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Breakfast of Champions: Monday 4th October

Good morning, Champion – welcome to a new week!

Deep-rooted confidence

Hebrews 10:35-36
Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

Jesus revealed the devil as a thief (John 10:10). He was and will always be a stinking thief, intent on stealing from God's people. What do thieves do? Steal things. What is he ever wanting to steal from you and me? The answer is simple: everything that God has given us which is good.

• Our peace (that peace that passes all human understanding and guards our hearts in Christ)

• Our joy (that force beyond mere happiness that keeps us strong in even the hardest of times)

• Our revelation of righteousness – Oh how he ever longs to get us back into the grind of performance and works.

But I think the one he really, really wants is our confidence – why? Because Hebrews says it is of great reward.

He wants to snatch from under you your confidence in:

• Who you are – your God-given identity (he is the greatest identity thief of them all)

• What you can do – your God-given potential

• And what you can have or expect – your God-given expectations.

Your godly confidence is of great reward, because when with confidence you endure (just keep on going) you will inherit (come into possession) what God has promised you. If the devil can get you to cast away your confidence then he can stop you inheriting all that God has for you. Don't let him!

Have you ever watched people walking around the shops? You can tell by how they hold and carry themselves those who have confidence and those who don't. Those with confidence have their heads lifted and their shoulders back, and they walk with steps that say "I belong here". That's how God wants you to walk through this day; His word should cause you to lift your head up, put back your shoulders and face the day and all it holds with courage and boldness because, as with Joshua so it is with you, GOD IS WITH YOU!

Confidence does not need to be loud – it needs to be silently and deeply rooted!

Often quiet confidence has more power than loud confidence; that confidence that you have deep down that says, quietly yet firmly, "I know God is for me and His promises over me are yes and amen, I know that things may seem strange now but THEY WILL TURN AROUND FOR MY GOOD!"

Isaiah 30:15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: in returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength."

The world can only take away or take back from you what it gave you – that is why we do not live by worldly-given confidence but God's, because then when the world or the devil try to take or steal it we can say, "Get stuffed, you did not give it so you cannot take it away!"

Hold tight to the confidence you have from God today, be that hero He has called you to be because 'the Lord thy God is with you'!

Have a great weekend, Hero – live confident, get your head up, you're a child of God not a pauper.

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Breakfast of Champions: Friday 1st October

Good morning, Champion.

God's three-part life restoration plan

Zephaniah 3:20 (NIV)
"At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes," says the LORD.

What a great restoration promise!

God made this three-part promise to His people many, many years ago; we read in the Old Testament that it was a promise originally spoken under an old "law-based" covenant. I believe that it is still a valid promise for you and me today and we should be even more excited about it than those it was original spoken to, because we receive it knowing we have a new and better agreement (covenant) with God, one based on faith and grace.

There are three distinct promises of restoration in this verse:

1. I will gather you and bring you home (redeemed and restored).

2. I will give you honour and praise in the earth (re-established).

3. I will restore your fortunes before your eyes (prospered).

Wow – this is a three-part plan you do not want to ignore! This is one of those promises that are worth learning inside out and upside down – make it such a part of you that you can recite It in twenty different translations, and even Hebrew!

Notice what the first step is: God says He will bring you back to Him. Listen, if you want the other two you have to first experience this one because it is the most important one to God.

If you have been away from Him, or drifted a bit in your relationship and seen stuff in your life go wrong, realise that first God restores "you and Him", and then He will restore everything else. Don't try and bypass step one, let God "bring you back to Him", then see Him re-establish your life and name and then, as it says so well, you will watch as He restores your fortunes or, as it says in the amplified, "reverse your captivity". The reverse of captivity is freedom and that is God's intention for your life. But remember, first He wants you back!

God bless,

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Breakfast of Champions: Thursday 30th September

Good morning, Champion.

Carpe seasons

John 4:35 (NKJV)

Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!

The journey (pilgrimage) of life is certainly a journey of different seasons; the art of living well is to make sure that you live (squeeze the juice out of) each and every season, both sowing into and reaping from each and every one of them.

Being alive means that we will all walk through the various seasons of life. Here is a classic verse from the wisdom of Ecclesiastes to make you think this morning:

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (NKJV)
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.

• If you get the chance, read the rest of this classic chapter to see the different types of seasons each and every one of us face as we journey through this thing called life.

• Like King David said in Psalm 37:25, we will all experience being young and being old and every season in between. I have met some older people that live in the regret of not being a teenager anymore and I have met younger people that can't wait for a later season of life (like being married), but the problem is they are missing the one they are in – neither of these are good enough, love the season you're in.

• You can't always go back and re-live seasons gone but you can learn from them, and you really don't want to fast forward to the ones in the future because when the ones you are in are gone, like flowers when they have flourished, they are gone.

The key for us all today is to carpe (seize) the one you're in!

• So today learn from days gone by; love the ones you're in and, with faith and expectancy, have excitement concerning the ones yet to come that are promised by God. Every season has something for you: make sure you harvest it out!

• To everything there is a season. There are seasons of age, seasons of relationship, seasons of ministry and business, seasons of everything. In them all there is a time to plant and a time to reap what was planted.

Here is some food for thought for you today as you consider the seasons that you are currently in:
• What season are you in today?
• Is it time to plant, or is it time to reap?
• Are you getting from this season everything that you should be and that is in the season to be had?
• What else do you need to do to enjoy and seize the season you are in?

God bless you; I pray that this season of your life prospers – don't say, "In four months . . ." but make the decision to live large the life God has given you today!

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday 29th September

Good morning, hope this finds you well.

Carpe Diem living

John 4:35 (NKJV)

Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!

We have been looking at living outside of procrastination, living with a desire to harvest and seize what is in our world now. Too many people are waiting for what one day will come, we too need to remain in faith concerning the yet unseen of God in our future but also be the people that grab the day.

We looked at relationships yesterday. Today I want to challenge you with opportunities. I believe God brings and offers opportunities to us all at different times and we have a choice to grab them – "carpe" – or let them pass us by. Live in such a way that with wisdom you seize opportunities, especially those which are authored and sent by God.

At different times in the Bible you see God turn up and offer something, then you get to witness some who carpe the God-offer, and those who don't.

Think of Elisha, that moment when Elijah walked across the field and offered him his mantle. God's intention was clear, the choice was now his. He chose to burn his plow and step into his God opportunity; he could have chosen to keep on plowing.

The disciples were fishing; they never saw Jesus coming but He had been watching them. Suddenly a God-opportunity comes out of nowhere: "Drop your nets and follow Me, and I will make you." Again they had the choice to say, "No thanks, we like fishing"! But they seized the moment and stepped into their destiny.

Sadly, the rich young ruler thought he was ready for his moment but when the cost was explained he really wasn't.

• God will always bring opportunity to you – some small, some large, some bigger than you could have ever imagined – make sure you are ready for the 'no warning' offer of God when it comes.

• Let us all make the choice, like the wise virgins, to live ready – not just for the second coming of Christ but for those divine opportunities that suddenly come that need us to respond in faith not fear.

• I believe He prepares you for these moments when you are not even noticing. I believe He had been working on the heart of Elisha prior to Elijah's arrival; He had been working in the hearts of the fishermen before the one-time offer came; He is working on our hearts now concerning future moments.

Just as King David was prepared for his opportunity with Goliath while defeating lions and bears, so what you are getting victory with today is setting you up for golden opportunities that God is going to bring to you in your tomorrows.

Live ready for God moments, because they come to us all!

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Monday 6th September

Good morning, Champion.

Be careful what and who you're coupled too

2 Corinthians 6:14-15 (NIV)
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

Here we see a warning concerning certain associations in our lives. It is not a call to remove yourself from the world or the people in your world who don't yet know Jesus; rather it is a warning concerning who you link your life to in partnership and covenant-type relationships.

Our lives are often just like train carriages – we have the choice who we couple (join) them to. As with a train carriage you need to have wisdom concerning the coupling of relationships because the reality can so often be where they go so do you, especially if they have more steam or drive than you do! This, of course, is great news if the trains and carriages (relationships) you have coupled yourself to are heading for godly, pleasant places, but not so good if they are heading for certain derailment or a very serious crash.

Make sure the people and relationships your life is joined to are going in God's direction. This will certainly produce a great harmony in the journey of your life. Imagine if two train carriages wanted to go in very different directions – this would cause a continual strain and stress between the two carriages. So it is when one life in a relationship wants to live God's way and the other does not – why bring that strain into your world when you do not need to? Couple (join) your life together with people that want to go in the same direction (after God).

As I said at the start, this is not a warning or call to separate yourself from unsaved people – far from it. If you did, what hope would they have of finding or experiencing Christ? But it is a warning concerning those closer, daily-walk relationships we all have including such relationships as future marriages, business partnerships and those closer-to-heart friendships (those where the person's words can affect your decisions and choices).

Be careful who you join (couple) your life to – ask the question, "Do you want to go where they are going?".

(note: This thought is by no means meant to make anyone who is currently in a marriage where one is saved and the other not feel condemned in anyway; may God's grace bring that unsaved party to full salvation. But it is a strong warning to those who are choosing future partners to make sure you have God in common)

God bless,

Andy

Breakfast of Champions: Friday 3rd September

Good morning, Champion, and welcome to another weekend!

Don't labour in vain

Psalm 127:1 (NIV)
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

This Psalm gives us all a good reminder to make sure that God is involved in what we are building in life lest, after spending our lives building something, we find out it was worthless and all in vain.

Each of us are building a number of things today: careers, families, ministries to name a few. The key to long-term success is to make sure that God is right in the centre of it all and that you are building with Him, not without Him.

How do we do that? We must take time to include Him in what we are doing. Think of Him as working with a business partner and consult Him concerning what you are going to give your life to build. Seek His wisdom and input and you will be amazed, when you do, the time you can save and the ditches you can avoid.

God wants you to succeed and prosper (Jeremiah 29:11) but He also wants to be involved, so include Him today, Champion, and make sure that plan to build or develop something is not just a good idea but also a God idea. The proverbs says we labour in vain when we do not build with Him, but the good news is when we acknowledge Him in all our ways and build with Him then what we build is strong and remains long term.

What a waste to spend your life building something and, at the end, you find out it was all in vain or for nothing. Don't do it, Champ, but let God be the architect and business partner to every blueprint that is in your heart. You will be glad you did.

Bless you,

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Breakfast of Champions: Thursday 2nd September

Good morning, Champion.

Give honour where honour is due

Psalm 29:2 (NKJV)
Give unto the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Put another way

The Message
Bravo, God, bravo! Gods and all angels shout, "Encore!" In awe before the glory, in awe before God's visible power. Stand at attention! Dress your best to honor him!

Let us remember that all glory and honour belong to Him because He is the one worthy and most deserving of it. It is He that has saved us so wonderfully and keeps us so faithfully. I like what this Psalm reminds each of us to do today, which is to give Him that which is rightfully His.

The great Baptist preacher Charles H. Spurgeon put it this way: "The moment we glory in ourselves, we set ourselves up as rivals to the Most High. Shall the insect of an hour glorify itself against the sun which warmed it into life? Shall the pot exalt itself above the man who fashioned it upon the potter's wheel? Shall the dust of the desert strive with the whirlwind? Or the drops of the ocean struggle with the tempest? Give unto the Lord, all ye righteous, give unto the Lord glory and strength; give unto Him the honour that is due His name."

Well put, Charles! Let us take a moment in our busy, successful lives to remind ourselves that all the glory and the honour belongs to Him. Without Him how successful, prosperous or significant would we really be? As we daily live to bow our knees humbly and give all glory and honour to Him, He daily honours us with continual goodness and mercy.

Revelation 4:11 (NIV)

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.

Today is another opportunity to give Him what He is due; so don't hold back, give it to Him, Champion!

Bless you,

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Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday 1st September

Good morning, Champion.

Don't take your life into your own hands, but place it in His.

Acts 2:21 (NKJV)

And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.

When you called on the name of the Lord, as promised, you were saved. Saved from what? You were saved from your sins, yes, but also you were also saved from the consequences and fallout of everything that Adam and Eve did wrong in their moment of deception and fall.

Your faith in Jesus, as we have said, reinstates and restores you as a citizen of God's kingdom. Now you need to make the decision to no longer live independently, but rather dependently. Before we believed in Jesus we did not have a choice. Our lives were independent, separated by sin from the governing and covering of God and His kingdom, but not now!

We used to have to hold our own lives in our own hands but now there is a better way. We can place our lives lock, stock and barrel into the loving, strong hands of a mighty God. As you yield your life into His hands, pledging your trust in Him, it is then that you experience all the blessings, protection and grace that Adam knew before his moment of foolishness.

So here is the choice, Champion – you can keep your life in your hands and do the best you can to make things happen, maintaining your independence, or humbly place it in the hands of your ever-redeeming God and watch Him lift you, protect you, and provide for you far beyond what you could have ever imagined.

1 Peter 5:6 (NKJV)

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.

Put your life (all of it) back into His hands because it's a better place for it to be. Faith is simply "dependence on God"!

Bless you,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Tuesday 31st August

Morning, Champ.

Pledge allegiance to the Lamb

Philippians 3:20–21 (NKJV)
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.

Through faith in Jesus Christ we have become citizens of His kingdom, a kingdom without end. It is to the King of that kingdom that we should daily give our service, submission and allegiance.

Here is a good question: "Who and what are you pledging your allegiance to today?"

Staying with the American theme from yesterday, another ceremony that Americans have had for many years is one of pledging allegiance to flag and country. This ceremony, which is now also carried out in the UK, happens when someone comes to America from another nation and purposes in his or her heart to make the new nation their homeland or place of residence.

After the process of application and immigration a special ceremony takes place where you stand before the flag and, raising your right hand, pledge your allegiance to the nation of America. These days Americans can hold dual nationality with another nation but when it was first instituted you could not, you had to choose one nation or the other. You would stand and renounce your allegiance to the kingdom you came from, thereby disassociating yourself from it, and then pledge allegiance to the one you desired now to be a part of.

Spiritually this is exactly what happened to us at salvation. We all came from another kingdom (kingdom of darkness) into a new kingdom, the Kingdom of the Son of His love. We too are called to renounce the governing rule and influence of our former spiritual citizenship (darkness) to adopt and submit to the governing rule of the new one (light). It is when we do not do this with an absolute heart that we get into a lot of trouble with things like compromise. The fact is, we are called to now be citizens of God's kingdom, pledging our lifelong allegiance to the King of that kingdom: Jesus, the Lamb of God.

As we do, we walk away from autonomous, self-governing rebellion and walk into into citizenship of total dependence upon God. We become as Adam originally was, reliant on our God for all we need. That may sound a scary place but it is actually the safest place of all.

Bless you,

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Breakfast of Champions: Monday 30th August

Good morning Champ. Breakfast is served.

Have a Dependence Day!

Genesis 3:4–6 (NKJV)
Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Every 4th of July America celebrates Independence Day, a federal holiday when the nation remembers and honours the moment in history when it separated itself from the rule and governing hand of the nation of Britain.

It was back in 1776 when America declared their independence from British rule and became autonomous (self-governing). This meant that they were now responsible for themselves, having concluded they knew how to better govern their lives and future.

In Genesis 3 we read of another "independence day", only this one would sink all of humanity into a spin, leaving all of us in need of redemption by a loving God. Satan deceived Adam and Eve into believing that they needed something other than what they had under God's care. The truth was that they did not. The governing or oversight of God their Creator had bountifully provided everything they needed or could ever want. They resided in the garden of His grace, provision and protection.

Sadly, they believed the devil-inspired lie that they could be like God and could get something they were "missing out on". When they believed the lie, and took the fruit they were tempted with, they disobeyed the Lord and, in doing so, chose independence from His rule and government. They yielded to a "I will do it my way" nature and thought they knew better. That is when it all started going so wrong for them and all of humanity that was in them.

Good news: through the obedience of Jesus Christ, the rebellion of Adam and Eve has been repaired and we are no longer independent of His grace, protection and covering and, let's face it, who would want to be.

It is good to remind ourselves of the fact that we are no longer independent, self-governed mutineers, but rather Kingdom people living dependant on the daily goodness and promises of our heavenly Father.

Live dependant on Him again today.

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Friday 27th August

Good morning, Champion.

Delighting in His word will prosper you

Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

This is a great Psalm that promises so much to the person who will commit to delight and meditate not in the wisdom of the ungodly but in the "law of God". As we have established many times in this devotional we are no longer under the law but under grace, and positioned in Christ by our faith in His grace not our works – so how does this word or promise apply to us today?

Two ways: we may no longer be under the law contained within the old testament as it was fulfilled by Jesus perfectly, but we should still daily remain under the teachings of its truth and wisdom, living to daily apply the incredible principles of God found within each of its pages. The Word (the Bible) will always do your life good and cause your life to flourish as you submit to it. Why? Because the Bible is a living book and is jammed full of God's thoughts and ways, and when you clearly understand the covenants (what's relevant and what's not to your life), and know how to apply the truth of His word to your life, it will always cause an outbreak of life and blessing in every part you expose it too.

If we change the word law for word of God it holds the same power of promise for us today. Gods word is good for your life when you daily delight in it and mediate (think) on it – your life will consistently experience incredible blessing and flourishing and go from strength to strength.

Another thing to consider is Jesus Himself. The Bible refers to Him as the "word of God made flesh".

John 1:14 (NIV)
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Because Jesus is the Word of God made flesh it means that as we behold Him daily we are beholding the word of God. As we daily gaze upon Jesus, delight in Him and meditate (think and muse on all He has done for us) on Him we are actually delighting and mediating on the word of God as He instructed us to and, as promised, that will cause your life to flourish and prosper so you will be like that promised tree that is planted by the rivers, ever bearing fruit.

Make sure you are delighting and meditating (thinking about) both the living words within the book and the living word that is the person – as you do you will be blessed!

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Thursday 26th August

Good morning, Champion.

Credited to, not worked for

Romans 4:3-5 (NIV)
What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

The very essence and power of grace is that it is always totally unmerited, undeserved and unearned. It is something freely given to the person who believes, not to the person who tries to earn it. The text today reminds us again that Abraham had righteousness (right standing with God) credited to him when he believed, not when he achieved. He did not work or labour for it but qualified himself for it by his faith (believing and trusting God). Champion, we also, as Abraham, are credited with the righteousness of God when we realise, as Abraham did, that none of our labour is good enough or ever enough to qualify us for it. Only when we choose rather to simply trust and rely in God's grace (unmerited, unearned favour) and faithfulness does He credit to us all of the righteousness we could ever need.

This can be difficult for some to grasp because we have been raised in a society and world that teaches a wage-based way of thinking: "when we work hard or do enough we then get what we desire or deserve". This way of thinking puts the emphasis on our doing: we do and then we get. True grace really messes this system up and actually works in the complete reverse to it – that is why so many cannot grasp the simple beauty of grace. Abraham did nothing yet had everything he needed credited (given freely) to him by God. It was not a wage for something he had done but grace, something freely given by God. See the truth here: it was God giving him what he did not deserve and had not earned. His righteousness, as ours today through Christ, was not a wage given for a good job done or a life well lived!

Be reminded today that the way we gain righteousness and partake daily in the grace of God is still the same – we should not try to earn or gain something from God according to a wage mindset; rather we should daily come and receive by faith alone from the good hand of God what we could have never earned or qualified ourselves for.

Remember, the Bible says that we when we belong to Jesus we are the seed of Abraham and heirs of the same promise. His promise was that what he needed would be credited to him by his faith, not given to him as a wage for his labour.

Galatians 3:29

If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday 25th August

Good morning, Champion.

Draw an accurate line in the middle

2 Timothy 2:15 (Amplified)
Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth.

Yesterday we looked at the importance of being someone who rightly divides the word of God – a person who knows the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant, who knows how to subtract that which is no longer relevant because of what Christ Jesus has achieved on their behalf.

To divide the word of God (truth) correctly you must have an accurate line in your understanding of the Word that allows you to perceive correctly when the old stopped and the new started. This line is, of course, the cross of Christ.

Everything changed when Jesus shed His blood, died and rose again! We do not throw our old testament away but we must determine to daily live by the revealed truths of the new testament. Don't get me wrong: both Jesus and the plan of God for redeeming mankind are throughout the whole Bible. I have heard it put well this way: in the old, Jesus is concealed (there to be found if you are looking), He is present in so many types and shadows throughout every book of it; yet in the new He is revealed – revealed as the Saviour and Redeemer of the world and of your life. I regularly read both the old and the new testaments, yet I live and build my life in accordance to the realities of the new testament. I am no longer fashioning my walk with God according to a replaced, obsolete, old covenant based upon law, but a living and present one based on grace and a finished work.

The Old Testament can teach us so much, but the law of the covenant it represented could never, and can never, save us – in fact, in itself it continually pointed to the one who would, and did: Jesus.

Rightly divide the word of truth by accurately knowing where one covenant stopped and another begins, by knowing when things stopped being down to man's imperfect performance to Jesus' perfect one – perfect enough to perfect all who have believed. Enjoy both parts of the Bible but know accurately in your heart which part saves you and leaves you complete. We present ourselves to God approved when we present ourselves to Him positioned in Christ, living out of all that He achieved for us by His death, burial and resurrection. Draw that important line and don't rub it out. Then you will divide the word of truth correctly, getting from both sides what you were meant too.

Blessings,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Tuesday 24th August

Good morning, Champion.

Biblical Mathematics (division and subtraction)

2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV)
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Here we see Paul calling God's people to diligence, to being people who are not ashamed when it comes to understanding and correctly interpreting the truth of His word – people who know how to divide it in the right way.

A major key for rightly dividing the word of God is reading it in context. Always take the time to understand the context of what was being spoken – for example, who was being spoken to and when? The most important part of this context is whether it was spoken before Jesus died (the perfect redeeming work of the cross) or after? You must always divide the word with the understanding that there really is an old and a new testament; more specifically, there is an old and a new covenant. This we can never afford to forget

There is an old and a new and we are called to live in accordance to, and find our identity in, the new and not the old. Fact: the old was replaced by the new; it was replaced by God, not man, because it was not good enough. That is why a place was sought by God for a second! The first was not able to make a man righteous (justified) because it was based on the performance of man. The second (new) covenant is able to make a man righteous (justified) because it is based solely on the perfect performance of Jesus. To walk in victory you need to rightly divide the old and the new covenants and subtract (take away, make obsolete) what is no longer relevant to your walk with God because of what Jesus has fulfilled and finalised on your behalf.

Think about it, if you are trying to live in two very different agreements you will never completely or effectively live in either. Everything changed when Jesus died – the old covenant based on us fulfilling the law daily was finalised and replaced, the new covenant establishing us as righteous (justified) because of what Jesus did on our behalf began. Let us not spend our lives trying to add up what will never make sense. Subtract from your walk with God what is no longer relevant to your life now that it is "in Christ", and live wholehearted in what is relevant (the new). The fact is a person is saved and regenerated by placing their faith in the grace (unmerited favour) of God and that alone. By grace are we saved!

Divide the word correctly by subtracting what is not longer relevant to you because of what Jesus has done for you!

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Monday 23rd August

Good morning, Champion

He backs up His Word

Hebrews 3:1 (NKJV)
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus.

We have spoken a lot about our mouths and the words we choose to speak. My final thought is concerning your confession. When you make His words and promises your property and speak them out as your confession, powerful things will start to happen in and around you.

God has given us His Word to use, and when we allow it to dwell richly in our hearts and be found daily upon our lips, it is then that we begin to see the manifestation of His promises in our lives and situations. Why? Simple, He is faithful and backs up His Word! He will not back up our insecure soul-based statements. He will not back up words of doubt, unbelief and fear. He will not back up whining or pleading, but He will always respond to His Word richly implanted in the heart and spoken out with faith.

Be challenged today, Champion, to be ever placing His Word in your heart and on your lips. God watches over His Word to perform it and promises it will not return void but will accomplish what it was sent for. When we confess His Word concerning our salvation He is the High Priest of that confession and backs it up, saving us completely; but also when we speak His promises concerning other areas of our lives He is the High Priest of those confessions too, and will back them up also.

Here's the timeless recipe of faith: don't look at the size of the problem, but rather find God's promise concerning it and begin to confess those promises over it. Don't listen to or speak out the whimpers of your soul but let faith arise that Jesus remains the High Priest of the (God-inspired) words we speak, just as He promised. Find that "God-word", Champion, that fits your situation and begin to confess that in faith and watch what happens.

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Friday 30th July

Good morning, Champion

We should all be following and being followed

Mark 1:16-18 (NIV)
As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him.

When it comes to being followers it should be a two-fold experience. First comes our commitment to being a follower of Christ. Like these fishermen, Jesus steps into our everyday world and says, "Follow me, and I will make you". It is when we commit to being everyday followers of Jesus that we see Him change our lives into what we never imagined they could be.

But there is also the challenge that we need to always be getting people to follow us – that's what leaders do. Let me expand on that statement: we need to be ever getting people to follow us as we follow Christ. This is the greatest and most effective kind of discipleship that there is. When we understand that God desires for us to live lives that lead other people to Him, a great responsibility becomes ours. We need to M.O.T. our lives every now and then to check that the lives we are living are inviting people to follow something that resembles and reflects Jesus well.

It is a very sobering thing indeed when you look back and see that people are following your life example – something that should be taken seriously. My challenge today is two-fold and very simple: are you following Jesus? are you going where He is going? Are you giving people something to follow in the way you are choosing to live your life? Live in such a way that people get to Jesus.

Bless you,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Thursday 29th July

Good morning, Champion

Would you get your leader a glass of water?

2 Samuel 23: 14-17 (NIV)
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem. David longed for water and said, "Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!" So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD. "Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this!" he said. "Is it not the blood of men who went at the risk of their lives?" And David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.

Let's stay on the theme of being a good follower.

King David is known as one of the greatest leaders in history; his courage, integrity and passion caused "mighty men" to gladly follow his lead. Much is recorded concerning his leadership skills and abilities, but here we see recorded the incredible potential of some of the men who were following him – their follow-ship is nothing short of incredible, and amazes me.

In this account David makes a casual statement about the best glass of water he had ever tasted. I don't believe he was hinting – his surprised reaction later tells us this clearly. It was just a casual statement, that's all, but to his followers it became a mission – even when it was potentially "mission impossible". They then sneak off and risk life and limb to get a glass of water for David their leader, talk about getting carried away! Some may think this was right of them, some may think this was wrong, but the fact is it is an amazing picture of the desire-based commitment that David's followers had to his leadership. Maybe that's why they won so many battles together?

In this account we also see the picture of what made David's leadership so easy and desirable to follow. He sees what they have done, the risk they took not for God but for him, and he chokes up and then uses what they have brought him for an offering to God. He says "Guys, this is too expensive (cost to much) for me to drink".

Sadly, in many churches in our land, there are followers that would not go to the church kitchen to get their pastor a glass of water, and even smirk when he is having a coughing fit! Again I want to put to you, successful church is not just about good leaders but good followers – when there are both in the church any battle can be won.

Hope this challenges you – it does me!

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday 28th July

Good morning, Champion

Churches need good leadership and good follow-ship

Joshua 1:16-18 (NIV)
Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"

A lot of emphasis these days is put on the need for good leadership in the church, but the reality is the church does not just need good leadership and good leaders but also good follow-ship people that can follow well.

It's easy to point the finger at leaders that have made mistakes or not led well, but what about followers taking responsibility for how well they have followed leadership? I think this is a really interesting thought that has the potential to produce a whole lot of good and very healthy, effective churches – if we dare to think about it.

In our text this morning we read about some great followers – the followers of Joshua. This is the second time Israel had been given an opportunity to inherit the land God had promised – as you know the first time did not go so well. Why did it all go wrong that first time when Moses was leading? If you read about that account the problem was not actually with the leaders (Moses, Joshua & Caleb) it was with the followers. They were the ones that caused the nation to not enter in. This time, under the leadership of Joshua, things are very different. He had followers who were for him and for the vision that was given to him, followers who were sold out for the journey of God that was before them. I believe it was their good hearts and great attitudes that caused this second attempt to gain the promised land to be a success.

Just as leaders are meant to empower followers, so also followers have the potential to empower their leaders. It is a powerful thing for a leader when his or her people come alongside them with a 'we can do it' attitude. Read it again: these guys were even willing to take care of the negative followers themselves to make sure that success happened.

We are all leaders in life but we are all often followers too. How good are you at being a follower? Do you empower the leaders in your life and give them courage to go for it like Joshua's followers did? Good question, right?

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Tuesday 27th July

Good morning, Champion

Who is chasing who?

2 Kings 2:1-2 (NIV)
When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here; the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

I believe one of the greatest gifts that God gives to us are great relationships: some that are for friendship, that walk alongside us; others are for mentorship, sent to empower, challenge and inspire.

I also believe that many people sadly do not get from this second group of God-arranged relationships what they could because they have no chase or pursuit in them. Why? Often because they see things the wrong way round – they want be pursued rather than pursue, they always want to be followed up rather than follow.

In this morning's text we read about Elisha pursuing the prophet and spiritual leader Elijah. He knew that God had put into Elijah what he needed in his life, and he was not going to deal with that in a polite manner – he went after Elijah. When you read through this account it looks like he is almost stalking poor Elijah; as you read on you hear Elijah turn and say to him another two times, "What do you want? What must I do to shake you off?" Even the large company of prophets following Elijah turned three times to Elisha and said, "Leave the poor guy alone!", but he could not and would not be put off.

What a lovely picture of a man taking a God-ordained relationship in his life seriously. He knew who and what he needed and would not let up. Hey, you can call him a nutter or desperate, but read the end of account: he got what he wanted. Not just that – he got a "double portion" of it. Champion, please understand: Elisha getting a double portion was all about the spirit of pursuit that was in him – he would not have got anything if he had waited politely for Elijah to call him.

One thing that surprises me as I watch and work with leaders is the lack of determined pursuit in people's hearts. You meet with people and they tell you what they want and how bad they want help and assistance, then nothing? No further calls, emails, no pursuit. It's time to look at things more correctly – it is not the job of your Elijah to chase you, it's your responsibility to go after them. Every great leader will make time for those they see are serious – are you serious? How are you relating to the leaders you have been given and the ones you desire input from? Are you in hot pursuit or are you sitting there waiting for them to pursue you and chase you up? Chances are they never will because they are in hot pursuit themselves – they are pursuing God but I know they can always make room on the bus for someone who REALLY means business.

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Monday 26th July

Good morning, Champion

Worship is a due response

Luke 17:15-16 (NKJV)

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

When I close my eyes and think of this lone leper, returning to thank Jesus for what He had done for him, I get a lovely picture of it simply being what we call worship. Yes, he was a Samaritan and that meant he was the least likely of the ten to ever worship Jesus for who He was, but that makes it even more powerful. Jesus deserving worship is not a cultural thing but an "everyone who has had their lives changed by Him" thing. I have been challenging you to give God due response in your lives – worship, like faith, is a exactly that: a due response, something that He deserves. He is not only due our worship but the best of it.

Remember, worship is 'worth-ship' (the placing of your worth on someone or something). When you take time in your day to worship God you put your worth on Him; and yes, He so deserves it! A great key to remember is that we do not worship Him firstly for what He does, but for who He is. If you only worship Him for what He does your worship life will be like a rollercoaster. It will be up and down according to the varying situations of your life. But if you worship Him firstly for who He is you can have consistency in your worship that only ever then increases when He does you good in one way or another.

God loves your worship because it is something you choose to give away. It can't be snatched or demanded, rather it is freely given from one to another. Every human has worship in them to give away and you see many give it to differing things and people on a daily basis. Some give their worship to football teams, and others to cars or pop stars. It is good for us to enjoy other things but to always make sure that the best of our worship (our greatest shout of adoration) is reserved for our King, Jesus.

Today, give God what He is due. Give Him your worship; don't just give it because He has done something for you, give it to Him for who He is.

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Friday 23rd July

Good morning, Champion

Faith is a pleasing response

Matthew 4:18-20 (NKJV)

And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

Let's continue to consider the power our responses have by looking at the response of these young men who started the day as fishermen and ended the day as disciples who would change the world.

What was it that changed their whole lives in a moment? Yes, it was about God making His intentions known to them, but it was equally about them responding in faith to God's word and stepping out into the unknown. Faith is a due response and remember, it is a response that always brings God pleasure (Hebrews 11:6).

So for them the day started like any other. They're busy doing what they'd always done. Then Jesus turns up and drops God's divine intention for their lives into their laps. There is no two-day seminar with PowerPoint and Q & A over an evening meal - just a single moment where a response was needed to activate a brand new life offer.

They could have turned to Him and said, "That's great, but a bit scary, so thanks but no thanks", and Jesus would have turned and walked on. They didn't do that but instead they perceived that this was a God moment and responded to it with faith, not reason, and went with it. Remember, this is exactly what Abraham and so many of the Bible heroes did. Abraham was also living a normal everyday life when God's intentions turned up out of nowhere and he had a choice whether or not to respond to them correctly – a whole new life started for him as he stepped out by faith into a whole new, mapless pilgrimage of faith.

God's intentions will always come to pass and if you say "no" He will use someone else. The annoying thing about this is that you get to see it happen and have to deal with the fact that it could have been you because that was your offer. Don't miss your God moments.

I believe that God prepares our hearts for these moments of challenge prior to His arrival. We do not know what is going to happen but we know something is about to. Make sure you are ready, like the disciples and Abraham, for God to arrive out of nowhere and offer you some of His great intentions. Make sure that you are not like the rich young ruler who thought he was ready for his moment but when it came, he was not. He couldn't see beyond his present life of riches and privilege to that bigger, unseen life that Jesus was offering. When you, by faith, respond correctly to God, you always end up with more than what you imagined or came for.

Let's finish today by thinking again of the returning leper:

Luke 17:19

Then He said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you."

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Breakfast of Champions: Thursday 22nd July

Good morning, Champion

It's about your response, not His intentions

Luke 1:37-38
For with God nothing will be impossible." Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

Yesterday we shared on the importance of responding to God's Word and how that, when we give response to it rather than just read it, we can release its potential and power into our lives and situations. So much about walking in our God-given destiny is about us responding correctly with due or correct response to God and His word. You walking in God's plan for your life is more about your response than His intentions.

Understand that God's intentions for you are settled. He is not confused (Jeremiah 29:11), but the fact is that His intentions for us are activated in our lives when we respond to Him correctly. The Bible is a big catalogue of people's responses that allows us to see the fruit of the lives of people who responded to God both correctly and incorrectly. Their responses should inspire us with ours. Let's look at one:

Mary

She is a young teenage girl when God appears in her life and makes His intentions known: "I want to bring the Saviour of the world through your life". This was a big shock for her, but notice that she did not become pregnant with "the God plan" till the moment she responded with that great statement: "Let it be to me according to Your word". It was after she made that response that she became pregnant with "the God plan".

God did not violate her and He won't violate you. He lets you know His intentions and waits for your response to activate them. Just like with Mary, God has a whole bunch of stuff He wants to "get to the earth" and He is looking for someone like you to bring them here through - will that be you today? Will you allow your life to be the womb that God can use to birth something great?



All the great Christian heroes we read of are just people like you and me that heard the heart of God and, like Mary, realised that nothing is impossible for God, and then had the courage to say, "Let it be to me according to your word (intentions)".

Mother Theresa's great response saved thousands of children from poverty and death – that was a God plan.

Reinhard Bonnke's great response saw millions of Africans saved and set free – that was a God plan.

God bless you and have a great day.

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday 21st July

Good morning, Champion

God's word is waiting for you to respond

Responding correctly – or being responsible: 'response - able' – even affects our relationship and experience with God's Word (the Bible). You can choose to treat the Bible like any other old book and get nothing more than information from it, or you can treat it like God's ever-living Word, relevant to every situation you may face, and get the revelation and wisdom for life from it that God wants you to have. God's Word was always meant to be responded to. Remember what James said of our response to God's Word: "Don't just be a hearer of it but a doer". When we respond with faith to what we read we activate its incredible potential in our life and daily destinies.

Have you ever wondered why there are so many 'Amen's' in the Bible?

Amen is a Hebrew word. It is itself simply a statement of response. Amen means, "so be it", "it is sure", "yes I agree", or if you're from Portsmouth, "bring it on right here, right now". It's an activating statement. Like the phone call that activates the potential of your newly-delivered credit card so it is with your 'Amen' to what you read. The Bible requires a response from you, when you read it, if you want to release what's in it for your life and situations.

Today, don't just read the Bible – have a conversation with it. When you read a promise of God that is applicable to your situation release that promise with a response: "Yes, Father, in Jesus name that promise is yes and amen to my life too." There are over 8,000 promises that are 'yes and amen' to you but they remain words on the page till you release them with a faith-filled response. Today, read the Word and release your response: AMEN – "so be it, it is certain, bring it on!"

Make the decision to respond to God, to respond to the people God has given you, and to respond to His word as living truth waiting to be activated for your life. If the lepers had not responded to Jesus' words and instruction, but just sat there and listened, nothing would have happened. It was when they responded by doing what He said that their miracle was released.

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Tuesday 20th July

Good morning, Champion.

=THE ABILITY TO RESPOND CORRECTLY=

Luke 17:15–19 (Message)
One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came
back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so
grateful. He couldn't thank him enough – and he was a Samaritan. Jesus said,
"Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and
give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On
your way. Your faith has healed and saved you."

We are looking at our responsibility which is our "ability to respond
correctly".

Being responsive is vital for the relationships in our world to be all that
they were designed to be.

· God wants a responsive relationship with us. It was never meant to be a
one-way road, but rather a daily interwoven relationship of us responding to
Him and Him responding back – that's Christianity.

· The other relationships in our world need us to remain responsive too. For
example, as a pastor I deal with an element of marriage breakdown. The sad
thing is many marriages break down simply because one or both of the people
involved stop responding with "due response".

Every healthy marriage starts with a picture of volcanic response as a man
and a woman stand at the front of a church like a Princess with her Prince
Charming. There is no shortage of desire or response capacity. At the
reception that follows the atmosphere is charged with the thought of
responses yet to come (God designed it that way). The day is filled with
excitement, expectation, and joyous and arduous responses by both parties.
Sadly, for many, if you then press fast forward say about ten years you get
the picture of a man behind his newspaper at the kitchen table giving
automated responses to his wife, who is desperately wanting back the
response and attention from the responsive stallion she once knew. Instead
she hears the automated statements from behind a paper: "that's good dear",
"sounds nice dear", and the vibrancy of the marriage starts to fade.

Good news! If he was to suddenly realise what had happened and remember what
he once had and the promises that were made, and the dreams they started
their journey with, and that morning, with fresh revelation, walked past the
paper, spun her around, looked her in the eyes and sang to her their
favourite love song, that marriage would come alive again, instantly – all
we added was response!

When we respond correctly things come alive and stay alive. This principle
covers every relationship we face on our journey of life – family and
friendships, work/business relationships, teams and groups. Make sure you
remain responsive and watch how things stay fresh and vibrant.

God bless, have a great day (men, go sing to your wife),

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Monday 19th July

Good morning and welcome to a brand new week – with God on your side anything can happen!

RSVP – power of response

Luke 17:11–17 (The Message)
It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." They went, and while still on their way, became clean. One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God. He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough--and he was a Samaritan. Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine? Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?" Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you."

In this account we can learn some great lessons concerning the power of response in our lives, and hopefully be challenged concerning developing our personal response-ability.

In this passage we see three responses, and all are amazing:

1. Jesus' response to the need of these ten men: Leprosy had taken away their lives and shut their world down both physically and socially. Jesus steps in and miraculously gives them their lives back. Jesus responded to their cry for help.

2. The response of the one who returned: He was a Samaritan, which meant that, out of the ten that were healed, he would have been considered the least likely one to come back to say thanks. You can hear the gratefulness and passion in his words of thanks.

3. The lack of response from the nine: They had all received miracles that day from Jesus, but only the Samaritan said thanks.

Think about the figures for a minute. Only 10% of the miracle responded in a way fitting with what had happened. Only one in ten responded appropriately for what had happened to them (basically, given their lives back).

Were they evil men? I don't think so. I think they just swiftly got back into their previously normal lives that their illness had separated them from and forgot to respond correctly by coming back to Jesus and saying thanks. They understood what it was to respond when in need (they called out to Him, "Master, have mercy on us!") but they just forgot to respond correctly when God answered their cry. Always make sure you say thanks.

Let's make sure that we are responsive to God when we should be. Also, in our other relationships and in life, being responsive will always bring increase into your world and make things that you have more fruitful.

My observation and experience has been that God and life give "stuff" to responsive people. Let's make sure that today we are responding correctly to the people and the situations that we should be.

Bless you and have a great (responsive) day,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Friday 16th July

Good morning, Champion.

When fighting giants, wear what works for you

1 Samuel 17:38–40 (NIV)
Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armour on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. "I cannot go in these," he said to Saul, "because I am not used to them." So he took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.

So David goes and tells Saul he will sort this Goliath out. After convincing Saul he had a fighting chance Saul offers David his suit of armour, what Saul would wear when he was going into a fight (bearing in mind this was his fight). David tried it on and, because of their different body structures, it hung on him, weighed him down and probably looked really stupid. He probably had major problems holding the sword that belonged to Saul for long as well, because he was not used to it.

Then we see Him do the wise thing: he turns to Saul and says, "You know, thanks but this really isn't working. Let me wear what I am used to". He changed back into the shepherd boy outfit and picked up the weapons that were unique to him. These felt comfortable and he knew how to use them well.

The key lesson here, Champion, is don't wear another man's armour for your fight! When you purpose to be a giant slayer you need to make sure you are not imitating or impersonating someone else to the cost of you not being true to who you really are. What weapons are unique to you? David did not feel comfortable with a sword but was an expert with a shepherd's sling and a few stones. How about you? What are the weapons you know how to use: intercession, worship, praise? Use the weapons and wear the outfit that is unique and authentic to you, not another.

Also, when David stepped onto the battlefield the giant may have been shocked by how david looked and the weapons he was carrying, but at least he did not mistake David for Saul or see him dressed up as something he wasn't. David's confidence and authenticity to who he was in God caused him to win the day, and it will cause you to win also. Yes, be inspired by others but don't wear their clothes for your battle – what works for them may not work for you, and visa versa!

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Thursday 15th July

Good morning, Champion.

What fuelled David's charge can fuel yours!

1 Samuel 17:48-49 (NKJV)
So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.

This is the bit of the story that we all love, right? The moment when David takes off, running at his giant! Notice how it says he hurried to meet the giant. He did not skip nicely, or walk slowly with fear-filled steps – he ran with great confidence. Let's look at what he knew – it was what he knew that fuelled his run, and when you know it too it will fuel yours.

1. He knew that the covenant he had with his God was bigger and more powerful than the threats coming out of Goliath's mouth. The years he had spent on a hillside tending sheep had given him ample opportunity to bask in the bigness of God and get a revelation concerning the powerful covenant he had with Him.

2. He knew that God was enabling him in life once again and it was all he needed to win. He remembered the times when God had empowered him when he needed to defeat lions and bears. He knew that the same God that gave him the goods for them would give him the goods for this current problem.

3. He knew that whatever God had for him next in life was on the other side of Goliath and he would have to go through him, because there was no way around him. David knew that what the king had promised as a reward was the other side of this Goliath but I think he under-estimated how much was actually on the other side of this victory. It was after David defeated Goliath that his life went to a new level in God and he stepped into what God had for him next. It was not long after this fight that he became king of Israel! What God has for you next – that next level – is the other side of the giant you need to slay today. Get hungry for what God has for you next, Champion, and realise it's the other side of your present giant. That will fuel your charge!

So remember these things as you take off running at the giant that stands in your way today. You have a covenant – in fact, you have a better covenant with God than David (yours was established in Christ). God guided the stone David threw; with you He is in the hand that's throwing it! He is empowering you for your present victories as He did your past ones. Finally, what God has next for your life is the other side of slaying this present giant, so get it done.

Whether it is – a habit, a fear or a situation that wont budge – look it in the eyes and run at it, Champion!

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday 14th July

Good morning, Champion.

Giants can be moments of opportunity, get optimistic!

1 Samuel 17:26 (NIV)
Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

So, as we saw yesterday, David turns up and finds a giant of a man called Goliath threatening and mocking the armies of Israel and, more insultingly, their God, who was also his God. They may not have taken this personally but David did – he made it his problem but also his opportunity. I think David was a bit of an opportunist; he asks the men, "OK, what is the prize in this fight? What does the winner get?" When we back up just one verse we see that there were indeed some great opportunities for the person who dealt with the giant problem that Israel had.

1 Samuel 17:25 (NIV)
And it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father's house exemption from taxes in Israel.

· Great riches from the king (not just riches, great riches).

· A princess to marry: that would lift you instantly in your social circle, you would become a prince overnight!

· Tax-free living for your dad and his household (I personally like the sound of this one!).

David must have thought, "Wow, what a great deal, all that for giving that giant 'a slap he wont forget', it's a deal!"

Again, remember – unlike Saul, David was not afraid and was in a position to think about possible opportunities because he knew that God was with him; and if 'God is for you who can be against you', right? (Romans 8:31)

Unlike the rest of the armies of Israel, who were frozen by fear, David was in a 'covenant-based calm' that enabled him to see that this was not about great opposition but great opportunity. Think for a minute, Champion: what benefits will there be for you when you deal with your next giant? Be like David, see what others who are frozen by 'covenant-forgetting fear' cannot, get up and run at that giant that is in the way of you and some real great benefits!

God has anointed you to 'slap the living daylights' out of your giant, so what are you waiting for?

God bless,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Tuesday 13th July

Good morning, Champion.

Giants don't go away – you have to slay them!

1 Samuel 17:32 (NIV)
David said to Saul, "Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine [giant]; your servant will go and fight him."

Our thought this morning is taken from the classic account of David and Goliath – this is one of those stories that every kid who went to Sunday School learnt about, right?

In this part of the story David, who was a shepherd boy not yet a king, has turned up on the battlefield to bring food supplies from his father to his brothers. He turns up and finds a stand-off between the children of Israel and the Philistines. More specifically, a giant of a man named Goliath is standing mocking both Israel and God, and inviting the best man that Israel has to come out and fight him. When you read the account you see that he had been doing this for over a month, with the same threats and the same invitation: "Come out and fight me – whoever wins gets everything". No one wanted to fight him; in fact, when he came out they all hid – including King Saul who I believe was the man who should have sorted him out.

Then along comes David, a shepherd boy who in the opinion of others had no experience to deal with this rather large problem. They did not know he had trained when no one was watching, taking on lions and bears. David is more than willing to remove this obstacle or road block of a person, simply because he knew what he had in God.

We are going to talk a bit about slaying Giants this week. We may not have to deal with a physical giant but we all have to deal with non-physical ones, sometimes on a weekly basis. God wants you to have victory over every giant that comes against you in your life and will enable you to take them out, as He did David.

Facts you need to know about your giant:

1. They are not going anywhere, no one is coming to take them away – you have to deal with them, Champion! They will stay where they are, mocking you and not letting you past till you slay them.

2. Israel knew the name of this giant, they knew his name was Goliath. When you know the name of your giant that is evidence itself that you have let it stay around to long.

3. When you desire to live in the destiny God has for you face the fact that you will always be slaying giants of one sort of another – they can be anything from fears, habits, insecurities or differing situations.

Rise up, Champion, it's time to face the facts about the giant that is standing in your way today. He is going nowhere, so you need to look him in the eyes, rise up and run at him knowing who you are in Christ. Go ahead and slay him, then you can get ready for the next one!

Victory is yours in Christ.

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Monday 12th July

Good morning, welcome to a brand new week. I pray that this will be a week where you know God's goodness and favour.

No weapon formed against us

Isaiah 54:17 (NKJV)
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment 
You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me," Says the LORD.

Because you are in Christ and belong to God you can know today that God speaks this promise over your life today and over your tomorrows.

· People may fashion weapons against you but they shall not prosper – those weapons may be plans or schemes, the promise of the Lord is that as you stay in your God-given righteousness and keep loving Him none of these things sent to harm you will harm you or remain.

· No arrow made for you or aimed at you will hurt you.

· It speaks not just of plans and schemes fashioned to harm you but also tongues that rise against you in judgment. Again, as you walk in your God-given righteousness (which is by faith), He will condemn lies spoken about you and defuse lies sent to harm your good name.

· The key is to daily know the righteousness you have in Him and make the daily decision to stand in it. As you do things meant to harm you will not prosper and you will walk in God's blessing, not harm.

· According to God, this is our heritage.

Look at the life of Daniel – everything sent to harm him did not. He was set up to become lion food but the people who wrongly accused him (set him up) ended up being what the lions ate for dinner that night. Stay in truth and righteousness and God will turn things around for your good.

Also think of Mordecai, Esther's uncle – he was being set up by an evil ruler called Haman, set up for things he never did. Haman actually had gallows built to have him hung, but at the end of the story Haman ended up hanging on the gallows he had fashioned for God's man Mordecai.

They may fashion things for your harm but when God steps in we do not get hurt by things fashioned against us, but rather witness God turning things around for our good.

NO WEAPON FASHIONED AGAINST YOU TODAY WILL PROSPER – "GOD HAS GOT YOUR BACK"!

Just walk in truth and righteousness and, with confidence, leave everything that is going on behind the scenes to Him – that's called faith.

Bless you – get ready for a great week.

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Friday 9th July

Good morning, Champion – time for your Friday fry-up!

Genuine or copy

Genesis 3:6 (NIV)

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

We have been talking a bit about wisdom over the last few days, specifically about where you get it from – bearing in mind the wisdom you choose to love will be the philosophy you will live out of. Your philosophy (belief system) is the autopilot of your life – you will always fly in accordance to it. You can force the controls of a plane with a pre-programmed destination so that it goes another way for a while, but sooner or later, when you let go, it will go back to its original route – it is the same with us living from our beliefs. That's why God wants us to be disciples so that He can correct our wrong beliefs where He needs to, so that our lives can go in a correct direction.

Remember, it is wrong believing that produces wrong living. God does not want to spend the length of your life collecting rotten fruit – He wants to deal with the wrong belief that is causing it, He wants to adjust your philosophy where needed. Will you let Him?

In this morning's text we see Adam and Eve were originally in possession of pure wisdom (that which flowed from God), then they were sold another by satan. They were told that there was another or better wisdom they could have. They were deceived and accepted that lie as truth, and in doing so they embraced another wisdom (they formed a new philospothy) and began to live out of that. We of course know that they actually gave away that day best for least, genuine for countefiet. We believe that in redemption – everything that was lost through Adam was restored through Christ. That means everything! This means that we as Gods children are now able again to approach God for our wisdom, and when we do He gives it in abundance. Just as Adam and Eve turned away from God's wisdom for another, now we need to turn away from another wisdom back to God's. His is the genuine article because it was there first!

Proverbs 24:3

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

That is God's wisdom, not the other stuff!

Bless you,

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Thursday 8th July

Good morning, Champion.

Get pure wisdom!

Proverbs 4:7–9 (NKJV)
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you; she will bring you honour, when you embrace her. She will place on your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory she will deliver to you."

Here proverbs encourages us to "get wisdom"! Again, the question is where we get it from? There is no shortage of apparent wisdom being made available in the life we daily live. Everyone and their brother seems to think they have "pure truth and knowledge"; from evolution to humanism there is no shortage of "stores to get some".

The problem is that all wisdom outside of God's is not pure wisdom – a lot of the other wisdom that is available is not evil but simply not as good for you as God's.

Colossians 2 actually gives us a strong warning about shopping for wisdom to form your philosophies by, outside of God. Listen to the opening of the verse from three different translations, all of them initially warning with words like beware:

Colossians 2:8 (NIV)
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy

Colossians 2:8 (NKJV)
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit

Colossians 2:8 (KJV)
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit

So a wrong philosophy (wisdom given you to love and form your belief and value systems according to) has the potential to take you captive, cheat and spoil you! Be careful where you go shopping, Champion.

Also, you need to keep your philosophy pure. A world that does not love or acknowledge our God is ever wanting you to make a cocktail concerning the wisdom you are loving. For example, they offer cocktails that take a bit of humanism, a bit of paganism, add a shot of Christianity, and then give it a flashy name to make you want it. It may be a funky-looking concoction but it wont taste good to your life – in fact it's poison to your soul.

Keep it pure, Champion. Let God now be the brickyard for the wisdom blocks you need to build that new life you have been promised. Not all the wisdom that is available in the world outside of God is evil – a lot of it is just not as good as God's – so why get it from somewhere inferior when you have the opportunity and invitation to get what is genuine from the One who makes the real thing.

I know this sounds somewhat narrow-minded but let's face it – it has to be so. There is to much "wisdom mixing" going on within Christianity today, and it's time for us to look again to the word of God and say, "This alone contains the wisdom I need for each and every situation I may face".

Get Gods wisdom!

Andy
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Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday 7th July

Good morning, Champ.

Changing your philosophy

Colossians 2:8 (NIV)
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

I was reminded the other day that the word or title "Christian" is mentioned only 3 times in the Bible, whereas the title "Disciple" is mentioned 239 times. Maybe we should see ourselves and live to be His disciples rather than just Christians?

Salvation (the moment you respond and give your life to Jesus) is a great step but only one step in a larger journey. That journey is you being a follower or disciple of Jesus, and that journey continues till we stand before Him in heaven. Don't get me wrong, that first step is a powerful one – it gets you totally forgiven, made righteous and made alive in Him. But we should walk forward from this initial step. Using a kitchen worktop (counter top) as an example, one of the things that determines if someone is walking with a commitment to discipleship is whether or not they are letting God work within the "chipboard or grain" of their life or just letting Him merely own the worktop and dust it every now and then.

When you are committed to "being a disciple" you are open and hungry for God to deal with the very belief system of your life, that inner part of you that you daily live out from on a regular basis. We all have a belief system that has been formed by the things we have been exposed to over the length of the life we have lived. The wisdom you have been exposed to, from day one to where you are now, will be a major ingredient to what your belief and value system looks and sounds like, so the problem is what if some or all of the wisdom you were exposed to was not true? How do you know if it was true? The answer is very narrow-minded but needs to be: you hold it against the wisdom of God's word to see if there is a collision of wisdom. Then, if there is, you choose God's wisdom over any other you have known – then you are a disciple!

We are all philosophers
You do not go to school or college to get a philosophy – you already have one; it is simply your system of beliefs and values. Philosophy is a real simple word when you see what it actually means. It is made up of two words – Philo and Sophia. Philo means "to love", Sophia means "Wisdom". So philosophy essentially is "the love of wisdom". Again, the question is what wisdom are you loving? We all have a choice where we source wisdom from. We can source it from the places we knew before God or we can source it now from God Himself. Our text today gives us a clear picture that there are different sources offering you wisdom (knowledge) and the choice remains with us:

"which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ".

• The human traditions and principles of a world that does not recognise God's wisdom as the only true wisdom.

• Christ (pure wisdom that comes from God himself).

Discipleship is daily making the choice to make God the source of the wisdom you choose to embrace and love in every section of your life. You are a philosopher – what is the wisdom you are loving and where did you get it?

God bless,

Andy
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