More FAITH in 2013

Posted on Jan 09, 2013 Posted by Esteban San Martin

Over the past few weeks the Lord has really been impressing upon my heart that we are to get deeper and deeper into the message of Faith. To be honest with you, after so much teaching on this subject here at Gospel of Power Church, I feel the Lord saying we have just scratched the surface and He wants us to go deeper into this all important master Key in the Kingdom of God. You see beloved, the Kingdom of God operates on laws and principles that have been established by God in His word and they never change. Just as in the natural there are laws that govern, like the law of gravity, the law of sowing and reaping, so it is in the Kingdom of God. There are Laws that have been set in place which govern the functioning of God’s Kingdom here on earth. A law works all the time. For example the natural law of gravity will work 100% of the time and will not discriminate, if two people go up to a bridge and throw themselves of, the law of gravity will go into motion for both and they will fall to the ground every time, that is how a Law works. Well, in the Kingdom of God there is no difference, the laws and principles that God has left in His word will work all the time for whosoever puts them into practice. Jesus called these Laws, Keys. He said to Peter in Mathew 16:19 “And I will give to you the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; and whatsoever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven”. Now, what does a Key do? A key opens doors. We know that God is not going to throw natural looking Keys from heaven on to our laps and then expect us to open spiritual doors. We can change the word Key in this verse and put the word revelation, laws, principals. What Jesus was telling Peter and the Church is that He would release revelation and laws into our hands that will empower us to open spiritual doors that will enter us into the greater realms that He has prepared for us. 1 Corinthians 2:9 says the following “But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that Love Him, BUT God has revealed them unto us by His Spirit”. What does all this have to do with faith? I believe that Faith is one of, if not the most important keys in the Kingdom of God, therefore we must get serious about our desire to get it, learn about it and receive knowledge of how it functions and is released.

Finish 2012 STRONG

Posted on Dec 17, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

With only 4 weeks to go before 2012 is over I want to encourage you to finish the year strong. As you look back over the past 11 months you will be able to see that so much has happened in your life. Here at Gospel of Power Church we declared this year: the Year of Recovery. A year to take back everything that God has promised for us as believers, that over the years has been taken away from us. I have seen Recovery a reality in my life this year as I, along with my family, have recovered things in many areas of our lives, for which we give Jesus all the praise and Glory.

As a Church, after 6 months of planning and much work, back in March, with the church having just turned 2 years since its beginning, we entered into the building that God blessed us with and that we had been believing for. As we entered into it as a church back in April, we saw it fully furnished, nothing missing and nothing broken, a beautiful place where the Church could gather to praise and worship Jesus our Lord. As we look around at this building and the potential that it holds for the future we can only say, God has been good with us and we have recovered. Throughout the year in this place, we have seen people receive salvation, healing and restoration. We have seen people learn the principles of Faith and apply them in their life and as a result are living victorious lives. And we are just taking off, I am so excited as we enter 2013 for what God has planned and prepared for us as a church.

The Blessing

Posted on Sep 04, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

Galatians 3:9, 13 &14

In many cases among the body of Christ the word Bless or Blessed has lost its meaning and its power. It has become a traditional and religious word, where it is said casually and without realizing the power impartation that the word carries. For example, when someone sneezes we say “Bless you” or when we greet someone we casually say “God Bless You”. It has been the intention of the devil to make this word just another word that we say. But it is when we receive revelation knowledge as to what the word means, that we can begin to see manifestation of that word in our lives. Receive the following revelation of the word Blessed, understanding that this word goes far beyond than a traditional saying.

Continue Recovering

Posted on Jun 07, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

We are delighted to see what God is doing here at Gospel of Power Church. We are now into our second month in our new facility and God has brought increase to every area of the Church. We are also half way through the year 2012, the year that we have declared the “Year Of Recovery”.

The first series that I preached at the beginning of this year was on how you and I have been given the spiritual right to go ahead and recover everything that God through Jesus Christ took back for us on the Cross. That includes your salvation, joy, peace, prosperity, the blessing, healing, victory etc. It’s yours for the taking in Jesus name.

As we go into the second half of this year I want to remind you, to continue recovering, finish the year strong, take back everything the devil has stolen from you. Take up the spiritual tools you have been taught from the word of God and apply them to your life and watch God work through you. The time has come to up the tempo and to use our faith in Jesus name. Amen.

We Love you

Pastor Esteban and Erika San Martin

Called To Bless

Posted on May 28, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

James 2:14,15 & 16

A few weeks back the Lord dropped a thought into my spirit and it is the following “For too long my people have been asking me to bless those that are in need, they have been asking me to provide for them, to give to them, to feed them, to heal them etc, but I am asking you now (The body of Christ) to go and bless them”.

I thought about that statement for a moment and realized that for the most part, the western Church has been guilty of such. We are blessed with so much in this nation of Australia, so much wealth, there is no lack of food, housing, cars, clothes etc. But yet so many people around us even in this nation and many around the world at this very moment are lacking the basic needs to live normal life. What we take for granted they take it as precious. Firstly the Church has been called to provide the most important need for mankind which is the saving of the soul, and secondly we have been called to provide for the physical and material need of man. The Bible says in James 2:15-18 “If a Brother or Sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it profit? Even so Faith, if it have not works, is dead being alone”.

Building His Kingdom

Posted on May 02, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

Last year in the month of May I had a meeting with all the people in the Church that wanted to know a little bit more about the vision that God had and was continuing to lay upon my heart for this church. I gave the church an 11 point plan of what I believed the Lord would have us to do as a church, in the short term and long term. The first point or vision that was to be fulfilled, which would be in the short term, was for us as a church to have our own house of worship from where we could base the church and ministry. Then after we had achieved that first vision we would be able to launch out the ministries and other visions that God has called this church and ministry to do. On that special night, I challenged the Church to believe that we could be in our own place soon, and that God would lead us and provide and even use us to generously give towards that vision. There was excitement in the air and people grabbed the vision, and we started to work towards that goal.

Turn The Light On

Posted on May 01, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

2 Corinthians 4:4 -6

The Church of Jesus Christ has been called to shine the light of the Gospel. Not long ago i heard a statement and I believe it to be true, it is the following “The Church for far to long has been known for what it stands against, But the time has come for the Church to be known for what it stands for”. After meditating on that for a moment and observing much that goes on among believers and many churches i realized it to be not only a true statement but Biblical. From the very beginning in the book of Genesis God came against darkness and disorder by proclaiming light, when light came things began to come into order. Over 2 thousand years ago humanity was destined to be forever separated from God because of not recovering from the fall, yet God sent His only begotten son Jesus to shine as the light of the world to give humanity an answer as to how to get out of the utter darkness it was in.

Blessed Focused

Posted on Mar 20, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

A few weeks back while meditating on the word of God a thought come into my spirit and it was the following: "For too long the Church has focused on the curse and we have neglected to focus on the Blessing". As i thought about that for a moment, and thought about so much that goes on in Christianity, i realized how true that thought was. God has been made out to be a God that is angry and out to get people. Our God has been made out to be the one that is responsible for poverty, sickness, suffering, disasters, in many cases He has been preached as a God that just cannot wait to punish people when they mess up.

God Gives The Increase

Posted on Mar 05, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

1 Corinthians 3:6

Today we are celebrating Gospel of Power Church 2nd Anniversary. It seems just like yesterday when on March 7th 2010 on a beautiful Sunday morning we were setting up chairs at the “Finnish Club” on Newnham Rd, not knowing if anyone would attend. To our surprise people did attend that very first service and ever since then, God has blessed the church and we can say “Ebenezer” God has helped us until this very day.

Its exciting to be Pastoring a Church that is increasing by the week not only numerically but also in our spiritual growth and in the moving and operating of the Holy Spirit. It is the moving of the Spirit that makes church what it should be, a place of salvation, healing, deliverance, baptism with the Holy Spirit and a place of revelation knowledge. And we thank God, because over the last two years that has been evident in our Church.

Multiply Your Seed Sown

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 Posted by Esteban San Martin

2 Corinthians 9:6-11

In the 9th chapter of the book of 2 Corinthians the Apostle Paul is teaching on how the believer is to approach the giving of an offering. As he is teaching on this subject, he goes on to make an analogy between money and seed . He compares money to a seed. Which in fact it is. The sooner the believer understands this truth, the quicker we will know how money in the kingdom of God operates and will begin to understand that in the kingdom of God just as in the natural, the law of sowing and reaping works all the time.

The Apostle Paul makes the comparison between a financial giver in the kingdom of God and a farmer in the field, they are both the same in the sense that you will reap what you sow and if there is no sowing there is no reaping. He says in verse 6 “He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap bountifully” and remember that in the context of this chapter and what the Apostle is teaching about, he is referring to the sowing of an offering. So we learn that the reaping goes in proportion to the sowing, that is true in the natural and is also true when it comes to giving into the kingdom.