25”Your strongholds will be iron and bronze,And as your days are, so will your strength, your rest and security be.

26 “There is none like the God of Jeshurun (Israel),

Who rides the heavens to your help,And through the skies in His majestic glory.

27 “The eternal God is your refuge and dwelling place,

And underneath are the everlasting arms; He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’

28 “So Israel dwells in safety and security,The fountain of Jacob alone and secluded, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens also drop down dew.

29 “Happy and blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,The Shield of your help,And the Sword of your majesty! Your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread on their high places [tramping down their idolatrous altars].”

Behold the word of God which is able to rescue and strengthen you in every situation. This verse is a solid cry for help in a situation where you find yourself helpless only the Lord who is your refuge and help He will listen and come down to help you and save you and deliver you from your adversaries Amen

This is a very powerful word which actually brings help from heaven to save you in an impossible situation for great is His love for His people Israel and we are blessed to have a God like Our Father in Heaven the Lord of Host who at his command will deliver you in the day of trouble Amen.

We must learn to stand with him in truth and humility for as His word says He gives grace to the humble but resist the proud. Amen 

God bless

Pst Owens 

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Matthew 4:4

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God amen

8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.(A) 

9 After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol(B) and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them. 

10 The Lord’s anger was aroused(C) that day and he swore this oath:(D) 

11 ‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more(E) when they came up out of Egypt(F) will see the land I promised on oath(G) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(H)— 

12 not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.’(I) 

13 The Lord’s anger burned against Israel(J) and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.(K)

14 “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.(L) 

15 If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.(M)”

There is a beautiful lesson to be learnt and reflected on when we read the above verse. The congregation that moved out of Egypt with great joy and freedom they saw the power and glory of Gods hand move for them they stood in awe but when times of testing came their belief was not as grounded and rooted as it should have been. This is really important as even today every single believer counts what you do; what you say; what you believe in as although you walk personally your walk should be in a way that you support and uplift each other as and in the body of Christ. There is a lesson here that needs to be considered there needs  to be absolute unity in thought and ability to encourage each other as part of the congregation of Gods church. Unlike the days gone by the congregation of Israel seeing the mighty acts of God should have been really very strong in faith but when God showed them the promised land, most of them agreed and believed that it could not be taken except for two - Caleb & Joshua it was a discouragement for all of Israel- even today as we walk with the Lord together some of us believe and the rest don’t stand in this belief that — if God has promised He will do it !! And as we see for Israel God punished them by letting them wander in the desert for 40 Years! - so the question we need to ask ourselves is : are we a congregation that is pressing on walking in faith or are we only a church that is ‘Wandering’ about in the desert ?

All one requires is deep faith in Gods ability to take you through to the promised land. And this faith has to move together as one in the body of Christ encouraging and uplifting all to press on and believe and receive the promise that God has kept for us. For if we don’t believe with all our heart as we note above - because of a few Israelites who did not believe the whole congregation was judged from age of 20 years upwards none of them entered into the promised land but God made them to wander about the wilderness till they were no more. 

As the body of Christ we are all called to believe and it is our belief/ faith  and actions that make us doers of Gods word. Let us understand and make necessary corrections to our lives  as the body of Christ to behave and act like a Living Church which walks by pure faith and not sight in Jesus name Amen! 

God bless!

Pst Owens 

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Matthew 4:4

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Amen!

*”I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord—but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me.”*

Praise God and welcome to Gods word. Today’s verse were words spoken by Jesus telling us the way He operated while He was here on earth doing His Fathers will.

Firstly He states clearly that He can do nothing on His own but only as taught by God. — 1/ We need to have the same attitude and need to learn from The Living Word of God. Having a heart to learn is important as in this attitude we understand that we know nothing and need to understand what is expected of us learn and do accordingly.

2/ Jesus said He was taught by God (instructed) by His Father and listened to His bidding. — We too need to hear what God is instructing us to do in our lives and not just hear but do so plainly (as we learn) 

3/ As the voice came  to Him (Jesus) so He gave His decisions.

— As we listen to Gods instructions we too will learn to take decisions which are as per the promptings of the Holy Spirit taking shape in the words we speak or the decisions being taken. 

4/ Jesus did not exercise His own will but only the will of His Father in Heaven — we too need to learn to give up our will our intents our expressions and rely on and trust completely on the will of the Holy Spirit that speaks through us ( honour the will of the Spirit of God within us, constantly incline our inner conscious  to hear and do as the Spirit of God tells us to do) 

As we learn to walk in this manner we too will learn to separate our thoughts and walk in the way of the Spirit to completely understand what is required of us by the Lord and do plainly so. In John 4:23-24 it says that God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and truth and the Father searches out such true worshipers - It means that when we seek Gods will in all the we think and do, it is also a way of honouring the Lord and worshiping Him from your innermost being and in truth (realising the things that God requires of you and doing exactly so) when we understand this we will never move out of the will of God but remain it in at all times. 

This is what is required of us to understand and do the will of our Heavenly Father - Amen! 

God bless

Pst Owens

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Matthew 4:4 

Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Amen