7 April 2013 - Pastor Ray McCauley

Praise and Worship: Today's worship was longer than the usual Sundays and towards the end Pastor Prince came up to lead the church in worship. It was really good as it has been a while since we had Pastor leading praise and worship. Some great songs include Lord of All by Hillsong and Amazing Grace by Chris Tomlin. For the last song, we sang You are My Hiding Place which I believe it is a few of Pastor's favourite. Uploading this great song for all to enjoy.

Pastor Prince leads the partaking of the holy communion today.

In the old covenant, the blood was put on the doorpost and everyone inside the house fed on the lamb. The next day none are sick and feeble. I say unto you, when you partake of the Lord's supper, you will be healthy and strong tomorrow. If the shadow can heal the people in the bible, we today have the substance of His body. The answer is found in His broken body.

In John 6, Jesus says the life He will give to this world is His body. The more you partake, the younger you will be, the stronger you become. Get ready for a new deliverance. When you look at the bread, Jesus calls it His healing. God uses a piece of bread to put that tumour to nought.
The blood of Jesus is the new covenant. In this new covenant, Jesus says "I will I will I will" to you. You never have to work. He is your rest.

Topic: The I-Can-Do Spirit

Today, we have a very special guest with us and he is none other than Pastor Ray McCauley, the Senior Pastor of Rhema Bible Church. Pastor shared about his ministry in South Africa and that it has impacted lives all around the world. It was revealed that Pastor Ray McCauley came in 3rd place for Mr Universe Bodybuilding Championship in 1974. Guess who came in 1st? Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Pastor Ray McCauley received a very warm welcome and he goes on to share about how the grace message has really impacted the world. He shared about having the opportunity to listen to Pastor Prince when he was there to preach last year and he heard truths that he has never heard before in his entire 35 years of tenure. He pointed out that he is not saying all these about Pastor Prince because he wants to pump him up and make him famous. In fact, he had the privilege to preach and pray to 7 ministers in Africa and knew many famous people. Therefore there is no need for him to promote Pastor Prince. After hearing the grace message, he finally understood grace and tells the church that he will be sharing something which happened to him in 2010 later on.

The grace of God is not contained in the bible. The grace of God is the gospel.

Pastor wants to minister to you today the "I can do" spirit.
People are blessed to be part of this nation. In this church, there is a spirit of humanity and the I-can-do spirit. This is a miracle in itself.

2 Corinthians 4:8-13
Verse 8-10: The verses of the spirit of faith.
Verse 13: Faith and grace goes hand in hand. We need a spirit of grace and not a formula in our lives. Some people make faith as a formula. It is the spirit of "I can do all things in Christ".
Declare "I am a priest, I am a King, I am seated in heavenly places". When you get born again, you are already seated at heavenly places. You don't have to work to sit there like how some christians think.

Hebrews 12:2
Jesus is the developer and finisher of our faith. Keep looking to Jesus. As long as you keep doing so, the inside of you will manifest. It is His shield of faith. We need to realise that it is His faith and we establish in His grace. We need to apply the grace of God in every area of our life. Always run to God but not away from God because He is the god of invitation.

Romans 5:17-18
The reason why Pastor is sharing these scriptures with you is because of the testimonies he shared during midweek service. He thanked God for the gift of life and how God spared him from danger.

Pastor shared about an experience of a pain in his chest one day. He brushed it aside thinking it was the usual ailment but it did not occur to him this was serious. His doctor examined him and advised him to go see a specialist. In fact, he asked if he could go next week as it was a very busy week for him.

The doctor at the hospital put him through some tests and when the results came out, the doctor was astounded how he could still be alive at this stage. According to the results, his heart had burst in 12 different places. Surgery had to be done almost immediately.

At the operating bed, Pastor Ray held the doctor's hand who wasn't a believer (with doctor's initial resistance thinking he wanted to lead him to the sinner's prayer) and prayed "Father, I pray that you work through him throughout this operation. The doctor opened him up and when he saw what he saw, he said there was literally no hope and he proceeded to close the wound.

Just as he was doing so, he heard a voice clearly saying "Carry on". In fact, this operation was recorded in the medical field as 3 people suffered the same condition and none survived. Praise be to God as Pastor is the only one who recovered fully. When the operation began, doctors froze his brain and worked on it. Halfway through, he died and went in the presence of the Lord. He shared that the light, glory and beauty is an experience that you can only experience in that experience. At that moment, he thought to himself if he was worthy and whether he had did enough.

Jesus said to him, "It is not about you. It's about Me. You are worthy and you are accepted in Me. All you have to do is to believe in Me. That is all you have to do". Jesus continued to say "My grace is everywhere. It is not by works, not by your flesh and it is only through the grace of God".

When you see His grace, you begin to rest and see His perfect work. We can never finish a finished work. It is already done. Pastor pointed out the verse in Romans 8 saying, therefore there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
You can walk in the love of God but it is an extension of the love of God. Because of the extension, you can pray for those who don't like you.
You are not here today to defeat the devil. You are here to enforce his defeat. All we do is to enforce it through the blood, the name and the person of Jesus.

After the operation, the doctors gave him just 1% survival. He recuperated in coma for a month. He was discharged and asked God if he would ever preached again. Soon it was time for him to preach for the first time and when he stood at the pulpit, the Holy Spirit came upon him and in an instant, all bible verses returned. He could literally snap his fingers and tell you the exact chapter for a particular verse. He then realised he was flowing in the spirit.

Trust is resting in Him that He will never forsake, turn away and always reaching out for you.

Hebrews 4:16
Verse 16: Come boldly to the throne of grace. You can walk in all humanity and still have that godly attitude.

David looked at Goliath and did not see him big. Whatever Goliath you face today, through Jesus Christ you too can have the victory. Whatever pain you have, He can give you the victory. Add on to your half filled cup and don't let that great attitude be suppressed.

Say I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Keep that spirit strong because a lot of people do not want you to go where God wants you to go. Don't let anyone rob or suppress you.
This ministry will keep growing not because God wants to make Pastor Prince famous. He wants everyone to walk in His grace. Visualise yourself seated in heavenly places.

God is the miracle working God. God can split the red sea for you in your life.
"But Pastor you don't know what I am going through".
"Praise God" Pastor says. It just means you are going "through it".

Romans 5:20
Verse 20: The law entered so that grace superabounded. One translations say whenever you fall short of it, His grace superabounds.
Even in your life you fail, grace will pick you up and make you more Christ-like. It is never a reason for you to be bad.

In closing,

Pastor says a prayer for everyone:
Father, to all those in all services, thank you that there's no distance. I pray Lord that they won't leave with an attitude of failure. Thank you that you pick them up today if they are down. We come today, God we come today. Thank you for provision. Thank you for victory. Thank you that we are going to the other side. Thank you that there's no condemnation and defeat to neutralise us. I pray that the spirit of Christ will rise and they will be strong. From the top of their heads, to the soles of their feet, may you touch those who are weak, in Jesus name, Amen.