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You’re Good to Grow
Hello, Beloved Reader! I’m Faith. Thanks for visiting me today.
“I don’t need people. I can get along with God just fine without them.”
The old man sits across from the younger one and listens to him rant. The young man goes on about how he doesn’t have to have all the people around him. Obviously, this young man had gotten hurt. People get hurt and used by others, even in church families. This young man was not exempt.
The older gentleman eats away at his plate of food, never looking up. The young man defends his stance on the subject and finishes his speech. The old man finally looks up after he completes his chewing and leaves the young man with one simple statement.
“Iron sharpens iron.”
“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man the countenance of his friend.” — Proverbs 27:17
Whether we want to admit it or not, we’ve all been hurt by someone somehow. Each and every one of us have been angry at another person for doing us wrong. To be honest, I think it’s inevitable in this life to have pain from the actions of others. It will happen regardless of what you do to try to stop it.
Sometimes the Bible references us as trees, so think of yourself as the trunk of a tree. Some people in your life are leaves. They are there to provide shade and sometimes give you a little nourishment here and there. But, don’t be fooled. They are only around for a season. After that season, they fall away.
Some people in your life are like the branches. Some are stronger than others, and some stay longer than others, but be careful because when storms come or pressure comes, they aren’t strong enough to support you.
The branches will break away.
But, there are some people in your life that are like the roots of a tree. Those people are grounded. Roots hold the tree in place and gather nutrients from what the tree is planted in – the soil. If you can find a few good roots in your life who are grounded in Jesus Christ and His Word, then you will be good to grow.
Those roots are the iron that sharpens iron. Those roots will be those who help strengthen you and help hold you up. Those people will be the ones with you through thick and thin. They will encourage you in God and care enough about you to let you know when you’re about to make a mistake.
We’ve all been hurt. I’m not disregarding your pain. I know it aches. But, think about the people in your life who are seasonal, those who are around for a little longer, and those who have always been there. Let the seasonal ones go, the branches too, because you can’t cry over them forever. You’ll make yourself miserable.
Be thankful for your roots and cling to Jesus. For He will never leave you. He’ll always be there.
—Faith Cross
Walking With God
In this message, I wanted to talk about your walk with God.
Some people find themselves far from God. There’s a good far from God and a bad far from God. The good far from God is that you’re heading toward Him. The bad far from God is that you’re easing back from him.
If a man or woman ever really finds a real walk with God, there will be a real change. They won’t walk the same, or talk the same. They won’t be like they used to. The real Holy Ghost will get a hold of them and change them.
Reading through the Bible, you’ll find that God walked with Adam. You’ll also find that God walked with Enoch and with Noah. But, God told Abraham to walk before Him.
Why?
When a child in your care is older and you trust them enough, they can walk beside you. You trust them enough to not keep your eye on them all the time. But, those little ones are different. You want to keep an eye on them all the time to make sure they don’t get into trouble or get hurt. To keep your eye on them, you make them walk in front of you.
God told Abraham to walk before Him because Abraham hadn’t proved he could be trusted yet.
Don’t you want God to trust you enough to walk with Him? Don’t you want Him to find you faithful in your storms?
Don’t measure anyone else’s relationship with God with your own. God doesn’t call us all to the same place in Him. God doesn’t call everyone to be preachers. He doesn’t call everyone to be evangelists. There’s a hunger in your heart and only you and God really know it. If you fulfill that hunger, you’ll walk in such a place of peace.
If you walk with God, He’ll save your family like He did for Noah.
If you walk with God, nothing will move you. If you keep up your walk with God, you will not be bitter. You will not fear. You will walk in power, mercy, love, and you will be renewed! You’ll walk into people’s lives. There’s a place where you can walk and the sick will be healed. You may get knocked down, but if you’re walking with God, you’ll always get back up!
When we walk with God, it can’t be about us, it has to be all about Him. And we can’t walk with God and the devil.
God is looking for someone who will walk with Him today. Will you be that one?
—Pastor Anthony Wynn
Scriptures
- Luke 18:13
- Acts 2:29
- Leviticus 26:10
- Romans 6:4
- Deuteronomy 8:6
- Psalm 128:1
- Psalm 119:105
- Isaiah 30:21
- Colossians 2:6, 7
- Genesis 17:1
- Genesis 15:18
- Micah 6:8
- Isaiah 43:2
- Amos 3:2
- Genesis 5:23-24
Benefits of a Praying Church
One benefit we talk about here is that when God’s people come together in unity, God loves to show up. There is power, mercy, and life when God’s people begin to pray.
The second benefit is the strength that comes with numbers. If you can find someone to pray with in unity, then that depression and oppression can’t stay. Five shall chase a hundred, and a hundred shall put ten thousand to flight.
Another benefit of a praying church is that each one of us can find answers and fresh direction from the altar and the throne of God when we gather together to pray. The Holy Ghost will give you directions and show you the way to go and the way not to go.
One of the last benefits we talk about is that when we get people together, we can carry each other’s loads and burdens when we pray.
You really can’t be effective to help someone that’s hurting if you don’t allow yourself to hurt. We need to be so close to Heaven that we can feel the pain of our brothers and sisters, so we can know that they are in need. It’s so important that we pray for one another that if the Lord lays someone on our heart to pray for and we don’t, we’ve sinned against Him. We are our brother’s keeper. If you have a real spirit of prayer, when God visits the church and before that spirit lifts, He will allow you to feel infirmities in the house.
We must pray for one another. We are our brother’s keeper. We must pray for this country. Let’s gather together in one accord and reach out to God.
If you want someone to pray with, call Oasis Ministries. (1.877.226.4088)
—Pastor Anthony Wynn
Scriptures
- Acts 2:1-4
- Acts 4:31
- Leviticus 26:6-9
- Acts 13:2-3
- 1 Samuel 30:8
- Proverbs 3:5-6
- Galatians 6:2
- Romans 15:1
- 1 Samuel 12:23
- Genesis 4:9-10
- 1 Corinthians 12:26-27
- 1 Timothy 2:1-4
- Jeremiah 29:7
