Category Archives: Encouragement

Good Stuff Prepared for You!

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God has made you for this time! He has prepared great stuff for you to experience and to do. He is, right now, preparing you for what He has prepared for you. That means He is making sure that you will be prepared when opportunity comes. If you flow with the process you can seize the destiny that He has designed for you. Preparation will always precede manifestation.

Ephesians 2:10 NASB For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Let’s get this straight – you are going to walk in the things that God has prepared for you! All the stuff you’ve been going through, He is going to use all that to help you to help others. You are His workmanship! You were created for good works. God has even prepared the works before us so that we would have the joy of walking in them. In this case obedience is victory. When you obey – you win!

Acts 10:38 NASB “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

I love this verse! We usually think about Jesus’ healing people and casting out demons – all the supernatural stuff. Yet, this verse says He went about doing good. He was “anointed” and the result was he went around doing good. Maybe you don’t feel quite ready to be casting out demons, but you can do good, right? You can! You have been prepared. He is the prototype for you to follow.

One day Jesus had an appointment with a woman in Sumeria at a well. She had gone there to draw water from the well and Jesus talked to her about water that she could have and never thirst again. There is someone waiting for you to act in obedience to the call God has placed on their lives. He is waiting for you to step into the works He has prepared you for.

Someone is waiting on the other side of your obedience. You can obey the Lord. You can do what He has put in your heart to do. It starts with simply doing good to others. Ask God to direct you to people who will receive from you. Then, follow the impulses that God puts in your heart. He has been preparing you for works of service. It is time to step out and experience the good stuff He has prepared for you!

Eternal: Without End or Limits

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  Eternal Life= life without limits

John 3:15, “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

  •  Eternal, this particular Greek word gives prominence to the immeasurableness of eternity. Life that you cannot measure.
  •  Life = zoe – of the absolute fullness of life (natural life is Gk. Bios)
  •  Boundless life, abundant life, immeasurable life.
  • It is not just living forever, but having the blessing of God in all things.

John 10:10, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

more abundantly = exceeding the need, over and above, more than is necessary, more than is necessary, pre-eminence, superiority, advantage, more eminent, more remarkable, more excellent.

John 4:14, “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”

God is the source of abundant living, that is life without limits.

  •  What springs up from a well is dependent on where you are drilling.
  • God is the author of more than enough – too much!!!

 Don’t try to fit God into your plans – He’s too big!

  •  When you begin to tap into eternal life your shortcomings will be overshadowed by God’s ability.
  •  We are too often overwhelmed by the size of our problems when we should be overwhelmed by the size of God’s promise!
  • Let’s plan on living life without limits!

 

Time to Reactivate Your Faith

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We all have been given the measure of faith (Romans 12:3). The question is not whether we have faith, but are we using it. This is a time that we need to stir our faith up. We need to remember what we were believing God for and pick it back up in order to reactivate our faith.

Make certain that what you are believing for was provided you at Calvary because if grace hasn’t provided it, your faith cannot obtain it. If your are sure about that then get your faith reactivated.

Sometimes it is a matter of us getting busy with other things and maybe not being vigilant about using our faith. Whatever the reason you dropped a faith project begin to believe God again and see Him do great things on your behalf. The only thing standing between you and reactivating your faith is making a decision to do it. So, do it!