1 Samuel 17:45 David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Exodus 15:3 The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is his name.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Personally, I've been fighiting a particular sin in my life. Have been losing constantly and it affects me a lot but god has been gracious. He showed me mercy and forgiveness constantly and lead me to a resource and I'm slowly but surely gaining victory over what has been a foothold inside my heart. Amen, glory be to god.
But is not so easy, as Satan realise he's losing you, he works even furiously to make you stumble flat on your face. He's been lobbing all kinds of grenades into my path, some straight in my face, negatives thoughts, insults, jealousy, confidence ebbing thoughts. But I will not fail, not that I'm strong but my god is, he's my ROCK and truely his grace is suffient for me, power make perfect in weakness. How about you? What are you struggling with? Is god sufficient for you?
Amen, pray for me if you can. To god be the glory in our life.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
-When God ran-
Almighty God, the Great I Am. Immovable rock, omnipotent, powerful, awesome Lord. Victorious warrior, commanding King of Kings. Mighty conqueror, and the only time, The only time I ever saw Him run,
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Was when He ran to me, He took me in His arms, Held my head to His chest Said, "My son's come home again." Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes, With forgiveness in His voice He said, "Son, do you know I still love you?" He caught me by surprise, when God ran.
The day I left home, I knew I'd broken His heart And I wondered then if things could ever be the same. Then one night I remembered His love for me And down that dusty road ahead I could see It was the only time It was the only time I ever saw Him run.
And He ran to me, He took me in His arms, Held my head to His chest Said, "My son's come home again." Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes, With forgiveness in His voice He said, "Son, do you know I still love you?" He caught me by surprise, when God ran. He caught me by surprise and He brought me to my knees When God ran, I saw Him run to me.
I was so ashamed, all alone and so far away. But now I know He's been waiting for this day.
I saw Him run to me, He took me in His arms, Held my head to His chest Said, "My son's come home again." Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes, With forgiveness in His voice I felt His love for me again. He ran to me, He took me in His arms Held my head to His chest Said, "My son's come home again." Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes, With forgiveness in His voice He said, "Son" He called me "Son" He said, "Son, do you know I still love you?"
He ran to me And then I ran to Him When God ran.
"...and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you." (Deuteronomy 30:2-3)
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007
-Fruits of the vine-
Below is something I read today that I think can inspire us for the bibletalk, look at it, read throught meditate on the verse. It inspire me today, if I remain in him, he will grant me much, if I'm just a useless branch that is not bearing any fruit, i will be prunce to make way for fruitful brunch. Amen. Glory be to Jesus
The Lord tells us many things about prayer. Let’s look briefly at three, as we prepare our hearts and minds for prayer.
Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered. 20 When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked. 21 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Matthew 21:18-22
Now, let’s look at the disciples’ response. They said, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” And Jesus answered by telling them that if they have faith and do not doubt, they can do even more amazing things. Then He makes a very intriguing statement about prayer. He said, “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Does that statement hit you as it does me? So, all I have to do is believe and “poof,” I receive? Well, sort of, but there is a little more to it. Do you find it strange that Jesus so quickly goes from teaching us that He looks for fruit, to teaching us that God answers prayers offered in faith? Certainly these two thoughts are connected. What is the connection between fruitfulness and prayer? Let’s take a quick look at another passage.
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. (John 15:1-8)
This is likely a familiar passage to you. Here we learn that Jesus is the true vine (in the Old Testament, Israel was referred to as the vine). We are told that some branches are cut off and some are pruned so that they will become more fruitful. The only way to produce fruit is to remain in the vine. Apart from Him, we can do nothing. When we get to verse 7, we find a connection between remaining and receiving. We are told if we remain in Him, then we can ask whatever we wish and it will be given to us. So we learn that receiving whatever we wish requires faith, but also requires remaining in Christ.
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