ANCF Invercargill

21/06/2026

Sunday Service & Birthday Celebration 🎉🙏

Thankful for a blessed Sunday in God’s presence. Happy Birthday to you Lewa! 🎂 May the Lord continue to bless you with joy, good health, and abundant blessings in the year ahead. ❤️

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14/06/2026

Job 1:1
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

“Like Job, we are called to walk with integrity, fear God, and turn away from evil. Even in difficult seasons, God sees our faithfulness and remains sovereign over our lives.”

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09/06/2026

Judges 8:23
Gideon answered, “I will not be your ruler, nor will my son. The Lord will be your ruler.”

The greatest problem in Israel was not Midian; it was that the people kept turning away from God. Defeating an enemy army would not solve Israel’s deeper problem. What they needed was for God to reign in their hearts.

Gideon was saying, in effect:

“Your answer is not a human king. Your answer is the Lord.”

Many people want God as Savior but not as King. They want His blessings, protection, and provision, but not His authority over their lives.

Gideon’s words ask us:

👉Who is ruling my decisions?
👉Who is ruling my priorities?
👉Who is sitting on the throne of my heart?

A Spiritual Insight

Gideon had just won a great victory, yet he refused a crown. This reflects a heart that knows:

“The glory belongs to God alone.”

True spiritual maturity is not gaining more influence for ourselves; it is becoming more surrendered to God’s rule.

God did not create us merely to receive His help; He created us to live under His loving rule.

Blessed day

04/06/2026

Judges 6:15
Gideon replied, “But Lord, how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least important member of my family.”

Gideon’s response reveals a battle that was deeper than the Midianite oppression—it was the battle within his own heart.

When God called him a mighty warrior, Gideon could only see weakness.

The enemy had not only invaded Israel’s land; he had invaded their identity.

Notice Gideon’s words:

• “My clan is the weakest.”
• “I am the least important.”

Everything Gideon said was based on natural facts.

Many believers know God’s promises but still think according to their past wounds, failures, and limitations. God sees what He created them to be, while they see what circumstances have made them feel they are.

Sometimes we ask God to remove the enemy while He is first asking us to remove the idols, distractions, or compromises that have taken His place.

When God calls a person, He does not ignore their weakness. He overcomes it with His presence.

Your weakness is not God’s obstacle. Your agreement with that weakness is.

The moment Gideon began to believe what God said about him, the man hiding in a winepress became the leader who delivered Israel.

Blessed day

04/06/2026

Judges 5:5
The mountains quaked before the Lord of Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

In the Bible, mountains often symbolize kingdoms, powers, obstacles, and things that appear unmovable. When Deborah says the mountains quaked, she is declaring that God’s presence is greater than every earthly power.

What seems permanent to man is temporary before God.

No enemy, government, problem, or stronghold can remain unchanged when God arises.

👉What “mountain” in my life seems impossible to move?

👉Am I relying on my strength or on the God who shakes mountains?

👉Is God trying to shake something in me so that I can trust Him more deeply?

When God’s presence increases, everything that can be shaken will be shaken so that what is founded on Him will remain.

When God truly comes near, things begin to shake:

• Hearts are convicted.
• Idols fall.
• Fear is broken.
• Faith is awakened.
• Spiritual complacency is disturbed.

Before God changes circumstances, He often shakes what is inside us.

The shaking is not merely destruction; it is God’s way of removing what is unstable and establishing what is eternal.

Blessed day

24/05/2026