Hillsong Live - Sing To The Lord

Potter's Hand

I would like to dedicate this video to those in this world who are in any kind of trouble. No matter what the problem, no matter the care, just know that Jesus is there. All you have to do is reach out to him with all your heart and He will meet you.

How Great Is Our God

Persistance Brings The Answer

Have you ever been praying about something and can't seem to get an answer?
You have to be persistant in your prayer life. In God's time your answer will come.

Text:Luke 11:5-10 LB

Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this illustration: "Suppose you went to a friend's house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You would shout up at him, 'A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit and I've nothing to give him to eat.' He would call down from his bedroom, 'Please don't ask me to get up. The door is locked for the night and we are all in bed. I just can't help you this time.' "But I'll tell you this-though he won't do it as a friend, if you keep knocking long enough he will get up and give you everything you want-just because of your persistance. And so it is with prayer-keep on asking and you will keep on getting; keep on looking and you will keep on finding; knock and the door will be opened. Everyone who asks, recieves; all who seek, find; and the door is opened to everyone who knocks."

 Persistance and the refusal to give up brings the answer. You just have to have faith. Faith can move mountains in your life. Sometimes you have to do something in order to release your faith for your miracle that you need from God. Sometimes it takes a "prove-me offering", or fasting and prayer.

Two frogs fell into a bucket of cream. One frog decided to except his fate, so he gave up, and drowned. The other frog kept on kicking until he made butter out of the cream and he was able to jump out.

Which frog are you? Are you the one who keeps on kicking? Or are you still in the bucket? The bucket can be your circumstances. In the natural world you have no way out of your situation. The only place that you can go is up, to get out of the top of the bucket. When you look up, God is there. The Bible says, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us out of them all."

Here is another example found in Luke 18:1-8 LB:

One day Jesus told his disciples a story to illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show them that they must keep praying until the answer comes. "There was a city judge," he said, "a very godless man who had great contempt for everyone. A widow of that city came to him frequently to appeal for justice against a man who had harmed her. The judge ignored her for a while, but eventually she got on his nerves. "'I fear neither God nor man,' he said to himself, 'but this woman bothers me. I'm going to see that she gets justice, for she is wearing me out with her constant coming!'" Then the Lord said, "If even an evil judge can be worn down like that, don't you think that God will surely give justice to his people who plead with him day and night? Yes! He will answer them quickly! But the question is: When I the Messiah, return, how many will I find who have faith [and are praying]?"

A Psalm For Any Situation

Psalms 91

1.  He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2.  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

3.  Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4.  He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.

5.  You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day;

6.  Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7.  A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.

8.  Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9.  Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation;

10.  There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.

11.  For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

12.  They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13.  You shall tread on the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shall you trample under feet.

14.  Because he has set his love on me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

15.  He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.

16.  With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

I have been having a lot of requests for prayer for fear and depression. I felt led of the Lord to post this Psalm tonight for someone that needs it. I read this Psalm almost every day. If you are suffering from fear, depression, challenges, problems, negative circumstances, or sickness, this Psalm is for you.

This Psalm reveals that there is a secret place of relationship with God where you can experience continual provision and protection from God. The "secret place" is an intimate place of personal relationship with God. He will draw nigh to you if you draw nigh to him.

You must first believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be able to come into the secret place. In the secret place, there is total openness and intimacy with the Lord. The place where you have it isn't the issue; it is the relationship that you have with Him.

This doesn't mean that you will be immune from trouble, or any challenges in the secret place. We all face the same devil, demons, and snares, but God will keep you from the fear of these things. They won't come nigh your secret place-no matter what happens, it will not hurt your relationship with God.

The Shepherd Trilogy: A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm / A Shepherd Looks at the Good Shepherd / A Shepherd Looks at the Lamb of God

God's Rest

Matthew 11:28 KJV says:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

God's rest is restoration of your soul, spirit, and body. When you are into his rest, you aren't worried about circumstances, and things in the natural. Your problems don't affect you as they once did.

Proverbs 3:5-6

5. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

These two verses were on my mind this morning when I woke up. If you trust in the Lord with all your heart: and do not try to work your problems out with your natural mind, then you are fully trusting him.

Verse 6, in all thy ways acknowledge Him, which is putting God first in everything that you do. Make Him the head of your finances. If you have a business, let him be your CEO.

Make God your source of your total supply, and follow his commandments. When you follow what the Word tells you to do, then you enter into a covenant with Him. If God tells you to plant a seed, do it. For a seed to grow, it has to leave your hand.

You may say, "well, you don't understand what I am going through". Maybe I don't, but God does. You just have to make him number 1 in your life. You have to start looking at what His word says, and not what you see, and feel and hear.

Maybe you are afraid of your circumstances. Bind that spirit of fear and doubt and unbelief, and choose to believe what the Bible says, and not look at your circumstances.

As I am talking to you, this message is being aimed right back at me. If  I look at my circumstances, there is no way that I can pay my bills. I don't even know if I will get an unemployment check this week. I have to use my faith, and not look at the circumstances. In our natural world, there is no way that I can pay these bills. I am looking at the Supernatural God. He said that he would supply all my needs according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.

I am under God's protection, because I give when he leads me to, and I also pay my tithes, according to Mal. 3:10. God said that he would open up the windows of heaven and pour me out a blessing that I wouldn't be able to receive.

God wants your all. He wants your heart. His first commandment is to not have any other Gods before Him. Make God first in your life, and follow his commandments that is established in His Work.

I am going to say a prayer for all of you who needs a miracle in your life. Follow along as I pray, and put your hands on your monitor and pray along with me.

Father, I come to you today in the name of Jesus. You see the person or person's who are reading this, and you see their need. I ask you to let them enter into a covenant of blessing from you. I ask you to meet each and every need. If they need salvation, let them confess with their mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in their heart that God raised him from the dead, your word says that they shall be saved.  Romans 10:9. If they are in need of healing, you said that healing is the children's bread, and I claim it now for them in the name of Jesus. Amen.

If you have any comments or prayer requests, I will be glad to hear them. Just post below.