My precious wife thought I needed to share this today…
I wasn’t feeling well when I woke up this morning. I did some detoxing yesterday and was feeling the effects of it today. Detoxing removes harmful things in our bodies so we can become healthy again.
God does a similar work in His children until their lives so reflect Jesus that they’re as pure gold, the kind of golden character traits that others need and will be drawn to, the true living water found only in Jesus.
Even though I wasn’t feeling good, I began praising God for all things and the Holy Spirit gave me something to encourage me. I hope it encourages you as well. ☺
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I’m discovering an incredibly valuable secret of The Kingdom. When I’m weak, I’m somehow the strongest in Christ’s strength because I’m more surrendered and yielded to Him in my weakness. This is giving Him more of me and His life in me is bringing a victory I don’t think could have occurred any other way. People need Jesus and there’s more of Him present in my life when I’m weak. Isn’t that incredible?
I’m hearing so much about people becoming discouraged in their walk with our Lord. I hope the following rallies their faith in Jesus and His strong arm that delivers us from all oppression…
He (Jesus) must increase, but I must decrease.
John 3:30
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
James 1:2-4
so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1 Peter 1:7
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Romans 8:37
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Corinthians 2:14
I can do all things (Those things God asks of me) through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Philippians 4:13
There’s a thorough, mighty, precious work of the Holy Spirit that begins in our lives when we get saved, when we ask Jesus into our lives, when we’re born-again by the the Holy Spirit.
The devil will do everything he can to abort the work described in James 1:2-4, to break us, to harden our heart, to keep God’s work from being completed in our life including making us so miserable that we can be tempted to give up and to have suicidal thoughts.
Don’t give into those lying thoughts! Refuse satan’s lies and let God continue His work in your life.
God has a plan to bring His work to full fruition, to bring you to full victory and that victory will impact many others and give them great hope. They’ll see that you didn’t give up when you were tempted like they are currently being tempted, and that God brought you through to a power-filled victory in Jesus. The anointing on your testimony will make the enemies that attack others, flee.
Keep walking with God, fellow Christian. Keep praising Him. Keep taking thoughts captive, and remembering that God is working all things together for your good as well as for the good of many others who will need the testimony God is creating in your life.
Stay focused on God’s promises.
Because of Christ’s work on the cross, the victory is truly already won. All we really need to do is keep our hand and lives in Christ’s almighty, capable hands.
Always remember, Jesus Christ’s Name is above every other name so with His help you can rise above all the other names that will tempt you to give up on the road to victory.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
2 Corinthians 3-5
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Remember to take time to think about Heaven. All that awaits those who love Jesus will be worth any earthly battles as we follow God onto victory and into our eternal home.
God bless,
Mark