In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, whose death and then resurrection reconciled us to God by faith, I send you a powerful blessing through the Holy Spirit for this year, 2014:

To break strongholds in the areas of: fear, failure, debt, illness, procrastination, delays, demotion, pain, sorrow, paralysis, untimely death and anything else that keeps you knowingly or unknowingly in bondage.
To restore blessings in the Holy Spirit to replace those strongholds: gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:1-11 ESV), the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control), faith, hope and love above all else, so that nothing will move you from your position in Christ.

I do not know where 2013 left many of you. I have heard, and experienced, a lot of unexpected falls, setbacks, disappointments and flat-out persecution. We're learning, growing stronger, as Christ takes us through even these. Believe Him.

Believe.

The enemy only attacks when we're on the cusp of success. ;)

The March of 2014

2014, however, is the year that we will get up, by Christ's strength, and walk out the fruit, the blessing, that God, through the Holy Spirit, has bestowed upon us. Breathe a new breath, forgetting what lies behind, and pressing forward to the glory that we know lies ahead. We live by faith, not my sight. THIS YEAR is YOUR YEAR. And I look forward to running alongside you. :)

The time draws near, and the enemy is busy. There is no time for us to fall for his tricks of condemnation and distraction, no time to hang our heads low for every mistake we've made. NO. If we think we're suffering, how much more those who don't even know that salvation is an option?! There is no time.

Remembering that we can do nothing on our own strength is key to the Christian walk. We are human beings, not human doings. There are no works that we can do that can atone for the wrong we do, no matter how good. We have to remember to walk in the knowledge that in Christ's death and resurrection, we have been made free of the debt of sin (death), by faith - not by works.

We are to put one foot in front of the other, surrendering to God in Christ those areas that the Holy Spirit reveals to us as wrong in our lives. Stepping out in faith means remembering that God is the author of our collective fates, that He is sovereign - so walk and watch Him work.

Matthew 6:25-34

Do Not Be Anxious

25 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

34 "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

The Promise

This, my friends, is literal - Matthew 6:25-34 above, and

Matthew 11:25-30

- 'come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest...my yoke is light'. It will be sullied by all the nay-sayers, but stand quietly and listen -

"be still and know that I am God" (

Psalm 46:10

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- in those moments, you will recall His miracles, and your testimony will change lives. No experience you have, or will have, will be for naught. All testimony is their to help heal some other part of the body; whether you know it or not.

Our Call

Fast and pray. Whatever that fast is to you - social media, TV, food, socializing - give it in loving honour to God, "I AM", the God of Creation, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and OUR GOD in Christ Jesus through the intercession of the Holy Spirit. Pray in conversation with God and in conjunction with scripture - know your Word, as it is your only defense against the enemy (

Ephesians 6:10-20

Even Jesus was tempted in

Matthew 4

- keep your eyes on Christ, come what may, and you will always soar like an eagle above the storm.