Fri, Sep 29th - 12:13PM
Our Hearts Towards GOD !!!!!!!!
God Support Those Whose Heart is completely His
Zac Poonen
In 2 chronicles Chapters 14 to 16 we read of King Asa who
started out as an excellent king (2Chron14:2-6). When he was
attacked by a million-man Ethiopian army, he called on the
Lord with one of the most wonderful prayers for help found
anywhere in the Old Testament: “Lord, there is no one
besides Thee to help in the battle between the powerful and
those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, for
we trust in Thee and in Thy Name have come against this
multitude. O Lord Thou art our God; let not man prevail
against Thee” (2Chron 14:11). That expression of faith was
enough for the Lord to rout the enemy. That prayer of
helpless dependence on the Lord is a good prayer to pray
when we face some trial too.
But after the victory, a prophet came and warned Asa saying,
"If you continue to seek the Lord, He will allow you to find
Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you"
(2Chron15:2). God knew the danger of Asa becoming more self-
confident after his victory and of ceasing to be constantly
dependent on the Lord for help. This is the danger that we
all face.
Sure enough this was exactly what happened. For the next
twenty years things went well with Asa. But then he faced
another enemy – Israel – that had a much weaker army than
the Ethiopians. But this time, instead of seeking the Lord,
he decided to seek for help from a heathen king
(2Chron16:1-6). His immediate problem was solved thereby,
but Asa lost out spiritually as a result. God sent the
prophet Hanani to point this out to Asa.
In Hanani’s words to Asa, we have one of the most wonderful
promises in the Old Testament: "The eyes of the Lord move to
and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support
those whose heart is completely His.” (2Chron.16:9). Notice
there that the Lord eyes are not searching for the
wholehearted - for He already knows who they are. It says
here that His eyes are moving around looking for ways in
which He can support these wholehearted ones. This is a
wonderful promise that assures us that if we are
wholehearted disciples of Jesus, the Lord will move on our
behalf to support us all over the earth.
One of the prayers that I have prayed for many years now is,
“Lord, lead me to people who are seeking for a godly life in
my city, so that we can bless one another. Then lead me to
such people in my country, and all over the world as well.”
If your heart is completely the Lord’s, and if your only
ambition is to glorify God and do His will on earth as it is
done in heaven, then the Lord will lead you to other people
of like mind, from all parts of the world. He will bless you
through them and bless them through you. That has been my
experience through many, many years now.
Many Christians are correct in the doctrines, but their
hearts are not completely the Lord's. They have other
ambitions. Even many full-time Christian workers have
private ambitions. They seek for honour, money and comfort.
Therefore they never experience the fulfillment of this
promise.
Give up every carnal ambition then and give your whole heart
to the Lord to fulfil His purpose alone, and He will work on
your behalf miraculously. If you are waiting on the Lord to
find a marriage-partner, He will bring someone for you, from
the other end of the world if necessary, because His eyes
are moving across the earth on your behalf. He will open
doors for you across the earth to serve Him, without your
having to lift a finger yourself. He will meet every need of
yours, even before you ask Him. There are amazing blessings
in store for those whose hearts are completely His!
But King Asa did not respond in repentance to Hanani’s
message. Instead, he was so angry that he imprisoned the
prophet. Things went from bad to worse. Asa then began to
oppress the poor Israelites (2Chron16:10). Three years later
Asa faced another crisis – this time in his own body. He had
a sickness that affected his feet severely – perhaps
diabetic gangrene. Being the king he had enough money to
call for the best doctors in the land to attend on him. But
he never did what he should have done first, before calling
the doctors in - judge himself and seek the Lord. And so
despite the best medical attention, he died
(2Chron16:12,13).
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Mon, Sep 4th - 1:55PM
SANTAN'S MEETING !!!!!!!!!!
SATAN'S MEETING: (Read even if you're busy)
Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In his opening address
he said, "We can't keep Christians from going to church. We can't keep
them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth. We can't even
keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their Saviour.
Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is
broken. So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered
dish dinners, BUT steal their time, so they don't have time to develop
a relationship with Jesus Christ.."
"This is what I want you to do," said the devil. "Distract them
from
gaining hold of their Saviour and maintaining that vital connection
throughout their day!"
"How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.
"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable
schemes to occupy their minds," he answered. "Tempt them to spend,
spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow. Persuade the wives to go to
work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12
hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles. Keep them from
spending time with their children. As their families fragment, soon,
their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!"
"Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small
voice. Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they
drive. To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in
their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world
plays non-biblical music constantly. This will jam their minds and
break that union with Christ."
"Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers. Pound their
minds with the news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with
billboards. Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs,
sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering
free products, services and false hopes."
"Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their
husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and
they'll become dissatisfied with their wives. Keep the wives too tired
to love their husbands at night. Give them headaches too! If they
don't give their husbands the love they need, they will begin to look
elsewhere. That will fragment their families quickly!"
"Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children
the real meaning of Christmas. Give them an Easter bunny so they won't
talk about his resurrection and power over sin and death."
"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have them return
from their recreation exhausted. Keep them too busy to go out in
nature and reflect on God's creation. Send them to amusement parks,
sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead."
"Keep them busy, busy, busy! And when they meet for spiritual
fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave
with troubled consciences."
"Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek
power from Jesus. Soon they will be working in their own strength,
sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause."
"It will work! It will work!" It was quite a plan!
The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians
everywhere to get busier and more rushed, going here and there; having
little time for their God or their families, having no time to tell
others about the power of Jesus to change lives.
I guess the question is, has the devil been successful in his schemes?
You be the judge!!!!!
Does "BUSY" mean: B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke? Please pass this on,
if you aren't too BUSY!
I hope that is article has blessed you as it has blessed me when I read this in an E-mail that was sent to me.
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