{"id":2085,"date":"2025-11-10T01:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2025-11-10T22:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:11:26","slug":"96-5th-6th-7th-nov-2025-colombo-and-cashel-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2085","title":{"rendered":"96. 5-7th Nov 2025: Colombo and Cashel Streets, Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello, friends in Christ. Another 3 days in the City, filled with Holy Spirit activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday was quite a fruitful day, but we are now often seeing the same people we have prayed for before. A sign the area is being well covered by 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>2 Corinthians 4:7. <\/strong> But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,&nbsp;that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.<\/mark><\/em><\/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=\"Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 5 November 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Bw_ylcUtWE?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>I have heard a few people complaining about the Cathedral sitting in ruins while the Christchurch council focus on the new stadium being built. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yes I concur that the world has completely different priorities compared to the Kingdom of Heaven. But this neither surprises or dismays me, because I know, this world is fallen and corrupted by the evil works of that old serpent, Satan.<\/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>Revelation 12:9 <\/strong>  So\u00a0the great dragon was cast out,\u00a0that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan,\u00a0who deceives the whole world;\u00a0he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.<\/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>1 John 2:15-16 <\/strong>  Do not love the world or the things in the world.\u00a0If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.\u00a0For all that\u00a0is\u00a0in the world\u2014the lust of the flesh,\u00a0the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life\u2014is not of the Father but is of the world.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also know what scripture says, the end of this age is near and the millennial reign of Christ, is at hand. So I rejoice in the victory, Lord Jesus has given us, at the cross. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forever thankful to my Father in Heaven, for His loving kindness, grace and mercy, in His will for us not to perish, but to have everlasting life, through His beautiful Son, Jesus Christ.<\/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>Revelation 20:6 <\/strong>  Blessed and holy\u00a0is\u00a0he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such\u00a0the second death has no power, but they shall be\u00a0priests of God and of Christ,\u00a0and shall reign with Him a thousand years.<\/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>John 3:16-17 <\/strong>  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten\u00a0Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.<\/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>Daniel 7:26-27 <\/strong>  \u2018But\u00a0the court shall be seated,<br>And they shall\u00a0take away his dominion,<br>To consume and destroy\u00a0it\u00a0forever.<br>Then the\u00a0kingdom and dominion,<br>And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven,<br>Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High.<br>His kingdom\u00a0is\u00a0an everlasting kingdom,<br>And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.\u2019<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My faith is not in a building created by man&#8217;s corrupted hands. My Faith was given to me by Jesus. My temple for the Lord, is carefully constructed, brand new, with perfect love, by the hands of my Father in Heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My focus is not in the things of this world, but in the Holy Spirit. What is the will of God who dwells within me, let your will be done!<\/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>2 Corinthians 4:18, 5:1-5 <\/strong> while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen\u00a0are\u00a0temporary, but the things which are not seen\u00a0are\u00a0eternal.<\/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\">For we know that if&nbsp;our earthly&nbsp;house,&nbsp;this&nbsp;tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house&nbsp;not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.&nbsp;For in this&nbsp;we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our&nbsp;habitation which is from heaven,&nbsp;if indeed,&nbsp;having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.&nbsp;For we who are in&nbsp;this&nbsp;tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed,&nbsp;but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.<\/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>1 John 2:17 <\/strong>  And\u00a0the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next two days, on Colombo and Cashel Streets were similar, typically with the three of us witnessing and preaching in different areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our friends in Christ joining us to magnify Lord Jesus. God&#8217;s presence is touching so many people through the Canterbury region. Thank You Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bless you and your families with love 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 <strong>Christchurch<\/strong>, <strong>Colombo Street<\/strong>&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colombo Street<\/strong>&nbsp;is a main road of the city of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch\">Christchurch<\/a>, New Zealand. It runs south-north through the centre of Christchurch with a break at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cathedral_Square,_Christchurch\">Cathedral Square<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with many other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christchurch_Central_City\">central Christchurch<\/a>&nbsp;streets, it is named for a colonial Anglican bishopric,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo\">Colombo<\/a>, Sri Lanka in what at the time was known as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\">Ceylon<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1738\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Parts of the street which run through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sydenham,_New_Zealand\">Sydenham<\/a>&nbsp;were known as&nbsp;<strong>Addison Street<\/strong>&nbsp;during the 1880s, and some parts were known as&nbsp;<strong>Colombo Road<\/strong>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colombo_Street#cite_note-CSN-C-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>____________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, friends in Christ. 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