Psalm 127

Good day In the previous message I spoke about how we can take a stand by taking up our responsibility to pray. In today's message I'd like to add onto that by sharing some declarations we can make when praying according to those scriptures (and others): 🔵 Heavenly Father, I thank you that according to your word, that if I pray and seek your face and turn from my wicked ways, that you will hear from heaven, forgive my sin and heal my land (2 Chronicles 7:14). 🔵 I thank you that as I pray for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. You also desire that all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Timothy 2:1-4). Therefore I thank you that you are sending out laborers into your harvest (Luke 10:2). 🔵 I thank you that as I pray for all believers everywhere (Ephesians 6:18), that their faith would not fail (Luke 22:31‭-‬32). 🔵 I thank you that you make them complete in every goo...

  Good day In Part 8 we looked at the sword of the Spirit and in today's message I'd like to focus on how we can take a stand through prayer. Ephesians 6:14-18 Stand therefore , having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. When it comes to prayer, we must understand that we didn't come up with the idea to pray, God did. He established prayer and therefore invites us to pray. Please see below scriptures: 🔵  Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For...

Good day In Part 7 we looked at the helmet of salvation. In today's message we'll be taking a look at the sword of the Spirit. Ephesians 6:14-17 Stand therefore , having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. In battle the sword had a sharp blade used to strike, injure or kill the enemy in close combat. It's also the only offensive weapon in the collection of armour, whereas the majority of the others is used primarily for protective purposes. In the passage the scripture says that the sword of the Spirit is the word o...

Good day  I'd like to share with you some of the responses I've received from various people that receive the emails/messages/letters I send out. This method of reaching people (messaging & letters) is only ONE OF MANY WAYS in which the Holy Spirit can work and make a difference in someone's life. It's like constructing a building, where the person we're trying to reach is that building, and by laying one brick upon another, we trust that God will draw them to Himself ... one brick may be getting someone's contact and sending them these messages - another brick may be that person meeting someone at work who attends church, whom they befriend - it may then be someone else who gives them a Christian book - there be another person keeping that individual in prayer - then it may even be a billboard or sticker that they come across that reminds them about God - then it's meeting someone who will invite them to church, etc. ... and this journey may even take 5...

Good day In Part 6 we looked at taking our shield of faith. In today's message we'll be covering the helmet of salvation. Ephesians 6:14-17 Stand therefore , having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation , and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. In the message about the breastplate of righteousness, I mentioned that the condition of our heart is important because we produce after what we believe in our heart, and that we are told to protect our heart by putting on the breastplate of righteousness, which I defined as, "our heart is protected by our understandi...

Good day In Part 5 we looked at having our feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. In today's message we'll be covering the shield of faith. Ephesians 6:14-17 Stand therefore , having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one . And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. In battle the shield was used as protection to guard against an attack from the enemy. This particular shield was large enough to cover the entire length of the soldier's body. It was also designed in a manner that enabled the soldiers to lock their shields together horizontally and ve...

Good day In Part 4 we looked at putting on the breastplate of righteousness. In today's message we'll be covering having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:14-17 Stand therefore , having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. Ancient warfare battles were lost or won very largely according to the weight of the masses of men that were hurled against each other; and the heavier men, with the firmer footing, were likely to be the victors. One of the important things needed for a soldier to ...

Good day In Part 3 we looked at girding our waist with truth. In today's message we'll be covering the breastplate of righteousness. Ephesians 6:14-17 Stand therefore , having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness , and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints. In battle the breastplate was used as protective equipment to guard against blows to the chest (heart). This area is vitally important to the human body as any severe blow could lead to death. Therefore for the believer, and in the context of the passage, it implies that guarding/protecting our heart is importan...

Good day In Part 2 we saw how important obedience is to God and that the basis/foundation on which we "take a stand" has to be founded on His word and being obedient to that word. I also mentioned that the word of God needs to become our standard - our benchmark - when it comes to how accurately we demonstrate our allegiance towards Him. It cannot be based on our opinion, our parents' opinion, the government's opinion, what may seem popular at the time, what's trending, whatever "my truth" may be, whatever "truth" is convenient or popular or most comfortable to follow. To take a stand means that before anything else, my agenda, my focus, my priority, my purpose is to seek to obey the word of God for myself - and not only in my life, but in my marriage, how I conduct myself in the workplace, how I raise my children, etc. - and to see His word shape and transform my life into His image and likeness. As we move on from this foundation, we see in ...

Good day In part 1 we saw from Scripture that there's an expectation from God for us to be certain about where we stand regarding our relationship towards Him. That there should be no uncertainty or ambiguity around where we stand. That we're either with God or we're not; and that if we claim to be with Him, then there's a level of commitment in speech and action that accompany that claim. The conclusion was that it's clear that God requires us to take a stand regarding our allegiance towards Him. If that is the case, then what does it mean to take a stand? (or how do I demonstrate my allegiance towards God) This is where people may have different opinions on what this should look like...for some this is publicly opposing other religions, for others this may involve public protests, for others this may include signing certain petitions... For others taking a stand may be updating their WhatsApp status every morning with a Bible verse, or sharing Christian posts via ...

  Good day Towards the end of last year I took some time to pray and ask the Holy Spirit which message/series He'd like me to speak on next, and the phrase that I believe I heard in my spirit was, "Take a stand". When searching for the definition of the phrase on the Internet, I came across the following: To take a stand means to have a firm position about an issue. It means to defend one's point of view or beliefs, or to speak up about something important to you, or to support an issue or topic. It means to come to a decision, draw the line, resist, put up a fight, be resolute, steadfast, assert. It means to take a position in favour of, or in opposition to, someone or something. After taking the above definitions into consideration, a question that came to mind is, does the Bible speak about "taking a stand"? ... I then looked up scriptures that either directly, or by implication, indicate to us that God expects us to "take a stand" (and more sp...