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Don’t Doubt

If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed (hard) time will I wait, till my change come (Job 14:14)  Job was man that loved God and feared Him; according to the Word of God, God looked upon Job as His servant and God allowed Satan to afflict Job. Job lost his children, property, wealth and then Satan attacked his body with boils from the crown his head to the sole of his feet. One might say as his friends did that Job had sinned, but Job hadn’t sinned his faith was being tested. As Christians our faith will be tested, you may loose friends, be rejected of family and co-workers, you may lose more than just people, but will you wait for God to deliver you? Many times when we’re going through hard times, that’s when we slack up praying, fasting and reading the Bible, decreeing scriptures.  Our attendance at church is shorten, our witnessing stop. we back up in a corner  and allow Satan to fill our heads with doubt and unbelief that God will not deliver us. Hard times is when we must draw even closer to God, hard times should bring about an increase of fasting. praying and reading the Bible and decreeing to our circumstance what God is saying in His Word.  As we draw near to God, He will draw near to us.

Training a Child

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6) In today’s society many of our children haven’t been taught the ways of the Lord, integrity or moral ethics and all this falls back on the parent. It’s not the teacher or the neighbors responsibility to teach someone else’s child; this should be taught in the home. As parents it’s our responsibility for the total process of molding our child’s life to respect themselves as well as others. The biblical pattern of effective parental training emphasizes a balance of instruction and discipline. Without discipline we’re destroying our children’s life and they in turn will destroy someone else’ life. The safety net for our children is prayer, keeping them under the protection of the Lord by precept and examples of what true Christianity is about. The death rates wouldn’t be as they are when people begin to return to the Lord and allow Him to conform them through His Word and instructions and they will be able to instill this in their children.

His Will

And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, he heareth us: and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired (asked) of Him. (1st John 5:14 ) Too many times we place our confidence in unbelief rather than in what the Word God says. Anytime we’re praying according to the Word of God, He will answer our prayer. If you’re praying for someone to be saved, Jesus came to save the lost. If you’re praying for your marriage, it was God that ordained marriage. If you’re praying for employment, God said everyone man (woman) should work. Know when you pray according to the Word of God, God will answer your prayer; the thing is, you cannot faint in your waiting. Sometimes God do it quick then there are times, God will make you wait while He’s preparing you for your answered prayer. Read the Word of God and see if you’re praying according to His will. His will is His Word, and His Word is His will.