Word for the year.

The Year has began in earnest and amid the theme's of our various churches and the Word God has given each of us personally for the year, I'm led to write down for you two of my most recent favourite scriptures.

COL2:6  

(TLT-the Living Translation) 'And as you have trusted Christ to save you, so also trust him for your everyday problems. Live in vital union with him.'

I'm more into the first part of that verse that says (in my own words) that If you can trust Christ Jesus to save you then you can also trust Him for any of your other problems.
If Christ can save you, me, us all from eternal damnation and from the hands of the devil; If He could shed his Blood for us and Freely forgive you of all your sins and continually intercede for you as he is sitting at the right hand of God and showing him his nailed hands and feet in other to remind God that he has paid fully your debt; If God could rescue the Israelites from Egypt and Part the red sea; If God can feed the birds of the air and if he can clothe the lilies of the field and make them more beautiful than even Solomon in all his glory then what problem, what challenge, what obstacle, what bondage, what storm will God not take away from you, rescue you from or grant you faith and strength and grace to handle?


This Year, no matter what you face, remember to Trust God.
He has promised never to leave nor forsake you. He has promised that as long as you trust him the sun shall not smite you by day nor the moon by night. He'd be your canopy, your banner, He'd keep you under his shadow, He won't give you more than what you can handle, He'd make you Like mount zion that abides forever.
He'd provide all you need according to his riches in glory, he'd grant you peace that passeth all understanding, He'd give you strength and if you him trust and put all your cares on him he'd make the impossible possible for you.

This Year Trust God, Trust Jesus. There's nothing he won't do for you or with you if you trust him.

James 1:5-6a  

(AMP) 'If any of you are deficient of wisdom, let him ask of the giving God (who gives) to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or fault-finding and it will be given him. Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering. ...'

(TLT) 'If you want to know what God wants you to do, ASK him, and he will gladly tell you, for he is always ready to give a bountiful supply of wisdom to all who ask him; he will not resent it. But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to tell you.'

This Year If you need wisdom, if you want answers, directions, instructions, Ask GOD and He will GLADLY give you.

Remember the story of Solomon? God asked him want he wanted, riches, glory or what and he said he wanted wisdom so he could lead his people right and God freely and so gladly gave him and then said no one would ever be as wise as Solomon.

My dear, Don't stop asking God for things this year. Ask if when you are not sure what to do, ask him what something means, ask him where you should go, what to read, the relationships to cultivate, ask him what to write/blog about, ask him for inspiration in your music, in your dance, ask him for guidance in your work, in your academics, ask him for his direction and his instruction.

This year, don't do anything on your own, seek God's face first, ask him for help and his direction But make sure YOU ASK IN FAITH, don't ask him if you are not believing him to answer. Ask him when your heart is prepared to receive the answer. Trust him to answer, to give you what you need.

Remember though, that God may not answer you immediately you answer. Sometimes he delays to test your faith, to help stimulate your prayer life, other times he doesn't answer immediately because you are not ready for it.
So when God doesn't give you what you want immediately you ask, don't let you faith dwindle, keep praying, keep studying, keep believing and He'd answer in the right time, His right time.


And yes! This Year, PRAYER IS THE KEY! No matter how much of the word is in you, no matter how your spirit responded and claimed and received all the prophecies your pastor prophesied into your life this year, no matter how much you sweat this year, without Prayer you would get little or nothing.
Pray the prophecies into reality, Pray the Word in you out, Pray to draw out all in your spirit man.
Pray in the spirit a lot more, Pray out mysteries, Pray down the devil and all wickedness. The battle isn't carnal and we are not fighting against mere people, so prayer cannot be neglected.
Fast as much as you can. This year make Prayer you second air.

And Don't forget To THINK RIGHT. The quality of your LIFE depends on What is in Your thoughts.

Much love and have a blessed year.