Inspiration: This scripture says Jesus came full of grace and truth. The Holy Spirit came on Jesus and also on people in the book of Acts where it is written that some of the disciples were full of the Holy Spirit. Today I find all Christians, including myself, need refilling. We need to attend a strong church that can refill us with God’s power.
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Inspiration: The Bible explains to us in this scripture and in John 1:14 that Jesus is the Word of God. One Bible teacher likes to say that the Bible is the expressed image of Jesus, for every time you meet up with the Bible, you meet up with Jesus. This is how God speaks to you through the scriptures.
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Inspiration: Many women have a problem with the word ‘submit’ in this scripture and many men have a problem with loving their wives as Jesus loves the church. However Christian counselors help explain that submitting does not mean for the wife to be a doormat but to submit to the husband’s role of priest in the home. If the husband takes this role and loves and cherishes his wife, couples can flow together in their God given roles.
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Inspiration: Many models were asked the question “Is there any part of you that you are unhappy with?” and most of these beautiful women said, “Yes, there is.” Even though everyone thought they were gorgeous, these models were still not happy since they did not have Jesus in their hearts. In the Bible, Esther saw that her gift of beauty was from the Lord and was to be used for God’s plan to deliver Israel. Esther was obedient to God and the Israelites were rescued.
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Inspiration: A church leader was sharing about the problem of child kidnapping in the Philippines. One day one man’s young daughter was kidnapped. The church prayed for two weeks and the father was so stressed out that he was ready to admit himself into hospital. Just then the kidnappers released the daughter and no harm had been done to her. There was great joy in this answer to prayer, as the daughter was returned home.
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Inspiration: One Bible teacher told us the difference between Christianity and other world religions. He said the world religions are based on doing certain rituals or believing in some leader who is dead and buried. Christianity is very different. Jesus Christ is God’s only Son sent beacuse God loved the world so much. Jesus lived life without sin, and laid down His life to be the sacrificial offering to redeem all man’s sins. Jesus’s resurrection from the dead proved eternal life. Christianity is not a set of rituals but a personal relationship with God where Jesus loves us constantly and unconditionally and sins are forgiven.
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Inspiration: I had just sat down at my friend’s dinner table when two drunks pulled up in the driveway. They knocked on the door and asked to use the restroom. We saw this as a opportunity to witness to them so my friend took one of them outside to share Jesus with him and I took the other into the kitchen. As I prayed with the one in the kitchen, God sobered him up and he started to cry. I led him in prayer to ask Jesus into his life. We got their phone number to follow up with them and I was able to take one of them to church. We praised God to hear that that the other man had given up drinking after that very night.
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Inspiration: This is a great scripture for those who think that they can earn their way into heaven by their good works. Today’s society is so performance orientated that people assume that this is God’s way also. One lady had been heading up organizations in her church for decades and thought she could earn entrance into heaven by all her church work. After she saw that she had to respond to Jesus Christ by faith, she came into a new personal relationship with Jesus committing her life totally to Him.
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Inspiration: Perception is reality for most people. Some see only the negative side of life. Their glass is half empty while another’s glass is half full. Negative people often are prejudiced against everyone in every situation. I was in a business meeting where everyone heard an inspired message but this negative person did not hear or see anything hopeful at all. It is these people that especially need the light of Jesus Christ to change their vision and let them see things clearly, the way God sees them.
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Inspiration: A church leader was in a motel room preparing to bring the Word of God to Japan. Suddenly he felt a tremendous fear on him to the point that he was frozen. He remembered this scripture and started praying. Eventually the fear left him and he was filled with peace and the presence of God. This church leader teaches that you must speak scriptures when the devil tries to derail you.
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Inspiration: A grandmother prayed the blood of Jesus over her family. She was praying for her daughter and granddaughter on the day of a terrorist attack. Her daughter worked on an upper floor of a building and her granddaughter was in Day Care on the second floor of the same building. Ten minutes before the bomb went off, the daugher had to take the granddaughter home because she was acting up. As the daughter was driving home with her child, the bomb went off killing many people in that building.
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Inspiration: One Bible teacher was speaking on the subject of why mankind is such a unique creation compared to the rest of the animals God created. Not only was mankind created in God’s image, but God gave us the ability to reason and to choose, even the ability to reject the one who created us. That is why mankind must make the choice on their eternal destination.
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Inspiration: Bible teachers define these as: a word of wisdom is wisdom from God for a situation, a word of knowledge is God revealing a fact, the gift of faith is God’s faith given to you in a situation to do the impossible, gifts of healing are for specific healings, working of miracles are instructions how you are to work a miracle, prophecy is God speaking through someone in the common language of the congregation, discerning of spirits is understanding spiritual warfare, tongues is God speaking in a language unknown to the congregation, and interpretation is God interpreting a tongue into the common language of the congregation.
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Inspiration: I grew up going to church each week but did not know much about the Holy Spirit and had no clue what the word anointing meant. As I started to study the Bible I learned that the Holy Spirit is a person, not an it, and is sent by Jesus to be the power source on earth. Now, I realize that those churches who regularly have healing services where people get healed, operate under the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit and have church leaders that listen and obey the Holy Spirit’s directions.
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Inspiration: I have noticed that very few people can tell you what the sermon was all about, one day or one week after it is given. Even prophecies that are given in church are forgotten by people the moment they leave the church. The wise people I see are the ones that takes notes and discuss the sermon at meal times. This helps them remember the Word of God which was spoken.
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Inspiration: When we were asked to memorize these nine fruits of the spirit, long-suffering was the one I knew I needed the most work on. Living in a society today where everyone wants immediate answers, I found myself not willing to suffer long. It seemed as a young Christian, God would answer my prayers more quickly but as I grew older, He wanted to produce this fruit in me.
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Inspiration: One church leader asked his congregation to pray before each service. Usually the congregation did not pray or intercede much before the service began. However, after following the church leader’s advice, they noticed a difference. The Holy Spirit’s power seemed much more tangible and more people came forward to the altar to receive miracles from Jesus.
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Inspiration: A truck driver had a rough upbringing as his father said to him “You’ll never amount to anything!” This produced unforgiveness which tormented this truck driver causing him to drink heavily. In his twenties, he had no self esteem and went downhill to the point of committing suicide. Just before taking his life he heard someone talk about Jesus on the TV. He got on his knees and asked Jesus to save him. He has become an on-fire Christian and has forgiven his father.
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Inspiration: A wife was ready to give up on her alcoholic husband but God spoke to her to pray for him. Her two young daughters started to pray over their Daddy’s beer in the refrigerator. When the father came home he went straight to the refrigerator for his beer. He drank the first sip and then spat it out thinking it was bad. He went down to the local bar and ordered a drink and even that tasted bad. The family kept praying and three months later, this husband got on his knees and gave his life to Christ.
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Inspiration: The president of a Bible College said that the best sermon you will ever preach is just to tell people how Jesus saved you. I practiced writing out my own story of how I became a Christian and how Jesus changed my life. I memorized a five minute version of my story to share with some people who are interested and a 30 second version of my story for the person who shows little interest. I learned that sharing Jesus becomes easier the more you do it.
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Inspiration: Statistics from the churches show that over 95% of the average congregation have never led one person to Jesus. This is because they have never been trained how to share their faith and overcome their fears. I am overjoyed to see more and more Christian literature that teaches people how to receive Jesus into their hearts. Those who are too nervous to share their faith with others can give the lost person some Christian literature to read and invite these people to church.
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Inspiration: I was involved in a missionary organization for years and we would always fast before a mission. When I read Isaiah 58, I really saw the power of fasting as it was to break the enemy’s stronghold, and bring people’s hearts closer to Jesus. On one mission it seemed like everything was against us, but after fasting there was a breakthrough and many gave their lives to Christ.
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Inspiration: One Bible teacher was talking about winning souls, and that Jesus left the 99 sheep and went searching for one that was lost. The teacher went on to say that winning souls is God’s top priority as Jesus wants all to be saved and none to perish. This teacher said, unfortunately, most Christians are not really concerned with the lost.
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Inspiration: This scripture has been such a blessing to me in the time of trials. When I was going through these times, I would think that if God was looking after the sparrows, surely He was watching over me. As I pondered on the fact that God had counted all the hairs on my head, and that He knew all my thoughts, desires and struggles, I had complete reassurance that I was going to pull through the trial.
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Inspiration: A Bible teacher was teaching on words. He said they are spiritual containers. Picture them like jars. If scripture is spoken, these spiritual jars carry faith, hope, love and healing to a person or nation and that jar is poured out on the recipient. The power of the words comes from a person who is submitted to the authority of Jesus Christ, and speaks the words with belief and authority in Jesus’ name.
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Inspiration: I used to work with youth on retreat weekends and they would talk about peer pressures of sex, drugs, alcohol, and dressing to fit in and be accepted. A girl in our group shared a story with us. She said one day her high school teacher was discussing of sex education and asked the students about sex. This girl stood up in front of the whole class and said “Sex is only for marriage so keep yourself a virgin.” She was ridiculed by some students; however, this girl was really used by God.
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Inspiration: On a mission trip, one of the local church leaders spoke of the tribulation they went through in a war. This church leader had a vision of all his village being killed. He told everyone to pray. The enemy came three times to attack the village but Jesus protected them each time. The church leader said on one of the attacks, God confused the enemy so that, although they did land right on their shores, the enemy said to each other, “This is not the correct place..” and left.
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Inspiration: A software developer I worked with was a great example of God’s light in the business world. She was born in China and came to school in America. Christians on the school campus shared Jesus with her and she committed her life to Jesus. After graduating and coming to work at our firm, she was willing to share how she was raised as a Confucian, and later became a Christian. She was gentle and kind in her words, always thinking of others and remembering their birthdays.
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Inspiration: When I first got saved, I was convicted by God that I said many things that were displeasing to Him. Not only did I participate in dirty jokes but I used to be very sarcastic. I also was very judgmental and critical of others. God showed me that I needed to ask His Holy Spirit to help make me more holy as I couldn’t fix these problem areas in my life by myself.
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Inspiration: One widow from our church started out in a woman’s shelter after her husband died. She was faithful in all God asked her to do. Today this widow owns her own house and is sharing her story of how God looks after widows if they remain faithful.
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Inspiration: A Christian owned a taxi business that wasn’t making money. He wanted to sell it but the Lord wanted him to keep the business to make a Christian impact on the city. He was financially tested for a long time, and learned to trust the Lord with this business. He endured this financial struggle and God has blessed him richly today.
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Inspiration: Whenever discouragement tries to overcome me, I think about this scripture and ask for God’s full joy. I have had days when sadness tries to creep in but I rebuke the sadness in Jesus’ name and let God’s joy rest on me.
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Inspiration: Stock market crashes and terrorist attacks can have a major impact on the wealth of the rich. This scripture clearly teaches people not to trust in riches but in God. One Bible teacher talks about investments. Instead of talking to people about a 10% gain in stock or a 20% gain in property, he asks them to consider investing in the Kingdom of God which has eternal pay backs. The rich need to remember that strong minds and strong families are gifts from God. A rich person becomes a tremendous blessing to God when they use their resources to bring the gospel and a Bible to every person in the world to learn of Christ.
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Inspiration: A secretary on a tight budget writes out her tithe to the Lord as soon as the money comes in. This secretary is a single mother and teaches her children to tithe, so that if someone gives one of the children a $10 bill, they put $1 aside to give to the work of the Lord.
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Inspiration: An advertisement designer married a teacher and they have an excellent marriage because they remind each other that they are sinners saved by Jesus. This stops a judgmental attitude towards each other, so that they help each other in their weak areas instead of criticizing.
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Inspiration: One Christian said you must do an outstanding job for your employer for they pay you to do your job not to evangelize. If you evangelize on company time then you are stealing from your employer. However as you let your light shine, there will be opportunities to share Jesus after work or at lunch time.
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Inspiration: An atheist saw a model of the sun and the planets on the professor’s desk and said to the professor: “That is an amazing replica of our solar system. Who made it?” The professor said “No one.” The atheist said “Come on, that model is so good, I want to know who made it?” The professor said “You believe that someone made this tiny model but you cannot believe God made our solar system in which we live.” This example can help all of us remember that God is the creator of all life. Some people get into confusion about how old the earth is but the bottom line is, that does not matter. God made it.
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Inspiration: One sales woman said she was not going to get close to God until she was ready to die. She didn’t realize the true abundant life in Jesus was waiting for her now. She would have the ability to do so much more for Jesus during her lifetime and this scripture says she would be rewarded in heaven for her work on earth.
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Inspiration: The Bible shares God’s will in many places but some areas are revealed by prayer. For example, one man was considering going to Bible College. Some students from a Bible College came to visit this man’s church and participated in the service. After the service, one of the students put a Bible school application form in this man’s hand and said pray about it. This was the confirmation he needed to go to Bible College.
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Inspiration: At the time of writing this calendar, I bowed down and knelt before the Lord, asking God to give me words to help set people’s faith on fire, for them to get a vision of the purpose for their lives, and by prayer would become ambassadors for Christ. Worship is the source of my strength for it helps stir up my passion for Jesus, and for the love of God to spill out of me onto others, and the lost.
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Inspiration: At Bible College, we learned not to judge the teachers by their preaching style (loud or soft) or by their clothes (dreary or fancy) or by their mannerisms (flamboyant or non-emotional) but to judge the words that they say. So often people are prejudiced against others to the point that they switch them off before they hear what they have to say. Most Christians feel their church is the best since it is what they are accustomed to.
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Inspiration: An engineer and his wife who are also evangelists, shared that God gives them names and facts about people they have never met when they pray. One time while they were at a gas station, God told them some facts about another customer that was filling his tank at that gas station. They walked up to the man and said: “Are you so and so?” “Yes” answered the man obviously puzzled. They went on to tell him some facts about his life. The man saw that God must be talking to him through this couple so he responded to God and asked Jesus into his life as the couple prayed with him to dedicate his life to God.
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Inspiration: People today are ignorant of God’s Word because they do not read the Bible. One of the ten commandments “Do not commit adultery” is broken not only by non Christians, but even by some Christians who say sex before marriage is permissible since they are ignorant of God’s laws.
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Inspiration: A youth group gave our leader an offering of $500 cash in a sealed envelope but never told him how much it was. When building a church in Mexico, our leader was short of some materials so he went to the big city to buy them. The seller said the materials would cost about $500. Our leader had forgotten his wallet but did have the youth offering. He took out the sealed envelope and said: “This should cover it!” not knowing how much was inside. The vendor counted the money and it just covered the cost. He taught us not to waiver in faith or it could cost you. His common expression was “If you doubt, you will do without!”
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Inspiration: “Will there ever be world peace?” was a question that came up at our dinner table and a guest answered: “How can one have peace if one doesn’t have Jesus, the Prince of Peace in one’s heart.” My guest had a good point. Not only is world evangelism needed, but personal peace in one’s own heart needs to be emphasized. We all need to pray for each country’s ambassadors that they will become Christians and promote peace among the nations.
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Inspiration: One church leader constantly gives God glory during his services. In one service, I watched a seven year old mentally challenged boy get healed and start talking normally. His parents said their son had never spoken a word in his life. Then this church leader gave the microphone to this boy and asked him to sing the song “Jesus loves me.” The boy sang the song perfectly. I was in tears of joy and felt God’s power while the boy sang. God got all the glory as skeptics could not say this was fake.
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Inspiration: I was falsely accused a few years back by a man and it hurt me because it was a blow to my integrity. Immediately after it happened, I heard God’s voice in my heart say: “Pray for those who persecute you.” At first it was hard to do, but I was obedient to the Word of God and prayed for that man. I now have compassion for him as I have seen some of the struggles he has gone through. The secret about forgiveness is to forgive and forget. Many people forgive but they do not forget the hurt and let those thoughts get them upset at a later date. How thankful we are for Jesus forgiving and forgetting our sins.
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Inspiration: Many people argue that there is no such thing as hell. These people have not studied the Bible or else they would not take that position. A Bible teacher shared that hell was created for the devil which is explained in Matthew 25:41. God does not force a person to go to hell. He wants everyone to be with Him in heaven. God is good and everything bad is from the devil. The devil gets people to rebel against God. It is the rejection of Jesus that causes separation from God, so it is the responsibility of each individual person to choose their eternal destiny to be with Jesus in heaven or be in torments with the devil in hell.
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Inspiration: I was not as thankful as I should have been as I took many blessings from God for granted. It was when I was flat on my back one day, looking out the window, I suddenly saw the importance of rejoicing for every day that God gives us regardless of the pain or trials we are going through.
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Inspiration: When I first read this scripture my thought was that sheep were smart enough to follow the shepherd’s voice, but Christians, including myself, don’t even know what the Great Shepherd’s voice sounds like. This gave me new insight into prayer and to be still before God, where I have a pen and paper always ready in case God wants to share something. God’s Word, the Bible, is the foundation for every Christian and He will never tell us anything that contradicts His Holy Bible.
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Inspiration: Some churches have become so blind that they say the Bible is just a history book. They preach from other historians rather than the Word of God and wonder why their congregations are dwindling. The blessed and growing churches are the ones who preach the Bible as God’s Word and give altar calls each service for people to commit their lives to Jesus. These churches have outreaches and help new people feel welcome by listening to their concerns so that their questions can be answered.
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Inspiration: Christians who have not seen Jesus are blessed because they have received Jesus by faith and not by sight. One Bible teacher explained that this is the reason why Jesus did not stay on earth and show himself to everyone after His resurrection. Jesus could easily extend Himself to be a giant, taller than the mountains, put a sword in people’s faces and say: “Now, do you believe?” Everyone would say ‘yes’ in that situation, not out of love, but out of fear for their lives.
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Inspiration: One young lady was always at the altar at the end of every service. She was so hungry for God. Many people thought she went to the altar too much but God blessed her every time, so she was getting more of His blessings.
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Inspiration: I have made the mistake of criticizing people, and in doing so, verified that this scripture is true, since my criticism came back to slap me in the face. If you criticize, your words will come right back to you in the same area in your life. I learned that this can help me see my blind spots. As soon as I am about to criticize someone, I quickly stop myself and say: “Do I do that also?” The answer is often yes, and now my blind spot has been revealed.
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Inspiration: When I asked for the fire and baptism of the Holy Spirit, I noticed a change in my life. Not only had God given me a prayer language but I had a new hunger for the lost, and a new boldness to share Jesus. I also felt a new closeness with God to hear His voice.
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Inspiration: I need joy all the time. There have been times in my life when I felt like the children of Israel going through the desert. After prayer, joy would come and revive me. This joy of the Lord would encourage me to be like Joshua and Caleb. They were leaders who crossed the Red Sea on dry ground that made it into the promised land. Real lasting joy comes from a deep relationship with Jesus Christ being thrilled with the plan God has for our lives. Joy and laughter destroys fear, stress and anxiety. Joy and laughter from God is what the world is looking for but more Christians need to ask the fullness of God’s joy.
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Inspiration: Some people have criticized the church for not showing love and not having any more morals than they do. These people see one Christian denomination criticizing another denomination instead of loving them. They say the church is a bunch of hypocrites. I pray that these people will see Christian denominations work together as a team under one captain, Jesus Christ. I pray that Christians will love the lost with unconditional, unselfish love and have them look to Jesus as their example to follow.
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Inspiration: This scripture is often called the golden rule as it teaches us to be sensitive to the needs of others. A Bible teacher told us that we should be looking at ways how to bless others especially the sick and poor and lost all over the world.
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Inspiration: There used to be a time in my life when I was ashamed of the Gospel of Christ as I was more concerned with my career and was afraid that people would label me as a religious fanatic. When I asked for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, God gave me boldness to share with my colleagues. I often went to lunch with one colleague at a time as they would be scared to open up if any of their peers were listening. God blessed my work at this firm making me valuable to the company.
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Inspiration: One evangelist in Africa says intercession is the detonator to revival. Intercession involves praying in the spirit and praying this scripture so that the blinders would be removed from the non-Christian’s minds. This scripture says the god of this world (satan) is against the work of God. So powerful intercession involves binding (Mathew 18:18) all evil works and strongholds of the devil off the area and off the minds of the people so they would see the truth and see that the devil is out to ruin lives with sin. God’s plan is to give His forgiveness, love, peace, and eternal life to all mankind through His Son Jesus Christ.
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