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Prayer Letter 1st December 2017

Hello Everyone,

This coming Sunday, we recognise as being the beginning of Advent. A time of preparing ourselves for the arrival of Jesus.

It would seem the world around us has been preparing for months.

A few weeks ago, our Pastor shared this verse with us in our Church:-

1 John 3. 1.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!

He lavished His Love on us by sending His Son, Jesus.

Our Pastor went on to say how we can either choose an orphan mindset, or live in the truth of being one of His Children.

Recently I saw a photo of orphans in Vietnam, living on a rubbish dump. My son in law works for a Charity called “Care for Children” and these orphans are some of the many this Charity is placing in Christian Families in the Far East.

We can even as Christians choose to live as orphans on the rubbish dump of life, or we can choose to live in the good of everything the Lord has for us.

I pray that as we move into and through this Advent Time, we will grow more in the goodness of His Family.

God Bless you as you continue in the work He has called you to, knowing that you are His Child every moment. Your work takes you out onto the “Rubbish Dumps”, where many people are living. I Pray that you will continue to make a difference out there.

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In Him

Alice.

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Tuesday 20th June 2017

Today’s exhortation – setting captives free cont.

Jesus said, “And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;” (Mark‬ ‭16:17‬). Every person who has received Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of their lives has the same authority The Lord Jesus had in the bible to cast out demons! This is an absolute truth and that means a new Christian has the same authority as a senior pastor once he or she knows who he or she is in Christ Jesus. The bible says, “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” (1 John‬ ‭3:8‬) and He has given us the authority to continue to do it too. There was an occasion when Jesus sent out seventy people to go and preach and about Him and heal people and the bible says, “the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”” (Luke‬ ‭10:17‬).

Jesus said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (Luke‬ ‭10:18-19‬). Serpents and scorpions represent Satan and all evil spirits including demons. The Lord has not only given us power, but immunity from harm too. There is nothing that can’t be broken off our lives in the name of Jesus, anxiety, phobias, fear, oppression, grief, depression, addictions etc. This teaching is not to glorify the devil or demons but to learn about our enemy and how they work against us so that we’re not ignorant of their devices. Have a blessed week.

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Wednesday 24th May 2017

Today’s exhortation – inner healing

The love of God has been revealed to us and He is The Lord Jesus Christ! He reigns over every circumstance in our lives and over all things. Nothing you’re going through now or have been through is too great for Him to heal. If there’s anything stealing, killing or destroying your life, The Lord Jesus has made provision for our healing and deliverance in all areas of our lives. He said, “the thief comes to steal, kill and to destroy, but I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly!” (John 10:10). Who is the thief? It’s the devil and his cohorts. They’re the ones stealing, killing and destroying our lives, marriages, joy, peace, happiness, families etc.

But there’s good news, the bible says, “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.” (I John‬ ‭3:8‬). “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians‬ ‭2:15‬). Now we may wonder why don’t we just pray and get healed instantly for inner healing, but matters of the heart and soul can run deep and The Lord in His mercy heals us gently. The bible says of Jesus, “A bruised reed He will not break…” (Isaiah‬ ‭42:3‬). He deals with us with tenderness and care because we’re fragile. Over this week, we will look at how to deal with generational curses. Continue to have a blessed week.

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Monday 16th January 2017

Today’s exhortation – Daddy God

“See what great love The Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! …” (1 John‬ ‭3:1‬). I believe when God calls Himself Father, it’s not just a title, but who He really is to us and He also wants to do everything a father does with his children with us. Therefore to our women, you are all “Daddy’s girls.” We all know how father’s love their daughters and are very protective over them. How on their wedding days they get walked to the altar by their dads and get to dance with their fathers. It’s just what our Father God wants to be doing with you ladies. His desire is to treat all of you like princesses because in His eyes you are, Queens!

To the men, Father God is a father who will go play football with us in the park or read to us at night. He’s the one who will go to football matches with us. Teach us how to shave and do all the stuff every father does with his sons. Finally, He calls all of us friends. The Lord Jesus said or did nothing except what He saw or heard from The Father say or do and so when He called us His ‘friends’, that was The Father calling us friends! That means we can tell Him anything and share everything with Him. Almighty God is our Father and our friend and He loves us beyond anything we can ever imagine. Hallelujah! Amen

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Reflection October 2016

Why does it always rain on me?

God Saved Us from Sin

At one time you were dead because of your sins. You followed the sinful ways of the world and obeyed the leader of the power of darkness. He is the devil who is now working in the people who do not obey God. At one time all of us lived to please our old selves. We gave in to what our bodies and minds wanted. We were sinful from birth like all other people and would suffer from the anger of God.

But God had so much loving-kindness. He loved us with such a great love. Even when we were dead because of our sins, He made us alive by what Christ did for us. You have been saved from the punishment of sin by His loving-favour. God raised us up from death when He raised up Christ Jesus. He has given us a place with Christ in the heavens. He did this to show us through all the time to come the great riches of His loving-favour. He has shown us His kindness through Christ Jesus.

For by His loving-favour you have been saved from the punishment of sin through faith. It is not by anything you have done. It is a gift of God. It is not given to you because you worked for it. If you could work for it, you would be proud. We are His work. He has made us to belong to Christ Jesus so we can work for Him. He planned that we should do this. Ephesians 2 1-10

So why does it rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen- This is a line from a song by Travis from 1999- have you ever felt that it always seems to rain on you? How many of us associate rest days or weekends off with bad weather and working days with the two days of summer we get in the UK?

Sometimes it seems that we have to ‘pay for’ the good things that happen by experiencing the bad- It was hot and sunny on my last rest weekend so I should expect this one to be rainy’

It is very easy to get drawn into this thinking when we consider our own lives, the lives of our family or close friends when things happen to us or them. We can get drawn into the belief that in some way we have to pay for the good that God bestows on us by accepting a bit of bad as well- For example- you may think that God has made you ill because someone in your family is massively successful at work or in the sport that they take part in- you hear yourself thinking ‘Is God punishing me because of their success?’

It is almost like we think that there is a large cupboard in Heaven marked ‘Good things’ that has a finite amount of good for God to give out…. And when it is gone it is gone; and once it is gone we feel in some way God has to in some way restock it by taking back the gifts he has given to others. Or that in some way God has to ‘balance the books’ between good and bad by handing out some illness, loss or ill fortune to keep everything in order……

Well I firmly believe that this is not how our father in Heaven works at all! We shouldn’t try and measure God by our own understanding because simply put God doesn’t work the way we do- God is gracious and giving without measure and taking away the gifts we have been given out of spite or because ‘he can’ is not in that nature; in Psalm 103 we read:

“He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him” (Psalm 103:10-13)

When we think about loss or ‘bad fortune’ we often think about the bible story of Job.  In Job, we see a man who God allows to be directly attacked by Satan. He is an example of faithfulness as he loses everything important to him yet remains faithful to God. Its purpose is to illustrate God’s sovereignty and faithfulness during a time of great suffering.

But what if you have suffered loss, like Job? He lost his health, his wealth, and his family. The temptation may be to blame God for your loss, as if God had a change of heart. But God is not fickle. He does not change like shifting shadows. He is an extraordinary giver who never takes back his gifts.

“God’s gifts and God’s call are under full warranty – never cancelled, never rescinded.” Romans 11:29, MSG

So if God is doing the giving, who is doing the taking?  Jesus provides the answer- The Enemy-

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10

We ought not to be confused about these two different roles. One is a giver, the other is a taker. If you have been given something good, then give thanks to God. But if you’ve been robbed, don’t blame God. He’s not behind your loss.

Karma versus Grace

If you think that God gives and takes away, then you may have missed the point of Jesus. Jesus came to reveal a generous Father and to destroy the work of the Thief (1 John 3:8). Jesus came that we might have life to the full, not to the half.

If you think that God gives and takes away, then you have more faith in karma than grace. Karma says what goes around comes around. If you’re healthy now, you’ll likely be sick tomorrow. If you’re prospering now, poverty’s waiting just around the next corner. When disappointments and hardships come, you won’t be surprised. You’ll just throw in the towel and say, “I knew it was too good to last.”

The world works according to the principle of give and take, but God just gives. The only thing he’ll take off you – if you let him – is your sin, your shame, your sickness, your worries and your fears. He takes away those things that harm us and only gives us good things that bless us.

God Bless

Keith