Resist. [Ephesians 6 v10-17]

He whose word cannot be broken, so wrote John Newton ,reminding us that what God says He will do, what He promises He will fulfil.This is so important for us, for continually our minds our under attack, from the enemy of our souls, his tactics have not changed,he came to Eve with the words ,/Did God really say[ Genesis3v1]/, he sought to place doubt in her heart and mind, and in her case he succeeded,and unfortunately she acted on her doubts, the result, monumental sorrow and pain upon the whole of mankind. In Titus1v2 we read that God cannot lie, unlike the devil who is the father of lies,[John 8v44], the devil will always seek to undermine Gods word, using what ever means he can, for he hates God ,and His chidren.Today resist the devil by the very means he is trying to undermind, the word of God which cannot be broken, the result is, he will flee from us, and we will know victory[ James 4v7][ Dear God we thank You for Your word, which cannot be broken, help us to the resist the enemy of our souls, to declare firmly , thus saith the Lord, in Jesus name .Amen ]

Disobedience [ Romans 6v23]

As I was driving and trying to keep the speed limit, cars were driving by me breaking the speed limit, and I thought, peoople are naturally disobedient, for with out exception ,we all have broken the speed limit. The question of disobedience is manifest in all of life, no one can trully say they have never disobeyed, children have to be taught to obey, the teacher used to have a cane to enforce obedience.Obedience does not come naturally to humanity, and of course it all started in the historical setting of the garden of Eden, when God gave Adam and Eve a choice, to obey or not to obey, they choose to disobey. When it comes to disobeying God it has serious consequences, eternal consequences, for all of us,seperation from God in that place called hell. In Romans 5v19, we read,/ Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one person obeyed God many will be made righteous/. Because of Jesus perfect obedience, we who are naturally disobedience can be forgiven ,our disobedience, if we accept Him as our Saviour, it is amazing but it is true, the question is, will we obey and accept Christ?.[ Dear God help us to acknowledge our disobediece to You and Your laws, and help us to seek forgiveness through Jesus whose perfect obedience can save us . .Amen ]

A winner of souls. [ John 4v34-38]

Sometimes I feel discouraged and think my works in vain,Im tempted to murmur ,to grumble and complain, so goes an old gospel hymn. One witnesses , preaches, no one gets saved, and you think, is seeing people saved the hardest prayer to be answered?. I dont know, but I suppose it is the most important thing in life that people get saved, for Hell is as real as heaven, and yet they dont get saved. What is the answer?, to be faithful, and leave the rest to God,being faithful means praying, preaching the whole truth,witnessing by word and by our lives, and relying on God, to bless.We can look at the hardness of the people,caused by many things ,but we need to look above all else to our Saviour, He is able, yes He is, to save to the uttermost,if He saved me He can save anyone, so let faith arise, faith in Jesus ,to save precious souls.[ Dear Lord Jesus we dont know why people are not being saved, help us to be faithful, and may You be pleased to use us in some way to be a winner of souls. Amen]

Can God. [ Psalm78]

Imagine being removed from your job, you have obeyed Gods voice and stepped out in faith,bringing with you your wife and three children. You have no savings, and no money and no food in the house, and you have decided to not let anybody know about your situation, instead you are going to simply trust the Lord to meet your needs, trusting in His promises. In Psalm 78 the Israelites were in the wilderness, they had been delivered from slavery, they followed the Lord , but they were finding it hard, and they asked the question, / Can God/. Mybe that is the words on your lips ,can God,or mybe you are thinking it, can God help me,you look at your situation, and you despair, let me encourage you today to believe God , who can do exceedingly abundantly above all that you can ask or think,[Ephesians3v20], and let me just close by saying the Lord met the needs of that man , his wife, and three children.[ Father in heaven help us to trust You ,to help us in every situation, no matter how difficult it is, in Jesus name .Amen]

Summer and winter.[ 1 Peter 1v6-7]

In Psalm 74v17 we read ,/You made both summer and winter/,I suppose these words remind me once again of that great truth, the sovereignty of God.The sovereignty of God is something we need to be reminded of continually,here we have a statement reminding us that a sovereign God made the summer and winter.Most of us do not like the winter ,thats why so many go to live in Spain, but for the rest of us we have to put up with the dark nights,why cant we have sunshine all the year around?, why indeed. The fact of the matter is life is not all sunshine, it has its winter seasons,which God has ordained,the winter of sickness, bereavement,broken relationships, depression ,financial difficulties.Much and all , as we would like sunshine all the times, God knows best, as someone said all sunshine makes a desert. Willim Barclay wrote this,/ The danger of prosperity is that it encourages a false independance. It makes us think that we are well able to handle life alone/. As I look back on life , I learned so much in my winter seasons, which I would not have learnt in the summer seasons,I learnt to trust God for grace,learnt to trust His promises, and experenced a closer relationship with Him. [Sovereign God ,it is easy to thank You for the summer seasons of our lives,but today we bow our hearts before You, and praise You for the winter seasons, in Jesus name . Amen ]

Need [ Matthew4v 1-11]

The scriptures tell us that God will supply our needs[ Philippians 4v19],but sometimes what we think we need, and what God thinks we need our different. In Deuteronomy 8, we read how God humbled the Israelites causing them to hunger, why would God do such a thing?, the answer was in order to teach them a valuable lesson, that man should not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.The cry of this world is I want ,but if we are Christians, we are under our Lord and master Jesus,rule, and He wants to teach us whats really important, in order to do this He does not give us what we think we need but what He knows we need. He will deny us what appears legitimate,sex, money, promotion,and so on, in order that our desires becomes His,and that our lives come into comformity with His. If today He is denying us something, let us not resist, let us not become rebellious,or complain,let us humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, and let us learn the lesson He wants to teach us, He will not let us move on until we do.[ Dear God we thank You that You know what it is, we really need in our lives help us to yield to Your perfect will , in order that we might become more like Jesus . Amen ]

Hurry [Psalm 40]

We have a mug and it has these words on it, /Grant me patience Lord, but hurry/,without exception we all need to exercise patience. One of Gods characteristics is patience,and He would have all, His children to show the same quality in their lives. What lessons did Abraham, Joseph, and Job, have to learn ?, patience, what do you and I need to learn ? patience. When we exercise a godly patience, we are growing, and we all need to grow in godliness. We need to show patience to those we come in contact, that person who is rude, to fellow mortorist, to our children, our husbands and wives, the list is endless. We need to show patience in relation to Gods purposes for our lives, though it tarry wait for it, was the word of God to the prophet Habakkuk [2v3]. We must learn to wait patiently for the greatest event of all, our Lords coming again. Often God will act quickly and answer our prayers, but often He would have us wait patiently, for the answer, remember delay is not denial, it is just Gods way of teaching us patience.[ Dear God grant me the grace to be more like You in exercising patience, with others, with myself,in Jesus name Amen ]