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"What I Believe about God Is the Most Important Thing about Me" - A.W.Tozer
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What a day, what a story. The army of
Looks familiar? How often when we fight our enemies and we put our trust in our Lord, our God, we believe in God’s deliverance, we stand, we fight, we pray, we proclaim God’s promises, we believe our children will turn to God, we believe that God will heal us and/or our loved ones, we believe that God can make a way even in a weak economic situation too.
We proclaim that God is Emmanuel, God is with us. We trust him as our leader and yes we are not afraid to proclaim that.
“Meanwhile, Jeroboam had secretly sent part of his army around behind the men of
Meanwhile, we proclaim God’s healing and our loved ones die, meanwhile we believe in a promotion but we lose our jobs, meanwhile we believe that God can open doors yet our business goes under, meanwhile we believe that God can deliver us from substances but unfortunately we end up in prison for drug trafficking, meanwhile we hope that God will change our partner yet we can do nothing as he/she walk out of the door, meanwhile we believe in a financial miracle, yet we file bankruptcy, meanwhile while we fight in front of us for our children the enemy attacks from behind and they leave home, meanwhile we stand in God’s promises, proclaim his power….the enemy attacks from behind.
You know exactly what that looks like in your life. You know when instead of seeing the positive change you realize that you are surrounded and there is no way out. When we realize that we been attacked from every side…what do you do then? You trusted God in first place. You glorified him, you proclaimed his power, you believed that he can deliver and now you realize that you are surrounded with even more trouble…what then???
They Cried Out To The LORD For HELP!!! You might be in that place, surrounded from every side, you might just realized that there is no way out from here, that you will never make it on your own….who do you cry out to? Your friends? Your family? They cried out to the LORD for Help. Do the same, when you just feel tired and worn out from your battle ahead of you and you realize you been attacked from every side Cry Out To God For Help!!!
Wonder Why? Why cry out to God when he didn’t delivered you from troubles when you obeyed him and put him first in your life? Why to cry out now when God didn’t step in when you fought your enemy ahead of you? Why cry out now? Why bother God now?
Because: “At the sound of their battle cry, God defeated….”
We might know God, we might trust him, we might believe in him, but we will never know what God is able to do until we are in a position where God or nothing is. You might feel that you already lost a battle, but God is in control and he can win your war!!! When we are in a desperate situation surrounded by every side, when we don’t have nothing but a last cry…then at the sound of the battle cry…..God moves.
I love this story, because God wants us to call upon him, God want us to rely on him, God wants us to cry out to him, he will move only when we ask. We might know his abilities, but we will never experience his power if we are not willing to cry out to him for his help. We have to acknowledge our dependency on him; we have to come to the end of our rope, to the end of our own fight and let him to take over. Don’t just say that God is your Leader, but give him the leadership position over your life circumstances.
When we do that God, not us, but God will defeat our enemies. God will bring home our children, God will heal us, or give us the strength needed to move on and live a life which glorifies him even after the death of our partner, parent or child. God will open up doors for our business, or help us go through a bankruptcy without going bitter and depressed. God will restore the broken marriage or restore us with hope after a broken marriage. God will open up doors we would never imagine, have joy we could never sustain because it will be his fight. Once we cry out, he takes over and finishes the battle for us.
Remember, when you are surrounded from every side, just look up and cry out to God and for His help in your situation. He will answer, He will move, because he is God. It’s not about us, it’s about his faithfulness. When we put our hope in God and God alone he will answer and deliver.
Would you share your situation where you felt surrounded by every side and how you reacted. What kind of results came out of that situation or circumstance?
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- God’s Desire
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God desires a personal relationship with us. Understand that God wants to give you a life filed with joy and peace. God wants us to have a life not just to make it through but an abundant and eternal life because he loves you.
"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." ~ John 10:10
"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" ~ Romans 5:1
But to giving you abundant life required the supreme sacrifice:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" ~ John 3:16
What a wonderful gift the Father has given. If God gave His own Son to provide an abundant and everlasting life, why more people don’t have what He has designed for us to receive?
- Our Problem
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We were created in God’s image for an abundant and joyful life with the ability and need to know God and have a personal relationship with Him. But our freedom of choice of disobedience caused a separation and gap between God and us.
"But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear" ~ Isaiah 59:2
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." ~ Romans 3:23
People always try to fill that empty void in their lives with "things." They even try good works, morality, and religion. Yet they remain empty, for only God, through His Son, can fill that emptiness.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death” ~ Proverbs 14:12
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." ~ Romans 6:23
Our Problem is that sin separated us from God. But
God provided only ONE SOLUTION
- God’s Solution
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God has provided only one solution to sin and separation from Himself.
Jesus Christ, His Son, is the only way to God.
Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin and rebellion against God and bridged the gap between God and humanity by dying on the cross, shedding His blood, and rising from the dead to justify and reconcile you back to God the Father.
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." ~ 1Peter 3:18
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." ~ Romans 5:8
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." ~ Ephesians 2:8,9
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" ~ 1Timothy 2:5
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. “~ John 14:6
God so loved us that he gave his only Son to bridge the gap between us and the Father. God has provided the only way, the only solution. You have to take a decision and choose how to respond to God’s provision.
- Our Response
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Your relationship with God can be restored and you can be brought back into his family by trusting in Christ alone who can save your life from destruction. Jesus is the bridge to the Father but you have to choose to trust him, you have to make a step forward him, you have to step out in faith and give your life to God. At the Cross you can exchange your worst for Jesus’ best.
This step happens by asking Jesus Christ to take away your sin and to come into your heart to be your Lord and Savior.
The Bible says...
"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." ~ Romans 10:9"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." ~ John 1:12
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." ~ Revelation 3:20
Would you like to invite Jesus to be part of your life, to be your Lord and Savior now? You can start a new life with him. It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from, what you did in the past. When you give your life to Jesus you can start all over again. With Jesus you can have a new chance again.
- Receive Christ
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If you too need Jesus to give you a new start, if you realized that Jesus is all you need then here is how you can receive Christ:
Admit your need (I am a sinner).
Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.
Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)At this moment you can pray the most important prayer of your life by simply saying:
Dear Lord Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God. I believe you died for me on the cross and shed Your blood for my salvation. I believe you rose from the dead and ascended in Heaven. I believe You are coming back again to earth. Dear Jesus, I know I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. Forgive my sins. Cleanse me now with Your precious blood. I want to turn from sins. I invite you to come into my heart. I give you my life now. I want to trust and follow You as Lord and Savior. I receive You now as my Savior, my Lord, and my God. I am Yours forever, I belong to You only. I no longer belong to this world, nor to the enemy of my soul. Amen!
If you sincerely prayed this prayer, confessed your sins, and received Jesus Christ into your heart, God has given you the right to become His child.
The Bible gives you this assurance:
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” ~ Romans 10:13"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." ~ Ephesians 2:8,9
This is just the beginning of a wonderful new life in Christ. If you have just received Jesus Christ into your life, we want to rejoice with you. Click here to send us your salvation praise report.
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