So Jesus stood still and called them and said,”What do you want Me to do for you?” (Matthew 20:32)
There is so much here to learn from this little verse. Jesus clearly knew everything that the man was seeking for, yet He asked him to speak out his request. It wasn’t that Jesus was being insensitive.
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For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life. Weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning.(Ps.30:5)
So many times in our lives we view our times of trials as an eternity. Clearly as we look back at these times they become only a night in comparison to the
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Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.(Ps.126:5,6)
As long as the earth remains, there will be seed time and harvest. This principle is in effect with our tears as well. God tells us
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Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me. You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies and Your right hand will save me. (Ps. 138:7)
God never said we would not go through troubles. He never said that the wrath of our enemies wouldn’t be pressed against us.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart trusted in Him and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices and with my song I will praise Him. The Lord is their strength and He is the saving refuge of His anointed. (Ps.28:7,8)
The Lord is for us to save us. Even when king
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The eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you saying, destroy him!” Deut. 33:27
In order for God to drive our enemy out, there first needs to be an enemy. There first must be a war, an attack, a situation, a disease, a sickness in which
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Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. (Psalm 112:6-7)
In this life we will have tribulation. We will go through hard times and pain, but the hope that we have is in knowing our God.
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God has not given us a spirit of fear. He has given us a spirit of power, of love and of a sound mind. God is on our side. (2Tim.1:7, Rom. 8:31)
The spirit of fear involves torment. The power that removes fear is love that is matured. God word tells us that perfect
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For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. (Psalm 116:8,9)
We must always rehearse what God has done in our lives for us to remember all the good He has accomplished. Truly He has delivered our souls from death. For years,
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So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life. (2 Kings 25:29,30).
When we are freed from our
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When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. (Isaiah 43:2)
The promises of God are yes and amen! We can all look back in our lives and
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But Jesus looked at them and said to them,”With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)
We don’t come to God for what He can do for us, but we must remember that many have had an encounter with God through them seeking an answer for their circumstances. God wants
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In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. (Psalm 94:19)
When fear of the unknown creeps behind to engage our soul with worry, and when seeing all fail around and the hills melt like wax and the earth quake, we can run to the comfort of God. It is His comfort that causes
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The Lord is not slack concerning His promises. (2 Peter 3:9)
God is not like man that He should lie and His promises are yes and amen. When God says something, He does it. It may not be in our timing or when we would like it, because He knows the end from the beginning. His timing
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Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon possessed, epileptics and paralytics; and He healed them. (Matthew 4:24)
When Jesus dealt with those who were tormented by diseases, and psychiatric disabilities, it says that He healed
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