Pearls of Delight

 So give yourselves to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run away from you.  James 4:7  Believers have a common enemy, the Devil! When Jesus had finished his 40 day fast in the wilderness and was at his weakest, physically, the devil came to tempt him but Jesus who is our lord and strong in Spirit overcame with the word - "man must not live by bread alone...you must worship God alone and serve him!...thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God..." Luk 4 vs 4, 8 and 12. The devil is cunning, luring - remember Eve? and lurking around to deceive and ensnare sincere believers, to pounce at our weakest places, where the guards are down.  But, the bible says to be 'sober, alert and watchful'. We can do this by God's grace through faith and prayer to the one who is able to keep us standing. So when you sense a lull in your faith walk, you find yourself asleep more often on your knees when yoy ought to pray, getting short tempered or irritable, succumbing to  f...

  "Pray as if Your Life Depends on it, Because it Does." -Marylin Hickey If you want to be supernatural, you must pray. When you pray, it sets your heart on things above,  Colossians 3:1 says.. "You were raised from death with Christ. So aim at what is in heaven, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1 ICB  I have seen indisputable evidence that prayer works, and that praying people succeed. Our level of effectiveness and power in life and ministry is directly proportional to the amount of time we spend in prayer. Praying and having intimacy with God is the foundation of a fruitful life. Do not initiate anything that you are not willing to saturate in prayer. Think about this. The Bible says that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word is established. When you pray to the Father according to His Word, the Holy Spirit prays in agreement with you because He prays God’s Word too, in Romans 8 it says:   "Likewise the Spirit als...

  "What we see is not all that is." People often say the words "seeing is believing", but not so with God, He says:  "...blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  John 20:29 NIV I remember when I was going to have my second baby (who is a big boy now) and I was told I couldn't have a normal delivery due to some complications the doctors explained. I heard them quite well, understood their medical reasoning, but something in me would not settle for less than I had been confessing and believing God for, from the moment I knew I was pregnant.   So I went home and continued with my word confession, speaking out what I wanted and what Gods word - the bible, says about it. Every time a fearful thought came into my mind, I simply held fast onto his word, I just could not let go.  I had always had this 'father - daughter' relationship with God and always conversed with him, we talked on every subject, he introduced me to his word,...

  "Trust [confidently] in the Lord forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner], For the Lord G od is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages]."  Isaiah 26:4  Storms rage fierce and hard but when you trust in the Lord, he will walk you through. Unhurt! Trusting is a lot harder when you have suffered the pain of failure and dissapointment, but if God says to trust, then it is possible, inspite of previous failures. God is faithful, all powerful, He will honour your step of faith. Difficulties come- mostly when we least expect, that sometimes shake foundations we hold dear or perhaps shatters the world we've built around us. But, if you keep moving forward taking little steps of faith, trusting God even when you dont understand, when you do look back, you'd notice you made it through,  in one whole. When we reflect over our lives, we often are filled with wonder at how we got out of situations that looked like it would swallow us up whole, but that is ...