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Inspirational Prayer & Faith Quotes

15 Saturday Sep 2012

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Adrian Rogers, believe, Christian quotes, Elton Trueblood, Faith in God's timing Neal Maxwell, faith like light, faith tested, God's willingness Martin Luther, He will bring you through it, inspirational quotes, John Wesley, Joni Erickson Tada, Oswald Chambers quote, regenerated believer spiritual believer Watchman Nee, taking God at His word, words with heart John Bunyan

 

 

 

Have a Blessed Weekend,

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How God Creates a Man or Woman He Can Use (Part 2) He Allows a Life and Death Struggle Exhibiting His Providence

02 Thursday Aug 2012

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called with a purpose, destiny and future, don't waste your opportunities, faithful parents, John the Baptist, John Wesley, Luke 1:57-66, Martin Luther, passed away, providence, the hand of the Lord, why God allows His plans and people to be threatened

 

This issue blows my mind. Why would God allow threats to wipe out His plans? Yet, this is the Lord’s modus operandi. Little Moses was sent down the Nile in a homemade boat constructed by his parents. Can you imagine the Lord putting the next great spiritual leader under such peril? Samuel’s mother, Hannah, almost didn’t conceive him. It was only through ardent prayer she prevailed. Think about it, the next prophet or great leader might not even be born if the mother succumbs to discouragement, depression, and stops praying. John the Baptist faced a similar situation. His faithful parents kept at it and ultimately believed the angel’s word to them. King Herod tried to wipe-out all males born in and around Bethlehem when Jesus was born. A dream told Joseph to flee to Egypt. God allowed his very own Son’s life to be threatened. The question is….WHY?
We are given some insight in the birth narrative of John the Baptist. After he was born and dedicated to the Lord, his extended family, friends, and community were amazed. Listen to the words of Luke.

57 Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.
59 And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zachariah, after his father. 60 But his mother answered and said, “No indeed; but he shall be called John.” 61 And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.” 62 And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called. 63 And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they were all astonished. 64 And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God. 65 Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea. 66 All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, “What then will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him. Luke 1:57-66

 

When God’s plan faces total annihilation but prevails, it is sign to everyone that the “hand of the Lord” is certainly upon these men and women of God. Martin Luther, John Wesley, and numerous others almost passed away before they were used of the Lord.  Are you one of these people who has faced death only to be preserved by the hand of the Lord? This is providence. There is destiny in your future. Don’t waste your sorrows. Don’t waste the opportunity which has been afforded you. It is time to seek the Lord and discover exactly your purpose, destiny, and future. The Lord is not trying to keep this information from you. He is desperately trying to get you to understand why you have been left here on earth, when so many others are still asleep.

 
Blessings,

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Inheriting the Promises of God

21 Tuesday Feb 2012

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It is finally time to enter the Promised Land.  The book and life of Joshua is about “Receiving God’s Promises”. Maybe you too have stood on some particular promise of God for a season of time.  Praise the Lord the day eventually comes (if you have remained faithful to those promises) when God’s word comes to pass.

Joshua was chosen by both God and Moses to complete the work of leading Israel into the Promised Land. God had made a promise over 400 years earlier to Abraham that his descendants would receive the land Abraham lived in for an inheritance, as a homeland.

Time had gone by for Joshua and Caleb but in forty years they never stopped believing the promise God made them.  They both said 40 years earlier, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.”(Numbers 13:30).

Can you imagine their ups and downs in all those years?   They spent forty years waiting and waiting on the fulfillment of God’s word.  They continually saw their neighbors die in the desert, not receiving the promise.  Each day these two men discovered fresh again the faithfulness of God. God could be counted on to fulfill His word.

 

 

You may remember the old hymn “Great is Thy Faithfulness”.  The chorus goes like this:

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided –

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!

 

This great Hymn of the church was written by Thomas Chisholm. He did not write this hymn because of some great or miraculous event.  Rather, he wrote it because he looked back over his life and was reminded of the great faithfulness of God throughout the years. He penned the song when he was 75 years old.  Wow!

The same is true for the children of Israel.  Their entrance into the Promised Land is not about anything the Jews did or didn’t do.  This story is all about what God did and continues to do.  Why?  He is faithful.

Moses had just passed away.  Even though Moses had died, it did not mean that the plans of God were dead as well. Joshua was raised up to continue the work of God.

 On one of the monuments commemorating the life and death of John Wesley at Westminster Abby is carved these words: “God buries His workmen, but His work goes on.”

Someone has to pick-up, hold, and believe the promises of God for this generation.  If you are still alive and kicking, that person is you!  What promises are you believing God to bring to pass today?  It is not too late.

 

Blessings,

Pastor

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