Yes God heals Today!

Jesus Christ healed the sick virtually everywhere he went during his ministry years on earth. Of course there was his hometown where the unbelief of the people somehow managed to reduce (but not eliminate) the number of miracles He did.

Skip forward 2,000 years approx to Celtic Tiger Ireland and guess what - He's still at it through His people and by the power of the Holy Spirit. It was outrageous that He told His friend some day that it'd be better for him to depart so the Promise of the Father, namely the Holy Spirit could come...and come He did at Pentecost! Yes there are still those "home towns of unbelief" i.e. places where His people should know better, yet despite the limitations on miracles brought about by unbelief He can still operate although in a reduced capacity.

Take God at his word I say. Read Isaiah 53 and 1Peter 2:24, learn how He bore sickness as well as sin and how we can gain both benefits by belief. He loves you. Ant

An Outragous thought!

"Be Holy for I am Holy" God said. Yet some find this impossible. Not so if we ask Him to help us. It's an absolute zoo out there in the fallen world. Drug and alcohol abuse are shocking as is the absolute futility of the lives of the vast majority. Is this what people were created for? Hardly. Let me propose the outragous thought that you and I were created for a relationship with our creator. We all dream of heaven yet we need transformation from above if we are to have a hope of getting there. That's the very thing Jesus promises to any who will sincerely call on Him. Try it!

"where have the miracles gone?"

I've heard it said that we should not expect much propesies today and that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are also not for today. I can well understand if some believers do not see such gifts in operation but to then try and shoehorn theology to justify the view that miracles are not for today denies the character of Jesus, who according to Hebrews chapter 8 verse 11 is unchanging. Remember Gideon. In his day no miracles were seen but did he conclude that the age of miracles was over? NO. He cried out to God asking "where have the miracles gone?". This is a more appropriate response than denying the miraculous presence and intervention of God today. What do you think?

...He's waiting for the call!

Talk to God always! Nurture your relationship by both talking and listening. He loves to hear from you and talk to you. And when you talk to him be natural and not like a robot rabbiting platitudes and pious words. What if a pal of your starting adopting a formula in communicating with you. Wake up and smell the coffee! God is a person...and He loves you.

Don't confuse religion with Christianity

Don't confuse religion with Christianity. Huh?? I hear you say...Remember that Jesus got the greatest opposition from the religious who prided themselves in "the knowledge of God". Sinners loved HIm. "But I thought it was all about being religous.." you might say. No. It's about relationship. He didn't die so you could have religion, He died so you could have life. Confused?? Just talk to Him, He'll explain it better than me.

Locked up demons

I have to be honest and say that I am greatly encouraged by the fact that when Jesus died on he cross He "led captivity captive" and made a "public display" of the defeated demonic powers that are in operation on earth (check out Ephesians chapter 4). Recently on the world stage we have seen huge demonic demonstrations. The temptation is to despair that the enemy is winning but, thanks to God's word, we can be sure of the exact opposite, namely that there is not a single demon in opeartion on this planet that was not publically displayed as defeated at Calvery. Good to be on the winning side isn't it. And if you are unsure which side you are on then turn from your selfishness and sin and turn to Jesus who bled and died for you. Nice also to be part of God's "mop up crew".

Never saw the like!

"we never saw anything like this" the crowd said after the healing of the paralytic by Jesus in Mark 2 (verse 12). There's a whole bunch of religous churchianity that the masses have seen and have understandibly gown quite bored of over the years. But when God re-emerges with his anointing to heal and touch lives through believers who, for a change believe, as He is doing in many cases today, people will again be heard saying "we never saw anything like this" . Such is the Kingdom of God.

The Great Encouragement

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you;and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
The Great Encouragement ("I will be with you") is wedded to the Great Commission ("Go") Wow.

Clouds above and crowds below speak in unison

The book of Hebrews in Chapter 12 verse 1 speaks of a supporting "cloud of witnesses" which egg us on to run the race for God. It is not unreasonable to conclude that if you are a believer in Jesus that those who dide in faith and are with HIm encourage us to share our faith. But few think of the crowds below who denied Him when alive on this earth but now like the rich man in hell who begged Abraham to send Lazarus to testify to his 5 brothers "lest they come to this place of torment" (see Luke's gospel chapter 16 verse 27 etc.) want us to witness for Jesus. Add the total population of heaven to the total population of Hell. That's a lot of people.

A woman who couldn't walk for 12 years...

"This evening we again saw mighty healings. A woman who couldn't walk for 12 years was brought in a wheelbarrow to the meeting and jumped out perfectly healed. I wanted to see the wheelbarrow, but they said that it was on hire and the owner had already left with it. Miracle after miracle was reported and the mighty crowd roared praises to the living God." Don't you just love when our wonderful Saviour touches people! this incident happened only yesterday at a CfAN gospel crusade. Check out http://www.cfan.org for more

Father has feelings too!

Salvador Dali's famous painting of the death of Jesus is taken from God the Father's perspective. I sometimes wonder how He felt when He saw Him die, that is before He turned away like He had to. All for us. I'm sure that was in the minds of both the Father and the Son. We can hardly brush off this event as meaningless or of no relevence to us when it cost our Creator so high a price.

The Problem with Heaven

What is the Gospel? Do good? Try Hard? Nah. Problem is that heaven, God's address is a place of perfection and we all fluffed it. Ooops...so what now? Thank God he sent his son Jesus to take the rap- which was a slap on the wrist...NO..but the death sentence..NO other way. Now we can get the goods he paid for: Forgiveness and eternal life if we park our self centerdness sideways and tell GOd what rotters we are when compared to Him, ask forgiveness and invite Jesus to be our boss. DO IT NOW.

Hello World...eeeeh....Hello...is anyone out there?

Hi there. This is Ant and I live in Sandymount Dublin Ireland. Yes I am an alian, this world is a strange place for me and it aint my home. I belong to an unseen and eternal kingdom which cannot be seen except by those who submit themselves to a powerful experience called being Born Again. Sounds wierd? It surely is, but weird and wonderful. MOre about that later. I, amongst other aliens serve a powerful and benevolent friendly King. If this Blog develops the way I hope there will be all sorts of wonderful things on it. Come back soon.