Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

The gospels are the places where we can learn about and develop the personal plan that God has mapped out for us. We are told by the prophet Jeremiah that God knows the plan he has for us, they are plans for our welfare and not for our harm and are designed to give us a real hope for the future  (Jeremiah 29:11 paraphrased). The personal plan dictates that we are led by the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:25), we are baptised in the Spirit by Jesus (Matt 3:11) which is evidenced by the speaking in other tongues (Acts 2:4), and we are taught and comforted by the Spirit who acts as our advocate in all our wrangling with the enemy. Let us be very clear here, the enemy is determined to derail the plan God has for us and to cause us to do our own thing and sort out life our selves. We then lean only on our own understanding and trust ourselves in all our ways. For us to fulfil the plan that is specifically and individually designed for each one of us, we need to listen to the word from the Lord situated at the centre of the Bible: it is better to trust in the Lord than to put your confidence in humans (Psalm 118:8).