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Empty house
Monday, May 7, 2018 Empty house Matthew 12:44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Those involved in prison ministry, or any work among prisoners for that matter, quickly learn the
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Kingdom near you
Saturday, May 5, 2018 Kingdom near you Luke 10:9 And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ Yesterday we got to talking about sickness in reference to Jesus’ instruction that we must engage the world, heal sickness, and then declare
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Kingdom footprint
Friday, May 4, 2018 Kingdom footprint Luke 10:9 And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ The primary task that we have is to take the Kingdom of God near to those who are outside of it. Over the centuries
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Me and Jesus
Thursday, May 3, 2018 Me and Jesus Luke 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. There is an old song titled “Me and Jesus” which, thankfully,
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Few labourers
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Few labourers Luke 10:2 The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. There is a lot of emphasis placed on church growth. In the denomination that I am a part of
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Go there
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Go there Luke 10:3 Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. I am writing this devotional from my favourite sofa. The CEO of the store from which this sofa was bought some years ago said that sitting on it would be
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Final frontier
Monday, April 30, 2018 Final frontier Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. A few years ago, I was at a church for an
April 30, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Everywhere is war
Saturday, April 28, 2018 Everywhere is war Matthew 10:34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.” Those of us who grew up in the era when Bob Marley was at the peak of his international reggae
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Siege warfare
Friday, April 27, 2018 Siege warfare Luke 11:21,22 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armour in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
April 27, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Weapons
Thursday, April 26, 2018 Weapons 2 Corinthians 10:3,4 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God The weapons that we were trained with and are used to will determine the
April 26, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
War prayer
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 War prayer Ephesians 6:18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— Another weapon of war for the Christian is prayer. As simple and as obvious as this is, some
April 25, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
War word
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 War word 2 Corinthians 10:4,5 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God Back in the day, I don’t want to sound
April 24, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
War zone
Monday, April 23, 2018 War zone 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. It is clearly established that we are in a conflict. There are all kinds of conflicts going on all over the
April 23, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Unconventional warfare
Saturday, April 21, 2018 Unconventional warfare 2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. The contemporary Christian is often so comfortable with church that the warfare edge disappears. We wear our best clothes to church services, attend conferences in the
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Principalities
Friday, April 20, 2018 Principalities Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. There are many who are fascinated by the British Royal Family
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Astonishing power
Thursday, April 19, 2018 Astonishing power Acts 8:11 And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time. Power attracts people. There is an erroneous view, held by some, that the devil doesn’t have any power. There are, ultimately, limits on his power but
April 19, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Religious malpractice
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Religious malpractice Acts 8:18,19 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” About one
April 18, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Book burning
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 Book burning Acts 19:19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver. These days we have to be
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Job description
Monday, April 16, 2018 Job description Ephesians 4:11,12 He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ More and more our churches are becoming
April 16, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Dead rise
Saturday, April 14, 2018 Dead rise 1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. On a fairly frequent basis, people who claim to be a god die. Some of these persons have many followers many of whom tend
April 14, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Bible lesson
Friday, April 13, 2018 Bible lesson Luke 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. As I have written before, I sometimes feel robbed by what the Gospel writers left out of their written account of the
April 13, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Back fishing
Thursday, April 12, 2018 Back fishing John 21:3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are going with you also.” When things around us become uncertain we very quickly return to the familiar. The disciples had come to the end at Calvary. Then,
April 12, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Sight and faith
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Sight and faith 2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. The way the cliché goes, seeing is believing. And the patron saint of this approach is the Apostle Thomas. Thomas was a very practical person and on the occasion of the resurrection,
April 11, 2018 by Pastor Alex -
Heavenly display
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Heavenly display Ephesians 3:10,11 … the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. We have seen
April 10, 2018 by Pastor Alex