SCRIPTURE: “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.” (John 16:33 KJV)
QUOTE: “Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.” – Mary Manin Morrissey
NOTE:
By the power of God’s Spirit, Jesus provided for people’s physical and financial need. He cast out demons, healed broken bodies, raised the dead, and forgave the sins of the guilty. Jesus proved that God’s power is sufficient to meet every need. And the Scriptures promise us that the same power works in and through our lives today. I am by no means a miracle worker. But I do know miraculous things still happen. I remember the day we laid hands on sister who was sick and asked God to free her from the cancer that seemed unshakable.
Nine years later, his positive answer to that prayer stands firm. And I’ll never forget a brother I had prayed for concerning job offers abroad testify that exactly two weeks after the prayers, on a particular afternoon, his phone rang with an unsolicited job offer just before he’d planned to file for unemployment benefits. Then there were the doctors who said that a couple in Church couldn’t have another baby. We prayed, and God’s power proved them wrong. Jesus operated on the assumption that we have a wonder-working God who delights in restoring lives that seem irrevocably shattered. Jesus saw the people around him as miracles waiting to happen. Today, you are next in line for a miracle!
ILLUSTRATION:
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. (Isaiah 61:1-3 KJV)
REFLECTION:
As a leader, are you an inspiration to those connected to you?
TWO YEAR BIBLE READING: Numbers 26 – 27, Psalm 90