Do not turn to the left or to the right, but press on towards the goal of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Which is this:- to love our neighbour as ourself. Which fulfils ALL the law. For ALL the law is fulfilled in one word. Even in this....

God is in the loving ministry and family business of first preparing any vessel of honour and glory before He releases a divine impartation into that vessel. For what else other than “a holder” or “a receptacle” is a vessel? For just like the Noah...

“Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take. Return, Virgin Israel, return to your towns.” (Jeremiah 31:21). A man’s dreams, and aspirations, and plans are the bow wave signs of a human heart forever...

“For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been ‘CLEARLY SEEN’, being ‘UNDERSTOOD’ from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” ROMANS 1:20 As such, from what has...

Physics is known as the "fundamental science" because it creates the FOUNDATION for all "other sciences". In fact, it is the branch of "natural knowledge" that tries to answer FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS around everything that is physical, being all that...

Dear Father God, our LORD, and King,   I do not know what to say other than I do love You! My heart is for You, and not against You! My mind thinks upon you all day long, And yet there are times when my flesh takes the ascendancy, And I know...

“The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD - and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he...

What is substance? The dictionary defines substance as "substantial or solid character or quality". "... that I may cause those who love Me to inherit SUBSTANCE; and I will fill their treasures." (Proverbs 8:21) So for those who love Jesus, He will...

Most people come to a knowledge of God by either coming to an awareness of Him through everything they see as the miraculous spectacle of creation. For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood...

Dear LORD my God, my Father Your heart is a deep and everlasting well. And all Your waves have swept over me. From Your unplumbed depths, I drink my most complete fill. From Your rich belly, comes my everlasting supply and never ending sustenance....

Father God, we give unto You our heart, All of it, Holding nothing back, Lest like Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11), We die in our old ways and nature by holding something back from You.   For if we are to have life and have it abundantly,...

“Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God”. (Matthew‬ ‭5:9‬). “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God”. (Romans 8:14). Just like “the heart” is the universal symbol for “LOVE”, is “the dove” not the...

Is joy not a radiant light that simply cannot be hidden? Like a light on a high hill that cannot be hidden? For is joy not an entirely unmissable light that pierces even the deepest darkness of gloom? For have you ever seen a joy that can be...

There are two scriptures that, in working together, operate as the “spiritual spine” of the entire body of the Bible. The entire body of the Word (flesh) hangs on these two scriptures (spine). For of these two scriptures it is written: “On these...

Galatians 5:14 makes a singular decree about our neighbour: “For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: "Love your neighbour as yourself." These words from Leviticus 19 are quoted in all the Synoptic Gospels. However, but only...

Our LORD our God, we consecrate and dedicate all our senses unto You, our Most High, unto the leading of Your Spirit. Let them be the 5-fold ministry of Your Spirit in the tabernacle of our bodies, the temple of the Holy Spirit. For Your Word says...

All that really matters for all of us is the truth. For the TRUTH is the WAY that leads unto LIFE. For doesn’t Jesus say I am the way, and the truth, and the life? I am genuinely and heartfelt only interested in one thing for all of us. For are we...

Does the notion of a mankind bound existentially to an endless cycle of “inhaling and exhaling” not strike you as a peculiar thing, as being simply odd? And if so, have you ever wondered if there was then, in fact, not “a higher reason” than what...

Our LORD our God, we ask and pray with all praise and thanksgiving, standing faithfully upon Mark 11:24, that You would commit every syllable of Your Word to our memory, that You would write each and every Word into our blood, that You would write...

“The remnant.” Two words that carry the distinct pitch of “unshakable grit and purpose”. For do those who remain entirely undeterred by public opinion and firmly resolute in their purpose not speak loudly of “unwavering and indomitable spirit”? And...

"I know now that I have to speak from eternity into time, from the lasting joy into the passing realities of our short existence in this world, from the house of love into the house of fear, from God's abode into the dwelling of human beings.    ...

On the seventh day God rested. Which tells us that God did not rest for even one day until all that He had set out to do was complete and perfect. In the same way, God will not rest, and His love will not be idle, until He has perfected, confirmed,...

When it comes to the written Word, is it not said that every word that makes up the glorious written testimony and witness of the infallible love of God has been inspired by the Spirit? (2 Timothy 3:16). Which means that just like with the very...

Thank You, Father, That You would use us in any way for Your kingdom purposes, And to bring glory and honour to Your Son!   Who is man that You should be mindful of him? And the son of man that You visit him? (Psalm 8:4), And yet, we who have...

The purpose of “preaching” is to RECEIVE our INHERITANCE (through salvation). The purpose of “teaching” is to RELEASE our DESTINY (through discipleship). Which is to first INHALE the love of God from above (salvation), and to then EXHALE the love...

On more than one occasion, God has demonstrated that with Him there are simply never any coincidences. For instance, one the one hand, God refers to man as "vessels", and on the other hand, He refers to man as "clay". When it comes to vessels,...

Oh, Father, in heaven, I feel a drawing, like a gravity well, pulling me towards You! I have fallen into Your orbit! And I am racing towards You at the speed of light.   And how ironic is that? For are You not the light? How amazing is it that...

In the kingdom of God, it’s never been about who’s better than the next. It’s not a competition. For the culture of love knows no inkling of pride. Nor does it speak the vocabulary of envy. Instead, it ONLY seeks the very best for each of us, and...

The example of the Exodus shows us that God has A PLAN, a plan to “prosper us and not harm us”, a plan to “give us all a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11). For in the Exodus, God had set before His chosen people a beautiful inheritance and a...

When it comes to abiding in the LORD’s peace, His peace is a “supernatural peace” — being a peace that WILL most assuredly “guard our hearts and minds” (Philippians 4:7). Which makes it the kind of peace that we not only all need now, but which we...

The “constitution” of having a heart that can be at PEACE and a mind that can BE STILL (composed) in the midst of trials and travail is a huge part of the master plan that Jesus has in bestowing and stewarding the fullness of His “divine nature” in...

When we spontaneously lift up our hands and stretch out our arms in the pattern that is “the way” and “the truth” and “the life” of worship, by a magnificent and glorious design, we automatically approximate the posture of the Cross. Which is the...

What is very clear is that in a theology where the Holy Spirit is dead, the religious spirit is alive and kicking. They serve a Deism, not a Holy Trinity. The God I serve and love is the God of Three, not two, being the God of the Father, the Son...

There are absolutely no coincidences when it comes to “the way and the truth and the life” that is SURRENDERING unto the divine nature and the eternal power of the living God of ALL creation, being the invisible qualities of God that have been...

Christianity has always been, and always will be, family-owned and family-operated. For God is not only our Father, He is THE Father. And “the Father” is, and always will be, the head of “family”. And as our Father, ours is the privilege and task...

“And we all having been unveiled in face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3:18). This tells us plainly one thing for...

There is a place to be pursued that will utterly transform our encounter and relationship with God the Father. And that place is when we arrive at a position where there are absolutely NO WALLS between us and our Father. However, as with all things...

Through living and walking “in the Way, and the Truth, and the Life” that is... LOVE, God has provided a lifestyle blueprint for discovering what it means to Live Authentically! Which is to live in the fullness of the "new creation" blueprint...

There are many scriptural references to what many have observed about the prosperity of the wicked. Even the great David is recorded by Asaph as being envious at one time of the prosperity of the wicked. “For I was envious of the arrogant, as I saw...

Our Lord our God, we ask that You come into this “holy tabernacle”, which is “our body”, being the living “temple of the Holy Spirit”, the great city of the living God. And we ask and pray that you forcefully overturn “EVERY TABLE” in our lives,...

Besides the overwhelming importance of “THE DEATH” of Christ, being the sole and only reason why all our sins are successfully borne by Jesus, does not “THE LIFE” of Christ also have something equally important to say? For are His death and His...

When the devil wants to derail us or disrupt the momentum of the advancing kingdom of light, the devil has a solid ally that he can always turn to. And that’s his nature “in us”. Which is the trustworthy ally of “the fallen nature”. Which is the...

   Together, Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday form "a complete work" by a complete God. And whereas "Good Friday" is a day for which it is needful to be particularly mindful of the extraordinary AGONY of the Cross, when it comes to “Resurrection...

There is a “spiritual counterbalance” to all that completes what is “presently unseen”. For in opposition to every measure that the LORD puts in place “for the good”, the enemy puts in place “a counterfeit” to counter that good. For the enemy is...

When an inventor creates something for a specific purpose, and no matter how many times he tries, his creation simply fails to fulfil the purpose for which it was created, does the inventor not eventually abandon that creation? When man turns to...

Of all the many “marvellous miracles” and all the “overwhelming exhibits” of creation on brilliant display throughout the universe and on earth, the greatest work OF ALL will be “the full revelation of God”. For is it not famously said that the...

Jesus’ body bore different types of scars, each of which tell their own unique story. For instance, whilst the scars upon “the body” of Jesus — that were meted out through the violent beatings of angry men — represent the “vigour and ferocity” of...

The love of God has absolutely no blind spots. It is all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present, all-sufficient and completely without end. It covers all and sees all. And it misses absolutely nothing. And when it comes to the only legitimate...

Philippians 2:13 tells us that God is in us "...to will His good pleasure." This means that God is in us to let us know what His Will is for our particular part and purpose in His Kingdom charter. The "secret", of course, is that we must "wait" for...

Whereas at the beginning of the Millenium, the two henchman of Satan, namely the two beasts of Revelation 13, being the Antichrist and the False Prophet, have already been consigned to the lake of fire to be tormented for ever and ever, being a...

A well-known rhetoric famously used by John the Baptist to herald the great occasion of the coming of the LORD was, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.” (John 1:23). And is it...

“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy...

Father, I am weak, and You are strong, I am poorly, and You are not, I am dependent on You, and You are not, I am everything, that You are not, And yet, I am everything that You are.   By Your grace and mercy, I am all that You are, For I am...

In the model of life and living that is the example of our "head and body", our body abides by and lives entirely at the will and the behest of our heads. As we all go about our daily lives, our body knows no other voice or exigency than that which...

We are entirely and completely dependent upon You, O LORD our great God. For in You, the everlasting and eternal Father, we live, and move, and have our entire being (Acts 17:28). And as such, in every way, and in every dimension, we are totally...

“Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you," declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.” (Isaiah 41:14). Whilst we may initially flinch as God pointedly refers to us as “mere worms”,...

"And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul, the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. And when He had removed him, He raised up to them David to be their king; to whom He gave testimony, and...

“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I AM NOTHING.“ (1 Corinthians 13:2). No man alive has ever been able to fathom all of life’s many...

We will please God if we diligently seek Him. And our reward will be that if we seek Him, we shall find Him. For if we diligently seek Him, it “proves” our faith that He is For in order to seek Him and find Him, we need to truly believe that He is....

The Word of God is the gold standard against which all truth is measured. There is no other measure. You take a look at the parable of the prodigal son - his father gave him his inheritance, and the message is: no matter how rich you are, no matter...

A practical illustration of this can be taken from an example of Jesus’ earthly life. As the Son of Man, it was His uncompromising example to make Himself of “no name” and “no reputation,” even “unto the point of death” (Philippians 2:8-9). And a...

Is it not the leading and the learning of those who walk as disciples that we are to pattern ourselves after the example of the only begotten Son? And did not the only begotten Son of the Father everlasting, who made Himself the least, not lead...

All through the Bible we run into the pattern of a "remnant” who are willing to give themselves wholly to the Lord and not follow the ways of man. And it is the "remnant" that God has used, time and time again, to fulfill His purpose for a...

What shall the LORD say on the great day of His power? Which is the great day of His coming? That I built My great house with those whom I forcibly compelled? That My house is a house of bondage, not liberty? That those who dwell in the house of...

Make known Your ways to us, LORD, so that by following Your ways, it shall be Your ways themselves that order our steps and that are a light unto our feet. For then you shall broaden the path of our feet so that we shall walk with feet that neither...

““Yet I will leave a remnant, so that you may have some who escape the sword among the nations, when you are scattered through the countries. Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, because I...

“He SPOKE, And there came swarms of flies, And lice in all their territory.” ‭‭(Psalm 105:31‬) Who is like You, LORD? (Psalm 89:8). There is none like You! (Jeremiah 10:6). For who but God can speak into the abyss of nothingness, and before your...

One of the accommodations of the "new Gospel" Paul speaks of is the accommodation of man's aversion for "self-denial" - the new gospel doesn't require you to die to self - which is the expected cost of the Cross. The Word says he who seeks to save...

The fear of the LORD is a greater treasure than anything else we could ever possess on this earth. It is worth pursuing more than any earthly treasure. For the LORD would have this to say to you. Seek not to please man; seek rather to please Me....

And in the glory of God made manifest through the "Big Bang" moment of repentance, repentance invokes the spirit of Ezekiel in all of us. For it is through REPENTANCE that we too get to then SPEAK LIFE into dead bones. And of the new life that is...

Is it not written that there is but one sin alone that endures with no forgiveness? For it is an eternal sin? Which is a sin that perpetuates even unto eternity. And, by the very same token, that every sin and blasphemy besides this solitary sin is...

God's glory cannot be associated with anything that is not according to His divine will. For it is written that He was driven off from His sanctuary by the abominations that were committed there (Ezekiel 8:6}. In the same way, the glory of the Lord...

Part of the commission unto David to get the LORD’s house in order was to return the ark to its rightful place and position according to the divine order and pattern decreed by God unto His servant Moses (a type of Jesus). In its final application,...

Is it not written that the fallen one, the great Lucifer, who fell from grace, like a bright star vanishing from its high throne in the sky, that he is the prince of darkness? [Ephesians 6:12]. And is his kingdom not the kingdom of darkness? And we...

Romans 8:14 says the sons of God are those who are lead by the Spirit of God. When someone leads, what does that imply for those who are lead? They follow. Jesus says we are to take up our cross and FOLLOW Him. What does that mean? It means we are...

Faith is a kingdom principle. And it’s the operation by which we are approved by God. For without faith, we cannot please God. It’s the operation of the spirit by which we apprehend the substance and the nature of God. For God is Spirit. Without...

Is it not true that it is Christ who forgives us our sins? And is it not true that we are called to forgive those who sin against us? Is that then not a type of Christ? And did Christ not lay down His life for us that our sins may be forgiven? And...

““The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with the point of a diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars,” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17:1‬ When we sin, we make the object of our sin an idol, for we exalt it...

Is it not written that of the words that I speak, that they are Spirit, and they are life? And if they are life, are they then not life to those who receive them? For does My Word not also say, “For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not...

Are not those who do good works out of their own flesh not just like their father the devil, being those who merely masquerade as an angel of light? For is it not true that they boast of their good works as if it is unto “the fruit of...

Before the Spirit of God moves upon the face of the waters of man’s spirit, the Word of God describes those waters as being “without form and void, and that darkness was upon the face of the deep”. And is this “deep” not the same deep that God is...

Is the pattern of the sun not a pattern of the model of redemption of the LORD? Is it not a pattern of “the glory” of the Son of God? For does the sun not rise in the east and set in the west? And is this not a type of “from glory to glory”? For is...

Until such time as the war that wages between the spirit and the flesh is won, wars will wage on earth. For until man has become one, where his soul and body have become one with the spirit begotten of the Father (just like the Father, the Son and...

Right from the very beginning, the human condition and the history of mankind has been patterned according to polar opposites. In everything, we see a pattern of direct contrasts. Light and darkness. Good and evil. Truth and lies. Love and hate. “I...

In the same way that the yet to emerge “miracle of life” in a mother’s womb is vivified at the proper time by a spirit begotten of the Father, being “the gift of life” or breath of life infused within it before it is fully developed and born of...

ASK OF ME... “Then another angel, having a golden censor, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the...

“I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation‬ ‭1:9‬. How is it that John, a...

In the pattern of the earth and the sun and the four seasons, the LORD has shown us a clear pattern as well as the answer to the reasons for that which we see unfold before our very eyes again and again as “the cycle of life” For in the model of...

Is My name not The Word of God? (‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19:13‬). Then I have this to say. Neglect not My Word. Meditate on it day and night. And for those who neglect not My Word, is it not also written: “BLESSED are those whose ways are blameless, who...

“Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me—for Me?” ‭‭(Zechariah‬ ‭7:5‬). This very probing word of the LORD of hosts,...

 In the One “who made Himself flesh”, there is a pattern to be found in His seeking the will of the Father “in the mountains”. For is it not said, “After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he...

Whether we want to believe it or not, we are all in a fight, whether you want to be or not. For whether you are a “son of the world” or a “son of the only living God”, you are in a fight. For if you are a child of God, you are automatically against...

Is it not written that a day is coming when the LORD shall stir up His zeal like a man of war? For surely there is coming a time, and such a time will soon be upon us, when the world will know the temperature of His blade. For is it not written,...

Revelation 4:6 says, “Before the throne, there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.” And Revelation 15:2 says, “I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire.” And is man not described as being mere dust? For does the Word of...

IF: 1. IF you divide your bread with the hungry 2. And IF you bring the homeless poor into the house 3. IF when you see the naked, you cover him; and not to hide yourself from your own flesh THEN: 1. THEN your light will break out like the dawn,...

“And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.” (‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22:17)      To whom, exactly, is it that both “the Spirit” AND “the...

That we may all go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves... ““For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the LORD of...

He, who once, from the altar of brokenness and self-sacrifice, and with a loud voice, previously declared “It is done!”, will once again, just before the day of the coming of the LORD, right at the end of this age, once more declare that “It is...

Neither heaven nor earth have seen a move of the Holy Spirit like what God has planned and reserved for these last days. For God has kept His best wine for last. And He has kept it for a nameless, faceless, selfless generation who will not rob the...

When the heat comes represents when God will withdraw the hand of restraint of His Spirit so that the world may know what it is to be filled with its own ways. And when the hand of restraint of the strong arm of God is removed, man will feel the...

“”Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord...” Isaiah 1:18      When it comes to sheep, there are some in the office of pastor who lay an unusual kingdom claim to the entitlement of ownership of the LORD’s sheep. For is it not written,...

For the better part of time leading up to the eventful birth of Jesus, the earth was "without form" (without righteousness), and "was void" (empty of life), and "darkness was on the face of the deep" (sin abounded in the deep of man's hearts all...

Is it not written that “John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire”? (Luke 3:16). Does...

 God’s written word is “His final will and testament” to all His children. And to whom other than unto one’s children does one leave their final will and testament? For is not Jesus the Word made flesh? And is it not the Word that saves? And as the...

“Then He brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the...

 In the same way that Jesus is both “the Lion” and “the Lamb”, when all who in these last days are moved into the next dispensation, then in the same way that the LORD is both the Lion and the Lamb, we will be both as “an Eagle” and as “a Dove”....

Is it not written in 1 Corinthians 16:9 that “WE” are the temple of God? And if “WE” are the temple of God, then as the temple of God, does that not also tell us all that Jesus will then enter into each and every temple? For is it not written that...

We are so quick to hold up our own tears when it comes to our own plight and broken hearts. But what of Your tears? What of Your broken heart? For is it not written that You cry and intercede on our behalf? So, clearly then, tears are not the...

On the inside of each and every one of us, an individual Exodus story is unfolding minute by minute, day by day. For each and every person individually, we are to all leave the land of our flesh (Egypt), being the “outer court” of the temple of God...

In the natural, an enduring phenomena that thoroughly tests both patience and comfort is going through nine months of pregnancy. Not only does pregnancy become increasingly physically uncomfortable and often unbearable, but it tests the reserves of...

Like the passing of a fine meal, sexual intimacy feeds for the moment, but doesn’t sustain one indefinitely. Like a good meal, the enjoyment and satisfaction of sexual intimacy lasts for but a short moment. Yet just like Esau, many would trade...

The only way an eagle can fly is if it is untethered from the world. If we are to soar on wings like eagles, we first have to completely untether ourselves from this world.      Since God hides Himself in this world (Isaiah 45:15), we must humbly...

Exhortations such as “Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” place supreme value in the thought life. Solomon, the wisest of...

We all have our own love language. And in the same way that the pattern of the world is a mix of many different languages, not everyone’s love language is the same. And the great relationship dilemma of the human condition is that though we may...

Call no one rabbi and no one father. (Matthew 23:8-9). What Jesus was referring to here was for man to reject the religious system and false social hierarchy of both the Jewish order as well as the Roman order. For what else other than “rabbi” was...

“There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendour of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendour of the earthly bodies is another.” (I Corinthians 15:40)   Those who are not ready when the Lord comes for...

For those who “merchandise the anointing”, being those who either “charge for” or “profit from” the gift of His living oil, these are all those on the inside of the church who, like the enemy concealed within the Trojan Horse that was falsely...

The angst and travail Abraham endured and faced at the daunting and formidable task of having to offer up his only son, Isaac, upon the altar of sacrifice to God (Genesis 22), being the very flesh of his flesh and the very bones of his bones...

     There is such an unspeakable beauty and breathtaking awesomeness to the brilliance of the “mind of God”. And whilst this is evident in almost everything we see about us, not to mention in all that we have come to know and love about God as...

“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.” (Job 38:3) For those who “stand their watch”, who even now have “set themselves upon the rampart”, who “watch to see what He will say to them” (Habakkuk 2:1), being those...

They shall ‘walk with Me in white' (Revelation 3:4) by being received of Me when I come as a thief (Revelation 3:2-3) at the beginning of the tribulation period, and by being clothed with their glorified bodies (Revelation 3:5). The white raiment...

The shallowness and folly of man is forged upon a belief that fortune, not heritage, changes a life. Man will even kill for it. Risk the wrath of judgment to get it in any way. They will betray even blood to get it. And will trade their whole life...

Much of the marvel behind just how thoughtful God is about everything that He does and says is often hidden, right there, in plain sight. An illustration of this can be seen in the LORD's Prayer. Have we ever stopped and wondered why the first...

Everything God says and does is deliberate and intentional, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. The same intentionality applies to why Jesus lay in a manger. A manger is a feeding trough....

The fact that amongst the body there are “false prophets”, and “false teachers”, and “false apostles”, and “false witnesses”, as well as “wolves dressed in sheep’s clothing”, tells that very same body that there is also, therefore, a “false...

God is in the habit of revealing both Himself and His motives to every generation through His timeless Word. For is it not written that His word shall never pass away? That it shall endure for always and forever? Does it not say, “Heaven and earth...

In the history of mankind, we see three accounts which clearly pattern the benefit of the Presence of God being with man. And we see this by what transpires by its polar opposite, which is when His Presence is absent. We see this firstly with Adam....

“And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”” (‭‭Matthew‬ ‭21:13‬) In the context of the new covenant, being the better covenant of the Presence of God coming to...

In the natural, the picture of a complete family is a family with both a father and a mother. In the combined love of a father and a mother, a child not only finds “her fill”, but in the love of a family, he also finds “his place”. Whereas the love...

When it says, “Hallowed be your name”, whilst the emphasis is on His name being HALLOWED, which is both fitting and right, lest we all somehow forget, the emphasis of the wise words of the Son of Man was equally on hallowed be “YOUR” name, not our...

One of the most fascinating elements in the natural is the phenomenon of water. Across the many eons of time, not a single age has passed where man has not been summonsed in a deep way by either the fathomless mystery or the unplumbed depths of...

In much the same way that as Noah’s “eyes and hands” remained steadfastly fixed upon the single-minded task of preparing the Ark for sealing himself up in the habitation of the Presence of God upon the coming of the rain, that all the world looked...

Unlike all those who suffered a brutal and premature end by being strung up on a cross, where they were all attached to their crosses “with ropes”, Jesus had the distinction of being attached to His cross “with nails”. And as with the pattern of...

Blessed is the one who approaches His dwelling, Summoned by the voice of His love compelling! Blessed is the one who lives and walks in the fellowship of communion, Who, in His sacred Presence, is one in genuine union! Blessed is the one...

Have you ever wondered why the LORD made the astonishing and perplexing statement that the first shall be last and that the last shall be first? And what the beautiful heart and mind that sees the end of a thing from the beginning was thinking when...

For those who will one day find their deepest fill in hearing the following words, “This is My son, whom I love, and in whom I am well pleased”, these are they who will one day have the privilege of the formidable glory that is the venerable Ark of...

There is a way to love our neighbour.  And how we love our neighbour will determine whether we are "sons of God". “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.””‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:14‬“But the fruit...

The Bible is more than just words. It is the gateway to dwelling. Which is a gateway to habitation. Which is a gateway to the fullness of intimacy and connection. "These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he...

There is a scripture that not only confirms for us that there will be a judgment, and that the judgment will be for all, but that tells us plainly that one group of people shall STAND when judgment comes, and that one group shall NOT STAND after...

“Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven." (Matthew 23:9). With these words, one may be tempted to ask if Jesus is teaching hatred or disrespect for one's parents? And the answer would emphatically be...

The astonishing statement that the Son of Man, being the very creator and sustainer of all the universe, who has provided a place for all of creation to lay its head, had in fact nowhere to lay His own head, portrays a shocking revelation of a...

Do we wear the garments of our King? Do our garments testify of Him? Are we adorned with the perfume of His nature and His love? Being the perfume of the rose of Sharon? Does the atmosphere about us smack of the fragrance of myrrh and aloes and...

When a house is built on the foundation of the wisdom of “Jesus as Saviour”, and is then established on the understanding of “Jesus as LORD”, so that through the knowledge of Jesus both as Saviour and as LORD, its rooms may be filled with every...

The role of the evangelist is to lay the foundation of Jesus “as Saviour.” This is the foundation by which a house is built. Which is by wisdom. And wisdom is the chief thing. It begins with salvation. Which is why Jesus is both the beginning, AND...

“Now this IS the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting.” (NUMBERS 6:13).The vow of the Nazarite is a vow of consecration unto the LORD, which is a vow of...

“He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.” (‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:17‬) Pleasure is the business and province of the soul. He who loves pleasure is he who loves the appetites of his soul. And for those who love...

Of what good is the most glorious temple of all if God is not in it? And if He IS in it, then it will not be the temple that will capture our attention, regardless of how glorious it may be. This tells us quite simply that we waste our enterprise...

One thing that often escapes us all is that as soon as we surrender ourselves upon His Potter’s wheel through crucifying ourselves, we have the privilege and intimacy of His Potter’s hand being on our lives every day from that moment onwards. What...

“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God---” (John 1:12). Being a son is a right that is given. Sonship isn’t an automatic privilege. It is bestowed by grace upon those who,...

There is a saying: “Those who do not know history, are doomed to repeat it.” For those who do not see the reason behind the cyclical repetition of mankind’s spotted history, not only is the 21st century setting itself up to showcase the very worst...

“The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” “So they shall put MY NAME on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.””...

Part of the process of repentance, which is actually a deeply healing process, being the spiritual equivalent of administering antibiotics to an infected heart and soul, is taking full ownership of our own sins. For just like the lay of the land...

Two thousand years ago, a seed was sown. And for the last two thousand years, that seed has been patiently digging its roots in deep, so deep that when all that is the “fullness of that seed” finally breaks the surface of the ground, it will not...

It is a marvel that not only in the hallways of the world, but in the corridors of the church, the hearts of mankind shy away from the call to repentance, for in their hearts and minds they see “repentance” as an onerous and oppressive thing. And...

There is a rich and underlying message submerged just below the surface of the intriguing “three-way interplay" between Adam, Eve and the Garden of Eden. And being the "FOUNDING” story line of mankind, it stands to reason that it is also...

There is a civil war coming in the church. And it's going to divide the church right down the middle. A line is going to be drawn between good and evil, and right and wrong. It's going to polarize those who call the good work and operation of the...

In the same way that we are all unique, every unborn child that the world’s ways and plans has stolen from God’s creation is a unique constellation of attributes that God deliberately fashioned in the womb of heaven for a specific purpose and plan....

The God I serve and love is the God "of Three", not two, being the God of the Father, the Son AND the Holy Spirit. What is very clear is that in a theology where the Holy Spirit is dead, the spirit of Jezebel is alive and kicking. They serve a...

“The son of man can do nothing of himself.”As a perfect confluence of a multitude of many things, the LORD brought me directly, head on, to this very same place, in every way, personally - experientially, mentally, physically, emotionally.And in...

In John 2:13-17, we are told of an account of where Jesus came suddenly to the temple of His Father in Jerusalem and immediately CLEANSED it of all “the money changers”. John 2:13-17 says, “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went...

    If the truth be told, our lives are a continuous stream of many-upon-many, "rhythm of life" deliverances. Each new day finds ample opportunity for genuinely thanking the LORD our God for the grace of His unending and paternal salvations. For...

As the Son of man, Jesus lived minute by minute, day by day, by a very precise golden rule. Each and every day of His earthly existence. Without fail. Which was by the revelation of His Father’s will. What He said and did, from day to day, and from...

"The prophet is like the nervous system, which carries signals from the brain to the rest of the body. Although its primary function is to represent the head and connect it to the rest of the body, the nervous system also carries some signals (such...

The Garden of Gethsemane - that intensely personal and private place where the proverbial seed of our lives falls to the ground, being the precise moment and place in time where each one of us personally determines to leave behind our own will, and...

Father God, our God, our Father, Your Son who made Himself the least said these three great things. First and foremost, that YOUR name be hallowed; that YOUR kingdom come; that YOUR will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. In other...

In Isaiah 64:1, the prophet cried out to the LORD above, “Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!” And God heard his plea. The LORD answered Isaiah’s prayer through His Son. In Matthew 27:51,...

If, as some are sometimes perhaps inclined and tempted, we have possibly thought of the notion of love as wishy-washy or largely elusive, and by doing so, we have then also regarded the love of Jesus as either unreal or as far-fetched fabrication,...

The absence of the Presence of the LORD is referred to as the “abomination of desolation”. The reason it is referred to as the “abomination of desolation” is because firstly, it is an entirely unnatural phenomenon, thus making it an “abomination”,...

In these last days, the "mountain of the LORD’s temple" will be established as the "highest of mountains". It will be exalted "above the hills". And "peoples will stream to it". That's three specific things that will all transpire in these last...

There are two kinds of light: Radiant light and Dark light. And this is no different in all of creation either. In the immediate vicinity, this phenomenon is deliberately showcased by Day and by Night. But further out, in the immense scaffolding of...

God says "To every thing there is a SEASON, and a TIME to every purpose under the heaven." - ECCLESIASTES 3:1. And of the times and the seasons, BOTH belong ENTIRELY to God (DANIEL 2:21). In Scripture, times and seasons are determined by the MASTER...

 Have you ever considered why all those who rail violently against all “the infidels” who believe in Christ, deliberately and purposely “decapitate the heads” of those believers? In an openly “public demonstration”and display of their rage and...

Once a year, for most of the world, we get to celebrate the great occasion of Christmas. It is a day that the "wonder of giving" is positioned at centre stage. As far as the east is from the west, the "celebration of giving" takes complete...

The bloodline runs thick and true. Just like “the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit” are the representatives of the one true God, we are to all likewise also be “fathers” to many (to all spiritual widows and orphans), and “sons” to one (to one...

Now we know that God is Spirit (John 4:24). And from the living Word of God, the Spirit of God also tells us, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, THERE IS FREEDOM.” (2 Corinthians 3:17). So, clearly then, when it comes...

Last night, only 6 hours ago, just before I retired for bed, I asked God for a very specific thing. And it was something that had always previously remained "entirely unspoken", something which I have always just assumed, and so never thought of...

 Joseph was a forerunner of who we are all called to be in Christ. We are ALL to be His "favourite sons and daughters", who ALL get to wear the "multi-coloured coat of Joseph" as a gift from our Father in heaven. The "baptism of John", by itself,...

The arch rival of man, the great accuser of the brethren, the father of lies, the fallen morning star, is desperately trying to prevent the second coming which requires Jerusalem to go back to Israel. The devil is stirring the uprising to put...

There is a way that seems right to man, but it is a way that walks only in the futility of man’s mind.      There is a way that seems right to man, but in the end, it leads to death.  Which is the way that leans toward “being right” versus “doing...

For those who placed our trust in our position and standing with man, in our capabilities, in our jobs, in our intellect, in our titles, in our reputation, in our cars and homes, in our relationships, in all the false appearances and structures and...

There is a way of starting at the finish line. A way of declaring the end from the beginning. “Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your...

ARISE, SHINE   Every blade of grass turns heavenward and upward towards the light. Every tree reaches for the clear sky where it may have unrestricted access to the light of the sun. The sunflower turns on its axis towards the direction of the...

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from...

Man is made from dust. And what binds the lifeless, shapeless, functionless form of dust into the subsequent vessel of glory and higher function that is “the masterpiece of man” is nothing less than “the God particle”. For until God Himself reaches...

THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER Prayer is the “homing signal” to all that is ORIGINAL LOVE held in the “holding pattern of readiness” by the insistence of silence or apathy. In fact, prayer is the unseen handshake of the mighty hand of God reaching down from...

For a start, making a statement that “the reformation is over” is like saying that man can control where the wind blows. Like any revival, the reformation is an explicit operation of "the move of the Holy Spirit". And, as such, it is the Holy...

For a start, making a statement that “the reformation is over” is like saying that man can control where the wind blows. Like any revival, the reformation is an explicit operation of "the move of the Holy Spirit". And, as such, it is the Holy...

We are called to be stars, lighthouses that punctuate the heavens of God’s glory canvas. Not fallen stars, those that fashion themselves upon the fate and trajectory of Lucifer, never to adorn the splendour of the skies ever again. But stars that...

‘When God’s house on earth is a house of prayer, then God’s house in heaven is busy and powerful in its plans and movements.’ E. M. Bounds   “For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.” ISAIAH 56:7   The LORD...

As we approach the 500th anniversary of the reformation movement that celebrates the commemoration of the liberty of all who have found their liberty and joy “in Christ, through Christ, for Christ”, through DIRECT and PERSONAL relationship with the...

Trials and tribulations are often met with a measure of despair and discouragement, and many a time with a gasp of “Oh not again!”. But these responses are often the evidence of why God says that His thoughts are not our thoughts, and His ways are...

    "The Bible places supreme value in the thought life. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he," Solomon wrote. Jesus asserted that sin's gravity lay in the idea itself, not just the act. Paul admonished the church at Philippi to have the mind...

I was “a sinner” long before I ever was “a son”. And even when I was saved in my spirit by the grace of the LORD, there came a time when I again fell away by the lusts of my flesh because although I was saved “in life”, I wasn’t yet a son “in my...

“My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, [which is] “You shall love your neighbour as yourself,” you do well;” (‭JAMES‬ ‭2:1,...

There is an unspeakable beauty to “the mind of God”. When it comes to "the ways, and the workings, and the wisdom" of His mind, the mathematical and creative genius of “His higher thoughts and His higher ways” (Isaiah 55:8) makes even the most...

     Whilst the wars and wages of time show a mankind at relentless odds with each other over who and what their god is, and which of their gods is “the god of all gods”, one thing that is common to all sides of the human debate is the phenomenon...

The spine of love, embodying the posture of all that is the entirety and completeness of love, is Matthew22:37-39. So when love asks, as love must, since love is not one that can ever sit idle, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?", it is...

Matthew 22:37-39 is the very cornerstone of the entire Bible. For it is the fullness and essence of I AM in every respect. Everything that makes up the entire body and substance that is the complete written Word is both, first ANCHORED, and then...

It's 03:03 am as the LORD is showing me this. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." (Isaiah 55:8). The locations for the placement of the Mark of the Beast deliberately targets the two reference...

  Dissipation is defined by Dictionary.com as "the state of being dissipated; dispersion; disintegration." From this definition, out of the three interpretations above, the most telling illustration of the "state of dissipation" is that of...

    If blaspheming the Holy Spirit is the only unforgivable sin (MATTHEW 12:31-32), then why is taking the mark of the beast also unforgivable? To answer that question, we need to do two things. First, we need to turn to the Word, and then, we also...

It's when God lights the OIL of His anointing on you with His holy FIRE that the end result is His GLORY. Fire + Oil = Glory. His Fire! His oil! His glory! Be glorified in us, LORD my God. May Your holy fire light up Your oil like a light on a...

     Much of the marvel behind just how thoughtful God is about all that He does and says is often hidden, right there, in plain sight. An illustration of this can be seen in the LORD's Prayer. Have we ever stopped and wondered why the first three...

As a young boy, without looking, I once bit eagerly into a beautiful golden-yellow cling peach whilst running happily around my grandparent's swimming pool. After I had already swallowed that first bite, it was only as I approached for my second...

The manner of the Son's "miraculous birth", which, out of "the whisper of the Spirit", then became flesh, is a forerunner of a further, second miraculous birth, one that will likewise come into being from exactly "the same wellspring of life". This...

Since the great Fall of mankind, one of the most telling ramifications of a humanity separated from the God of all creation and love is the tragic human condition of a “seared conscience” (1 Timothy 4:2). And alongside the Fall's perversion of a...

It would be difficult to find anyone who, at some moment, has never looked up at the wonder of the night sky, and simply marvelled at the utter beauty of the stars in breathtaking wonder. Have you ever wondered why we are ALL drawn so universally...

Is it a legitimate thing to say that “God will only declare that He knows you if you do His will”? Which, in itself, is a fairly startling statement in its own right. As the LORD was leading me in this, I had to stop and think about this for a...

If we have thought of love as shallow, then we have to widen our conceptions if we have thought, as most men do, of our Jesus only as shallow. In the expansive continuum between the "Jesus of the Gospels" and the all-conquering "Jesus of...

Every word matters. And every word is true for you just as it is for me. The fullness of every word is "the truth" and "the life" for every person, not just some portions for some people, and other portions for others. Every word is spoken...

How is it possible for peace to "surpass all understanding?" Because the human spirit lies beyond the range of consciousness. So when the Presence of the LORD is with you, it is with you in a place of our being that exceeds the extremities of our...

Upon this very day, may we all be ushered through the door of the tabernacle of meeting into the Presence and habitation of our Father, and having found ourselves kissing His feet and His hands and His forehead, finding ourselves sitting on the lap...

Over time, what is "imputed" through JUSTIFICATION, is then "imparted" through SANCTIFICATION. Man's POSITION of righteousness (imputed in "relation to" Christ) becomes man's CONDITION of righteousness (imparted through "relationship with" Christ)....

     Everything that the great canvas of creation presents before our collective scrutiny and senses is deliberately designed "for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness and every good work". For how else could it be otherwise...

"As a man thinketh in his heart so is he." Proverbs 23:7.   It may sound simple, and it should, but we don't hear the LORD simply because we are not tuned into the correct radio station frequency. The radio of our minds only learns of the...

On more than one occasion, God has demonstrated that with Him there are simply never any coincidences. For instance, one the one hand, God refers to man as "vessels", and on the other hand, He refers to man as "clay".   When it comes to...

 The homing signal to all is to emerge from the comfort zone of "second hand knowledge" of God, the scraps we all accumulate as PASSIVE "spectators" of "God in others", trusting that this is "relationship". The most prized place of all is genuine...

    By tearing down the walls of Jericho, being representative of the walls and strongholds that keep man independent and separate from fellowship with his Creator and Father, God gets to the "gold" and "silver" that are the "hearts" and "souls" of...

Physics is known as the "fundamental science" because it creates the FOUNDATION for all "other sciences". In fact, it is the branch of "natural knowledge" that tries to answer FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS around everything that is physical, being all that...

WHATEVER YOUR HAND FINDS TO DO   Have you ever taken a moment to stare into the deep and beautiful eyes of either a horse, or a dog, for example? The unmistakeable richness of love that stares back at you compels one to acknowledge that EVERY...

  "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. " PSLAMS 68:5 describes the loving nature of the Father heart of God perfectly. And for those who are sons and daughters of that same Father, being those who are not...

The theme and narrative of the world messaging is to "escape life". Every advert is a variation of escaping to "an idyllic getaway". The underlying motif is about "switching off" and "thoroughly escaping". Media is a symphony of "Escape with me to...

     Regardless of our past, know this. That through the life-changing, destiny-altering power of love, we all have the opportunity to rewrite our future. If love holds the key to one thing, it is this: "If any man is in Christ, he is a NEW...

There is a distinctly beautiful and meaningful difference between "UNION with God" and "COMMUNION with God". At the same time, though, they are the single operation of, first, the "inhalation" and then the subsequent "exhalation" of the...

Let Your Wind be a sonnet, A lullaby, That puts to sleep, The old man in I.   Infuse Your Word beneath my skin, Like a new DNA string, That it may become the Spirit and Life, Of everything within.   Inoculate my thoughts, In Your way, and...

Oh LORD my God, That You would redeem the time. That You would redeem the talents. That You would redeem the treasury, Of every soul and spirit of every spiritual orphan and widow, Of every son and daughter of the Most High. That where the kingdom...

God says "let love BE without hypocrisy" -  ROMANS 12:9. The question is, "is there any way love can still be love if it has in it in any way any hypocrisy? Well, no, it rightly can't. Which tells us that if there be a version of love that, in...

"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything...

     Whereas "Good Friday" is a day for which it is especially needful to be particularly mindful of the extraordinary agony of the Cross, the kingdom principle of "seedtime and harvest" insists that even for the Cross that "Those who sow in tears,...

         It goes without saying that for those who are children of God that “communion with the Father” will always be first and foremost. And as a lifestyle, it will always be pre-eminent and prominent. This is so, not only because communion with...

There is something so deeply beautiful about the gathering of the saints. And if it is as wonderful as it is for man, can you just imagine what it must look like for God! God says He is the light of the world, as well as the light within. “When...

To put the kingdom of God into a context that makes sense with what we are familiar, the kingdom of God can be seen as a market place. Whereas the market place of the world is typically characterized with conditions where you have supply-side...

To He who is, and who was, and who is to come, being the one and only LORD our God, we declare Your sovereign majesty and goodness before all of heaven and earth. By Your grace - being the way, and the truth and the life that is LOVE - we humble...

In the model of life and living that is the example of our "head and body", our body abides by and lives entirely at the will and the behest of our heads. As we all go about our daily lives, our body knows no other voice or exigency than that which...

If we take a look at the second most popular verse in the Bible, being JEREMIAH 29:11, God says: "For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to GIVE you a future and a hope." What are two of the most sought...

"Better is the end of a thing than its beginning" - ECCLESIASTES 7:8   For those who wish to avail themselves of its majestic kindness, God's grace is one of the most astonishing displays of love available to the heart of man. It is the Father...

"I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” JEREMIAH 31:25      As a young boy, I grew up in the construct of a broken home and a highly dysfunctional family unit. Before I entered my teens, I was the last...

   Someone somewhere added the two words "true love" to what Charles Spurgeon once said, "True love and hope are often like a star - less seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and brightest in the night of adversity." I am not sure who added "true...

If you have ever wondered why finding the LORD our God is so remarkably paramount, it's because when we DO find Him, we finally connect not only with "who He REALLY is", but we connect with "who we REALLY are" too. We connect with "the joy" that...

"That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” - 1 CHRONICLES 1:7. When the LORD gave Solomon the privilege of asking Him for absolutely anything, whereas others may have asked for any one of the...

In 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1, the written Word mandates man to do these three things: “Pursue love and keep on desiring spiritual gifts, especially the ability to prophecy.” 1. To “pursue love” patterns the great mandate to “communion with the Father”....

Whilst the word "repentance" is rightfully shrouded in the process "of contrition", at the same time, it should be noted that repentance actually also simultaneously lauds the "majestic power of God" made richly manifest in our lives. As such, in...

THE WILL OF THE FATHER PART I - NEVERTHELESS, NOT MY WILL        WHY is the will of the Father so important? And before we answer “why”, HOW do we even know that the will of the Father is important in the first place? WHAT (if anything) tells...

God calls us to "communion with Him" and "community with man". And this calling is portrayed by the hidden parable of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. The story of Mary and Martha are a message to all of us. Martha typifies "busyness without...

  If it was ever possible to capture the formidable essence of who Jesus is in just a single sentence, it would be the ten words, "I am the way and the truth and the life." Not only do these few words eloquently summarise the entire substance of...

Sometimes, life is really as simple as "1-2-3". Firstly "1": there is only one God. And He wants to be one with us. When it comes to "2", two represents the duality of life: love and hate, good and evil, truth and lies, give and take, kingdom of...

You are the power everlasting, Who holds all of eternity in position and in it's place, Whose voice thunders from the deep,... And from above and below, Who speaks righteousness in dark places, And who shines light where it has never shone before....

"In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.” - I JOHN 3:10       This scripture is firstly about the imperative of LOVE....

Today, many, many people seek both far and wide, and high and low, to do one of two things. At most times, it's either one or the other. And both have their origins in the same root cause. One is the fervent pursuit to satisfy the thirst of the...

Martha, Mary and Lazarus are deliberately yoked (as a spiritual trinity) by the LORD as a message to His church. We all need to serve IN LOVE (Martha); we all need to relate IN LOVE (Mary); we all need to die IN LOVE to the soul life (Lazarus) that...

 In the anthropology of life, every great story always has, and always will, begin with the captivating, stage-setting expression of: "IN THE BEGINNING". And in exactly the same way, for what has become the very revelation that is to hereafter...

"But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the LORD, one day IS as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." - 2 PETER 3:8. This heartfelt supplication is addressed to none other than the “BELOVED”. A “beloved” is no less than...

The single greatest mystery that forever remains outside of the realms of human reason and comprehension is the perpetuity of God, being God “with no beginning and no end”. Grasping this is a feat that defies even the most advanced faculties of...

Today is Your day, LORD! And in as much as today is Your day, so too is this time Your time. And of this day, it is also the anniversary of the birthday of He who created all time and all seasons! It's the very day by which all of time, and all its...

There is a "personal choice" that we ALL need to make. And over-and-above the decision of where we spend all of time in perpetuity, it stands out as the single most important choice we could ever make this side of eternity. And it, too, has its own...

At 3:15 in the morning, the LORD woke me up. As I waited on the LORD to reveal to me why He summonsed me awake, I began to read an article I had saved earlier. It was about the origins of the word "Vatican". And as I began to read this article, the...

"The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man IS of the earth, earthy: the second man IS the Lord from heaven. As IS the earthy, such ARE they also that are earthy: and as IS the heavenly, such ARE...

     The Word of God is many things. For one, it is the trust anchor of all truth. At the same time, it is the harbinger of all life and love. As a hand-picked assembly of personally-crafted words, the Word is the single greatest feat of...

The long-lasting legacy of one's life is predetermined by the QUALITY of one's "relationships", not by the QUANTITY of one's "possessions". It's NEVER going to be your possessions that will remember you. They are decidedly indifferent. What WILL...

Part of Israel's "process" of tearing down the walls of Jericho required a strict observance of walking around the city for seven days.  Specific instructions for each day to secure victory were relayed from God to Joshua as the new High Priest...

"Distress and illness are the feedback loop of living inauthentically" - Demartini Distress and illness are the ever-present, ever-increasing, "bow wave signals" and telltale signs of living in these modern days and times. Together, they represent...

When it comes to a seed unfolding into the "fullness of life" it one day becomes, what you see in its final form "above the ground", is pre-determined by what first births "below the ground" - namely THE SEED. But as the "unseen spirit" of the life...

    Every truth is a tent peg that braces us against the billowing winds and wiles of the world. Brace us, Lord, unto You, with all manner and form of Your irrepressible truth.      Psalm 119:160 says, "The SUM of your word is truth, and every one...

Oh great LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, we ask and pray that through Your many and multiplied gifts in the body of Christ, You activate and mobilise the eternal power and divinae nature of Your Spirit in a new and powerful way. We ask that...

"Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles? And then will I profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU: DEPART FROM ME ye that work iniquity....

     Heaven remains forever prone to reaching down to touch earth. And as the very abode of God itself descends gently towards man, man reaches up to meet its outstretched hand. For such is the persuasion of a heart perpetually inclined towards...

Almost every person I know has been afraid of the dark at one time or the other. And to coin a phrase, I would hazard a well-considered stab in the dark that almost everyone alive has also been afraid of the dark at least one time in their lives....

 For what has long been three isolated issues, all of which have each required a separate answer, with just a single word, at exactly the right time and in the right context, the LORD provided answers for all three all at once. And at the same...

God is good. God gave me a word yesterday.   "Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." - 1 Timothy 5:8.   I believe God was telling me...

With what is nothing more than an attempt at a "perspective reset", when it comes to the specific feedback loops of living "inauthentically", the various man-made attempts at addressing the human condition are not void of all benefit and value....

When it comes to the principle of connection, God makes this directly related statement. He says: "Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, and above all that you may PROPHECY." - 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1 (emphasis added). God says three discrete things...

"They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow." - COLOSSIANS 2:19 -   I have often questioned the choices I have made in life. It’s fair...

PRAYER is the ultimate display of our humility. It acknowledges our weakness before all heaven and earth. Through the evidence of our humility (demonstrated by our turning to the LORD in prayer), our WEAKNESS intersects with the MIGHT of God. And...

“So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.” - REVELATIONS 3:16 -      Everything that makes up this world, as we know it, as we see it, even to the very remote planets in the great and wonderful...

Whether I am in "righteousness" or in "sin", I NEED YOU, MY LORD. This is the profound realisation and reality. I am COMPLETELY dependent on You for ALL THINGS. May I speak not with the language of men, but with the Spirit and words breathed and...

When it comes to the "relationship charter" that is "the Word", have you ever noticed that God seems to talk more about us saving our "SOUL" than He ever appears to speak about us saving our "SPIRIT"? Although the coming alive of our spirit to the...

THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD “The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD - and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will...

You know that you really are one with someone when all it takes is a single glimpse of the eye for you to know exactly what they are thinking or feeling. This notion of "complete oneness with someone" conveys a particular singularity that abounds...

"The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD,  At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens declare His righteousness,  And all the peoples see His glory.” ‭‭- Psalms‬ ‭97:3-6‬ - May every remaining Jericho wall that...

"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint". - Isaiah 40:31 The LORD promises for those who HOPE in Him, that we shall all soar...

"And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation, but as it is written: “To whom He was not announced, they shall see; And those who have not heard shall understand.””...

"Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know...

Words are intensely relational. They exist solely to relate. They are not an end unto themselves. At the same time, in being "relational", they are also "transactional". In the flow of words between two people, there is always "an exchange". And...

Words are entirely and thoroughly indispensable to all that has become, and is, the voice of God expressed through the mouthpiece of man. And it is by those same words, so breathed, that God lovingly continues His written promise and heart-felt...

Words are just words. Or are they?      Words are the emboldened envoys of revelation and truth. They are the archetypal architects of brilliance and reason, and the assembly of all understanding, knowledge and wisdom. They are the sharp steel that...

In as much as in life there are telltale feedback loops to living "inauthentically", (such as distress and illness), equally in life, there are also telltale feedback loops to living "authentically" too. Living authentically is living "the kingdom...

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” - Matthew 7:15 The question is not so much about how we will know or recognise a false prophet, because on that score, the mind of Christ...

 It's remarkable how quickly one is prone to forget that our very first breath EVER, was actually the breath of "God Himself", a breath He first inhaled, and then transferred, with every ounce of a Father's undiluted love, into our very own...

   "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” - MATTHEW 7:15 The question is not so much about how we will know or recognise a false prophet, because on that score, the mind of Christ...

The "single determinant" for transforming us from "a smattering of disconnected dust particles" into what "cohesively becomes man" is entirely dependent upon the contributing addition of the Spirit of God. Only by adding "the Spirit of God" to the...

Two things are at the very heart of it all: 1. "The sum of Your Word is truth". 2. "And every one of Your righteous rules endures forever." (Psalm 119:160) 1. Part A. "The Sum of Your Word is Truth" Seven words. That's all. And at the VERY CENTRE...

What is substance? The dictionary defines substance as "substantial or solid character or quality." The Bible says, "... that I may cause those who love Me to inherit SUBSTANCE; and I will fill their treasures." (Emphasis added) - Proverbs 8:21. So...

 Pride is a preemptive strike against the title deed to our dependence on God. Both Adam and Lucifer show us that "pride" is the original, the first, the preemtory sin. For what else is pride other than the "exaltation of self" above the knowledge,...

As an important next step or follow on to the initial "salvation call", there is a "personal choice" that we ALL need to make. And besides the choice of where we spend time in perpetuity, it is the single most important personal choice we will ever...

This morning I woke up to the vivid image of large footprints being left on the surface of the ocean. The beautiful ocean was a distinctly deep and mesmerizing blue. There was nothing but cerulean blue in every direction. The sun was above and...

Deep calls unto deep (Psalm 42:7). The deep calling unto deep is Jesus calling unto the Jesus in us. He alone is deep, and He is calling the deep in us to come to the fore. He is calling us to get out of the shallow boat of our flesh and into the...

"The earth" is a metaphor for "man". And in that sense, whereas the earth is "part land" and "part water", man is likewise "part flesh" (land) and "part spirit" (water). With that being said, when it comes to the earth's seven land masses, it is...

We live in a culture of instant everything. And when it comes to seeking God’s face on matters, the church is often no different. Instant feedback is frequently the prevailing and predominant expectation, even where patience is genuinely promoted...

May all about me be still, And then, From the utter silence and calm, May I hear the Most High voice linger, Upon the singular utterance, That is my name.   Father, may I hear You call my name? May I hear, for the very first time, You utter my...

    "And the Lord said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valour. You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. And seven...

We all travel down many roads. Once in a while, we arrive at place where we need to (a) stop and (b) look before we continue further. Continue on we shall. And while there is air in our lungs and the sun on our back, continue on we MUST. But for a...

You are nothing in the Kingdom unless you have been betrayed. For His own Kingdom passage was through the ghoul of personal betrayal. Our Kingdom equipping is incomplete until we know the fellowship of His sufferings.   "Even my own familiar...

There is a forerunner spirit, that comes out of heaven, who scours the earth, looking for people who want to be ahead of their time, who are prepared to pay a price to be at the forefront of a move of God, so that they themselves become a visual...

The pathway to the Kingdom is through "the heart". The LORD says that we are to keep our hearts "with all diligence", for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23). The heart is also what the LORD looks to when He measures a man (Proverbs...

"Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll. And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.” Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes...

Have you ever heard of the often used expression "second nature"? The dictionary definition of second nature is "a habit or tendency that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic." This same definition also tells us that second nature is "a...

SEVEN things the Blood has to say...  May the Blood continue to speak. Forever and ever...   - 1 - THE BLOOD SPEAKS - AS A HOLY DAY   This is a HOLY day. Man has himself declared many Biblical days to be holy days, but God Himself...

"Hearty, heroic, compassionate, fearless martyrs MUST the men be who take hold of and shape a generation for God. If they be timid time-servers, place-seekers, if they be men-pleasers or men-fearers, if their faith has a weak hold on God or His...

"But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the LORD, one day IS as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." (2 Peter 3:8 NKJV) The Word strongly emphasizes that "THIS ONE THING, WE SHOULD NOT FORGET"... Man is a triune being,...

God likes doing things in "three's". Besides being a tripartite God, this pattern dates right back to the very beginning. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” - JOHN 1:1. And it continues throughout the...

The Word of God is powerful, poetic and living. And in the scales of life imparted, each individual scripture has its own particular voice and contribution. Some have the voice of music, many the voice of love, others of peace and war. And, then,...

There is something so deeply beautiful about the gathering of the saints. And if it is this wonderful for me to look at, can you just imagine what it must look like for God in the spiritual! God says He is the light, and the light is in us. So, as...

     Love is, without question, the supreme endeavour of life. And when love is lived out in the fullness of its most noble and richest expression, it is also life’s greatest reward too. For love is simultaneously both something to give AND...