has lived a life of sin to believe that God loves them. But Christ came into this world for sinners; He died for sinners; He paid the sinner’s price by going to hell in their place, and God raised Him from the dead. God loves everybody! He has no favorites.
We must tell people of the compassionate, loving heart of God. He loves them! He wants them, and He needs them. And they’re welcome in the kingdom of God.
But praying is not enough. You’ve got to go and tell.
O UR S UFFICIENCY I S G OD
In Acts 27, Paul was in a storm at sea that was so bad that those on the ship hadn’t seen the sun or the stars for fourteen days. Finally, the Bible says, “All hope that we would be saved was finally given up.” All hope in the natural realm was gone.
And yet in the midst of the hopelessness, Paul had an angel appear to him who said, “Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you” (v. 24). All hope was gone, yet every one of them was saved.
If you have a situation and all hope is gone, you can turn it around with Jesus so that everything will turn out all right! God never sent that storm, but He invaded thatstorm and directed its winds. He said, “Oh, you’re trying to kill my servant Paul? I’ll tell you what I’ll do. I’ll direct the winds of this storm, and I’ll put Paul over there on the island called Malta, which is filled with suffering sick people. Everyone on that island is going to come to know the healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ!”
You may be in a storm today. God never sent it, but He will invade it. Let Him come in. Let Him direct it, and you’ll find that in the storm, you’ll reach your island of needs, your dreams. Let your storm cause you to bend your knees and look away from man unto God. Let your storm make you realize that you’re not sufficient in yourself! Our sufficiency is of God!
L IVE AS A S HINING L IGHT
“Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people” (Philippians 2:15 NLT ).
In Acts 16 is the marvelous story of the apostle Paul who cast a demon out of a young woman who was a soothsayer. But the result of Paul’s actions was that an angry mob got together and the magistrates were called out. They punished Paul and Silas, stripping their backs bare and beating them unmercifully. Then they took them to the jail and charged the jailer to keep them safe.He threw them into the inner dungeon and put their feet fast in the stocks.
Then the Bible says, “Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, ‘Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.’ Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said,
‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’
So they said,
‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.’
Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household” (vv. 26–34).
At midnight, Paul and Silas were in the stocks with their backs bleeding, and they prayed and sang praises to God! Anybody can sing when the sun shines, but a real Christian can sing whatever is happening. It may be darkaround you, but it’s light on the inside.
When you have revelation knowledge in you; when you know who you are; when you know how it’s all going to
We must tell people of the compassionate, loving heart of God. He loves them! He wants them, and He needs them. And they’re welcome in the kingdom of God.
But praying is not enough. You’ve got to go and tell.
O UR S UFFICIENCY I S G OD
In Acts 27, Paul was in a storm at sea that was so bad that those on the ship hadn’t seen the sun or the stars for fourteen days. Finally, the Bible says, “All hope that we would be saved was finally given up.” All hope in the natural realm was gone.
And yet in the midst of the hopelessness, Paul had an angel appear to him who said, “Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you” (v. 24). All hope was gone, yet every one of them was saved.
If you have a situation and all hope is gone, you can turn it around with Jesus so that everything will turn out all right! God never sent that storm, but He invaded thatstorm and directed its winds. He said, “Oh, you’re trying to kill my servant Paul? I’ll tell you what I’ll do. I’ll direct the winds of this storm, and I’ll put Paul over there on the island called Malta, which is filled with suffering sick people. Everyone on that island is going to come to know the healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ!”
You may be in a storm today. God never sent it, but He will invade it. Let Him come in. Let Him direct it, and you’ll find that in the storm, you’ll reach your island of needs, your dreams. Let your storm cause you to bend your knees and look away from man unto God. Let your storm make you realize that you’re not sufficient in yourself! Our sufficiency is of God!
L IVE AS A S HINING L IGHT
“Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people” (Philippians 2:15 NLT ).
In Acts 16 is the marvelous story of the apostle Paul who cast a demon out of a young woman who was a soothsayer. But the result of Paul’s actions was that an angry mob got together and the magistrates were called out. They punished Paul and Silas, stripping their backs bare and beating them unmercifully. Then they took them to the jail and charged the jailer to keep them safe.He threw them into the inner dungeon and put their feet fast in the stocks.
Then the Bible says, “Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, ‘Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.’ Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said,
‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’
So they said,
‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.’
Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household” (vv. 26–34).
At midnight, Paul and Silas were in the stocks with their backs bleeding, and they prayed and sang praises to God! Anybody can sing when the sun shines, but a real Christian can sing whatever is happening. It may be darkaround you, but it’s light on the inside.
When you have revelation knowledge in you; when you know who you are; when you know how it’s all going to
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