You are reborn to be great... that is the least of your possibilities. Someone (Jesus), has already died to give you the best possible chance to succeed and his disciples have spent 2000 years building upon this truth. The battle for the church is not to keep you in fellowship at all costs, rather to encourage you to honour the will of God. LUK 7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. All those born of God are already greater than the greatest of all humans... this is our starting point as born again Christians.

Serving God is easier than you think... because he doesn’t think like we do, nor does he measure life and its problems in the same way that we do. His values are far different; his rewards seem far too great for the small amount of effort required. On the other hand, some of the great things we think are exceptional, God sees as a daily norm: something he expects... who can know the mind of God? 1COR 2:16 For who has known the mind of the Lord; who has advised him? But we have the mind of Christ.

The rapid expansion of technology, knowledge and materialism, has made it more confusing for Christians to get their scriptural priorities in order. As a result, many are fighting the wrong battle, investing their time in natural rewards rather than spiritual blessing. The Lord knew of the problems of this age long before it arrived. As a result, he has offered clear and logical scriptural directions, to help us live according to the very personal priorities, which are prepared for us. Not surprisingly, we have a job to do for God. The bible defines that our greatest priority must relate to maintaining a spiritually active life (this is our top calling... all the time). God's truth and strength need to be revealed to the world... billions of lives are exposed to needless death every minute of every day. The teachings of Jesus reinforce his personal concerns...on of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. The first priority (our God given role), is to offer to save people from certain death.

Everyone has a conscience: the sense of right and wrong that governs a person's thoughts and actions. This varies from person to person with parental and family input shaping the majority of values, followed by education and society inputs. Collectively this generates a moral compass to determine what is good and what is bad. Just as our body has nerve endings that signal our brain when things are wrong, ie., hot, cold, pain, etc,. Our conscience acts like nerve endings in the areas of the working of the mind... from which our life morals are formed. To give you an example... when I say 'smoking, drinking, lying, lazy, road rage, prayer, reading, fellowship, etc.,' Those parts of your conscience which are negatively affected, light up at the mention of certain words, but not all of them. This is a simple demonstration of our conscience at work. It also helps determine what choices we make, when personal gain or desire clash with our values. Our conscience offers a value and our mind may try and find an escape clause... the choice reveals our integrity.

This Anzac Day weekend, has reminded us of the never ending battle for freedom and the huge cost of human lives to bring it about. We do well to face the reality that national freedom isn’t free at all... sacrifices (many beyond rational human understanding) have been made, some by family members and friends. Sadly the human race has also been fighting another battle that it has never won... the fight between life and death. Every human ever born, despite selfless acts of courage and sacrifice by soldiers and civilians alike, still end up in the grave.

The following scriptures reveal some simple, yet powerful metaphors about God's revelations to the human race. Most have never seen nor heard of the true Gospel of salvation with its miracles and signs as defined in the bible. You are the agent of light to this world in the same way that a torch might show a path in the darkness of the night.

The quest for 'new and better', is a never ending human addiction, stimulated by world wide inventions... where even the poor have access to the latest mobile technology, television and scientific applications. Knowledge is doubling at the rate of every twelve months and will jump to every 12 hours with faster and more diverse internet access. Despite the obvious benefits of much of todays increase in technology, 'new and improved' is not always better. The bible predicted such advances over 2,500 years ago. DAN 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Sadly, our modern world is failing in more areas than it is excelling, because all the emphasis is on the natural and not the spiritual. Ignoring the creator of the universe, making unskilled spiritual decisions; will lead to the extinction of almost all human life (also scripturally predicted).

Jesus often used parables, as a way of comparing natural and familiar practices, to reveal spiritual truths that are often less obvious. The following is a modern parable on a worthy topic. The parable of the fridge (my observation), starts by noting the principles of refrigeration. A fridge creates the right temperature to best maintain the quality and life of our food... food being a primary source of life and health. God offers exactly the same spiritual principle, through the anointing of the Holy Spirit... maintaining the life of our soul.

The following observations should be helpful to get a balanced view of opportunities relating to divine healing. God knows the doubts, fears and strengths that we all carry, yet has made a workable method for us to exercise.

The hostile environment of space travel, involves numerous survival and coping strategies that earthly life doesn't. Just like astronauts who travel or live in outer space; spirit filled Christians also face day to day survival requirements that are foreign to natural living