v24-27 Run to WIN: v24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to WIN! NLT v25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. NLT v26 So I run with a PURPOSE in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. NLT v27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching

But when you Pray (Matt 6:6)..... **Everyone is expected to PRAY It's a sign of trust and commitment to God. **Having a PLAN B while praying shows lack of TRUST to God. Such a man is unstable like sea waves, and can't receive anything from God** v6 "But when you ASK God for something, you must TRUST him COMPLETELY. Do not have other IDEAS in your mind. People who are not sure that God will help them are like the waves in the sea. The wind blows the

LAST GREAT SATANIC STRONGHOLD: I once heard a preacher say, “The last great satanic stronghold to be overcome in the Body of Christ is the spirit of poverty”. I found this very thought provoking and true, because there is very little that can be done without the availability of finances. It’s not the amount of money you possess that makes you rich or poor but the spirit that you have allowed to influence and control your attitude toward it.

A continuation of the Topic: Speaking into the Future by Faith Sermon Preached at PEFA Manna Church by Rev. Stephen Ecclesiastes1 v4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. v11 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them. Ecclesiastes 1:11 ............................................................. **EXODUS 1:6 v6 Now Joseph and all his brothers

Going back to the crossroad*** Joshua is largely a book of victories. Judges is largely a book of defeats. Judges 2: v7 The people served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. v10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel. v12 They forsook

1 John 2:17: v15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. v16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. v17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. -  Chasing shadows which cannot last. - We often purse that which is fleeting - What

Do Not Limit God 1 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!” 2 Kings 7:2 NIV **God used lepers to save the city** Now the king had put the officer on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate, and the people trampled him in the gateway,

2022 - Arise & Shine Generation - 15 Boys 2023 - Gideon Generation - 27 Boys Rite of Passage Topics: Spiritual Formation Life Skills Biblical Ethics Career Path Sexuality Addictions and Peer pressure Mental Health Entering into manhood Importance: Medical benefits Cultural identification A mark of reminder (affirmation) Of greater importance is spiritual circumcision of being ‘set apart’ Circumcision of the Heart: Romans 2:25-29 Deut 30:6,

Ministers of the New Covenant: 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 -  12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, 13 I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. 14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of

We are part God's Promises through Faith: Galatians 3:7-9 - 7 Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” 9 So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. God's promises to Abraham: Genesis 12:2-3, 18:17, 14:17-20 (Blessings by