The Mighty Army of God

by Team Soar Girls | 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.”

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

How to Prepare for a Sunday Church Service?

by Team Soar Girls | 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.

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

Is God Really Good?

by Team Soar Girls | 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

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

10 Images for you to NOT Give Up on Life (FREE RESOURCE)

by Team Soar Girls | Oct 17, 2023 | Christian Walk, Identity & Calling

Are you Broken? Sad? Depressed? Tired of living, so much so that you want to give up?

Ahh, don’t believe the lies in your head because the reality is that you are much loved – more than you than ever think of!

We made this pic-resource especially for you. A picture speaks a thousand words. Indeed, when its painted by God.

Here are 10 images that will change your mind about giving up on life..

Come on, rise up and soar!

XOXO,
Team Soar Girls
(Image courtesy: Canva Images)

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Never Lose This!

by Team Soar Girls | May 21, 2022 | Christian Walk, Identity & Calling

No matter what you go through in life, there is one thing you can never afford to lose.

And that’s your song!

Psalm 149: 1
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!

Psalm 149: 6-8
Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishments on the peoples,to bind their kings with chains
and their nobles with fetters of iron.

Praise is the highest form of faith.

Your song of praise has the power to bind your enemy with chains. When you choose to celebrate God despite and inspite of what is happening around you, remember there are two parties who are an audience to it. One is the devil – who moves further and further into frustration, knowing that he is fighting a loosing battle.

And, the other is God whose chest swells with pride as He sees a “son” who has positioned himself to receive a promotion in the unseen and seen world.

Recently in my time of worship God put these words in my heart.

In the midst of the raging seas,
I hear you whisper a song to me
A song of victory

My child though your eyes cannot yet see,
And all I need you to do
Is to sing it along with me

Listen, friend, never lose your song! Your victory is nearer than you can imagine.

XOXO
Author Kim D’Souza

5 Lies You Believed About Your Friends! (FREE EBOOK)

by Team Soar Girls | May 15, 2022 | Christian Walk, Identity & Calling

A friend is someone with whom you share a strong bond and deep trust with. In this journey of life, God gives us the freedom to choose our friends. Now that’s such an important choice, because they are the ones we give access into our lives.

Well, as much as God-sent friends can fast forward you into your destiny, the devil can plant wrong friends to subtly gain entry into your life and wreck your destiny!

Peer pressure can make us do things contrary to our conscience, bring guilt and condemnation and ultimately take us away from the beautiful plans of God. That’s why I wrote this short Ebook – “5 Lies You Believed About Your Friends” – for you.

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In the book, I present to you 5 lies about friends/friendships that you may have believed, and together we will also uncover the truth from the Word of God.

Also, don’t forget to take the Red Alert Friendship Quiz [HERE]

Don’t wake up when its too late!!!