PROMISES

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

...It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

SO today...

...let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He (GOD) always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out...(Hebrews 10:23 MSG)

Last night my brother “Hug” opened his big heart and shared his powerful testimony.  It was a testimony that ENCOURAGED and showed incredible courage.  But as he shared it was EVIDENT.  The PROMISES of the WORD have changed him from the INSIDE OUT and THEY are keeping HIM going just as the writer of HEBREWS said they would!

You see, GOD has taken a man who has suffered at the hands of years of abuse, a man who sought relief in the abyss of on-line pornographic addiction and gambling and through his Word has made him now presentable and most certainly encouraging! Now instead of being consumed by the temptations of the "on-line world", "Hug" daily uses it to share and encourage others in the promises of GOD.

(That is scripture coming to life my friends!)

What promises you ask?

Promises that remind us that we HAVE power over our enemies! (Luke 10)

Promises that remind us that GOD never leaves us or forsakes us. (Hebrews 13)

Promises that we have a GOD who is FOREVER FOR US! (Romans 8); a GOD who heals the broken-hearted and sets the captive FREE!

1 Timothy 2:4-7 (MSG)

He wants…everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned: that there’s one God and only one…—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free.

My friend HUNGERS and THIRSTS for the promises of GOD.  He daily consumes them and then he shares them on social media to hundreds of folks!

Need a couple more?

The promise that GOD can be trusted! (Proverbs 3)

The promise that nothing you do EVER can separate you from Him (Romans 8)

I could go on.

But here is the take away today. GOD through His promises and the power of His Word has turned that computer that was once a deadly tool of the enemy, into one that blesses people daily with the hope and power of GOD’s Word:

And how did that happen for Hug?  It happened because once He was introduced to the LORD and His promises, He continues to want more and more of Him and them!

1 Peter 1:3-4

…as you know him (GOD) better, he will give you, through his great power, everything you need for living a truly good life: he even shares his own glory and his own goodness with us! And by that same mighty power he has given us all the other rich and wonderful blessings he promised; for instance, the promise to save us from the lust and rottenness all around us, and to give us his own character.

GOD’s promises and Word did that for my friend.

They will do the same for you today!

The question is will you let them?

Thanks Hug!

 

Have a great day!

I love you all!

Freedom Church