Author: HoW Team

‘No prolonged infancies among us, please… God wants us to grow up…’ Ephesians 4:14-15 (MSG)

When we accept Jesus as saviour, we start the journey of growing up in Him so we can look more and more like Him. This means that from God’s perspective, a believer’s maturity is not hinged on how long ago the person accepted Jesus as saviour, but how much that person looks like Jesus – not in the physical sense, but in character, desires, ambitions, fulfilment of purpose among others. 

As with growing in the natural, growing up spiritually is a lifelong journey and this journey can be broken into 4 main stages. Our prayer is that as we explore these stages, we recognize where we are and by the help of the Holy Spirit, partner with Him to grow up into Christ. Click here to download the study.

‘But solid food is for the mature, whose spiritual senses perceive heavenly matters. And they have been adequately trained by what they’ve experienced to emerge with understanding of the difference between what is truly excellent and what is evil and harmful.’ Hebrews 5:14 (TPT)

God did not design His children to be disadvantaged in life, which is why He made resources available to us to enable us to live victoriously and fulfill our destiny. But for us to maximize these resources, a measure of intelligence is required.

The dictionary defines intelligence as the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. Intelligence is not limited to the natural realm alone, there is also spiritual intelligence that can and should be acquired by all believers. This series we are looking at 5 forms of spiritual intelligence we need to apply to life to live as God intended. Click here to download the study.

‘The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand…’ Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord longs to bless His children and open His good treasure to us, He is eager to perfect and establish everything concerning us. As eager and generous as God is, it is possible for us to miss a season of open heavens if we do not maintain the right posture.

Why is our posture important? First is that anytime God wants to do something in our lives the enemy comes to try and frustrate that plan. Second is that if we are casual about spiritual things, we may miss critical signals and lose the benefits the season would have made available to us. Finally, we need understanding of what God’s intent is for the season – where is He taking us and how do we align with Him on the journey?

This series we are looking at 5 critical areas that impact our posture and positioning for accessing open heavens. Click on the link to download the study.

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalms 27:14

When God answers prayer it’s either yes, no or not right now and “not right now” means we will have to wait. Have you ever had to wait for something whether it’s a job, a promotion, child, marriage, or something else that was really important to you? If you have then you’ll know that the major challenge with waiting is not knowing when the wait will end. Discouragement and sometimes offence can set in if we don’t know the reason for the wait, especially if we see others getting what we’re waiting on God for. Because God is very intentional about us and wants nothing but the best for us, that gives us an assurance that there must be a very tangible reason He’s having us wait.

This series we are looking at the lives of people in the Bible who have had to wait for different things over varying stretches of time. Why did God have them wait? What was their waiting posture? What questions did they ask God and what did they do while waiting? We trust God that as we learn from their examples, we can identify our situations in their lives and how best to respond to and maximize our waiting seasons.
Click here to download the study.

‘But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.’ 1 John 4:8

God is love, it’s His nature. And because it’s His nature He’s always expressing His love for us in different ways, especially through the Bible. Beyond being a book about prophecies and principles, the Bible acts as a place where we can learn about and experience God’s love in the past, present and future. And the beauty of the Bible is that because the words are spirit and life, it is ever relevant to every aspect of our lives even today.

From Genesis to Revelation the Bible demonstrates God’s love for His children, and all mankind. When we look at the Bible from this perspective, then it stops being just a history or legal document, but also a love letter from God to us.

As we go through this series, we pray that we will receive a revelation of the incredible heights and depths of God’s love for us and that we also grow in our love for Him. Click HERE to download the series.

“Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.” Hebrews 1:1-2 NLT

God is always speaking. He is very vocal and loves to communicate with us, but oftentimes we cannot hear Him. Not because He isn’t speaking to us, but because we haven’t discerned How He speaks to us specifically. His pattern of speaking to person A may differ from that of person B. but He is always communicating with us.

The Bible tells us that God speaks in many ways, and we know that whatever He says is always for good. His words guide, guard, correct, transform, shape us and align us to His agenda for our lives. Therefore, it’s critical that we learn to hear Him. This series we are looking at some of the ways God speaks and we pray that this will help us discern how God speaks to us and encourage us to dig into deeper conversations with Him. Click here to download the study.

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” Hebrews 11:1, 3

Hebrews 11 is often called the “Faith Hall of Fame” as it lists certain individuals in the Bible whose demonstrations of faith caused major shifts in their lives and in some cases in nations.

This series we are looking at the lives of key women in Hebrews 11, their diverse journeys and postures of faith and what we can learn from them. We pray as we go through this series the Holy Spirit will minister to you specifically and reveal new dimensions of Himself so you can believe Him for more.

Get ready to have your faith level increase! Click Here to download the study.

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

For many of us, our use of time is something we downplay to our disadvantage. God is very particular about time because He has locked up destinies and purpose in time and seasons. This means that there is a fixed time given for every purpose of God that’s to be carried out here on earth, whether we realize it or not. Armed with this insight, we see that God created time to be used to our advantage. However, when we don’t realize the strategic importance of time, we will misuse it and then start playing catch-up on things we should have walked in to gracefully.

This series we are looking at 7 ways to make time a strategic ally on our journey of fulfilling purpose.

We pray as we go through this series the Holy Spirit will minister to you specifically and show you the strategies you need to utilize for yourself. Click Here to download the study.

‘And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.’ Luke 2:52

One of the most encouraging things about the life of Jesus is the fact that during His earthly ministry He consistently grew in critical areas that directly impacted His effectiveness in fulfilling His assignment. As Jesus provides a perfect example for us to follow, this means we also have the opportunity to continuously grow

This series we are looking at 8 pillars of growth that we should target as they will significantly equip us to succeed in all aspects of life.

We pray the Holy Spirit will bring understanding as we dig into the topic and show us how to apply these to our daily lives. 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

Oftentimes when we’re seeking growth or a breakthrough in an area, we don’t place sufficient emphasis on the process that God will take us through that will give us the capacity to attain and retain what God wants to give us. With growth and expansion always comes a stretching, therefore it is a continuous process we will always experience as we go from strength to strength.

If we do not understand what a stretch looks like and its purpose, we may end up frustrating the process of manifesting the very thing we are looking for. This series we’re looking at how to identify and maximize the season of a stretch and align with God’s agenda for our lives.

We pray the Holy Spirit will bring illumination and alignment as we learn how to cooperate with Him in the season of a stretch. Click Here to download the study.