There is NOTHING in this life that is greater than God. I want to say that again because it is truth:
THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS LIFE THAT IS GREATER THAN GOD
If there is anything that I can tell you I know with EVERY part that IS me, it is this – GOD IS GREAT. I am so thankful for a God that sees the full picture. I am SO glad for His grace that in His love for us knows that we could not handle seeing the whole picture, so He doles it out to us bit by bit, allowing us to know only what we need to know. Truly God’s grace IS sufficient. Please listen to what I have learned this year, what I am still learning – my lesson for this year has been this:
If we are praying for someone or something, we can trust that God hears our prayers and that He answers – even if it is:
“No or Wait or Yes”
He knows EXACTLY WHAT needs to happen, HOW it needs to happen and the WHEN of it.
Trusting God means we TRUST Him. NO MATTER WHAT… We really don’t know what it will take for some of our prayers to be answered… But it isn’t for us to know, it is for God to know! That is what really matters… Are you willing to trust God for the salvation of your loved ones whatever the cost may be?
I will share something with you that I have discovered time and time again:
THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER
GOD IS CALLING US TO PRAY
GOD IS CALLING US TO INTERCEDE
GOD IS CALLING US TO STAND IN THE GAP FOR SOMEONE(S) ELSE
GOD IS CALLING US TO TRUST HIM – TRUST THE PROCESS, TRUST HIS DIRECTION
Will you walk in trust with God no matter what you end up encountering in this life because of your determination to believe His Word? This is a very serious question… Here is something else that I have found out this year, and I pray that it ministers to you and blesses you. Prayer combined with fasting breaks down the strongholds that may only BE broken because of your desire to fast! I’ll admit to you that fasting has never come easy for me – I like to eat! 😉 I have an amazing sweet tooth that I am about to bring into submission to the Lord because I know I eat too much sugar! Anything in moderation is fine, but anything more than in moderation can be harmful. I have found that choosing one day a week to fast from the time I wake up to 3pm in the afternoon has helped tear down strongholds on things/situations that I have been lifting in prayer for YEARS. God IS answering prayer because I reached a point in my walk where I decided:
“Okay! I’m taking the kid gloves off now! I’m going deeper in HIM! I’m SERIOUS about doing everything in the power God has given me through the blood of Christ and I WANT these strongholds torn down in my life and the lives of those I love, IN JESUS’ name!”
And since January of this year, when Holy Spirit told me to make this a weekly thing – one day a week, once a week – I fast… And God is answering prayer! It is warfare – but the victory has ALREADY been mine in Christ Jesus! It is VERY important to have an ear to what Holy Spirit is asking you to do to grow you in Him! I pray whoever Holy Spirit has directed to these words takes heed. I pray that these words will encourage you to GO deeper in Him! Obedience and submission bring about results in Christ. What have I seen since I obeyed Holy Spirit?
This year a loved one that I have been praying for 35 years accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior! THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF INTERCESSION and this person is NOW a baby in Christ! Someone that I love who has been combatting sickness, illness and disease for 2 years has been healed!! Has deepened their walk in Christ! I’ve seen restoration in relationships where the Jezebel spirit and Python spirit had tried to sever. Listen to me – prayer is the MOST important weapon that we have. BELIEVE IT. DO IT. TRUST GOD – because He knows what He is doing. Now I will also say this, we don’t know what it will take for Holy Spirit to bring someone to the point of realization that they need God. We don’t know what it will take for restoration of a relationship to occur… For hearts to be softened towards God it often takes an undoing… Think about your own salvation experience – what did it take for your heart to be softened towards God? We want the results, but we often don’t want to endure what it will take for those results to occur… Will you allow God to do whatever He needs to in order for your prayers to be answered? Think long and hard on that one because we often are surprised on what it will take… Then ask yourself, is it worth whatever the cost? If your answer is yes – than allow God to formulate whatever situation must happen with the goal being the MOST important goal of all – the glorification of Him.
Listen – life is temporary, but ETERNAL life is forever. I have endured A LOT for my love and faith in God, not nearly as much as those who have been martyred for their faith and decision to follow Jesus, so who am I to mention it? But ask yourself, if it took my giving my life to bring others to Christ, would I still believe? Even if God’s intent for your life is not one where you are “physically” martyred for your faith there may be other ways that you may endure struggle for your walk in Him… This is where we have to stay focused on God and NOT on people. This is where God is calling you out of the boat of your life to walk towards Him TRUSTING that He knows WHAT He is doing and is going to do with the vessel of you! Jesus said in John 16:33:
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
I don’t know why God allows us to endure painful things, but if it is to bring glory and honor to God – maybe it is still worth it. Colossians 3:1-4 says:
“Therefore, if you were raised with Christ, look for the things that are above where Christ is sitting at God’s right side. Think about the things above and not things on earth. You died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.”
Determine in your head, in your heart, in your mind, in your spirit that you will NOT give up on God. That NO MATTER WHAT ol’ slewfoot brings your way that God IS greater, and He IS in complete control of your life. Nothing ever surprises God, even when it surprises us! But if we keep our eyes focused on the One Who has called us NOT to put our eyes on the storm but KEEP our eyes on Him, we are entrusting the life that we have turned over to Him to be whatever it is He makes it be. There is NO greater joy than knowing that NO MATTER WHAT, God holds you in the Palms of His hand! Isaiah 49:16:
“See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”
In closing I will say, if you drawer nearer to God, I PROMISE YOU, He will drawer nearer to YOU. He is the Author and the Finisher of our faith. He is reliable and trustworthy. YOU CAN TRUST HIM. Oh, how I pray you will! That Your life which is God’s vessel will honor Him through every high and every low that life brings your way, because God LOVES you and He is there WITH you through EVERY moment, if you allow Him. Allow Him and He will show forth His love, His grace, His mercy and His forgiveness through EVERY part of your life because YOU belong to HIM.
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