Good Morning my most Wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much. Imagine that; I am writing 2 days in a row. Yay! I wanted to also mention; I have been able to wear shoes again now for the first time since my foot surgery. Yay again! God is so Good. Jehovah Rapha. The LORD our Healer.
Dear LORD, Thank You again for another day to be alive and come to You to praise and honor You. We worship You for Who You are LORD and not just for what You do. Although everything that You do is amazing! Please LORD bless all of Your devastated people Father. Let them know that You are with them and will never leave them nor forsake them. Protect them with Your angels LORD.
Please LORD send forth Your Christian soldiers to the hurting to help them and share Your love with them. Send those people who will be Your Heart and Hands here to help Your hurting people. Send me LORD to do whatever Your will is. Bless all of Your World Wide Family LORD for all of their generations. We thank You in advance LORD. In Jesus Precious Name. Amen. Glory to God!
I had a short story to share with you. I have a very beloved relative who was currently making some poor choices for their life. This is not who they are. This is not who they are going to be. I fervently pray and fast for them to turn around and surrender their lives to the LORD Who will change them for all eternity. (And they most definitely will in Jesus Name! This is a promise in God’s WORD!)
PROVERBS 22:6 TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO: AND WHEN HE IS OLD, HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. (kjv)
This relative had gotten themselves in some trouble and the police had been called. We were all praying for him as soon as we found out. The officer had compassion and mercy on him because he is very young. He told him that he needed to change and stop trying to mess up his life.
We were ecstatic for this answer to our prayers. We were also wondering if our family member would really appreciate this grace gift that he had received. Would this be a pivotal moment in his life to help him want to change his life? Did he need some consequences to keep him from making such poor choices. We were also praising God for this outcome. Of course the poor choices that we each make can affect us for the rest of our lives.
Much to our dismay; it wasn’t even 4 hours later that he made another poor choice for his life and was placed in jail. I wondered how he could have just squandered such a miraculous gift and second chance that he had been given 4 hours earlier. He received a full pardon and it was wasted.
Isn’t what we do with Jesus Christ? He died in our place to take our sins and give us His complete pardon. He redeems us and sets us free. What do many of us do? We squander this most precious gift from our LORD. We say we aren’t interested. We will run our lives the way we want to. We feel that we know what is best. (We really don’t!)
Now my loved one, who was just freed 4 hours earlier, is spending a long Holiday weekend in jail. The potential charges seem ominous. His life may now be adversely affected forever at such a young age. He had just recently resumed his college classes and was trying to make some positive changes.
We prayed and waited and he waited and hopefully prayed. I had gone to a small night time church gathering. We serve those who are currently homeless. As I pulled up the Pastor said he was glad that I was there because he needed to go and purchase the food to feed them and asked if I could share God’s WORD with them. (Speak or preach a small sermon.)
1 PETER 3:15 BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR HEARTS: AND BE READY ALWAYS TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH YOU A REASON OF THE HOPE THAT IS IN YOU WITH MEEKNESS AND FEAR. (kjv)
I spoke of “the storms in our lives.” We had just had the tragic storms in Texas and Florida and now our family was having a personal storm. I shared that our storms don’t have to ruin us and can actually make us stronger when we let the LORD lead our lives and help us through.
I shared some of the details of my current storm with my loved one and that I was praying and counting on God only. I shared that I did not know how this would turn out well but God was in control regardless and He knew and I trusted Him. I told the church gathering that I believed that I would have a testimony to share with them about this circumstance.
In the natural it seemed impossible. But we serve a Supernatural God! How could my loved one be set free now after he messed up again after just being set free. Would he spend a lot of time in jail, possibly years? When would the trial be? Would his young life be ruined? These were thoughts that tried to haunt my mind.
I had to fight off those thoughts by keeping my eyes focused on the LORD every moment of every one of those days that he was incarcerated. I kept praying and fasting for my loved one. I spoke God’s WORD from His Bible of TRUTH that Supersedes fact.
Then all of a sudden one of those days. Our loved one called for a ride home. The charges had been dropped and he was free (again!!) I got my testimony! Praise the LORD so much! This time my loved one is making better choices. I think he is more appreciative. This time he had received consequences and grace.
He will make good decisions for his life. He belongs to Jesus. He was bought with a price; the Precious Blood of Jesus. There is hope for our loved ones. Stand in the gap for them.
Well I have to go for now. I love you all so very much and most importantly Jesus loves you. Until we talk again, God bless you and protect you all and all of your generations.
MATTHEW 21:22 AND ALL THINGS, WHATSOEVER YE SHALL ASK IN PRAYER, BELIEVING, YE SHALL RECEIVE. (kjv)
2 CORINTHIANS 4:18 WHILE WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN, BUT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN: FOR THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN ARE TEMPORAL; BUT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL.
ROMANS 4:17 ….AND CALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE. (pp)