Christ Centered Confessions

The believers's only comfort in life and death is that we are not our own. We belong to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit that lives within us.  The Spirit gives us power to live life abundantly; it is a an unshakable supernatural power. It is a power that raises and lowers  mountains. It breaks the boundaries of life and death that holds us captive to defeated existence. Have the divine Father? Have the exalted Christ? Have the gift of the  Holy Spirit? If yes, then you have divine power!

Praying for Your Pastor

(adapted from lduncan)

Because I have a family that loves me more than I deserve, when ever you pray for me pray the following:

Pray -

1. That Professor Dennis would know and love the living God, would have a saving interest in Christ, being purchased by His blood, and thus would be bound to the Lord by the indissoluble bond of the Holy Spirit.

2. That Professor Dennis would know, embrace and ever more deeply understand the Gospel and be shaped by it in life and ministry.

3. That Professor Dennis would be useful servant of the Lord, that he would know and love God's word, God's people, and God's kingdom; that he would be used to build it up and so that it prevails even against Hell's gates.

4. That Professor Dennis would study, practice and teach the Word of the Lord, by the grace of the Holy Spirit.

5. That Professor Dennis would love to pray, because he loves to commune with his God, and that he would be a man of prayer, characteristically.

6. That Professor Dennis would be ever dependent upon and filled with the Spirit; and that he would possess true Spiritual wisdom.

7. That Professor Dennis would be holy unto the Lord. That his tongue and heart would be wholly God's.

8. That Professor Dennis would be kept from pride, and especially spiritual pride. That the Lord himself would be gracious to slay pride in him, and that Professor Dennis would endeavor to always be putting pride to death, by the grace of the Holy Spirit.

9. That God would give Professor Dennis guidance as to where to focus his efforts in ministry.

10. That He would protect Professor Dennis from himself, from the enemy of his soul, and from all earthly enemies.

11. That no decision which Professor Dennis ever makes or desire that Professor Dennis ever pursues would restrict his ability to pour his whole soul into the Gospel ministry.

12.That many would be converted and many built up under Professor Dennis' ministry, to God's glory alone.

13. That the Lord would bless Professor Dennis' wife, Chanelle, with holiness and happiness, Gospel assurance and Gospel rest.

14. That God would make Professor Dennis a loving and faithful husband and father.

15. That Professor Dennis would be a godly husband to his wife, and love her self-sacrificially,

16. That Professor Dennis would be a godly parent to his children. That they would love God, their parents and the church.

17. That Professor Dennis would be a testimony in the home so that his wife might be able to respect him when he is in the pulpit, and so that Professor Dennis will be able to feed her soul, along with the rest of the congregation.

The fool says in his heart that there is no God (Ps 53:1a). The heart of a person is the seat of the intellect. Yet, the providence of God tells us that, "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice (ESV Proverbs 12:15)." Listen to what one of our Christian forefathers has pronounced:  

The person blind to the One is utterly blind to everything; but he who sees in the One contemplates all things. He abstains from the contemplation of all things and at the same time enters into the contemplation of all things while remaining outside what he contemplates.

- St Symeon the New Theologian

This is a profound statement. It has caused me to reconsider the wisdom of God as laid down by the biblical writers of the Old and New Testament. It prods me to reinvestigate the conventional wisdom of our church elders. We can learn a lot from our Christian ancestors.

I'm not sure yet, but it appears that the attempt to reform the modern church by current reformational leaders is possibly a feverish attempt to rehash the modern church. I will unpack this statement later.

My good friend told me that St Seraphim of Sarov once said the following:

God is fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. And so, if we feel in our hearts coldness, which is from the devil — for the devil is cold — then let us call upon the Lord and He will come and warm our hearts with perfect love not only for Him but for our neighbour as well.

Dearly beloved, believers in Christ Jesus, during this coming Lord's Day, ask yourself does God warm your heart. At the thought of our Lord Jesus Christ in his marvelous works for his wonderful Church, do you feel your heart warm up?