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)
The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.
Ephesians 3:20-21 (TPT)
Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.
Now we offer up to God all the glorious praise that rises from every church in every generation through Jesus Christ—and all that will yet be manifest through time and eternity. Amen!
I would like to FLIP those verses today…
Now we offer up to God all the glorious praise…
Because we can…
Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.
In recent weeks this passage, one the favorites of my dear friends the MORRIS’, has been at the forefront.
I witnessed one of my good friends who just a few short years ago was cooking crystal meth and blowing up houses, now leading a POWERFUL recovery effort every FRIDAY not to mention his WIFE who is managing an AMAZING work for women in Greene County!
I spent an hour on the phone with a good buddy who just 45 days ago was a shaking mess drowning in alcoholism. And after an amazing intervention and some WONDERFUL care from a dear friend’s facility in Jacksonville, HE IS ON THE ROAD to a brand new season of life!
I have been blessed to helm our EPIDEMIC of HOPE efforts seeing it inspire more than 20 churches to take the next steps to open their doors to the addicted!
I love the way the PASSION says this…
his miraculous power constantly energizes you…
And while the last 4 weeks have been “exhausting” physically, I have been ENERGIZED supernaturally as GOD has been doing “infinitely more” than I could dream and giving me a front row seat.
Today I am wading into some territory that I never dreamed I would. No details are needed, just suffice it to say where I am writing this from today is most UNBELIEVABLE. And it is GOD’s faithfulness and His demonstrations in recent weeks and days that is quelling my fears and intimidation. In fact, I am leaning not only on this truth today but this one as well…
Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Philippians 4:6-7 (MSG)
Can I encourage you to do something?
GOD is ALWAYS in the business of WOWING us!
It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security. – McManus
Don’t miss it.
Let it energize you!
It is me!
I love you all!
HAVE A BLESSED DAY!
OPPORTUNITIES for HOPE
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