represents the helplessness and the loneliness of people with disabilities in the world. But to King David all the disadvantages of being lame appeared insignificant compared with the fact that Mephibosheth was the son of Jonathan, his friend. David looked at him as the son of Jonathan and not as a lame man.
In Jesus, we are complete.
Colossians 2:10
10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
2) Example of the Good Samaritan
Luke 15:3-7
3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
3) Example of the Good Servant
Luke 14:15-27
The Parable of the Great Banquet
15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. 24 I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”
The Cost of Being a Disciple
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
The ultimate purpose is to have the House of God to be full.
How to communicate with people with disabilities?
Determine the condition - physical or mental disabilities.
Recognise that he is a person.
A person with disability is a normal person.
Visual disabilities:
1) Introduce - tap his shoulder gently
2) Use braille
3) Orientate church service, communion
Hearing disabilities:
1) Advocate total communication - sign language, lip reading, body movement
Helen Keller:
"Blindness separates people from things but deafness separates people from people."
-Printed page
-Small notebook handy
-Use sign language interpreter
Hearing and Visual disabilities:
1) Comunicate with sign language with fingers
Physical disabilities:
1) Do not stare at their disability
2) Do not pretend to ignore
3) Be genuine
4) Show concern
5) No harm in enquiring about their disability
Eye contact is important.
Mental disabilities:
1) Chronological age
2) Mental age
3) Use picture stories
4) There are many differences between mental illness and mental disability.
Don't do baby talk. Treat them as normal people.
Who is disabled?
If you do not see the person but only the disability, then who is blind?
If you can't hear a brother's cry for justice, then who is deaf?
If you do not stand up for the person with disabilities, then who is crippled?
If you do not communicate with people with disabilities, then who is dumb?
The Purposes of God Will Be Brought To Pass In His Timing
Pr Raymond Mooi
24-07-2016
Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a purpose for God. He is not controlled by limitations of time. Time is His purpose.
In the fullness of time, He is revealed.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh. Jesus is the Word.
In Genesis, God spoke the world into existence.
The Ark of the Covenant represented the presence of God. It contained the Ten Commandments.
The Word of God is the presence of God.
Isaiah 55:8-9New International Version (NIV)
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
John 10:27
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
Luke 19:41-44
41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another,because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
He is a covenant keeping God. He is faithful. He raised up the church for His glory.
Ephesians 5:15-17
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Be watchful and alert to know the mind of God. God has a purpose for this time. He is in total and absolute control even though the world may be out of control. God is sovereign.
The evils of our day that caused sufferings and sorrows.
Will we still see God's provision and the miracles of God?
There is a will of God that no man can change and no demon can destroy.
Mark 13:31
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Let the Word of God come through in your life no matter the circumstances or the situations that you're in.
Hebrews 3:8
8 do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion,
during the time of testing in the wilderness,
Harden not your hearts like the Israelites.
2 Peter 3:4-18
4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
According to His purposes and in His perfect timing, God is doing great things in impossible situations.
There is no lack in the kingdom of God. He wants to manifest Himself in us.
Genesis 18:10-14
10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.”
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
At the appointed time, the Kairos time, God will invade and overshadow your Chronos time and you shall have the miracle. God's timing prevails. No evil power and man can break the will and purpose of God.
God performs miracles in impossible situations.
He wants to give you a miracle today. The touch of God will heal you today.
24-07-2016
Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a purpose for God. He is not controlled by limitations of time. Time is His purpose.
In the fullness of time, He is revealed.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh. Jesus is the Word.
In Genesis, God spoke the world into existence.
The Ark of the Covenant represented the presence of God. It contained the Ten Commandments.
The Word of God is the presence of God.
Isaiah 55:8-9New International Version (NIV)
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
John 10:27
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
Luke 19:41-44
41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another,because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
He is a covenant keeping God. He is faithful. He raised up the church for His glory.
Ephesians 5:15-17
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Be watchful and alert to know the mind of God. God has a purpose for this time. He is in total and absolute control even though the world may be out of control. God is sovereign.
The evils of our day that caused sufferings and sorrows.
Will we still see God's provision and the miracles of God?
There is a will of God that no man can change and no demon can destroy.
Mark 13:31
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Let the Word of God come through in your life no matter the circumstances or the situations that you're in.
Hebrews 3:8
8 do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion,
during the time of testing in the wilderness,
Harden not your hearts like the Israelites.
2 Peter 3:4-18
4 They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”5 But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
According to His purposes and in His perfect timing, God is doing great things in impossible situations.
There is no lack in the kingdom of God. He wants to manifest Himself in us.
Genesis 18:10-14
10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.”
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
At the appointed time, the Kairos time, God will invade and overshadow your Chronos time and you shall have the miracle. God's timing prevails. No evil power and man can break the will and purpose of God.
God performs miracles in impossible situations.
He wants to give you a miracle today. The touch of God will heal you today.
The Eyes of Your Heart
Dr Barry Chant
17 July 2016
Ephesians 1:15-23
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you,remembering you in my prayers.17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion,and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
v17
We need a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation.
v18
Spiritual eyes. Enlighten the eyes of our heart.
2 Kings 6:17
We wrestle against principalities and powers of darkness. But we wrestle from a point of victory.
Fanny Crosby (1820-1915):
She became blind at the age of six weeks. A hymn writer and poetess, she wrote over 9000 hymns during her life. She lived a long and fruitful life. She saw with the eyes of her heart.
Blessed Assurance
1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels, descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
3. Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
v18
The hope of his calling:
When we know we are called we have a hope for the future -- in both this life and the next.
When troubled times come we keep going because we know there is a purpose to everything.
Romans 8:28
We may go through disappointments and failures in life but we know the riches of God's glorious inheritance. We are His inheritance. Through the death of His Son, He inherits us. We are God's glory seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
We constitute the riches of God's glory in the saints.
The immesurable greatness of His power:
God's power is limitless.
Hyperballistic, megathomic, dynamic, energistic, Christocentric power.
This power is like the power that raised Christ from the dead.
This power is for
-Divine healing
-Gifts of the Spirit
-Fruit of the Spirit
-Christian service
-Freedom from sin
-Self-mastery
-Perseverance
(Colossians 1:10)
v19
Faith is the key to realising the greatness of this power.
We need an image of faith of God in ourselves just as God sees us.
(2 Corinthians 3:18)
17 July 2016
Ephesians 1:15-23
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you,remembering you in my prayers.17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion,and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
v17
We need a Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation.
v18
Spiritual eyes. Enlighten the eyes of our heart.
2 Kings 6:17
We wrestle against principalities and powers of darkness. But we wrestle from a point of victory.
Fanny Crosby (1820-1915):
She became blind at the age of six weeks. A hymn writer and poetess, she wrote over 9000 hymns during her life. She lived a long and fruitful life. She saw with the eyes of her heart.
Blessed Assurance
1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels, descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
3. Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
v18
The hope of his calling:
When we know we are called we have a hope for the future -- in both this life and the next.
When troubled times come we keep going because we know there is a purpose to everything.
Romans 8:28
We may go through disappointments and failures in life but we know the riches of God's glorious inheritance. We are His inheritance. Through the death of His Son, He inherits us. We are God's glory seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
We constitute the riches of God's glory in the saints.
The immesurable greatness of His power:
God's power is limitless.
Hyperballistic, megathomic, dynamic, energistic, Christocentric power.
This power is like the power that raised Christ from the dead.
This power is for
-Divine healing
-Gifts of the Spirit
-Fruit of the Spirit
-Christian service
-Freedom from sin
-Self-mastery
-Perseverance
(Colossians 1:10)
v19
Faith is the key to realising the greatness of this power.
We need an image of faith of God in ourselves just as God sees us.
(2 Corinthians 3:18)
Lay Hold on the Promises of God
Dr Moses Lee
10 July 2016
Isaiah 64:7
7 No one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and have given us over to our sins.
There is great power in united passion and vision.
Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed be His name.
Isaiah 64:1-4
64 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains would tremble before you!
2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake before you!
3 For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
Romans 10:13
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Hebrews 12:2
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Our God is worthy of praise and worship, and of our commitment and surrender to Him.
Romans 8:32
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Daniel 11:34
34 When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many who are not sincere will join them.
God has blessed us in the baptism of power - baptism of the Holy Spirit. So that we can be a witness for Him. He gave all of Himself. The fullness of God in Jesus Christ is in me and with me. God is like the air that we breathe. Just like Jesus Christ is present everywhere. The Spirit of God goes even deeper. It is closer than the air that we breathe. Christ is the Word of God - living and powerful and the discerner of every thought and every heart. It is the glory of God to bless us as is the glory of man to receive it in faith.
Our thoughts, our actions and our attitudes matter most.
Have faith in God. Faith is the constant outlook of trust towards God whereby man depends solely on God. My faith is in Jesus Christ. He is the rock of my salvation, the anchor of my soul. God has blessed us in Christ.
God cannot lie; cannot sin; canmot deny Himself. He remains faithful.
Hebrews 13:8
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:5
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,because God has said,
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
With God all things are possible. Therefore, it is impossible for God to fail.
Malachi 3:6
6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.
Rest on the faithfulness of God and receive the undeserving grace of God.
Experience the truth of God.
Romans 10:13
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Desire more of God.
10 July 2016
Isaiah 64:7
7 No one calls on your name
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us
and have given us over to our sins.
There is great power in united passion and vision.
Taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed be His name.
Isaiah 64:1-4
64 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains would tremble before you!
2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake before you!
3 For when you did awesome things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
Romans 10:13
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Hebrews 12:2
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Our God is worthy of praise and worship, and of our commitment and surrender to Him.
Romans 8:32
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
Romans 5:8
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Daniel 11:34
34 When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many who are not sincere will join them.
God has blessed us in the baptism of power - baptism of the Holy Spirit. So that we can be a witness for Him. He gave all of Himself. The fullness of God in Jesus Christ is in me and with me. God is like the air that we breathe. Just like Jesus Christ is present everywhere. The Spirit of God goes even deeper. It is closer than the air that we breathe. Christ is the Word of God - living and powerful and the discerner of every thought and every heart. It is the glory of God to bless us as is the glory of man to receive it in faith.
Our thoughts, our actions and our attitudes matter most.
Have faith in God. Faith is the constant outlook of trust towards God whereby man depends solely on God. My faith is in Jesus Christ. He is the rock of my salvation, the anchor of my soul. God has blessed us in Christ.
God cannot lie; cannot sin; canmot deny Himself. He remains faithful.
Hebrews 13:8
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Hebrews 13:5
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,because God has said,
“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
With God all things are possible. Therefore, it is impossible for God to fail.
Malachi 3:6
6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.
Rest on the faithfulness of God and receive the undeserving grace of God.
Experience the truth of God.
Romans 10:13
13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Desire more of God.
Holy Spirit and Revival
Bro Thomas Samuel
03-07-2016
Not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of God
Only the Holy Spirit can make a difference in our lives and through us to the lives of others.
Romans 8:9
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
The Holy Spirit is a person. He is also the Spirit of Jesus. In us.
Acts 1:4-5
4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.5 For John baptized with water,but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Jesus commanded them not to do any work until they were baptised in the Holy Spirit.
The early church were so dependent on the Holy Spirit. All their actions were guided by the Holy Spirit.
Prayer always leads us to accomplish His purposes.
We are no ordinary persons. We have one of the persons in the Godhead in us. Every one of us is a carrier of the glory of God. People around us get impacted by the glory of God in us and through us.
Based on Scripture, we are anointed. A Christian means an anointed one.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good newsto the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedomfor the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Ask through prayer. Seek Him.
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of might but He is so tender that He can grief.
Isaiah 11:2
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdomand of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
Ephesians 4:30
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Always guard our hearts.
Matthew 7:22-23
22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Our whole body should be shining with God's glory.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Adore the Holy Spirit, worship Him, extol Him.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is once but the infilling of the Holy Spirit is continuous.
Always hunger, pursue, long to be more like Jesus.
Ephesians 5:18
18 Do not get drunk on wine,which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
The Holy Spirit is the source of wisdom.
When there is infilling of the Holy Spirit, there is freshness of testimonies.
God cares for the big things and the small things too. How intimate are you with God?
Worship Him day and night. Worship is about the attitude of our hearts. Bring His kingdom down.
Revelations 4:8-11
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”
03-07-2016
Zechariah 4:6New King James Version (NKJV)
6 So he answered and said to me:
“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts.
Not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of God
Only the Holy Spirit can make a difference in our lives and through us to the lives of others.
Romans 8:9
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
The Holy Spirit is a person. He is also the Spirit of Jesus. In us.
Acts 1:4-5
4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.5 For John baptized with water,but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Jesus commanded them not to do any work until they were baptised in the Holy Spirit.
The early church were so dependent on the Holy Spirit. All their actions were guided by the Holy Spirit.
Prayer always leads us to accomplish His purposes.
We are no ordinary persons. We have one of the persons in the Godhead in us. Every one of us is a carrier of the glory of God. People around us get impacted by the glory of God in us and through us.
Based on Scripture, we are anointed. A Christian means an anointed one.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good newsto the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedomfor the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Ask through prayer. Seek Him.
The Holy Spirit is the spirit of might but He is so tender that He can grief.
Isaiah 11:2
2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdomand of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
Ephesians 4:30
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Always guard our hearts.
Matthew 7:22-23
22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Our whole body should be shining with God's glory.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Adore the Holy Spirit, worship Him, extol Him.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is once but the infilling of the Holy Spirit is continuous.
Always hunger, pursue, long to be more like Jesus.
Ephesians 5:18
18 Do not get drunk on wine,which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
The Holy Spirit is the source of wisdom.
When there is infilling of the Holy Spirit, there is freshness of testimonies.
God cares for the big things and the small things too. How intimate are you with God?
Worship Him day and night. Worship is about the attitude of our hearts. Bring His kingdom down.
Revelations 4:8-11
8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,’
who was, and is, and is to come.”
9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”
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