Trust Jesus with your greatest dreams and the deepest desires of your heart!

4/29/2020

Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down: and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, Speak Lord for your servant hears,” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 1 Samuel 3:9 NKJV

A woman named Hannah was barren. She was married to a man who had two wives. The other wife gave her husband children. She taunted and teased Hannah. They became bitter rivals. God gave Hannah an overwhelming desire to have her own child.

Hannah made a vow to give the child back to God if He blessed her with a son. She promised her son would be set apart and dedicated to serving God all his life. The Lord answered Hannah’s prayer. She kept her vow.

Hannah took Samuel to live in the tabernacle to minister before the Lord. Samuel lived there with the priests. God rewarded Hannah by giving her other sons and daughters.

God deposited the greatest desire of Hannah’s heart into her hands. She trusted the Lord enough to let go and give him back to God.

What dreams and desires has Jesus put into your heart?

Are you willing to let Jesus do as He pleases with your greatest dreams and the deepest desires of your heart? Hannah did. God blessed her beyond her wildest dreams. She asked the Lord for a son. God gave her four sons and two daughters.

Samuel gave God first place in his heart and life. God raised him up to be a great prophet. Jesus can use the smallest acts of obedience to accomplish the greatest miracles.

Samuel did not recognize the voice of God the first or second time the Lord called Him. He did not recognize the voice of God until someone who knew The Lord told him God was calling him. Jesus is calling you today. Do you recognize His voice?

Jesus is calling you to give Him first place in your heart and life today. He is calling you to speak to people who do not know Him today. Jesus wants you to tell people His greatest desire is to live in a loving relationship with them today.

If you give Jesus the desires of your heart He will bless you beyond your wildest dreams. Jesus will bless you because He loves you. Jesus will bless other people through your acts of obedience. Jesus will bless them because He loves them!

You do not have to be a prophet to serve Jesus. You do not have to make a vow or take an oath. Seek Jesus. Answer the call to go and make disciples in your corner of the world. You will be blessed. People will be saved.

Will you glorify Jesus with your greatest dreams and desires? Will you trust Jesus enough to release them if He has another plan for your life?

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Louie Garcia

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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!