SEE THE MIRACLE WORKER – John 6:36

Scripture –  “But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe”

Observation – Jesus notices that everyone is wanting to see a miracle – such as multiplying the bread and fishes. They want Him to prove Himself by a natural miracle, however they miss seeing that the greatest miracle, the bread of true life is right in their midst.

Application – It is very easy for us to be so set on seeing a miracle that we miss the miracle worker – the Lord Himself. Signs and miracles are a normal part of God’s Kingdom however their purpose is to direct people’s attention to the Lord Himself. Some reject miracles and therefore miss the point. Signs point to some where. The supernatural works of God point to the supernatural God!

Prayer – Lord please help us not to miss seeing you in the midst of your miracles.

Richard K

THE AMAZING GRACE OF GOD - 2 Chron 33:12-13

Scripture –  “Now when he was afflicted, he humbled himself greatly before God and implored the Lord, the God of his fathers and prayed to His and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication and brought him back to Jerusalem with his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.

Observation – Manasseh had done a great deal of evil – one of the very worst! Yet as God promised if we cry to Him in our affliction he will deliver us. This is a story of God’s amazing mercy. As a result of repentance and God’s mercy, Manasseh ended reinstating worship of God and dismantling the idol worship and other evil things.

Application – The wisest thing we can do no matter how far we have fallen, is to cry out to the Lord in our time of distress. God hates sin, but He loves a person who will repent and turn back to Him. This is a great story for the backslider to read. IT is not a story that should make people think that it gives them an excuse to keep on sinning. We can die before we repent or our heart can be as hardened we do not want to repent.

Prayer – Help me Lord to be quick to repent and cry out to You in the beginnings of trouble. You are such a merciful God. I am amazed at Your love and mercy.

Richard K

WAITING SILENTLY ON GOD Isaiah 65-66, Psalm 62, John 3

Scripture – Psalm 62:5 “My soul waits silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him”

Observation – It is important that at times we are silent as we wait upon the Lord. Often we are doing all the talking rather than listening and waiting to see what He has to say or do. When we wait silently on the Lord it shows that we believe He has answers, words and what ever else we need. It is important to wait with an expectation of good. That is biblical hope!

Application – The Lord knows that I am often so busy running here and there and that I don’t find time to wait silently before the Lord. Perhaps this reveals a lack of confidence in me. Perhaps I don’t think I will benefit from this waiting. I’m too busy rushing off to do His work. Sounds ridiculous but itcan be true.

Prayer – Dear Lord, I am sure that I get into trouble, become stressed and lack peace and fruit because I neglect waiting silently before You. Help me I pray to wait on You as I should. I know I need You so much. I so easily can get side-tracked. My soul, wait silently on the Lord!

Richard K

I hope you are having a good day.

Today I read this word of exhortation from Ken Copeland. It is great! I was thinking of sharing a similar word last Sunday evening but the Lord took us in another direction. Our future depends a lot on what we are doing today.

It is worth reading and applying in the areas of our life where we want to be fruitful.

The farmer keep at all year – ploughing, sowing, watering, fertilising and eventually reaping. Today is a good day to start. If you have already started don’t quit. Keep at it.

“In due season you will reap, if you don’t faint.”

Keep the Weeds Out

“Jesus compared the kingdom of God with the planting of seed and reaping the harvest. It’s a simple concept. One all of us understand. Why, then, aren’t all of us producing bumper crops every season? It’s because we’re sitting around waiting for God to do all the work.

He doesn’t operate that way. He’ll work with you, but He won’t do it all. There are some essential things you must do by faith if you want to have a crop to reap at harvest time.

First, you must sow the seed of the Word in faith, expecting it to grow. You must find precious promises from God in His Word, plant them in your heart and in your life.

Next, you must water the seed. Water it every day with praise. Water it with the spiritual water of the Word. That Word contains life and those seed promises can’t grow without it.

And finally, you have to keep the weeds out! When the weeds of un-forgiveness, doubt, fear, discouragement, (and all the other junk the devil tries to sow into your crop) try to enter in, get rid of them. They’ll choke the Word.

That’s going to take some diligence on your part. No one else will do it for you. You’re going to have to weed your own crop yourself. So get tough about it. When a little weed pops up, kill it! Don’t hang on to it for even a moment. Pull it up by its roots. Spray it with the Word. Don’t be tempted to keep a wildflower when you can have the best–God’s best.

Don’t sit around waiting for God to produce your harvest. Start planting. Start watching over your land (your heart and your mind) to keep it moist, watered with the Word, and free from weeds.

Commit to do your part and trust God to do His. You will have a bumper crop this season!”

Thank You Lord for a great weekend of meetings! The Saturday Encounter was wonderful and this morning’s service just awesome. Felt like I had to say something.

On Saturday evening a number of people came out with exhortations from the Lord to be ready for the “heat” in the world by planting our roots deep in the “river” of the Lord. This was especially meaningful after our record heat-wave that has fried any plants that were without water. I love it when there is a flow like this with each prophetic word adding to the previous one. Psalm 1 – especially relevant.

It was so good to hear Mike Carew sharing about the amazing miracles taking place in Kitwe in Zambia. People being raised from the dead has become a common occurrence. Than You Jesus! It really is awesome to hear of the ripple effect of the Women Arise! meetings in Africa.

How good it is to hear what the Word of God says we are. I was certainly encouraged to be reminded that we are over-comers! This is certainly not what the enemy will be whispering in our ear.

Thank You Lord for Your continuing grace and love.

Richard

Hi Everyone!
While we are having a great time over here in Bali we are missing you all.
We certainly hope you are all well and rejoicing in the Lord.
This is a very beautiful place, with many beautiful people, however
there is an underlying spiritual darkness. Everywhere you turn there
is evidence of Hinduism that pervades the atmosphere. Incense is
consistently burned and little gifts are constantly given to the
“gods” to ward off evil and attract “good” luck.
We have been able to bless a few people and pray for a couple. I have
definitely been praying for Bali and especially for the churches that
operate here. As all over the world there is such a need for Jesus to
set the captives free.
Our holiday is quickly coming to an end. Today we hope to finish off
with a little shopping and then tomorrow do a little touring before
catching the plane home to Melbourne.
We will be back for the Sunday evening meeting. Hope to see you there.
We love you.
God bless you richly.
Richard

We are well and certainly enjoying the hot weather, although it is good to be able to return to an air-conditioned room. It is interesting being in another culture however there are times when there is an overload. This is especially the case when shopping -everywhere we go there are people trying to sell us hotel deals, sunglasses, motor-cycle rides, tours and anything else you can think of.

After such cultural experiences it is wonderful to get back to our little hotel-oasis and dive in to the pool, then relax in the shade and sip on a cool drink.

Today (Monday) is Di’s birthday. It was good fun shopping for some presents. The shopping is pretty good. You can get some quite good things for your money.

That’s it for now – too hot in the internet cafe.

Richard

The revival in Lakeland continues to gain momentum and its spreading around the world like wildfire. While I am excited about what God is doing in the revival I will not be satisfied until we have revival in Melbourne. It certainly is being prophesied that it will come to Melbourne. If you are interested you can actually see the revival meetings live on the internet by going to www.freshfire.ca

My advice is to stay open to whatever God wants to do. We should be careful about becoming “revival groupies” who know all about it but never experience it. We need to keep on doing what God has called us to do here and to keep a thankful heart for the miracles and breakthroughs that are happening in our midst.

I’m not satisfied and want more; but I am thankful for what we have at present. As we remain united in purpose, keep loving God and one another and keep praying for His kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, I am sure we will not miss out.

Hungry for more!

Richard

I have decided to join the world of blogging. I heard about it and had no idea what it was. As I checked out other people’s blogs, I realised it was a little like writing in a diary that everyone can read. It was also a little bit like writing a newspaper article and giving others an opportunity to respond with their comments. Hopefully it will produce some worthwile ideas, provoke some thinking and help us all in our journey in this life. I think that for a blog to be helpful it needs to be positive in its intention. We want people to feel free to make their comments, however they should not be of a critical and destructive nature. Differences of opinion are fine, as long as they come from a motive to build up rather than pull down.

Richard