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Jerusalem, If I Forget You…

by Ramesh Naraine | Jun 6, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Jerusalem, if I forget you … If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. – Psalm 137:5-6 (NIV) Elsie and I went to Jerusalem in […]

The BIG GIVE

by Ramesh Naraine | May 28, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

When we give in the name of Jesus it’s never just a humanitarian action. There is a heavenly dimension to it and who knows what could happen when the Spirit is involved!

Praying the “Our Father” – Part 3

by Ramesh Naraine | May 24, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Now, I must make some pastoral comments about what the blessed life is. The blessed life is first and foremost an internal life. What do I mean by that? I simply mean that we can live in the blessing of God’s goodness even in those seasons when our circumstances might be screaming the opposite!

Praying the Our Father – part 2

by Ramesh Naraine | May 17, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Praying the "Lord's Prayer"... the "Our Father" This power-packed prayer has much to teach us: What is the significance of God being KING? What does it mean to Hallow God's name?

Praying the “Our Father”

by Ramesh Naraine | May 14, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Praying the "Lord's Prayer"... the "Our Father" The disciples asked Jesus: "Can you please teach us how to pray?", and off the top of his head came the words of Matthew 6:9-13. God answers our prayers, and this is a great model to follow! Praying this prayer daily can bring God's kingdom in significant ways in our lives!

Fighting Together

by Ramesh Naraine | Apr 29, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Fighting together But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co- worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. (Philippians 2:25 NIV) Because we’ll be on sabbatical in the month of May, Elsie and I will miss the annual […]

Transformation

by Ramesh Naraine | Apr 22, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Presence. Encounter. Transformation. Today we speak about Transformation… When we decide to become followers of Jesus, what we are essentially doing is turning away from every bit of self-justification. We recognize that we cannot stand before a Holy, Almighty God, radiant in the glory of his own outshining, and rely on our own good behaviour. […]

Encounter

by Ramesh Naraine | Apr 15, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Presence. Encounter. Transformation. Today we speak about Encounter … The chief goal for my own life, and I hope for those who choose to be under my pastoral influence, is to be continually transformed into the image of Jesus! Fortunately, this happens to be God’s goal for every follower of his as well! I am […]

Presence

by Ramesh Naraine | Apr 8, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Presence. Encounter. Transformation. Today we speak about Presence … In the Old Testament, the same word that is translated “presence” is translated “face”. So when David says, “My heart says of you, “Seek his face! Your face, Lord, I will seek.” (Psalm 27:8) he is essentially saying the same thing as Moses when he […]

Happy Resurrection

by Ramesh Naraine | Mar 29, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Happy Resurrection, everybody!!! For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. – (2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NIV) When I was […]

Engaging God – the Example of Moses

by Ramesh Naraine | Mar 22, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

This year’s theme is, Loving: Up, In and Out! In 2018, we are especially emphasizing the pursuit of God AND reaching out to our neighbour. As we engage in the pursuit of loving God we do this on the premise that there is more of God to be experienced. In a similar way to how I […]

Marriage… One More Time – Part 3 of 3 in Marriage series

by Ramesh Naraine | Mar 15, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

The Third in a Three-part series on Marriage “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour […]

A Theology of Marriage – Part 2 of 3 in Marriage Series

by Ramesh Naraine | Mar 8, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

The Second in a Three-part series on Marriage. During the period of the Reformation 500 years ago when there was great upheaval in the Church as Luther and the other Reformers were shaking things up, the predominant understanding of marriage was that it fulfilled three main purposes: To procreate – to fulfill the command […]

Love and Marriage – Part 1 of 3 in Marriage series

by Ramesh Naraine | Feb 25, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

The First in a Three-part series on Marriage. A little while ago, Elsie and I headed off to do a “Hearing God’s Voice” seminar and a Marriage seminar with our friends in St Lucia. At first sight, you would think that these two seminars are quite different. That’s what I thought until my gorgeous and […]

Obstacles to experiencing the Father’s Love

by Ramesh Naraine | Feb 18, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

February is Father heart month Obstacles to experiencing the Father’s Love CTF pastors are here in Mexico on retreat and we are sharing our stories of encountering the Father’s love, and it is doing my heart so good! We often miss experiencing the Father’s love because we don’t have an interpretive grid for the experiences […]

Finding ultimate value in who you are, not what you do.

by Ramesh Naraine | Feb 11, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

February is Father heart month Finding ultimate value in who you are, not what you do. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. – Romans 5:5 (NIV) My father was orphaned twice. First, when […]

The Joy in the Harvest! … continued

by Ramesh Naraine | Feb 4, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

The Joy in the Harvest! … continued Then Jesus explained: ‘My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. You know the saying, “Four months between planting and harvest.” But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest. The harvesters are […]

The Joy in the Harvest!

by Ramesh Naraine | Jan 28, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

This year we are expecting the Lord to lead us into our greatest harvest of souls thus far. Here is a passage rich in promise when it comes to the harvest. This week’s blog is the first in a two part reflection on this “E” theme of our FIRE values, or the “outward” journey. “Then […]

Father Loves You!

by Ramesh Naraine | Jan 18, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

Our hearts need to encounter the love of God. It’s not just about good theology, as important as that is. We need to experience God in order for there to be authentic transformation. Whether that experience comes in a dramatic emotional encounter or whether it is a series of gentle revelatory moments we need to […]

Arise, Shine!

by Ramesh Naraine | Jan 11, 2018 | Pastor's Desk

“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift […]

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