A Heart of Wisdom

Through the lens of Psalm 23, we see the supernatural advantage we have as believers to address the present and future regardless of the circumstances we will face. This psalm captures the beauty of our personal relationship with God, revealing His heart for His children and His desire to take care of and provide the very best for us. It also shows us how we should relate to Him and how He expects us to relate with others through what He’s given us. As we wrap up the year and reflect on all we have encountered, we are reminded of how the Lord has helped us thus far and what He has the capacity to do in the years to come. 

Over the next few days, we’re unlocking some of the treasures this psalm verse by verse. We encourage you to join us on this journey as we trust the Holy Spirit to guide us and reveal His truth to us individually. We pray this study blesses you and positively impacts your walk with God and every aspect of your life. Click Here to download the study.

‘To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:’ Ecclesiastes 3:1

A season is a period set aside for certain things to take place. From a spiritual perspective, seasons speak to given periods of time in a spiritual calendar where certain outcomes mut be achieved. As the year rounds up, we are fast coming to the end of 2024, however many of us may be operating in different personal seasons even at this time. As we look at positioning for a new season there are four critical things to note:

🌟God’s timing doesn’t necessarily follow a January to December calendar, therefore being spiritually sensitive to when a new season is about to start is critical.

🌟The enemy always knows when we should be stepping into a new season even if we don’t, and uses that knowledge to hinder us if we don’t discern him at work.

🌟Every new season has specific requirements for us to successfully complete it and transit to a new season

🌟God makes specific enablement available to us to maximize the season, but we must identify this enablement in order to take full advantage and complete the season successfully. 

God deals with us in seasons, and He has allocated seasons to the various assignments we will have throughout our life’s journey. Different seasons open us up to new levels in various areas of our lives, with one season feeding into another. This means that when a new season comes up, it automatically means an old season is about to end. 

This series we are trusting the Holy Spirit to teach us how to position for a new season and pray that as we engage with this series, He will open our eyes to the seasons of our life and guide us along the best pathway.  Click here to download the study.

“Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” Matthew 11:29-30 MSG

Everything in life follows a rhythm. There are times when we seem to move at a slower pace, others when we’re moving so fast, we’re almost rushed off our feet because our cadence is driven by the issues of life. But in the middle of all this there is a cadence or rhythm that the Holy Spirit has designed for us to walk in per time. The rhythm of the Holy Spirit is not static and will change depending on what the He is doing in the earth and in our lives at the time, which is why we must be sensitive to His tone and pace.

What dictates the rhythm of our life and how does this align (or not) with the Holy Spirit? How do we become more intentional about partnering with the Holy Spirit to create the cadence required to manifest success God’s way in the year to come and beyond? This series we dig into this and more, trusting the Holy Spirit to give us wisdom and understanding so we can learn His unforced rhythm of grace. Click here to download the study.

“For the Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries. All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, “We can’t read it because it is sealed.” When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.”” Isaiah 29:10-12

The new year is just around the corner and this is the period where those who are strategic have already started planning for the coming year. Anyone intending to start strong in January cannot start planning then because it will take time to strategize, review and start executing the strategy. Therefore, wisdom suggests that the time to start planning for the coming year is now. How then do we plan effectively for a future that is as yet unknown to us?

We know that nothing takes the Lord by surprise, and He already has a plan for us in the coming year. However, there’s a possibility that we will miss or misunderstand His plan if we cannot see and accurately interpret what He is doing.

This series we are going into a strategic planning session with the Holy Spirit trusting that He will use it as a platform to reveal His plans to us and position us to be effective and productive throughout the coming year as we maximise all the opportunities He’s already made available to us. Click Here to download the study.

“Remember the Lord your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.” Deuteronomy 8:18

“And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:10

The Lord has made us both kings and priests in order to reign in the earth and majority of us will rule from the marketplace, rather than the pulpit. When we think of kings in the marketplace our minds may go to well known captains of industry, business tycoons etc. The reality we confront daily is that not every king in the marketplace is a believer, and unfortunately not every believer in the marketplace functions as a king, even though this is God’s desire.

This tells us there are things we must grasp to part of those that can be identified as God’s kings in the marketplace. This series we are exploring 10 things God looks for in how believers should function as kings in the marketplace. We trust the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of our understanding as He equips us to function as kings in the marketplace. Click Here to download the study.

“Enlarge the place of your tent, And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited” Isaiah 54:2-3

God is expansive in His nature and agenda, everything He does originates from both a global and eternal perspective and He created us to function like Him. However, sometimes situations and experiences force us into a subsistence rather than expansion mentality. We focus on surviving rather than thriving and existing here on earth alone, without realising that there’s eternity to consider.

When we think small, we unwittingly shrink our perception of God’s capacity down to the level of our thinking. The challenge with seeing God as small is that such a mindset gives room for compromise as we will be tempted to think we need to take care of ourselves, rather than depend on God. Dependence on self also makes us earthly focused rather than heavenly focused because nothing of eternal value can be achieved by our strength alone.

This series we are digging into what it takes to create the atmosphere in which we need to function to experience expansion in our daily lives. We pray that as we go through this series, the Holy Spirit will open our eyes, hearts and minds so we are equipped to operate in expansion and enlargement. Click here to download the study.

In Acts 12 we see the believers experiencing persecution and loss through the execution of James and arrest of Peter with the intention to also have him face the same fate. However, we also see the supernatural come into play with Peter’s miraculous release from prison.

This series we are doing a deep dive into this chapter to understand what we can learn about how to handle challenges such that we draw on the power we have access to and respond accurately to supernatural intervention.

We pray that the Holy Spirit will hand hold us through this series and open our eyes to the help that God has already made available to us. Click here to download the study.

“Trust in the Lord completely, and do not rely on your own opinions. With all your heart rely on him to guide you, and he will lead you in every decision you make. Become intimate with him in whatever you do, and he will lead you wherever you go. Don’t think for a moment that you know it all, for wisdom comes when you adore him with undivided devotion and avoid everything that’s wrong.” Proverbs 3:5-7 TPT

Humans are thinking beings, God created us with the capacity to reason, reflect, acquire knowledge, form opinions and influence or be influenced by the opinions of others. This is because He gave us intellect which is, “the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.”God doesn’t have a problem with us exercising our intellect, the problem arises when we rely solely on our intellect to make decisions, especially in defining who God is and what He can or will do.

Humans have an intrinsic need for control because it gives us the illusion that we’re in charge. So we devote significant time, energy and resources to acquire the knowledge we believe we need to gain control. It’s worth noting that both God and Satan are interested in our pursuit of acquisition of knowledge, experiences etc. The key difference is the objective of the acquisition.

• God’s objective is to advance His kingdom.
• Satan’s objective is to oppose God.

The knowledge acquired feeds our intellect and shapes our perspective of our circumstances, experiences and belief systems. This is why we need to train our intellect to function as God would have it. This series we take a look at how we can unknowingly limit God in our lives and the battles of the intellect we must win to take the limits off Him. Click Here to download the study.

“Posture: a mental or spiritual attitude”

“Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them. And athletes cannot win the prize unless they follow the rules. And hardworking farmers should be the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor. Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.”
2 Timothy 2:4-7 NLT

There’s nothing random about fulfilling destiny, rather it requires an intentionality on our part in aligning with what Jesus has already done for us and what the Holy Spirit is doing in us. To this end the Bible uses many analogies and this series we are zoning in on one of Paul’s engagements with Timothy where he shared three postures for a believer to take in fulfilling destiny:

• As a soldier
• As an athlete
• As a farmer

What is it about these three that align with our walk with the Lord? What does adopting these postures entail in our daily lives? How do we know if we are on track or not? We pray that the Lord will help us understand these things and more as we go deeper into His word and receive empowerment to fulfil destiny. Click here to download the study.

‘From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.’ Revelation 4:5

‘And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.’ Isaiah 11:2

The Bible tells us about the 7 spirits of God present before His throne and Isaiah goes further to tell us that Jesus Himself needed to have these lamps switched on in order to fulfil His assignment. What do these lamps represent? What activates them to “switch on” and what can quench their fire? Why do we need them in our lives and what advantage does having them activated bring to us?

This series we are digging deeper into these questions, trusting that the Holy Spirit will bring illumination to our spirits and minds as we do so. Click Here to download the series.