"And he said to him, 'Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.' And the Lord said to him, 'But I will be with you....'" (Judges 6:15-16a, ESV)
"....But I will be with you...." I'm telling you today, my friend, that this phrase is the great "equalizer" of human struggle. No matter what happens in our lives, "the Lord of Glory," our, "Great Shepherd of the sheep," our Lord Jesus Christ is always, continually saying to you and me, "But I will be with you." Go ahead; fill in the blanks. No matter what may come our way, in the face of the great cosmic battle, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places," the Living Triune God, in and through, "The Word of God," Jesus the Christ, is declaring to you and me those wonderful, life changing, life empowering, overcoming Words declaring to us as well as all which is out to destroy you and me, "BUT I WILL BE WITH YOU."
I have been reading one of the most, if not the most prophetic, life-impacting book I can recall over my almost 72 years on this Planet. It has deepened what Paul told Timothy, "fan into a flame the gift of God, which is in you...," as "intercessor/watchman." The book reveals the state of evangelicalism in the United States of America, and while I thought I had some "prophetic insight" concerning the American Church, this has taken me into a realm of, well, I just cannot explain it. Please pray for me as I seek to walk in the "revelation."
As I was reading/listening to our text today, "But I will be with you," impacted me in an extraordinary way, the way in which only Jesus, "The Word of God," can impact an individual. This text would just keep on "preaching" today, but suffice it to say that you and I have this Wonderful, Empowering Promise today from Father, Son Jesus and Holy Spirit, "But I will be with you." Now, whatever is going on in your life right now, I so encourage you to hear Jesus saying to you, "Yes, I know, 'But I Am with you.'"
Father, in Jesus' Name, what a wonderful, marvelous, loving, Shepherding Word for me today. Thank you. Amen.
"....But I will be with you...." I'm telling you today, my friend, that this phrase is the great "equalizer" of human struggle. No matter what happens in our lives, "the Lord of Glory," our, "Great Shepherd of the sheep," our Lord Jesus Christ is always, continually saying to you and me, "But I will be with you." Go ahead; fill in the blanks. No matter what may come our way, in the face of the great cosmic battle, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places," the Living Triune God, in and through, "The Word of God," Jesus the Christ, is declaring to you and me those wonderful, life changing, life empowering, overcoming Words declaring to us as well as all which is out to destroy you and me, "BUT I WILL BE WITH YOU."
I have been reading one of the most, if not the most prophetic, life-impacting book I can recall over my almost 72 years on this Planet. It has deepened what Paul told Timothy, "fan into a flame the gift of God, which is in you...," as "intercessor/watchman." The book reveals the state of evangelicalism in the United States of America, and while I thought I had some "prophetic insight" concerning the American Church, this has taken me into a realm of, well, I just cannot explain it. Please pray for me as I seek to walk in the "revelation."
As I was reading/listening to our text today, "But I will be with you," impacted me in an extraordinary way, the way in which only Jesus, "The Word of God," can impact an individual. This text would just keep on "preaching" today, but suffice it to say that you and I have this Wonderful, Empowering Promise today from Father, Son Jesus and Holy Spirit, "But I will be with you." Now, whatever is going on in your life right now, I so encourage you to hear Jesus saying to you, "Yes, I know, 'But I Am with you.'"
Father, in Jesus' Name, what a wonderful, marvelous, loving, Shepherding Word for me today. Thank you. Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
