Category: Encouragement

  • Preparing, Positioning, Persisting

    Preparing, Positioning, Persisting

    Preparing and positioning ourselves ready to receive from God has been on my heart recently. At the end of last year and at the beginning of this year the Lord asked our fellowship if we were ready – see the post on this link Are you ready? The Lord has been stirring this word up…

  • Break off the beggar mindset..

    Break off the beggar mindset..

    Today, I released a word to our fellowship that was about breaking off the beggar mindset. The Lord said that today was the day to break the beggar thinking off our mindset. We are not beggars in the Kingdom of God. The Lord said we have to change our thinking from the spirit of lack…

  • God’s plans do not alter..

    God’s plans do not alter..

    The Lord nullifies the plan of nations;He frustrates the plans of peoples. The plan of the Lord stands forever,The plans of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,The people He has chosen for His own inheritance. Psalm 33 10-12 NASB Let us take comfort and encouragement from…

  • Stumbling blocks..

    Stumbling blocks..

    This week the Lord has been speaking to me about stumbling blocks. The Lord reminded me of a time when He revealed a stumbling block. It was during a season when the Lord had clearly spoken to me about His plans for growth and expansion but had also revealed that there was a stumbling block…

  • The 9th Hour Experience..

    The 9th Hour Experience..

    In our lives most, if not all of us, have had or will have a painful experience. Jesus himself had such an experience: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Matthew 27.46 NKJV “why God?”…

  • Bearing the maker’s mark..

    Bearing the maker’s mark..

    Last week the Lord impressed these words to me, that we “Bear the Maker’s Mark”. The Lord showed me a picture of an incredibly old vase that was being taken to an antique dealer to be valued. The first thing that the dealer did was to turn the vase upside down and check it’s maker’s…

  • Serving Others..

    Serving Others..

    I was reminded today of a word which was shared by a dear brother in Christ many years ago. In his vision he saw a long banqueting table. On the table were bowls of soup ready to eat. The guests at the banquet (members of the church) took their seats facing each other ready to…