My Sabbath was pretty fantastic. Good company, outreach with a solid group, church social events and hanging outs are always icing on the cake. Hope yours was fantastic as well!!
Have you ever prayed so hard you were left with no strength by the time you said "Amen"?
Have you ever asked God for a sign, or direction, or what so ever you wished, hoping for answer ASAP?
but then when you realized that it was going to take longer than you expected or wanted, you began to
doubt.question.
take action.
better yet, began to speak of the impossible...
and sure enough, your prayers weren't answered
and you started blaming God?
but little did you know it was probably your own fault.
Check this out
After all that God had done for Israel (delivered them from slavery (Egypt), led them through the Red Sea, provided them with food and the necessaries they needed, along with guiding them with His pillars of clouds (so COOL!!!) by day and by night, these people could NOT stop complaining, and kept speaking of the impossible (read Numbers 13, 14)...and so when God saw how little of faith the children of Israel possessed he told Moses, "Say unto them. As truly as I live as YE have spoken in MINE ears, so will I do to YOU" (Numbers 14:28.
You can't pray and doubt the power of your prayer...[James 1: 6b,7 state], "for he that wavered is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall received anything of the Lord".
So next time you get on your knees to send a Jabez Prayer :), BELIEVE....and be patient :) and you just might see the impossible become possible...that is, if you keep your mouth from speaking the impossible!! :)
Happy WEEK!!!!
ps. Post inspired by last week's super POWERFUL Quarterly Lesson "From Complaints to Apostasy" . This week's lesson is on "Planning Ahead". Check 'em out. holllaaaaa lol :-D
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