THE LORD MAKES EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIME
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1. THE LORD WILL MAKE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIME . WE SHOULD ALLOW HIM TOTAL FREEDOM TO WORK IN OUR LIFE ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN AND PURPOSE . WE SHOULD GIVE GOD THE TIME HE NEEDS TO COMPLETE THE WORK HE WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH IN OUR LIVES .
" He has made everything beautiful in its time...." Ecclesiastes 3:11
2. THE LORD WILL BUILD HIS CHURCH AND THE ENEMY CANNOT DESTROY THE WORK OF GOD . THE LORD HAS GIVEN US THE AUTHORITY TO BIND THE WORKS OF THE ENEMY AND RELEASE THE BLESSINGS OF GOD . HE WATCHES OVER HIS PEOPLE DAY AND NIGHT AND PROTECTS THEM FROM HARM.
"And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Matthew 16:18-19
" I, the LORD, watch over it;I water it continually.I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it. " Isaiah 27:3
3. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HELPS US TO PRAY ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD . THE LORD ENSURES THAT ALL THINGS , EVEN THINGS WHICH APPEAR EVIL AND HARMFUL TO US , WILL ULTIMATELY WORK FOR OUR GOOD BECAUSE WE LOVE GOD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE . THE LORD STANDS ON OUR BEHALF AND INTERCEDES FOR US AND GRANTS US VICTORY OVER ALL THE ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY. THEREFORE WE MUST BE STRONG IN FAITH BELEIVING THE PROMISES OF GOD . THE LORD WILL SURELY BLESS US AND NO ONE CAN CURSE THOSE WHOM GOD HAS BLESSED.
"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. " Romans 8:26-34
"So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back,I will not be pleased with him."But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved. " Hebrews 10:35-39
" God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? I have received a command to bless;he has blessed, and I cannot change it. "No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel.The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them. God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel.It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ’See what God has done!’ " Numbers 23:19-23
4.THE LORD PROMISES THAT HIS GLORY WILL INCREASE IN HIS CHURCH AND HE WILL GRANT PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE. HE WILL CAUSE HIS PEOPLE TO TRIUMPH BY HIS SPIRIT . HE WILL MAKE EVEN MIGHTY MOUNTAINS TO BECOME LEVEL GROUND.HE WILL BE A WALL OF FIRE AROUND HIS PEOPLE AND WHOEVER TOUCHES THEM WILL BE TOUCHING THE APPLE OF HIS EYE.
"’The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ’And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty." Haggai 2:9
" So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ’Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. "What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ’God bless it! God bless it!’ " Zechariah 4:6-7
" And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ’and I will be its glory within.’... For this is what the LORD Almighty says: "After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye- " Zechariah 2:5,8
5. THE LORD HAS GREAT PLANS FOR OUR LIVES .HIS PLANS ARE MUCH GREATER THAN OUR OWN PLANS. HE SENDS HIS WORD TO FULFILL HIS PURPOSE . THE WORD OF GOD IS POWERFUL AND WILL ACCOMPLISH HIS PLANS AND PURPOSES. THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD WE MUST DISCOVER HIS PURPOSES AND ALL THAT HE HAS PREPARED FOR US . THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL REVEAL TO US THE PLAN OF GOD FOR OUR LIFE.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. " Isaiah 55:8-11
"However, as it is written: "No eye has seen,no ear has heard,no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"— but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. " I Corinthians 2:9-12
6.THE LORD HEARS THE CRIES OF HIS PEOPLE . HE WILL ANSWER THEIR PRAYER AND DELIVER THEM FROM ALL THEIR AFFLICTIONS. WE MUST CRY UNTO HIM WITH TOTAL FAITH AND ASSURANCE IN HIS PROMISES . HE WILL HONOUR OUR FAITH AND GRANT THE DESIRES OF OUR HEART.
" The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry; the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;he delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all; he protects all his bones,not one of them will be broken. Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him. " Psalm 34:15-22
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.’Mark 11:24
"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Matthew 21:22
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! "Matthew 7:7-11
"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD."I will protect them from those who malign them." Psalm 12:5
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. " Ephesians 3:20-21
"The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,when they bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. Then men will say, "Surely the righteous still are rewarded; surely there is a God who judges the earth." Psalm 58:10-11
7.THERE IS GREAT POWER IN OUR PRAISE AND WORSHIP UNTO GOD. WE WILL EXPERIENCE GREAT PEACE IN OUR HEARTS WHEN WE PRESENT ALL OUR NEEDS TO THE LORD WITH A HEART OF THANKSGIVING . IN TIMES OF BATTLES OUR PRAISE AND WORSHIP DESTROYS THE ENEMY AND BRINGS DOWN GODS JUDGEMENT ON THEM. PRAISE AND WORSHIP BRINGS US DELIVERANCE FROM OUR BONDAGES.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. " Philippians 4:6-7
"May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron,to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD. " Psalm 149:6-9
" After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: "Give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures forever." As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another. When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped. " II Chronicles 20:21-24
"About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose." Acts 16:25-26
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