Take communion.

I Corinthians 11:26
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

In Genesis 14, when Abraham defeated the kings and came back with the people and possessions,  Melchizedek, a priest of the Most High God brought forth bread and wine and blessed Him. What does the bread and wine represent? It is a covenant meal and it represents a covenant - God's covenant with Abraham which was ratified in the blood of animals.

In the new covenant, when we take the Lord’s Supper, also known as the Communion, we remember that we are in a new covenant with God by the sacrifice of Jesus, the Lamb of God. His blood has given us access to the new covenant which is based on better promises. We not only remember who Jesus is and what Jesus has done for us but we also proclaim and announce the victory we have received because of His death, burial and resurrection. Jesus said, 'Do this in remembrance of me'. The early church took Communion from house to house and were steadfast in this ordinance given by the Head of the Church. Every time you take Communion, you are declaring your victory obtained by the finished works of Jesus. If you are sick today, take communion and proclaim His health and healing, if you need finances, take communion and declare His provision, If you are afraid, take communion and declare that He is always with you. If you are struggling with lust, anger or some bad habits, take communion and declare that you have His overcoming power in you. Every time you take communion, you are declaring that you are in the new covenant and therefore you are victorious, successful, wealthy, healthy, anointed, well able and blessed.

Friend, you don't have to wait for the next communion service at your church, take it now, take it alone or with your family. As you take communion, bring your needs to Him and remember all that Jesus has done for you and proclaim that your needs are met, your debts are paid, your children are serving God, you have a good job, you are completely healed, your house is paid for and your bad habits are broken. Proclaim it boldly and with peace for Jesus himself is the guarantee of every word in the new covenant. Take communion consistently and enjoy the victorious life He has for you. This is your time!

I obey! Thats it!

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord : your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.

Nothing pleases God more than obedience. Obedience is more important than making sacrifices and offering gifts. The obedient ones are true worshippers. Live a lifestyle of obedience to God by submitting to His word and His Spirit.

Obedience has great benefits and brings supernatural results. Since the beginning of time, every person who has dared to obey God has experienced supernatural blessings. Every command of God is for your benefit. Nothing He says or commands will ever cause you harm or loss. Jesus is the head of the church and He is your Lord. He's responsible for you and everything that concerns you. Your protection, your prosperity, your health, your peace, your success and you bearing much fruit is His responsibility because He's the Vine and we are the branches. You abide in the Vine by keeping His commandments.  This is the reason He commands us because He loves us and wants to see much fruit in every area of our lives. The day you understand the purpose of His commands, you will be excited to carry out His orders and instructions. James 1.22 says, But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Make a quality decision to be an obedient person for this will be the greatest decision of your life.

Friend, Jesus said if you love me you will obey me. He loves you unconditionally. His love for you is not based on your obedience but your love for Him is based on your obedience. You are a soldier in the army of the Lord and Jesus is your Commander in Chief and the only thing He wants from you is obedience to his voice. "I am an obedient person. Jesus is my Shepherd and I am His sheep. I hear his voice, I recognise his voice, I say His voice and I follow his voice. I am an obedient person. I simply obey whatever He says and whenever He says it. I love Him and obedience is my delight. I enjoy doing what He says. This is my time".

Your words, Your world.

Your words, Your world.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Your world is framed and fashioned by your words. God framed the worlds by His word and you are created in the image and likeness of God. Your world responds to your words and takes the shape and structure of your words. Your world conforms to your words.

The word 'framed' in this verse means to put in order, to prepare, to fashion. Isn't it amazing to know that your world can be put in order by your words?. That means you can fashion your world the way you want it and the way you desire it because your words frame your world. The primary purpose of words is creation, not communication. Although communication is important, but it's not the original purpose. Proverbs 18.21 says, 'Life and death are in the power of the tongue, those who love it will eat it's fruit'. How do you see your world? Your life, your home, your family, your finances, your future. You may not like what you see today but you have the power to change it, frame it and put it in order just as you desire it. What YOU say is what frames your world and directs your world. Now is the time, take your words seriously and use it in a way that works for you and not against you. Speak and create the world you desire. Stop complaining and blaming others for what you see in your world. Take responsibility and start now. Speak!

Let the word of God become your words, your language for His word is perfect, pure and forever settled in heaven. As you consistently speak his word over your life, your family, your finances and every area of your life, you will begin to see a shift in levels. You will begin to see and experience the goodness of God and the favour of God in your world. Frame, fashion and put your world in order by speaking Gods word and enjoy your world. Hallelujah!

"Supernatural doors of favour, increase and influence are opening for me right now and I am going higher and higher in the name of Jesus. This is my time."

What does it mean to repent?

Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

To repent means to change one's mind. It means to realise that you are going in the wrong direction and you turn back from the wrong and turn towards the right. Repentance means you change your mind and you prove your repentance by the way you live.

The prodigal son left His Father, took his share of the inheritance and went to a far off land and spent everything He had on wild living and was left with nothing in a foreign land. To feed his stomach, he joined himself to a farmer of that country who sent him to feed pigs and he longed to eat what the pigs ate because no one gave him anything to eat. In the midst of his turmoil, He thought about His Father's goodness, love, freedom and provision, he came to his senses, he changed His mind, he rose up and came back to his Father. This is repentance. Its when you realise that you cannot survive without the Father and run back to Him. The prodigal son came back and as soon as the Father saw him, He ran and hugged him, accepted Him and welcomed Him home. He gave his son a robe, put a ring on his finger, slaughtered a calf and celebrated the return of his son.

Friend, there is nothing good for you outside of God irrespective of how good it looks and feels. God has the best for you. He has an awesome and a great life for you, the abundant and victorious life. He gave us Jesus to demonstrate his immense love for us. Repent, change your mind and realise that your works cannot save you. Repent, believe that Jesus has done all the works that needed to be done for your salvation and recieve Him as your Lord and Saviour. Repent, if as a believer you have made mistakes and restore your fellowship with the Father for you are His child. Dont run away from Him, Run to your Father in the name of Jesus, for this is your time to rule and reign in life.

You are brilliant!

You are brilliant.
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

II Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

God has given us an awesome and a rare combination, something that the world is desperately seeking for. God has given us His power, His love and His mind when He gave us His Holy Spirit.

You are a genius and an excellent person because you possess these three forces. You have the mind of Christ, you have the power and the love of God in you. In the world its impossible to find this combination of power, love and sound mind. You find power, but you don't find love and sound mind and if you find a sound mind and power, love is missing. Always there's something missing. In Christ, you have something that the world doesn't have and cannot get without Jesus. You are powerful, loving and you have a sound mind, which simply means you are an excellent person. You are brilliant. The verse doesn't say God will give it to you some day, it says God has given you. That means you have it now. When you acknowledge what you have and praise God for it, you will begin to see and experience the manifestation of these awesome realities. Settle this in your thinking by constant meditation and confession that you are brilliant because you have God's power, God's love and God's mind.

Friend, don't block these realities by speaking negative and stupid things about yourself. "I am no good, I can't do anything properly, I am so weak, my mind doesn't work and everything I do fails, I am just a horrible person" Change the way you speak. "Thank God that He has given me power, love and a sound mind through His Spirit. I am a genius and an excellent person. Everything I do excels and I am progressing and increasing in every area of life. Thank God for His goodness and for making me an excellent and a brilliant person" This is who you are! Hallelujah to Jesus!

“God has not given me a spirit of fear but of power, of love and of a sound mind. I am an excellent and brilliant person. Everything I do prospers. The Greater One lives in me. My life is a standard for the world and brings great glory to Jesus, my Lord. Hallelujah.“

Your helper : The Holy Spirit

John 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

If you have recieved Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, then this verse is not a promise, its a fact, its a reality in you. The Holy Spirit abides with you and is in you forever. Praise God. Be conscious that God lives in you.

Jesus said the Holy Spirit is our Helper, which means He's with us and in us to help us. Thats His primary work. As believers, its important for us to understand that we cannot live the Christ life without the Holy Spirit, otherwise Jesus wouldn't have prayed for a Helper. Zechariah 4.6 says, "It's not by might, nor by power but by my Spirit", says the Lord of hosts. We don't have to live and walk alone, thank God we have a mighty Helper. The Holy Spirit will help you in everything, be it Bible reading, prayer, in your job, in your relationships, in your finances, in giving counsel, in making decisions, in choosing a partner and in any area that you need help. He will help you in overcoming bad habits, in overcoming sin and He will help you become more and more like Jesus. He will help you do everything in a right way that brings glory and honour to the Father and Jesus Christ.

Friend, ask the Holy Spirit to help you. He will show you how to parent your children in a godly way. You need His help. Take His help and live the glorious life that God has for you. Aim to be more sensitive to the Holy Spirit by praying much in other tongues. Dwell on the word richly so you can easily discern His voice. Refuse to do anything without His help. He is ready to help you anywhere, anytime and in any situation for He is your mighty Helper. Make Him your senior partner and you will be never the same. This is your time.

Unity is strength!

Psalms 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it  is For brothers to dwell together in unity!

Jesus said through the unity and oneness of the body of Christ, the world will know that God has sent Him. Our unity is a great testimony to the world and it is a good and pleasant thing.

Unity among believers makes tremendous power available to us in all our gatherings. Praying for one another, supporting one another, forgiving one another, getting along with one other and considering others better than yourself is a great thing in the eyes of God. Paul said endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace, which simply means that unity is work. Unity doesn't just happen, we have to endeavor and give diligence at maintaining unity among ourselves. We have an enemy, Satan, who is the spirit of division and works tirelessly in creating strife, discord and division among believers. Division is powerful because Jesus said, Any kingdom or house divided against itself cannot stand. Therefore we must use our faith, pray and work with God in producing and maintaining unity among the church. Unity doesn't just happen, it requires diligence and sacrifices but it's worth it.

Friend, God himself testified about the power of unity when he saw people coming together to build the tower of Babel. He said, nothing that they have imagined to do would be impossible for them. Unity is powerful. As long as they were in one heart and one mind, no one could stop them but as soon as there was confusion and division, the work stopped immediately. Start with youserlf. You take a step towards unity. Forgive. Forget. Bless. Appreciate. Resist the spirit of division. Live in peace with all. You are a peace maker and this is your time.