PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
J has been experiencing growth as a Christian but found there was a block in her desire to read the Bible so she signed up for a second renewal prayer. As she sought the Holy Spirit, He helped lead her to the things she needed to repent of, including idol...
S had been experiencing chattering in his mind and noticed that his health was deteriorating, both physically and mentally. S resisted prayer for years because he didn’t believe he could be under spiritual oppression as a believer. Thankfully, S eventually humbled himself and agreed to a time of confession and...
Vicky shares how she became very committed to attending a particular prayer meeting because she felt that was where she could feel closest to God, not realising that she was misled by a false spirit into believing that she could not hear from God otherwise. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit led...
Dicky became a Christian a decade ago and recently came to understand the true power of the gospel, God’s Word, repentance, receiving the Holy Spirit, and baptism. He shares how he received a new heart through a second baptism after fully understanding what Jesus did for him on the cross....
J felt a calling to pray for and minister to others but realised that she secretly harboured resentment and rejection in her heart towards those in her fellowship group and her pastor. As she sought the Holy Spirit’s counsel through a time of prayer, God showed her the hidden fears...
Many people of this world live their lives caged in by fear, especially the fear of pain and suffering. The Bible calls this slavery. Believers who are led by the Holy Spirit, on the other hand, will live fearlessly in God’s power, love, and self-control. This freedom, however, can be...
Our bodies have a natural “fight or flight” defence mechanism against pain. This applies to both physical and emotional pain. To protect our hearts from being hurt again, we can become combative or withdrawn in attitude. Such behaviour is driven by fear, not by God’s love. As believers, we need...
God declared that He would pour out His Spirit in the last days, so that those who are His followers would prophesy, see visions, and dream dreams. Therefore, it is not surprising to witness the increase in prophetic prayer meetings, conferences, and self-professed prophets. At the same time, we are...
H struggled with random lustful thoughts since he was little until he repented of idol worship. He also felt uplifted emotionally after he learnt to repent of his inner vows and judgments, forgiving those who had sinned against him. H now feels closer to his Heavenly Father. Praise God! I...
God’s Word shows us that anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Satan, the deceiver of this world, will tempt us to call upon the name of other spirits instead. The Holy Spirit whom God has sent to us, is our Helper; He will teach...
Do our prayers feel repetitive and dry? Does our relationship with God feel distant and cold? Perhaps it is because we haven’t been asking God the right questions as we pray. God does not show favouritism. If He answered people such as Moses, King Solomon, Jabez, Hannah, and Hagar, then...
C began to feel anxious and distant from God again after overcoming severe anxiety and depression a few years prior. As she humbled herself to seek the Holy Spirit’s counsel, she realised the numerous judgments she held against her mother as well as her husband. As she repented, she began...
S had been grieving over the breakdown of her marriage and praying for God’s salvation for her family. As she humbled herself to seek the Holy Spirit’s counsel, He showed her the things that had been blocking her from hearing His voice and the ways she needed to repent of...
When Jesus was on earth, He “healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons” from the Israelites, the nation that was supposed to know the one True God. Christians also suffer from the same afflictions as the Israelites if we persist in sin. Any sin...
A often withdrew from people whenever she felt unfairly treated and harboured angry resentments afterward, without realising that she could go to God for His healing and deliverance. As she sought the Holy Spirit’s counsel, God showed her that she was stuck in hidden anger from childhood and healed her...
We all share a common heritage with our families. From them, we derive our status in society. It is also where we can inherit social stigma and shame. Many families harbour secrets that they prefer to keep hidden. By censuring parts of our family history, we can bring about unintended...
Of all the spiritual gifts that God gives to His followers, we are told to especially desire the gift of prophecy. Put simply, a prophecy is a message from God to strengthen, encourage, and comfort His people, the church. Every spiritual gift is meant to build God’s people up and...
A’s desire to control her emotions and to take care of her family often came before her desire to let God lead her. It also led to a lot of anxieties. Through a time of prayer, the Holy Spirit revealed that she harboured anger and resentment towards her father, whom...
T was actively serving in church but was slowly growing overwhelmed and fatigued. Through a time of seeking the Holy Spirit’s counsel, she was led to see that her anxieties about serving God and His people were based on patterns of the world that she had developed as a result...
God never sleeps, and neither do our bodies and subconscious minds. We may be unconscious after we fall asleep but our brains will still be processing everything that happened to us during the day and we can still hear and be affected by our sleeping environment. How can we commit...
The sin of judging others should not be taken likely. It is the root of many different forms of malice, such as slander, discrimination, racism, mockery, hatred, bitterness, murder, and so forth. A judgmental person turns a blind eye to God’s grace towards us and presumes to have the right...