Sep 18, 2019 |
Keep your hope to the end
“But keep your hope[a] to the end, and you will experience life and deliverance.” Matthew 24:13 (TPT)
No matter what you are going through don’t give up.
Hold on to the promise that God has given you in His Word.
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever” Isaiah 40:8 (AMPC)
Don’t just focus on the facts around you.
Subject those facts to the enduring Word of God.
The Author and Finisher of our Faith also had His Hope kept alive based on the Word the Father said to Him.
“Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” Hebrews 12:2 (MSG)
Jesus has never failed, and He will not fail you.
Keep Praising Him
He will definitely show up.
“Human beings are frail and temporary, like grass, and the glory of man fleeting like blossoms of the field. The grass dries and withers, and the flowers fall off, but the Word of the Lord endures forever! And this is the Word that was announced to you!” 1 Peter 1:24-25 (TPT)
Sep 16, 2019 |
It’s Not Mine to Give.
“And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.” (Matthew 20:23) KJV
Jesus told the mother of Zebedee’s sons that who sits on His right or left was not for Him to give but for the Father.
Do we take time to reflect and understand this when we appoint people to serve in the church?
Are we conscious of this truth that positions in the body of Christ are the exclusive prerogative of the OWNER of that body?
In appointing people to positions of responsibilities in the work of God at any level, we should take time to ask the actual owner of the work. Which as our Lord Jesus Christ said in the above scriptures, that it belongs to God.
We should be reminded by this verse that God is the owner of His work. Therefore, we should always find out from Him whom He would want to appoint to serve in any capacity in His work be it a church or ministry.
It should also serve as an awakening thought to all of us that because it is His work we will, therefore, give an account to Him of what we have done here on earth,
He still determines the reward that we will get in heaven.
With what motives are you, therefore, giving out His work for others to do?
How do you invite speakers for the program He asked you to do for His Glory?
Prayerfully find out from God whom He has purposed from heaven to carry out that assignment.
Sep 11, 2019 |
And Joseph’s master took him and put him in the prison
“And Joseph’s master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the state prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison. But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy and loving-kindness and gave him favor in the sight of the warden of the prison. And the warden of the prison committed to Joseph’s care all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatsoever was done there, he was in charge of it. The prison warden paid no attention to anything that was in [Joseph’s] charge, for the Lord was with him and made whatever he did to prosper.” Genesis 39:20-23 (AMPC)
What are the circumstances of life that seem to have imprisoned you?
Remember again the story of Joseph that in spite of his innocence he ended up in prison
However, because Joseph’s prison sojourn was part and parcel of his destiny, the Lord was with him and made him prosper.
Joseph never gave up on his dream and destiny.
One day he became the Prime Minister of Egypt.
It was that same wrong imprisonment that was his pathway to the palace.
Keep being obedient to Him.
Keep praising Him.
The Injustice you are experiencing is your pathway to the palace.
Remember the story of the imprisonment of Joseph again.
His life did not end up there.
You will come out of the situation life has put you in Jesus Name.
