Cornerstone Community Church Vodcast

We’re living in the closing moments of not just a generation, but the end of time. Enoch was a divine example of one who pleased God with his faith. If there’s ever been a time we need to walk with God, it is now.

When Uzzah was struck dead for touching the Ark, God wanted to show David that His purposes and plans could not be carried by the strength of man. When things seemingly go wrong or when situations appear disastrous, it could be God stopping us in our tracks to prevent us from going away from His original plan for us and for future generations.

The place of prayer is 2-dimensional – in the natural and supernatural realm. God wants to engage the earth through us in prayer, and it can only happen when we’re awakened to and connected to the realities of His Kingdom and be a conduit of these realities in our everyday life.

In Numbers 33:2a, we read how ‘Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the Lord.’ The whole of Numbers 33 is dedicated to one thing – the journey that the Children of Israel took in the wilderness for 40 years. Did you know that in 40 years, they camped at a total of 40 different locations, with each essentially being a key water source? And it was the Lord who commanded Moses to record the journey for posterity sake. In the same manner, I felt compelled by the Holy Spirit to do likewise – record the journey of Cornerstone over the past 28 years. What amazing lessons we can learn from our journeys!

Balaam is perhaps one of the most enigmatic characters in the Bible. The narrative about him contains contradictions, the legends passed down are fascinating, and archaeology verifies his true existence. Put these things aside and we wonder if there’s a primary, cogent message that Israel’s encounter with him brings to us? Let’s hear what his donkey has to say about it.

In the Bible, only One fulfilled all that God had purposed for Him, and that’s Christ. Everyone else missed something of what God had for them. Abraham produced an Ishmael, Moses did not enter the Promised Land, and even David confessed that his house was not fully in order at his death. While we may never be perfect, nonetheless, we’re cautioned that we must not self-sabotage the call of God in our lives. Elijah’s experience speaks into this subject vividly.

The Incarnation is the most momentous, incredible incident in history. A God who could do anything, chose to work with a teenage girl to do the possible, so that He could do the impossible. God is looking for our cooperation to birth His eternal purposes and plans today. He wants to work for us, in us, with us and through us! 

Every truly born-again believer has received an anointing from the Holy ONE and that anointing enables us to function and serve in the capacity for which He has designed us. The anointing is like putting a key in the ignition and starting the engine. It’s the spark that ignites the gifts. And if you say, “I’m not anointed”, then you’re calling the Holy Spirit a liar. The only way for us to truly understand the anointing is to understand WHO and WHY people are anointed in the Old Testament, and that the anointed must be appointed.

Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 11:3 that ‘The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.’ Basically, everyone has a covering – even Christ – whose head is the Father. So it makes a person look silly when he or she says, “I don’t need a head or a covering.” We all need a covering and to be properly covered as well.

In the second part of this message, Rev. Celia shares the key to knowing our God-given purpose. Whatever God demands of us, He already configured it into our system. One key to discovering it is to look at what we’re good at. God hid your purpose in you where you can find it, and no one can take it away.