Religion & Spiritual

Having attended a great many conferences over the years my observation is that the modern church is largely concerned with matters such as leadership, growing the numbers in your congregations, or church planting. There is no doubt at all that these are wonderful and necessary topics to facilitate the building of the Kingdom of God. There is, however, very little focus on healing ministries and as a consequence the doctors are the first port of call for physical problems. For many churches, even large city congregations, if there are mental or emotional issues the people are sent to psychiatrists or Christian counselors trained in secular techniques. In contrast if we look at the Jesus model, His focus was on healing the sick, freeing those with demonic bondages and healing the broken hearted. Apparently, His disciples freely received this ministry from Christ themselves before they were commissioned to take the good news to the World. Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. NIV Perhaps we could look at it in this way. Imagine if you were putting together a football team and selecting your players. "Alright, I choose that man over there with one leg, the blind guy, that deaf fellow, the man with one eye, those chaps with the back braces on, and those cripples." Then you launched them out onto the field, yelling with great enthusiasm and encouragement; "Go get them guys!" It doesn't make much sense to me, but many of us have been around churches where the focus is on trying to motivate broken people to live a victorious life of faith. We have all seen the fallout and problems from people with unresolved issues active in a church environment. Remember the 'Vasa' There is an old Swedish warship housed in a museum in Stockholm called by the name of 'Vasa.' She was commissioned to be built by the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus for use in the war with Poland-Lithuania and was constructed 1626-27. Upon completion she was considered to be one of the most powerful warships in the world at the time. A tremendous amount of resource was put into her, and she presented with rich and ornate decorations. She was loaded with large and powerful guns. Unfortunately, all of the expense and efforts went into her appearance and equipment for war. Not enough time was spent on the design and what was done below the waterline out of sight. The result was that she appeared to be a splendid, dangerous and formidable enemy, when in fact she was unstable in her foundation and not well ballasted. Sadly only 1400 meters into her maiden voyage she encountered a gust of wind which caused the ship to capsize and sink. The guns had just been fired as a grand salute to onlookers as the vessel left Stockholm. The lesson for us is if we spend all of our time on presentation and how things look, and neglect dealing with the sub surface problems of the church we may not ever even get into battle. If we train people in leadership, and develop or release gifts but don't deal with the unresolved issues in their lives, are we building on sand? We have found that if we focus on the people being set free, the gifts and leadership come with motivation that God is pleased to bless. At times I have ministered to leadership teams of larger churches and have been amazed at what is often going on in the background. I thoroughly believe that healing the brokenhearted and setting the captives free was the main ministry of Jesus for a very good reason. If we want to be the stable church that God is pleased to anoint, we may need to consider spending a little more time on working below the water line and sorting out the areas that are not always visible.

This book provides the body of Christ with a means of dealing with mental disorders. It was produced from a background of decades invested in ministering to the roots of these disorders, and predictably and consistently seeing them resolved through the work of the Holy Spirit. The publication proposes that God has the answers, and is desiring that people everywhere receive the freedom that He has promised and made available.

In this book Lydia brings insight about life and the afterlife. You will read about the intrigues of time and how it all began. You will get a glimpse of several events that must take place in the history of mankind as foretold in the Scriptures. Every human being has been allotted time on this planet. In verse 5 of Job chapter 14, “Man’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.” The Bible teaches us that God has knowledge of the specific number of days we will live. God’s plan involves the day we were to be born and the day we are to die. This knowledge should help us be wise and live our lives in righteousness and be fruitful in every way. This book was written to help people find a live that is meaningful, fruitful, joyful and exhilarating as it explains God’s plan for man for his time on earth and into eternity. Lydia explains why it is important to involve God in every decision pertaining to this life. It is important to ask yourself these questions: When life on this side is over, where will I spend eternity? How am I spending the days that God has numbered for me? What am I doing with my God-given gifts and talents? Lydia gives further insights into eternity and addresses more important questions such as: Are human beings made of spirit, soul and body? Are heaven and hell real places? Is reincarnation truth or deception? Are Near-Death-Experiences proof of an afterlife? Will there be a day of judgement in eternity? When you take your last breath here on earth, those who believe in Christ Jesus and have lived a righteous life, begin eternal life in heaven. Those who rejected Christ face eternal damnation to hellfire. Death is not the end of life but the beginning of the afterlife which is eternal. Life on earth is just a preparation for eternity. God has placed an awareness in our hearts that the spirit lives forever. There is something more than this transitory world

This is the program journal of the book, Too Busy For Worship by Dr. Muthoni Omukhango. It will help you: 1. To capture your developing responses as a reader. 2. Understand what you are reading. 3. Show how you are improving as a reader. It is a record of your thoughts as you read which is completely unique and different from anyone else's. In the main book, you will learn: 1. That God ordained work and He was the first worker 2. That we were created to work without toiling 3. The significance of Sabbath and how to rest today 4. Best Biblical example of working from a place of rest