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For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay. Habakkuk 2:3 WEB.About thirty-five years ago, the Lord gave me a word that I would pioneer new things in ministry and fo... -
The king talked with them; and among them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore stood they before the king. In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchante...
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If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances, "Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch" (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men? These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imp...
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Time to Shine
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Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. 1 Samuel 17:34'36 WEB
When David walked out on the battlefield to meet the giant Goliath, it was not his first time fighting something big and scary. God had been preparing David for years while he was tending sheep, performing a common, everyday, typical job. Shepherding their father's sheep was a job that none of his brothers wanted to do. Out of the eight sons, David was the only one tending sheep on the day that Samuel came to visit them. Some of his brothers were soldiers in the Israelite army (1Samuel 17:17).
While protecting his father's sheep, David learned to fight off lions and bears, then God placed a giant in front of him. It did not happen by accident. God had trained David for this day with bigger and bigger things, now it was his time to shine. David did not start out facing giants, he started by tending sheep. God prepares you for his work ahead of time, sometimes using the most mundane things. Most of the time, we don't even know that we are in training.
I spent twenty years working on computer networks, mail servers, web servers, and the supporting infrastructure. Then God pushed me into the ministry, and now I use the things that I learned along the way to build an online church at Refreshing Hope Ministries. God is efficient and He wastes nothing. He will use the things that He has placed in your life to further His kingdom. He will use the world to train you for His work.
The common, everyday tasks that you deal with daily is always preparing you for something bigger. The skills that you develop in the natural can be used by Him. So do your best at whatever He has given you today, and when the time comes, you will be ready for the promotion just like David.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I pray that You let me see my life through Your eyes for a change. Please show me how I can make a difference and let me experience divine encounters in my life. Teach me, train me, use me Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen!
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Amen. I am yours, to teach, to learn, to follow you Lord. Lead me to do what you need of me. Amen
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Teach us Jesus and use us for your glory. Amen
Amen I am willing and able send me Father I was born for such a time as this!
Amen! Thank You Lord!
In Jesus name Amen.
Amen Father I Thank You
Amen!!
Your will be done in my life Father, Amen.
Teach me, train me, use me Lord. AMEN!
Dear Father I want to be as You wants me to be, teach and train me to be prepared for the fight with the enemy. I trust in Your power and with Your help I will defeat the enemy because You are with me, in Jesus Christ name I pray. Amen. Use me for Your glory Lord.
Great devotional testimony Pastor, God bless you and Sylvia.
God make me more confident. Amen
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