GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT

GOODDAY LOVELY PEOPLE. THE WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL, THANKING GOD FOR A BRAND NEW DAY.

TODAY IS MONDAY... GUESS WHAT? I WILL BE SHARING A MESSAGE FROM THE BIBLE AND AND ALSO WILL BE USING REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES. I WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE BOOK OF JOHN 5:1-15. LAYING MORE EMPHASIS ON VERSES 4, 6, 7, AND 14.

HERE WE SEE THE STORY OF A CERTAIN MAN WHO HAD AN INFIRMITY FOR 38YEARS. HE NEVER MADE IT EARLY TO THE POOL WHENEVER AN ANGEL FINISHED TROUBLING THE WATER. AS A RESULT OF THIS, HE WAS STAGNANT, NEVER RECEIVED HIS HEALING.

ONE FAITHFUL DAY JESUS WAS IN BETHESDA, AND SAW THIS MAN, WITH THIS SICKNESS. NOTICE THAT IN VERSE 6, JESUS ASKED HIM "WILL THOU BE MADE WHOLE" IN OTHER WORDS, WILL YOU LIKE TO BE HEALED? WHAT DID THE MAN DO? HE STARTED GIVING JESUS A LONG STORY TELLING JESUS HOW NO ONE HELPED HIM DOWN THE POOL, AFTER THE STIRING OF THE WATER BY THE ANGEL. NOTICE THAT THE QUESTION ASKED BY JESUS, REQUIRED A YES OR NO ANSWER BUT WHAT DID THE MAN DO? HE GAVE THE LONG VERSION OF HIS STORY INSTEAD OF A YES OR NO ANSWER. VERSE(7). BUT WHAT HAPPENED FINALLY? JESUS HEALED HIM VERSE (8-9)

REMEMBER JESUS GAVE HIM A WARNING SAYING "BEHOLD THOU ART MADE WHOLE, SIN NO MORE, LESS A WORSE THING COME UPON THEE" VERSE(14). WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? THAT WE SHOULDNT TAKE GODS GRACE OR MERCY FOR GRANTED. JESUS MENTIONED IT TO THIS MAN THAT THOUGH HE HAS BEEN HEALED HE SHOULDNT SIN AGAIN OR ELSE A GREATER ILLNESS WILL COME UPON HIM.

MANY OF US TODAY KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT LIFE CHALLENGES, NOT KNOWING AT THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU BUSY COMPLAINING. GOD WAS JUST ABOUT TO SEND AN ANGEL TO COME TO YOUR RESCUE.... BEFORE WE KNOW IT, OUR MIRACLES ARE BEEN DELAYED, PLEASE DONT DELAY YOUR MIRACLES, WITH YOUR WORDS, OR ATTITUDE. WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THIS MIND SET THAT WHATEVER WE MAYBE GOING THROUGH AT A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF OUR LIVES IS TO PREPARE US FOR THE GREAT PLANS GOD HAS IN STORE FOR US. REMEMBER THE BIBLE SAYS WHAT HE IS ABOUT TO DO EARS HAVE NOT HEARD, EYES HAVE NOT SEEN, WHAT NO HUMAN MIND HAS PERCIVED, WHAT THE LORD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM (1 CORINTHAINS 2:9). THIS TELLS US, WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE CHALLENGES ARE MEANT TO STRENGTHEN US, MOLD US INTO GREAT PEOPLE, PREPARING US FOR THAT GREAT POSITION OR LEVEL GOD IS ABOUT TO LIFT US TO. IF WE DONT PASS THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES, WHEN WE GET TO THAT LEVEL, WE WONT BE THERE FOR LONG BECAUSE WE DIDNT PASS THROUGH THE FOUNDATIONAL STAGES (CHALLENGES). CHALLENGES ARE MEANT TO MAKE US AND NOT TO BREAK US. THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE EASY, THEY HAVE BEEN TIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN I THOUGHT GOD HAD GONE ON BREAK, BUT NO HE WAS BUILDING ME UP. I KEPT TRUSTING HIM, HAVING MYSELF DEEP ROOTED IN HIS WORD, WAKING UP EVERYDAY WITH THE MIND SET "GOD IS AT WORK, WITH GREAT EXPECTANCY .....HE DEFINATELY HAS ME AT THE PALM OF HIS HANDS SO THEREFORE, I AM NOT FORGOTTEN. BEFORE I KNEW IT, I CAME OUT NOT ONLY VICTORIOUS, BUT A STRONGER PERSON.

LESSONS TO LEARN:

1. DONT GIVE GOD LONG VERSION STORIES WHENEVER HE DEMANDS A YES OR A NO ANSWER FROM YOU.

2. DO NOT TAKE GODS GRACE OR MERCY FOR GRANTED. EVERYTHING HAS A LIMIT. SHOULD WE CONTINUE IN SIN THAT GRACE MAY CONTINUE TO ABOUND? ROMANS 6:1

3. WE SHOULD LEARN TO EXERCISE PAITENCE, WHEN WE TEMPTED TO COMPLAIN, REMEMBER GODS PROMISES TO YOU AND KEEP CONFESSING,BELIEVEING AND ACTING LIKE THE WORD.

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE TODAY. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WELCOME PLEASE. I PRAY MAY WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE STRENGTH AND MAY THIS MESSAGE INSPIRE SOMEONE TODAY. BLESS YOU ALL.

SHALOM.