OPEN HEAVENS 2017 DEFENDING HIS NAME – Thursday May 18th 2017 Memorise:  Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. Psalm 106:8 Read:  Psalm 106:7-9 (King James Version) 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. Bible in one year:  Deuteronomy 29-30, Jeremiah 32:16-25, Hymn: Sing hymn 12 MESSAGE The Bible declares that our God is a very present help in time of trouble (Psalm 46:1). This means that He is ever-present or always ready to help in the time of trouble. Rccg open heavens today. There are several reasons why God makes His help available to a person. Understanding these reasons and applying them

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES THURSDAY, 18TH MAY. EMULATE HIM IN YOUR LOVE-WALK. RHAPSODY OF REALITIES THURSDAY, 18TH MAY.  http://bit.ly/2dZqtLQ EMULATE HIM IN YOUR LOVE-WALK. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith (Galatians 5:22). Your maturity as a Christian is measured by the love of God that you express to others. Romans 13:8-10 says, “Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law….love is the fulfilling of the law.” 1 John 3:14 says, “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.” The new creation is created to love. Observe our opening verse again; it doesn’t say, “But the fruits of the spirit are…”; rather, it’s specific. It says, “…the fruit of the spirit is love…,” letting you know that love is the dominant fruit of the recreated human spirit. It’s important that you understand and walk in the d

  May 18, 2017 Clothed by God Amy Boucher Pye Zechariah 3 See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.  Zechariah 3:4 When my kids were toddlers, they would play outside in our sodden English garden and quickly become covered in mud and dirt. For their good and the good of my floor, I’d remove their clothes at the door and wrap them in towels before sticking them in the bath. They’d soon move from dirty to clean with the addition of soap, water, and hugs. In a vision given to Zechariah, we see Joshua, a high priest, covered in rags that represent sin and wrongdoing (Zech. 3:3). But the Lord makes him clean, removing his filthy clothes and covering him in rich garments (3:5). The new turban and robe signify that the Lord has taken his sins from him. We too can receive God’s cleansing as we become free of our wrongdoing through the saving work of Jesus. As a result of His death on the cross, we can have the mud and sins that cling to us washed away as w