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How to be Strong in a Weak World

22/11/23 at 10.37am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

November 27, 2022

You can be strong because you have money. Money can get you influence, buy you nice things, and get you through many doors in life. But there is weakness in this earthly kind of strength. “The root of all evil is….love of money.” You can have it, but not have a heart. You can own things and have nothing by way of truth and integrity. Money is a means, biblically speaking, for achieving the will of God; it is not, on the contrary, just the end to the means.

You can be strong because you have meaning. Popularity. Prestige. Celebrity status. Social acceptance. This is certainly higher, even in an earthly sense, than just being driven for money. Many philanthropists give themselves to human interests, world improvements, Global initiatives. And they have meaning. They do good. They mean well. But even this is empty without God.

As report by the Associate Press, in June of 2006, Warren Buffet announced that he would donate 85% of his 44 billion fortune to five charitable foundations. In response to questions about his generosity, Buffet said: “There is more than one way to get to heaven, but this is a great way.”

Wrong! You can have money and use that money for worldly meaning, but it won’t buy a ticket to heaven. Listen now…

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Three Frogs and a Sword

22/11/16 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

November 20, 2022

What comes out of the mouth of this trio of darkness is dubious to the mind, dangerous to the soul, and destructive to the body. If you listen long enough to their speeches you will feel yourself begin to question things that were concretely driven deep in your heart. If you taste the temptation of their offerings you will begin to believe that holiness tastes nasty and rivers of living water are too bitter to drink.

So, you have to challenge these ancient spirits with a newborn experience. “out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength that thou mightiest still the enemy and the avenger.” To still the enemy is to silence his hateful, demeaning rhetoric. The Spiritual application here is that when someone opens their mouth as a newborn babe in Christ, the New Birth Experience; it mutes hell. It’s like every auditory nerve in the Universe suddenly goes deaf, and as if some ethereal sound producer is at the controls the evil words fade out. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy singing. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy quoting the Word. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy praying in the Spirit. Your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exaggerations that try to intimidate you. They will boast weapons of shame. They will target your vulnerable areas. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic excavations. These are the things they dig up from your past. Bones of bitterness. Rotted flesh of failures. Decomposed bodies of sin and regrets. Skulls of old thoughts in the dirt of shame. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exploitations. These are the disadvantages the enemy thinks you have; your weaknesses he can key in on; your failures of the past that he can try and capitalize on when you try to do something for God, say something for God.

Goliath threatened Israel in I Samuel 17 and the Israelites were weakened by what they saw in Goliath. But then came David. And David was strengthened by what God saw in him. God’s view of us is more powerful than our fearful view of the enemy. Listen now…

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As Long as You are Under It You Can Get Over It

22/11/09 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

November 13, 2022

We are overcomers when we submit to God. Our ability to withstand trials and test is directly related to our obedience to the will of God and our dependence on His Word. He shields us. He protects us. He secures us in the worst of storms. Submission places you in a better position to witness the Supernatural. God has not only a shelter to put us in during the storm, but it is strong enough to withstand any attack. When fear comes, He shields us with peace. When anxiety wrecks our sleep, He calms our spirit. You will break through the next demonic obstacle because you are an humble servant of the Lord. So don’t be alarmed by the world as much as you are assured by His protective arms. Listen now…

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The Colt at the Crossroads

22/11/02 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

November 6, 2022

The colt was something that the Lord needed at a specific time. This is us at the crossroads. You and I are often frustrated and fearful at the crossroads. The crossroads of life that can often be indicative of indecision. It can be a place of hesitancy because of past failure. It can be a place of pause because we’re just simply not sure what to do next, where to turn, or what direction we should take; and what signs we should follow. But if we can treat our faith like this colt in the text, we need to understand that it was tied by the door, and that’s exactly where it needs to be until the Lord says go. Till the Lord says move. When it comes to faith that is exactly what God is requiring of us individually as a church; because, with faith comes faithfulness, and out of truth comes fruitfulness. It’s the ability to have fruitfulness out of our faithfulness to God. Listen now…

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