Come my son, my daughter
Be like a bucket
Let the water of My Spirit
And the water of My word
Fill you to overflowing
Come to the fountain of my love
Receive deeply of Me
Let my rivers spill over on those around you
Rivers of mercy
Rivers of healing
Rivers of revival
Be like a bucket
Empty of you, full of me
Be like a bucket
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
When I need to move furniture in my house, I often
call on a friend for help. Why, because two are better than one. My strength
plus his strength makes the task much more doable. When I go through a trial, I
am wise if I ask for help. I should first go to the Lord who sees our hearts
and offers deliverance. But after going to the Lord, it helps to include our
spouse, if we are married, as well as others depending upon the severity of the
trial. The prayers of the saints are powerful and confiding in another believer
regarding our troubles helps to lift our burdens.
If we fall, our brother or sister can help us up. We
are stronger when we work together. A threefold
cord is not easily broken (Ecclesiastes 4:12). That threefold cord represents
two people in covenant with God.
If you are hurting, do not bear your burden alone.
Go to the Lord and find a friend who can also help to bear your weight of
suffering. The battle is the Lords, but He often uses people to help us during
the challenges of life.
The next time you go through a trial remember that two are better than one.
…for everyone born of
God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even
our faith. 1 John 5:4
There is no overcoming victory for the believer without faith on display. We must believe and act in faith to triumph in any endeavor. Faith comes by hearing God’s word. And our faith must be expressed through our words and through our actions. If we believe in our hearts concerning a promise from God’s word, and if we declare with our mouths that that word is true, we will have what we say.
Romans 10:9-10 says, “If
you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For
it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your
mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Standing on a promise includes resisting contrary
thoughts that our enemy tries to give us when we are acting in faith. David
killed Goliath, because he had faith in God. His eyes saw a looming giant but
his heart saw his infinitely bigger God. He resisted those thoughts that said
he would lose. David confessed his faith by telling the giant that his God
would defeat him. Then David ran to the warrior and killed him with a sling and
a stone.
Faith is believed in the heart and spoken from the
mouth. Faith also must be combined with corresponding actions. This is the only
way to achieve and maintain Biblical victory. Thanks be to God who always causes us to
triumph in Christ (2 Corinthians 2:14).
Here is a post that I wrote in inspireafire.com. I hope you like it, and I hope it ministers to you.
https://inspireafire.com/setting-the-captives-free/
Here is a piece that was published recently in inspireafire.com. It is about having God as our Father. Just click below.
You chose me before I ever was
You called me because of Your great love
More than a conqueror you have made me be
Victory over trouble will I see
I trust in the Lord, trust His grace
I seek His heart, find his face
He’s made me strong
I’ll praise Him all day long
I’ve been made righteous
Through Christ’s own blood
He not only likes me
He holds me in His love
Greater is He who is in us
Than he that’s in the world
Greater is One within
Than that author of lies and sin
Jesus has made us overcomers
Winners in the fight
The battle is the Lord’s
He’s a beacon in the night
Thank you Lord for all You are and for all You do
Thank you Jesus. The Way, the Life, the Truth
I surrender all to Your plan
You are the mighty one the great I am
You chose me before I ever was
You called me because of Your great love
His heart a rock blocking the flow of God’s love.
Unable to give. Unable to receive.
The offense brought pain. The pain cut the stream.
The man had the opportunity to forgive but he felt the hurt ran too deep.
Jesus offered forgiveness and healing.
He brushed it aside. But if we do not forgive the offender,
We cannot be forgiven.
Like a dagger to his own heart his choice not to forgive.
Then the revelation came, “If I forgive the offender, I set us both free.”
Love trickled down into the crevice of the deep wound.
Soon healing reached the deepest parts. Soon joy was reborn.
The man decided to offer the offender a gift wrapped in grace.
The gift of mercy since he had received his pardon from the Master.
Now the Son of Man smiles upon the one who found freedom.
