The next key: Prayer and Fasting..

Jesus said that some strongholds wouldn't budge without prayer and fasting...I think this is our third key...especially on the Sunshine Coast..these strongholds/giants have been around a long time..in our mindsets, in our relationships, both personal and community...years of history of sinful patterns, high and lofty thoughts that exalt themselves against God, principalities and powers, rulers of the darkness, and these are present even in the churches, or should I say, especially in the churches...MORE LATER>>>

Ok, I'm back. Well, I guess we're supposed to look at the Isrealites as our example. Not a very good one is it? What was their biggest sin? I think it was unbelief. They didn't trust the goodness of God, but complained against Him and against those whom God had called. They could not enter the promise land because of their unbelief. Even though God did miracles among them, they stubbornly refused to believe. Jesus could do no miracles in his own town, because of their unbelief.

Prayer: Jesus, I admit we are just like those Isrealites, stubborn and hard-hearted. We continually resisit your Spirit. We depend on our own understanding. Lord bring us to the end of ourselves where we lift our hands and hearts up to heaven and say "Lord we don't know what to do, but our eyes are upon you". And Lord, we do believe; help us and forgive us for our unbelief! Truly, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth? Lord, I pray you find it here, even if its just a little seed of faith - grow this seed into a beautiful tree, planted by the river, that brings forth fruit in season. I sometimes like how the Message puts it:

Psalm 1:1-10 (The Message)
How well God must like you— you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road, you don't go to Smart-Mouth College. Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.

Jeremiah 17:7-10 (The Message)
"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God, the woman who sticks with God.They're like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers—Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf,Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season. "The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out.But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind.I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things.I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."