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One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the
people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, 2 he
saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen,
who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the
one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore.
Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he
had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep
water, and let down the nets for a catch." 5 Simon answered,
"Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything.
But because you say so, I will let down the nets." 6 When they
had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their
nets began to break.
St. Luke 5: 1-6
There
are biblical words and principles that have so much life in them
- that they are stronger than therapy. These words are able to calm
the rampant attacks the enemy may bring upon you. God is the only
one I know, that can speak a word now that goes back into your past,
heal your yesterday, secure your today and anchor your tomorrow.
Thank God for his sovereign power.
The
biblical concept of predestination is very interesting. One of the
things that are most exciting about God is that He is all-powerful
and He foreknew us. He knew you before you was born. God was the
first to search you before there was a where, when, or what. God
has chosen, monitored, secured, and protected you while you were
in your mother’s womb.
In fact before He formed you in her belly as he said to Jeremiah
- “I knew thee, I ordain the, sanctified thee and call thee
to be a prophet unto the nations.” God knows all about us,
our thoughts - even before we utter them. He ordain you - therefore
you did not die as a still born, from crib death nor die from an
attempted abortion. He sanctified you! Before you were a bleep on
a heart monitor - He marked you. Which clearly means - He meant
for you to be different - He never meant for you to be in the click
nor the club. He marked you to be different.
Even
the hairs on your head are numbered, not counted. Yes, God knows
the exact number of hairs you have. But they are numbered, if one
gets stuck in a comb - God knows it was hair number 17,567. That’s
how well he knows us! You are special to God - He has a divine agenda
for your life. Failure and defeat are not apart of it.
The
enemy is terrified of people that who truly understand that God
has called them to be sanctified. That is why he set traps to hinder
you from walking in the fullness of your purpose. Satan is not interested
in how many days you live, he just does not want you to live in
the days you have.
When
God created you - you were not meant to live in lack, stress, depression
or to have nervous breakdowns or heart attacks. You were created
to triumph, live in peace, be the head and not the tail, above only
and not beneath, prosperous, and live in good heath. You are children
of the King, and the God of Israel dwells inside of you.
--Bishop
Alvin D. Stewart Jr.
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