Sunday, January 12, 2014

21 Days of Fasting & Prayer- Day 12


Right Fasting-Right Faith

   “You’ll be known as those who can fix anything,
restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate,
make the community livable again.”  


               Jesus and His disciples were facing one of those “Ah ha” teachable moments discussing who and who would not enter the kingdom of heaven.  (Matthew 19:26)  Jesus had just invited a rich young ruler to “sell all he had, give it to the poor and ‘Come follow Me!”  But his faith and peace was in money.  He could not grasp that there are some things more valuable than money and things. 

23And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

  God desires your financial prosperity, but in the right order.  He must be your treasure and your dependence upon Him!  When you follow Him, He makes the impossible possible!  He does through you what you could never have done apart from Him.  When you are free from the chains binding you to trust in what you can see, He will  enable you to rebuild  your faith and restore faith in the lives of others!  As you choose faith in God over faith in what you can see you will understand what Jesus was saying when He said, “With God nothing shall be impossible!”


               Pray with me in this manner;  “Father, even though I have believed You for my salvation, I now want to trust You to work supernaturally through me!  Father enable me by Your Holy Spirit to “fix” the broken, to “restore” what Satan has broken, to “rebuild” the real faith in You and to make our community a community of righteousness!  It all begins with me-start with me! Guide my steps and show me where to begin.  I ask this in Jesus Name!  Amen!”

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