Hold onto your memories of God’s deliverance and provision like precious heirlooms!

1/17/2019

When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion. Psalm 114 NKJV

God delivered Israel from bondage in a nation symbolic of sin. The land of promise became the place where God dwelled among His people. God was separating Israel from ungodly people and nations to bring forth a Savior!

Jesus is delivering people from bondage today. Jesus dwells in the hearts and minds of His people today. Almighty God calls us to be holy and set apart from ungodly influence. The Lord wants to use us to redeem people who call on Jesus today!

The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs. What ails you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back? O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs? Vs 3-6

A literary style called personification giving human attributes to inanimate objects is employed here. The sea river and mountains are questioned forcing them to acknowledge God’s power when He delivered His people in miraculous ways.

The guns saw and went silent. The prison doors swung open. The dessert fled, the cactus bloomed. Painted dessert why did you roll up like a scroll just in time for our heavenly ride?

Who commanded with fear and awe when I was set free? Salvation was just the beginning for me and Lorna Lee!

God delivered me from bondage and set me free. He meets our needs daily you see. Today He might command the ravens to bring meat and bread. Tomorrow the trees may provide a roof over our head.

God calls forth storms. We’ve seen more than a few. He puts our hearts at perfect peace. He does it for me. He can do it for you!

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob, Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters. Vs 8

God’s power is awesome and terrifying. It is something we cannot grasp with our finite minds. The Lord does not want us to fear His mighty power. He wants us to be encouraged by it.

God provided for my family in miraculous ways. I hold on to those memories like precious heirlooms. They help me keep moving forward toward the light of His love in the darkest times.

How did Jesus reveal Himself to you? Hold on to those memories like precious heirlooms. Use the memory of God’s miraculous provision to keep you moving forward toward the light of His love!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Hold onto your memories of God’s deliverance and provision like precious heirlooms!

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