Category: Empowered Magazine
TAKE OFF YOUR BOOTS
May 20, 2020 Pastor Paul White, Men’s Ministry Facilitator, Lead Pastor, Levin Life, Levin, NZ. Taken from Empowered Magazine, Issue 1, 2020.
In Exodus 3, we read of a man named Moses going about his father in law’s business; he was working hard tending his sheep. One day, while going about his work, he comes across a burning bush. He goes over to look at it, hears God’s voice and takes off his sandals as instructed. The voice of instruction changes not only his […]
Read MoreTE HAERENGA 2020 – Te Timatanga
May 15, 2020 Article taken from Empowered Magazine, Issue 1, April 2020
John 1:1-2. “I Te Timatanga te Kupu, I te Atua te Kupu, ko te Atua anā te Kupu. I te Atua anō tēnei kupu I te timatanga.” “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” Our annual Hui Maori was held at Whitiora and Huriharama marae, Te Tii in Te Taitokerau. The 4th such event for our Movement focused on reconnecting back to our marae, our place of meeting, learning, and inspiration. Our desire was to make a difference in our own communities, to grow […]
Read MoreA politics of heaven: Christ, our Priest-King
May 5, 2020 Jonathan Ayling. Article taken from Empowered Magazine, Issue 1 April 2020
Psalm 46 concludes with an often difficult commandment, but also a sustaining promise. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.’ Psalm 46:10-11. There is divine comfort in rest of this kind; that the name of the Lord will be exalted in our nation, for the Lord […]
Read MoreThe Promise of Rest
April 30, 2020 Pastor Iliafi Esera, General Superintendent A/G NZ, Senior Pastor, Faith City Church, Whanganui, NZ. Taken from Empowered Magazine, Issue 1 April 2020
In this magazine you will find a number of articles on the subject of ‘rest.’ You can talk about ‘rest’ in a fairly straightforward way. God, for example, rested on the seventh day and asked mankind to copy what he had done and to ‘remember the sabbath and keep it holy’. Rest, therefore, is part of the great processes of life. If we don’t allow our bodies to […]
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