GOD IS IN IT WITH YOU :
Boast In God’s Grace For You!
Boast In God’s Grace For You!
…“He
who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:31
If
someone asks you, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” you would probably
tell him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved,” wouldn’t you?
Well, a
rich, young ruler asked Jesus the same question, but instead of telling him to
believe in Him, Jesus gave him the law. (Mark 10:17–22)
Jesus
saw that the young ruler lived his life taking pride in his ability to keep the
law to earn salvation and the favor of God. But because of His love for the
man, Jesus had to show him that those who live by the law must realize that
their self-efforts cannot save them.
He
therefore reminded him, “You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery…
‘Do not steal… ‘Honor your father and your mother.’” The young ruler showed
that his trust was in his law-keeping when he replied, “Teacher, all these
things I have kept from my youth.”
So
Jesus had to tell him, “One thing you lack… sell whatever you have and give to
the poor… and come… and follow Me.” When the young ruler heard that, he walked
away sorrowful.
When we
boast of having kept the law, it will always point out something we lack or
have failed to obey. The law is so holy and perfect that if we don’t keep even
one iota of it, it has no choice but to judge and curse us. (Galatians 3:10)
That is what the law was designed to do.
God
does not want us to boast in our abilities to keep the law. If we are to have
confidence in anything at all, if we are to boast in anything at all, it is in
the grace of God. Only His grace can completely keep, save, heal, deliver and
bless us.
So
let’s not boast in what we have done or are able to do, but boast in His grace
for us — that He is our strength, health, favor, provision, wisdom, hope,
salvation and glory. That is how we will see ourselves enjoying our inheritance
of abundant life!
Thought
For The Day
Only
His grace, not our works, can save, keep, heal, deliver and bless us.
PRAY
PERFECT PRAYERS IN THE SPIRIT :
Romans
8:27 - Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
Wouldn’t
you like to pray effective prayers that are always in line with the will of God
and which always hit the mark? Well, when you pray in the Spirit, you can.
You
see, when we pray in English or our known language, and according to our
limited understanding, we can pray amiss. Sometimes, our heads get in the way
and we find ourselves asking, “Isn’t it selfish of me to pray like this?” or
“Am I praying in line with God’s will?”
My
friend, that is why God gives us the gift of praying in tongues. When we pray
in tongues or in the Holy Spirit, we can never pray out of God’s will because
the Holy Spirit “makes intercession for the saints according to the will of
God”.
In
other words, we pray perfect prayers in line with God’s will when we pray in
tongues. And the Bible goes on to tell us that “if we ask anything according to
His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we
know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him”. (1 John 5:14–15)
Isn’t
it wonderful that God has put in you the Holy Spirit who prays perfectly? He
knows the heart of God and precisely what you need. And He makes intercession
for you because He loves you very much.
The
Holy Spirit is like your lawyer or legal counselor. He knows what belongs to
you legally. He knows what your blood-bought rights are in Christ. Best of all,
He knows exactly how to enforce them in your life!
Beloved,
when you pray in tongues, you allow the Holy Spirit to pray perfect prayers
through you. He pleads your case before God. He knows where you have gone wrong
and what the root of the problem is. He also has the wisdom, solution and power
to win your case. With the Holy Spirit on your side, you cannot but come out
victorious!
By
Jesus’ Stripes You Are Healed
…The
chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:5
You
know, one of the biggest outcries against Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion Of
The Christ, was that it was too violent, especially the part where Jesus was
scourged.
Let me
tell you this: It was not violent enough! The Bible says that at the cross,
Jesus’ visage was marred beyond that of any man. (Isaiah 52:14) In the movie,
even after all the beatings, the actor James Caviezel, who played Jesus, still
looked quite handsome.
But the
reality is that when Jesus hung on the cross, He had “no form or comeliness…
there is no beauty that we should desire Him”. (Isaiah 53:2) He was beaten to a
pulp until His face looked like jelly hanging out!
In the
movie, when they scourged Him, only a small portion of His bones was exposed,
so it was still quite tidy. But the messianic psalms say, “The plowers plowed
on my back; they made their furrows long” (Psalm 129:3), and “I can count all
My bones. They look and stare at Me”. (Psalm 22:17) All His bones were exposed!
My
friend, He was thinking of you when the soldiers tied Him to the scourging
post. As they raised their whips, He said, “Let it all come on Me!”
But
what came on Him was not just the whip stripping the flesh off His bare back,
but your sicknesses and diseases. Each time He was whipped, every form of
sickness and disease, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes, bird flu and
dengue fever, came upon Him. “The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and
by His stripes we are healed.”
Today,
healing is your right because Jesus has paid the price for your healing. So if
the devil says, “You cannot be healed,” just declare, “Jesus has paid for my
healing. Disease has no right to be in my body. I am healed in Jesus’ name!”
Every
curse of sickness that was supposed to fall on you fell on Jesus instead. He
bore every one of those stripes, so that you can walk in divine health all the
days of your life. The price has been paid so that you can rise up and get out
of your bed of affliction!
Thought
For The Day
Healing
is your right because Jesus has paid the price for your healing.
GO IN
THE POSSESS THE LAND
Only
rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they
are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the Lord is with us:
fear them not. - Numbers 14:9
Thousands
of years ago, God told the children of Israel to go up and occupy the land that
He had given them. He told them to take it, by force and without fear, from the
ungodly ones who were dwelling there.
He's
still saying that today. God is still trying to get us, as His people, to take the
good land He's given us. He's still trying to get us to use the power He's
given us to run the wicked one out.
You
see, this earth doesn't belong to the devil. It belongs to God (Ps. 24:1). The
devil has just moved in and taken control of things because we believers
haven't stopped him.
That is
our job, you know. Jesus took Satan's legal rights away from him on
Resurrection morning. Then Jesus put us in charge of enforcing Satan's defeat.
The Scripture says that Jesus is going to sit at the right hand of the Father
until His enemies are made His footstool (Heb. 10:12-13). Do you know what that
means? It means Jesus is waiting on us to kick the devil and his crew out of
the affairs of this earth. He's waiting on us to carry out the victory He won at
Calvary and occupy this land.
But
just like Israel had to rise up physically to take the land of Canaan, you and
I have to rise up in the Spirit if we're going to establish the dominion of God
in the earth. We're going to have to get moving. We can't do it sitting down!
Listen,
you may not know it, but we're at war. We're in a spiritual battle--and we're
winning. In fact, if you realized what was already established in the spirit
world, you'd laugh at the devil every time he showed his face.
So
today if the devil has control of an area of your life or your church or your
community, rise up in the Spirit through faith and prayer and the Word and
start taking that territory back. Don't be afraid. His defense is departed from
him. He has no weapon that can stand against you.
The
Lord is with you. Rise up in the Name of Jesus and take back the land!
The
Recipe for Continuous Victory and Success
And
now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is
able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are
sanctified (Acts 20:32).
The Word of God is the building block we need
as Christians to shape up our lives and become all that God has planned for us
to be. This is because the Word has inherent ability to produce what it says.
In Joshua 1:8, ever before Joshua could embark on the mission of leading the
Jews into the Promised Land, God instructed him to meditate on the Word
regularly and keep the Word in his mouth. He was to have the Word in his heart
and in his mouth, and be completely taken over by the Word. That way, he would
be careful to do the Word.
This was necessary because God had premised
Joshua’s success on meditating on the Word. If this was true for Joshua, it’s
all the more true for us today as Christians. The Word of God is what we need
to live a successful, prosperous and victorious life. Thus, you shouldn’t allow
any kind of failure in your life! God has given us His Word that’s able to make
us successful, prosperous and victorious. Our responsibility is to think God’s
thoughts; speak and live according to the Word.
God’s Word is our sure road map to a life of
unending victories. So if as a Christian you’ve been experiencing consistent
failures rather than victories in your life endeavours, what you need do is a
Word-check. It might mean that you’re not living according to God’s Word. Now,
that doesn’t mean you’re necessarily doing something wrong. It does mean
however that there’re some important things you’re not doing. An example could
be proper meditation on the Word; it’s a sure recipe for success. Praise the
Lord!
WAKE UP
What is
satan stealing from you? Is he stealing your health? Is he stealing your
finances? Is he stealing your relationships? What area of your life is he
targeting? Is he stealing your peace? Now is the time you must come to realize
My children that he is defeated. He is a defeated foe. The ground that he
stakes out in your life is not his. He is trespassing. Walk with Me and he
cannot tag along.
Whatever
you are fighting against right now, do not fight alone. Fight with Me by your
side. He has already been defeated. In walking in unbelief you achieve his goal
for him. You believe his lie and give him ground. He bases his existence in
your life on a lie. My children must rise up against him now. My children must
do battle against him now, he is a defeated foe. Instead of believing his lies,
you must pick up your weapons and fight against him.
The
battle is in your mind. Knowing that you are fighting against something or
someone who has already been defeated is the most important tool. My army needs
to come to life. my army needs to be fed this knowledge. He is done defeating
My children. My children are called upon now to rise up against him and his
minions. He can no longer take from, steal, ruin, or deceive any of My
children.
Wake up
My children to who you are in Me. I am the I AM, the creator of all things. He
is nothing. Enough now, reclaim your territory. My children, I love you. You
must fight to rest in Me, you must fight to rest.
God can
and will heal your wounds; after all, His banner over you is love. (Song of
Solomon 2:4)
God has
delivered you before, hasn't He? If He delivered you before, then you should be
confident that He will come to your rescue again.
We
cannot stand through the storms of life based on someone else's faith. We must
be fully assured in our own hearts and minds.
Do you
know that giving to you actually brings joy to God’s heart? When you place a
demand on Him to heal you or to provide for you, you let Him be God. When you
draw on His fullness and His abundance of life, health and blessings, you
delight His heart!
WALTER KAMBULOW
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Gordon
Williams http://gordwilliams.com/
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