{"id":1780,"date":"2025-10-14T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:04:26","slug":"84-10-oct-2025-cashel-mall-christchurch-canterbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1780","title":{"rendered":"84. 10-Oct 2025: Cashel Mall, Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello beloved friends in Christ. Praise God for another lovely day in Canterbury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have continued on very similar from the previous day, as we are preaching and witnessing in the same locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"12 October 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ody3RqFhURk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again we prayed for quite a few people, from one end of Colombo street to the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am actually getting quite a bit of exercise and sometimes my legs and feet get a little tired. I am glad to hand out bibles and discipleship manuals to people, as this lightens the load in my little backpack, praise God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1954\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_151651-scaled-e1760341150550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_151651-scaled-e1760341150550.jpg 1954w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_151651-scaled-e1760341150550-1000x467.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_151651-scaled-e1760341150550-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_151651-scaled-e1760341150550-1536x718.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1954px) 100vw, 1954px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister Aileen joined us again and blessed us with homemade cooking, chicken and veggies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were all quite hungry at the time, so we were very thankful to the Lord for Aileen&#8217;s generosity. Aileen shared with us how God had put on her heart to bring meals to the hungry on the street, right where we are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She continued every week, for some years, until another brother in Christ took over. Obviously an abundance of God&#8217;s love overflowing through Christ filled vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Ephesians 5:9 <\/strong>  for&nbsp;the fruit of the&nbsp;Spirit&nbsp;is&nbsp;in all goodness, righteousness, and truth<\/mark><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2070\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_172846-scaled-e1760341378466.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_172846-scaled-e1760341378466.jpg 2070w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_172846-scaled-e1760341378466-1000x696.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_172846-scaled-e1760341378466-2000x1392.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_172846-scaled-e1760341378466-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_172846-scaled-e1760341378466-1536x1069.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_172846-scaled-e1760341378466-2048x1426.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2070px) 100vw, 2070px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We met a brother on fire for Jesus, Jephthah on the street. A friend in Christ to sister Aileen. Jephthah has been involved in outreaches around Christchurch for some time, praise God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Mathew 22:37  <\/strong> Jesus said to him,&nbsp;\u201c\u2018You shall love the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Proverbs 17:17 <\/strong>  A friend loves at all times,<br>And a brother is born for adversity.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sister Aileen informed us about two dinner\/food outreaches close to us, so we went over to meet some new brothers and sisters in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2347\" height=\"1114\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_173305-scaled-e1760341540177.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_173305-scaled-e1760341540177.jpg 2347w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_173305-scaled-e1760341540177-1000x475.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_173305-scaled-e1760341540177-2000x949.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_173305-scaled-e1760341540177-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_173305-scaled-e1760341540177-1536x729.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251010_173305-scaled-e1760341540177-2048x972.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2347px) 100vw, 2347px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This amazing free dinner\/food outreach for the local homeless communities, has been going for 25 years through a beautiful Samoan family, filled with the love of Christ. They gave out hot beef stew and soup with bread and drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Mathew 25:34-36 <\/strong>  Then the King will say to those on His right hand, \u2018Come, you blessed of My Father,&nbsp;inherit the kingdom&nbsp;prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink;&nbsp;I was a stranger and you took Me in; I&nbsp;was&nbsp;naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me;&nbsp;I was in prison and you came to Me.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we we there a man manifested toward brother Jephthah with his Jesus flag, wanting to engage in a physical fight with him. Aileen interceded, to address the situation and he then calmed down to a degree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A woman nearby, revealed deep traumatic pain from her childhood as she lashed out at another man. What I have learned from past outreach work on Queen Street in Auckland, was that many people have suffered such great trauma in their childhood, mostly sexual or violent abuse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their souls become fragmented, and minds in constant unrest or turmoil, unable to make rational decisions. Familiar spirits or generational curses then enter, and devastate their lives through these root causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Ephesians 6:12 <\/strong>  For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against&nbsp;principalities, against powers, against&nbsp;the rulers of&nbsp;the darkness of this age, against spiritual&nbsp;hosts&nbsp;of wickedness in the heavenly&nbsp;places.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is only One who can help, and I believe He is helping so many. I can testify, I have seen Jesus healing many on the streets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually I sense many of the broken-hearted we see on the streets receive more prayer than most. They are honest about their state and are generally open to hearing about Jesus. In fact, many, love Jesus and I see the work He is doing in them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also believe many, forgotten souls, living on the streets are actually more ready for Jesus than most, as they are poor in spirit and hold very little of value in their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Luke 4:18 <\/strong>  The&nbsp;Spirit of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is&nbsp;upon Me,<br>Because He has anointed Me<br>To preach the gospel to&nbsp;the&nbsp;poor;<br>He has sent Me&nbsp;to heal the broken-hearted,<br>To proclaim liberty to&nbsp;the&nbsp;captives<br>And recovery of sight to&nbsp;the&nbsp;blind,<br>To&nbsp;set at liberty those who are&nbsp;oppressed;<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the people were blessed and fed. We fellowshipped and all prayed together. Then we crossed the road to another free dinner outreach through a Fijian Family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They gave out pre-packaged meals, curry sausages with rice and drinks. Quite a big meal and such a great blessing for the hungry, receiving two meals now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Mathew 25: 37-40 <\/strong>  Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, \u2018Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed&nbsp;You,&nbsp;or thirsty and give&nbsp;You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take&nbsp;You&nbsp;in, or naked and clothe&nbsp;You?&nbsp; Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?\u2019&nbsp;<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>And the King will answer and say to them, \u2018Assuredly, I say to you,&nbsp;inasmuch as you did&nbsp;it&nbsp;to one of the least of these My brethren, you did&nbsp;it&nbsp;to Me.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We enjoyed some fellowship and prayer with our lovely brothers and sisters in Christ, then headed off home at about 6.30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Jesus for all the wonderful work You are doing in this world. Your love is so great, who can really fathom just how beautiful You really are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do however have each new day to live in You, in Your Word and Spirit, to learn and rest in Your endless love. Behold Your glory is the light within us, Your free gift on offer to all. Thank You Jesus for choosing us from the beginning of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>John 15:16 <\/strong> You did not choose Me, but I chose you and&nbsp;appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and&nbsp;that&nbsp;your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father&nbsp;in My name He may give you.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Ephesians 1:4-5 <\/strong>  just as&nbsp;He chose us in Him&nbsp;before the foundation of the world, that we should&nbsp;be holy and without blame before Him in love,&nbsp;having predestined us to&nbsp;adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself,&nbsp;according to the good pleasure of His will<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God bless you all, from your brother in Christ, please comment by clicking on the post title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You can navigate to our SFC YouTube channel by clicking here:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist\">www.youtube.com\/@ServantsinChrist<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Cashel Mall, <strong>Christchurch<\/strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>City Mall<\/strong>&nbsp;is the main pedestrian mall in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch_Central_City\">central city<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a>, New Zealand, comprising two sections of&nbsp;<strong>Cashel Street<\/strong>&nbsp;plus the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bridge_of_Remembrance\">Bridge of Remembrance<\/a>&nbsp;and one section of High Street. It is also known colloquially as&nbsp;<strong>Cashel Mall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1248\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cashel_Street_attributed_Paul_Rebecca_final_v3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cashel_Street_attributed_Paul_Rebecca_final_v3.png 832w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cashel_Street_attributed_Paul_Rebecca_final_v3-667x1000.png 667w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cashel_Street_attributed_Paul_Rebecca_final_v3-768x1152.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bridge of Remembrance was pedestrianised in 1976. The main mall was closed to traffic on 11&nbsp;January 1982 and formally reopened as a pedestrian mall on 7&nbsp;August, but it was not until 1992 that the entire mall was paved. The mall was redeveloped between 2006 and 2009, and track was installed for an expansion of the heritage tram network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The September&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Canterbury_earthquake\">2010 Canterbury earthquake<\/a>&nbsp;caused damage to some buildings, but the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/December_2010_Christchurch_earthquake\">Boxing Day aftershock<\/a>, directly underneath the city, caused even more damage, including building failures. The 6.3 magnitude February&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2011_Christchurch_earthquake\">2011 Christchurch earthquake<\/a>&nbsp;devastated the mall; the fa\u00e7ades of many buildings collapsed and there were several fatalities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1791\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre of the city was subsequently closed to allow demolition work to proceed. Structures affected included most of the heritage buildings in the mall that are or were registered by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heritage_New_Zealand\">Heritage New Zealand<\/a>. Part of City Mall, the section of Cashel Street from Oxford Terrace to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo_Street\">Colombo Street<\/a>, was the first part of the central city to open again, on Saturday, 29 October 2011, marked by a ceremony at which the Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Key\">John Key<\/a>&nbsp;officiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello beloved friends in Christ. Praise God for another lovely day in Canterbury. We have continued on very similar from the previous day, as we are preaching and witnessing in the same locations. Once again we prayed for quite a few people, from one end of Colombo street to the other. 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