Wednesday, 15 March 2017

The Cross And The Church


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1Corinthians 1:18-25
“ For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.  For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:  but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”

Colossians 2:11-23 
in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, and not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (touch not; taste not; handle not; which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

  • The power and glory of God that ought to be the hallmark of the church’s operation on earth is only truly experienced when men and women called by His name have come to the place of death, to the Cross of Calvary. 

  • For men to be released from the tyranny of sin and its guilt, men must have seen the cross of Calvary. How is this possible if the message of Christ and Him crucified is not preached? 

  • The early church did not give in to the Jews who required signs nor to the Greeks who demanded wisdom. 1 Cor 1:22-24. Their message was one – “But we preach Christ crucified”.  They saw great and effectual results from the simple, unsophisticated and uncomplicated preaching of the cross. It is the power of God….. 1 Corinthians 1:18 

  • The devil, knowing the power of the cross, has worked extra time to keep its message from being preached in the church our day. He has used and is still using several strategies to accomplish this. He blindfolds men from seeing or acknowledging the cross, he seeks to ridicule the cross, he undermines the cross and its power and he works hard to becloud it. 


Job 5:12-14  (NKJV) 
“He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. He catches the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them. They meet with darkness in the daytime, And grope at noontime as in the night”. 

Prayer:

  • The devil’s blindfold ~ 2 Cor 4:3-4. Today, we come in the authority of the name of Jesus and command every blindfold of the devil in the church to be removed. 

  • We pray against everything that the devil has been using to take the eyes of the church off the cross and its message. We nullify every distraction in the form of activities, endless ceremonies and typologies. 

  • We come against every effort of man that is taking the place of the cross in the life of the church. 

  • Lord, frustrate everything the devil has done to render impotent, undermine and make void of effect of the cross in the church today. 

  • Isaiah 5:13-14- ignorance is part of the devil’s strategy to cover up the fact of His defeat by the cross of Calvary. Today, in the name of Jesus Christ, we declare that blind eyes in the church begin to see the cross again as the light of the glorious gospel of Christ shines on men. (2 Cor 4:4) 

  • Col 2:18-20- What depths of deception and bondage the devil has brought into the church because men are not being pointed to the Man of Calvary! Lord, by the anointing of Your Holy Spirit, cause Your church to be brought out of her bondage and deception into the glorious deliverance secured by the cross of Christ. 

  • Lord, re-crop Your church with men and women, young and old, who are not apologetic about the message of the cross. Take away the dread of preaching the message of the cross from the faces of pastors, teachers and evangelists. 

  • Lord, let a fresh revelation of the meaning, the mystery and the ministry of the cross of Christ come back to Your church.

  • Lord, let the church be rid of everything that beclouds the cross and makes it obscure. Let the message of the cross of Christ become the one proclamation of the church worldwide in our day. 

  • The message of the cross has largely been lost on the younger generation of our times. Lord, raise a generation of youth who become soldiers of the cross of Christ, willing to bear it’s shame no matter what. 

  •  The message of the Cross of Calvary will not be forgotten in our generation in the name of Jesus. 


 King Of My Life  
1. King of my life, I crown Thee now,  
Thine shall the glory be;  
Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow,  
Lead me to Calvary.  
  
 Lest I forget Gethsemane,         
Lest I forget Thine agony,         
Lest I forget Thy love for me,         
Lead me to Calvary.  
  
2. Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid, 
 Tenderly mourned and wept;  
Angels in robes of light arrayed,  
Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept  
  
3. Let me like Mary, through the gloom,  
Come with a gift to Thee;  
Show to me now the empty tomb,  
Lead me to Calvary.  
  
4. May I be willing, Lord, to bear  
Daily my cross for Thee;  
Even Thy cup of grief to share,  
Thou hast borne all for me.  
  
5. Fill me, O Lord, with Thy desire  
For all who know not Thee;  
Then touch my lips with holy fire,  
To speak of Calvary.  
Jenny Hussey                              

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Wednesday, 8 March 2017

The Church - Ephesians 4


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Ephesians 4:1-3

'Unless we individually walk worthy of our calling into the light with all lowliness of mind, meekness and gentleness, we shall continue to injure the body of Christ and bring her into disunity."

Prayer
  • Lord, help me to focus on my ‘walk’ rather than my ‘work’ so that I am not one who inflicts the injury of disunity on Your Body. Make me one who builds Your body and not tear it down. 
  • Lord, I plead with You today, help me to understand more clearly, more fully and more deeply the calling to which I am called in Christ Jesus so that I can walk worthy of it. 
  • Lord, show me specifically what I must do to walk worthy of the calling with which I am called.  
Ephesians 4:4-6

"One body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord…." 

Prayer
  • Lord, restore Your church to her charter of unity. As You did in Matthew 21, Lord, rid the church of every system, structure and set up that works against her charter of unity. Lord, bring a fresh revelation of Ephesians 4:4-6 to the church. 
  • Jesus Christ is the church’s one foundation. Lord, cause Your church to bring her focus back to Christ and Him alone, to Christ and Him crucified. Let the church be built up once again on her one foundation – Jesus Christ. 
Ephesians 4:7-13  

Prayer
  • Lord, re-visit the church with Your gifts of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Let their function work for the equipping of the saints for ministry and for the edification of Your body. 
  • Holy Spirit, weed out self-appointed apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers from the church. Re-crop Your church with shepherds after Your own heart, Lord. 
  • Holy Spirit, activate these gifts to the church to function effectively until we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man and the full stature of the fullness of Christ. 

Ephesians 4:15-16 

Prayer
  • Holy Spirit, cause there to be a growing up of the church into Christ alone, not doctrine, not sacraments or activities or memberships. Let Your glory be seen in the church again in our days. 
  • Lord, let love blossom in the church. Holy Spirit, shed abroad in our hearts the fire of Your love. Let the world know that we are Christ’s disciples because of the love that is evidently demonstrated among us. 


In order for us to walk worthy of our calling to the new creation life, each one of us must come to the place of death- the place of the daily bearing of the cross. This is the only way to keep the self-life from contaminating the flow of the Holy Spirit through us as His vessels in the coming revival.

Luke 14:26-33- The Lord is doing two important things. He is building His church (Matt 16:18) and raising an army. For both projects, the Lord needs disciples men and women who have forsaken all to follow Him, those who have been completely emptied of the self-life and are completely filled with the Christ-life. 

The Lord is re-cropping His church with His disciples. If I can’t hate my life and forsake all, I CANNOT be His disciple which means I cannot be part of His true church. 

Prayer
  • Lord, help me to keep denying myself, taking up my cross daily and following You. 
  • Help me to count everything a loss to gain You, Lord. Help to count the cost NOW! 
  • Open my eyes to see that my life is worth nothing unless I am serving Your kingdom’s purpose on earth. 
  • Lord, have mercy on me today and help by Your Eternal Spirit to lay my all on Your altar for You. 
  • Lord, I am resolved to follow You and be all that You have purposed me to be for You. 

My body is Your sanctuary 
My body is Your sanctuary 
Purify me as gold 
So I can be bold 
To say, my body 
Is Your sanctuary 

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Re-Cropping of the Church


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Matthew 21:12-17 (NKJV) 

12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. 13 And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’”14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise’?” 17 Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there. 

  Definition of ‘crop’ –  
1.    Yield from plants in a single growing season. 
2.    Cultivate, tend, dress, trim, prune, cut back. 
3.    A collection of people/things appearing together. 
4.    The output of something in a season. 
5.    Reduction in size by removing undesirable or unnecessary elements. 
6.    Cut into desired shape. 
  
·        The Lord is going to re-crop His Church in our day. He is seeking a different kind of yield from the Church now, different to what the church has been yielding. 
·        The Lord is going to work on cultivating and pruning the Church for the re-cropping that He desires. This will involve cutting back and trimming of all her excesses until the church is in the shape that the Lord desires. 
·        There shall be the removal of undesirable and unnecessary elements from within the church. (Matt 21:12) 
·        The church will be re-cropped with companies of disciples who are making disciples, those who will not break the chain of discipleship, who will not deviate from the pattern shown. Our Lord is raising up a collection, a company, a crop of people- His disciples, His followers, those who have bound themselves to the altar of sacrifice, those who have lost their lives, the ‘little ones, the ‘small ones’. This collection of disciples will appear together, move together as one, have one focus. 
·       It is these ones who will fulfil Isaiah 58:12- they will be builders and restorers and they will raise others after them to do the same. 

Isaiah 58:12 Good News Translation (GNT) 

12 Your people will rebuild what has long been in ruins, building again on the old foundations. You will be known as the people who rebuilt the walls, who restored the ruined houses.” 

·         The church will be built up again on old foundations- the preaching of the complete gospel of Christ, the making and multiplication of disciples and preparation of the church for the rapture. 
·         New generations of preachers will be raised, who will carry the life-light and will live according to what they preach.
 THIS IS THE RE-CROPPING OF THE CHURCH!!! 
This is why the Lord has been concentrating His attention on us and others around the world, bearing His heart so intentionally to us and instructing us through the platform of discipleship. We are those ones who the Lord wants to use to re-crop His church! The Lord is depending on His disciples for this! 

·       Holy Spirit, we need Your help in praying for the Church today. You know the mind of the Father concerning the Church. Please express Yourself in us and raise an intercession in us for the Church. 

·       Lord, don’t let Your promises be wasted on me. Don’t let Your precious promises of mystery multiplication become a mere slogan or a mirage! Lord, help me!!! Have mercy on me! 

·       Lord, please confront me now with anything in my life that may not allow Your promises to come true. 

·         Isaiah 42:1- Lord, let me be one You can uphold and use as You are preparing to re-crop Your church. Make me one in whom You delight- one in whom Christ lives His life freely, one that You will look upon in mercy (Isaiah 66:2). 

·       Lord, multiply those seedlings of discipleship among us. Let disciples be multiplied to re-crop Your church. Raise a strong chain of discipleship in Your church that cannot be broken and let it replace every evil that has multiplied in the past. 

·      Lord, re-crop the church with companies of disciples and disciple-makers all over the world. 

·        Your people will rebuild what has long been in ruins,…Isaiah 58:12a. Lord, let there be a re-building of the church with the doctrine of repentance, the preaching of the cross and the death of the old nature, and the mystery of ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory’. 

Isaiah 60:22- “A little one shall become a thousand, and small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in it’s time”.

Isaiah 66:8- “Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such a thing?....For as soon as Zion was in labour, she gave birth to her children.” 

Isaiah 66:8-9The Message (MSG) 
Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? Has anyone seen anything like this? 
A country born in a day? A nation born in a flash? But Zion was barely in labor 
when she had her babies! Do I open the womb and not deliver the baby? Do I, the One who delivers babies, shut the womb? 

Isaiah 66:8-9New Living Translation (NLT) 
8 Who has ever seen anything as strange as this? 
    Who ever heard of such a thing? 
Has a nation ever been born in a single day? 
    Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment? 
But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, 
    her children will be born. 
9 Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth 
    and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. 
“No! I would never keep this nation from being born,” 
    says your God. 

·     Lord, there is a nation of disciples and disciple-makers in my spiritual womb that has to be born NOW! Lord, let the mystery of discipleship kick in  NOW! Not by might nor power, but by Your Spirit, let this nation be born of me! Lord, You have promised that You will never keep this nation from being born, You are ready to take delivery of this nation. 

Isaiah 66:10- Lord, make Your church a wonder in our day. Let those who mourned for her rejoice at Your work in her. Hasten this now, Lord, for it is time. 



For I'm building a people of power 
And I'm making a people of praise 
That will move through this land by My Spirit 
And will glorify My precious name 

Build Your church, Lord 
Make us strong, Lord 
Join our hearts, Lord, through Your Son 
Make us one, Lord, In Your Body 
In the kingdom of Your Son 
Dave Richards 

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

The Church

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2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Psalm 126 (MSG)

It seemed like a dream, too good to be true, when God returned Zion’s exiles. We laughed, we sang, we couldn’t believe our good fortune. We were the talk of the nations— “God was wonderful to them!” God was wonderful to us; we are one happy people. And now, God, do it again— bring rains to our drought-stricken lives, So those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest, So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing.

Prayers:
  • Lord, the Church is Your Church, she is Your Body, Your Bride. Thank You for Your plan and purpose for her.
  • Ephesians 3:10: Your intention is to show forth Your manifold wisdom through the Church to principalities and power. Lord, thank You, for not abandoning Your intentions for the Church. Thank You, Lord for in Your mercy You will cast her off forever but You seek for her return.

Jeremiah 3:11-25

O Father, I approach the throne of grace concerning the church. I come humbly, acknowledging our sins, our neglect of You and of Your mysterious gospel. Humbly I fall at Your feet today seeking mercy, mercy, mercy, Lord.

Prayers:
  • Lord, You will not bypass Your church in this coming revival, but first there must be genuine repentance. The Lord is waiting for the church to come in humbly penitence, confessing her sins and seeking mercy. Please Lord, bring the church to complete and genuine repentance before You.
  •  By Your Spirit, Lord, let there be deep godly sorrow for sin which leads to repentance.
  • Let repentance be widespread from pulpit to pew, young and old. Let none be left out. Let there be such repentance that will attract Your mercy on the church.

Isaiah 58:12 (KJV)

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Prayer:
  • Lord, raise me up to build old waste places of the Church for You.
  •  Let those who You will bring out of my little life be builders, repairers and restorers in the church.
Isaiah 42:22  KJV

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

Ephesians 5:24-27 KJV

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Prayers:
  • Lord, You have revived Your Church before. Do it again in our day, send Your quickening Spirit to revive the church so that her intended glory shall shine forth. Revive, Lord. Restore, restore Your church Lord, we cry.
  • Father, by the cleansing power of Your Holy Spirit, let the Church be cleansed and made whole again.
  • Restore to her pulpits the complete gospel of Christ- let her be cleansed by the water of Your word. Let every spot, every wrinkle and blemish be removed by mystery of the gospel.

Revive Thy Work, O Lord

1.Revive Thy work, O Lord,
Thy mighty arm make bare;
Speak with the voice that wakes the dead,
And make Thy people hear.

2.Revive Thy work, O Lord,
Disturb this sleep of death;
Quicken the smold’ring embers now
By Thine almighty breathe.

3.Revive Thy work, O Lord,
Create soul-thirst for Thee;
And hungering for the bread of life
O may our spirits be.

4.Revive Thy work, O Lord,
Exalt Thy precious name;
And, by the Holy Ghost, our love
For Thee and Thine inflame.

5.Revive Thy work, O Lord,
Give Pentecostal showers;
The glory shall be all Thine own,
The blessing, Lord, be ours.

Albert Midlane

Friday, 11 November 2016

Gangs and Gang Leaders


Hebrews 4:16 (AMP) – “Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favour] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment]”.

Hebrews 4:16 (MSG) – “Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help”.

Titus 3:1-2 (MSG) – “Remind the people to respect the government and be law-abiding, always ready to lend a helping hand. No insults, no fights. God’s people should be bighearted and courteous”.

Insight into a notorious gang leader who met with his Saviour – Nicky Cruz

Nicky Cruz - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Watch his life testimony!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL4NVm5yP6Q

Prayers

  • Cry out to God in mercy on behalf of this nation of people – “Gangs and Gang leaders”.

  • Isaiah 43:25-26 - "I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified”. Lord, we are still pleading for Your mercy; we are asking for this because You are our Great High Priest and also because these souls are Yours; and mostly because You do not desire that any soul should perish, but that they repent and live; we plead that You forgive them all as they are entrapped and at the will of the enemy.

  • Hebrews 7:24-25 – “But Jesus lives forever and continues to be a Priest so that no one else is needed. He is able to save completely all who come to God through him. Since he will live forever, he will always be there to remind God that he has paid for their sins with his blood”. Lord Jesus, You who saved Saul of Tarsus and Nicky Cruz, You are able to save even this nation. As You are their only Priest and Eternal Saviour, please plead their case with Your Father – their Father, Your God – their God. Please open Your book of remembrance concerning this Your people as You became the only sacrifice that could be offered for even the sins of these lost souls. Therefore let Thy blood, Your precious blood, begin to speak as an atonement for their many sins; thank You for being their Advocate before God Thy Father.
  • The work of salvation is of God and not of man. Holy Spirit, send out unto them God’s labourers – men and women of salvation, who will draw them unto the Way, bring them unto the Truth and show them the Life that is only attainable and acceptable in Christ.

  • Proverbs 21:1 - As their hearts are in Thy hands Lord, set unrest into their hearts until they come to the place of obedience in Christ; open their eyes to see the choking of their sinful works around them and against God Almighty.

  • Holy Spirit, begin Your Calvary work upon them; drain out every carnality (spirit of violence/rebellion) inside of them; flush out every strength that is of the evil one in them and fill them with the light of Christ; keep them at the place of the Cross, feeding them with Your spiritual milk and strengthen them – Acts 9:18-19a; daily keep them at the place of the Cross and of the blood, so that they have the full effect of it.

  • Lord, may they not escape the Gospel of repentance – full complete repentance – so that they do not go back to their vomit; therefore Holy Spirit, baptize them into Your repentance; activate their soul unto repentance so that they may live Your kingdom life.

  • Lord Jesus, when You encounter a sinner, You desire genuine repentance. Hence Lord, in Your mysterious way, offset the heart of the old nature inside of them and reset in preparation of a new heart. Cause divine surgical circumcision to take place; inject godly sorrow of repentance into their hearts that will take away every trait/character that is not of Christ in them.

  • Thank You for this great mysterious deliverance that You shall wrought inside of them and upon them O Lord, for only You is able to do all these. Thank You God for the victory that is available to them through Jesus – Alleluia!

  • Holy Spirit, in obedience to Christ, align and re-align their will into God’s will; help them to begin to walk in Your holiness and in Your righteousness, so that they too can also begin to bear fruits unto Christ.


Prayers Against the Destructive Spirit of Rebellion

Isaiah 15:23a – “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft…”

Isaiah 30:1 – “Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin…”

Lord Jesus, this was and is Your declaration unto them who dwell in rebellion; rebellion tends to dwell among so many of Your people, mainly the youths. It tends to be the order of the day when situations arise. Those that You have put in authority (parents/carers/guardians/government/establishments) are helpless to put this spirit under control. We are not ignorant of the devices of the devil as Your Word has told us that, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them."

And so Lord, we pray this day that because You have been made the Head above all principalities and powers, rebuke this evil spirit in the hearts of men. Help them Holy Spirit to turn to God so that they can forsake this spirit – repent of its ways, as they receive mercy.

As Your Word has warned us that rebellion darkens the spiritual eyesight of a man and it deafens the ears from hearing God’s voice, Lord, Your Word is clear that judgement will come upon the rebellious - "And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house."

And so our Great Deliverer, please come with Your delivering power and rebuke this demonic spirit. [Please pray as the Holy Spirit gives you utterance against this evil spirit]