2 Kings 24:14 Also he (King Nebuchadnezzar) carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land. Raising a godly generation is a violent spiritual battle. When the enemy cannot touch us,...
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17 July 2023 – Spiritual Warfare – Part 2
Exodus 2:23 The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. We fight a fierce battle with the ‘Spirit of Pharaoh’. Pharaohs have deceased, but the spirit of pharaoh is very much alive. The spirit of pharaoh manifests as control, envy, insecurity, blasphemy,...
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16 July 2023 – Spiritual Warfare – Part 1
Ephesians 6:12 “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world.” “Spiritual warfare is very real. There is a furious, fierce, and ferocious battle raging in the realm of the spirit between the forces of God and the forces of evil. Warfare...
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15 July 2023 – Expectations – Part 7
Matthew 26:4 ‘Pray so that you will not fall into temptation.’ “God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.” — Martin Luther God expects us to pray. Prayer must not only be our priority but it must be our lifestyle. Prayer is...
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14 July 2023 – Expectations – Part 6
Acts 14:9-10 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. “Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come in...
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13 July 2023 – Expectations – Part 5
1 Samuel 17:38-39 Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because...
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12 July 2023 – Expectations – Part 4
Judges 6:13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given...
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11 July 2023 – Expectations – Part 3
Deuteronomy 8:17-18 ‘You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” The Lord God expects us to ‘remember Him’ in all our promotions and progressions. Remember that it is the Lord God who gives...
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10 July 2023 – Expectations – Part 2
1 Samuel 6:14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might, wearing a priestly garment. “Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectations” – Andrew Murray. Statistics prove that the attention span of goldfish is longer than that of a human. The average human attention span is only 8.25 seconds but the...
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09 July 2023 – Expectations – Part 1
Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. ‘Expectation’ is an assumption, presumption or presupposition that something will happen. It is a strong belief about an outcome or a result....