Thursday, February 19, 2009

Now Is Not The Time To Quit

As bad as the world may be trying to tell us things are, now is not the time to throw in the towel. In fact, just the opposite, now is the time to fight harder than ever for what God says you can have. Now is the time to make sure we have our feet planted solidly on His ground. Now is the time to make sure we are following His ways and His will and not our own. We as Christians who are doing as the LORD commands us should not have to be worrying about what the economy is doing, because our trust and our faith should be in GOD and what His word says, instead of what the world is trying to tell us.

How many times have people stopped short of their miracles? How many times have people stopped short of the LORD delivering them out of a situation because they listen to what the world tells them instead of what GOD tells them in His word? How many times has someone lost their healing on this side of heaven because they gave in to the disease or illness because they believed the lies of the devil instead of the word of GOD? It happens everyday all around us, good Christians give in to the powers of darkness and let themselves be deceived into thinking they have no other choice. GOD says we have a choice. HE says choose LIFE!

Deuteronomy 30 v 15-16....See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.....

Deut. 30 v 19-20.....I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life, and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the lands which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.....

GOD tells us to choose LIFE. He says He is your strength, He is your life, He is your length of days. He has purpose for you here on this earth. Find your purpose and don't stop short of fulfilling it. God says man should live to be a hundred and twenty years old on this earth, look how many have missed that mark. He also tells us how to take care of ourselves. Keep the evil things of this world out of our bodies and our minds, so that we may fulfill our days here, and not all crippled up, but with stamina, and straight bodies, and great health.

God tells us we have the power to overcome we just have to look into our hearts, and trust Him to bring us through. We have to speak His words over ourselves and not repeat what the world is saying.

Deut. 30 v 11-14.......For the commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it? Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it? But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.....

Do you see what God is telling you? You have the power right where you are. You do not need some miracle from heaven, or some specialist from another country across the seas. The power is what is in your heart, because then that is what you will be speaking, so therefore what comes forth from your mouth is what you shall have. The power is in the word of GOD and what He says to speak into your life.

Prov. 6 v 2...You are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth.....

Prov. 18 v 20....A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; from the produce of his lips he shall be filled....

Prov. 18v 21....Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit......

What is in your mouth, what is on your lips? Are you speaking life or death over yourself? I do not mean this just as physical life or death but also, with the economy. Where is your trust? Are you going to die financially or are you going to have an abundance overflowing pouring into your life because you have kept His commands and are pouring into others' lives? Are you going to throw in the towel, or are you going to fight the good fight of faith and believe in the LORD and His promises?

RTB....Lev. 19-21...

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