Pastor Lawrence Pointer said: Are you ready to receive your blessing? Seek God, live by faith only, and position yourself to receive it and in order to do this you have wrestle with God!
In Genesis 32:24-32, Jacob held on to the angel (God) until He blessed him even through a hip injury. So, wrestle with God until you receive your blessing. Don't give up. Be like Jacob, wrestle with God until you are blessed- Through pain, heartaches, through issues, circumstances, until what God told you manifests. Then receive it in praise!!!
Thats it right there!!!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Pour the Oil
Pastor Smokie Norful said today on his radio show, shut the door to your haters-Those who cannot understand the vision. Everyone can be your partner or support but not everyone would partner or support you if they heard your vision. Sometimes the vision is to be revealed to you only.
God gave the vision/plan to you. Write your plan from God, work your plan "in faith only" (Pastor Lawrence Pointer quote), and don't give up even though you don't see it yourself at first.
As you stand in faith, position yourself to receive the abundance of God. Like the mother with the oil in 2 Kings 4:1-7, don’t grab little jars for yourself, get big jars to fill and in faith, pour the oil and watch the provision never run dry.
Thats it right there!!
God gave the vision/plan to you. Write your plan from God, work your plan "in faith only" (Pastor Lawrence Pointer quote), and don't give up even though you don't see it yourself at first.
As you stand in faith, position yourself to receive the abundance of God. Like the mother with the oil in 2 Kings 4:1-7, don’t grab little jars for yourself, get big jars to fill and in faith, pour the oil and watch the provision never run dry.
Thats it right there!!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
GIVE ME A SIGN
A tweep submitted Psalm 86:17 on twitter today and I was amazed at this scripture. I don’t remember seeing this scripture before. “Give me a sign Lord”. Wow. I grew up in “Christiandom” where it was sacrilegious to ask God for a sign. They even quoted the scripture, “A wicked and adulterous generation requires a sign” Matthew 12:39a. and nobody wants to be counted in that number. But here is David, a man after God’s own heart, asking, Give me a sign Lord.
I don’t know about you saints, but I will admit that while we are “working” in the vineyards at the heat of the day it would be nice to get a cold refreshing drink of the water of knowledge that our labor is not in vain. In the mist of the enemies prospering, the “water” of “I will be exalted if I faint not” would be fantastic. So Lord, how can we get this “water”?
We have to do what David did in verse 4 of Psalm 86-he set his hope in the Lord. When I think of "set" in this context it makes me think of permanence, like concrete. Once it’s it place (set) it is unmovable, unchangeable. But David didn’t stop there. In verse 5, David says that the Lord is ready to forgive and abound in faithful love to all who call on him.
Wow! If we could be like David, set our hope on the Lord and know that He is overflowing in faithful love to us who call on Him, we would be freed up enough to say:
Lord give me a sign of your goodness that my enemies will see and be ashamed because you Lord have helped me and comforted me. Psalm 36:17
That’s it right there!!!
I don’t know about you saints, but I will admit that while we are “working” in the vineyards at the heat of the day it would be nice to get a cold refreshing drink of the water of knowledge that our labor is not in vain. In the mist of the enemies prospering, the “water” of “I will be exalted if I faint not” would be fantastic. So Lord, how can we get this “water”?
We have to do what David did in verse 4 of Psalm 86-he set his hope in the Lord. When I think of "set" in this context it makes me think of permanence, like concrete. Once it’s it place (set) it is unmovable, unchangeable. But David didn’t stop there. In verse 5, David says that the Lord is ready to forgive and abound in faithful love to all who call on him.
Wow! If we could be like David, set our hope on the Lord and know that He is overflowing in faithful love to us who call on Him, we would be freed up enough to say:
Lord give me a sign of your goodness that my enemies will see and be ashamed because you Lord have helped me and comforted me. Psalm 36:17
That’s it right there!!!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Come and See What Our Father Will Do
Here's a story from Robert Ricciardelli found from the life of George Mueller:
Things looked bleak for the children of George Mueller's orphanage at Ashley Downs in England. It was time for breakfast, and there was no food. A small girl whose father was a close friend of Mueller was visiting in the home. Mueller took her hand and said, "Come and see what our Father will do."
In the dining room, long tables were set with empty plates and empty mugs. Not only was there no food in the kitchen, but there was no money in the home's account.
Mueller prayed, "Dear Father, we thank Thee for what Thou art going to give us to eat." Immediately, they heard a knock at the door.
When they opened it, there stood the local baker. "Mr. Mueller," he said, "I couldn't sleep last night. Somehow I felt you had no bread for breakfast, so I got up at 2 o'clock and baked fresh bread. Here it is." Mueller thanked him and gave praise to God.
Soon, a second knock was heard. It was the milkman. His cart had broken down in front of the orphanage. He said that before the milk spoiled, he would like to give it to the children.
My prayer this day is: God, give us such faith in you that we all will be able to say, "Come and See What Our Father Will Do" in any situation. In Jesus Name, Amen.
THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE!!!!
Things looked bleak for the children of George Mueller's orphanage at Ashley Downs in England. It was time for breakfast, and there was no food. A small girl whose father was a close friend of Mueller was visiting in the home. Mueller took her hand and said, "Come and see what our Father will do."
In the dining room, long tables were set with empty plates and empty mugs. Not only was there no food in the kitchen, but there was no money in the home's account.
Mueller prayed, "Dear Father, we thank Thee for what Thou art going to give us to eat." Immediately, they heard a knock at the door.
When they opened it, there stood the local baker. "Mr. Mueller," he said, "I couldn't sleep last night. Somehow I felt you had no bread for breakfast, so I got up at 2 o'clock and baked fresh bread. Here it is." Mueller thanked him and gave praise to God.
Soon, a second knock was heard. It was the milkman. His cart had broken down in front of the orphanage. He said that before the milk spoiled, he would like to give it to the children.
My prayer this day is: God, give us such faith in you that we all will be able to say, "Come and See What Our Father Will Do" in any situation. In Jesus Name, Amen.
THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE!!!!
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