Sunday, September 21, 2014

Believe You Have Received It-Mark 11:24

The Word of the Lord says:

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

This ^^ was written by the Spirit of the Lord.  So today as we believe for our miracles we petition the Lord to give us what we have asked for because we are bringing Him 1. our faith and 2. His Word.  We are bringing back to Him what He has asked us for.

Today we believe we have received what we have asked for in prayer and we rejoice in this answer!  Before it is seen, before there is any other evidence we already lay hold of this.  Our faith is the evidence and the substance of what we are hoping for.  Every ounce of our mind, soul and spirit must lay hold of this promise through faith.

How do we know the Lord will deliver to us what we have asked Him for?  Because the Spirit has not told us "no" yet.  The answer is yes, until it is no.  Simple right?  This requires our communion with the Spirit of the Lord, our daily walk with Him.  He will tell us yes, no or wait.  Until we hear "no" from Him it is yes and/or wait.

Men cannot give this ^^ to us only the Lord can.  How are we led in our day to day lives and how are we led through our miracle walks on this earth?  By the power and presence and leadership of the Spirit of God:
Romans 8:14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God

We are the children of God and therefore led by the Spirit of God.
What the Lord has said, that is what we stand on.  What are His promises?  What did He tell us?  Lay hold of His promises through faith and patience and watch the deliverance of the Lord show up for you.  Will we suffer?  Yes.  Will this be a battle?  Yes  Will we be tested? Yes  Will this be easy?  No  Will the Lord answer? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

grace and peace



Saturday, September 20, 2014

Prayer Request: Wife's Job

Well, this week my wife's employer gave her entire department until 11/30 to find new jobs.  This will require another miracle as good jobs are not plentiful here.

This will result in another miracle testimony.  We will bring our faith, and His Word as we come into His presence with our requests.  How can the Lord resist His own Word?  How can the Lord resist our faith in Him?  Does it please the Lord for us to bring Him our faith and His Word?  Absolutely.  What does the Word say?


MAtt 7.7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe
that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Those of you still watching and waiting for your miracles, do not give up.  While we watch and wait in expectation we must draw upon the Holy Spirit for His presence and power.  I can quote scripture at you all day but it won't help you on your insides until the Lord shows up and fills you with presence and power.  He must turn the lights on inside each one of us, He must give us the strength and endurance to wait.  He must assure us, and comfort us and keep us.

This walking in miracles thing is not easy.  When I found out my wife was being let go it felt like someone punched me in the gut, yes it hurt.  Then we get up and do what we always do, get help from the Almighty.  We are a needy people, I am a needy person.  I have many needs and requests and some of these needs and requests require miracles to answer.

Now we need another miracle.  I pray that you bring your faith and His Word back to Him on my wife's behalf and your own behalf.  If you need a miracle I am praying for you, I ask that you will pray for me and my family as well.

In time, this will be another battle we have one.  What has the Lord said?

This is the Word:

I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righ
teous
forsaken or their children begging bread.

and it is also my testimony.  I was young but I am getting older.  Never have I seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.  Somehow, some way the Lord always comes through.  Sometimes sooner, sometimes later but He always always always comes through.

Keep the faith and stand with me for this miracle.  If you need a miracle I lift you up now in prayer to the Lord according to His own Word

I pray that you will find because you are seeking.  I pray the door is opened to you because you are knocking.  I pray that you receive because you are asking, all in accordance with the Royal Law which is the Word of the Almighty:

MAt 7.7“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Grace and peace be upon you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, AMEN.



















Monday, September 1, 2014

The Miracle Journey II

Here we see the miracle journey encapsulated perfectly in two verses:

Jer 2:6Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

Verse 6 is the journey, the wilderness, the desert, the pits (traps and temptations), drought (literal and what feels like spiritual drought), barrenness, lonesomeness.

Verse 7 is deliverance of the promise, what you believed for.

The Lord is using this ^^ to ask Israel why they chose not to follow Him after all He has done for them.

During my miracle journeys, the Lord has brought to mind this exodus from Egypt, the parting of the red sea and deliverance in the desert many times.  He also brought to mind everything in the gospels that speak of believing, asking, seeking, knocking and persevering.

No one else can believe for you.  We can believe with you but not for you.  Only you can get the Word you need from the Lord for your situation.  Only you can walk your desert and deliverance experience.  Its like a baby taking steps, as much as mom and dad would like to help that baby take its first steps only that child can do it for themselves.  We are all children of the Most High God and He is teaching us how to walk with Him.

He requires faith of us, and patience.  If we stand in our faith we will stand well.  If we do not stand in our faith we will not stand at all.  When what we need is a miracle there is only one source to go to.  The world does not provide miracles.....that means our Lord is the only source.  If you get tired and consider giving up, where else will you turn for what you need?  There is no other source.  That makes things easy.  Just as Israel walked on dry ground through the midst of the sea, with Pharaoh and the armies of Egypt on their heels, so we walk through this world.  We have the promises before us and the lies, deception, treachery and destruction the enemy would like to inflict behind us.  If we give up we will be destroyed, what kind of option is that?

We are backed into a corner and that is a good thing.  The only option we have is the BEST option because in our option we find the power and deliverance and mercy and loving kindness of the Lord our God.  We must fight though.  Surrender is not an option.  Giving up is not an option.

Every Word the Lord uses has a reason and a meaning.  There are no idle Words in the Bible so please remember this:

2 Tim 2:3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

We are soldiers, and soldiers fight.  Its part of the job description.  We do not fight like the world fights:

... (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)

 This battle we are in is an all or nothing.  We have been given what we need to win our battles and our Battle Captain stands by our side whispering in our ear which way to go at every turn

Isa 30:21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it."

Listen, keep the faith, persevere.  When you have spent enough time in your desert wasteland you will be brought into your promised land and you then will be a testimony for others just as this nobody is a testimony to you now.  The Lord and His Word can be trusted.  Keep the faith.

grace and peace








Friday, August 29, 2014

The Miracle Journey

Thank you for your prayers for my wife's job, already we are seeing the Lord's hand at work.

For whatever reason the Lord has given this brother an inside look, and the faith and knowledge of the miracle journey.  For me it has never (as memory serves) been something instant, we have always had to wait.  During this waiting, there have been multiple tests, usually where the Lord and the enemy know I am weakest as well as tests in areas I did not think could be tested.

The journey through multiple miracles has given this brother a testimony which is likely at least part of the reason and purpose this nobody exists on earth today.  What is this testimony and what has this brother learned?

-We cannot 'fix' each others problems nor were we ever meant to.  Why does the fixing?  The Lord.

-The miracle journey is a time of testing, do you really believe?  The entire spiritual world is watching to find out the answer.  The enemy will attack before, during and after your answer.  Before your answer he will tell you it will never happen, while the Lord is answering he will tell you its not real and somehow or other its a mirage that will not last, and after the answer has taken root in reality your personal weaknesses will be explored as well as one last "appearance" that your miracle might be reversed or taken away.

This pattern has repeated itself time and again in this brother's experience.

-We can quote scripture at each other all day and night but without the Spirit of God bringing it alive to us it will all appear useless.  You know the Word, and someone else quotes the Word to you that you already know but nothing stirs inside of you, it does not seem to help to hear what you already know from the Word.  Ever had that happen?  The Spirit of God must move and bring it alive to you, THEN it will be helpful.

proof?  The enemy knows the Word of God from cover to cover but he never really understood it.  If he did, He would not have crucified our Lord.  That's just one example of how you can brain knowledge know the Word but it not help you.


-Ultimately, the answering of our prayers of all kinds to include miracles is about the journey, our walk with the Lord day by day.  It is about walking and talking and building relationship with Him.  In the end it will result in a testimony.  Although the Lord does delight in answering us, He also delights in the relationship.  Will we trust Him day to day and hour to hour?  "Give us this day our daily bread" is what the Lord taught us.
May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always
say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant."


Some miracles have taken months, some have taken years, some see answers almost immediately.

-We must remember the source:  The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit are our source.  Our answer comes from Him alone.  Day to day, during the pain and patience and suffering that are ours in Christ Jesus, the Spirit alone can grant us peace.

11Then his people recalledb the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,
with the shepherd of his flock?
Where is he who set
his Holy Spirit among them,
12who sent his glorious arm of power
to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters before them,
to gain for himself everlasting renown,
13who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;
14like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given rest by the Spirit of the Lord.


-The Spirit often brought to mind Israel's exodus from Egypt and ^^^^ the parting of the sea to hold onto during my miracle journey.

The Lord's Word is either true or it is not.  My testimony is that the Word is true.  The Lord either performs miracles today or He does not.  This brother's testimony is that He does.

-We must bring the Lord something He can work with.  What can He work with?  Our faith and His Word.  How can the Lord resist His own Word?  How can the Lord resist our faith in Him?  Bring to Him those things He has asked of us.  Ask, seek, knock and keep on doing all three.

-This brother can tell you that the Lord does work on behalf of His children.  The Lord absolutely performs miracles for His children today.  It is very important to understand that there is NOTHING special about me apart from the Spirit that lives within me and who works through me, that same Spirit lives in you.  If you are in Christ, then the same blood that cleanses me cleanses you.

We are forgiven and beloved servants who are being tested.  Stand up in your faith or you will not stand at all.

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all

1 Peter 4:12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.


By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. ... When
God tested Abraham, faith led him to offer his son Isaac. ...
//biblehub.com/hebrews/11-17.htm - 18k
... so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes
though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory ...
//biblehub.com/1_peter/1-7.htm - 20k
... For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. ...
//biblehub.com/james/1-3.htm - 17k
... Some time later, God tested Abraham's faith. "Abraham!" God called. ...
//biblehub.com/genesis/22-1.htm - 17k
... You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud
and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. ...
//biblehub.com/psalms/81-7.htm - 18k
... The one who maintains his faith will not panic. ... This is what the Almighty LORD says:
I am going to lay a rock in Zion, a rock that has been tested, a precious ...
//biblehub.com/isaiah/28-16.htm - 19k
... They believe for a while, but when their faith is tested, they abandon it. .

Do you think our faith is going to be tested?  ^^^ Yes.  Is it painful?  Yes.  Do we suffer?  Yes.  Does the Lord answer?  YES, (usually) after we have been tested.

Everyone who asks receives (Matt 7:8).  The Lord said it, the Lord meant it and this nobody who writes to you today can testify that it is the truth.

Fight the good fight of faith, continue to endure.  Continually bring back to the Lord His Word and your faith to give the Lord the legal right to act on your behalf.  Faith and the Word are golden in the kingdom we belong to.  Ask the Spirit of our Lord to give you peace to to make the Word come alive to your Spirit so you will have substance within you to feed upon.  We are a needy people, we need Him each and every day for everything.

grace and peace

Sister Naomi your miracle is surely on its way.



















Friday, August 22, 2014

Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.
8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
9Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Benediction and Greetings
10But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, restore, establish, strengthen, settle you.
11To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

My family is in need of another miracle.  My wife has figured out with some certainty that her employer plans to shut down the business unit where she works sometime around the Jan 2015.  We have looked around and where we live there are no good prospects for her to find another job like the one she has in the near future.  So now what?  Now this........

7Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you.

We do not live in this world without help.  The faithful God who has delivered me and my family time and time again through multiple miracles and answered requests will be with us again.  Am I being presumptive to make such statements?  How can I be so bold?  How many times does the Lord need to answer my prayers and deliver me before I "get it" and just trust Him?  What does the Word say?

Matt 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Now, really think about what the Lord says here ^^.  Either it is 100% truth or it is a lie, which is it?  This brother can testify that what has been written in the Word is truth and not a lie.  I cannot speak for others but I can speak for myself.  I have asked and I have received.  I did seek and I did find.  I knocked and the door was opened.  Many people will discount the Word by saying to themselves "yea, well there must be something special about him or her."  Wrong, what is special is the power and faithfulness of the Lord our God.  He has done these things through one of the least of the brothers in Christ (me) as a testimony to you.

The Lord does not answers us how or when we want most of the time.  We ask for what we want and when and how are His department.  I cannot deny what the Lord has already done for me, and I will marinate my mind and heart and spirit in the previous victories He has already given to build and maintain my faith for the next miracle my family needs, another job for my wife where there appears to be no jobs.

We will bring something back to the Lord daily that He respects: faith and His Word.  How can the Lord resist His own Word?  This is not twisting the Lord's arm, it is bringing to Him something He can work with, something that pleases Him: our faith and His Word.  What has the Lord said?  Bring it back to Him...

If you need a prayer answered or a miracle I pray that you will walk this walk with me into the comfort and provision and rest of the Lord.  We will be tried and tested and there might  be times that will not be pleasant but we absolutely must remember where our source is, in Him and He is faithful.

grace and peace












Friday, August 15, 2014

8.15.2014 Prayer For All of Us

Lord, your Word is full of warnings to us who believe.  Today, on behalf of all the brothers and sisters, my family and myself I pray about your Words spoken to us below:

... and repent. If therefore you will not watch, I will come on you as a thief,
and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

... Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man
is coming at an hour you do not expect. ...
... You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Lord, we pray for watchful eyes, that you will not come upon us as a thief.  You told us that you are coming at an hour that we do not expect and we take you at your Word.  You do not and cannot lie.  I pray that we will all be ready for you when you arrive.  I pray that we all will be found as faithful servants doing what pleases you during that unexpected hour.

I love you Lord and I do fear you.  Your Word makes us tremble.  Do not terrify us in your wrath but show us your tender mercies and loving kindness.  All glory and honor and power and all the riches and glory be yours forever and ever.

Amen.









Thursday, July 31, 2014

In Perilous Times, Remember

Prov 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
31The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

We appear to be on the brink of war with Russia, the ebola virus is spreading like wildfire, natural and unnatural disasters are impacting every corner of the globe, the economies of the world are just barely holding on by a thread and on the list of concerns go...So what?

So what is we need to remember what this is all about, big picture.  This is a spiritual war we are witnessing, that sums it all up.  Everything we see around us can be summed up in the battle for the souls of mankind.  Although the visible odds are stacked against us, the invisible power that supports us blows it all away.  Great is the Lord my God who holds my hand and says to my soul "do not fear, I am with you."

Those who think they rule this planet plan and scheme and think that nobody sees them or hears them but what does our Lord say?

Prov 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

And who supports us?  ^^That same Lord.  And what else does the Lord tell us?  Safety is of the Lord.....How did Israel survive 40 years in a desert wasteland where nothing should live?  The Lord was their support and protection.

Be encouraged, no matter what comes through the door ahead of us we will face it holding our Father's hand.

grace and peace