05/09/2026
Happy Father's Day everyone. On a day when we celebrate fatherhood, I find myself reflecting on spiritual fatherhood and the true state of modern discipleship.
It weighs heavily on my heart that much of the contemporary church has drifted away from its vibrant, Holy Spirit charismatic foundation, trading a genuine move of God for a form of institutional religion. When human programs, works, and man-based philosophies replace the living power of the Spirit, we often see the subtle creep of elitism, competition, and self-promotion — traits that simply do not belong in the body of Christ.
When we see public displays of vanity or self-congratulation within the church, it is easy to feel discouraged or even judgemental. But as someone who cares deeply about the health of Christ's body, my intention is not to point fingers out of bitterness, but to grieve a deeper loss. True Christianity calls us away from the spotlight of "self" and into the radical humility of the Cross.
As the Apostle Paul reminds us in Philippians 2:3–4 (ESV): "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others".
True life is built on the foundation that Jesus Christ is our centre, calling us away from humanism and back to His holy humility:
"And He summoned the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, 'If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it'" (Mark 8:34–35 NASB).
"And He said to them, 'Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me. For whoever is the least among all of you, he will be the greatest'" (Luke 9:48 NASB).
May we earnestly pray for a return to authentic, Spirit-led Christianity — one marked not by human pride, but by a profound recognition that we are nothing without God.
Selah.
Yours sincerely,
Tim