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Tag: Pharaoh

  • “You Got The Power!!!”

    You Got The Power FB Church pageDeuteronomy 7:7-8 (NIV)
    7The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

     
    Beloved, have you ever asked yourself why does The Lord set His love on certain ones? Well, I have many times before I turned my life fully over to God. Now, I no longer ask that question, I now answer the question when others ask. Let’s look at the case of Israel, we see that The Lord simply chose to love them, and it was in keeping with the oath He made to their forefathers. That oath began with the man of faith, Abraham. You see, right here it shows that our relationship with God can affect future generations that follow us.
     
    Beloved, God chose to love the world. He set His love upon the world because of what Jesus did. The result of Jesus’ life of faith is the same type, but It’s the ultimate fulfillment of the shadow in Abraham. We, too, were delivered from the land of slavery, slavery to our old nature. We, too, are delivered from the master of this world, Satan. Beloved, he no longer has a claim to our lives. He has no right to our souls. God made a promise to crush the head of Satan so that we could be redeemed and out from under the power of the enemy (those that tell you are useless, those that ostracize you, those that abuse you and lie on you, those that feel that they are more than you and look down on you.) Beloved, STAND UP AND GRAB YOUR STRENGTH!!! You are redeemed!!! The enemy has no has no power over you any longer!!! How people feel about you, is their opinion. The last time I checked a person’s opinion didn’t redeem you, a person’s opinion didn’t go up on Golgotha and shed blood and die so that you can live!!! And let me get just a little closer, a person’s opinion can’t save you from hell or put you in heaven.
     
    Beloved, stop handing ‘YOUR POWER’ OVER TO PEOPLE TO BEAT YOU DOWN. God loves you also and He wants to love on you just like He loves on those you think have favor. You don’t have to be in a clique for God to love you. The verse above applies to you today. God has set His affection on you and chosen you also. You have Victory!!!! So, don’t let no one tell you different!!! Thank Jesus for making that possible. Live in the knowledge of the truth that God has set His affection on you because of Jesus’ life of faith and death in your place.
     
    Beloved, you’re delivered from the power of the enemy. Don’t let the enemy tell you anything else. You are loved, and you are free!!!
     
    Have a Gorgeous Sunday.

  • “Destroy the Messenger”

    Morning BlogExodus 6:1–13

    Praise the Lord Beloved!!!

    According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three of the most dangerous professions in the United States are those of a logger, an airline pilot and a fisherman.
     
    Now, of course, a logger deals with the tremendous weight and unpredictable nature of falling trees. A pilot faces the danger of working tens of thousands of feet above the ground. And a commercial fisherman constantly runs the risk of drowning.
     
    But I believe, in the ancient world the job of messenger might have been on the top of this list. Like most people, the ancient rulers hated getting bad news. However, unlike most other people, they had the power to do something about it, and most of the time they did, by executing the person who delivered the news!!! For example, when the Roman emperor Tiberius received an astrological prediction he didn’t like, he threw the messenger off a cliff.
     
    So actually, I don’t blame Moses for being reluctant to deliver the news to Pharaoh that the Israelites, his slave laborers, were hitting the road!!! God gave Moses an assignment no one would envy. And like most unenthusiastic recruits, Moses tried to talk his way out of the job. He pointed out that Pharaoh probably wouldn’t listen to him. And Moses reminded God that public speaking wasn’t his forte.
     
    But you know, Moses didn’t realize that the success of his mission didn’t depend on his skills. It depended on his faithfulness. Beloved, God could have sent anyone to deliver the message to Pharaoh, even one of Moses’ sheep. But God picked Moses instead. And he gave Moses the strength and skills he needed to complete the assignment.
     
    Beloved, this is important to remember when it comes to the things God calls us to do. Just as it was for Moses, it’s easy for us to reason and argue with God. “But God, I don’t have the skills to be a leader at church.” Or, “God, why don’t you send someone else? No one will listen to what I have to say.”
     
    Yet what we see as our own weaknesses shouldn’t stop us from carrying out our God-given assignments, because with our marching orders come God’s strength and assistance.
     
    Have a Wonderful Monday and a Great Week!!! 😀