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In our fast-paced world, Christians are urged to use spiritual vision to perceive God’s work, especially during hardship. Via stories of Hagar and Elisha, the power of faith over sight is highlighted, showing God’s faithfulness and protection. We’re reminded to seek God’s guidance through prayer, expectancy, and fasting for transformative spiritual insight.

God is dividing, sifting, and refining even now. The shaking is not meant to destroy, but to reveal—and may the mercy of God reveal to us which spirit we have knowingly, or unknowingly, yielded to.

To go without growth is to risk burnout, disillusionment, or immaturity. But when we allow God to grow us in perception, expectation, and perseverance, we carry His light wherever He sends us—starting with our homes and neighbourhoods, and eventually to the nations.

Some cast their crowns. Others proclaim the Lamb’s victory and redemptive work. Everyone is participating. There are no spectators, no divided attention, no performance-driven distractions. The atmosphere is thick with light, fire, thunder, and ceaseless adoration, because God’s glory never ceases.

God wants us to live—not as fearful servants, but as beloved children. Too often, we approach Him only as a distant King or a strict Judge, when in reality He invites us to run into His arms as sons and daughters.

The gift of tongues has also been mishandled. In many churches, tongues are loudly encouraged, yet interpretation is seldom required — a direct contradiction of Scripture. Visitors are left confused, and believers without this gift feel condemned, as if they are lesser Christians.

Looking back now, I realize that the storm wasn’t wasted. It tested our faith, stretched our trust, and deepened our dependence on God. Storms do that. They reveal where our hope truly lies. Just as muscles are strengthened through resistance, faith grows strongest in adversity.

Break free from whatever enslaves you or dulls your devotion to Jesus. Then let Him cut away the charred and scarred places of your unhealed heart and lips.

Our daily choices—to believe when doubt shouts louder, to obey when it’s inconvenient, to love when it costs us—are the bricks that build a legacy of faith.

She chose to believe what God said about her, not what life tried to label her as. Through faith, perseverance, and an unshakable trust in God’s promises, Shantini rose above her challenges.

“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” — Hebrews 13:5 (NIV)Life is a journey—Pastor Joel often remind us that life is not a sprint, but...