Those of you that know my wife and I you know that we fully believe in Favor finding you if you do things right and live a life above reproach. I am sharing this so you can share in our blessing. To make a long story short; we were given a car for Christmas from a Pastor friend of mine in Akron. He called me on Christmas Eve morning and told me that he had a dream about me and asked how everything was.
I told him that all was good except the fact that both mine and Misty's cars were broken down and we were driving my father-in-laws van. He told me to keep the faith and said he would talk to me later. That was at 8:40; at 8:45 he called me back and told me that he wanted to give me a 2000 Volkswagon Beetle. GOD IS SO FAITHFUL.
If you are in a situation and think there is no way out remember what Paul told us in Revelation; "... we overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. "
Be Blessed Everyone.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Friday, December 1, 2006
Staying Focused Through The Storms
One of my favorite characters in the Bible was probably the most disfunctional but was also the senior pastor of the first church ever formed. I am, of course, speaking about Simon Peter. What I like about this mighty man of God is the fact that he was a very emotional man and his fuse was very short. The thing that intrigues me about Peter is, reading from scripture, he was the most disfunctional of the entire apostles. Yet he was the one that God chose to reveal His power through.
The story of Jesus walking on water in the book of Matthew is one of my all time favorites simply because it's a story that shows no matter what or who you are God will still use you. To refresh your minds its the story of all of the apostles out fishing and they see what looks like a ghost on the water. Immediately fear grips their hearts and they don't know what to do. Jesus says (Adam's paraphrase :0) "Fear Not For It Is I." The fearless Peter says "Lord if it's you bid me to come."
All Jesus says to Peter is "Come." Peter takes that step of faith that we are all afraid to take and drapes one leg over the side of the boat and he puts his feet on water that is a solid as the streets you and I drive our car on. I am sure that fear tried to creep in but at this point I believe that Peter was so excited he didn't care about fear. Think about it for a moment; the disciples were probably 3-4 miles from the shore. Peter knew the water wasn't shallow but the fear of the unknown didn't keep him from stepping out and showing the other disciples who Jesus really was.
The thing that is so awesome about this story is the fact that Peter didn't walk on the water but he walked on the word "COME." He was okay as long as he kept his eyes on Jesus, the moment his carnal mind realized that he was walking on water he began to sink. All Jesus did was reach out His hand and pick him up from the water. Peter was one step away from breakthrough and he looked at the storm he was in and began to sink.
Are you in a storm this morning? Stay focused on Jesus listen for the word and take that step of faith and walk in the invisible and watch what God is going to do.
The story of Jesus walking on water in the book of Matthew is one of my all time favorites simply because it's a story that shows no matter what or who you are God will still use you. To refresh your minds its the story of all of the apostles out fishing and they see what looks like a ghost on the water. Immediately fear grips their hearts and they don't know what to do. Jesus says (Adam's paraphrase :0) "Fear Not For It Is I." The fearless Peter says "Lord if it's you bid me to come."
All Jesus says to Peter is "Come." Peter takes that step of faith that we are all afraid to take and drapes one leg over the side of the boat and he puts his feet on water that is a solid as the streets you and I drive our car on. I am sure that fear tried to creep in but at this point I believe that Peter was so excited he didn't care about fear. Think about it for a moment; the disciples were probably 3-4 miles from the shore. Peter knew the water wasn't shallow but the fear of the unknown didn't keep him from stepping out and showing the other disciples who Jesus really was.
The thing that is so awesome about this story is the fact that Peter didn't walk on the water but he walked on the word "COME." He was okay as long as he kept his eyes on Jesus, the moment his carnal mind realized that he was walking on water he began to sink. All Jesus did was reach out His hand and pick him up from the water. Peter was one step away from breakthrough and he looked at the storm he was in and began to sink.
Are you in a storm this morning? Stay focused on Jesus listen for the word and take that step of faith and walk in the invisible and watch what God is going to do.
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