SpiritLife, House of Prayer

11/07/2025

Not everyone will like you, love you, or accept you.
That's completely normal!
Find your crew - those people who understand and appreciate you - it might take some time, but don't give up - they are out there. (They might not be where you would expect to find them).

23/03/2025

If you are dealing with CHAOS, then this Word from God, is good:
*** God crushes the agents of chaos under His feet ***
Job says:
"And God does not restrain His anger,
Even the monsters of the sea are crushed beneath His feet." [Job 9:13].
The literal hebrew for 'monsters of the sea' is 'the helpers of Rahab'. Rahab was a creature who was a symbol of chaos in ancient literature.
And yes, God DOES get angry, even tho some of today's preachers tell you that He doesn't. And when He does get angry, one of the things He does is crush agents of chaos under His feet.

26/02/2025

The Bible is abundantly clear about what drought signifies.

"We're running into water issues, water tables are so low, people's wells and bores are drying up and losing water supply," Taranaki vet Stephen Hopkinson says.

13/02/2025

You might be asking yourself "should I help this person?"..when what would you should be asking yourself is:
"can I cope with that level of chaos in my life?"

29/01/2025

It's important to love and bless and pray for your enemies.
They are coming up against someone who is backed by Almighty God. That is a fearful thing.
So we need to love and bless and pray for them.
Nehemiah 9
10 You displayed miraculous signs and wonders against Pharaoh, his officials, and all his people, for you knew how arrogantly they were treating our ancestors. You have a glorious reputation that has never been forgotten.
11 You divided the sea for your people so they could walk through on dry land! And then you hurled their enemies into the depths of the sea. They sank like stones beneath the mighty waters.

26/01/2025

Nehemiah detected a prophecy that came from wrong influences. It shows us that prophecies can come from all sorts of sources, and are not always from God.
Nehemiah pushed back against the prophecy and would not obey it.
There may be prophecies that you need to do this with.
" '...No, I won't do it!' I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin".
[Neh6:11b-13]

26/12/2024

I think God sees tears, and they can cause great movement from Him. The further I get in this life (by God's graciousness) the more I think that when notable things happen (of a spiritual sort) that tears will be involved somewhere. I hope we can learn to understand what a gift weeping is.
2 Kings 20:5
"...I have...seen your tears..."

11/12/2024

ALLIANCES.
Your alliances will sometimes affect whether you win or lose.
(This is one of the lessons of the wars of Judah and Israel in the Old Testament).
You may not want to change your alliances, as they are usually a reflection of who you are, at any given point of time. But they may be causing you to lose battles.
Your alliances are who you choose to align yourself with. Your Church is one. Your friends are another. Those you choose to spend time and energy with.
This is worth giving thought and prayer to, as it can affect your outcomes.

27/11/2024

What is God up to?
Well, if the American Church is anything to go by, He is exposing sin amongst leadership. "Judgment begins at the House of God".
If God has been judging His Church, and that is the beginning of His judgments, then who will be judged next? "The world" would seem the obvious answer.
It's not a time for fooling around. Hang on. Stay close with Him. He is always good, but He is also always righteous, so that means He does pass judgments. Remain in His goodness. Don't be foolish.

21/10/2024

I will post this here because honestly not many people look here and this is not something widely accepted by the wider church. But I want to keep a record.
Most Christians dont have a framework that allows for God passing judgments. So it cant usually be spoken about as the church does not accept it. If you talk about it you might be thought of as weird or at the very least ignored or not understood.
Christians believe that God has shown Himself clearly through creation, as this is stated in Romans ch1. What I learnt a couple of years back was that this is not just a case of seeing the trees, humans, mountains, fish etc. Let's call those the passive expression of creation.
There is also the active expression of God through His creation. This is Him showing Himself through things like weather and seismic events.
The last 2 Mondays I have spent a good part of the first half of the day trying to seek God.
Last Monday and this Monday both culminated in the same thing: God saying a massive earthquake is coming. It seems that God's answer to the issues at hand is to shake things.
I'm used to this sort of prophetic thing being ignored. I'm really okay with that. I don't expect Christians to have a grid for processing this. That's just how it is.
May God defend NZ, and have mercy on it. "In Your anger, remember mercy" (prayer of Habakkuk).

05/10/2024

To the Christians, I have a question: what should your reaction to this be?
The graph shows Christianity declining in NZ from 2001 till now. And atheism/agnosticism increasing over the same time period.
As a Christian, should you be sitting up and taking notice?
Should some re-evaluation be taking place?
I am asking these as genuine, sincere questions.
Is there anyone out there that would engage with this subject?
Or would we rather ignore the elephant in the room?

24/09/2024

It's shocking, that when Assyria tried to take down Jerusalem, their spokesperson spoke Hebrew.
It is very likely that the spokesperson was a deported Israelite.
What the implications? - considering the enemy was using this as a tactic.
1. This enemy had once been part of the people of God.
2. He knew about spiritual things.
3. Israelites had sometimes engaged in civil war with Judah so there was a history of division. (Jerusalem was the capital of the nation of Judah).
4. Israelites had a history of idolatry (golden calf worship).
5. To hear threats in their own language, was very intimidating.
6. Hearing from an Israelite, who was speaking on behalf of their enemy, would have felt like betrayal.
7. The spokesperson knew the power of words of faith, and tried to attack that.
The reference is 2 Kings 18:19-37.
If you like digging deeper, here is the research pointing to the Assyrian spokesperson being an Israelite: