Family Church Gosport

Prayer is “talking to God.” Prayer is not meditation or passive reflection; it is direct address to God. It is the communication of the human soul with the Lord who created the soul. Prayer is the primary way for the believer in Jesus Christ to communicate his emotions and desires with God and to fellowship with God.

Today, Pastor Andy launches a new series called House Of Prayer. This has been on his heart for a while and all FC congregation will focus on this for the rest of 2023. How can we be a praying people? Prayer is not a bolt on for church!, its a central part. Other faiths call people to prayer from tall towers, some churches ring bells. Jesus was passionate about prayer in the church 2000 years ago and is also passionate about prayer in the church today. In Matthew 16:18. He said, "I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it". We need to build a church with Jesus according to his blueprint...

When we read about the day of Pentecost, we see it today when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon all flesh. But we also see it was the moment that the church was born. What was the church doing before it was born? They were praying and suddenly in their prayer meeting the Holy Spirit fell and the church of Jesus Christ was born.

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) says "if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land". The people called by Hs name are us Christians!, our land, our lives can be healed and our sins forgiven if we humble ourselves before our God and pray and seek Him.

Next week, we begin to unpack all this in greater detail.

Do we take God's Presence for granted…and have we become all too familiar with the anointing of God and the manifest presence of God? Let's be conscious of His abiding presence and allow the fire of God to burn in our hearts.

God wants to shower His grace on each one of us…not just once or now and again, but over and over again…His empowering Grace allows us to live and walk through the circumstances of life from a place of victory.

As God has trusted us all with His talents, different from each other, we need to use them for the glory of God to bring joy to the body of Christ. 

There are times in this journey when all seems good, life is sweat, and we don’t have a problem in the world, and we praise the Lord for those times. And there are times when we can feel under pressure or that the weight of the world is on our shoulders. It’s in these moments of life we dig deep and trust God.

We need to wake up and be aware of how the enemy works. The Bible says the people in the land were being used to bring discouragement to those that were willingly building God’s House…

The moment we received Jesus into our hearts, we begin a journey of discipleship or discovery of learning, growing and maturing in the faith. True Discipleship is a lifelong process for all of us…

We can all be experts in noticing other people's issues and, at times taking things one step further and wanting to highlight them or tell others about them.

Family Church Pastors gather for a Round Table discussion on the true meaning of the scripture Acts 2:42 and following....

The NIV Bible titles this ‘The fellowship of the believers’

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

The NKJV Bible titles this ‘A Vital Church Grows’

 42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ [n]doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, 45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.

46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

All of our Pastors draw vitally important nuggets from this scripture in relation to the future of our Church Fellowship. This is a ‘must listen’ message!!