Sunday 30 September 2012

Bible reading: Joel 2: 19-26, I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten

19 The Lord replied[a] to them:
“I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil,
    enough to satisfy you fully;
never again will I make you
    an object of scorn to the nations.
20 “I will drive the northern horde far from you,
    pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
    and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench will go up;
    its smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things!
21     Do not be afraid, land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.
Surely the Lord has done great things!
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.
He sends you abundant showers,
    both autumn and spring rains, as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm[b]
my great army that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
    and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders for you;
never again will my people be shamed.

prayer for the nation

1 John 1: 9 says: if we confess our sins, You are faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Father, upon your word we stand forgiven. Thank you.

We hereby proclaim and declare the Lordship of Jesus Christ over ...... (name of the country). We declare Jesus reigns and rules over and in ......

We pray for God's blessings upon our country.

We pray for economic advancement. We pray for fruitfulness for all the works in the government and private sector. We pray for the leaders selected in the government sector  are those with competencies, have a heart to serve the people with compassion and justice.

We declare that God's will, plans and purposes for .......in heaven is done on earth.

We decree the return of God's people to love God, to keep His commandments, to delight to walk in the fear of God and to serve Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength in Jesus' name.

We decree God's intervention and establishment of a God-fearing government in ....... in Jesus's name.

We decree the government to be God-fearing, loyal, united and govern in fairness, justice, righteousness, truth and wisdom in Jesus' name.

We decree greater representation of God's people in the administrative arm of the government, e.g the army, the police force and civil service, in Jesus' name.

We decree an awakening across ...... from the apathy of corruption and injustice to champion righteousness, justice and truth in Jesus' name.

We decree spiritual blindness and deafness over the people be broken and destroyed, in Jesus' name

We decree all oppressive and unjust laws abolished in Jesus' name.

We decree government policies to be founded on godly principles to produce socially sound and academically excellence generation of men and women, in Jesus name.

We decree the lost in ...... redeemed into the Kingdom of Christ in Jesus' name.

In the name of Jesus, we declare that a new season has begun for the people of God in ...... (country), that we will move from fear to faith, from intimidation to courage, from timidity to boldness, from compromise to steadfastness, from slumber to wakefulness, from mourning to rejoicing, from slack to vigour, from hesitation to vibrancy, from weakness to strength,  from monotony to creativity, from fruitfulness to fruitfulness, from strength to strength, from glory to glory, from victory to victory, that the name of Jesus Christ may be glorified in all the earth. Amen!


Sunday 9 September 2012

Sermon: the 3 levels of heaven

the 1st level of heaven: immediate atmosphere above us (1 John 5: 19, John 14: 30) e.g. atmosphere at home, church, office etc.

the 2nd level of heaven: where God's will is challenged by the evil ones. (Daniel 10: 13)

the 3rd level of heaven: where God enthrones (2 Corinthians 12: 1-2; Eph 2: 6). Christians are at the 3rd level of heaven.

spiritual warfare with the darkforce happens at 2 levels:
-personal level: blind us, make us foolish, darken our understanding, keeps men's thoughts under captivity... etc) (2 Corinthians 10_ 4-5)
-heavenly level: 1st or 2nd level of heaven

Objectives of spiritual warfare:
1. take back our spiritual authority:
Christians hv 2 types of authorities,

--delicated authority, e,g, our home, therefore we have to proclaim God's authority in our home , invite the present of God to our home so that other forces will flee from our home.

--divine authority
we take back our authority via: prayer, praise and worship (Psalm 149) and proclaimation of truth (eg. use the word of God)
we can only have this authority via purity of heart, obedient to God and prayers (2 Corinthians 7: 2)

2. to enforce Christ's victory over the earth

3. To set the captives free (Isaiah 61: 1; 2 Corithians 10: 5)


Chrisitians should understand and be aware of the scheme of the dark force:
-satan will try to discredit us, e.g. Paul (2 Corinthians 10:2)
-satan will try to discourage us  (2 Corinthians 7: 5-6)
-satan will divide us
-cause us to be disobedient to our Lord (2 Corinthians 10: 6)

if our are obedient and submit ourselves to the Lord, the devils have no hold (or authority) on us.


sermon by: Ps Dr Chew Lee Choo