The guarantee I have of the future is that my heart stays open and that God can speak to me because He knows the end from the beginning. If I refuse to walk in truth and humble myself before God, none of this will ever belong to me. Can God go after that issue of the heart? Can God go after that practice in your life? Can He? Or will you reject His counsel?
Jesus told the disciples that it is for our advantage that He went away. In His place He sent His Holy Spirit to be our helper. The Holy Spirit's role is to convict the world of their sin and impending judgment from God, but for believers He convinces us of the righteousness that we have in Christ. It's time to believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ still has the power to change and transform lives!
Jesus told the disciples that it is for our advantage that he went away because in his place the Holy Spirit would be our helper. The Holy Spirit's role is to convict the world of their sin and impending judgment from God, but for believers he convinces us of the righteousness that we have in Christ. Nicky Cruz reminds us that it's time to believe that the gospel of Jesus Christ still has the power to change and transform lives!
God has made promises to us and God is going to keep us. Promises of God—this is the victory, this is the sweetness of the cross. It is for those of us engaged in the battle of faith who want to see the name of Christ glorified in the earth. The sweetness of the cross is available to those of us willing to fight this fight to the end!
Like the church in Revelation, some of us have left our first love. We have grown distant from God. It doesn't happen overnight, but occurs gradually, like a slow leak. Familiarity and convenience cause us to drift away from Jesus and toward religion. When we realize our hearts have grown cold we try to get back to our first love by reading, praying and fasting more; but our efforts are in vain. God wants to bring a fire back to our hearts, and it starts with us acknowledging who God is—that He is good and His mercy endures forever.
It’s inconceivable that God would have a people who can become so religiously blind towards the ways of God that they would actually be willing to kill Him. But seeing the promises of God written for us say: “Jesus, Lord forbid that I should ever set my thoughts above your will for my life. Take me and glorify thy name on the earth!”
See worship as an oasis in a desert, a hiding place. For the Christian, no matter what the difficulty, there is always a place of safety. That place is the place of Worship. It is the time we take to get alone with the Lord and be reminded of who we are in Him.
One of the great keys to winning in difficult times is to cut your problem down to one day. Say, “God give me the victory today, tomorrow – I’ll leave it with you. Just let me be successful today. Let me praise You today, help me to win today! ” So win day by day!