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Allow God To Restore You

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“I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid”

After Adam sinned he hid from God — when God said to him; ‘where are you?’ he replied, ‘I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid…’ (Genesis 3:9-10 NKJV). How can you know when something is wrong for you…? — when it causes you to hide from God! When it makes you avoid prayer, bible reading and fellowship with God’s people.

The Bible condemns sins such as stealing and lusting, but what about other things that are not so clearly spelled out in Scripture?

‘To fall is bad enough, but to fall and not cry out for help is worse…Some people are so full of pride and self-sufficiency they think, ‘If I can’t get up myself, I won’t let anyone help me!’ — stop being so proud. that’s what caused you to fall in the first place! The Bible says: ‘Those who walk in pride [God] is able to put down’ (Daniel 4:37 NKJV). Pride is dangerous, it forces you to lie needlessly in a helpless state for days—and sometimes years. If you’d asked for help immediately, you could have gotten up and gone on with your life.’

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is…death

You can hurt so much that you stop trusting everybody, including God. You stop praying and reading the Bible, you avoid those who want to help, and you refuse to let anybody pray for you. The Bible says, ‘Do not harden your hearts’ (Hebrews 3:15 NKJV). Today, acknowledge that you’ve fallen and let God restore you.

Prayer: Father remove pride far away from me and let restoration be thorough in every area of my life where I have been inadequate. Restore Your honor and splendor and understanding in my life in Jesus’ name.

Set Free To Serve – Part 2

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Set Free To Serve (2)

A Christian (follower of Christ) cannot be less than what the Bible says in Acts 4:32-35, “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the Apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.”

This Scripture tells us that when God is enthroned in the midst of His people there cannot be any poor there. The reason is that those who had, took those who didn’t have and invested in them. From time to time those who owned land and houses sold them and brought the money before the apostles to be distributed among all. That was the way they could express their hearts of benevolence by selling off their [abundant] possessions to raise others. There was no needy person among them!

The church of God should be a place of provision and help.

The church, instead of the government, should be providing tokens and build affordable homes for members of the church. The church members should not be depending on the secular world to survive. It is the churches that should be setting up various industries and become big magnates, but you find that none is doing that in today’s world – this is a great concern.

Looking carefully at the whole thing again and again, one begins to wonder what exactly is responsible for this. There are several factors but behind them are demonic forces. It is therefore, an all out war against the powers that invade the destiny of man. It is demonic manipulation of the mind of a man that causes him to misbehave. Satan is a universal planner and very efficient in his delivery, but the only thing we can do to destroy his plans and works is to pray and walk according to God’s ordinances.

There is nothing prayer cannot do.

Prayer can repair any bad situation or condition as well as maintain a good one. Anything that is bad needs prayer and anything that is good needs more prayer. You might not have prayed a lot to attain a certain height but to sustain or increase such height, you would [definitely] need to pray more.

Prayer: Father, unite my heart with Your heart so I can succeed. Unite our hearts as a church with Your heart so Your church can succeed.

CFT

Go Back To The Secret Place

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“Everything in your life will try to keep you away from from ‘The Secret Place’ – when that happens you will begin to fall in other areas and you ask yourself ‘Why is it such a battle'”

The secret place is where you meet with God to get instruction..correction…cleansing..loving and being built up for the future. Your secret place can be anywhere but it has to be somewhere, it can be set to anytime but it has to be sometime that is set. It has to be the most important appointment in your day.

Jesus is our example. He often rose before the day breaks to pray knowing what awaits Him. He makes deposits in the early mornings to be able to make withdrawals later in the day. Children of God without deposits made in “the secret place”, what would you have to draw on? You’ll work harder and harder and less to show for it, because you are operating in your own strength. But after you’ve prayed you will struggle less and accomplish more because you are operating in HIS strength.

“He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed” Isaiah 50:4

Do not get too involved in the work of the Lord that you neglect the Lord of the work. That is probably why Paul prayed, “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him ….” Philippians 3:10

Nothing can be born without intimacy. Everything you really want to become is in God’s presence. Have you been there today?

Prayer: Father, if there is any area in my life that have been blind to knowing the essence of Your Presence take it away from me Lord. Open my heart to knowing Your will for me on daily basis.

CFT