Willing. [ Luke 22 v 39 -46 ]

Words from the past come to me, am I willing to be willing?, it is a very important question, for so often there is a reluctance to be willing. In 2 Corinthians 8 v12, we read,/For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to what he hath not/. There is a church I know , and a friend and I offered to talk to them on personal evangelisim, they were not happy with that,they were not willing to be willing. Churches, and individual Christian so often are not willing to be willing, and its only if we are willing to be willing , will we move on , in our Christian life,if we dont the result will be, we will become like a stagnant pool. The Christian is meant to be ever moving on, growing in their relationship with their Lord, this will never happen if they are not willing to be willing, so today are you willing to be willing?. [Dear Lord so often I fear the changes, and the challenges of the Christian life, not only fear them but resent them, help me to be willing to be willing, to accept Your will for my life, Amen ]

Leadership [ James 3 v 1 ]

I was having a conversation with some Christians from Africa ,they were telling me about those in leadership who exploited people, these so called ministers of Christ. They preached a so called prosperity gospel, now I believe God does prosper His people,but it is not by exploiting the vunerable ,and lining ones own pocket.One of the qualifications for leadership, is not being a lover of money [1 Timothy 3v3], it is so easy to exploit the role of Christian leadership, and to take advantage of the vunerable, and many are doing this. The challenge of Christian leadship is to feed the flock of God, not to starve it,to care for it ,not to wound it, to sacrifice for it ,not to exploit it.There is coming a day in which those Christian leaders, who have exploited their position, will stand before Jesus,[ as we all will] and they will address Him as Lord,only to hear the solemn words from Him,/ I never new you, depart from me, ye that work iniquity[ Matthew 7 v23 ] [ Dear God we ask that you would raise up leaders in your church,who will not exploit your dear chidren, in Jesus name we ask this Amen ]

An overcomer. [1 Corinthians 15 v57 ]

I found myself singing when I was praying, /For the Lion of Judah shall break every chain , and give us the victory again and again. For the Lion of Judah shall break every chain and give us the victory again and again/. The Lion of Judah is of course Jesus, when one thinks of a lion we are reminded of strength, today we may be feeling our weakness, feeling the hot breath of sinful passion,feeling the pull of the world,experiencing the onslaught of the enemy of our souls.Let us remind ourselves where our strength lies ,in Jesus the Lion of Judah, in His strength we can know the victory, again and again, so let us lean upon Him , rely upon Him, He will not fail us, He shall give us the victory , again and again. [In the mighty name of Jesus the Lion of Judah, we ask Father that you would grant me to be an overcomer, Amen ]

Faltering. [ Hebrews 11 ]

There are circumstances ,difficulties, problems, that we can be faced with, which one prays about, and you seek a word from God, and you recieve one. So you have that word as regards that particular thing, and you bring it to God , and claim it,again and again. There will be times when the difficulties do not appear to be changing,and you feel its impossible, it cant happen, you feel this ,even though you have this word from God, and then you hear another word, / With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible [Matthew 19 v26 ]/. The word of God will always be fulfilled , nothing can stop its fulfilment ,nothing, Isaiah 55 v11 ,declares,/ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth, it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it/. [Almighty God all things are possible with Thee, we ask for the grace ,to not falter in believing this wonderful truth, in Jesus name Amen ]

Such Love. [ Romans 5 v 1-8 ]

It is John the apostle of love who wrote, in 1 John 3v1/ Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us , that we should be called the sons of God/. What kind of love was it,it was sacrificial love,we all admire sacrificial love, it is usually manifested out of love of country, family, friends, the difference in Gods love was, it was manifested for His enemies,[ Romans 5v10], strange but true. The purpose of that love,to shower upon us the greatest of blessing, to make us His children, no greater, privilege, or honour could God bestow upon us,a little chorus comes to mind./ Wide wide as the ocean , high as the heavens above. Deep, deep as the deepest sea is my Saviours love.I ,am so unworthy,still Im a child of His love, For His word teaches me,that His love reaches me everywhere/[ Dear God thanks for loving me, I ,who was once Your enemy, I, who was lost and going to Hell,I ,who was bound by sin and Satan,thank You for making me Your child, through Jesus Your Son Amen ]

The grace of God.[ 2 Corinthians 12 v 9 ]

Jesus said follow Me , He said it a number of times in the gospels,and to people day by day, He keeps saying it ,those who are not saved, and to those of us who are saved, what does it mean to follow Jesus?. Yesterday we sang a hymn about following Jesus, the chorus reads,/ I,ll follow Thee O life the giver. I,ll follow Thee suffering redeemer. Ill follow Thee deney Thee never. By Thy grace I,ll follow Thee./ The challenge is this are we willing to follow Him,have we started to follow Him? are we continuing to follow Him?, The fact of the matter it will involve a cost, yes it will, there will be challenges, and it will be ongoing,well here is how we will do it,/ By Thy grace I,ll follow Thee/. It is only by the grace of God can we hope to face the challenge of following Jesus, so today rely not upon yourself but on His amazing grace. [ Dear God help me by Your grace to follow Jesus . Amen ]

More than conquerors. [ Romans 8 v37 ]

Today my wife and I are going to a service of commissioning, a couple we know are being commmissioned to be Christian ministers. What a challenge for that couple, yet God who has called them , will be with them, to help them in all they have to do. God does not give us a task and leave us to get on with it, no, He remains with us to help us, that applies to us all, not just that couple today. If God is calling you today to some particular task,dont be overawed, dont look at your weakness, look to God, He will be with you, to help, strengthen and guide, be assured He will not fail you. Dont worry, God says that to me so often, dont worry, for He knows I do worry, so today, remember ,God is with you, and all will be well. [ Father we are weak, but You are strong, so this day help us, to realize that through Christ Your Son we can be more than conquerors, Amen]