04/01/2026
Catch-up Eagles’ Food, Sunday, January 4, 2026 – Online Service through Eagle International WhatsApp Group Chat (11h00) due to Bad Weather & Tent-related Logistics.
Topic: ‘2026 – A Year of New Mercies & God’s Faithfulness’ – Lamentations 3:22-23; Isaiah 43:2; Romans 8:31, 37; Psalm 66:12
1. God’s love for you in 2026 continues, so high you can’t get over it, so wide you can’t get around it, and so deep you can’t go beneath it. And his mercies are new, not only every morning but every year as well.
2. When the new year begins, often we have expectations, dreams, visions, and plans for the year. It is not wise to begin the year without a dream or plan. Why? Failing to plan, you are already planning to fail. Never leave your dreams to chance because ‘chance may cause them to fail.’ Plan and decide action steps to realise your dreams, and ask the Lord to bless your plans to be successful - Prov. 16:3, 9 + 24:6. However, our expectations and plans never come alone but with resistance and opposition from the enemy. We plan; he plans against us. I want us to understand that there is going to be resistsnce and opposition against your plans for the year. It will not just be a walk in the park or hanky-dory. The devil is not going to let you get what you want on a silver platter – he's going to put up some resistance.
a) The Odds – Resistance, Opposition, and Negative Circumstances don’t cancel God’s intention. They don’t cancel God’s purpose for your life – God’s purpose for your life stands and shall prevail.
b) Resistance, Challenges, and storms of life don’t speak of God’s absence in your life – Isaiah 43:2. It is a wrong doctrine to teach or preach that Christianity is a problem-free life. God never promised us a life without challenges, but His presence in troubles, Emmanuel. He never promised us smooth-sailing life inChrist. When we sing, ‘Ge Modimo a le teng ha yo mathata’, we are singing a lie. The song is unbiblical.
c) Opposition and challenges build testimony. Tests precede testimony. We shall not have a testimony without going through troubles or challenging moments in life – Psalm 66:12.
Prophetic Declaration You May Use: “This year, I will not be stopped by resistance or circumstances, discouraged by delay, or defeated by opposition. the god who goes before me will bring me through. What was meant to break or destroy me will build me. What resisted me will bow in defeat in Jesus’ name!”
Pastor KS, Eagle International C
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