Friday, March 17, 2017

THE SIX ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH BY LR JOY BRUCE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15TH

It is better to obey God than to please man - LR. DR. JOY BRUCE

Jesus Christ assured His followers one thing: the gate of hell will not prevail against us.

The Enemies

*Those who are ignorant.

*Those who pretend: given all sort of intimidation in church.

*Those who forget: if you are forgetful, you become ungrateful.

*Those who are dangerous: some people are in church, they go to different mallams for spiritual protection.

*Those who are disloyal.

The number one enemy of the church :
*Those who accuse
Revelations 12:10
Every time. you open your mouth to accuse,  you are working for Satan

Whenever accusations go down, salvation increases.
Whenever accusations go down, the strength of the people of God increases.

The kingdom of God will do well …
The kingdom of God will be established when accusations go down.

Accusations is close to madness: looking for evidence that don't exist, then we start making up stories.

Our musics may be different
Our clothings may be different
Our dances may be different

But if we all believe that Jesus came to die, and shed His blood for us, then it is okay.

Warning To Accusers
Psalm 109

            He is God, the defender of His people and you are not alone...

Thursday, March 16, 2017

SPIRITUAL ENTITIES BY LR DR. JOY BRUCE

THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH

If you are a Christian, you are always in a war -LR. DR. Joy Bruce
1 Tim. 1:18      2 Tim. 2:4           2 Cor.  3&4

One of the main things we have to know is our enemy.
Some of us, we negotiate with the devil. Many of us are falling apart because we are not laboring: we just warm the chairs in church.

What are these entities??
Revelations 9:2-11
In the scripture, some people wanted to die, but death wasn't coming, because some locusts were released onto them.

Rev. 16:13    Rev. 9:17   2Kings 2:11   Gen 3

As we are moving on  this Earth, there are spiritual entities everywhere.

Do you have it takes to sit and study the word of God until a seal breaks in your life?

Main Scripture Rev 6:1-8

There are many things that happen to us that we think the causes are just physical. But there is nothing physical about it.
Some of us in our entire family we are the only  persons that has ever attended  a  university - its spiritual
Some of us too when we look in our family, divorce is everywhere -it's spiritual
Some of us come from families where we quarrel over everything impossible and possible -it is not normal, neither is it natural.

Could it be a horse or locust that has been released? Sometimes we pray, but we pray amiss. What we always care about is I, Me and Mine.
So many things we plan in life and suddenly it changes. Just as in Exodus when the Israelites began to complain when Pharaoh changed his mind and Pharaoh's people were approaching them.
Some of us face little problems and we start to blame and talk against God and talk against the men of God that lead us.

There is only one truth. If there are devils entities, there are more powerful entities from God working for you.

A certain cloud has shielded you from the claws of the enemy.

The Lord may not take you out of a problem. But rather take you through.

Every problem you face, just like the Red Sea, when you pray, may they be dried. As you stretch your rod and pray the Lord will bring all your problems and enemies down.                                                                                  
                  Amen
May The Good Lord Be With Us All...

THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP TO AVOID BY LR JOY BRUCE

TUESDAY, MARCH 14TH

It is better to be inside the church than outside.... just like Noah's ark, no matter what happened in there, it was better to be inside than outside -LR Joy Bruce

The type of leadership to avoid is the leadership of a child.
Reasons why the leadership of a child should be avoided

*The leadership of a child is characterised by a lot of disorganization.

In Isaiah 3:1-5 , the Bible says that anarchy will prevail if a child leads.
It is a child who in times of prayers would just walk to mother to ask for water, an adult would not interrupt the flow of the holy spirit …
Some of you, your churches are so disorganized that when service is to start at 9, by 10 only one person will be there.
Every office you go to and there is total chaos, the people there are not productive.

*The leadership of a child is characterised by not understanding anything that is a little complex.

When they say 1+1 is 2, and they change it to 1+1*5-1, people don't get it. But life is complicated like that. And when you think that church is a simple thing, then you are a child.
When you support only your denomination, you are a child.
If God wanted all churches to be the same, He would have given us only one apostle.

But because that is not the case, we would be one body, enjoying our differences and thriving with it.
Never rejoice in the downfall of another.

*A child does not understand the financial cost of anything.

There are some leaders as soon as there is little money, anything at all they want to celebrate. Many churches cannot even repair and replace their faulty instruments, yet they celebrate their first, second and third anniversary.

*The leadership of a child is characterized by the desire for toys

There are some people, every phone that comes out, they want to get one.
The church does not have a building, yet you have a car.
The church has no proper instruments, and yet your office is decorated with different kinds of AC.

*The leadership of a child is characterized by the inability to find practical and realistic solutions to problems.

We haven't solved most Of our problems because the solutions are not practical.
There are always a lot of talkings: impossible things brought about as solutions.

Many of you have spent most of your time criticizing others, thereby bearing no fruit.

The Lord who has set your heart on, will never forsake you.
And when you get up to pray, pray that your leadership will not be like that of a child , but the leadership God brings.

                         Amen

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

LEADERSHIP BY LR JOY BRUCE

SCC WEEK, MONDAY MARCH 13TH

"Unto other nations He gave them leadership, but unto us Ghanaians, He gave us happiness: let's not take it for granted "  -LR Joy Bruce...

Leadership is a circular subject and at any point in time one will be in this position one way or the other.
The Bible says in Isaiah 3:1-5 that, If ye that are supposed to lead fail, He will give children and babes the authority to lead.

KEYS TO EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

*The key of hiding and flourishing

Proverbs 10:19         Ecc. 5:2-3
People are too much in a hurry to come out and be seen. Be like the snake and hide. When you finish hiding and flourishing and you come out, it is just between you and your God. And the God who was there in your beginnings will take you to an awesome and successful end.

*The key of making decisions

Decisiveness is the greatest attribute of a leader. If you are going to be a great leader, you need to have the courage to decide.

Instances God made decisions
Let there be light
Let us create a woman for Adam

Anytime you make a decision, accusers will arise, but do not let that stop you.

To make decisions, one needs to.....

*be courageous
*see ahead
*consider the consequences of failing to take a decision

When you make a decision, make sure to implement it.

                          Is There Joy??????