Lighthouse Church Durban

Divine providence is the governance of God by which He, with wisdom and love, cares for and directs all things in the universe. The story of Esther is a great example of this.

God in his providence:

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Jesus demonstrated some ways of thinking that are vastly different from the way that many around us think - and the way that we may be thinking now:

-Being faithful in waiting and in obscurity

-Being…

Fear of the Lord is taught in the Old & New Testament. It is a deep respect, a reverent awe of the omnipotent Creator and Sovereign Lord of the universe.

Fear of the Lord leads us to honour and obey …

The Holy Spirit continues the work of Jesus, empowering us, leading us and revealing things to us. Just as we are dependent on Jesus, we are dependent on the Holy Spirit and when we keep in step with…

Disobedience can keep us from God’s good purposes; obedience leads us into them. We need to trust God when his actions, his chosen instruments and his instructions don’t make sense to us - his ways a…

The true Christian life is a supernaturally charged life! God himself works in us to motivate us and enable us to do the work that he has prepared for us to do. 

To experience this, we must learn to…

Accountability helps us to grow mature and fruitful. Jesus modelled accountability as Son to his Father.

Accountability is built on submission - to God's authority and to godly authority.

Shame and f…

God has re-created us to do good things - in his eyes, we are "the right person for the job"!

He works in us and through us - with HIS power!

It's not about who WE are, it's about who HE is.

It's not…

Jesus made a way for us to live in a covenant relationship with God. This covenant is wonderfully represented in the account of King David and Mephibosheth. Here are four powerful messages of this co…

The end goal of the Kingdom of God is a wedding in heaven! It is to see the church, the Bride of Christ, a great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language, ready for this wedding.

So we…

God has provided grace through Jesus to live lives that are totally dependent on him. This grace is available to all who believe.

This grace does not just save us from the consequences of sin, but al…

Mankind was created in the image of God and enjoyed fellowship with God. When mankind broke this fellowship, God pursued them - through many people and many events.

This pursuit culminated in God sen…

The Bible compares the church to a body - the Body of Christ. We are all part of this one body.

Some parts are very different - so we can find some people hard to relate to or understand. But our dif…

We can learn a great deal from Jesus as we read how he communicated with people. His conversation with a rich young man teaches us to:

-Earn the right to ask questions.

-Help people to see into their…

God has plans & purposes for each one of us. Discovering & living out these plans & purposes is a journey of discovery & adventure. Some are personal - there are specific things that we need to do. O…

The message of the cross of Jesus is absolutely essential because it

- reveals the amazing love of God for mankind

- reveals our desperate need for salvation

- reveals the way of salvation that God h…

God has taught his people to pass on to the next generation what he has revealed to them.

Moses needed the practical wisdom of Jethro.

Samuel needed the spiritual experience of Eli.

Mary needed the r…

Our new life in Christ does not mean that we won't face struggles - but we don't have to face them alone!

Key questions we must answer are:

-Will I humbly ask others for help?

-Will I make myself ava…

When we put our faith in Jesus as Lord, we become new creations and begin a new life as a child of God. Yet we are all "works in progress" - we are no longer what we were, but we are not yet all we w…

Our relationship with God is the most important relationship that we can ever have. And he wants us to know him - he is on our side as we seek him!

The better we get to know him,

-the more we will tr…