David Hathaway

God will not fail you (Part 1)

God will not fail you! We’ve had Covid and the difficult consequences following worldwide lockdowns. Now war in Ukraine. The whole world has changed. Historically the world does go through periodic political, financial, spiritual upheavals. And it never goes back to how it was before.
I draw comfort from the story of Elijah. Not just when he called down fire from heaven – but the sheer number of phenomenal miracles that took place in a very short period before that which intrigues me. In 1 Kings 17 Elijah is speaking prophetically, under the command of God: “THE LORD GOD HAS SAID that the barrel of flour and the cruse of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain.” Elijah, the prophet who commanded the rain to stop, prophesies to the woman, “THE BARREL OF FLOUR AND THE CRUSE OF OIL WILL NOT FAIL YOU…”

To know Christ and the Power of His resurrection (Part 3)

The main theme of the preaching of Jesus was the Kingdom of God. Resurrection. This is why Jesus was prepared to suffer and die on the cross. He knew there was life beyond death. He knew that He would rise from the dead. He knew that He would receive eternal life. For those of you who are struggling, in pain, or are facing death, this is only a gateway into eternity. Look forward to the resurrection and your new life in Christ. 

Jesus is our Rock in troubled times (September Newsletter)

We are living in troubled times. I am convinced, by faith, that the Ukrainians will win the war and drive out the Russian army and that the next month will see incredible changes. I can also see that there is a threat of a 3rd World War and the release of a radioactive nuclear cloud worse than Chernobyl. Remember that the Ukrainian word Chernobyl means wormwood: this is the name of the star in Revelation 8.10-11 which fell from heaven and made the waters bitter, and many died. According to Scripture this is only the ‘beginning of sorrows’ and when that finally happens, only for the sake of the elect will the torment be shortened. We must take every opportunity to preach the Gospel now; the Bible says that there is an end to the ‘times of the Gentiles’ and then all Israel shall be saved.

God works signs and wonders (Bonus)

God uses physical, demonstrative signs to convince us and to show others that He is God. Often I find that people read the Old Testament and don’t realise its relevance to our lives today. Yes, we are New Testament believers – we are saved by grace through faith – but the God of the New Testament is also the God of the Old Testament. He is our God!

To know Christ and the Power of His Resurrection (Part 2)

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection! This is the joy of my life. It’s knowing Jesus, not just knowing about Him, but knowing Jesus personally, as the Son of God. And the verse goes on to say, to know the power of the resurrection. We believe, not just in an afterlife, but the resurrection of the dead, simply because Jesus Himself rose from the dead. He is described in the Bible as the first fruits. In other words, God demonstrated that there is life after death by raising Jesus. Jesus Christ, Son of God, was crucified on a cross, but on the third day, He arose! For that reason on my wife’s grave I had inscribed, ‘In my flesh I shall see God’. We will see God in the flesh. I will see my loved ones again, but when I do, we will be together in the Kingdom! As the Scripture promises, ‘We who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.’ 1 Thessalonians 4. 
The Apostle Paul wrote, in Philippians 3, ‘that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.’ The righteousness that we have, is only through Christ. When I look back over my life, it is not what I have done, but who Christ is that makes me righteous. Christ is in me, He is everything. I give my life for Christ. My righteousness is in Him. Nothing I’ve done or achieved is worth anything, I forsake it all, for the privilege of knowing, and being found in Christ. 

To know Christ and the Power of His Resurrection (Part 1)

The Lord is our Rock, our Stability; He is our healer, and our provider. "Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord!" This is what the Apostle Paul writes in Philippians 3:1. Jesus is the only One, the only Person in whom, and in which, we can rejoice. Paul adds, "To write the same things to you, rejoice, is not grievous for me, but safe for you." 
“I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him!” This life is nothing; length of life is nothing (I’m 90!) – because I will live forever with Christ! Our sole focus should be on hearing the Lord say, "Well done, My good and faithful servant." - The whole of my life has been focused on fulfilling the plans and purposes of God.

Prayer is a conversation with God (Bonus)

Prayer is a conversation with God. I'm fascinated by reading the conversation between God and Moses in Exodus 3. There was a dialogue between the two of them. So often we assume that to hear from God we need a prophet or some ‘Holy’ person, but this was not the pattern revealed here in the Scripture. Exodus 33 reveals the wonderful nature of the relationship between them, ‘the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.’ – That is what I desire in my own life, that God would speak to me as His friend; and that is the relationship I want you to have with the Lord – friendship. 

God wants to reveal His Power in your life (Part 3)

Jesus came to solve problems. He came to set people free. And he looked at the blind man, in John 9, spat on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “Go,” Jesus told him, “Wash in the Pool.” So, the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
In the midst of your trouble. Even in your sin. In your pain, and your suffering. Jesus is the only one in the whole world who take that problem and use it to bring the solution. This man could’ve laughed at Jesus. How is someone supposed to see with mud on their eyes? Yet the man did as Jesus said. His testimony became, 'once I was blind, but now I can see.'
Isn’t that the testimony of all of us? Jesus has redeemed our lives. We may not have been physically blind, but we were spiritually blind, and God restored our sight.

God wants to reveal His Power in your life (Part 2)

God wants to use you to reveal His Power on earth. We are in a battle against the devil. Fighting against sin and sickness. And we win by the Power of Jesus Name! We need a restoration of the miraculous into the church, because without the miraculous, the church loses the very evidence of the Power of God. Jesus didn’t just come to tell us to live a good life, but to challenge us to do the works of God. Jesus said in John 9:4, 'As long as it is day, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming when no one can work.' We are all limited by time. Even Jesus was conscious of this. He knew His ministry was restricted to three years - He knew His night was coming. This is why the psalmist prayed, teach us to number our days.

God wants to reveal His Power in your life (Part 1)

God wants to reveal His Power in your life. In John 9, Jesus heals a blind man. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" When we face problems, we all asked the question, 'Why?' Why did this accident happen? Why do I have problems in my life? Why am I sick? It is so easy to ask the question 'why did it happen to me.' Jesus was very straight with the disciples, '"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him."' Jesus is not so concerned with the causes of the problem, as He is with providing the solution. His response is very simple. He says, I bring light, and healing to the world. And that is the message of Jesus Christ to you today.

Display Your Power, O God! (Bonus)

'Display Your Power, O God, as You have in the past!' Throughout the Old Testament we read such incredible miracles, yet why are they not happening today? I want to see something of the magnitude of the miracles we read about in the Old Testament displayed today. And I am going to seek God until I see incredible, unbelievable miracles happening today, as a demonstration that God is alive in Power. And I believe God can do more today than He’s ever done in the past.

A conversation with God (Part 3)

God still works miracles today. He reveals Himself through the wonders He performs. In my own life, God has used miracles to confirm His will. In 1964, I was dramatically healed of throat cancer, but this was to confirm God’s instruction to leave the pastorate and evangelise communist Europe. Then aged 70, God healed me of lung cancer, again in confirmation of the calling on my life. When we read Exodus 3&4, God used miracles to demonstrate His Will to Moses, and His intention to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Psalm 103 says, ‘He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.’ I believe, God still today, demonstrates who He is by miracles, signs and wonders.

The Lord will not fail you! (Bonus)

The promise of God to us today is, even in the most difficult times and circumstances, the oil of the Holy Spirit, His anointing and power, will not fail us, until the time the Lord provides the final answer. Even in times of famine and crisis, the Lord will not fail you, He will provide.

A conversation with God (Part 2)

Moses is having a conversation with God. Troubled by God's instruction to go to Egypt, Moses asks, ‘What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?’ God then performs three signs to confirm His word. Sometimes God has to use these physical, demonstrative signs to convince us and to show others that He is God. 
Often, I find that people read the Old Testament and don’t realise its relevance to our lives today. Yes, we are New Testament believers – we are saved by grace through faith – but the God of the New Testament is also the God of the Old Testament. He is our God. In my ministry I have seen some incredible signs and wonders. In the 1990s God told me to evangelise Siberia. – Remember this was the period immediately after the collapse of Communism. I asked Him, “How can I do it? No one will listen, they will not believe me and in any case, how can I win the whole of Russia?” His answer was to show me Moses from Exodus 4:1 where Moses asks the same questions and God answers that it would be by the signs and miracles. And He did! We saw some incredible miracles during those years. 

A conversation with God (Part 1)

Prayer is a conversation with God. Talk to Him, ask God for what you need. And listen for His response. When I pray, I get the answer in the pages of the Bible. After all, it is God's Word to you and me. And sometimes, I sense a knowing in my spirit. In our daily lives we need to talk to each other. If there is no communication, there is no meaningful relationship. It is the same in our relationship with God. Religion has 'hijacked' prayer and turned it into a formula. People light candles, repeat set prayers, even read what someone else has said. That's not prayer. Prayer is simple; it's not just communion, but conversation with God.  

The Friend of God (Bonus)

Abraham was called the friend of God! Oh, that this might be said about us! “You see,” James says in 2v24, “by works a man’s faith is demonstrated, and not by faith alone.” Faith HAS to be followed by fact. “For,” v26 “as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is DEAD also.” The ‘works’ are the very spirit that give LIFE to the body of ‘faith’.