We are not here to enjoy it: we are here to be a part of it. We are not here to critique it: we are here to serve it.

baptism is also me being baptised into something. That something is the Body of Christ, the Church.

mission was never a programme put on by leaders but a lifestyle lived out by believers.

Outside the parenthood provided by the house he found that he was no longer treated like a son, but a slave. Sons cannot be sons unless they are in the house.

There is no condemnation in Abba’s House. It is a place where prodigals see a “Welcome Home” banner.

Carnal Christians love to expose faults and failures, or go out of their way to expose weaknesses in an argument. Peacemakers notice faults, but are happy to keep the peace by loving, covering and honouring.

Church is not a restaurant where we eat and eat and get fatter and fatter, but a gymnasium where each member of the Body is put to work and in doing so gets stronger and healthier.

The members of the church that sees itself as the army of God, have a deep passion for world evangelism, a deep passion for souls and see their primary calling as evangelists and missionaries on planet Earth.

The key to the blessing, life and anointing of God operating in our lives is our relationship with the Church. For it is through the Church that God’s blessing flows. It is through the Church that God’s life dwells. It is through the Church that God’s anointing is poured out.