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Perseverance in prayer
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Date: 4/13/2018 10:15:16 AM ( 6 y ) ... viewed 973 times
1 Corinthians 1:30-31(NKJV)
30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— 31 that, as it is written,
“He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”
Do you have any real idea how well this world is working today?
What must we do to gain the promise of Eternal Glory; which the Lord God has laid up for you?
An example is found in:
The Blind Man at Bethesda - Mark 8:
22 When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
23 So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything? He asked.
24 The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around. After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly."
found in both: MATTHEW 7:7-11; MARK 8:22-25
It was very unusual for Jesus to inquire about the results of His ministry as He did in verse 23. It was even more unusual that Jesus laid hands on this man a second time. This is the only example in the New Testament where Jesus had to minister to any need more than once to affect a total healing.
Many people request things from God and then look at their circumstances to see if God answered their prayer. That is walking by sight and not by faith.
If they can't "see" God's answer, then they pray again asking for the same thing.
This is not the way Jesus taught us to pray and receive.
We can be certain that Jesus didn't lay hands on this man a second time because He thought His Father hadn't heard Him the first the time. Since the man received partial sight, it is evident that God's healing power was at work in him.
Jesus was not petitioning His Father again for healing.
Through His spirit, Jesus knew that unbelief was hindering a perfect manifestation of God's power in this man, and He simply gave him another "dose" of the anointing power of God.
** Here is a key point in both our life and how God can Bless us!
Satan may hinder, but cannot overcome someone who continues resisting him.
Believe that you received when you prayed and continue to apply the power of God.
Press in such a degree that you can confront anything that is contrary to what you have asked and overcome it.
Perseverance in prayer is the key to overcoming Satan -
but you never have to petition God twice.
The main problem with mankind is we think we know it all -
Which is impossible, specifically with our limited mortal mind.
This has not stopped many of your " Do you know who I am " types from putting their limited stamp upon most of us.
Read - Think and Wonder:
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was, by all accounts, a giant of history. Soldier. General. Emperor. Exile. And although no would add ‘theologian’ to this list, Napoleon faced a question common to all mankind: Who is Jesus Christ?
History has seen many different answers. Christians have claimed Him as Savior, others have considered Him just another wise teacher, and skeptics have deemed Him to be a largely mythological figure.
Near the end of his life, the exiled Emperor Napoleon came to the following conclusion about the King of Kings:
I know men, and I tell you Jesus Christ was not a man.
Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist.
There is between Christianity and other religions the distance of infinity.
Jesus Christ alone founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men will die for Him.
Alexander, Cæsar, Charlemagne and myself founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon sheer force. Jesus Christ alone founded His empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men will die for Him. In every other existence but that of Christ how many imperfections!
From the first day to the last He is the same; majestic and simple; infinitely firm and infinitely gentle. He proposes to our faith a series of mysteries and commands with authority that we should believe them, giving no other reason than those tremendous words, ‘I am God.’
The Bible contains a complete series of acts and of historical men to explain time and eternity, such as no other religion has to offer.
If it is not the true religion, one is very excusable in being deceived; for everything in it is grand and worthy of God.
The more I consider the Gospel, the more I am assured that there is nothing there which is not beyond the march of events and above the human mind. Even the impious themselves have never dared to deny the sublimity of the Gospel, which inspires them with a sort of compulsory veneration.
What happiness that Book procures for those who believe it!
So said Napoleon Bonaparte. What about you? Who do you say that Christ is? Scripture tells us that “every knee should bow…and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.” Even the great Napoleon.
― Napoleon Bonaparte
Did you understand that the Gospel of Christ is based upon Love - never hate, or evil!
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