God's special phone number!

Today is Friday – I love Fridays, the doorway to the weekend and freedom! 

My daughter is writing a big exam today – 4 hours! She was feeling quite jittery and I realised an important thing: I had not been praying for her success. So I prayed, I asked God to help her in her exams. I think I forget to pray sometimes. And yet God Himself calls us to be better than that – He says that we do not have because we do not ask.  At the same time, He reassures us, saying “Call unto me, and I will show you great and mighty things, things you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3). 

Some preachers refer to Jeremiah 33:3 as God’s phone number, that’s pretty cool in my books! Knowing that God is there – just a phone call away! 

Be blessed today!

A prayer for revival

What does revival mean? Revival means coming back to life.
Who asks for revival? People who have lost revival in their lives are the ones who ask for it.
What happens when you lose revival? When you lose revival, there is no joy. Most of the time you lose battles in your life because there is no revival.
What affects your revival? Going in the way of the world affects your revival.
So how does revival come? Revival cannot come without the presence of the Lord. When we lose touch with the Lord, we lose revival.

How to experience revival in your life:

1. Humble yourself and acknowledge that you have lost revival: "However, if My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves, pray, search for Me, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins and heal their country" 2 Chron 7:14
2. Seek the face of the Lord - return to the Word of God: "...return to Me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts..." Mal 3:7
3. Repent your sins - make a change of attitude, take a change of direction. Become a new creation - that is the meaning of repentance: "Therefore if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation, old things have disappeared and look - all things have become new!" 2 Cor 5:17
4. Give the right place to the Holy Spirit: "And I will ask the Father to give you another Helper, to be with you always" Jn 14:16
5. Pray with others for revival: God has made us a kingdom of priests. When we come together, we bring the presence of God with us, because God is in our hearts. "And He has made us a kingdom, to be priests unto God His Father, to Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever, Amen" Rev 1:6

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THE GREATEST ADVANTAGE

We who are Christians have the greatest advantage of all - we have God on our side! A Friend who never loses hope, an Encourager, a Help in times of trouble. Yes, the Christian life is a great life. I have never regretted a single moment of it. It is a constant learning curve for me. Here are some verses which I hope will encourage you in your walk with the Lord. May you grow in His grace and be strong in Him always. Amen.

LIVE FOR CHRIST
 “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; And He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Cor 5:14-15
 “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Gal 2:20

OBEY CHRIST
 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of Christ.” Rom 12:1-2
 “He who has my commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” Jn 14:21

THE BIBLE
 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reprof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Tim 3:16-17
 “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word…Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” Ps 119:9,11

PRAYER
 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:6-7
 “If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” Jn 15:7

PROTECTION
 Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
 Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;