When Jesus Is In The House
‘…IT WAS NOISED THAT HE WAS IN THE HOUSE’
O
THE
vercoming
SERIES
MARK 2:1.
If you’re looking for a nice quiet God who won’t disrupt your life, forget about
Jesus! When He comes, He’ll stir up your business, your marriage and your fi nances
because He’s a functioning, moving, teaching, touching, powerful God, who won’t
sit in the corner like an ornament!
In Scripture, people opened their homes for Jesus to come and preach. Maybe they
Lord, let the Holy
thought, ‘We’ll put out a few extra chairs’, ‘It’ll be nice to hear a good sermon,’ or
‘We could use some prayer.’ Are you kidding? When word got out the people came
Spirit do His work
from everywhere! Talk about the power of advertising! He fi lled the house without a
in and through me.
TV ministry, a tape, a brochure or a partner list!
Let the clutter of
It got so crazy that four men carrying a sick friend on a stretcher couldn’t get in,
my life be removed
so they broke open the roof and lowered him down to Jesus. That’s what we need in
to focus on things
the church today; people who know how to ‘raise the roof’ with their prayers, their
eternal and not
praises and their preaching and bring down the power of God.
momentary. When I
Get ready; when you let Jesus into any area of your life, He’ll ask you to give what
face the battles to
you can’t give, do what you can’t do and be what you can’t be. He’ll rearrange become what You
everything. That’s because you’ve been in the same place, the same rut and giving desire, help me to
the same testimony for too long! Today, God wants to take you out of your comfort
be strong and stand
zone. He wants to stretch you by calling you to do more than you’ve ever done
fi rmly on Your
before. Are you ready to say ‘Yes’?
Word, in Jesus’
Name.
Take Your Stand
‘PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO
STAND…’ EPHESIANS 6:11.
Before you can really appreciate a new outfi t, you’ve got to go into the changing
room and take off everything that doesn’t go with it. Paul says, ‘…cast off the
works of darkness, and…put on the armour of light’ (Romans 13:12). That means
take off lies and put on truth; take off strife and put on peace; take off doubt and
put on faith; take off sin and put on righteousness; take off ignorance and put on
You
knowledge. Are you getting the idea? Your old armour can’t stay, because not one
can’t win
piece is suitable for the fi ght ahead; it’ll only weigh you down and cause you to
stumble in the heat of battle.
spiritual
In Ephesians 5, Paul speaks about our intimacy with Christ. In Chapter 6, we’re
battles
suddenly moved to the battlefi eld of the soul. That’s the way it is; one minute you’re
worshipping God in ecstasy, the next you’re in the fi ght of your life. (And it’s all
without
God!) You can’t win spiritual battles without fi rst being intimate with Him. Notice
first being
the words, ‘…that ye may be able to stand…’ (Ephesians 6:11).
The armour is God’s; the stand is yours! You don’t need armour if you’re running
intimate
away. It’s strictly for those who are willing to stand for what’s truly important, like
with Him.
the salvation of your family, the survival of your marriage, the restoration of your
health, your ministry, or anything else God’s promised you. So today, suit up, stand
up and hold your ground!
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