Promises Only an All Powerful All Knowing God Can Make

Isaiah 55:11 So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding [in the matter] for which I sent it.

Notice the Lord tells us something and does not have to hem or haw His way around the statement.  Notice what He does not say.  He does not say "sometimes it will not return to Me empty without accomplishing what I desire."  No, His Word will not (ever) return to Him empty.  His Word will accomplish what He desires.

Which leads us to another similar statement:

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.

This is what our Lord does say.  What did He not say?

Ask and (sometimes) it will be given you.  Knock and (sometimes) shall be opened unto you.  He did not say that.  Only an all powerful all knowing God can make promises like this.

So what?  So either it is true or it is not.  Either our Lord meant what He said or He was lieing.  Which is it?  Did our Lord intent to back up His promises?  We just read His own Word which tells us His Word always does what He sent it to do.

The Word will do what it was sent to do.  The question is will we have the faith and patience to see the promise fulfilled?

Hebrews 6:12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

What an interesting statement ^^^.  Think about what He says here.  We do not want you to become lazy?  What does lazy have to do with faith and patience?  He is clearly telling us this faith and patience business requires WORK.  Yes, being patient and remaining faithful requires work.

James 1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

How do we inherit what has been promised?  Through faith and patience and patience is work.  The Lord has promises many many things and He does not fall short on any one of them.  If we would see the promises realized in our own lives we must let patience have her perfect work and we must fight the good fight of faith.

1 Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

So, wrapping this up patience requires work and faith requires a fight.  To inherit the promises we must work and fight our way to them.  Surprising?  What did the Lord tell us?

2 Tim 2:3 You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Chris

Eph 6:12 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, againstpowers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. 13Wherefore take unto youthe whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14Stand therefore,having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15And your feet shod with the preparationof the gospel of peace; 16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Armor? Soldier? Fight?

Sounds alot like a war to me, and it is.  Whats the point?

Through faith and patience we will inherit the promises, what the Word was sent to do.  Faith and patience require work and fight.  How many people are willing to work and fight their way to inherit the promises?  As many as want to see the promises fulfilled.

When somebody (like you perhaps) is in the process of working and fighting for their own miracle, they don't want to hear a sermon or hear someone's theory.  They want to hear somebody who has been there and done that, lived through the experience (sometimes many times over) which has resulted in a testimony.

This nobody that writes to you today has a testimony.  That testimony is: the Word is true, our God does not lie.  If we are faithful and patient, if we work and fight for our answer, we will certainly have it.

And what will happen when we ask, then we do receive?  We knock and the door is opened?  The Lord shows us what the experience will be like as we finish with the next verse from Isaiah 55

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.

12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.

Yes, ^^^ you will jump, and shout and dance when you get your answer.  I know I did but what you are reading here is meant for you. This nobody was sent to testify to you that the Word that cannot fail to do what it was sent to do is for you and will work with you if you are faithful and patient.  Glory to God.

grace and peace

The Lord Will Answer Your Prayer

The Lord will answer your prayer.  He certainly will.  How do you know brother D?  How can you be so sure brother D?

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.

I do not read any hedging statements above.  I do not see " ask and it will be given if...."  What I read is ask and it shall be given period.  Now, many will say "but brother D, the Lord does not answer my prayers."  Really?

It has been this brother's experience that the Lord's answer falls into three broad categories: 1. yes, 2. no, and 3. wait.  Many if not most of the time "yes and wait" are the answer.

What moves this brother to write to you today is one of the greatest answers to prayer, and/or deep desire this brother has seen yet.  I do not want to write about the specifics of this prayer and answer so you are not distracted and miss the point I try to make.

Sometimes its not an 'official' prayer request you make that the Lord answers.  Sometimes it is something He has seen inside of you for years that you have longed for and He wishes to give you.  In my case, it may be something He has planted inside of me like a seed that is to grow and bear fruit at a certain time.  In any case the point is this.  As I sit and guesstimate the time on how long I have been asking for this thing, to now when I see it within sight, the time has been about 6 years or so, maybe longer.

So, ask and ye shall receive, but it might take 6 years or so to see the answer....It does not always take that long but the point is, it could take that long.  The other point the Lord has pointed out to me, is a large part of the answer had to do with changing me first.  Yes,  I had to change before the answer could be given.  It has been this brother's experience that the Lord many times changes us gently and patiently over time.  Sometimes it takes 6 or more years to change us.....

Sometimes in order to answer our prayer, as was the case when we asked to move from one place to another, the Lord had to move some people away, bring some in, move people in and out of jobs, prepare a home for sale, etc etc.  He had to arrange the chessboard for us to arrive and that takes time....For an all powerful and all knowing God, answering prayer is not a half hearted thing.  When He does it, He does it right.  He prepares us, and this world and the things and people of this world to make way for our answer.  We only see our little part of the answer.  What we do not see is all the behind the scenes work the Lord does in preparation of your/my answer.

One of the most encouraging things in this life is we have a God who answers prayer.  That is this brother's testimony.  How and when He answers prayer are up to Him, not to us.  Do we have the faith and patience to receive our answer?  Your answer may arrive today or years from today.  What does the Word say?

Hebrews 6:12

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised

and what has been promised?

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.

That is what the Word of the Lord says ^^.  His Word can be trusted.

grace and peace

Your Miracle

We must feed ourselves every day and feed our Lord's own Word back to Him.  We must give our Lord something to work with when we bring Him our requests.  What's the proof for that?  How do we know we must bring Him something besides our requests?

2 Timothy 3:10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of ...

You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, ... //biblehub.com/2_timothy/3-10.htm - 18k

Hebrews 6:12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate ...

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. ... //biblehub.com/hebrews/6-12.htm - 18k

1 Timothy 6:11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue ...

... But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. ... //biblehub.com/1_timothy/6-11.htm - 18k

James 1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces ...

... Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. ... Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. ... //biblehub.com/james/1-3.htm - 17k

Titus 2:2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect ...

... They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience. ... That the aged men be sensible, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience. ... //biblehub.com/titus/2-2.htm - 17k

2 Thessalonians 1:4 Therefore, among God's churches we boast about ...

... So that we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure: ... //biblehub.com/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm - 19k

Revelation 2:19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your ...

... I know your works, and love, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first. ... //biblehub.com/revelation/2-19.htm - 18k

1 Thessalonians 1:3 We remember before our God and Father your ...

... remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; ... //biblehub.com/1_thessalonians/1-3.htm - 19k

Revelation 14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of ...

... Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. ... //biblehub.com/revelation/14-12.htm - 18k

Revelation 13:10 "If anyone is to go into captivity, into ...

... with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. ... with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. ... //biblehub.com/revelation/13-10.htm - 19k

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace ...

... But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, ... //biblehub.com/galatians/5-22.htm - 17k

And there are more but I cut the list off here ^^ for now.  Gee, ya think faith and patience are important?  Who has to have faith?  We do.  Does that mean we have to "do" something?  You bet we do.  We have to have faith.  We have to be patient.

Back to the miracle we need.  We bring the Lord His Word and our faith to work with every time we lay a request at His feet.  And what does the Word say about our miracle?

1 John 3:22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep ...

... and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him

John 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. ...

... name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask ...

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.

Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer ...

... For this reason I say to you, All things whatsoever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye receive it, and it shall come to pass for you. ..

Matt 7:7 (NLT) "Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

Now, these ^^ are promises right?  Well what does the Word say about the promises?

Hebrews 6:12 

... so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

How do we inherit the promises?  Through what?  Faith and patience.......

Would you say that having faith and patience tries us? You bet it does.  How many people give up before they inherit?  Lots, many.  Patience is not easy.  Being patient requires suffering and discipline and faith and hope and mental/spiritual work.  

This also requires constant day by day walking with the Lord.  What has the Lord told you?  Yes?  No?  Wait?  You may say "well I don't know brother D, I haven't heard a voice tell me yet."  How does the Lord speak to you?  He speaks in many ways at many different times through anything He wants to speak through.  In this nobody's experience one way He speaks is through our inner peace.  What does your inner spirit say about what you are asking for?  Are you at peace with your request?  Are you troubled by it at all?  If your inner man/spirit/whatever you want to call it is at peace then KEEP PRAYING AND BELIEVING FOR YOUR MIRACLE.  

The Lord, Holy Spirit must be your guide in all this.  What does the Word say?  What does the Spirit of the Lord say?  What is your own spirit within you testifying to?

The Lord has moved heaven and earth for the brother who writes to you now.  Why?  I am loved, and so are you.  I am a child belonging to Him and so are you.  I bring Him my faith and His Word and so do you.  The Lord has different work for each one of us.  Apparently at least part of His work for me is to testify to you.  Whatever has been done for me will be done for you.  The Lord has moved heaven and earth for me, He will also do this for you.  Throw all the excuses people have use to sabotage their own faith out the window.  No I am not more special, more holy, more whatever you want to fill the blank in with.  I am a testimony, that is it.  A nothing and a nobody that the Lord has shown miracle power to so that you who are somebody and something in Christ will believe and receive the promises He has given to all of us.

The purpose for writing to you today is to encourage you.  The promises of the Lord carry power within them.  The promises are sure and alive right now today for YOU.  Bring the Lord your requests in faith wrapped in praise and thanksgiving and followed up with His Word.  What can our Lord not resist?  His own Word and our faith.   

Isaiah 55:11 

... so My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.

^^  AMEN.

The answer to your prayer is on the way.

grace and peace

 

Prayer Answered, Glory To God

This brother has said it many times but here it is again.  This brother is nothing and a nobody but he serves a God who answers prayer.  There is nothing special about this brother apart from the Spirit of the Living God who resides in all of us who believe.

Thank you to those of you who prayed for my wife's job situation.  The Lord has now officially answered our prayers.  Our God is a God who answers prayer.  The way He answered this one I consider to be another miracle.

I wanted to let you know that our God is a God who answers prayer, and this is one more testimony to you that He does.  This testimony however, is not enough for many of you.  What do I mean?  As I was thanking the Lord for this latest answered prayer, He impressed something upon me about this topic of prayers and miracles.  Here it is more or less:

Many of you who still need to have prayers answered and miracles in your lives would say "thats great brother, praise the Lord your answer has been given, but what about me?  What about my answer?"  Here's the deal; when you need an answer, power, a miracle from the Lord and you are in the middle of your spiritual battle to remain strong and hold onto your faith, no word from any man suffices to touch you or make you feel better about your situation.  In fact, the words of men can make you feel worse.

You can hear other people's testimony all day and it does not touch you.  You can have people read scripture to you all day and it does not touch the hurt, the pain, the need in any way.  So what?  So, what we need is the personal presence and power of the Lord.  No man or woman can give that to you, only the Lord can give that to you.  The only thing that really touches our need, and what is going on inside of us is the presence and power of the Lord God Almighty.

I have used many words to say a simple thing; we need the personal, one on one, cannot fake it, cannot buy it, cannot replace it presence and power of the Lord God.  This has been His message to me, to pass on to those who have ears to hear.  My words are nothing and count for nothing.  I cannot comfort you although I pray I could.  The raw power of His presence is what you and I need for comfort and for answers.  There is no substitute.

If my words are useless, why write to you?  The very limited value of my words lie in their directional value.  They point you in the direction of your answer.  Our answer lies in Him and comes through Him to us.  There are no shortcuts and no other way to get what we need.  We are needy, and this brothers needs are constant.  I (we) need Him, personally.  All of His power and the fullness of His presence are what we require.

When we are in His presence, then we understand.

Psalm 73

15If I had spoken out like that,

I would have betrayed your children.

16When I tried to understand all this,

it troubled me deeply

17till I entered the sanctuary of God;

then I understood their final destiny.

18Surely you place them on slippery ground;

you cast them down to ruin.

19How suddenly are they destroyed,

completely swept away by terrors!

20They are like a dream when one awakes;

when you arise, Lord,

you will despise them as fantasies.

21When my heart was grieved

and my spirit embittered,

22I was senseless and ignorant;

I was a brute beast before you.

23Yet I am always with you;

you hold me by my right hand.

24You guide me with your counsel,

and afterward you will take me into glory.

25Whom have I in heaven but you?

And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

26My flesh and my heart may fail,

but God is the strength of my heart

and my portion forever.

27Those who are far from you will perish;

you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

28But as for me, it is good to be near God.

I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;

I will tell of all your deeds.

What you are reading from this brother is testimony that supports the Word of God.  This brother would tell you it is good to be near God.  That is not a figure of speech, or any kind of flowery language.  It is good to literally be in close proximity to our God.  When we are in His presence, then we understand where our answer is coming from, why we are waiting, what we should do or say, etc.

He is our answer, literally and figuratively and everything in between.  We must lay hold of Him personally.  Nobody else can do this for us.  If you set your heart to find Him, you will find Him...

Matthew 7:7 

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Prov 2 My son, if you will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with you;

2So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

3Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

5Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

If you seek Him you will find Him, but you have to really want Him:  seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

Conclusion

I thank the Lord today that He once again has answered my (our) prayers with His miracle working power, but that was not enough for me this time.  I also wanted something for you.  What about those of you who are still waiting for answers?  You must at all costs get into His presence.  Seek Him as though you were searching for hidden treasure because that is where all of our answers are hidden: in Him.

Jeremiah 29:13 

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. .

grace and peace.

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

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.

Mark 11:24 

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:

Psalm 37:25

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.

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:

2 Corinthians 10:4 

... (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