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GRAIN OF FAITH Scripture
reading Mathew 17:14-21
Once more God has proven His word to be true The AC in the car went out and my husband said parts had to be ordered to repair it. I thought ok, a few days without it wouldn’t be too bad. I would run my errands in the morning before it gets too hot, and anything else that needed to be done could be taken care of in the evening (after the sun goes down). This was my plan, not the Lord’s. I was doing fine until, Friday afternoon when I had to go run an errand that couldn’t wait. I’m thinking I would dress cool, you know shorts and a cotton top, put my hair up, leave the windows down. I should be ok; the trip should only take about 30 to 45 minutes. Well, I didn’t factor in red lights, slow traffic, or minor accidents. Yes, all three happened. By the time I returned home, I was drenched, my clothes were sticking to my skin. I felt miserable. Upon entering the house, I lowered the AC, turned on the ceiling fans, stripped out of my wet clothes, threw a towel around me, headed for a cold shower, and announced to the enemy “ You can forget about me, there ain’t no way I’m going to Hell, I can’t stand the heat”. After getting out of the shower, and lying on the cool floor under the fan, I called my husband at his shop to tell him how much I appreciated how hard he worked. Now it wasn’t that I hadn’t told him this before, but today it took on a whole new meaning. It’s amazing what a little heat will do for you. My husband laughed as I told him about my experience. Then said that the parts had come in and he would fix the car when he got home. I later shared the experience with my kids, who all laughed at me and called me “Drama Queen”. They just didn’t understand, it was hot; their A/C’s were working just fine. The following Sunday evening, as my husband and I were headed to dinner and I asked him what was wrong with the a/c. He explained that the hose he replaced had a tiny hole in it, the size of a grain of sand. He said something the size of a grain of sand had gotten in the hose and vibrated in one spot until it worked a hole in the hose. A tiny grain, one tiny grain had made a difference in my life for almost a week. One grain had altered everything that I did for a whole week. One tiny grain...hmm.
One tiny grain had worked its way into that hose, how who knows? Stayed there in one spot, applied itself over and over, until it accomplished that which it had set to do, break my a/c and change my life. I pray this newsletter will change yours. Before I started writing this I went outside and looked at the sand, then picked up some sand, do you know how hard it is to get a grain of sand? I settled for a few. I looked at it for a while, until I had to shake myself back into reality. How could something so small affect my whole life? My mind wondered back to when Jesus had to heal a sick child because His disciples couldn’t. All I could think about what Jesus said to His disciples:
Mat 17:20 … for verily I say
unto you, if ye have faith as A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, Do
you see where I am going with this? Good
let’s talk about “ A Grain of Faith”.
Have you ever been at a place in your life when you thought you were
on the verge of a breakthrough and things could only get better for you? But all
of a sudden things got worse?
You lost your job, your car broke down, even worse you got car
repossessed, your marriage fell apart.
You say to the Lord
“ Ok, Jesus if one more thing happens I am going to snap”.
Then guess what, you got it; all hell breaks loose in your life.
It always gets darker before it gets brighter.
Have you been there? Are you there now? Do you need a breakthrough? Do
you need something raised from the dead? Well, put a grain of faith on it,
and watch what happens. There
are some of you giving up in your hearts even as I write this newsletter.
In your hearts you may be thinking that your marriage is dead, your
business is dead, your finances are dead, your job is dead, or your ministry is
dead. Somebody is thinking what’s
the use God doesn’t care anymore; “What am I doing all this for?”
How do you know that today is not your day of breakthrough? Your blessing is not dead, your miracle is not dead,
and your vision is not dead. It is
waiting for you to wake it up. Your
blessing is sleeping; it’s lying dormant.
It’s waiting for you put a grain of faith on it. It
is waiting for you to season it with faith, to spice it up with the everlasting
Word of God. Imagine
cooking or eating foods with no seasoning, think of how bland and how dead it
would be to taste. Well so it is with your situation. Its come bland, lifeless,
no taste to it. Well if you put a
grain (just a grain will do) of faith on it everything will change.
How you say? Well let’s look at how you season your meat.
How you season it depends on what type of meat you are cooking.
Sometimes you sprinkle the seasoning on, sometimes you coat it, sometimes
you rub the spices in, and then there are times you have to poke holes in it and
marinate it overnight. When it
marinates over night the flavor of the seasoning goes all through the meat.
Well that’s what you have to do with the grain of faith.
Apply it according to your situation.
You may have to get the tenderizer out (faith) and apply it to the
situation until it you have your breakthrough.
Only you know what type of seasoning your situation needs, but I know
this … you must use it (faith) in order for it to work. You
say you don’t know what to season your situation with? Here are some spices
for you out of the Main Cookbook: (apply as needed) Matthew
9:29 Hebrews
10:38 Romans
5:1
Someone
has been asking God for a miracle; well your miracle begins in your spirit.
You need to see it; you need to see it as done.
As soon as you see it as done, it will begin to manifest.
You must see it in your spirit.
You
see I am going to do everything I can to lay hold to that which Christ has
promised me.
Faith takes it and makes it yours, even if you don’t see it.
That’s what faith is.
The substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen. Faith is believing when common sense tells you not
to. You
have to believe your miracle is on the way.
You must purpose in your heart and refuse to allow the enemy to
discourage you with thoughts of defeat.
I have seen what God has promised me and I am going after it with the
Word of God. God’s
promise is all I need to know that it’s mine, and I am going to put a grain
of faith on it and claim it. I
am going to be like Jacob and not turn Him loose until He blesses me.
I am going to be like Abraham and stagger not at the promise of God
through unbelief, but be strong in
faith and believe that what God promised will come to pass.
I am going to be like that grain of something that vibrated and vibrated
until it caused a breakthrough in my hose.
I am going to put a grain of faith on it until it comes to pass.
You
see I believe what Jesus told Martha applies to me also.
He said“ Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would
see the glory of God?” (John 11:40) Well, I am going to
believe and I am going to see the Now
let me ask you something, how do you know the alarm clock you set each night
will go off tomorrow to wake you up, yet you set it each night before you go to
bed. How do you know that you will
get a paycheck when payday comes, yet you go to work everyday not even worrying
about if the company will go bankrupt. How do you know your bank or 401k won’t
go under tomorrow, yet each week you place your money in it.
You have put your faith in man over and over, and he has failed you over
and over. Now God has asked, and is
still asking you to have faith in Him, to trust Him, believe that He is able to
do exceeding abundantly above anything that you could ever ask or think, and yet
you still look to man. God is
asking you to take a grain of faith and BELIEVE GOD for all you need! Now
I ask you, “What are you going to do?”
WHAT
DID YOU ASK FOR…
I
asked for Strength I
asked for Wisdom And
God gave me Problems to solve I
asked for Prosperity I
asked for Courage I
asked for Love I
asked for Favors....And God gave me Opportunities. I
received nothing I wanted.....
I
HAVE NOT FORSAKEN YOU
I
have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the There
is nothing that you are going through that I am not aware of. I see your trials,
Yes,
I know your road has been rough, and you are beginning to feel like all hope is
gone. My
child I see you going over reports. Yes, I know what the reports say. Do
you still feel forsaken? You
are My joy, You are My child, THE
WILL OF GOD
The
will of God will never take you,
No
matter what problem there is in your life, "Stop
telling God how big your problem is, and
start telling your problem how big your God is." Contributors
to this newsletter
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THE
HOLY SPIRIT Patsy
Shelton
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