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Sabotage
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They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you, says Yahweh, to rescue you. Jeremiah 1:19 WEB
Things were finally going well in our computer business. We had one particularly large client with multiple locations that took up all the time that we could give them. For the first time in forever, we could work all that we wanted and they loved us. We even had our own keys to the building and alarm codes.
They also knew that we were ordained and the manager and employees would often ask us to pray for them or their families while we were there. So we would anoint them with oil right there at their desks, the Holy Spirit would settle on them, and soon they would be in tears.
Then one night I had a dream that I was driving a dump truck that belonged to them with their logo on the door. I was pulling a long trailer with a backhoe on it. Someone had sabotaged the trailer and had loosened the chains that held the backhoe on it, so when I turned a corner, it ran off the trailer and into a building. In the dream, the people there all started blaming me for it and pointing at me like it was my fault.
Right after this dream, we lost that client. Later we found that the company had recently brought in a new manager, and the manager's younger brother did computer work like us. In order to get the company to give their work to their brother, the manger lied about us to the owner and started breaking things, and blaming us. They sabotaged our work and convinced the owner to bring in their brother to fix it. That worked for one year, then God spoke to us again.
My wife had a dream that I called her from this company's office and that I was there working on their computers. When the owner's call came the following week, I was expecting it, because God had shown us what was coming. The manager had been caught in some very bad things, was fired and escorted to the door. They had us come back in to do forensics, recover their deleted files, and re-secure their network. God saw what was happening in our life and He warned us to prepare us for it. He cared about what happened in our business because we included Him in it daily.
Know that when you are wronged, God sees it, and in due time He will make it right. Don't stoop to their level, keep a positive attitude, keep praying and treat others like you would like to be treated. God is not a distant presence in the universe that is too high and mighty to be bothered with the small problems of your life. If you will invite Him to be a part of it, He will. We must continue our relationship with God, apart from our circumstances.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You for being there for me. I know that I am not alone for You are by my side. Please be a part of every area of my life and help me become the best version of myself, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.
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I need to remind myself of this often. It is a war that I have to fight every day, because satan uses it constantly. I can't change the past, so I must trust God to put the past where it belongs and to seek Him in all things.
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Amen. Thank u God for our blessings. Thank you for these encouraging words. Amen.
I had a dream I was a hold about 10 years old on my childhood farm. I was standing between the water pump and the Garden and my Dad was there. He was young too. All of a sudden a bull appeared and started to charge me. I jumped up on a car to get away and my Dad helped me. The bull charged the car and got stuck in the car. I woke up. To me this was a warning dream. The bull was my x husband. It was comforting to have my Dad in the dream because he was helping me get away from the bull. In reality my Dad is 85 years old starting to feel his age, but in my move he has come over with his tool box ready to help and twice now came over and took all my boxes to the dump.
I have requested mediation with my x husband and he continues to berate me in his emails. Now before I open my emails I say, I am beautiful, kind and good and God loves me. I build myself up prior to opening his email so that I can stand up and love myself through it. That way I annoy emotional flooded and triggered to sleeplessness and anxiety.
May Our Heavenly Father give you strength to protect yourself from the bull.
May God bless you and protect you. Amen
Amen ! When we are cheated, lied about, slandered, etc. , this is an opportunity to show the fruits of His Spirit. If we do not return railing for railing, if we do not seek revenge, if we stay true to our Savior, God will give us victory. It may take sometime, but eventually the accuser will be brought to shame, the cheater will be found out and we will be vindicated. During these trials we may very well be exhibiting to others who see how we react , that we are not shaken and that we are true followers of Jesus. How this impacts their lives we may not know, but I know God's ways are higher then ours.
Amen Carol,
I needed to hear exactly what you said. God Bless you.
Thanks!
God bless you Joseph!
Thank you Father in Heaven for your guidance and protection against evil. I love you Lord and thank you for the love and compassion you shower me with everyday. Without you, nothing matters. Amen!!
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Praise the lord !
I thank God that He always sees the big picture!
Thank you, Lord, for Pastor Dion's enlightening experiences. I know You're showing me the path through this current situation. Thank you!
Amen!.....I always feel inspired when I read your devotions. Thank you for this ministry and daily reminders of our Lord and Savior.
God is good
Amen, Father I seek your Divine Intervention in all my affairs, You know the wrongs that have been done to me and I cast my burdens upon You. Heal me, forgive me, prosper me, heal my land. In Jesus' Name, Amen, amen, amen.
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Amen! Timely as always. Hits home personally more than I wish to explain and have been praying for His grace about it and the person. Thank you for the message! God bless this ministry
I trust our LORD GOD with all my heart. Big and small problems, I always pray and give it to HIM. HE is a loving GOD. So merciful and faithful and if we invite HIM to be a part of our life HE will. HE LIstens and know our situation and circumstances. Pray without ceasing and they will be answered.
Amen when we put our trust in God. He will never leave us nor forsake us and no weapons formed against us shall prosper when we stand on His word. Thanks Pastor Todd.
Amen, in you O Lord do I put my trust
when I live at home my family took advange of me as took my niece and did house work never got anger God moved my husband and his family san jose calfornia to where I lived morganhill. end become babysitter for his sister and fell joel got married well almost happy ending end moter his newphew but at lease his family not treat like dirt like my family did joel is good husband thankful lose my cool evn was fed up treating this way were I proved them wrong about me hanle mother hood they learn they wrong still hoping around to respct me my husband it,s start
Amen!! Thank you Pastor Dion for todays devotion. :-) I claim this prayer over my family and I. Thank You!!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank You for being there for me. I know that I am not alone for You are by my side. Please be a part of every area of my life and help me become the best version of myself, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.Amen <3
Pastor Dion-Thank you for this devotional. Its wonderful to know that God is always by my side even through the hard times. Its really hard when you are wronged not to answer to accusations and try and make things right.But keeping a positive attitude,praying about the problem and not stooping to their level is the way to go. God will make it right in His time. Thank you for your wisdom.
Amen. Praise God! Thank you Pastor Todd! Heavenly Father, I thank You for being there for me. I know that I am not alone for You are by my side. Please be a part of every area of my life and help me become the best version of myself, in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Amen.Thank you Heavenly Father,for giving me these very same words today.,and very similar words in your prayer.,Pastor. Heavenly Father, be my vision in all that I do,and give me a hearing heart to do your will each day,that you are given the glory.In the Name of Jesus Christ I pray.
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Amen thank you Jesus for this reminder thanks pastor Todd for sharing your story hope God continue to bless you.
I'm so sorry your friend has treated you so poorly, Layla :(. We have been there and recently received a word from a prophet that it has all been for our protection, which I believe means it could have even been worse if allowed to go on. I don't know what caused your friend to act like that, but praying for peace in your heart and new friends that you can truly count on!