Each one of us can testify of the things that we go through on a daily basis. Some things are private, known only by us; other things have become public struggles. Our topic this month, “EVEN IN THE STORM,” speaks of how God will keep us regardless of what life presents. Life is a combination of things and we never know what we’ll be confronted with on any given day, but because God knows all things we can be certain that He is in tune with not only the problem, but also the solution. God never promised that once we’re saved we would then walk through life on a flowery bed of ease, but John 16:33 says, “These things I have spoken unto you, that IN ME ye might have peace. IN THE WORLD ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.”
We all get a taste for something every once in a while……whether it’s for something sweet or maybe even something salty, our cravings draw our attention to a certain need in our appetite on the human end. Our topic this month, “HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU,” refers to the need and the hunger in the spirit realm. Our spirit hungers for spiritual things while the natural man enjoys those things of the flesh; but we are the determining factors as to whether we will spend time pleasing the spirit or the flesh by the things that we take pleasure in.
This is the year of 2017 and we’re coming into this year with not only Thanksgiving but Expectation as well!! We’re not dragging into this new year still holding on to last year’s dead stuff….. but we’re anticipating a great move from God! We’re looking for promises to be fulfilled and brand new blessings from God but in order for us to receive what we hope for we have to UP the intensity of our praise with a DESPERATE WORSHIP!
We’re getting closer to the end of 2016 and as we move forward during this time of political confusion and just ordinary tests and trials that we all go through even as good soldiers, we have to remember the purpose of the enemy and how he goes straight for the juggler. He never tells us that IN LIFE sometimes things just happen, but he moves in his attack on our faith, our joy and even our praise. He figures if he can attack any one of those areas he has us bound up. GOD IS SO GOOD that He reminds us that OUR PRAISE WILL BRING US OUT OF EVERY TEST, TRIAL OR ANY DILEMMA that life throws our way and even though it gets difficult, God will still bless us when we give Him, “A COMPLICATED PRAISE!!!”
This year is flying by very quickly, but I’m so excited about what God is doing in the lives of His people! Even with everything we’ve been through this year and are still going through, there’s a presence of God in the atmosphere that is stronger than ever before. Some of us have been on hold for a long, long time but PRAISE WILL ALWAYS SUSPEND OUR DELAY!
We bless God for all of His blessings and ways that He’s made, even when it looked like there was no way out – God made a way! In life we all deal with “things,” It’s just a part of being human. Even the political issues going on in the nation today are just a part of life, but still God has kept us here for such a time as this. Have you ever looked at an individual that you know is living Holy, and has spent time with God, and you could see a glow about them? They looked so peaceful and secure. You would have no idea that they’re dealing with issues just like we are – but they don’t wear it on their face! Life has a way of knocking us down sometimes but it’s up to us to get back up every time we fall and always maintain, ”THE GLOW.”
Excuses………..we’ve all made them. Sometimes we use an excuse because we don’t feel like doing whatever we promised to do; other times we make excuses just to put off until tomorrow what we need to do today. We can fix it up to try to make it sound legitimate but nevertheless, it is what it is………just another excuse. Our topic this month, “WHY EXCUSES DON’T WORK WITH GOD,” takes the strength out of whatever excuse we can come up with! God knows us better than we know ourselves, so whatever we have in our mind that man will accept – just know, it’s not going to work with God!