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God does Answers

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John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Psalm 66:19 But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. There are times we feel God is taking His time. We hear ourselves say things like, I have been waiting on the Lord for this and for that. It seems to us that the Lord desires that we should pray, pray and pray before we get that which we desire. We may not be able to explain why some things do delay, or do not actually come to pass, the moment we declare them. One thing is sure though: 1Peter 2:2b but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls. Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe. We cannot say that there is anytime we pray and God does not answer. What did He say? Was it a dialogue or a monologue? Can we recall those times we called out silently to God in a moment of pain or distress and suddenly...
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THE PRAYER FOR ALL BELIEVERS

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Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; This was the desire of Paul and the other elders when they heard of the faith in Christ Jesus in the church in Colossae. That they may increase in the knowledge of the will of God. That is, as believers we have received salvation, the next thing is to determine His will for us and then go ahead to fulfill it. Colossians 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Is this what believers are taught today? When one is brought to Christ what is the next desire? Paul prayed the same prayer when he wrote to the church at Ephesus: Ephesians 1:17 & 18 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of h...
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Understanding Delay

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Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. The most important expectation of the believer is to be with the Lord after the life we have here on earth. That is, the minute fraction of our time which we will spend here on earth is so insignificant compared to the immeasurable time we have to spend in eternity. Thus the christian has the character of patience, else we would not finish the race. People have been taught, or by their experience come to believe that "God is slow". This is not true in the sense we speak. If we think back to see how at an instant the Lord has brought us out of many situations that needed instant deliverance (most of them we take ourselves into) we see that the Lord is swift in delivering His own. (most times we do not remember those times but dwell on times when it seems the Lord delayed. Hmm). However waiting ...
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DELETE THAT EVIL

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Psalm 139:23 & 24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. When we come to Christ Jesus we are reborn, something happens we receive a new birth, a new nature. God adopts us as His children. John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name: He then gives us His Holy Spirit. To get more understanding on this, we look at chapter 15 of the book of John. John 15:1&5 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Thus the new birth is us springing up from Christ Jesus who is the tree in this illustration. Now the issue still remains that we still have the power to decide, if we would abide in Him bearing His fruit of righteousness, or to fulf...
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Christ is the Reality

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Colossians 2:6-10 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. Paul wrote to the church at Colosse, he heard of their faith, he knew that they needed to be encouraged. 1. CONTINUITY :  Most businesses fall because they fail in this, we do not just sit and begin to eat the fruits of the harvest, we also go again to sow, that we keep on reaping the harvest. Ecclesiastics 3:2b a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that whi...
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NO OPTION - the flesh and the blood

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John 6: 68 - 69 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. Any christian who has come a distance in walking with the Lord would definitely have faced challenges that would bring out the question of another option. The reasons could be: * No proper teaching * Temptations or trial * A former belief or exposure * A wrong foundation or poor soil (see the parable of the sower) * Living in the wrong environment. Many reasons could abound, from our text, the disciples who stopped following Christ did not even understand what He said. John 6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Read John 6: 26-67 Really many did not understand that Jesus the Christ was the Word of God. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and...
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DON'T REMAIN THERE - COME OUT!

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Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, it will not tarry. We may * have fallen * think we have failed * have tried many times and feel it may never work out * feel we have waited too long * have everything working well for us People may be making fun of us, maybe behind our back. People may even be praising us. This doesn't mean all is well or that we are on the right path. We are more interested in what God says or thinks about us. The enemy may keep dropping doubts in our mind. That is his work, don't fall for it. God's word and promises overwrites and overrides it. Glory. Don't stay there get up! try again. It will surely work out. It is time to move ahead. The time you awake, like you are now from this devotional is your morning. Therefore, arise and shine! Recall, take account of, then throw away the: * mistakes * wrong de...
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