Flip The Switch
Flip The Switch
So many Christians are living an anemic faith, the atmosphere around them lacks passion, power and influence. The good news is that God has created a powerful tool to increase our faith and power, it’s called fasting. When we fast we flip the switch and turn the tables on the enemy.
I Am Good
I Am Good
We hear people say “God is good” but many of us don’t believe it. Many of us picture God as an angry, spiteful deity who is waiting to punish us for every slip-up. The problem is, that is an incorrect and distorted view of God that hurts us.
I Am Here
I Am Here
What does it mean when we say “God is here” Maybe it is less about the fact that God is everywhere, and more about the reality that He is here and wants to speak to you, to know you, to engage with you. If God is here, then how to we hear his voice, how do we know Him?
I Am Worthy
I Am Worthy
Our culture tells us a lot about where we find our worth, but what does the Bible say about it? How can we find our true worth? In this new series Alex Smethurst, will encourage and challenge you to not look at your situation to find your worth but to focus on God and worship him.
Don't Worry I've Got This
Don't Worry I've Got This
Do you really believe that God has the ability to do the things you are asking him to do? Sometime we don’t believe because we don’t take time to behold. The word behold means to stand amazed and in awe. Are you making the decision to take the time to intentionally reflect on how good God has been in your life? Sometimes we lack awe and wonder because we don’t take time to behold what God has done in our lives.
Hope Comes The Hard Way
Hope Comes The Hard Way
Often we believe that in order to have hope we need to see an absence of struggle or conflict on the horizon… smooth sailing ahead. The way we think of the birth of Jesus doesn’t help either, we hear phrases from our favourite Christmas carols in our heads and we risk losing the reality of the events of that night. Jesus came into the world through pain and struggle and his birth triggered a storm that the prophet Simeon told Mary “would pierce her soul.” Hope isn’t the absence of pain and struggle, it is an anchoring to Jesus, the one who calms the storm and walks on top of the waves and the one who can bring us through whatever we face today.
It's Small But It's A Start
It's Small But It's A Start
Have you ever felt you don’t have enough? Maybe you look at your resources, your job or your relationships and you assume that God can’t use you fully until you’re in a better spot. The bible actually says the opposite, that we are made strong in our weakness and that God isn’t asking us for what we don’t have, he’s asking wants to use the small things to demonstrate His great name. The bible is clear that we aren’t to despise small beginnings, but rejoice in them because they are the seeds for the glory of God to be revealed in and through us.
Prosperity Isn't A Dirty Word
Prosperity Isn't A Dirty Word
Unfortunately the word “prosperity” in church has taken on a distorted and twisted meaning that God never intended it to. What if God’s heart isn’t that you’re always just trusting Him for provision to make it through the week, or from pay check to pay check? What if God wants to fill you with the kind of generosity that blesses other people and blesses your life too. We don’t give to get, we give to give!
Get Your Priorities Straight
Get Your Priorities Straight
Have you ever felt like you’re spinning your wheels, stuck in the same ruts, never seeing lasting breakthrough? We want to see breakthrough and blessing but overlook the power of our priorities. God says that he won’t be second, that he can’t be second but most of us live our lives with God at the bottom of our priority list. It’s time to get our priorities straight so we can see the breakthrough we need.
It's Your Move
It's Your Move
Sometimes we can get stuck with the idea that it is God who will make the first move, but the Bible paints a different picture. If we want breakthrough in our lives we are the ones who need to make the first move in faith, trusting God with our heart and our life.