Monday, October 25, 2010

God can turn what's little in your hands into something great!

There are many stories in the bible where God uses what's little in one's hand to turn it into something great.

In the story of the feeding of five thousand men, God took the five loaves and two fishes to feed the five thousand men, excluding women and children. That five loaves and two fishes actually belonged to a boy. They were probably his lunch.

When Moses and the children of Israel were faced with the Red Sea and the charging armies of the Egypt hot on their heels, Moses used his rod to split open the Red Sea and all the children of Israel were able to cross the Red Sea safely while the Egyptian armies were drowned in the Red Sea.

Elijah was able to command fire to consume the Samaritan army sent to bring him to see the King of Samaria. He has no tool and just a servant with him. However when he used his mouth to speak, he accomplished great things.

In the new testament, the handkerchief of Paul was able to heal and cast out demon. Isn't amazing that even a handkerchief of Paul is able to heal the sick and cast out demons.

God can use what's little in our hand to turn it into something great for His kingdom. Don't despise the "little" giftings and talents that God had places in our hands for they can achieve great things in our lives and for the kingdom of God.

Even when the giftings seem so insignificant as compared to some other people' giftings, God can still use them if we are to trust God with those giftings. Ask God for wisdom and we will be able to accomplish great things through Christ who strengthens me!

Be restful in the Lord for He makes all things beautiful for His people. Trust His leading and we will live a victorious life. Hallelujah!

Friday, October 22, 2010

What God promises He will do it

God is more than able to fulfill His promises in the bible. For through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ at the cross, all good promises are yes and amen.

God only has good thoughts toward me. His thoughts for me are thoughts to prosper me. Thoughts of growing my character. Thoughts of wonderful family relationship and so much more. All His thoughts toward me can only be good for the bible says He has a good future and hope for me.

As the word of God says so, so be it. That is the promise of God for the word of God will accomplish what it is sent out to do and it will never come back to God void. So believe the word when it says God has a good future and hope for me.

Regardless of what we are asking Abba Father for, believe He will do it. If we are dealing with some form of terminal diseases, believe we are going to be well for God wants us to be healthy. If we are facing some challenges in the area of our finances, believe God to be debt free for He loves to prosper His people so that they can be so abundantly blessed to be a blessing.

In the bible, when Jesus told His disciples that they were going to the other side of the sea, He meant it! But in the middle of the journey, there was a perfect storm and the disciples were afraid for the waters were hitting them. They shouted to the Lord for help and immediately Jesus awoke from His well deserved sleep to calm the storm. And He subsequently calmed the storm in the disciples' hearts.

When Jesus promised a leader of the synagogue named Jairus that He would heal his daughter, He will see to it that his daughter shall be well. However in the journey to Jairus' home, Jesus was stopped by a woman with the issue of blood for He perceived healing power had gone out of Him to heal. Even when news of Jairus' daughter was dead, Jesus just assured Jairus his daughter will be alright and his daughter was later raised from the dead!

Believe God when He says He has only good thoughts toward us. Hold on to His word and see the miraculous manifestation of the His promises in our lives. Hallelujah!

Monday, October 18, 2010

God will take care of the big and small things in your lives

Be anxious for nothing but in everything with prayer and supplication
let your request be made known to God and the peace of God which
surpasses all understandings will guard your heart and mind through
Christ Jesus. For God will supply all my needs according to His riches
in glory in Christ Jesus!

The word of God says He will provide for all my needs. He is my
provider. He is providence Himself. Be it small or big, He loves to
cater to all the needs.

When the going in our lives seems too tough for us to handle or it just
seems too overwhelming and we feel we are helpless to do something about
it, God wants to assure us He is working behind the scene to make sure
we WILL come out of that challenging situation victoriously. For He will
make all things beautiful in His time and He will make all things to
turn out for our good. Things may not be good at the moment but it will
turn our to be good in His time.

We need to just hold on to God's promises in the bible. For they are yes
and amen in Christ Jesus. For at the cross, some two thousand years ago,
Jesus died on our behalf so that we can take His position of
righteousness with Abba Father. He was smitten, burnt, striped on our
behalf so that we are made whole through His bodily sacrifice. His
precious blood has cleansed us of all our sins and we are drafted into
the kingdom of God to be sons and daughters of God.

Jesus even borne our pains and sorrows and stresses on our behalf so
that we can enjoy the shalom He had bequeathed to us. This is not
worldly peace but the peace of God. The peace that surpasses all
understandings. Peace that assures us we are right with God. Peace that
in the midst of a perfect storm we can be calm within and the assurance
of His presence in our lives.

Regardless of the magnitude of the issues at hand, God loves to see that
those concerns are met. Be it trusting God to completely cleared us of
our debts or to heal us of terminal diseases or to believe in God for a
favourable position in a company or just simply believing God for a good
car park lot, God will made sure they are accomplished. Not by my might
nor strength but by His grace.

Believe God for He is good all the time and His goodness and mercy
endure forever. Hallelujah!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Speak good into your life

Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Obviously, what we say, be it good or bad, will affect our lives. If we want to see good in our lives, proclaim good and speak good things into our lives. Likewise bad things can happen into our lives because we had been speaking bad.

This is the power that God has given us. For God spoke and it was so. And He calls forth those things that are not into existence. God speaks what He wants to see and not the other way around.

Our speech will affect our lives and our future and ultimately our destiny. When we speak in line with God's word, we will experience God's abundance blessings in our lives. Not that we can earn God's blessings but rather we "activate" the miracles of God when speak about His goodness in our lives and believe by faith.

So, if we are not experiencing good in our lives, be mindful of what we are speaking into our lives and begin to proclaim God's grace into our lives and see wonderful manifestation of His miracles in our lives! We can affect our future by our speech.

Conversely, when we speak bad, we will see bad in our lives for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Not all bad things happen because we have been speaking bad. Some of the "bad" happenings are caused by what we had spoken badly about.

For a start, let's proclaim we are healthy by the bodily sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We are already the healed because of the stripe that Jesus had borne. No disease can come near us nor can any terminal illness take root in our bodies.

We can start to proclaim God's abundance supply in our lives for Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made we. The bible also says God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Let's speak in line with what God's word says.

Let's be mindful of our speech for what comes out of our mouth will affect our lives.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Be Still

There is a part of a song there goes like this:

When the oceans rise and thunder roars
I will soar with You above the storms
Father You are King over the floods
I will be still and know You are God

In spite of the dire situations that we may find ourselves in, be still
at heart and know Abba Father is working behind the scene to turn things
in our favour for our good. Not all things are pleasant and not all
goings are cosy all the time but we can rest in the grace of God for He
is more than able and willing to see us through those difficult times.

There may be times when the going seem so tough for us to bear that we
are brought to the point of giving up. Do not look within ourselves to
overcome the odds but look to the everlasting love of God to see us
through. His timing may seem slow at times but He will always deliver
perfectly on time, all the time!

In life, the oceans may rise and the thunder may roar. There may be fear
in our hearts as well. However, we are to be still in our hearts for God
is good all the time and He will see to it that we always come out of
the shadow of the valley of death victoriously. He unwavering love is
best demonstrated at the cross where His only begotten Son, Jesus
Christ, died on our behalf to reconcile us to God! Hallelujah! We are
drafted into the kingdom of God by that perfect work at the cross.

For some, the doctor's report may seem like a death sentence but the
doctor does not have the final word. Jesus always has the final say in
our lives for He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. He is the
beginning and the last. Look to Jesus and be healed of the dreaded
disease. Look to Jesus and be made whole. It is as simple as that. We
only need to put our trust in His abundance grace towards us.

In the old testament, when the children of Israel were bitten by
poisonous snakes in the wilderness, the Lord instructed them to look at
the bronzed serpent on the wooden pole. And whoever looked at the
bronzed serpent were healed while those who kept looking at how bad
their wounds were died. We are to look at the finished work of Jesus at
the cross. For whatever we need has been accomplished at the cross.
Jesus will satisfy our need and want according to the riches in glory in
Christ Jesus.

Don't focus on the storms in our lives but look to Jesus and be at rest
and see ourselves soaring over all our problems. Hallelujah.