Ephesians 4:14-16   Three steps to spiritual growth – renewing our minds through Bible reading, confessing our sin, and repenting of that sin. We will look at three more steps that will build our spiritual life.   Any believer – new or mature – would be wise to receive godly counsel.   Great men and women of God have taken a terrible plunge away from God because they were too proud to admit weakness or been seen to have sin in their life.   The Lord sees us as we truly are, but none of us see ourselves that way.   We need a friend who will be completely honest about our faults and mistakes.   Godly counselling won’t be critical or condemning, but rather will prove loving and kind – even though it may seem tough – it will build up. Another step toward spiritual maturity is to serve the Lord, which we do by serving others. To exercise our gifting. There are times when this even means ministering to someone who tends to elicit our worst qualities.   By becoming involved in his or

  Tolga Community Church is hosting a Healing crusade in the Tablelands far north Queensland on 9th to the 11th September 6pm start and finish 9pm . You are welcome to experience the power of God and receive your healing. The spirit of God is moving very powerful in this season and time when everyone is in fear of what's happening around the world.

 

  Galatians 5:22 But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these. Philippians 1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.     As the Holy Spirit works the grace of God in our hearts, the various aspects of spiritual fruit are manifested through us.   1.         "The fruit of the Spirit is love." This is divine love ("agape" love), a love that flows from the heart of God. "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God" (1John 4:7). It is a unique, heavenly love available only from the Lord. 2.         "The fruit of the Spirit is  . . . joy." Joy does not listen to circumstance – joy builds on truth – we are saved no matter what happens around us – this always remains, simply because our God maintains our salvation – not circumstances. When joy is the fr

  Mark 2:1-12. Time and again in the gospels we can read that He healed someone, performed a miracle, preached, taught or in some way or another was involved with people. He didn’t go where He wasn’t wanted or if the place didn’t accept Him. The events in this passage of Scripture happened early in Jesus’ ministry. According to Mark 1, He already had called Andrew, Peter, James and John to be disciples and begun to minister to the people of Capernaum in various ways. Now we’re going to see one of the more unusual episodes in the gospels. Jesus has returned to Capernaum. He had gone to a number of places”. I’m sure the people of Capernaum remembered how Jesus had not only taught with power, but had also cast out a demon from a man who somehow was in the synagogue! Further, there were probably some who remembered how Jesus had healed Simon Peter’s mother-in-law from a fever. Here in this account there is a hunger and thirst for the Word of God. It’s true there were synagogues, where th