The bible says in Acts 20:35 (NKJV) 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Do you really believe this? God cannot lie so this must be true. But when you look at Christians today what do you see mostly around you? We see a lack of praticing this scriptural truth.You and I do not want to be in that group. This article is to encourage you and I to be faithful to pratice God's word. We cannot allow ourselves to become like some we see.
Proverbs 11:25 tells us " (NKJV) The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself. This is the promise of God to those who are generous to others. This is not just talking about money although it is included. We have received the power of God in our lives to be able to help others. There are those who complain that others are not helping them when in reality they have never helped anyone themselves. To be a friend you must be friendly. To receive love you must give love. To receive help you must give help. The bible tells us in Luke 6:38 (NKJV) 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." Let's you and I be ones who pratice this law of God. I started to say principle but it is more than principle it is the law of retribution (repayment). Galatiains 6:7b tells us " Whatever a man sows that shall he also reap."
The tremdous blessings we receive will be so great that we will wonder why we didn't realize this long ago. There are some of you who have praticed this and have found it to be true. Still others have not yet matured to the point of actually believing that these things are true. If you are one of those let me encourage you to begin to sow yourself in someone else's life and see the rewards of your efforts. I have personally received many untold blessings from investing my life in someone else that needed my help. God will never fail to bless those who help others in any way. There are many ways to help someone else. The bible says if you give a cup of cold water in the name of Jesus you will receive a prophet's reward. How wonderful and generous God is toward us who obey Him. Sometimes we get discouraged in well doing, the bible says we shall reap if we faint not. Be encouraged you who are struggling to do His will fighting against tremendous odds. Be faithful and don't give up because your reward will be great. Thanks to all of you who do these things and may God's blessings continually be on you.
To those reading this who may not even know God let alone serve Him, you can find real meaning in your life by admitting your sin against God and by asking Jesus to forgive you of your sins. Then invite Him into your heart and let Him live through you. Go to a church that teaches Jesus and be baptized as a sign of your sincerety. Then He will give you the power to help someone else in their need. God has many wonderful things in store for those who will seek Him and involve Him in their lives. God bless you all as you are obedient to Him.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Binding and Loosing
Matthew 16:19 (NKJV) 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
Jesus was speaking to His disciples when He made this statement. We are His disciples today just as they were then so He is speaking to us in the now.
I was asked not long ago what this scripture meant. I told this person that I believed that it meant just what it implies. That is, we are to bind Satan from all His activities, not only in our lives but in the lives of those we are praying for. We are to bind satan's work of doubt, fear, unbelief, and other crippling limitations.
So many times we loose the power of satan in people's lives when we have negative thoughts toward them, negative words, attitudes and actions. Satan works in thoughts, words, attitudes, and actions just as God does. We are the ones that determine who works in a situation or circumstance. We must then be very careful that we do not operate in the realm of satans' power but in the realm of God's Holy Spirit power.
What we say and how we act can hinder and frustrate our prayers. Or what we say and how we act can add power to our prayers and our loosing of the Holy Spirit in every situation and circumstance.
The same power Jesus had when He walked on this earth, He has given to us in this verse that we are looking at right now. So we must claim this privilege that we have been given by our Lord.
We do this by listening, loving, caring, and then in prayer we liberate people from their situations and circumstances by binding satans' work in their lives and loosing the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
An example would be "Jesus You are more powerful than evil, sickness, sin, demons, or anything or anyone, so in Your name I bind Satan's power in this persons life and I loose the power of Your Holy Spirit to work in the life of this person by bringing every part of Your will to fruition in this person's life."
If we can, let this person know what we are praying for them after we assure them of Christ' power to work in their lives. Maybe you could tell them of an instance in your life.
You who are reading this should begin to do this immediately if you are sincere about helping someone else. You can even pray this prayer over your own self. Over your situations and circumstances and watch the change that takes place.
I bind Satan's activity of doubt and unbelief in your life as you read this and I loose the power of God's Holy Spirit to begin to work in your life right now over your concerns so you can help others in Jesus' name. Amen
If you are not a Christian or if you have never asked Jesus to forgive your sins you are bound by Satan and don't even know it. But the good news is you can change all that right now by confessing your sins to Jesus and ask Him to forgive you, then invite Him into your life to take charge of you.
Go to a bible teaching church, tell the pastor that you have been saved and want to be baptized. Join that church and begin to worship God there and then let God lead you into His blessings.
Jesus was speaking to His disciples when He made this statement. We are His disciples today just as they were then so He is speaking to us in the now.
I was asked not long ago what this scripture meant. I told this person that I believed that it meant just what it implies. That is, we are to bind Satan from all His activities, not only in our lives but in the lives of those we are praying for. We are to bind satan's work of doubt, fear, unbelief, and other crippling limitations.
So many times we loose the power of satan in people's lives when we have negative thoughts toward them, negative words, attitudes and actions. Satan works in thoughts, words, attitudes, and actions just as God does. We are the ones that determine who works in a situation or circumstance. We must then be very careful that we do not operate in the realm of satans' power but in the realm of God's Holy Spirit power.
What we say and how we act can hinder and frustrate our prayers. Or what we say and how we act can add power to our prayers and our loosing of the Holy Spirit in every situation and circumstance.
The same power Jesus had when He walked on this earth, He has given to us in this verse that we are looking at right now. So we must claim this privilege that we have been given by our Lord.
We do this by listening, loving, caring, and then in prayer we liberate people from their situations and circumstances by binding satans' work in their lives and loosing the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
An example would be "Jesus You are more powerful than evil, sickness, sin, demons, or anything or anyone, so in Your name I bind Satan's power in this persons life and I loose the power of Your Holy Spirit to work in the life of this person by bringing every part of Your will to fruition in this person's life."
If we can, let this person know what we are praying for them after we assure them of Christ' power to work in their lives. Maybe you could tell them of an instance in your life.
You who are reading this should begin to do this immediately if you are sincere about helping someone else. You can even pray this prayer over your own self. Over your situations and circumstances and watch the change that takes place.
I bind Satan's activity of doubt and unbelief in your life as you read this and I loose the power of God's Holy Spirit to begin to work in your life right now over your concerns so you can help others in Jesus' name. Amen
If you are not a Christian or if you have never asked Jesus to forgive your sins you are bound by Satan and don't even know it. But the good news is you can change all that right now by confessing your sins to Jesus and ask Him to forgive you, then invite Him into your life to take charge of you.
Go to a bible teaching church, tell the pastor that you have been saved and want to be baptized. Join that church and begin to worship God there and then let God lead you into His blessings.
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