Faith that Produces Results.

Sunday the 10th of April.

Genesis 1:11-12

What a great message preached by my Bishop-Elect Maddix.

Faith that produces results... I mean really what is the point in faith if you aren't seeing the fruits of it? EVERYTHING is designed to PRODUCE. As a farmer, you sew seeds and expect to to see a harvest. As a florist, you plant seeds and expect flowers to grow. and so on...  But lets go even deeper, If you sew a pumpkin seed you expect to see pumpkin. Not tomato or orange or banana or apple but pumpkin. Fruit will produce after its own kind. This is why as Christians our lives should be productive and we should be seeing growth in the faith (numerically, spiritually, financially & mentally).

Look at these two scriptures:

Deuteronomy 1:8 

Numbers 13:26-30

Read them? OK, Well sometimes God  may place put us in difficult situations or predicaments. When He tells you to go into a land at first we tend to look at obstacles and magnify them above the "milk and honey" but God may put your blessing in the midst of mess and God doesn't do for us what he has ordained for us to do. He does, however equip and anoint us for the work. Meaning we are "more than able" to do it.

You see sometimes, well most times, we want what is in "the land" but don't want to take the necessary steps to posses it. That is the problem. Most people are not possessors.

So what we do is we wait for a certain people to go before us and posses the land and we just go and enjoy the fruits of it.

Faith isn't what we think it is. It is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1)

Lets look at natural examples of things we cant physically see, because sometimes the things of the spirit may seem like foolishness to the natural man... ( 1 Corinthians 2:14). 

Radio waves &Signals ; You can't see them but our television still works.

Wifi; You cant see it with your natural eye but our internet and mobile phones still work. 

Electricity; you cant see it but it doesn't mean its not there.  

Wind: You cant see wind but you certainly see the results of it. 

The things of the spirit are so much more real than that of the natural world. In life we may have been conditioned to think a certain way about a certain thing and as you are condition you believe it. You will never rise higher than what you believe or think. It becomes your condition. Never let people put you in a box. And as a christian don't let the world take over you. In everything you do, choose to be the sheep among the wolves. Never lower your standards to meet them. You can't be weak, you must be strong in your faith in order to influence the world. Just like Jesus, our lifestyle has to rub off on the ones around us.

Romans 12:2- And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

I leave you with this.

 A melon has over 300 seeds. You don't need to plant all 300 of those seeds to grow a melon. All you need to sew is one. And you cant make that seed produce but there is LIFE in that seed. There is a seed of faith that has been planted in you that will produce LIFE. Make it come alive from today and step out in Faith to produce greater results.

#DestinyIsCalling-AnswerTheCall #2016

Please note: These notes are taken and inspired by my Amazing Bishop-Elects teaching On Sunday the 10th of April 2016 at our great Sunday service. If you would like to purchase the Audio disk ( And I strongly advise that you do) please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts  or our website on http://www.licf.co.uk/ and also Please LIKE our page, and follow us at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

Dear readers, sorry I have not posted in a while now. I will be back in the new year with regular updates, God willing. Blessings ! ❤️

Commitment

Bible Study - 11-06/2014

Taken from this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYGG3R9NDuo

Scripture : Genesis 29. 

Without commitment, nothing happens. 

Jacob worked 7 years for Rachael. After 7 years he is tricked into marrying her sister Leah. Leah has many children but the focus is on her first 4 boys. Here Goes...

1. Reuben means " he had seen my troubles- You can't be a christian or a believer because it's the new thing to do, or because of just anything you can only do it when you realise that your old life is misery and that it is not for you and until you are sick and tired of the flesh and the heart. You can't change something that you worship 

2.Simeon means "has heard"- You have to HEAR the word. So you can tailor your situation to the Word. Faith is not just thinking and hoping but it's hearing the word of God. If you look at the idea of Grafting. Grafting is taking skin from one place to another place and holding  it there until it sticks. It's same with the word. It's a long process. 

3) Levi- means to be attached/ joined/connected/focused/committed. You can not make relationship without reciprocity. You can not get into a relationship to get and not give. You have to give as good as you get or else that relationship won't work.

4) Judah means praise- we are living in a generation that likes blessings, favour and praising. We want Benefits but no responsibility. But realise gosh True quality never goes on sale. The only thing that goes on sale is cheap stuff. The real authentic stuff costs what it cost. If you something authentic you are going to need to pay for it & Put your everything into it. 

Here are 4 areas in your life you need to be committed: 

1. Your first commitment is to God. The one who gave you life. Give him your whole heart. Not your shouting crying and dancing that is commitment. Worship is spirit and in truth. 

2. Second is To Family. You better be commitment. To the we and the us and not the me and the you. 

3. Commitment to church.- This is t just a Sunday thing. You and I both know that going to church on a Sunday only is not commitment, it would be like going to work or school on Monday only and not returning till the following Monday.

4. Commitment to your dream. - If you really want it, you are going to need to work for it. It's not all glamour. The bible puts it this way " if we suffer with Christ we will also reign with him". TD Jakes says this " no cross no crown, no crown no cross" 

Commitment isn't easy, but it is worth it. I'm ready to take my commitment to the next level, are you?

It Is Finished!

JOHN 19:28-30 

28 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled,Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

It is that time we call Easter. We have all enjoyed the holiday and the chocolate. But Easter is more than a holiday or a "Holy-day". It is about Jesus.This may not meaning anything to you so lets look at who JESUS was and what his life was all about.

Jesus was a good man who was put to death. He was however, more than just a man, He was and is the Son of God. He is the the one who came down to earth from heaven, from eternity into time. He Came to show us as Humans the way. He lived a sinless life. Yes. Jesus lived a life without sin. Jesus was a real person, who went through REAL things. He was beaten, whipped, wounded, spat on, mocked, his skin ripped off him and in this weakened condition he was made to carry a heavy wooden cross  which he was then nailed to and crucified. 

God Shed his blood for us. Me you and we were all bought with a price. If we bring this back to the modern day world, If you go to a shop, there is a transaction that takes place before you have officially bought that item. This is what Jesus did. Jesus Christ came to rescue/save us.

Now you may ask, what does it mean when He said "It is Finished". In the Jewish language, the words "It is finished" in the Jewish language mean "Paid in full". 

Yes, Jesus died for us, Yes he was buried but yes he is ALIVE. 

Amazing isn't it... 

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GbRj6Jr8hxI

Please note: These notes are taken and inspired by my Amazing Pastors teaching from todays amazing Easter Service ( Sunday the 20th of April 2014 ). If you would like to purchase the Audio disk ( And I strongly advise that you do) please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts  or our website on http://www.licf.co.uk/ and also Please LIKE our page, and follow us at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

#TheNextLevel #2014

DON'T ACCEPT IT!

A few weeks Ago my Pastor PREACHED such a great messaged titled:

 "Don't Accept it" Based on Mark 10:46-52.

You often find that people come into a country with their same old thinking, and although they may be highly intelligent or very skilled , their mindset remains the same causing them to work in lower paid jobs. There needs to be a radical mind change so that those who have qualifications and other skills aren't working in low paid jobs.

Proverbs 4:24- Reads: Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

Most of us believe something wrong about ourselves. Although we may look good on the outside, and have cute clothes on, we still think bad about ourselves. Whether its that you think you cant do something or cant have what some else has we think something wrong about ourselves. But we need to realize that the problem isn't always the Devil... Why? Because Jesus already defeated him! The problem is with our thinking.

We  as humans often like to deal with Symptoms. So, if you are depressed you will be given anti-depressants to deal with the symptom. However, 4 hours later those symptoms return and you need to take more medication because we are dealing with symptoms and not the root CAUSE. But the Bible deals with causes. We need to get to the root to of the problem.

You may be unhappy and you don't "feel" that anyone or anything is helping you, but the problem is not with anyone but yourself and your thinking. Stop looking for someone or something to blame and just...

....Don't Accept it....

Wherever you are from you are shaped. If you come from a house that never taught you positive things, you are shaped and grow up to think  that certain way. That's why you find adults cant cope with certain things. 

Lets look at these few examples:

Your past: For example a 40 year old women cant have any peace with her husband. Realize that the problem didn't start when she was 40  but it could of started deep in her childhood and she never dealt with it. 

Stereotypes:  Many of us may be down there because of the labels teachers may have put on you or the Names that people gave you.  At times we try to act like everything is OK, but we let the lies and stereotypes that people put on us shape us. 

Look at the woman with the issue  of blood (Mark 5:25-34).Think of the fact that this woman was dying and weak because she was bleeding so much but she had made up in her mind that she was gonna push her way through the thick crowd and touch the the hem of Jesus' garment. 

There are some things that no doctor, psychologist or any person can fix but only God can fix it! Nothing will change in your life until you make up in your mind that you want change!

...Don't Accept It...

Everybody is in love with something. Most of the stuff that we are in-love with is WRONG. If God tells you to let go of something it just means that He has something BETTER for you. But because you don't THINK well of yourself you just accept and settle for the less. We are also way to concerned with IMAGE. We read magazines, books and watch shows to try and create our won image.  But if you read GEN1:26, you can really find out who you really are and don't need anyone to validate you! 

Gods word is medicine. You CHOOSE to take it.

God has something that we need but we want him to always come down and do everything but Jesus says whatever you need... come to me. Gods Word is there to make you better just like medicine.....                                        

(There is even more to this AMAZING life changing teaching but I couldn't possible let you into it all, so.... you will have to buy the CD)

Please note: These notes are taken and inspired by my Annointed Pastors teaching . If you would like to purchase the Audio disk ( And I strongly advise that you do) please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts  or our website on http://www.licf.co.uk/ and also Please LIKE our page, and follow us at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

#TheNextLevel #2014 #DontAcceptIt

Next Level Lifestyle...

Hello all, my apologies that I haven't had a chance to blog In so long. However I am back, and I'm back with a BANG! And I can assure you that in my silence I have been gathering, hearing and been impacted by some great messages! 

Over the next few posts I will be posting on topics/ messages based on helping you me and everyone to the next level in their life. 

As my church (LICF) have the exciting and great theme of "the next level" for 2014, we have not only been hearing great words regarding this but also have been experience a true NEXT LEVEL move of God.  I encourage you all this year to go and do more for God.

In your quiet place, Do More. At your works and schools, Do more. On the streets and in your neighbourhoods, do more. And in your church, do more. The more we can give the more God can bless us- it's a principle. Get in the boat this year as we embark on what may be one of the greatest years yet let's move forward always not being stagnant or looking back but being excited for what will happen.

Do not grow weary of well doing... 

And get ready for these NEXT LEVEL blog posts in the next few days!!! :D

#THENEXTLEVEL 

#Serving #Giving #Loving #Living #Thinking

The Cross..

I know i haven't written on the blog in so long, but i can assure you the messages that have been preached at church recently have been NEXT LEVEL messages. I will be updating my blog soon with them but until then i encourage you to watch this and be blessed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bba2Dqaw6SI

Happy Love Month x