Spirit House Church, Global

31/08/2026

31/08/2026

At the proper time we will reap a harvest.' Galatians 6:9 NIV

Some of the world's most successful people were told by so-called experts that they didn't have what it took to be a success in their professions. In 1927, Lucille Ball was told by an instructor at the John Murray Anderson Drama School, 'Try any other profession. Any other.' Universal Pictures dismissed both Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds, claiming Reynolds had no talent and Eastwood talked too slowly. Malcolm Forbes, the late editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, failed to become part of the staff of his newspaper at Princeton University. Decca Recording Company executives responded negatively to the audition of four young musicians, saying, 'We don't like their sound. Groups with guitars are on the way out.' So the Beatles took their sound elsewhere. For seven years, a young inventor named Chester Carlson took his idea to twenty corporations, all of which turned him down. The Haloid Company finally purchased the rights to his electronic paper-copying process. And Haloid became Xerox.

Don't be discouraged if you're not getting the acceptance and success you need. Your story is still being written! The Bible says, 'Be like those who through faith and patience will receive what God has promised' (Hebrews 6:12 NCV). Faith and patience are the two qualities that will bring you success. This is why the apostle Paul wrote: 'Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up' (Galatians 6:9 NIV).

31/08/2026

Daily Capsule with Martins Borngreat Johnson PhD

30/08/2026

'Who is this uncircumcised Philistine?' 1 Samuel 17:26 NKJV

Fourteen generations before David fought Goliath, God told Abraham, 'I will bless those who bless you, and...curse him who curses you' (Genesis 12:3 NKJV). Later, God extended this covenant to Abraham's descendants, with a key provision: 'All of you must be circumcised...the sign of the promise from me to you' (Genesis 17:11 GWT). Apparently, no one in Saul's army, including Saul, remembered that covenant, which led David to ask, 'Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God' (1 Samuel 17:26 NKJV)? David was asking, 'How could this man with no covenant even think about conquering us?'

How strong is your faith in God's covenant to bless, protect and prosper those who are in right standing with him? If you continue to run from the giants in your life, you will never see the power of God manifested. When you believe God's promises, you won't tolerate any giant in your life.

Did you know you're an heir to the same covenant of blessing that God gave Abraham? 'If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise' (Galatians 3:29 NIV). David rested on a covenant of protection that was fourteen generations old. The story of David and Goliath is representative of battles we still face today: good over evil, God's power over man's strength and faith over fear. Whatever the situation, we can rest on God's word: 'Only people who have faith will enter the place of rest' (Hebrews 4:3 NIV).

29/08/2026

He went into Heaven and is now there with God to help us.' Hebrews 9:24 CEV

Growing up, many of us had no clue what our parents did forty hours a week. We may have known where they worked, but we weren't altogether sure what they did. In much the same way, most of us don't really know what Jesus does all day. And our lack of holy confidence can reflect this.

So what does Jesus do all day, every day? He's pleading your case, pleading your cause. All you have to do is 'plead the blood'. This phrase has fallen out of circulation in some circles. In part because of its misapplication. Let's see if we can revive it. Pleading the blood is not some superstition. And it's not an abracadabra; it's an awareness of your authority in Jesus. It's an understanding that your forgiveness has already been paid for in blood money. It's coming to terms with the fact that we overcome Satan by the blood of the lamb (see Revelation 12:11).

Jesus is in your corner, which means you have the full backing of the King and his Kingdom. His full blessing - his full authority! Satan would like to make you doubt that. Remember what he said to Eve in the Garden of Eden: 'Has God indeed said...' (Genesis 3:1 NKJV)? Translation? 'God is holding out on you!' If Satan can get you to distrust God's goodness, he wins and you lose. Is it possible that because you're holding out on God, you think God is holding out on you? Go all in with God! If you don't hold out on him, he surely won't hold out on you.