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Human intelligence is infinitely inferior to Yahweh’s.
(See Isaiah 55:8-9)

Unmissable this evening!

Have you met the man who was smart enough to entrust his distrust to Christ (Mark 9:24)?

Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.
(Hebrews 3:12)

Ask the Holy Spirit to Kill Your Sinful Urges

Romans 8:12-14
Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. (NLT)

Today’s passage teaches us an uncommon principle. We’re used to asking the Spirit to fill us, to empower us, and enliven us. We often pray for His revelation and wisdom. Nothing wrong with that! But we seldom (if ever) ask the Holy Spirit to put to death (kill) the sinful passions in our lives. That’s a huge mistake.

You see, if we don’t ask the Spirit to help us, we’ll depend on our own futile efforts. Then we’ll struggle, stumble, and disgrace the name of the Lord. Then we’ll be tempted to think there’s no way out. So, we’ll come to terms with our errant ways. We’ll accept that our “weaknesses” are normal. Then there’ll be no difference between us and sinners. Then our witness will suffer. And our gospel will seem fake.

Dear saints, let us heed the counsel of Scripture today. Ask the Holy Spirit to kill the undesirable passions in your heart and life. Let Him execute the pride, lust, fear, jealousy, envy, deception, anger, and other vices that tear their ugly heads in our lives. It takes humility to do that. Don’t just fast for breakthroughs. Do so sometimes just to let the Holy Spirit deal with your sinful urges. This is an uncommon victory strategy. Embrace it and live! Pastor Josh

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. Romans 8:9

I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer.

Psalms 63:4

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the LORD.” Psalm 122:1

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name goes all the glory for your unfailing love and faithfulness.
(Psalms 115:1)

My prayer for the church today: “Let us become more aware of your presence. Let us experience the glory of your goodness”.

You can’t truly LOVE God and HATE people (see 1 John 4:20).

The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
(Matthew 25:40)

Let us outdo each other in honour!

Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honour. (Romans 12:10)

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Prophetic praise nullifies hostile plots.
(See 2 Chronicles 20)

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Assurance of Deliverance

Psalms 34:19
The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Dear friends, God doesn’t promise believers a trouble-free life. He never said there would be no rain. He never said there would be no pain. He never said life would be a stroll in the park. His word says the godly still experience many (not a few) problems.

In fact, some of our challenges emanate from satanic attacks we receive just because we’re the light of the world. The evil one would like to frustrate us as much as possible. He wants to dim our light, quench our fire and weaken our faith. If he could slow us down he would. If he could wipe us out he would. But thanks be to God who delivers us from all our troubles, no matter how many they are. Hallelujah!

Let us still bless the Lord at all times. Let His praise remain continually in our mouths. Let us exalt His name together. Let us remember that the angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and delivers them from all their troubles. Let us taste and see the goodness of God (see Psalms 34:1-8). Pastor Josh

Christlike disciples forgive while it still hurts

Acts 7:59-60
While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

One of the hallmarks of being imitators of God is the ability to forgive others, as God in Christ forgave us (Ephesians 4:32). This is only possible through the agape-love of God. This kind of love is unconditional. That means when we walk in this kind of love, we don’t treat people with kindness because they deserve it. It’s different from “liking” people. Rather, it’s loving the unlovable.

Like Jesus, that kind of love forgives people while it still hurts. Remember how Jesus asked the Father to forgive those who crucified Him while He was still on the cross (Luke 23:34). He forgave them while it still hurt. That is the God-kind-of-love. That is agape-love!

Likewise, Stephen imitated his Lord and forgave those that were stoning him. He forgave while it still hurt. Interestingly, the Bible says one of the people who witnessed and supported Stephen’s martyrdom was a young man called Saul (Acts 7:58, Acts 8:1). But years later, that same Saul (Paul) had an encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and eventually became one of the greatest servants of Christ ever (Acts 9:1-22). How did that happen? I believe that was a result of Stephen’s intercessory plea while he was still under attack, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them” (Acts 7:60).

I wonder how many lives would be transformed if we were more forgiving. How many stubborn “Sauls” would be saved if we were more forgiving? I believe the way we keep grudges is limiting the advancement of the Gospel and the growth of the church. After all, the Lord Jesus said the church’s genuineness is proved by the love prevailing among the saints (see John 3:34-35). That love includes forgiving each other, rather than judging and vilifying one another.

Many of us tend to say, “I’ll forgive when my heart heals”. Some say, “I can’t forgive so-and-so yet because they haven’t apologised yet”. Beloveds, if you wait for your heart to heal before you forgive, you’ll never forgive anyone because our emotions are fickle. If you wait for those who offend you to come and remorsefully bow at your feet, you’ll never know the joy of forgiving because most people don’t like to admit their errors.

You don’t forgive because you feel like it. You don’t forgive because it’s easy. You don’t forgive because it doesn’t hurt anymore. You forgive by faith. You forgive because you’re imitating our God who loved us and forgave us while we were still sinners. We forgive because the love of God poured into our hearts compels us (see Romans 5:5). Let’s ask the Holy Spirit to help us to be great forgivers. Pastor Josh