God Still Performs Miracles
John 11:40
40Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
God, who parted the Red Sea, rained manna from heaven, caused the walls of Jericho to fall, shut the lions’ mouths, healed the sick, raised the dead and calmed the sea, still performs miracles today.
However, some Christians doubt that God wants to work a miracle for them today. They believe that there were miracles when Jesus walked the earth, but they think that the day of miracles is over. And they talk about how everything will be perfect one day in the sweet by and by. But God wants us to know that He is still the God of miracles today.
Martha was like one of those Christians. She wondered if Jesus could perform a miracle when her brother Lazarus died. By the time Jesus arrived on the scene, Lazarus had already been dead for four days. So she thought that Jesus was four days too late. That is why she said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” (John 11:21) And even when Jesus said that Lazarus would rise again, she said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” (John 11:24)
Martha believed that Jesus could perform miracles in the past and would do the same in the future, but she did not believe that He could give her a miracle when she needed it right then. You see, Martha was someone who lived wishing that the past could be changed and believing that the future would be better. But she did not believe that the “I Am” was there to meet her present need.
Today, God stands at the point of your need. What miracle do you need from Him? Believe that He is still the same miracle-working God today. Believe that you will see the glory of God. Believe and you will see your miracle!
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where Strength And Joy Are Found by Joel Osteen
Today’s Verse: “Honor and majesty are [found] in His presence; strength and joy are [found] in His sanctuary” (I Chronicles 16:27, AMP).
Today’s Word:
Do you need more strength and joy in your life? The Bible tells us that in God’s presence there is fullness of joy—the most abundant and complete! And when you have His joy, you have His supernatural strength. There’s nothing that can come against you when you are filled with the strength and joy of the Lord.
Notice this verse says that strength and joy are found in His sanctuary. One translation says they are found “where He is.” And do you know “where He is?” His Spirit is alive in every believer, but in His Word He promises that He inhabits, or manifests, in the praises of His people. That means when you begin to praise and worship God, either corporately in a church setting or privately in your personal time, God is there. You are His sanctuary.
Anytime you feel depleted or overwhelmed by life, just begin to sing a song of praise to Him. Declare His goodness and faithfulness. Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you. He’ll fill you with His joy and strength to live in victory all the days of your life!
Prayer for Today: Heavenly Father, I bless You today. I thank You for Your goodness in my life. Thank You for filling me with Your strength and joy as I praise and worship You this day. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Today’s Word:
Do you need more strength and joy in your life? The Bible tells us that in God’s presence there is fullness of joy—the most abundant and complete! And when you have His joy, you have His supernatural strength. There’s nothing that can come against you when you are filled with the strength and joy of the Lord.
Notice this verse says that strength and joy are found in His sanctuary. One translation says they are found “where He is.” And do you know “where He is?” His Spirit is alive in every believer, but in His Word He promises that He inhabits, or manifests, in the praises of His people. That means when you begin to praise and worship God, either corporately in a church setting or privately in your personal time, God is there. You are His sanctuary.
Anytime you feel depleted or overwhelmed by life, just begin to sing a song of praise to Him. Declare His goodness and faithfulness. Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you. He’ll fill you with His joy and strength to live in victory all the days of your life!
Prayer for Today: Heavenly Father, I bless You today. I thank You for Your goodness in my life. Thank You for filling me with Your strength and joy as I praise and worship You this day. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
All That Jesus Is Before God, You Are
All That Jesus Is Before God, You Are
2 Corinthians 5:21
21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
When an Israelite brings an animal as his sin offering, he lays his hand on it before killing it. (Leviticus 4:1–4) By laying his hand on the sin offering, his sins are transferred to the innocent animal. The animal dies for his sins and he goes free.
In contrast, during the burnt offering, when the Israelite lays his hand on the animal (Leviticus 1:3–4), the beauty, worthiness and acceptance of the unblemished animal are transferred to him. God accepts the perfection of the animal sacrifice on his behalf to make atonement for him. Because God accepts the unblemished burnt offering, the offerer now has right standing before God.
Do you know that the two offerings speak of Jesus’ one offering of Himself when He hung on the cross? He is both our sin offering and burnt offering — “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us [as our sin offering], that we might become the righteousness of God in Him [as our burnt offering]”. The moment you put your faith in Him, just by His one sacrifice, your sins were transferred to Him, and His righteousness was transferred to you. That is the grace of God toward you!
As our sin offering, He offered Himself once and for all. (Romans 6:10) The sin offering was never a daily offering because God does not want His people to be sin-conscious. However, the burnt offering was both a morning and evening sacrifice (2 Chronicles 13:11) because God wants His people to be righteousness-conscious.
Beloved, God wants you to lay claim daily to Jesus as your burnt offering and say, “Father, I thank You that Jesus is my burnt offering. All that Jesus is before You — His righteousness, excellence, beauty and perfection — has been transferred to me. Jesus has Your unclouded favor, so I enjoy Your unclouded favor in my life. Jesus is the righteousness of God, so I am the righteousness of God in Christ. As He is before You, so am I.”
Because Jesus became your burnt offering, what He is to the Father today, you are! That is what it means to be in Christ.
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2 Corinthians 5:21
21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
When an Israelite brings an animal as his sin offering, he lays his hand on it before killing it. (Leviticus 4:1–4) By laying his hand on the sin offering, his sins are transferred to the innocent animal. The animal dies for his sins and he goes free.
In contrast, during the burnt offering, when the Israelite lays his hand on the animal (Leviticus 1:3–4), the beauty, worthiness and acceptance of the unblemished animal are transferred to him. God accepts the perfection of the animal sacrifice on his behalf to make atonement for him. Because God accepts the unblemished burnt offering, the offerer now has right standing before God.
Do you know that the two offerings speak of Jesus’ one offering of Himself when He hung on the cross? He is both our sin offering and burnt offering — “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us [as our sin offering], that we might become the righteousness of God in Him [as our burnt offering]”. The moment you put your faith in Him, just by His one sacrifice, your sins were transferred to Him, and His righteousness was transferred to you. That is the grace of God toward you!
As our sin offering, He offered Himself once and for all. (Romans 6:10) The sin offering was never a daily offering because God does not want His people to be sin-conscious. However, the burnt offering was both a morning and evening sacrifice (2 Chronicles 13:11) because God wants His people to be righteousness-conscious.
Beloved, God wants you to lay claim daily to Jesus as your burnt offering and say, “Father, I thank You that Jesus is my burnt offering. All that Jesus is before You — His righteousness, excellence, beauty and perfection — has been transferred to me. Jesus has Your unclouded favor, so I enjoy Your unclouded favor in my life. Jesus is the righteousness of God, so I am the righteousness of God in Christ. As He is before You, so am I.”
Because Jesus became your burnt offering, what He is to the Father today, you are! That is what it means to be in Christ.
© Copyright Joseph Prince, 2006. All rights reserved.
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and/or converted in any form and by any means (electronic, photocopying or otherwise)
without express written consent of the copyright holder.
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Copyright © 2006–2010 New Creation Church
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Friday, April 9, 2010
Why Are You Still Struggling With Who You Are?
We all fail. Even while we are sleeping
....and the next breath that
we are about to take in reminds us that life is full of nuisances,
incapabalities,boredom and mistakes..
It just easy to tell ourselves that we can be perfect.
But we cannot. In this mad-fallen world, we will never be perfect.
Traffic jams...bitchy colleagues...irritable people...bad news...
broken marriages...stingy boss..broken hearts....cheaters...tempers..etc.
Those are packaged in this world.
So don't worry..Like you...I am as imperfect as you could imagined me to be.
God understands that. He knows!
That's why He sent Jesus to die on the cross so we could all be
saved from all these "imperfections"..
Your job is just to believe and that's it!
My Daily Verse
“The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” (Hebrews 1:3)
....and the next breath that
we are about to take in reminds us that life is full of nuisances,
incapabalities,boredom and mistakes..
It just easy to tell ourselves that we can be perfect.
But we cannot. In this mad-fallen world, we will never be perfect.
Traffic jams...bitchy colleagues...irritable people...bad news...
broken marriages...stingy boss..broken hearts....cheaters...tempers..etc.
Those are packaged in this world.
So don't worry..Like you...I am as imperfect as you could imagined me to be.
God understands that. He knows!
That's why He sent Jesus to die on the cross so we could all be
saved from all these "imperfections"..
Your job is just to believe and that's it!
My Daily Verse
“The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” (Hebrews 1:3)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
My "imaginary" friend
Someone just commented in one of my threads here and he said Jesus is my imaginary friend.
I asked Jesus if He really is my imaginary friend and He said "for now, that's ok. But wait till I come, "
I said,
"Ok Lord.. I believe you now. Because you said so in the Bible. Those people who don't believe you don't have their own bible...a real thick Bible. Lolx!"
Jesus,"you will be mocked in my name. People will call you names but be still. I won't let you down. "
I said, "Amen Lord, Yes, I wont spend a time gettin mad with them. No use right. Because they are godless. And if they godless, they have no one to protect over them, guide them with wisdom so they wont fall unto this world and spend the rest of their lives hating and they got no one to teach them how to cope up with a broken heart..only themselves .Aww! "
Jesus, "you can just pray for them instead...."
I said, "yes... I keep praying for them. Because I know, you value their soul so much. "
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I asked Jesus if He really is my imaginary friend and He said "for now, that's ok. But wait till I come, "
I said,
"Ok Lord.. I believe you now. Because you said so in the Bible. Those people who don't believe you don't have their own bible...a real thick Bible. Lolx!"
Jesus,"you will be mocked in my name. People will call you names but be still. I won't let you down. "
I said, "Amen Lord, Yes, I wont spend a time gettin mad with them. No use right. Because they are godless. And if they godless, they have no one to protect over them, guide them with wisdom so they wont fall unto this world and spend the rest of their lives hating and they got no one to teach them how to cope up with a broken heart..only themselves .Aww! "
Jesus, "you can just pray for them instead...."
I said, "yes... I keep praying for them. Because I know, you value their soul so much. "
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