Happy Thursday!!!
God Is Able... God is Able and He won't fail. This has been ringing in my spirit for a couple of days. God is able and He won't, He can't fail. No matter what you are dealing with God is with us and He is working on our behalf.
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." Jude 24-25 King James Version
Our Pastor, Bishop Duane Johnson, taught such a powerful bible class last night. My faith is soaring. "Ask for what you need" Matthew 7:7-12 "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." This was not a "name and claim, call it and hail it" message, on the contrary, it spoke directly to our spirits.. "without faith it's impossible to please God", so we must continue to trust and believe that when we pray and seek God, He is listening and He is answering our prayers.
Our prayers to God are not unlike our requests of men. Our prayers are based in a relationship, as Jesus points out in Matthew 7:8. If a child asks his father for something the father knows to be hurtful, the request is denied. The child may be frustrated and unhappy when he doesn’t get what he asked for, but he should trust his father. Conversely, when the child asks for something that the father knows is beneficial, the father will provide it eagerly because he loves his child.
The promise of “ask and receive,” even with its conditions, can never disappoint. There is no chance of things we need not being in God’s will. He promises to supply what we need when we “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). Of course, what we want is not always what we need. If what we want is not in God’s will, then we really don’t want to receive it. God knows what is good for us and is faithful and loving to say “no” to selfish and foolish prayers, no matter how much we want what we’re asking for.
Take a few moments and watch this video, I promise it will bless you.
Blessings,
Evang. Carolyn
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