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Forgiveness

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Mark 2:1-12

 

It does not matter how much faith you have, without forgiveness, healing will be delayed. This is evident in the life of many who received healing when Jesus was on the face of earth. A man with paralysis tore the roof to get to Jesus when all roads were blocked. He had faith but he needed forgiveness to get healed from paralysis. Paralysis is not the loss of a body part; it is the loss of the ability to move a body part. Where you are going is set for you, but you lack the ability to get set for where you are going. If your case sounds like this, you are having paralysis. Are you physically or spiritually paralyzed? With your faith you will need forgiveness from God. Mark 2:5, ÒWhen Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, ÔSon your sins are forgiven you.ÕÓ There is nothing for you to reason about this, it is the word of God. Jesus taught it in the LordÕs Prayer. You always have to ask for forgiveness when you go to Him in prayer. He demonstrated it many times when He delivered some from sickness and diseases. When you reason in your heart like the scribes did, what He said to the scribes is essentially being said to you. Mark 2:9, ÒWhich is easier, to say to the paralytic, your sins are forgiven you, or to say, ÔArise, take up your bed and walk?ÕÓ The paralyzed man had faith, received forgiveness, and was healed. Call on Him, because you have faith and ask Him for forgiveness that will convert all your stagnation into motion.

Be Established

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2 Chronicles 20:1-30

 

Believe the word of God and you will be established. God is not a man who will fail in His word. He has and forever will be faithful. It is you that has not been faithful to the word of God. Jehoshaphat was facing a confrontation with a great multitude that was coming to war against him and Judah. There was no where for him to turn except to the Lord his God. Your confrontation is turning into multitude. When it looks like you are getting over, you are actually getting under. Wherever you turn, you are being turned down. You have called to God and it seems there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Indeed, it is good to turn to God, but it is bad when you turn to Him and fail to tune into His promise. In turning to Him you have to believe that God can do all that is impossible. Jehoshaphat, having taken his confrontation to God, went back to his people and spoke to them. 2 Chronicles < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>20:20, ÒSo they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, ÔHear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God and you shall be established; believe in His prophets, and you shall prosper.ÕÓ  That is God for your understanding. Believe in Him and you shall be established.

Dream Journey

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Genesis 37:1-24

 

When Joseph stepped up his dream journey, he did not know that he was in the dream he had earlier. Joseph did not know that GodÕs plan will separate him before he can operate for GodÕs glory. You have ended up in a situation you never planned for. It is too deep and too expensive for you to handle; it is costing you more than you can ever imagine. You can be rest assured that God is able, and He alone will see you through. If you believe what you are reading about GodÕs operation, you will surely be established. Consider Joseph Ð they meant to kill him; God meant to lift him. Genesis 37:20, ÒCome therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ÔSome wild beast has devoured him.Õ We shall see what shall become of his dreams.Ó The devil not only wants to stop you from getting to where God is taking you, but also wants to kill you on earth and in heaven. He will use people closest to you to accomplish his mission in your life. When the deceiver was using JosephÕs brother in an attempt to deny Joseph from getting to his divine assignment, God was using it to get Joseph through his journey. As Joseph stepped into his journey, God set him up for His glory. As you step into your journey, God will set you up for His glory. He is an able God.

September 2006 Issue

Monthly Newsletter

 ÒTherefore, the prisoner of the Lord, I beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called (Ephesians4:1).< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

 

GodÕs calling is a sacrifice. His calling is costly and it is not always convenient. Worship is the cost of His calling, and obedience is what it takes to worship Him. Obedience has to be consistent for you to have a reasonable service –your obedience is your service unto God.

 ~ SACRIFICE ~

Sacrifice is not cheap. What kind of sacrifice have you been rendering unto God since you have accepted His calling? If your sacrifice is free and not costing you time, money, or disrupting your worldly comfort, it is important that you examine your stand in the Lord. King David once denied an offer to deliver a cheap and free sacrifice to God. 2 Samuel 24:24, ÒThen the king said to Araunah, ÔNo, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God with that which costs me nothing.Õ So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.ÕÓ How are you serving Him since the time you have answered His call? God has called you to a service that will deliver to you an attainment for His glory. When He called Saul to become king, it was for SaulÕs attainment, but God regretted to have called on Saul. Are you walking a walk in GodÕs calling that will not cause God to regret His calling in your life? Among the factors that made Saul to fail was partial obedience. God called on Saul to go and destroy Amalek.  1 Samuel 15:3, ÒNow go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.Ó  Saul failed in his calling because of half-obedience. 1 Samuel 15:5, ÒAnd Saul came to a city of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Amalek, and lay in wait in the valleyÓ When God calls you to go, it is not the time for waiting. When you lay in your waiting, temptation will reign, you will miss your target, and your mission will become impossible to accomplish. Answering God in His calling will demand that you follow Him fully. When you follow Him fully, you will stand where others are falling, you win where they are losing, you will pass where there is failure, and you will be above — not below. Answering His call will bring challenges that no one else wants to experience in life. Above all, you will be an over comer.

     ~ CALEB ~

Among thousands of people, Caleb was the only one of the two that escaped death sentence because he remained adamant in his belief. He could not compromise his faith; there was not enough intimidation that could sway him from standing his ground of belief. The children of Israel came back from spying the land that God had already given them before He told them He was going to give them a land. It was a wrong move for them to go and spy. It was neither GodÕs planning nor MosesÕ suggestion. In return they all confessed fear, discouragement, and failure. As a result, they rebelled. But Caleb did not. God sentenced them to death, but God spoke of Caleb, in Numbers 14:24, ÒBut My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.Ó Ask God today to impact your life with the spirit that makes man to follow Him fully. You sure know the stories of the Bible; you are very conversant in quoting the words of God. The song of halleluiah sounds great when you sing it.

   ~ FOLLOW ~

 Do you have the word rooted in your heart? Are you following Him? Yes, you have come to Christ, you are born again. However, it is not enough to come when you fail to follow. To follow is the real deal. When you follow, you will not fall because the darkness that is always there will give way in your life when you follow Him. John 8:12, ÒThen Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ÔI am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.ÕÓ Remember, Judas was called and numbered among the disciples, but he missed out when it was time to count. It is up to you to ask for His help to follow Him fully.  

 

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice (Heb.12:4). How do you gauge your sacrifice to God?

Carrier

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Deuteronomy1:19-45

 

Stay away from rebellion; then you will not complain, you will not be discouraged, and you will not be afraid. When rebellion is not your portion in your journey with God, He will carry you through. He carried the children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel through the wilderness but they could not survive, they crumbled by giving way to rebellion. Deuteronomy 1:30-31, ÒThe LORD your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.Ó He is a faithful God. God will not stop carrying you except the moment you stop riding on His word. God is His word and His word is Him. He is God that honors His word as much as His name. In as much as you stay away from complaint, discouragement will be disallowed, encouragement will reign, and to be afraid will be a dead issue. You wonder if all this talk is possible. Indeed, it is possible; it is a take-able force. If it is impossible, God will not expect it from us. Get yourself out of the cold and begin to take the word of God seriously. The word of God is not a decoration; it is for operation against all forces that wants to deny you from being carried to His Kingdom. Do not jump from the carrier. When He carries you, He will not tarry.