Friday, 28 September 2012

September 28 Devotion - Strengthen your Faith and Be ready to receive


Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;

إِنَّمَا خَيْرٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ يَتْبَعَانِنِي طَوَالَ حَيَاتِي،

Psalm 23:6

 
Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back;
       lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.


وَسِّعِي فَسْحَةَ خَيْمَتِكِ وَابْسُطِي سَتَائِرَ مَسَاكِنِكِ، لاَ تُضَيِّقِي. أَطِيلِي حِبَالَ خَيْمَتِكِ وَرَسِّخِي أَوْتَادَكِ،

Isaiah 54:2

I believe that God has many blessings prepared for us. David had faith and was expecting God to supply goodness and mercy for the rest of his life, and was ready to receive the blessings. Isaiah had faith and a vision.

Think about this: if you have a cup and God has a hundred litres to give you, the problem is not with the supply. The problem is that you don't have the capacity to receive the hundred litres. But, if you replace the cup with a 100 litre tank then you will be able to receive more. The container is our faith and our ability to receive.

If we think we've reached our limits, the problem isn't that God doesn't have the resources or the ability. The problem is that our container is too small. We have to enlarge our vision and make room for the new things God has for us.

Our attitude should be: Yes, I know the economy is down, we are persecuted, and the country is unstable but I know God is still on the throne. I know wherever I go His goodness and mercy follow me.

When we have that kind of faith, we increase our capacity to receive so that we can live the abundant life Jesus came to give to us, For He Himself has said:

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ أَتَيْتُ لِتَكُونَ لَهُمْ حَيَاةٌ، بَلْ مِلْءُ الْحَيَاةِ!

John 10:10

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and love already in my life. Lord You are Good and I praise You and glorify You. Jesus, I want to experience the abundant life You came to give me. Lord, please enormously strengthen my faith and enlarge my vision of myself and my future, make me ready to receive all the blessings You want and are ready to give me. Help me to have a deep belief that goodness and mercy will follow me for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

والقادر ان يفعل فوق كل شيء اكثر جدا مما نطلب او نفتكر بحسب القوة التي تعمل فينا

له المجد في الكنيسة في المسيح يسوع الى جميع اجيال دهر الدهور.آمين
May The Lord bless you and keep you.                                                                                                                       May the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to  you.                                                                                                                                                                                     May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

Jesus loves you
In Him,
Wagdi Henein

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