Why You Need to Surrender Your Body to Christ

Why You Need to Surrender Your Body to Christ

by | Apr 13, 2024 | Christian Walk, Identity & Calling

Did you know your body is God’s personalized temple? It belongs to Him. But we do not always give our bodies to God. Our bodies are mostly controlled by our passions and very rarely led by the Spirit of God.

Here are 3 verses from the Bible that say that your body belongs to God:

1 Corinthians 6:13 says, “…The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.”

“Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit.” Malachi 2:15 (NIV)

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

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God is inviting us to surrender our bodies to Him

The Bible says in Romans 6:13 (NLT), “Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.”

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”
Romans 12:1 ESV

Every day, we have a choice to let God use our bodies and present it for His purpose or to let our desires and passions control it. It requires surrender and intentionality every day.
Let us make this year count and make this prayer for 2024:

Lord, let my eyes be Your Eyes.
Lord, let my mouth be Your Mouth.
Lord, let my ears be Your Ears.
Lord, let my mind be Your Mind.
Lord, let my hands be Your Hands.
Lord, let my feet be Your Feet.
Lord, let my heart be Your Heart.
Lord, let my desires be Your Desires.
Lord, let my thoughts be Your Thoughts.
Lord, teach me every day to put on Christ.
Lord, I cannot do without you! Here, I surrender my body to do your will. I receive your grace in Jesus’ name. Amen.

XOXO
Alisha Joji

 

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The Mighty Army of God

The Mighty Army of God

by | Apr 3, 2024 | Christian Walk, Identity & Calling

For at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great army, like the army of God. 1 Chronicles 12:22 (NKJV)

This scripture is one of my favorite declarations. It talks about something amazing that happened with David when he became the king of Israel. Day by day men came on their own to David, wanting to help him and to be a part of his team. This kept happening until he had a ‘great’ army. And, this army was like the army of God!

Child of God, this is your portion. When you hold onto the vision God gives you and walk by faith, favor will come chasing you to make you great – almost like God!

Recently, the Holy Spirit gave me a renewed understanding of this verse. Until then, as I was confessing this verse, I would always imagine a supernatural increase in the number of people coming to be part of our vision, until the Holy Spirit said, “It is not about the numbers, but a handful who really believe in Me.”

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God is not interested in numbers as much as faith

The Bible is filled with examples of this. When we look at the Israelites, we see there were about 6 million people who crossed over from Egypt. But, out of these, only Joshua and Caleb, believed that God would do what He promised.

Another instance – When we look at the life of Gideon, he was fighting against a great army and started with 32,000 men from Israel. But God said to send home all who are fearful and afraid. In an instant, the army was reduced to less than half, and God was still not convinced. He said to take the remaining men to the water and choose those who lapped the water like a dog, finally bringing the total to 300.

God’s great army is not an army that is great in numbers, but an army that is great in faith. If He can find one man or woman who is convinced that God is able to do whatever He promises, He can bring a nation out of them!

We are in the end times and God is raising a great army. He wants you to be a part of His army. Your qualifications or skills are not criteria for Him to choose you. But God is saying, “Will I find faith?”

A people filled with faith will be His great army!

XOXO
Author Kim D’souza

 

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How to Prepare for a Sunday Church Service?

How to Prepare for a Sunday Church Service?

by | Mar 24, 2024 | Christian Walk, Identity & Calling

Remember the last time you prepared for an event before attending it? It could be an interview, a meeting, an annual day program, or a party where you had to speak.

But have you ever thought of preparing yourself for a Sunday service? You may say, “A Sunday service, what is there to be prepared for?!” You may say, “I have nothing to do on a Sunday except hear the Word, so it doesn’t require any preparations.”

Dear sister, if you think that way, then you miss out a lot on a Sunday service, more than you realize. Preparation before a Sunday service sets you up to receive more than what a regular church attender can.

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When you go for a Sunday service, you need to be very intentional about receiving from God, and you will be amazed at how God speaks to you and your situation.

Want to have encounters with God during the Sunday service? Want to receive a breakthrough Word for your situation? Here are 4 ways you can prepare yourself:

1/ Prepare your heart

“But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7

Preparations start from your heart. The priority is not really about what you are going to wear for the service, though that also matters because you are going to meet with the King of kings.

But sometimes, we tend to focus so much on preparing on the outside that we neglect to prepare our hearts to encounter and hear God.

What is in your heart at the moment? What are you pondering on?

What are you more concerned about? What is your motive for going to a Sunday service? Is it to hear from God, understand Him better, celebrate and worship Him, or go for the sake of it as a habit?

Are you going to impress a man or meet a friend, or are you going to have this date with the Father?

The best way to prepare your heart for a service is to talk to God heart-to-heart before the service. And He knows what’s in your heart. Your heart needs to be hungry and asking God to speak to you on this day.

The Word of God says in Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”

If you are not blessed on a Sunday service it’s because you came unprepared and you weren’t hungry.

Be desperate and joyful and say, God, I am coming to enjoy You, to love You, and to hear what You have to say for me. I want to grow and be just like You!

2/ Ask Questions

The second way to prepare is by asking God questions.

“After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.”
Luke 2:46

Wow! Jesus was found listening and asking questions.

During one season of my life, I used to travel almost 2 hours by train for a Sunday service. And that was the best time because I would ask God questions and talk to Him. And it is amazing how God would use my Pastor to answer these questions.
I never had to go to him personally and ask, but the Holy Spirit would hear all my conversations in the train and speak through my Pastor during the sermon. I received a lot of guidance, corrections, direction, and encouragement. God is so awesome!

God just needs one hungry person, and He can make the whole sermon for that person.

God is not limited to just using your Pastor; He can talk through a church member; He can speak to you during worship or prayer, or He can begin to speak to your spirit even as you enter the doors of your church – that’s what preparation can do!

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
Mathew 7:7-8

3/ Pray

The third way to prepare for a service is to pray. Prayer is the same as talking to Him, but here you are praying intentionally for certain things:-
1. Ask God to prepare your heart and give you focus.
2. Ask forgiveness for any sins or if you forgot to speak to Him the whole week!
3. Ask God to speak to you or give you direction or confirmation.
4. Ask God to give you a Now Word from the man of God.
5. Pray for others that they, too, will receive and that none will miss the Word due to any distractions.
6. Pray in tongues.

4/ Serve

The other way to prepare is to come early and serve. Help in any way, keep the house clean, arrange the chairs, greet people, see where the need is, and be available. Remember, you are a daughter of the house and not a visitor; God’s house = your house.

Dear sister, if you can prepare yourself well spiritually and physically, your Sunday services will be more exciting. Let us know what are some ways you prepare before a service? We love to hear from you!

XOXO,
Alisha Joji

 

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Is God Really Good?

Is God Really Good?

by | Mar 16, 2024 | Christian Walk, Identity & Calling

Do You Really Believe in God’s Goodness?

Most Christians find it easy to believe that God is great. But, only a fraction of them believe that God is good, and that He is good to them!

This is the reason why the Body of Christ is suffering. Because, though we say with our mouths that “God is good”, but at the heart level, we really don’t believe it.

Child of God, the goodness of God has to be a firm foundation in your life. You need to be convinced in your heart and mind that God is good because its only on the goodness of God that faith can hinge on

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God’s goodness is an established truth

If you ever arrive late for work, you cannot give the excuse that the gravitational forces did not work and hence you got late! Chances are that you will be fired for such an excuse.

Similarly, God’s goodness does not fail. No matter what happens in your life, God is good, and that doesn’t change. Rather than questioning God’s goodness, you should examine your life and find out what is going wrong.

Self- Test: How do you know if you really believe in God’s goodness?

Recently, I heard the Holy Spirit say, “If you hear people talking about their traumas and bad memories from their past repeatedly, they don’t really believe in My goodness.”

When you are convinced of the goodness of God, you will not be filled with memories of sad moments in your life because you will look forward for your future knowing God’s plans are for your good (Jeremiah 29:11) .

Psalm 145:6-7 says, “Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I will declare Your greatness. They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, And shall sing of Your righteousness.”

Yes, unfair things may have happened to you in the past, but you need to move on. Rather than meditating on all that went wrong, you need to meditate on how God has been good to you.

The people who are convinced of His goodness, when they have a memory to talk about, are not talking about how everything didn’t go right, but their memory utters of His great goodness.

How can we be established in His goodness?

One practical way to be established in the goodness of God is to find every scripture that talks about the goodness of God and start meditating on it.

God is good; it’s His nature and character. The more you meditate on and declare God’s goodness, the more it will become an established truth in your life.

The goodness of God is unchangeable and unshakeable

Have you seen how water drips out when a wet cloth is squeezed? When situations come to squeeze you, praise must drip out of you because you believe that God is still good.

“And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.” And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence.” Exodus 33:18-19

We see in the above verses how when Moses asked God to show him His glory, God said He would cause His goodness to pass before Moses, not His might or power, but His goodness.

This season, can we make the decision not to dwell in the past any longer? Let us move forward with our gaze fixed on the goodness of God.

XOXO
Author Kim D’souza

 

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A Love Poem To The Lord

A Love Poem To The Lord

by | Mar 3, 2024 | Christian Walk, Friendships

One of the best ways to deal with painful moments in your life is to convert it into praise. The Bible says in Psalm 149:1, “Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise in the assembly of saints.”

During one such moment, my heart began to sing a new song and I penned it down. If you are going through a painful moment in your life, I pray this poem will encourage you.

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A LOVE POEM TO THE LORD

Each and every day I be
My heart is closely calling me
With all the time passing by
Jesus I keep on You my eyes

In Your presence I want to weep and cry,
And receive the Word faithfully by
Your Blood has washed me cleansed me through
Your sacrifice on the cross has brought me through
And I oh Daddy today remember You

Oh Holy Spirit You guide my way
With me oh You always stay
I thank You with all my heart
Each new day with You I start

Father your living Word makes me
What I really should be
Prayer increases intimacy with You
Like a child I want to draw close to You

The works of a shepherd and shield in my life You do
Oh Daddy Jesus I love you!

A daughter to You I will always be
This identity in my life will always lift me

I thank You Lord for all and
I trust You, You will never let me fall

This is what my heart says to You
The way You love nobody can ever do…..

XOXO

Khushi Khatri, India (Guest post)

 

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