Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Having the knowledge that the lord has gone before us to make the crooked paths straight and to remove the obstacles that would trip us up should really allow us to move bravely forward.  However, this is not always the case and we quickly forget this fact and become timid and afraid looking on our navels rather than looking to the lord.

It is for this reason that the lord constantly encouraged Joshua not to be ‘afraid’; I am with you, trust me and so on. Joshua heard the word and acted on it. And when there was disobedience in the camp he repented, sought the lord and started over again

Today the church as the army of God does not conquer the terrain occupied by the enemy because we have become too comfortable with the enemy. We need to raise up a people who understand spiritual warfare and are prepared to engage the spiritual enemies in our towns, cities and country. Like Joshua we need to recognise that the territories around us that is being taken by people who worship other gods are places where we as the body of Christ is losing the battle. Many of our church leaders are being taken out prematurely because they enter territories to minister without recognising the spirits that are in the locality.

Let us seek God so that we develop spiritual awareness of our locality and drive out the spirits who reside in those localities.

Read Joshua 24 as Joshua summaries how they got to where they were at!