Psalms 66:8-12 #TPT
Praise God, all you peoples. Praise him everywhere and let everyone know you love him!
There’s no doubt about it; God holds our lives safely in his hands. He’s the one who keeps us faithfully following him.
O Lord, we have passed through your fire; like precious metal made pure, you’ve proved us, perfected us, and made us holy.
You’ve captured us, ensnared us in your net. Then, like prisoners, you placed chains around our necks .
You’ve allowed our enemies to prevail against us. We’ve passed through fire and flood, yet in the end you always bring us out better than we were before, saturated with your goodness.
#Bible #ThePassionTranslation
DAY 25 - Sister Grace He
Sister Grace, one of the original carriers of the BTJ vision decades ago, shares her personal testimony.
#Trials
Trials are a part of our experience; they were predestinated for us in Christ’s last legacy. As surely as the stars are fashioned by His hands, and their orbits fixed by Him, so surely are our trials allotted to us. He has ordained their season and their place, their intensity and the effect they shall have upon us. Good men must never expect to escape troubles; if they do, they will be disappointed, for none of their predecessors have been without them.
Charles Spurgeon
BTJ GATEKEEPERS!
Good News!
We have just launched a NEW chat thread on TELEGRAM for confidential updates.
https://backtojerusalem.com/%f0%9f%94%a5new%f0%9f%94%a5-btj-launches-new-confidential-chat-on-telegram-for-gatekeepers/
"Lose your rationality. Lose your common sense and way of thinking and listen to the Holy Spirit" says BTJ's UK Director @bethany as she calls out for young people to join the Chinese underground house church in Completing the Great Commission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuyeDIiYkk8
Where is our focus each day? Is it on Christ alone?
https://devotionaltreasure.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/eyes-on-christ/
#Prayer
Abba Father, awaken us to the presence and power of Jesus at work in us through the Holy Spirit.
I know, as the Holy Spirit's presence and power reign in our lives, we will display his fruit —
The love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control of Jesus!
Open our hearts, dear Spirit of the living Christ, to see each other's needs
and help with active compassion, concern, and care.
For the sake of Jesus' Good News and his people, I pray this. Amen.
Hebrews 10:35-39 #TPT
So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!
You need the strength of endurance to reveal the poetry of God’s will and then you receive the promise in full.
For soon and very soon, “The One who is appearing will come without delay!”
And he also says, “My righteous ones will live from my faith. But if fear holds them back, my soul is not content with them!”
But we are certainly not those who are held back by fear and perish; we are among those who have faith and experience true life!
#Bible #ThePassionTranslation
Forgiven and free, forever you’ll be my God. And all that you’ve done is so overwhelming. I delight myself in you in the glory of your presence. -Overwhelmed, Big Daddy Weave https://youtu.be/BiGb14tTaH4
Please pray for Pastoer Jimmy Coates and his wife Erin and their family. #revivecanada
https://www.gcb.church/blog/post/interview-with-wife-of-jailed-pastor-james-coates
A new devotional from "Devotional Treasures" today. A doggy story for any dog owners.
https://devotionaltreasure.wordpress.com/2021/03/05/leaning-on-my-lord/?preview=true
DAY 23 - Pastor Joshua
"People are looking for answers and asking why China is having a revival when they are not. The answer is very simple. The leadership in China is fervently seeking after God in prayer."
#Prayer
Praise to you Almighty and gracious Father.
You have given me hope when there was none.
You have given me strength when my resolve was gone.
You have blessed me with grace and poured your love into my heart through your Holy Spirit, your gift from above.
For your love, grace, forgiveness, salvation, and Spirit I praise you.
Faith in Jesus' precious name. Amen.
God’s love is stronger than the deepest darkness.
A new addition to "Encounters With The Messiah" devotional series, this time about Stephen the first martyr for Christ.
https://devotionaltreasure.wordpress.com/2021/03/04/encounters-with-the-messiah-stephen/?preview=true
Almighty God, my Abba Father, I trust you with my life.
I offer it to you as a living sacrifice to bring you glory and honor.
As I do this, dear Father, I know you are rushing to meet me
with your loving grace and love beyond compare.
I praise Your Holy Name!
Faith through Jesus' name I praise. Amen.
Sin . . .
is the plague, the leprosy, the death of intelligent
creatures;
infects and poisons all their faculties;
plunges them into the lowest depths of guilt and
wretchedness;
pollutes them with a stain . . .
which all the waters of the ocean cannot wash away,
which all the fires of Hell cannot remove;
from which nothing can cleanse them,
but the blood of Christ.
---Edward Payson
Hebrews 6:10
John 15:5
Retired pastor/teacher to inner city homeless/drug/alcohol addicted.