1 John 4:4--Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.
Jesus, by example, showed us how a how a child of God should think and therefore to act. He fully believed that He was born to carry out God's plan and be successful in everything He did.
It was the Greater One in Him that worked the miracles. It was the Greater One in Him that brought people into a proper relationship with God. It was, also, the Greater One that brought Him to the cross. AND, it was the Greater One in Him that resurrected Him from the grave and brought to all of us the total victory over our enemy, the devil.
It was the Greater One in Saul of Tarsus that turned his life around. It was the Greater One in Paul that brought him to and thru the beatings, stonings, imprisonments, shipwrecks and personal danger. It was also the Greater One in him that caused people to come to know Jesus, that healed the sick, that cast out demons, that prophesied, that brought sinners face to face with Almighty God.
Whatever unrighteous trial you are going through right now could be the direct result of the Greater One in you bringing you to it. Stop whining and start praising, because it is also the Greater One's desire to bring you victoriously through it to display His love, His mercy and His great power.
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Friday, July 6, 2018
An Interruption or the hand of God?
Joseph's happy home life was interrupted by his jealous brothers who sold him into slavery. After he had some time to reflect on their cruelty, he realized that he was just becoming an important part of God's will for his family. This is evidenced by his comments to his brothers in Genesis 50:20. He told them, "You meant it for evil but God meant it for good." What seemed like a great inconvenience was actually God working through a yielded vessel to bring about His will for the Hebrew nation.
The same is true when "odd" and "undeserved" circumstances happen in our lives. We should seek God and find out His purpose in these little "bumps" in the road. If we had a little patience with God we would find out that, as Paul said in Romans 8:28, "All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." And Paul should know, he was probably the most 'tribulated' (I think I just invented a word) Christian that ever lived. However, none of these 'potholes' in his road of life kept the power of God from moving. Paul always found that, 2 Corinthians 12:9, God's grace was more than enough for him because God increased His miracle working power through every goofy circumstance He made Paul go through. Everything DID work together for Paul's good. Souls were saved, people were healed and miracles were performed by him. God did INDEED show up with signs and wonders right in front of Paul's detractors.
The same is true for this world and this nation we live in. To 're-coin' a phrase "Crap happens." I have learned through many, many hard and painful 'crappenings' (I just invented another word) that God had something on His mind for me instead of just making me smell like sombody's 'crappenings."
The United States is embroiled in a T-total ton of 'crappenings' that have been brought about by people who have no clue as to which end of their body their 'crap' should be coming out of. Unfortunately, they are the ones the so-called news media love to focus on. The crap-crazy media completely ignore the reasonable and intelligent members of this nation who actually work for a living and are doing a lot of good.
Why would God put His people through all of this? I'm glad you asked that question because I have His answer. It is the same thing that He told Paul. "My miracle working power is displayed in your weakness." This is a GREAT time for Christians throughout the world to come together and pray for a soul-saving, life changing, power filled outpouring of God's Spirit, His Love and His miracles.
Saints, don't despair at all the "craptologists" destructive behavior. Stand to your feet, lift your hands into the air and praise Him. God is up to something that can only be brought about but by raucous praise and strong prayer. The miracles of God are at hand and I fully intend on being in the forefront. Meet me there.
The same is true when "odd" and "undeserved" circumstances happen in our lives. We should seek God and find out His purpose in these little "bumps" in the road. If we had a little patience with God we would find out that, as Paul said in Romans 8:28, "All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." And Paul should know, he was probably the most 'tribulated' (I think I just invented a word) Christian that ever lived. However, none of these 'potholes' in his road of life kept the power of God from moving. Paul always found that, 2 Corinthians 12:9, God's grace was more than enough for him because God increased His miracle working power through every goofy circumstance He made Paul go through. Everything DID work together for Paul's good. Souls were saved, people were healed and miracles were performed by him. God did INDEED show up with signs and wonders right in front of Paul's detractors.
The same is true for this world and this nation we live in. To 're-coin' a phrase "Crap happens." I have learned through many, many hard and painful 'crappenings' (I just invented another word) that God had something on His mind for me instead of just making me smell like sombody's 'crappenings."
The United States is embroiled in a T-total ton of 'crappenings' that have been brought about by people who have no clue as to which end of their body their 'crap' should be coming out of. Unfortunately, they are the ones the so-called news media love to focus on. The crap-crazy media completely ignore the reasonable and intelligent members of this nation who actually work for a living and are doing a lot of good.
Why would God put His people through all of this? I'm glad you asked that question because I have His answer. It is the same thing that He told Paul. "My miracle working power is displayed in your weakness." This is a GREAT time for Christians throughout the world to come together and pray for a soul-saving, life changing, power filled outpouring of God's Spirit, His Love and His miracles.
Saints, don't despair at all the "craptologists" destructive behavior. Stand to your feet, lift your hands into the air and praise Him. God is up to something that can only be brought about but by raucous praise and strong prayer. The miracles of God are at hand and I fully intend on being in the forefront. Meet me there.
Thursday, July 5, 2018
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 Henry Standard Version
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 Henry Standard Version--There only APPEARS to be
several factions fighting for supremacy in this great nation of ours.
However, there are only two. I, and thousands of others like me, are
harnessed to the unbeatable power of the Creator. (Although millions may
claim it only a few of us actually use it.) We don't fight and yell
and wreak havoc to garner the attention of TV crews and newspaper
reporters like the losers do. We stand firm, clothed with the
indestructible armor of God. We unsheathe the strongest weapon of all,
The Sword of the Lord which is the Word of God. Although we spend hours
in our hidden bunker of our prayer closet, we are strengthened by the
FACT that our time is not wasted. NOTHING on this earth has the ability
or power to stop God's Word from coming to pass, just like God said it
would in Isaiah 55:11. When I see rebelliousness from the losers in the
news, I just hold out my shield of faith and remind the devil that God's
Word is unstoppable. But that's no news to him, he's been aware of that
all of his sin-shortened life. Change is coming. Prayer Warriors like me
all around the globe are fed up with the way things are going and we
are making full use of the God weapons that have been made available to
us. Join us today and reap with us the most glorious prize of all--lost
souls coming to a loving Savior. #prayer warrior
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