Morning, I am back online! BIBLE STUDY 25.08.2014 ALIVE TO GOD: Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation - so why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? - We should not allow fear to dominate or affect our lives. - The Lord is there with His light and salvation. - He is there as a fortress and a protector. - So dont be afraid, there is still hope. STREAMS IN THE DESERT: Shut up to faith (Gal. 3:23). God, in olden time suffered man to be kept in ward by the law that he might learn the more excellent way of faith. For by the law he would see Gods holy standard and by the law he would see his own utter helplessness; then he would be glad to learn Gods way of faith. God still shuts us up to faith. Our natures, our circumstances, trials, disappointments, all serve to shut us up and keep us in ward till we see that the only way out is Gods way of faith. Moses tried by self-effort, by personal influence, even by violence, to bring about the deliverance of his people. God had to shut him up forty years in the wilderness before he was prepared for Gods work. Paul and Silas were bidden of God to preach the Gospel in Europe. They landed and proceeded to Philippi. They were flogged, they were shut up in prison, their feet were put fast in the stocks. They were shut up to faith. They trusted God. They sang praises to Him in the darkest hour, and God wrought deliverance and salvation. John was banished to the Isle of Patmos. He was shut up to faith. Had he not been so shut up, he would never have seen such glorious visions of God. Dear reader, are you in some great trouble? Have you had some great disappointment, have you met some sorrow, some unspeakable loss? Are you in a hard place? Cheer up! You are shut up to faith. Take your trouble the right way. Commit it to God. Praise Him that He maketh all things work together for good, and that God worketh for him that waiteth for him. There will be blessings, help and revelations of God that will come to you that never could otherwise have come; and many besides yourself will receive great light and blessing because you were shut up to faith. --C. H. P Great things are done when men and mountains meet, These are not done by jostling in the street. TIME ON THE MOUNTAIN: Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and him who knocks it will be opened. The Lord says ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know’ (Jeremiah 33:3). God wants you to call upon Him, He wants to help you. “Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me. I have made the earth, and created man on it. I – My hands – stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded” (Isaiah 45:11a-12). When was the last time you asked the Lord to please help you? You know people often ask me to pray for rain, and I love to do it; but it has nothing to do with me… it’s all about God. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and him who knocks it will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-8). Sometimes it is so sad; folks, don’t want to ask God… they say; ‘I don’t ask God because He is so busy with other people who must have bigger problems than me.’ God is big enough for every person on this planet. He said one word and everything you see came into being. Joshua asked God to make the sun stand still for one day so that he could beat his enemy and win the battle, how much more will He answer our requests. (God did it by the way. There is one day on the calendar scientists cannot account for and it must be the day that God held the sun in place so that Joshua could win his battle.) God parted the Red Sea to allow His children to go through. Then God once again parted the River Jordan to let the people go through on dry land. It has never been done since. He wants to help you, what is your prayer request today. God will answer you prayer needs –bring them to Him today. Zechariah 1:1-21 NIV In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo: “The Lord was very angry with your ancestors. Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty. Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord . Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors? “Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.’ ” On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo. During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses. I asked, “What are these, my lord?” The angel who was talking with me answered, “I will show you what they are.” Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to go throughout the earth.” And they reported to the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.” Then the angel of the Lord said, “ Lord Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?” So the Lord spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me. Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.’ “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty. “Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’ ” Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns. I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.” Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people.” SONGS FOR TODAY: Jesus Culture - Mighty fortress youtu.be/rb9PZxb9T9g Casting Crowns - Praise you in the storm youtu.be/xGPS8sa-bRQ Lincoln Brewster - Everlasting God https://youtube/watch?v=jP2nz6PG8KM&feature=youtube_gdata_player SPEAKER’S NOTE: I am a positive person. I have spent most of my career working in sales and marketing. I have learned that God has great things in store for me. Yet there are times where I feel like I am alone in a dark box, wondering around blind and aimlessly. I see now that this is the time of testing. God requires me to wait upon Him. This is this time to talk to Him. This is the time to ask for what you are to receive. ‘Strength arises as we wait upon the Lord.’
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