3rd John 2

It is the will of God that you and I would live in prosperity in every area of our lives.
Unfortunately in many Christian circles when people hear the word prosperity, the first thing that comes to their minds is the dollar sign or money. Thinking like this limits the believer to focus only on a small part of the prosperous life.
Someone once said and I agree “Prosperity is not money, but it does include money”.
There is so much more to God’s prosperity than only money.
Can you imagine for a moment, a man having abundance of money but his marriage is on the verge of divorce, no matter how much money that man has he is not living a life of prosperity. Biblical prosperity goes so much further than just money.

You and I are an important part of each and every church service that we attend. Our expectation, our praise and worship, the way we hear and respond to the word preached will determine what kind of a service you and I will experience.

Many times we can fall into the error of thinking that we just have to simply show up and that God will do the rest. We must continually understand that God responds to faith and expectation.

A few months back on a particular Sunday that I was praying for our night service, I was praying the following way:" Lord bless the service tonight, be in the service, we need you to move amongst us".

Romans 10:17

Acts 12:5

I was in the country of Chile preaching the word of God in different churches in the capital city of Santiago, when on one particular occasion as I was preparing myself to preach a word on how important prayer is when the people of God need Revival, that the Lord dropped the following word into my spirit: He said “ Music moves people, preaching moves people but prayer moves God”, what a powerful word that was given to me that day and so, so true.

When we hear music in a church service or in our car it moves us to praise and worship God, there is a natural reaction in us that is moved by music. This is also true when we hear anointed preaching; it should move us to act in faith, but when we pray we are moving the mighty hand of our God on our behalf.

Luke 18:42

I once heard a man of God say the following statement, “Truth does not bring change, It is Faith in Truth that brings change”, I thought about that statement for a minute and realized what a powerful and truthful statement it was.
No matter how much you hear it or read it, truth in itself can do nothing for you, but when you put your faith to that truth the benefits of that truth begin to manifest in your life and has the liberty to do something in you.

This is why so many people after hearing truth, nothing happens to them, because of a lack of faith connected to that truth. All the while the potential of that truth, which in our case is the word of God, is to totally transform their lives.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Gospel of Power Church is a little over 3 months old, we praise and glorify Jesus for the blessings that we have seen and experienced.
My prayer is, for those of you that have been attending our services and already feel part of this church that you can honestly say that your “faith is growing exceedingly”.

This will be a reality in your life when you are part of a church that preaches the uncompromising word of God.
A true believer must be a person where there is genuine evidence that their faith is growing and developing as it regards to their walk with God, This kind of developing faith comes about by hearing and hearing the word of God, Romans 10:17.

Proverbs 3:5-6

As believers we should continually be seeking God for His direction and guidance in every area of our lives, whether those decision are big or small, important or non important. It should be part of our daily living, we should be asking God to get involved in all our decision making.

I learnt this a long time ago, in fact I had just started dating Erika and we were looking to get married, and one day I came across the verse for this text and it jumped out of the pages and became a rhema for me and Erika. Ever since then we have endeavoured to acknowledge God and get him involved in every area and decisions of our lives, whether it is personal, family or the ministry.

Romans 10:17

Something happens when you attach your faith to the right message heard. The supernatural ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in our services comes about when faith is attached to the word of God.

This is why the preaching of the word is of the upmost importance in our church services, but just as important is the connecting to that word by the hearing of faith.

Many people miss what God has for them because when it comes time for the preaching of God’s word they disconnect themselves from the word and get distracted, from what will give them the answer to what they are going through.

Philippians 4:19

We are being reminded almost on a daily basis of the global economic recession that the world finds itself in. Along with that we are told that unemployment is high, that it is getting harder and harder for people to pay their mortgages and at the same time seeing thousands of people loosing their life savings and seeing their super basically reduced to nothing. We are told to get ready, for things are going to get worse.

For the world, this is a frightening prospect and one of no comfort or solution, even to the degree where people are taking their own lives for fear of being left with nothing.