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What really happened in the Garden?

Many popular teachings on the story of Adam and Eve are centred around a doctrine of “Original Sin” – i.e. that all mankind inherited a sinful or “fallen” nature from Adam after his “fall from grace”. This...

The familiar passage of 1 Corinthians 13:13 talks about faith, hope and love.

There are many passages that talk about faith and love.  Faith is a gift – Ephesians 2:8 talks about God giving us the faith to believe for salvation.  Faith...

Jesus demonstrated sonship and the record of this is there in the pages of the bible for us to see. Many desire to see this happening in their lives and are frustrated because it doesn't seem to be happening. People have different expectations...

Sonship requires fighting in the spiritual.

If we don’t know who we are, or don’t believe who we are, the enemy has an advantage.
If we don’t believe we live in a war zone, the enemy has an advantage,
The enemy comes to Steal, Kill and Destroy. ...

The power of Jesus call to men causing them to stop everything they were doing and follow Him must have been very strong.  What was it like for them to experience such a powerful call and presence that they left business, home and family to...

God does not have to prove Himself to mankind. He is not answerable to our limited minds and does not have to conform to man-made religious rules and beliefs about what He should or shouldn’t do. But neither does He demand blind or unsubstantiated...

What are spiritual gifts? We can see spiritual gifts operating in the pages of scripture and it is encouraging to study the variety of them. Most of us go to Paul’s writings for a list of the various gifts he had observed. He writes of two classes...

If we do not hear what God is saying to us today, we miss the whole point of what Christianity is all about. I know my life has taken on a whole different perspective and dimension as I have devoted myself more and more to doing whatever Jesus says. I can say categorically - it works! It bears fruit! It opens doors! It enlarges one’s ministry calling in God! It releases more of the supernatural of God! It is just so much better!

We are living in days when the Holy Spirit is seeking to reveal more of His ways to those who will be willing to follow Him. His ways are very different to man’s ways and so we need to learn what He is saying and requiring of us so we can have the greatest impact with our lives and ministries today.

There are only two short chapters in the Book of Haggai, yet from beginning to end it is full of impact and challenge. 20 times in these two chapters there is mention of the words, “says the Lord. ” Of these 20 times we are told 14 times: “Thus says the Lord of HOSTS ” (“hosts” means “service, warfare”). God is the Lord of service and He is the Lord of warfare. In this book we see that God wants His people to be involved with Him

Most of us think about being effective for God at some stage or another. Kingdom dreaming is a good thing to do because Dad can share His thoughts with you while you are doing it. Unfortunately, devils try to share theirs as well, and those...

When we discover that we are under pressure we eventually realise that we are living in a war zone.  It is not that we desire to be at war, but that darkness is at war with the Kingdom of God and therefore at war with us.  Our dear Father protects us to a degree and will always limit what comes against us, but sooner or later we realise that we can do something about our situation through prayer.  This article highlights the defensive aspect of proclamation prayer.

We are at a time now when there is a lot of pressure on Christians, and on actively ministering Christians in some intense ways as our Father prepares His Family for the influx of people He wishes to bring into His Kingdom. It is even more important for us to depend on Him right now as we walk through battle after battle, with the enemy of our souls shifting ground to wear us down if possible. Prayer is our lifeline at this time and an encouragement burning in me to be written.

There are several expressions used for God in the Bible, many of them beginning with El, which simply means “god” or “deity”.   When the word is extended in Hebrew, a clearer meaning emerges:

Elyon – God Most High
Eloah / Elohim – One of...

Many times in the gospels it is recorded that Jesus spent time in prayer.   When asked by the disciples how to pray, He gave an example of the sort of things that should be prayed for, and the manner in which to pray.   He prayed at the...