Enjoying the Expansiveness of the Apostolic

 Much of facebook is in a rut. a big rut. Apostolics speak of two things the end of the world and debate with others regarding he trinity, neither of such are purely defending the faith. There is more to our faith than end times which always takes ona negative tone and the wrongfulness of the trinity. I think about the many things we dont speak about. Faith, miracles, divine healing, delverance, the kingdom here and now, dominion, success in life and ministry and a host of other topics that would keep our faith fresh and interesting.
The secret of the early apostles was that they could do just that. Keep their faith fresh and interesting! Signs and wonders accompanied the word and they won cities and nations to the faith. Their faith imapcted the lives of countless souls, why we today fail to imapct our neighborhoods let alone cites and nations and we have technology and global acess too.
Its not that we are not focused  its more than that. Many are focused on the wrong things, debates on what to wear and what we ought not to wear, women preaching, yes or no! So these guys spin their wheels and wag their tails. For me I say, stick to your mission, winning souls. and when thats your focus your mind spirit and message will turn accordingly to be an inflencor not a debater, a pastor not a self righteous prophet, an influencor not a sole gospel trader, a winner of men not a ostraciser of them
It's time to turn a corner and do better work
Thats why I blog
Paul

Creating a Culture of Celebration

 Countries have climates, so do churches, Every church has a culture, every culture has a climate. Cites attract people or keep people away. people go on vocation every years to the warmer climates, they go there to enjoy themselves and get in a country what they wouldn’t get back home

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The same with church people will come to your fellowship when you offer an atmosphere of celebration, people enjoy a great atmosphere and atmospheres are created by words, words of praise, words of thanks to the lord, words of life from the preacher. If you want to build an energetic church you have to preach Life speak life and live life, to be a culture changing church
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Creating a culture is then is one of the first dynamics that the congregation has to understand. It's the "way we do things around here." Some churches are so silent, its hard to get an amen. silence rules the service, shout hallelujah, speak in tongues and you’re quickly rebuked by the silent disapproval, other churches, have a culture of celebration, the church congregation interacts with the preacher, with an "amen" a "preach it brother" its a place of life because it is interactive and spontaneous celebratory and joyful. Congregants are encouraged to be involved with the sermon and in so doing pull the sermon out of the preacher. The anointing on the preacher becomes transferable and everything then is possible and its indeed in understanding such concepts that prayer for the sick, miracles and signs and wonders takes place. Why! the church and pastor work together. 



Many pastors are finding themselves fighting against the church on a Sunday morning, well, pastors the church is not your enemy, the church is your family.  We minister together and so create an atmosphere that cultivates a climate of change, a climate of possibility, a climate of expectancy and hope, a climate of freedom and liberty, deliverance and glory. Thats what we want isn't it!

The Fool and The Wise Man

 

The fool's ears despise wisdom ( Proverbs 23:9)

The fool's mouth is smoother than oil (Proverbs 5;3)

The fool's mouth is a rod of pride  ( Proverbs 14;3)

The fool's mouth is his destruction (Proverbs 18:7)

The fool enters into contention (Proverbs 18;6)

The fool is right in his won eyes (Proverbs 12;15)

The fool builds his house on the sand (Matthew 12;26)

The fool's heart saith there is no God Psalm 14:1)

The wise makes a father glad (Proverbs 10;1)

The wise man walks with other wise men (Proverbs 13;20)

The wise man knows when to keep his mouth shut (Proverbs 29;11)

The wise man will hear and increase learning (Proverbs 1;5)

The wise man has discretion and understanding (Proverbs 2:11,12)

The wise man does not despise the chastening of the lORD (Proverbs 3;11)

The wise man does not fear trouble that comes from the wicked (Proverbs 3;25)

The wise man path leads to the perfect day (Proverbs 4;18,19)

Your Home is not the Church place

• Your CHURCH is home for the soul as much as your home is home for the body
• Your CHURCH brings you into oneness with God and his mission, your HOME brings you into oneness with your wife and family
• Your CHURCH is where you get loose in the holy ghost and with many other believers. Your HOME is where you get loose with your wife and family in privacy
• Your CHURCH is where the town can gather and Holy Ghost preaching and Revival. Your HOME is where you can take that revival and keep it in the family.
• Your CHURCH is an equipping place for the works of the lord Your HOME is the loving and resting place for those who do the works of the Lord 
• Your CHURCH teaches you warfare, Your HOME teaches you rest
• Your CHURCH is a healthy God assigned place to socialise and congregate. Your HOME. is a good place to be alone and recuperate.
• Love you local church.... It's there for YOU!

The immutability of God

“I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”—Malachi 3:6

The unchangeable Deity. The God who keeps his promises and abides by his own word constantly and continually. What kind of God would he be if he changed as much as man changes. Man changes his preaching to suit his audience and generation, he loves to be relevant and well received. God however has the same mind, manners and mentality as he did when he approached Noah, Abraham, Jacob and now you and I. His power to perform is the same hos ability to deliver is the same, his willingness Tom appear is the same. What he done for Abraham he can do for you. He is no respect or of persons.

The IMMUTABILITY is seen in his PRESENCE

Some folks will divide us from those of the faith in the bible, they say our times are different and therefore God is different, so they place us in dispensations saying that the Holy Ghost is here now and Jesus is in heaven.nif course the Holy Ghost is with us, they fail however to see that the Holy Ghost is the spirit of the Lord, he is the Lords presence. Therefore we can say Jesus is here right now And as a right now God he can do for you what he done for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He is as much present with you as he was with Enoch, because he is forever God and God is God and he can never change.

The IMMUTABILITY of God is seen in his POWER

The God of Peter and Paul is the God of the Paul. What God done in acts, he can do in Wales, What God done at Pentecost he will do in your meeting with him, we should feel Gods presence in every meeting, we should have Pentecost in every event.we should have tongues of fire and see folks baptised with the self same fire every occasion we meet as a church.Why because God is immutable and God is God and he changes not.what he has done for others he can do for you. That’s our God unchangeable.

His IMMUTABILITY is seen in his PROMISES

NOTE promises good and bad, promises to deliver and promises to scatter, promises to curse and promises to bless, promises to destroy and promises to rebuild. Some folks reject the Old Testament saying God does not curse nations, peoples or individuals any more (Deut 28) they think God is good to everybody including his rejectors and haters. Look again Sir, look again at today’s world with its Corona Virus, America with its constant fires around pAgan cities, look again at Indonesia and the God haters who hate the true God. Nonsense it is that tells us God has changed. The believer can rest assured however that his promises are yea and amen. all of them good and bad, but hallelujah In Christ we are candidates of hope. Rest assured our destiny is good, our righteousness is of him, our life is in him. No good thing will he withhold from them that walk up rightly. That’s his promise to us and to that we have hope. Our God is Unchangeable.

The study of God

It has been said by some one that “the proper study of mankind is man.” I will not oppose the idea, but I believe it is equally true that the proper study of God’s elect is God; the proper study of a Christian is the Godhead. The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature,the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father. (C H SPURGEON)

God Alone

The Lord ALONE did lead them and there was not a strange God among them (Deut 32;12)
Thou art God even thou ALONE of all the kingdoms (2 kings 19;15)
Thou art God even thou ALONE who made heaven (Isaiah 37;16)
God ALONE doeth great wonders (Psalm 136;4)
God ALONE shall be exalted (Psalm 2;11)

Our God is One and only as one can he be said to be ALONE. that is the only one who is all powerful, the only one who is supreme. The only one who is all God. His name is Jesus. He ALONE is to be worshipped, he ALONE has all the glory He ALONE has all the honour  and he ALONE shall be praised.