A question to ponder. Have you ever gotten to a place in your life where there just seems to be no way out? I mean you have been beat up physically or mentally to the point where there just seems to be no more gas in the tank. Your spiritual determination is waning, and the only thing still left is a chance that you can muster up one more bit of personal strength to throw up that final hail mary. I have probably related this story a hundred times, but I still remember coming home from school after spending another day getting physically and mentally beat up. It was a normal day in Junior High where I was ducking elbows, taking shots in the arm, getting charlie horses while standing in line for milk at lunch and getting called all sorts of names just because I was the new guy in school. What made it even tougher, I was a farm kid in the city and was taught to control my temper and not let it get the best of me. This one day, I sat on my grandmother’s lap bawling my eyes out and she just rocked my in the rocking chair and sang “Jesus Loves Me” over and over. This was the lowest of low in my life and yet, it was a moment of great joy because this was the day the Holy Spirit spoke to me and put me at ease. I did not realize it at the time, but this was the call upon my life. I told grandma that one day I would be a preacher and she just said, “I know”. It took 24 years of rather questionable living, but it finally happened.
So humble yourselves under the
mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give
all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
Stay alert! Watch out for your
great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for
someone to devour. 9Stand firm against him and be strong in your faith.
Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the
same kind of suffering you are.
In his kindness God called you
to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So, after you have
suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he
will place you on a firm foundation. All power to him forever! Amen. 1 Peter 5:6-11
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We all have our times of suffering, but the Holy Spirit is
with us all the way and in Him we can stand on a firm foundation. We can live
dynamically in the Spirit, and we will make a huge difference in a world that,
at times, seems bent on self-destruction and violence. God has a plan; it is a
perfect plan, and we can do all things in Him who protects and preserves us.
This Sunday, we will dig into 1 Peter 5 and examine life
lived dynamically in the Holy Spirit. For those who wish to know more about
Dynamic Living, we invite you to join us either in person or watch online at
10:30 AM.
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We look forward to seeing you this Sunday.
Blessings,
Pastor Todd
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