Ezra 8:21-22 We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled. For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to accompany us and protect us from enemies along the way. “Prayer is limitless. It’s our intercontinental ballistic missile. We...
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23 October 2023 – Prayer – Part 2
Hebrews 4:16 So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. “Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty.” — Edward McKendree Bounds...
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22 October 2023 – Prayer – Part 1
Matthew 6:6 – But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing” – Martin Luther. Prayer starts in the prayer closet not in the church gathering. A...
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21 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 7
Numbers 12:1-2 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?” And the Lord heard this. Envy and pride stirs gossip and slander. Jealousy is a covetous spirit and pride...
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20 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 6
Genesis 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing. Hidden idols leave a wide open door for the enemy to hurt our family, health and our wellbeing. “Idolatry is the worship of someone or...
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19 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 5
Leviticus 19:18 “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.” Offence, grudge and bitterness open doors to the enemy. Resentment poisons the soul and corrupts our mind. Offense is a spirit that pollutes our mind with anger,...
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18 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 4
2 Samuel 12:10 ‘Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ Known sins and hidden transgressions leave a wide open door for the enemy to attack us. David hid his sin with Bathsheba for almost...
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17 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 3
Ezra 4:4 Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. The people who returned back to their homeland from captivity were enthusiastically rebuilding the temple of Jerusalem until the enemy sowed seeds of discouragement. The Lord God moved the heart of Cyrus the King...
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16 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 2
Numbers 21:5 They spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” Cry of oppression and deficiency is not complaining. Complaining is the whine of dissatisfaction. “Complaining tongue reveals...
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15 October 2023 – Open Doors – Part 1
Job 3:25 What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. Fear opens the door to the enemy and gives the demonic a foothold in our lives. Many are unaware that fear, and anxiety are sins. When we are anxious about our circumstances, we magnify the problem to be bigger...