Today I wanted to share from both "My Utmost For His Highest" and "Grace Inspirations", but then the blog would have been VERY long! Instead, I want to encourage you to check out Oswald Chambers' devotional, which speaks of our intimate fellowship with God and what that produces in us, and make whatever adjustments are necessary for YOU to walk in that victory! And here is Joseph Prince's devotional:
NOTHING CAN STAND UP TO GOD’S
LOVE
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us
from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
The pastor of our Hokkien and
Mandarin congregations, Pastor Mark, used to suffer from certain health
problems before he became a Christian. His doctor told him that he had to be on
medication for life. He also had a huge financial debt. But when he caught hold
of the teaching that he is God’s beloved, he believed it totally. He also
believed that nothing could be greater than God’s love for him.
Today, Pastor Mark is off
medication and completely delivered from that debt. God caused him to triumph
over his sickness and debt because he cannot be defeated when he knows that he
is God’s beloved.
Tribulation, distress or persecution
cannot stop your heavenly Father’s love from working on your behalf. His love
for you is bigger and stronger than your financial woes, marital problems or
health concerns. And when God’s heart of love moves for His beloved, He opens
doors that no one can shut and He makes a way when there seems to be none.
Even during lean times, you will
never find the righteous forsaken. King David said, “I have been young, and now
am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging
bread.” (Psalm 37:25) Can famine or recession stop God’s love from providing
for His beloved? No! So don’t think to yourself, “I must provide for my family.
If I don’t, who is going to take care of them? How are they going to survive?”
God wants you to know that His love will continue to provide abundantly for you
and your family.
What about deadly pestilences
such as bird flu and mad cow disease, natural disasters such as tsunamis and
earthquakes, or terrorist bombings? My friend, these things cannot devour you
because His love protects you. You will enjoy His protection when you know that
you are His beloved.
Because God’s love is greater
than all the evil put together, we are more than conquerors through Christ who
loved us. (Romans 8:37) We always win in the fight of life not because of our
love for Him, but because of His love for us!
AMEN! Our great and mighty God never planned for us to be under the devil's thumb, but that WE should have him under our feet! JESUS provided all that is needed for us to walk in that realm of victory and blessing, IF! The if here is our choice! IF we will feed our faith concerning what HE has already done for us, THEN, as the underlined sentence above says, we WILL enjoy HIS supply in every area. AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "In God We Trust":Shalom in Him!
