TURNING IMPOSSIBLE TO POSSIBLE

"But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, 'Alas, master!  For it was borrowed.'  So the man of God said, 'Where did it fall?'  And he showed him the place.  So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float."  (2 Kings 6: 5, 6)

I have noticed over the years that Elisha converted one impossible after another into possible.  Turning the impossible into the possible seemed like a daily routine for him.

We recently received a letter from a couple in Eastern Europe who are in great need.  The amount of money which is needed is way beyond anything we have ever encountered.  My response was, "I know that this seems impossible to you and me.  Our 'resources' are just inadequate.  Our Lord Jesus Christ said, however, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'"

Now the ax head incident may seem relatively small in comparison to other great impossibilities which are revealed in the Scriptures, but the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ still stand in the face of all the impossibilities which we encounter, "....with God all things are possible."  Believe with me today that all of our impossibles are possible in Jesus Christ.

Father, in Jesus' Name, I bring impossibilities to you today, and wait to watch You turn the impossibilities of me into the possibilities of You.  Amen.

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.'"

Hebrews 12:2

THE GREAT "CURE" FOR HUMANITY

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurably sick; who can understand it."  (Jeremiah 17:9)

Just look around; just look inside ourselves.  The Words cannot be denied.

The, "....incurably sick", however, found the "Cure."  When Jesus shed His Most Precious Blood, when Jesus rose, "from among the dead", sin was Cured, as the Bible says, "....we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the Body of Jesus Christ once for all." 

Father, in Jesus' Name, I needed and still need only Your, "cure."  Thank You that You, "were in Christ reconciling the world to [Your]self."  Amen.

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Our service among the Crow Nation and many other Indian Nations, August 14-25 

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.'"

Hebrews 12:2

WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT PRAYER

"Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your Name.  For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against You."  (Jeremiah 14:7, NIV)

I submit to you a great prayer to pray------- for anyone and anything:

"....Do something, Lord...."  For me, it is better than I saying to the Lord, Do this and that.  I know so little of life.

And Jesus did, i.e., "do something...," even though, "....our sins testify against us," and, "we have often rebelled; we have sinned against You."  Jesus, "bore our sins in His Own Body on the tree," Peter tells us.  Isaiah tells us that Jesus was, "....pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds we are healed."

Now that is, "....something," above all somethings.  

Father, in Jesus' Name, on behalf of me and my family, our church, the nations, "Do something...."  Amen. 

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We will be out of town from August 14-25.  Prayers appreciated for the service with the Crow and other Indian Nations which will be gathered on the Crow Reservation, August 18-22.

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.'"

Hebrews 12:2

"NEITHER"

"'Are you for us or for our enemies?...Neither,' he replied...."  (Joshua 5:13c & 14a) 

Joshua thought that there was his side and the other side.  There isn't.  Life says that there is only Jesus Christ's Side.  "....Dominion belongs to the Lord [Jesus Christ] and He rules over the nations."  

I spoke with a sad person last week.  That person just could not understand the whys of life.  There was a little "my side and the other side" in that person's life philosophy.  I remember thinking that I could be living my life the same way.  Losing a child is losing a large part of yourself.  By Jesus' grace and mercy, however, Jesus is still in my life as, "....commander of the army of the Lord I have now come."

Father, in Jesus' Name, keep me from a my-side-your-side life.  Amen.

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Mission to Crow Country, August 14-25

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.'"

Hebrews 12:2