We Are Hard Pressed, Struck Down; But Not Destroyed
By Jesus Stripes We Are HealedArchive for Fear
Strange As It Seems
Despite all that we face in this evil world, we still will not erase the hand of God. God’s hand is everywhere. His hand is there because he has a plan for us through His Son and our Savior Jesus Christ. We don’t need a panel of experts on CNN to figure that out. No, the bible is our expert. We don’t need an equal panel of pundants, one republican and one democrat for equal representation. No, the Lord already decreed that His word is true and correct. It is what it is!
Yet we go through life searching for any fad we can lay our hands on. Miracle diets, cosmetic surgery, all because we do not like the way we look. We do not like the body template that Lord gave us. So we destroy our bodies, the way God made us,because we live for this world, this fallen world.
Strange as it seems we rely on everything ungodly to make us godly.
Strange as it seems we call good bad and bad good.
Strange as it seems we destroy anything that God’s law mandate, so that we can discredit it.
Strange as it seems we don’t believe that Jesus Christ already gave us everlasting life.
Strange as is seems we worship political correctness.
Strange as it seems we don’t believe that Jesus is Lord.
Strange as it seems we do not believe that Jesus Loves and cares for us.
Strange as it seems God Loves us and His Son Jesus Christ Loves Us.
Strange as it seems Nothing can ever separate us from the Love and Care of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We will all answer to God in the end, whether you believe that our not. He will look at how we conducted our lives, the contributions you made or did not make, how you lived your life. But first and foremost He will want to know one thing: Did You accept His Son and Our Savior Jesus Christ as the Lord of your life? Only through Christ Can you Know the Father. Come to Christ today…. before it is too late!
Got Jesus? Got Victory!
In this life we are always faced with trials and circumstances. It does not matter what the trial is; it can be the most trivial thing or it can be one filled with devastation. No matter what the trial there is always, always, hope. God gave us this hope through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that God’s power is limited. Don’t let satan tell you that you want be healed. Don’t let him tell you that God does not care about you. Don’t let him tell you that you have too much of a weight to make it. You see you can make!!!!!
In your darkest hour, you can make it! When you have no where to turn you at the very end of your rope; you can make it! Because Jesus already paid the price for you. He already made a way when there appeared to be no way. So all you got to do to receive your blessing is to accept that Jesus Is Lord; particularly in the midst of the ever present storm.
You don’t need a weather man to tell you you’re in a storm. You don’t need a forecast or a storm warning. No the storm slaps you right in the face; believe me you know it. But God shined his face on you and gave you the grace of protection and suddenly, you can face anything. You can find courage, when three second ago you had none. You can triumph when you did not think you even had it in you. That’s when you have God’s blessing, that’s when you have his protection to lead you out of the storm of sickness. Turn a a bad forecast into life! That’s what God and His Son Jesus Christ are all about; Life. SO LIVE! Let the Holy Spirit comfort you so that You can face and win any challenge or storm.
Dear Lord, somewhere out there whether East, West, North or South, someone is facing a challenge and they don’t think they can make it. Thats alright Lord we know you are protecting them. Father show them your awesome power of peace as they face the storm, send the Holy Spirit the “Helper” , through Jesus Christ to lead us all through the midst of the storm. Lord, it’s your power, not the storm that will triumph. We give honor and praise to your name through Jesus Christ. We thank you for our triumph over the storm. In Jesus name we pray and ask it all Amen. ” By Jesus Stripes We are Healed”.
God Word Is our Protection In A Lost World
You know satan is fast at work, particularly in this world; and people are buying into his lies. It seems everyone is trying to neutralize God and His word. They are attempting to obstricsize, and cloud our hearts, minds, and mouths, from spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ and His message is broad and diverse. It’s all around you and the trendy, sinful things in this world, and those who try to to make God’s word, politically incorrect; to defuse and confused us.
If you have no foundation in the word and know nothing about it, you are at risk to eternal damnation, easy game and easy prey for satan’s deceptions and satan’s lies. You know this world has never been a true friend to anyone, so it absolutely apparent that we must learn to stand firm when the winds of deceit blow way over one one hundred miles per hour. If you don’t know Jesus, you will be lost in the shuffle. You can try all the fads, the trends; they are all sinful and have no good purpose, except to condem you to eternal damnation and an eternal life of suffering. You can reverse the trend and find way to salvation by asking Jesus to come into your life, before it’s to late..
Calming The Waters of Life (Living Above Our Circumstances)
Jesus said to his disciples, “Peace be
Still”, and the waters were calmed. Those were powerful words of
reassurance and an instructions to the disciples to rely on their
faith in Jesus. We find ourselves leaning safe and secure from all
alarm. Just like Jesus calmed the waters in a storm, He will calm
our waters in the face of adversity. You know what I’m talking
about. All of us have our adversities, our circumstances have a
number of ways to cause havoc in our lives. We could be dealing with
numerous adversities at the same time throughout our lives. How do we
confront challenges that seemingly overwhelm us, take control of us,
and cause our faith to be tested. Paul faced adversity ( 1
Corinthians 11: 24-23) Paul received;
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Five stripes minus one
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He was beaten with rods three
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He was stoned
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He was shipwrecked three times
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Paul suffered many perils
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He ultimately gave his life for
the Lord
There are many other challenges that
can resign you to in action in adversity, a job loss, loss of a love
one, or what ever you are facing. Cast your anchor, and fight the
wind. You know you are in the storm because God wants you to learn a
lesson. Remove yourself by keeping the faith, listening to and
studying the word and through positive action. Above all live and
function above the storm and your circumstances. That’s how you
defeat the storms of life, by resting in the Lord of Jesus Christ
through Faith. The Lord may not remove your adversity, but he will
give you the spirit to ignore it and achieve the growth through
faith that only he can provide.
Walking In Faith Questions
Where are doubts coming from?
Has God ever failed you?
Does He not promise to meet my needs?
Did Jesus send the Holy Spirit; “The Helper” to live in us?
Did God promise to be with me at all times?
Is anything too hard for God?
Is this a fork in the road where my unbelief could cause me a lifetime of grief?
Faithfully obey God in confidence. Whatever appears to be a loss, He is going to turn it for a gain. Focus on God, Not the Circumstance.
“God causes all things to work together for Good to those who love Him and a called according to His Purpose. Romans 8:28
God Will Never Leave Us Alone
Adversity though our constant companion is never our friend. It will always follow us presenting challenges and sometimes weakens our resolve. But adversity cannot overcome the resolve of Almighty God, who is a our anchor in the face of turmoil. The Lord promised to never leave us; never to leave us alone. We may not be able to rid our life of problems, pitfalls, setback and despair; but we can learn to live confidently knowing that Almighty God will be there for us in good times and in bad. We can learn to know that His word and His care is real and that we can choose to walk each day above the circumstance in peace.
Jesus said that he will never leave us; never will leave us alone and that is a powerful testament to His eternal commitment to us through Son and our Savior Jesus Christ.
The Daily Miracle- More Stories about the Good News of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Faith is The Substance Of Things Not Seen
In the fallen world that we live in there will be turmoil . There will be confrontation, there will be devastation and there will be rampant inhumanity toward man , by man. These are absolutes, because we live in a fallen world. The first man, Adam, made sure of that; so we must be practical and diligent in how we exercise our faith.
Hebrew 11: 1 says that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Faith is not a solid object that we can reach out and touch. It is not even a earthly concept. It is more a state of mind. It is our point of view. Faith is developed and refined. It is like the fermentation of a yeast when you make bread. It rises to gigantic proportions supernaturally. That is faith. We don’t quite know how the bread rose… all we know is that it did.
So it is with prayer, when we engage in prayer, it is faith in action. An action step and we wait for the evidence of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. We take the action of prayer, because we believe that this unseen action step (prayer) will be heard by God, through Jesus Christ. That is a powerful leap of faith. We have no guarantees, No man or woman gave us a certificate and said that it would happen. Yet we believed strongly enough that we focused on Jesus Christ and the Cross in prayer and presented our request to God and we believed that the evidence of the act would come to pass.
We never know when it would happen. We don’t know how it would happen, We don’t know under what circumstances that it will happen. We don’t know where it will happen. But we take God’s word that it will happen whenever we exercise our faith through prayer. That is what true faith is.
To you have true faith? Do you truly believe that God will do what he said he will do through his Son and our Savior Jesus Christ? Activate your faith, by focusing on the Kingdom, The Body of Christ; The Father the Son and the Holy Ghost. Activate this focus with the action step of prayer and remember. Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Walking in Tune and In Step With The Lord
Walking in line or in step with the Lord is often a difficult challenge for all of us. With the influences of this simple and yet complicated world, we are still faced with challenges to walk a straight and narrow path with the Lord. The key to knowing and walking with the Lord is to meditate on His word. From His word we we know the true nature of the Lord. He is not like us and our human logic is useless in understanding the will and purpose of the Lord.
The only way that we can become competent in understanding the word of the Lord is to read his word in the old testament and new testament, that means that we must read the entire books of the Bible. We must also be very aware of the consequences of our actions. When we follow the word of the Lord, then there are positive results from during this. Be in tune with the Lord by knowing the rewards of living your life with the
Lord… this will give you a blueprint and road map to receiving more blessing from the Lord.
Likewise, when we do not comform to God’s word, if we are in tune and pay attention, we can see the negative consequences of not following his word. God has provided a road map, a blueprint, a heart to heart discussion on how we are to live and also have we are not to live. It’s called the Bible. It is your friend; read it everyday , not just on Sunday, that is not enough. Know the word of God.
Jesus Word Will Not Return Void or Unproductive
So my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11.
This verse along with many others in the Bible explain the fact that Jesus power is everywhere. He does not have to be present for you to receive His Gift. His Grace and His word is sufficient to deliver all that you need. In other words if Jesus said it, then it is so and whatever you ask in His name, so shall you have. Once the word of the Lord is sent out, it will not return void.
This is a spiritual truth that many believers have used over the years, by memorizing and saying the words of Jesus, many have been healed of afflictions, many have overcome some of the most dire circumstances imaginable. You know Jesus word is matter of fact. There is no need to think bout it. There is not need to contemplate whether or not He meant it. There is no need to debate the merits of it. Trust Me. There is no need because His word is real and what He says is true.
Jesus makes a way when it appears to be no way. He works through people as He worked through Peter. Acts 9:30 “Peter sent them all out of the room then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha get up” She opened her eyes and seeing Peter she got up. Peter exercised the powers of the great commission that Jesus gave to the disciples. He commanded her to get up through the awesome power of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
You must release the power of Jesus within you and through you when confronting the dangers of this satan filled world. His word as given to us in the Bible will never, ever return void and unfulfilled. You can bank on that revelation for eternity.
Spritual Overdrive System “SOS”
We often fret about the characteristics of this fallen world. Why does it seem that somehow the most ungodly people seem to get the promotions at work? Why do the most uncaring people seems to reap the most reward at work? Sometimes we seem to feel that we are passed by for raises and promotions, yet someone who could care less about the Lord seems to make their own way and prosper. Yes sometimes it gives us room to pause and ask…………………………Why?
We must know in these situations that God is in control and we must operate in what I like to call a “Spiritual Overdrive System” Lets’ call it SOS. We’ve been equipped with it for a long time. If we have accepted Christ as our savior; the SOS can be made operable in us. You do it by activating the Holy Spirit. You don’t push a button like in an SUV to put the car in overdrive. No we did not come equipped with a mechanical overdrive system, but we did come equipped with a Spiritual Overdrive System, SOS, that supernaturally kicks in through the Holy Spirit who lives in us and guides us.
The Spiritual Overdrive System does not come with a warranty. It is guaranteed for eternity. You don’t have to keep a record of maintenance,because God has supernatural record keeping system. You don’t need a password or User name to activate it. You just need to believe in the Lord and ask him to give you strength to overcome buyers remorse. You know sometimes we need a spiritual tune-up, particularly when we get down and depressed because we see the wicked prosper. That means we’re living too much for and in this fallen world. There is a place we can go at that point.
We can go the index of the God’s instruction manual, the Bible, and we come to these instructions.
1) We can refuse to allow the success of the wicked to undermine our confidence in God’s Justice and goodness. It’s always there,God always promises it, simply because “That’s the Way God Rolls”. (That’s God’s Gift To Us).
2.) We must know that God has a game plan to even the score; it may or may not be in this life time; but we have eternal life in Christ so we will obtain our reward either in this life or in our life after we leave this earth. That’s up to God.
With this revelation we have a brand new outlook on life. A brand new computer chip that is friendship and nourishment to our souls. A lifestyle of righteous living that is far superior to the idol of promotion, the idol of raises, the idol of merit awards, or anything else that is a product of this fallen world. We must learn to live above this fallen world and grab hold of the gift of grace that Jesus Christ gave to us on Calvary. That is our gift of eternal life. A gift that keeps on giving. Far superior than some company generated merit award.
Do let earthly values contaminate your Spiritual Overdrive System, which allows us to operate above our circumstances through the Holy Spirit. Get a daily tune-up through God’s word and you will no longer worry about co-workers, but try to bring these people to Christ, then your reward will be much more greater than anything anyone in this fallen world could give you or offer you.
